A nice Malbec. Not used to you mentioning wines :smile: . Back on the stouts..... was in Morrisbums and noticed a new Northern Monk effort: Chocolate & Caramel & Biscuit stout. Put one in my basket to try, and carried on. Later thought hang on I've been caught like this before and went back...

Making a start on the bottle of St Pierre Belgian Abbey Ale........ But feck ME it's 🥶!! Reckon in this instance you'd be better off with some of this 'ere Ovaltine wot I'm drinking at this precise moment :smile: . Ahhh, but I did: beer, camomile tea, beer, hot chocolate, beer - that worked :-bd Qu...

I don’t have the arms for sleeveless Surely a sleeveless jacket is the perfect garment if you don't have arms? :lol: Well the number of suggestions is now reaching into the hundreds. On the edge of my seat (saddle?) wondering what it's finally going to be. On past form my vote is Dave just uses it ...

Verena wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:08 pm Making a start on the bottle of St Pierre Belgian Abbey Ale........ But feck ME it's 🥶!!

Reckon in this instance you'd be better off with some of this 'ere Ovaltine wot I'm drinking at this precise moment .

Also had this recently. Tried all sorts including tightening the crank bolt. Nothing worked. In the end took crank right off, cleaned the little gasket thingy in the bolt gap and the bolt and everything else. Sorted! Don't think anyone else mentioned that yet? Probably used all the wrong terminology...

Well that's fascinating. Snowing here today. Tiny tiny flakes, but still.

5th April 1971:

Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole

Mount Etna erupts in Sicily - must have been a (good) omen .

I'll leave it all in Reg's very capable hands to take it from here The early birds ^^^ have beaten us to it John :smile: . I was going to stay up until midnight+1 last night and post something. But yes, wishing Stu a very happy birthday :-bd https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51094231308_c77b935cb...

Crikey, some high tyre pressures up in here :???: 20 - 25psi for me on a 2.4" tyre. 18psi on a 3" Mmm... Bob way back in 2014 explained thusly: "Tyre pressures are a whole different mega-thread :lol: A starting point would be your weight in Kg (to the nearest 5kg) divided by ten give...

Jeff wrote: Here you go Reg

Ahhh.. lovely Jeff. Very atmospheric up there.

I like these too, slightly different. Got them on a large DD tarp to add mid tie-outs, but can stick them anywhere on shelter presumably. https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk ... clips-p447

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112319632555 ... 2742841047 maybe?

or https://tarpaulinsdirect.co.uk/tarpauli ... acks-of-4/

Just the clips there obv. Stick whatever string on that you wish.

Wollaton Park, Dale Abbey, Shipley Park, Crich Memorial, Wirksworth, Black Rocks, Cromford Incline, etc are all probably en route at the Nottingham end. Depends how long you got.

I'm suddenly idly reflecting how incredibly lucky us lot were to be allowed to carry on riding our bikes over the past year throughout all the mayhem. At various times pretty much everything else was verboten. Kept me sane (shut up at the back). Even crappy garden-only bivvies added a little more 'f...

PS. Make sure you don't go past Alpkit in Hathersage or Newthorpe or you'll end up spending loads of money. Oh, hang on, maybe not for you .

Just point yer bike south Shaf and let it do the work for you - "Peak District", you can't miss it .

Chilterns Spring Thing, which is forthcoming. Ooh I’m up for that, now I’m rocking my ultra light rack I can attend with excessive amounts of food, cooking equipment and beer in true Chilterns style, I might just be able to cobble together a shelter as well :-bd So any dates and figs for this Thing...

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:58 am leftover chocolate

Absolutely baffling concept. No idea what they're on about.

Marmite, Bob, is a bikepacking food - multi-use y'see. For example you can also seal flat roofs with it. Or use as emergency tyre sealant.

Old Bent One Kenobi would be more appropriate I think . One crisp per sitting might be a challenge and take black belt 10th dan levels of self-control.

And yes, Led, , trussed you to come up with an image like that.

Ah yes that's what I got too from Aldi. Good value and nice taste but still think it's quite 'thin'/watery. Might try stirring a bit of porridge into it.........

Landslide wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:51 pm
So now I'm full of cake too.

The very definition of Cheery Friday I guess .

Landslide wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:36 pm talked about how we're really feeling

Ah, one of those parties .

I'm quite partial to Tyrell's 'Naked' crisps. Ooo the ‘slightly salted’ ones? Nah. Those are different. These are no salt, no nuffin'. Stark bollock naked. Photo of naked ladies on the front just in case you hadn't got the message. You'd be fine with your new regime - some fat of course but tiny am...

I think Tim is yer man with the plan, I might give you a shout before then, my veloviewer exploration is within 6 miles of LB, by the way what the hell us the mud made of there? I was out around Winslow and literally it stopped my front wheel from turning. Yep. Did you not read Instalment 3 of Pete...