Search found 156 matches
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 6:30 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
Once again can I thank you for your long and detailed replies. Love the crossed wires about journey to the centre of the earth 😄. Might have to read the Jules Verne novel now just to see what it's like. So plans for this winter. (I'm a gardener so winter is when I have more opportunity to ditch work...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
Another search reveals that The Lost World was first published in 1912. I've read that and enjoyed it. Stands up well against more modern tales.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
I've not read it. A quick Google says it was written in 1864. That's well old!
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
My wife read it whilst on holiday as she'd finished all her books and she really enjoyed it. She then bought me Walking home from Mongolia for my birthday last week
Speaking of which Rosie Swale Pope's story of running round the world is another great tale of adventure and people.
Speaking of which Rosie Swale Pope's story of running round the world is another great tale of adventure and people.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
When I was younger I used to do mad things to prove myself. I wasn't happy but did have a troubled childhood which goes some way to explain it. Counselling, a wonderful wife, then a lovely daughter plus half a lifetime without bad things happening has allowed me to make peace with who I am. I have n...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
Two books, I have them both (amongst many others):
The Man who cycled the world by Mark Beaumont.
Cycling home from Siberia by Rob Lilwall.
Rob's adventure was my favourite by a million miles.
The Man who cycled the world by Mark Beaumont.
Cycling home from Siberia by Rob Lilwall.
Rob's adventure was my favourite by a million miles.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. It's good to have a proper think sometimes. Analysing the point I made about meeting like minded people, perhaps I've missed the point? Last year I did a 9 day trip to, round, and back from the Brecon Beacons. My most cherished memories were a long conve...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
That's a smashing answer!
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
I reckon I need to just get stuck in. I'm overthinking it. Maybe stop reading about the latest superhero who can go 7 days without sleep too! I get really grumpy after one night's poor kip.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
Re: The 'why?'
Yes. I saw that Second city divide plan too and it really appealed.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 'why?'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2394
The 'why?'
Morning all. I've got to the point now where I've got the 'how' fairly sorted. Can head out for a few days without any concern. What I have been struggling with is my 'why?' I love riding for hours, I adore nature and the countryside, am perfectly happy in my own company yet also love sharing it wit...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Kit lust.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 3711
Re: Kit lust.
I guess the truth of it is that as you get to a certain level of experience, you know that adding any new items to your setup will increase your burden. Once you've got a bed and shelter that you trust, waterproofs that keep you dry, a bike that works and a way of carrying everything that is satisfa...
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ideas for a SE England to Snowdonia route?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 736
Re: Ideas for a SE England to Snowdonia route?
Thanks. I've messaged you.
I agree that riding up through Wales has to be the best plan.
Might get a train to Winchester to knock a day off my end.
I agree that riding up through Wales has to be the best plan.
Might get a train to Winchester to knock a day off my end.
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ideas for a SE England to Snowdonia route?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 736
Ideas for a SE England to Snowdonia route?
Might well get the chance to ride to meet a friend somewhere in Snowdonia next month. Have been thinking about routes and would welcome ideas. Previously I've done North Downs Way - KAW anticlockwise - Kennet & Avon canal, which has got me to the Severn crossing, so can rule that one out. Idea 1...
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Between now and January?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2858
Re: Between now and January?
Hopefully doing a week long tour of Wales at the beginning of October. No idea what our route will be yet but I'm keen to see Pembrokeshire and Snowdonia.
1st running marathon on the South Downs at the end of October plus we're putting on a cx race the week before.
BB200 in Nov (gulp!)
1st running marathon on the South Downs at the end of October plus we're putting on a cx race the week before.
BB200 in Nov (gulp!)
- Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking awards, your best bit of kit, ever!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2040
Re: Bikepacking awards, your best bit of kit, ever!
Lake MX303 boots Feel a bit of a fraud listing them as I'm considering replacing them (the inside lining is torn and the boa dials have been replaced by cable ties), but these boots have done a decade of hard service. They've kept my feet warm in sustained minus 6 - I sized up a whole shoe size and...
- Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Local knowledge.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 188
Local knowledge.
Friday night kinda post, if you know what I mean? 🍺 WhatsApped a mate about a mini trip next weekend. Wrote down the route (about 24hrs of riding) then listed off the resupply points and water taps. Hard won knowledge; cafe caravan in the woods, public toilet in the town, church with water tap... I ...
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 6:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 7590
Re: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
When I rode the YD300 last winter, me and my mate had to behave like circus gymnasts to get through some of the gates down by the reservoir without soaking our boots. My favourite was a shimmy along the gate, unlatch it, swing out to dry land, dismount and then edge my way along a ledge on a dry sto...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 7590
Re: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
Cheers guys. On the specs issue, I've found a solution btw. I wear contacts with my dominant eye set for distance vision and my non dominant eye set for distance AND near vision in concentric rings! Somehow my brain sorts all this information out into a workable solution. It's not perfect but it does.
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 7590
Re: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
Can I ask a question? The thing that causes the most faffage for me is fiddling about with my garmin screen, trying to see the route, when the path isn't obvious. How do you deal with the oft mentioned tussocky bog sections? Do you have the screen zoomed out a bit and just head in roughly the right ...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 7590
Re: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
I rode the YD300 last February with a mate over 3 days. I was really struggling mentally with the scale of it on the first day until at a lunch break he pulled out a printed map with elevation profile. From then on we chunked up the route; big climb then descent into village etc, and I started enjoy...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 6:34 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 7590
Re: My BB200 Black Badge (training) Thread.
It's nice to see this thread. I'll be training for my first BB200 and yes I'll take it seriously and yes I'll be 'racing' to beat the clock. (I realised the futility of trying to beat my fellow man over the last decade of xc and cx racing). Personally I respond really well to lots of hours in the sa...
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:23 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tomorrow.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 4836
Re: Tomorrow.
I do say race in inverted commas. I've quit actual racing because it all felt rather pointless. I want to try a few bikepacking events where I ride with purpose. Normally I bimble about and faff a lot but sometimes I love the feeling of the focus that comes with trucking along like a two wheeled Ter...
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tomorrow.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 4836
Re: Tomorrow.
Thanks very much slarge, you b********! Due to your awesomeness on the TD, I felt emboldened to enter the bb November edition. That was after 2 beers last night though. Was having breakfast this morning when I remembered my idea. Dang! It was still a good idea. I'm trembling slightly at the prospect...