... and the new Welsh 550 but it's too young to have any traction yet
https://www.walesbikepacking.co.uk/post ... aith-cymru

I like Big Bear, HT550 and DD; mainly because I have done two! (the "easier" two) Does the Big Bear have a public route page - fairness and equity and all that. Maybe the route should be on the FKT UK list page? https://fastestknowntimes.org.uk/ Anyway, have you not got birds to stuff? Fna...

Hi Y'all, This has been nudging the neurons for a while and so this seems like an appropriate time to give it air: In the US, there is considered a Triple Crown of bikepacking that includes the Tour Divide, Colorado Trail and the AZT. There is also the Challenge for completion in an calendar year. h...

Try and find Lee's video on FB of the Gaick crossing, Jenny hysterical laughter and a ranging torrent -- and that's no ordinary estate vehicle they got a lift from! Not sure is this link is public but it's epic: https://www.facebook.com/stories/2131157663576868/

Water levels approaching VERY high --
http://apps.sepa.org.uk/waterlevels/def ... t&lc=14959

... was a lass called Donna, who carried on, camping, I'd guess near Linn of Dee. She left the posh Feshie bothy about an hour before I arrived apparently ... someone out on a fat bike too - Chris? Dawn (maybe your ‘Donna’) was one of 3x 10am starters, full sus, pony tail, Kingussie, Alpkit bar bag...

There were 3 of us at 8 this morning, Martin, Andy (I think) and I. Andy didn’t depart with us so presumably left later. Hmmm.... if you canned it at Glenmore Lodge and it was Andy (Inverness based, purple rigid bike) I caught passing over Bynack Barns around 6:30pm then who were the TWO sets of ty...

3x 10am Starters

Thought I could do it but really just wimped out -- must try harder!
https://www.strava.com/activities/2343744521

Well done everyone who even contemplated starting on Saturday

FS! http://www.winterhighland.info/cams/cai ... orlich.php

Route is up to 800m plateau skirting round to Fords of Avon on day#1 -- will check ski cams later to see what's setting at altitude

Some of my route (blue, trying to follow the "official") showing: * First image is obvious path to the narrow metal bridge, it was dark and blindly following the official loop bit was nuts! * Second shows how took riverside path missing bothy - missed small section in red that appears to b...

Out of curiosity, how many folk follow the CL GPX route through Glen Feshie Tried in the dark last September and have since poured over GPX comparing to Google maps aerial images etc... think that a second try in the light would go a lot better (faster) knowing where I went wrong. Route seemed to b...