Actually looks like Rich started from the little car park at High Row, which is pretty much where I started. Only a few miles of road from there to Pooley B though. Not a bad start point if you're happy leaving a car in the middle of nowhere. More than likely to be campers keeping it company anyway....

Not sure it's been mentioned on here, but Rich Siepp is having a go ATM: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJWdEz_NA-N/?igsh=bWx6YjRwaGl5aWI0 Started at Pooley Bridge, which as Bob points out above is the start of one of the longer "dry" sections as far as services goes, so perhaps not a bad pla...

I won't feel hard done by given what I paid for it and some components that I swapped around, and happy if one of you lot get a bargain. But if I end up advertising elsewhere, maybe I'll ask a bit more! :cool: I couldn't find out much about the Pocket Tourist model, other than it doesn't exist anymo...

Got your message James - thought to be fair to Bob I'd just post more of an advert here (with apologies for the thread hijack)... Parts are a bit of a mish-mash - brief spec: 3x9 drivetrain - Deore shifters, Sora front mech, Ultegra rear, 105 chainset (see? :lol: ) Deore V-brakes with Tektro levers ...

Thanks, might give that ago. Figures that they'd be popular in London I suppose. One of the advantages of folders is they're not as expensive to post!

Wish I'd known, I've been wavering on the edge of advertising my Bike Friday for sale, since I'm not using it much. I even got as far as taking a load of photos, but haven't posted an advert. Any interest on here?

It took me just under 36 hours when I did it, and I don't consider myself a particularly fast rider. I stopped for a bivvy, maybe 8 hours inc. packing and unpacking, and two chip shop stops (Staveley and Coniston). I started in Matterdale End, because I could stay at my mate's hosue and get an early...

Off up to Inversnaid on Loch Lomond for a week to help with some native woodland restoration. And maybe nip up a few hills and do a bit of paddling

Not really "wildlife" but an interesting article on "veteranization" https://www.noemamag.com/how-to-build-a-thousand-year-old-tree/ , a different way to manage forests. Thanks for sharing that Bob, very interesting. I would generally say less human input would be preferable, bu...

Nice!! Great photos and write-up. Brought back good memories of getting similarly lucky with conditions a couple of years ago

No way I'm travelling to the States in the near future, having read some of the stories about people's experience with ICE recently. Not the just the people you expect to be targeted either - economic migrants and people who dare to have a different colour skin - but business people, academics, gap ...

I've always had niggling doubts about Komoot - the post above about marketing vs. development rings true. I seemed to always be being offered a free trial or a free region and sponsoring this or that and that always sets alarm bells ringing. I've written at length about this on here - there's a long...

Nice work Karl!

Anyone want my old Chilli Tech camera? Never really got into the habit of using it. Not the best or easiest to use, but it has two batteries, and at least one of them works because I recorded a video to test it. You'll need an SD card and a USB cable. Some bits and pieces with it, including a velcro...

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. The Loch Sunart crossing would be the most intimidating bit for me too.

Seems they come along every so often and then quietly disappear. The latest incarnation: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025 ... ss-britain

Struggling to see anything positive about this.

Is an R of 3.5 close enough? I might have a blue Alpkit Dirtbag available.

Friday-related cheeriness here... A couple of weeks ago when it was grey and windy and about 2°C, I went to work on Friday, which I don't usually. I took that time back yesterday when it was glorious all day and 15°C in the afternoon. I met my wife for coffee and cake after she'd been to the dentist...

Sadly it won't catch on... It will if we want it to. The Government is seeking comments on this consultation paper about how Great British Railways will serve the public. It had a good, solid, 8/10 from Richard Bowker (former Head of the Strategic Rail Authority) on the Green Signals podcast. Oppor...

I have the same Sea to Summit pillow as you John (can't remember which size it is) and think it could be better as a side sleeper. I was hoping there'd be a solution that weighs less that 250g but agree if it gets you a good night's sleep, it's weight worth carrying. For what it's worth, I have been...

...with some nice 5/10s in very good nick from size 12 legend, ton of this parish. Thanks mate

The news has reminded me of our final day into Nice, and another day of northern English anticyclonic gloom (forecast: 50% chance of light snow, 2°C, feels like -1°C) seems like a good time to pick this up again. The day began happily enough up in the hills, but there was a general feeling that we c...

Will pm you Tony, see if I can add to my Tony's old shoes collection

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:10 pm a drink of some beer and a (very small) dram

Glad to hear you're taking dry January seriously after the SWB Phil

Just coming to the end of Running Free by Richard Askwith, of Feet in the Clouds fame. The central theme is basically "move to the country, stop running on the road, timing yourself, racing, buying stuff, etc." he's basically our Reg but for running :wink: It's all stuff I broadly agree wi...