Decisions, decisions, I’ve failed on my last two attempts to get down do this again. Once due to ferries failing and once to catching Covid. I don’t want to take someone else’s place and then have to last minute cancel again

Well, that's my OAP birthday weekend sorted then

Ordered It's as close to actually doing some bikepacking as I'm going to get for a good while

That’s awful Pickers, hope you mend quickly and that they catch and put away those responsible.

After 3 years being held on Arran, Wales has pinched the 2020 Grinduro from us :YMTONGUE: If it's run like the Scottish event has been, it should be a good weekend (although with poorer scenery :lol: ). It always seemed to be fairly expensive as these things go, so it'll be interesting to see if it'...

All being well, strapping some racks and panniers on taking a ferry to Amsterdam and wandering in a southeasterly direction for a few months. Sue and I are booked to cross in June, with no other fixed plan other than a European Bike Bus home booked from Orange in mid September. Not bikepacking but I...

Unfortunately, it was the October one that I failed on, so unless there’s a time machine handy...

Well it looks like my BAM is over for this year. A nice ride out along the coast to a pretty spot with a northerly view and a chance of catching sight of an aurora. Tent went up well. Dinner prepared and eaten. Preparing to settle down at 10pm when the phone rings with an urgent request for help fro...

Another last minute September entry. I'd like to claim that I followed Reg's advice above and left it until the last day to make the challenge more interesting, but it's really just down to procrastination and bad planning. Anyway a quick trip up into the forestry to a little spot I've used before. ...

Warning, the site isn't easy on the eyes

It’s also a bit heavy on the climate change conspiracy theories amongst other stuff.

August ended up being a bit of a repeat of July, albeit this time with company (wife), a different route and a different bike. We have plans to do a long slow tour somewhere in Europe next year so we decided to dig out the panniers, load a ridiculous amount of stuff into them including a new tent to...

Just started sea kayaking. We managed to get on a swimming pool course to learn some self/assisted rescue techniques as well as some basic strokes. We’re also going to get at least a day’s training on the water on rescue before we venture too far. We haven't got a bilge pump yet, but we probably wil...

Yes I would be, my wife's decided two of us being crammed into a lunar solo is less fun than I expected

Hi Karl,

Before I start a new thread, I assume you sold the Drift 2?

Cheers,
Mark

A sudden rush of family visitors and planned events has meant a shortage of time to get out for a proper trip, so the chance to do a two dayer on the last day of June to get June and July done seemed too good an opportunity to miss (and stay within the rules). The Island of Gigha lies just off the K...

Late April saw me set off from home to Uig in Skye where I was joining up with seven other folk to spend 3 days riding in the Outer Hebrides. Four and a half days of pleasant mostly road riding by way of Oban, Mull, Ardnamurchen and Mallaig saw me to the docks in Uig. https://live.staticflickr.com/6...

With free time being very limited this month my April bivvy ended up being a quick to up into the nearby forestry. I took took a slightly roundabout way to get there to give the new fork, bars and tyres a go with weight on for the first time. Made a few tweaks along the way and then spent an otherwi...

Re-dished my front wheel to centre it in my new Prong forks. First time doing anything like that and surprisingly it seems to have worked.

With only a few days left before leaving for the long drive home from France, I loaded my bike up with overnight kit, then Sue and I drove up into the hills for a final evening ride and to get the March bivvy in. We rode for a couple of hours and got back to the car as dusk was falling. I’d failed t...

Hope I can still join in without breaking the rules (again). Jan: WE, a fun romp around mid Wales with Reg et al (the longest distance between two points ride). Great riding, company, food, and overnight spot. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7891/33342461628_bf7207a434_n.jpg Reg, with Pandas Feb: Des...

Fit fine with mine, new version of my old orange one would be good.

Looks like I'm riding in the Outer Hebrides the same weekend...do they have lemon drizzle up there

Managed to get off the Island, which is an improvement on last year. Parked up and should be there for 9.05

Blimey you lot are worrying me... I haven't started packing yet, still trying to fix a leaky sleeping mat!

I've used gridreferencefinder.com. Seems to work ok.