the rocky river bed Didn't notice that bit. :-S Must have done it in the dark. In Hafran Forest, it's the next to last descent before you get to the ford. Not really a river, it's a washed out steep fire road that has a stream running down it for about half its length. I think that's the one anyway.

Unusually for me I've got my act together and written up my blog - http://bobwightman.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... s-200.html

There's a village on Orkney Mainland called Twatt, there's only one road sign to it left now!

Blizzard bag and SOL bag are different things though I would like to see him pack an "opened" Blizzard bag into the dry bag he had.

rufus748 wrote:Did anyone find Chew?
There were a lot of concerned people Sunday morning after he had overtaken them by the cafe but not arrived back. (Not concerned enough to cycle back and lol for him though )

He turned up eventually with a big smile on his face so (probably) no harm done.

That's the one Ian, at the bottom of the last steep climb before Bucknell Woods and Knighton. Took a few minutes of chatting to get her become human again

Since this seems to be the summary thread here's my post ride breakdown, I'll do a blog later. Highs: The moorland tracks between Knighton and Llanbister Spotting several Red Kites, Buzzards and Barn Owls (not all at once) Duncan for finding and returning my glasses (they are only a cheap pair from ...

Ladies trackies are comfortable. Slippery slope Greg will be in a dress for it next year ;) I was by the bridge in Llanidloes getting stones out of my shoes around 10pm on Saturday night when a bearded bloke walked past dressed as David Walliams' "I'm a Lady!" character from Little Britai...

Matt wrote:She forgot to take any photos so is asking if anybody took any photos in the Cafe they could share.

I took a couple but need to get them off my phone. I know she's on Twitter so I'll see about putting them there.

Is there anyone who rode the BB220 who didn't use the cafe? we complained about the last 15km; how much complaint would there be if the 2017 route didn't go past the café, or if the café didn't open. :shock: Well the route is different each year so there's no guarantee next year's route will even g...

Is there anyone who rode the BB220 who didn't use the cafe?

the people finishing around midnight .....what sleeping gear were you carrying? presumably "just enough" to satisfy rules, yet light enough to be unnoticeable? curious what. I wasn't sure even after setting off whether I'd bivy out or not, in the event I rode through and finished just bef...

Cheers Dee and Stu especially for putting up with my "expectant father's" pacing around this afternoon. Despite the endless cups of tea today, I still needed two cups of coffee to make the drive home.

Thanks for rescuing my glasses Duncan. I only realised as I was heading along the road to Knighton. A good job I didn't need to actually *read* my GPS screen

No picture handy to be able to link to but my bike will be similarly laden but without the water bottles and fuel pods as I'm using a small Camelbak for that stuff.

Oh well, back to plan A. The replacement Exped mat didn't get delivered this morning, it needed to be signed for and the builder who was going to be around rang earlier to say he wouldn't be there :sad: So rather than have a super comfy 9cm deep mat I'll be on the Klymit X-Frame, just hope it doesn'...

Seriously......Stop packing for your fears. You only need one gps unit. If it fails (and how likely is that) then just bail on the road back to the finish. Either ask for directions or rip a page out of road atlas to take with you. If you're doubling up (or even tripling) on this, what other stuff ...

In a similar vein - if anyone's stopping at the Travelodge in Oswestry tonight, that's our hotel. Posh me

The Boss wrote:Great news about Glyndwr's Way Café for this weekend's riders. Belinda has just rang to say she is willing to do a night shift and will be open from 6pm Saturday until 8am Sunday. Serving baked potatoes, soup and cake

Now that's how to generate custom! I'll have my cash ready

Asposium wrote:

whitestone wrote:This is in decimal format which might be easier to enter in to the Garmin
56.361220, -3.426571

52.361095,-3.4288248

think that 56 should be a 52

Sorry, was reading/writing it as for some reason I couldn't highlight it and copy/paste

This is in decimal format which might be easier to enter in to the Garmin
56.361220, -3.426571

Oregon 600 with spare set of batteries.

Backup: panic!

So what's happening to the 2018 group start?

Scratch that: 17th Sept 2019 is a Monday, 17th Sept 2018 is a Saturday so just looks like a typo.

Remember seeing the community centre when doing the winter event (I was checking out the back for somewhere to kip officer, honest! ) and seeing the cafe marked on Google maps when tracing the route. Somehow I don't think they'll be open when I get there.

surely a hotel is within the ITT rules? not cached, outside assistance, available to all. Ah but it's already booked, so that's a no. I was being deliberately mischievous :smile: It's a pre-event booking so no need to get the rule book out :lol: Saturday night we shall be dossing out with the rest ...