Christmas list - a suggestion

Talk about anything.

Moderators: Bearbonesnorm, Taylor, Chew

Post Reply
AlasdairMc
Posts: 1267
Joined: Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:46 pm
Location: Edinburgh
Contact:

Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by AlasdairMc »

I got The Year by our very own Dave Barter last Christmas and am finally getting around to reading it. 60 pages in and it’s excellent. Fascinating, interesting, but sadly none of the swearing we’ve come to expect from the man himself. Highly recommended.

Anyone else got something they’d recommend to go on our Christmas list?
User avatar
Bearbonesnorm
Posts: 23940
Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:53 pm
Location: my own little world

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by Bearbonesnorm »

Yes, 'The Year' is a cracking read, highly recommended.

Anything else? Yes ... a nice Bear Bones calendar. Just £9.99 delivered and full of lovely pictures.
http://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/s ... s-calendar
May the bridges you burn light your way
User avatar
psling
Posts: 1629
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:36 am
Location: Forest of Dean

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by psling »

Anything else? Yes ... a nice Bear Bones calendar. Just £9.99 delivered and full of lovely pictures.
http://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/s ... s-calendar
Shameless :roll: :grin:
We go out into the hills to lose ourselves, not to get lost. You are only lost if you need to be somewhere else and if you really need to be somewhere else then you're probably in the wrong place to begin with.
User avatar
Bearbonesnorm
Posts: 23940
Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:53 pm
Location: my own little world

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by Bearbonesnorm »

Shameless
That's nowt, give it another couple of weeks :wink:
May the bridges you burn light your way
User avatar
Dave Barter
Posts: 3610
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:21 pm

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by Dave Barter »

Thanks Alistair. I'm working on an audio book version of it and am happy to create an 18+ version if there's demand
Elite keyboard warrior, DNF'er, Swearer
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9073
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by RIP »

Tis indeed an excellent read.

18+ sounds good! And hopefully the subsequent 60+ version will feature extra-special under-the-counter additional profanities :-bd. I'd be happy to dig out my 'Roger' to aid my understanding and reading pleasure alongside it :smile:.
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
Scud
Posts: 647
Joined: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:18 pm
Location: North Norfolk

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by Scud »

I really like "Faster" by Michael Hutchinson, very knowledgeable but also very funny.

"its all about the bike " by Robert Penn was good too (he also did on called "Woods: a celebration" about unsurprisingly our woodlands and a funny book called "The Wrong Kind of Snow" about UK weather.)
User avatar
faustus
Posts: 941
Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:30 pm
Location: Newbury

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by faustus »

I've just bought myself an early xmas present from R*pha (only likely purchase i'll ever make from them), "Longer Rides" written and illustrated by Jo Burt. £12 plus extortionate postage, but I like his drawings and it sounds good to me. No training plans and nutrition guff, and he talks to well known names in long distance cycling.
User avatar
TheBrownDog
Posts: 2107
Joined: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:46 pm
Location: Chilterns

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by TheBrownDog »

Agree as above. Penn's book It's All About the Bike is very, very good. Did he used to have a column in Cycling Weekly maybe 20 years ago?

It's a not a bikepacky book, but A Dog in a Hat is a simply wonderful read about becoming a Belgian cycling pro.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007JIIL0M/ ... TF8&btkr=1
I'm just going outside ...
User avatar
PaulB2
Posts: 1963
Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:32 pm
Location: Stafford

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by PaulB2 »

The Wales and West Country Lost Lanes books are on my wishlist.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Lanes-Wal ... 1910636037
User avatar
BigRingGrinder
Posts: 69
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:42 pm

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by BigRingGrinder »

faustus wrote:I've just bought myself an early xmas present from R*pha (only likely purchase i'll ever make from them), "Longer Rides" written and illustrated by Jo Burt. £12 plus extortionate postage, but I like his drawings and it sounds good to me. No training plans and nutrition guff, and he talks to well known names in long distance cycling.
Ditto done the same myself this lunchtime.

For £5 p&p I'd expect a quicker delivery then the 4-6 days they have quoted!
User avatar
thenorthwind
Posts: 2608
Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:07 pm
Location: Newcastle

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by thenorthwind »

I'd be happy to dig out my 'Roger'
I think Reg digging out his Roger should be 18+ :o I presume (hope) he's referring to his Profanisaurus.
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9073
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

Re: Christmas list - a suggestion

Post by RIP »

Yes, Profanisaurus, just to clarify :wink:
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
Post Reply