All check points attained (first time ever) except for one that I got within 500m of before bailing at a locked gate. I'm not really bothered whether it counts or not as I thought I saw a Nightjar on the way up there so got very excited. Too excited to carry my bike over a locked gate. Nightjars are...

Mixed surface Decembivi for me, with Karl. My best hope for keeping up was a roaring tail wind so I rode the TPT to meet him on top of Royd moor to ride to the Humber bridge for sleeps. 3 hours later we packed up. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju9I39z_ck0/XfnS0oOMNFI/AAAAAAAADuI/4bzpnBFIR2IFNJSvDulwsaw...

I was so tempted to make a Novembivi in Southern Spain after a stomach bug helped write off the first two weekends of the Month but by the time Sunday 10th arrived I felt a need for adventure, solitude and calorie levels were nearly normal. Stanage was coppery as I silently slipped through remembran...

To be different I could claim BB200 but instead, I'm claiming this weekend for my October BAM. An excuse to camp under Derwent Dam in full flow? :mrgreen: Please... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3gzIqpFGRk/XawzV9vYNXI/AAAAAAAADr0/XXLsjFra5eA5Bhr72kDr0NpbRAVyg6EYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20191019_064117.jpg Te...

javatime wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:45 pm

Poor photo, just remembered after I had taken down the tent - but shows that I was there !

Glad it's not just me that does(n't) do this.

Last weekend: Punting out the office like https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8nTzQXA-0w0/XYvTAEsRPII/AAAAAAAADpA/0hmxjhYzLAYr3Kl52waLNS_19jlweeO_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s200/20190920_170628.jpg Sunrise https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IufYjKNlVQg/XYvS_yTctJI/AAAAAAAADo8/2zoKrQ-3nP8NWg1KOS4O6OeLsPhuzPdrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/201909...

Looks lovely Drifter.

I don't know the dimensions but I have an excess Alpkit loop bar and soon to be replacing my Jones H loop with Carbon. I lopped about 1.5 inch off the ends on the aluminium ones.

£25 for Alpkit.

I'd have to think about the Jones as theyre worth a bit more.

Let me know if interested.

Sitting on the beach though. I'd have to do 60-70 shitty miles for that kind of luxury.

Done.

Can I "bag" the Terra Nova in exchange for a terrible pun? And money?

Purely a measure of how done in I was... and dropping my earplugs somewhere in the dusty floor of the bus stop.

August - during which I follow in Mr Landslide's tyre tracks 24 hours later and end up sleeping off my bivi in the back of my van at work (in my lunchbreak gov). https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BYfckbc2rG4/XWhI0iNnuFI/AAAAAAAADoc/RpP71roiDhgI-LcCx7YZrAfigvdv4RtpwCLcBGAs/s320/Capture.JPG Start https://pbs...

Nice to see Steve, I think I did most of it in the dark!

First ITT attempt for me, having done a few bunch starts. Didn't really get the right idea of it, deciding to "get a flier" on Friday night so that I guaranteed I'd get round IF the weather stayed hot and I had to go slow. The weather report was for light rain so I packed light and set off...

Lovely stuff everyone.

Can I have a June-bivilation please? A lovely trip to see the... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--9kVXLpSOlo/XRxJXDYcrBI/AAAAAAAADkE/UpRLwx1SZAoTOLwjozxy32iG4_1fNI_qACLcBGAs/s1600/20190703_072020.jpg Stayed in the... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hjRt0Bk4yXA/XRxJ64lpLoI/AAAAAAAADkU/gLP0xTJDbyEMOZBlK0sfxwFVB...

no guns...

I daren't ask what was under Colin's kilt.

Nice festival idea Pete. Bimbling sounds safer after all that fizzy pop.

*OF COURSE* they were in a pickup! Ooh our own little Scottish redneck. It's just like the Tour Divide.

Can I have a May please? I managed to keep Colin the drunk Glaswegian at bay and hunker down with some other HT riders and Nathan the hiker in the Melgarve Bothy. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dZTZWsjkGJs/XPOWZiO2X-I/AAAAAAAADfY/V7Y9Clf1jbciHHgOUtVxYlO2K2TVb7iTgCLcBGAs/s1600/20190526_063432.jpg On Sund...

To follow up on Sean's excellent write up (glad Jane's OK), I've made sure I remind myself what to do next year. https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2019/06/glorious-information-gathering-failure.html It was a pleasure to meet: Sean, Karl, Alistair Mac, JT, Ben, Dusty, Nick Bubb, John (South African...

April. Sneaky Highlands Easter in glorious weather took an alarming turn. https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2019/04/highland-trail-recce.html https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-svy7eKvHLl0/XMV4yTGKovI/AAAAAAAADck/3bFCQuS6VmI7FOzEnQvXMllCnDfVHAkdwCLcBGAs/s320/DSCF1969.JPG https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1EJnmz-...

March has been a busy month doing a few less wildernessy things which left me hankering for a mental recovery ride. The boss had decided we should drink our way into Brexit but Thursday looked like a beaut evening so I left the bike bags in a colleague's car whilst we had dinner (Italians are used t...

Lovely few hours of riding in the Peak District yesterday and today with Landslide. My second for February but with almost 6 hours sleeping, this one counted for more bivi points. :grin: Pub dinner then peace, quiet, flat, comfy ground. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g2zhQ7jwvwE/XHMQYCCImoI/AAAAAAAADZ0/...

Februbivi. https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/201 ... ubivi.html