Anyone tried The Protein Works meals as an alternative to the usual suspects?
https://www.theproteinworks.com/product ... supermeals

Cheaper, but need to make up your own pouches, or rehydrate them in the pan, but they look an interesting alternative.
Vegan, if that's your thing.

I used these in my Dakota 20 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09XK5W6KQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=8733ec75add7696e4b0153bff0b01854&content-id=amzn1.sym.25f7c301-a223-4ff8-91c9-accfeab9fda8%3Aamzn1.sym.25f7c301-a223-4ff8-91c9-accfeab9fda8&hsa_cr_id=6959604690902&pd_rd...

Dillglove are the UK distributor for Selle SMP saddles and they have a trial service, for which you pay a fully refundable deposit per saddle.

https://www.dillglove.co.uk/dillglove-e ... in-the-uk/

Not quite what I meant. While you can ride/walk on forestry roads they are permissive rather than public (unless a BW or FP is aligned with them). They aren't actually public thoroughfares maintained by the local highways authority. Does it matter who maintains them? And it's not just forestry road...

whitestone wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:19 am Here in the UK we've basically none. There are forestry fire roads and the like but they aren't "public" in the sense that say the M6 is.

In Scotland they are, at least for cyclists anyway, and there are loads of them.

Can't we just call them Gravel Bikes?

Not much of a ferry at twice a day on two weekends a month in summer.

Fair point on the speed, but I'm not sure how linear the relationship is between speed and output. I'm doing a long audax this weekend and anticipate a moving average of 22-24kph - my usb charger kicks in at about 6kph and I don't know how much more power is generated at 22kph or 30kph. And regards...

Questions seem to pop up here quite regularly regarding how effective dynamo and usb charger combos are at recharging bits and bobs, so my inner nerd thought it might be useful to compare our own 'in the field' tests. I was really impressed with what my own combo put out on my commute this morning....

The Arroyo Partido on the Siete Lagos route in Argentina is such a stream
One branch (on the right in this photo) flows to the Pacific Ocean and the other branch flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo_Partido

Overnight ferry from Aberdeen to Orkney, then ferry to Caithness, is an option for getting to Dunnet Head.

Just start the roll of the closure, say one turn, then with the bag upright, lean your weight on the top and you will find the air will be forced out. Once it's compressed, quickly pull up on the closure buckles and roll down a couple more turns.

Sorry if this has been done before, but stuffing a sleeping bag into a handlebar drybag, how do you not trap air? I'm thinking of fitting a one way valve, perhaps similar to that on my Vango aotrom mat (recommended btw), to let air out but keep water out. Easily done? Any suggestions? Just squeeze ...

You wouldn't have had any problem taking your bike on the Central to Dalmuir sector, no bookings required to take bikes on any of the local Strathclyde trains, although you would have had to humpf your bike up and down the stairs of the overbridge between the two lines at Dalmuir.

Anyone tried the Light Tour mats?
Look like the Sea to Summit style, watched a couple of decent reviews on YouTube.
https://collinsoutdoors.com/products/li ... -20d-nylon

Go Gas Butane Battery 350g canisters in Home Bargains for £1.99
Butane/propane mixture.
Standard screw thread.
Ideal for refilling smaller canisters for camping use if you have one of the refilling interconnector devices

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:06 pm I'm more interested in the localised forcefield that's kept the snow off the bivvy bag.

A forcefield commonly known as body heat perhaps?

Isobaa merino at sport persuit 50% off. No idea on the quality but just picked up a l/s top for 35 quid, about one third of the equivalent Smartwool. SportPursuit pretty much always have Isobaa stuff at around half the supposed RRP, I think Isobaa is one of their own brands, the Isobaa website used...

Anyone used the Talky Toaster maps of the Alps on an eTrex? Presume they as good as UK maps? Is there a way to check that they are actually there and working before travelling? I seem to remember the device defaults to where you are/it is and only shows that region?? I think you can zoom out and sc...

Thanks. I've been in touch with them and they have enabled my access to download my legacy mapping and it's working now. Bit ridiculous that they don't do it automatically, many ex Viewranger users will be paying out for an OA subscription unneccesarily if they don't know about it, but I guess that...

I think these are just some areas that have been cached while you were online, I don't think they are downloads as such. I get the same in some areas but I am unable to download anything and I had purchased tiles covering the whole of Scotland on Viewranger. This is what I get when I press the down...

I think these are just some areas that have been cached while you were online, I don't think they are downloads as such. I get the same in some areas but I am unable to download anything and I had purchased tiles covering the whole of Scotland on Viewranger. This is what I get when I press the downl...

Yes, agreed. That's been the same for some time sinceoving to OA. I really used to appreciate the OS maps downloaded on the phone via ViewRanger I wonder if there's another option that's almost as good in functionality... The free year subscription after being moved from Viewranger included the abi...

I have access to the whole of the UK and can download areas to my phone for offline use. Even if I'm zoomed out quite a way the download included the overview, 1:50k and 1:25k and changed as I zoomed in. I can't complain as on viewranger I only had the Isle of Wight and that was a free download yea...

Excellent news and a quick respinse by someone called Mike. -------- Hi Shafiq, Though the year of free Pro+ has ended, you retain the whole of OS GB and OSI permanently free under the legacy agreement. To make sure you are ready to use them: Use the App / Play Store; find Outdooractive; if there's...