You can now vote for your favourite picture. One vote per person and voting will remain open for 7 days. The winning entry will receive something nice for their efforts.

The list of names corresponds to the order of the pictures in the thread ... it's not difficult to fathom.




For no other reason than because we can, I thought we'd have a mid-year photo comp.

Post a photo here that in your mind represents the title 'Portrait of a bikepacker'. If possible, try and upload it rather than adding it as an attachment but if you must go down that route, please try and keep it small enough to prevent having to scroll.

One pic per person please but you can alter / edit your entry if you find something you prefer.

We'll keep things open for a couple of weeks then sort out some voting and I'll find the winner something nice.

What a wonderfully open title - I like it.

I'll dig through the archive later, but a single image already comes to mind.

GregMay wrote: a single image already comes to mind.

Brilliant! I don't think there is any need to continue the competition...

I win!!!



That jersey is an Italian XXL - you should see it on me, it's obscene!

ZeroDarkBivi wrote:Brilliant! I don't think there is any need to continue the competition...

Not my intention... honest... as you were and sorry to derail this a bit Stu. I'll try to make a more constructive contribution

You like a fanny there John


though the effect would be greater if the hammock was red

ScotRoutes wrote:You like a fanny there John

And I love you too x x

Ricky sleeping rough at the edge of a river bed in the Mercantour, 2012. We'd run out of water that evening. Clear weather with almost no chance of large amounts of rain...

A youthful looking Moderator enjoying some scran on a long winter evening

Dec Bivvy - Derbyshire's largest pork scratching meets it's match by 99percentchimp, on Flickr

None of you people have sussed that this is just a lame attempt by Stu to see the best images you have of him, have you?

None of you people have sussed that this is just a lame attempt by Stu to see the best images you have of him, have you?

'best' ... I'm really not sure there are any 'best' images

mi young fella Fionn looking very confused on his first trip ,thinking
A why did i let dad wake me at 530
B why am i sleeping under a sheet in a body bag,
c why am i on top of a hill
IMG_20180513_053934 by Stuart Dean, on Flickr

For 2018 or from any year?

Any year Simon.

gairym wrote:I win!!!
That jersey is an Italian XXL - you should see it on me, it's obscene!

As it was loading up I thought it was going to be that pic from Spain Gairy!

Wotsits wrote:

gairym wrote:I win!!!
That jersey is an Italian XXL - you should see it on me, it's obscene!

As it was loading up I thought it was going to be that pic from Spain Gairy!

Loading?! Are you still on dial up

Cheers Stu, if it was 2018, I would have been out

voodoo_simon wrote: Loading?! Are you still on dial up

May as well be- dodgy ships WiFi!

winner! I'm calling it...

BobCatMax wrote:winner! I'm calling it...

Nah, though it's good.

We need the one with that "look". There's a few times I've read Stu's posts and pictured him saying it with "that look" on his face

DSC00568.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr