The gideons have really outdone themselves thereJohnClimber wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:31 pm Well that's my local lockdown accommodation for the Winter Event sorted![]()
Assuming I can sneak past the gate security![]()
January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
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I will buy every spare slot
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
I’m in.
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This is the best Friday evening I've had for years
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The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
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The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
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In fact I'm prepared to SELL you my slot Dave. Go on, make me an offer... Shelter/Wallich win either way
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This is like standing outside a Toy Dolls gig and a tout comes up offering a wheelbarrow of fivers for your ticket! Would I sell.... hmm... I'm not sure... No. No, I wouldn't, that ticket is priceless...
"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
The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
I did it last year and the weather was very Welsh as I recall so it cant be that bad again can itI
I may regret it but can you put me on the list please.
Tim Trob6 Worcestershire
I may regret it but can you put me on the list please.
Tim Trob6 Worcestershire
What's the worst than can happen?
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Nice one Tim.
First Post updated.
33 have entered, 35 riders (2 pairs)
If anyone is interested but too scared to stick their hand up because they may not know how to do something or understand what some of it is about please message either
Myself, RIP, or BearBones Norm to answer any questions.
First Post updated.
33 have entered, 35 riders (2 pairs)
If anyone is interested but too scared to stick their hand up because they may not know how to do something or understand what some of it is about please message either
Myself, RIP, or BearBones Norm to answer any questions.
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I'm in, assuming we are not working 24/7 in ITU again by then
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Morning all. New here, but I've joined John on a few bivvies over the last couple of years.
He mentioned this thread a couple of weeks ago so here I am with a vague idea of what I'm letting myself in for.
Paul - Halton ("Liverpool City Region")
He mentioned this thread a couple of weeks ago so here I am with a vague idea of what I'm letting myself in for.
Paul - Halton ("Liverpool City Region")
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Im in
Just got to learn how to plot a route now
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Warrington area
Just got to learn how to plot a route now
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Warrington area
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Add me to the list please :)
Anthony - Stumpm4 - East riding / North Yorkshire border
May need to push it back a day or so as work a lot of weekends now, but get days off in the week
cheers
Anthony - Stumpm4 - East riding / North Yorkshire border
May need to push it back a day or so as work a lot of weekends now, but get days off in the week
cheers
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Pop my name on the list please, thanks.
Nigel - Maidstone, Kent.
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Added
37 riders, with 5 weeks still to go before the closing date of Midnight Saturday 12th
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Do we have an 80 limit cut off like the Winter Events which fills up every year?
37 riders, with 5 weeks still to go before the closing date of Midnight Saturday 12th
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Do we have an 80 limit cut off like the Winter Events which fills up every year?
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Reckon so
"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
The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
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That sounds like fun. Please add me in:
Brendan / brendan - Kingston, London
Brendan / brendan - Kingston, London
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If anyone is unsure about GR and route planning, you may find this useful. There's a link to part 2 at the bottom.
https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... art-1.html
https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... art-1.html
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Also please don't forget, you don't have to go to ALL or MANY of your GR's, rules are there to be broken and bent.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:00 pm If anyone is unsure about GR and route planning, you may find this useful. There's a link to part 2 at the bottom.
https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... art-1.html
Also don't forget your bivi out on the Saturday night is allowed be in your back garden or your shed or garage "bothy". Or out and about if you chose to. Just don't go inside your house to sleep. We need photographic evidence of your night out and a GR or two in the how it went thread.
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Technically, if we're being sticklers, Stu's "Emergency BaM Rules" would need to be reinstated for this to applyJohnClimber wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:32 pm your bivi out on the Saturday night is allowed be in your back garden or your shed or garage "bothy"
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Then again, as you say, Rules... hah....
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What were "Emergency BaM Rules" please?
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Instigated by Stu as a "temporary wartime measure" in March and stood down on 1st Sept
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16690#p209882
I guess Stu could have reinstated them for these latest lockdowns but if he had then presumably he'd have to withdraw them again on Dec 4th (for England anyway, Wales is now "open" again of course, goodness knows about Scotland) so they wouldn't then be applicable in January unless we had ANOTHER lockdown....
In a nutshell they only apply during a lockdown
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viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16690#p209882
I guess Stu could have reinstated them for these latest lockdowns but if he had then presumably he'd have to withdraw them again on Dec 4th (for England anyway, Wales is now "open" again of course, goodness knows about Scotland) so they wouldn't then be applicable in January unless we had ANOTHER lockdown....
In a nutshell they only apply during a lockdown
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"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
The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster