I got about 30 mins kip on the floor of the honesty cafe. If I’d thought I was going to be out so long, I’d have tried for a proper stop, but I got round the first half in about 12 hours, detoured to the petrol station at Llandrindod Wells for a coffee and decided to go straight through (pipe dream ...

Thanks Stu for cracking event - about as much adventure as can be had in the UK in a weekend - and at times a bit more than wanted! It's a good thing you aren't on route as more than a few choice words are muttered as we push, scramble, slip up another hillside, fall into another gate etc. Anyway, p...

Here's that photo of Mr Large "up to my knees in finest Welsh bog sinking under the weight of my bike"

Giant Anthem X.png Here's my Giant Anthem X 29er with 8 litre Alpkit Airlok Xtra dry bag (containing Hunka bivi and down bag), a pair of old Lezyne energy caddy's that I used to use for triathlon (stuffed with Nak'd bars). Spare clothes, batteries, lights, and two rounds of sandwiches were in a Deu...