In the Eskdalemuir/Craik area you have Greensykes and Dryfehead bothies, both very nice and not heavily used. If you parked in Eskdalemuir, you could ride in to Greensykes for the first night, next day ride over to Dryfehead via Samye Ling Monastery (tearoom), then on last day ride back to Eskdalemu...

Jenny Graham was on Radio Scotland's Out for the Weekend programme today, first half hour plus more throughout the programme.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000vfb

Looks like the photos have just had a fair bit of HDR processing applied to them.

Richard G wrote:Isn't that why most people have passthrough batteries these days? For dynamo purposes I mean.

Yeah but you still won't generate enough power in hilly terrain to keep your phone/camera/whatever charged.

For me, a dynamo hub would not provide enough power on an off road bikepacking trip. I've used a dynamo hub on road touring for a few years and it's fine if you aren't in mountainous terrain but if you are it won't cut the mustard. You spend hours going slowly uphill generating very little, and minu...

Remember that MBA policy is to discourage groups of 6 or more without the owners' permission.

Yes I cut mine to the same sort of slot as on the official carved version, it did make it more comfortable but I still found it too uncomfortably unforgiving so gave up on it. Cutting the slot caused no adverse effects as far as I could tell. What was interesting though was to find that there is a l...

Robens Raptor?
http://www.robens.de/en/Products/tents/ ... via/raptor

Towbars were listed in my insurance company's list of modifications, and required declaration.

Interesting to see how this guy gets on riding the Transcontinental on a Brompton!
https://chpt3.com/blogs/journal/introdu ... mptonental

They don't seem to know how to sit in a packraft either, no wonder they capsized, seem to be either kneeling as in a Canadian canoe or sitting up on the rear of the raft.

Bowhill seems to be becoming a bit stroppy about access. A while ago I cycled in the main driveway in order to go to the cafe for lunch, something I've done many times before without any problems. The guy at the booth who collects the fees from visitors to the house and for parking, wouldn't let me ...

No restrictions around most of Loch Katrine as far as I can see from the map.

Great idea.

Can I have the Alpkit Airlok Xtra 20l bag please.

Just Avoid the Glasgow September weekend (usually the first full weekend in the month) as a large amount of people from Glasgow decant to varius Western isles, including Arran and tend to celebrate the fact they have along weekend off work. September Weekend is usually around the 3rd weekend in Sep...

Midgies will still be around but starting to decline in number.

Gorilla Cage dry bag? http://www.cyclemiles.co.uk/shop/access ... qjU3p-nzMI
Still quite expensive though.
Otherwise any dry bag such as Alpkit, etc.

Ah too small for me then.

What size frrame?
And are the wheels/tyres 27.5 plus size?

Loch Lomond from Conic Hill

Wow... I want a new down jacket, but holy sh*t they're expensive. Not if you go to Decathlon, I got one of these last september, wore it every evening of three week cycle tour and regularly since, liked it so much I bought another in orange colour, great value. https://www.decathlon.co.uk/full-down...

Lomo do a good value one, it's more or less identical to the DD one I have.
http://www.lomo.co.uk/acatalog/3x3-tarp.html

I was there last march.
No wood supplies near the bothy so best to carry some fuel in with you if possible.
I usually carry a couple of firelogs when going to bothies just in case theres no local wood.