A nice little 17 mile pootle about the Bridgewater Canal and part of the N55 cycle route...quite muddy in places but the big kid in me loves the mud.......

Made me think. Has anyone got any long distance canal routes worked out? I started trying to figure something out for a family friendly holiday, but didn't get far as I got distracted by canal during midi and then just totally distracted . The idea that my wife likes flat cycling and puns/cafes as ...

On my commute home @ 6am along canal nr Dover lock sometimes have face off with a deer on towpath , twice it looked at me with disgust had to shout at it to move.....didnt want to get into fight with it..

Im in , could do with losing 2 stone , spent nearly all 2015 off bike due to surfing accident put 3 1/2 stone on . Its taken ages to lose just over a stone.......must try harder

I do a lot on canal towpaths commuting and training..... not had any problems with people, I slow down and shout "can i squeeze past please " then say "sorry" with a wave and a smile in case i cause an inconvenience especially if they have dogs off lead....or little brats (i mean...

Have fun everyone , busy working next couple of weekends so well jealous .... My bike packing journey starts in January with the 1st of bivi a month , new year new adventures.

Entered..................gulp

Would I be right in thinking next years WRT would be the last weekend in April. The weekend after Dirty Reiver....only asking as I would have to book 2 days off work.

Its my 50th next year so let the adventures begin...new to bikepacking so the new year will be the starting point..
Bivi a month
Dirty Reiver
3-4 day Manchester - Snowden with walk up Mt Snowden - Manchester via canal towpaths.
Pennine bridleway sth-nth
Capital Trail....hopefully

Xmas prezzie off the kids ...to replace old ones in the van...........delivery driver not impressed had to carry up the steps at front of house...heehee

Yaay payday today.......1/2 price sleeping bag- ordered....25% off bucket seats for van - ordered. Both xmas prezzies off the family...


Oh and put a cheeky offer on a 29er on ebay and got it..........wife doesnt know yet...gulp...


Not a bad black friday.

Bugger....just up the road from me but its our cycling club do...maybe next time..

Thanks Tom ,package turned up today..

SOLD

Payment sent..
Cheers
Gary

Yes please

Can I have the top tube bag and airlok/roo pouch please

gazaddy wrote:Haha , short easy , will be at the end of a long days riding..

May have answered my own question there.....road

Haha , short easy , will be at the end of a long days riding..

I'm planning my first big bikepacking weekend for early spring next year..the idea is to ride down the Bridgewater canal from Leigh (home) to Runcorn then down the Trent and Mersey to Middlewich , then across the Shropshire Union to Llangollen canal.....onto Betws-y-Coed then camp at Llynn Gwynant.....

I can see some experimenting going on.....mmmmmmmmm

Brilliant...some 'FOOD' for thought there ...I'll be doing some experimenting before my first big night out..

Bit of a noob question but I'm just starting to get into this bikepacking malarkey..using my cx bike and one man tent (not ready to bivvy yet). What do people cook / eat on overnight camps...other than pot noodles..

Yay.....garmin Dakota 20 turned up today...just need to download the manual then try it out.

May swap for a 29er if anyone interested