Are you okay to travel via Milton Keynes? Google maps has it on route to bearbones towers. My friend is travelling Thursday and we’re doing the 85mile/10k ft gravel route.

I suffer from Raynaud's and my go to are Galibier.cc barrier deep winter gloves and also Ardennes light winter gloves when it’s a bit warmer.

https://www.galibier.cc/gloves-and-mitts

Crab gloves with merino liners come out when it’s super cold.

I didn’t like the vinyl buckles on the Alpkit Koala and swapped them out for Velcro.

There are events going on right now in other parts of the world https://www.dotwatcher.cc/race/tour-te-waipounamu-2021 Go Geof Blance Did anyone follow the Great Southern Brevet? 1100km in the South Island, there were daily updates on Facebook but some great photos here https://greatsouthernbrevet....

K1100T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:30 pm Here's some images in case anyone else can't see them...

Thanks. Worked in the preview!

While hunting through the cavernous local Go Outdoors for a new pillow I stumbled over their in-house brand bivvy bag. I was quite impressed by the size, weight and price of it and thought it looked a decent alternative to Alpkit's Hunka XL. Here's a quick comparison: Hunka XL / OEX Price £69 / £39 ...

Had a family Christmas holiday in Malta about 12 years ago, really enjoyed it. Avoid chicken sandwiches at the outbound airport though, gave my son food poisoning. Luckily the Samurai jeep we hired was so rusty he could vomit through the floor. Not cycled Malta but found plotaroute really good for f...