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- Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:30 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 70317
Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.
PS. lovely P7 there too. Mine's still going strong after years of abuse/love. They'd be the only things left unscathed after a nuclear attack.
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:27 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 70317
Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.
"favourite Peak District Knoll" - nice one Greg. Would that happen to be W*r Knoll by the way? (NOOOO not that word!) Nearly tried it the other day but went for J*s C*h instead cos of nearby stream. It's a long wall, HopeX to W*r K*l (I've worn out my star key now), is the whole length fla...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 70317
Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.
Bad luck not much wood.... erm, on a closer look that furniture looks remarkably dry.
I'll get me coat....
I'll get me coat....
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 70317
Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.
Looks lovely up there! That bothy's much nicer than our HOUSE - furniture looks amazing.
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Schnozzle or pillow?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1464
Re: Schnozzle or pillow?
Had a pillow pump ( http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/sleeping-mats-c58/mat-accessories-c60/exped-pillow-pump-p798#specifications_tab ) - 150g. Swapped for a hard-to-get-hold-of mini pump (43g) and UL pillow ( http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/sleeping-bags-c21/pi...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: minimalist first aid kit: show me / describe your's please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5707
Re: minimalist first aid kit: show me / describe your's plea
Excellent.. and very important/useful... thread BTW... Don't like to talk about it, tempting fate, but similar to the Mistress/Mastress(?) - best talked about before you have to, to save things getting messy when you need to .
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: minimalist first aid kit: show me / describe your's please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5707
Re: minimalist first aid kit: show me / describe your's plea
Bit p1ssed at the moment, apologies. Best state to be in when talking about leaking/damaged bodies. Anyway, humble left-field contribution: agree with all the "FIRST aid, sticky plaster, gaffer tape etc; then owt else for goodness sake call for help" views, "DrsABC" thing, emphas...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which saddle?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6070
Re: Which saddle?
"Selle Italia Trans Am XO". Cracking saddle, another vote here. Bought four when they were on sale and hid one in each of my stashes around the house so Mrs P can't find all of them.
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1950289
Re: The post man's been ...
4 x AA Energizer Recharge "extreme" batteries for Steripen. "Normal" rechargeables do the job but show low battery reading. Oh, and a set of Hope Tech 3 V4 brakes (20% discount Westbrook Bikes) which should really be on the mantelpiece as works of art. No point having them on the...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:53 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 641555
Re: Todays ride
Yep, a bit of Peak [Pp]ractice for me too. Weds lunchtime alighted at Grindleford station, thence via Stoney Middleton and track to Eyam where I figured I deserved a break at the Village Cafe after my 3 miles of exertions. Well it doesn't do to overdo it at my age. The climb up to Sir William Hill (...
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Knots for tarps
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4489
Re: Knots for tarps
Sorry meant clove hitch for lifter above. Was suffering under the hail of blows from Mrs P.
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Knots for tarps
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4489
Re: Knots for tarps
A-frame? Same lines etc. Clove hitch round top of poles if u want them away from the tarp for lower pitch. Flying V and lost yer poles? Few loops round a tree with a slippery 'alf 'itch. Other three corners pegged to ground. One line half hitched round a handy stick to make a lifter to keep the tarp...
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Knots for tarps
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4489
Re: Knots for tarps
Tarped in Peaks night before last. 8x10 and some 1m and 2m x 1.5mm dyneema and Stu carbon pegs and poles. Flying V. Up in 60 seconds no faffing with ridgelines. All lines got luminous minilineloks one end and bowline the other. Push bowline slightly thru tarp loop then linelok end thru bowline and f...
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:02 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Regular Peak District Night Ride?
- Replies: 434
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Re: Regular Peak District Night Ride?
Technically not a "night" ride, in as much as it's an, er, "day" ride; but on Weds will be doing something like Calver (early PM) - Eyam - Bradwell Moor - Hope for Cheshire Cheese beer/nosh about 6pm. 30 mins of night ride (to allow me onto this thread) to crash out near Jaggers ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 70317
Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.
INSIDE Monsal tunnel now that's brilliant. 100' of rain protection, did you bother with a tarp as backup? ;). Great place anyway, although one would have preferred the Stables Bar to have been 100' feet away horizontally rather than vertically. Once organised an AGM for an outfit I'm a member of, on...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3667
Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
"loud"? Got three of these (nooo, not on the same bicycle! Hmm... then again...). 140dB at maximum revs. Trouble is there's only certain areas I can use them because they contravene Strategic Arms Limitations treaties: http://www.airzound.co.uk/ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/161976046003?...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 641555
Re: Todays ride
"40 miles of slipping and sliding". Wow, that's Gloop Central, top effort. Great to see a proper warning device on those bars too - almost puts my "Postman Pat" to shame. Works fine apart from on the canal towpath when I sound like a duck and everyone ignores it. (apologies, pic ...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1950289
Re: The post man's been ...
With my usual impeccable seasonal timing (not): Down hat: http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/socks-gloves-mitts-hats-c151/hats-c154/plume-mountain-cap-p4768/s19935?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=montane-plume-mountain-cap-colour-moroccan-blue-colour-moroccan-blue-...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Kanga vs Lion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2302
Re: Kanga vs Lion
"pair of heavy duty luggage straps from [Alpkit] and an AlpKit Airlok Dual dry bag." Yep, with you there Oot. Bit of Biketart clear tape on the bars and round the headtube and all sorted.
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What's your Every Ride Carry?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2776
Re: What's your Every Ride Carry?
Sadly I missed the pun - well spotted :-). Anyway, as an exercise in trying the ultimate BP set-up it left one or two things to be desired, although I suppose at least I tried. Possibly that's an obscure play on words too. The desirability of one or two things being aired was quite likely restricted...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What's your Every Ride Carry?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2776
Re: What's your Every Ride Carry?
"I have genuinely ridden my bike with just myself, my clothes and my bike & nothing else." :-) I may regret airing this, but I've ridden with just myself and my bike and nothing else. At all. Only once to see what happened. Only a mile or so. Not a pretty sight, but since nobody saw me...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: lithium batterys,
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1919
Re: lithium batterys,
On this subject, have never got a definitive answer from either tinternet or light companies about whether to leave the batteries fully or partially charged to get the best longevity. Even had different answers from one company at different times. At one point the consensus seemed to be that if leav...
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: indoor meths cooker testing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 972
Re: indoor meths cooker testing
"Who can get the longest flame without burning the house down?" Must admit it took a bit of tinkering to get it to work sideways. Bioethanol's worth a try, although Stuart doesn't approve ;-). No pong at all. Well, smells a bit like a voddie cocktail so you could toast your pyrotechnic ski...
- Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Meths?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4834
Re: Meths?
Also bought some from GO a while ago at about five quid for the litre. However my best effort was a couple of weeks ago at B&Q who flogged me 2 litres of "La Hacienda" Bioethanol for £4.50. It's excellent. Managed to cook a three-course Christmas dinner for six on Stuart's 22g stove. A...
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1950289
Re: The post man's been ...
"Titanium windshield from China.". Hi Frog, yeah I got the very same one a few weeks back. Not worked out best way to use it yet with the 22g stove, and got a few so-far-unresolved concerns. It doesn't really free-stand, and if you cough too hard it blows away; not entirely surprising I su...