Following on from the unfortunate but understandable cancellation of January's Winter Event.
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Christmas eve edit.
Stuart's carefully picked Grid Refs are these.

1) SN 862988 - JohnClimber
2) SH 730375 - Dave Barter
3) SN 841808 - Thenorthwind + £10 extra for the rain guage nearby
4) SH 903303 - OR - SH 923303 - Whitestone
5) SH 678122 - Ton
6) SN 863991 - Reg
7) SH 691264 - Charliecres
8) SN 814759 - benp1
9) SJ 015289 - In Reverse
10) SN756872 - Cheeky Monkey
11) SH 662 001 - Shutuplegs
12) SN 742903 - voodoo_simon
13) SH 934238 - Shewie
14) SH 623150 - tobasco
15) SN 909798 - Barney
16) SH 840336 - Dave Barter
17) SH 792031 - Dave Barter
18) SH 798276 - Dave Barter
19) SJ 082057 - Dave Barter
20) SN 915957 - Dave Barter
21) SN 688977 - Reg
22) SH 562032 - Reg
23) SH 665072 - Reg

Shut up legs has offered up a bonus £10 if Stuart gets a selfie with a sign towards 'Happy Valley' on the way past? He doesn't need to go there itself, just a sign towards it would do.

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And the start of the Virtual Winter Event thread over here
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18491

Reg and I are honoured to have Stuart join in our little Virtual Winter Event early in January.

Here's your one and only chance to take revenge on Stuart for all the years of suffering that he's put us through.

Please don't post your single GR now, the big reveal will be mid December

What Reg and I want is for you to put your hand up here on this thread if you want to be one of the 20 to choose and sponsor a single Grid Reference for Stuart to ride to over the same weekend that we are riding.

Stuarts Grid ref is
SN 871976
We had 5 weeks to chose him one GR within a 40km radius of Bear Bones Towers.

Then after the event weekend if Stuart gets to your Grid Ref you pay £10 Shelter 50% and 50% to https://thewallich.com/ via Reg (RIP) with the collection bucket

1) JohnClimber
2) Dave Barter
3) Thenorthwind - #BigClue Thenorthwind promises put in a 2nd tenner to the pot for a photo of the "Rain Gauge"
4) Whitestone
5) Ton
6) RIP
7) Charliecres
8) benp1
9) In Reverse
10) Cheeky Monkey
11) Shutuplegs - #BigClue2 - Plus a tenner for a selfie photo of the Happy Valley sign
12) voodoo_simon
13) Shewie
14) tobasco
15) Barney
16) Dave Barter
17) Dave Barter
18) Dave Barter
19) Dave Barter
20) Dave Barter
21) Reg
22) Reg
23) Reg

Good luck Stuart, we'll be watching

At risk of appearing too eager... yes please

I'll play.

i will put my name forward.

even tho i aint been on any BB event, Stu's helped me out a fair few times, and i love this place for it's easy going pace,

We'll have a little slice of that I think yes. Top of Pen Y Fan here we come!

I’ll play please (2014 BB200 survivor)

I'm in too please!

Yes please.

After the 5th or so killer climb (I started at Hay on Wye), by which point I wasn't even trying to ride em. I actually thought of this very scenario... I think...

But after Stu explained in one of the threads that he doesn't try to make em hard for 'hards sake', except for 2014 off course, I'm convinced that he only makes the routes as best as he can to ensure we all have fun (I'm not actually laughing out loud but am giggling quietly at reading that back... 'him... fun... for us').

I'm convinced that's how he makes em and didn't add about 5 or 7, 20 percent road climbs just to break our backs. So, I'm just gonna say, please go easy on whichever nasty climbs n hikes you send him on

Aye.

Great idea.

I've not (yet) had the pleasure to take part in a BB event, so I don't qualify.

Kind of just realising, that I should play the GR game.

I do play, but it's funny/weird place names or mountain tops which are eponymous for beers etc.

I'm up for this! More than happy to find a beautiful spot on a remote bridleway for Stuart to visit. For a good cause too; after all we choose to spend nights out in inhospitable conditions for some kind of masochistic pleasure, some people are out there through circumstance.

Alpinum wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:19 am Great idea.

I've not (yet) had the pleasure to take part in a BB event, so I don't qualify.

Kind of just realising, that I should play the GR game.

I do play, but it's funny/weird place names or mountain tops which are eponymous for beers etc.

So do you want in on this and the Virtual Winter Event or not?

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:01 am After the 5th or so killer climb (I started at Hay on Wye), by which point I wasn't even trying to ride em. I actually thought of this very scenario... I think...

But after Stu explained in one of the threads that he doesn't try to make em hard for 'hards sake', except for 2014 off course, I'm convinced that he only makes the routes as best as he can to ensure we all have fun (I'm not actually laughing out loud but am giggling quietly at reading that back... 'him... fun... for us').

I'm convinced that's how he makes em and didn't add about 5 or 7, 20 percent road climbs just to break our backs. So, I'm just gonna say, please go easy on whichever nasty climbs n hikes you send him on

So do you want in on this or not?

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:45 am So do you want in on this and the Virtual Winter Event or not?

Alpinum wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:19 am I've not (yet) had the pleasure to take part in a BB event, so I don't qualify.

Nope.

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:45 am

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:01 am After the 5th or so killer climb (I started at Hay on Wye), by which point I wasn't even trying to ride em. I actually thought of this very scenario... I think...

But after Stu explained in one of the threads that he doesn't try to make em hard for 'hards sake', except for 2014 off course, I'm convinced that he only makes the routes as best as he can to ensure we all have fun (I'm not actually laughing out loud but am giggling quietly at reading that back... 'him... fun... for us').

I'm convinced that's how he makes em and didn't add about 5 or 7, 20 percent road climbs just to break our backs. So, I'm just gonna say, please go easy on whichever nasty climbs n hikes you send him on

So do you want in on this or not?

No Jon... But since he's doing it for charity I will throw a tenner on his behalf into my Yemen-HungerCrisis fundraiser. No hiking or biking or pain (on our side) involved

Had quick chat with Stu to ensure he's happy with it: I'd like to offer https://thewallich.com/ as an additional charity - "Welsh Homelessness And Rough Sleeping Charity". It's based in Newtown, Stu's nearest big town, and covers only Wales, which seems appropriate bearing in mind our base at BBT. You can specify this or Shelter when we get round to asking for your dosh.

I’ll play. Great causes to raise for.

If I had known this was going to happen while I was in the ‘BB200 2020 field of turnips’ it would have cheered me right up!

What’s the best way to identify ‘field of turnips’ on an OS map I wonder...

I’m wondering who gets to have the last laugh here......

slarge wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:29 pm I’m wondering who gets to have the last laugh here......

You mean BB200/300 - 2021

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:36 pm

slarge wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:29 pm I’m wondering who gets to have the last laugh here......

You mean BB200/300 - 2021

9 GR's left to pick.

Lets have your names who want to donate a tenner (if he gets to your GR) and see Stuart suffer

You can pop my name on the list

Bet Stu is seeing this as a wonderful opportunity for more easily selecting the evil route of 2021... well done Jon and Reg

You mean BB200/300 - 2021

I don't think there's any need for concern, at this rate we'll still be riding this years route.