Bum bag, light, Ergon grips now sold.

Shaf, the hose came with my new grey Evoc bum bag, and I think it's just to match the colour. It's not insulated. Will definitely go in one parcel, so just £3.50 postage either way.

Will PM You both, cheers.

Here we are again... Several instances of OA losing a recorded track, losing the position signal (big straight lines in a recorded track), and p***-boiling sluggishness in the interface got me back to looking for an alternative before I ended up shelling out more cash for this least-worst option. I ...

All prices are collected from Newcastle, please add £3.50 for Royal Mail Tracked 48 postage, unless otherwise stated. Will obviously combine for multiple items. More pictures of some stuff here: https://ibb.co/album/d4Rspx SOLD Lowe Alpine Lightflite Hydro bum bag Well used, a little grubby, but no ...

I'd be up for that Dave :-bd Edit: Lindisfarne? You're not supposed to wild camp, but people have on the beach. :-bd Lindisfarne could be an option, sure we wouldn't be the first. Would probably avoid in the school holidays, gets very busy. I assume there would be some nice options from Dunbar too ...

I'm not saying I will, but I might. I've always said I won't BAM, but if I happen to bivvy in every calendar month, I guess I might as well claim it, and a couple of good nights out last month have made me think I should get out more often. Justin, we could try one from somewhere between us on the e...

Not sure failed is quite the right word... 200 miles is a decent innings at this time of the year!

Well done anyone who completed or just gave it a good go.

Bit more traditional... Kathryn Tickell

Bugger, just the other day booked tickets for a gig on that Saturday night Sorry.

I hope so, just emailed them about my 2.5 year old Joystick which seems to have died due to water ingress.

Can't help I'm afraid, but worth looking out for an old Longitude or similar Genesis. Should be a fair bit cheaper than the likes of Surly and Stooge, but nice enough and will do the same job.

I’ve given up my job and planning on heading out to cycle the Baja divide

Good call BTW

Thanks for reminding me that I'd started writing mine and then forgotten about it! Inspiration: Anyone who reminds me that, for me at least, proper big technical mountain rides are the ultimate rides (which may or may not be facilitated by sleeping out). Local bimbles, long bikepacking tours, road r...

Nice to be rewarded for your patience.

It really is
Happy birthday

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:55 pm I made a successful vegan tiramisu for the daughter’s boyfriend. Never doing that again

I've made this one a couple of times: https://veganonboard.com/easy-vegan-tiramisu/ It does a very good impression of real tiramisu.

That third one...

The shortest day is now behind us, so that's got to be cheery. Got the wine (bargain £3.50 Bordeaux from Aldi) mulling and frozen homemade mince pies warming for my partner who's last day at work is today. Mine was yesterday, and you've reminded me I haven't set my out-of-office. Never mind, no-one ...

It was a shame that the lower cloud didn't break up more, and that I only had my phone since the proper camera's playing up, but still.

I remember seeing what I think were noctilucent clouds on a summer bivvy once. In the Lakes I think. One of the pros of a bivvy bag!

Binannual solstice walk-up-a-hill-to-look-at-a-rock yesterday morning (a day early because my partner was off work). Sunrise was underwhelming, but some fantastic cloudscapes with some great nacreous formations. This tradition is always a good reminder to get out when there's many reasons not to, be...

Sounds great! Thanks for sharing

Fair enough. Though it's more like south-east at the moment

That's strange, given the solstice isn't till about 3 tomorrow morning. What's the relevance of East 17? "Stay another day"? I guess that would explain the prematurity

I've got some of the Ergon ones with the wings and mini bar ends (can check exact model) that I've just taken off because I want to attach my pogies using bar end plugs. They're very well used but perfectly functional, can take some pics. Tenner to cover postage and a pint and I'll feed the rest to ...

Thanks Shaf! I think visibility up there is the exception rather than the rule. So many times I've driven up and down the stretch of the M6 just to the west going to and from the Lakes, and it might be nice everywhere else but you can see the cloud clinging to the edge of the Pennines. Ta Reg. We fe...

Having missed this year's Scottish Winter Bivvy due to work, my friend Morne suggested we go up to Greg's Hut on Cross Fell this weekend. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but the forecast foretold of winds up to 70mph which made our plans to start in Weardale and ride through Teesdale and dro...