I had a milkshake thrown at me from a pick up in New Mexico but apart from that everyone was friendly and welcoming. Having a complete stranger call out your name as you ride past them somewhere in the middle of nowhere never loses it's novelty. 2700 miles of riding in the UK would have far more co...

Richpips wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:30 pm
I remember we had days of no real views when we constantly seemed to be riding on forestry roads.

I feel like we rode two different routes.

Torrential Tokyo 1 by Greg.May, on Flickr

This one may require printing out on a large scale.

Tokyo Pano.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr

Money can be earned, time is finite. You'll spend less time regretting the things you did rather than those you did not. If you're contemplating it, do it. Just ask an employer. If they are not willing to let you go, ask yourself why you choose to work for them. Perhaps you shouldn't. If you're self...

More from Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54582039447_701009b4ba_c.jpg L1010613-Edit.jpg by Greg.May , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54582031942_8b18a6dd75_c.jpg L1010496-Edit.jpg by Greg.May , on Flickr And some film: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54585052836_3e474c5...

Tokyo National Museum: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54573436804_5a3800546f_c.jpg Tokyo National Museum by Greg.May , on Flickr Meiji Jingu (Buddist temple in Tokyo) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54550284137_12f062cb7c_c.jpg Japan ‘25 by Greg.May , on Flickr Lanterns https://live.staticf...

Half term was a bit different this year:

Japan ‘25 by Greg.May, on Flickr

On the way up Moel Siabod today.

DSC09486-Edit.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr

Patagonia sizing tends to be pretty consistent year to year. I've been a medium for about 25 years of their clothing! So if he has anything else from them in an XL, it should be fine.

The only caveat will be their running kit which runs tighter.

Nope, It's M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) - much smaller, much fainter, 21m Ly away. No way you'll see this with your eye unlike Andromeda and it's "close" 4m Ly. Andromeda is a beast to image, really large and my sensor isn't :) Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn - all visible tonight. Conditions are s...

First clear night in weeks. Ran the camera all night with sub zero temps and clear skies. This is a quick process to check what data I captured, but I am happy with that I have to work with! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54241767603_f168b7dd1c_b.jpg M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy by Greg.May , on Flickr

DSC09408-Edit.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr

Ok...something very different from me. M81 and M82.

M81 and M82 by Greg.May, on Flickr

I've fallen down a very interesting rabbit hole of late.

No accidental ditch sleeping, I applaud you :)

I'll try to do the same on Wednesday.

Agreed Dave.

I drank a surprising number of beers on my TDR run. Was not as planned, but it was usually when chatting with locals. I recall somewhere in Montana having food with NewRetroTom and having beers and burgers bought by locals. They really wanted us to stay and chat. Stupidly we opted to ride and then s...

Prefer Tangerine Dream myself but each to their own.

Because fast is fun.

Keen to hear a few more details about Greg's ditch circumstances... Ex-cycle courier. BIG night out in Dublin with mates at end of office parties effectively shut down the trade. I lived not far away, along the coast, cycling home along cycle track beside sea-wall segregated from road about 2 or 3a...

Same question, add in HT550/ 3PXCX / UTMB

Because people want to. Simple enough.

I've previously bivied after a staff do. By far a reason not to get so smashed that I couldn't cycle where I needed to go.

I have also slept in a ditch in my 20s after a X-mas do, but that was not exactly by choice or plan. Or in anyway related to bikepacking :)

Roads closed in and out od Hebden Saturday and Sunday. Town flooded, but up to the barriers on the shops, so most only got a few mm of water in. River came close to the 2016 mark when it burst. Thankfully, didn't.

Can't explain how happy I am with this - a huge step in progress for me. Happy I managed to time it with a transit of the Red Spot. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54152410090_d8828745e8_o.jpg Jupiter by Greg.May , on Flickr And why not, the other thing that's easy to point at: https://live.stat...

Kiss or Kill, Twight.