I find it incredibly stressful seeing everyone over Christmas, both sides of the family are lovely but feel it’s just too much effort to be in crowded houses and having a ‘good time’ :| I think you have summed up this time of year for me too there voodoo_simon :???: . Happy whatever to all you whoe...

Last night, a short ride up to a local quarry to meet my running mate Jill for a cold soggy December bivvy, saw the end of of my BaM year. https://i.ibb.co/nfsHqNR/BaMDec.jpg A flask of hot chocolate with a nip of brandy cheered things up a bit as it rained non-stop all night and into the morning. h...

Sorry to abandon you to a solo November BaM Vegancheese, but very much looking forward to a summer Noddy Holder trip instead

So glad to hear you got all your kit back Dorsetshirelad

With talk by vegancheese of a joint bivvy with a few other friends at a new high remote location on Saturday night, I had been looking forward to November's BaM all month; especially with the arrival of a cold snap and snow. However, once I saw the forecast for Storm Bert I decided to go it alone, e...

Salvation came in the form of the Llanuwchllyn Public Toilets. This was ride highlight. Seriously, that's not my attempt at humor. Just check out the fine reviews of this establishment. The two of us got in there and fired up our stoves had a hot meal and lay down and slept for an hour. Just lay on...

Well done Shaf and all you other BB200 and 300 finishers. The 300 was a step too far for me this year. All was going well until about 5:00 on Sunday morning, just past Bala, when my eyes decided they wouldn't stay open any longer. This was despite the fact that I'd had my caffeine quota (I didn't da...

October BaM completed at the weekend, totally unplanned, during my BB300 adventure :grin: . See write up on: General Banter - BB200 2024. No pictures of the actual bivvy I'm afraid as I totally forgot, but here's a nice one of my bike in Sunny Machynlleth on Saturday afternoon. https://i.ibb.co/n09c...

September's BAM was a last minute affair but luckily the weather gods smiled down on us. With company this time - Vegancheese, Polisherman and Lentilshepherd all decided it was a good idea too - we set off late from home with the aim of bedding down at Polisherman's favourite stone shelter on the th...

Wow, epic trip! Well done for completing despite all the setbacks (mainly food related). I feel exhausted just reading about it.

Mebbes find a none existent BW over a swamp fest moor and try to get along it Shaff :grin: My prep = not very much. My mileage is well up but it's mostly been on the g**** bike. Memo to self, do some death marches.... My BB prep seems to mostly be in the gym due to lack of time - more bang for your...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2024 9:07 pm August done and my entry into the "crapest shed bivvied in" award...

Looks like a pretty fine shed to me. It's got walls and a roof and everything

Ill now spend the next 2months praying for a sensible route and good weather

No, no, no! You're missing the point - it's not about a sensible route and good weather - it's meant to be an adventure

Absolutely loved last year's route, I definitely want more of the same

In the spirit of playing The Noble Game Of BaM, I realised that many games utilise dice/die, so why not bring one of those into the mix to introduce an element of randomness? Love this idea RIP, think I'll use it sometime to generate some randomness into a future bivvy. This month's, August, was a ...

The weekend before last I did a long, non-stop ride in the Lakes. Having noticed that there seems to be some leeway for one slightly dodgy rule bending bivvy a year (e.g not paying on a campsite; not actually using a bike to get to the bivvy spot etc. :wink: ), I thought I'd see if my 5 minute lie d...

It was! But a distant memory now......

All together now "Oooooh, are Welsh tussocks and rain not good enough for you?!" Looks a fab trip and in light of the TD2024 Bears discussion, very brave. :-bd Gecko is currently leading the 'vicious wildlife encounter' category, and he was in the Pentlands! :lol: Yeah, local advice was t...

Polisherman and I have just come back from attempting the Sage and Saddles route from Gunnison, Colorado. See write up in Bivvy a Month 2024 or use this link:
https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpB ... &start=575

Polisherman and I decided to go and see what Colorado had to offer this month (June). We were there for 3 weeks with the idea of having a go at the Sage and Saddles bikepacking route from Gunnison in the middle week. This route is 357km, with 6334m of ascent, with a high point of 3710m; so we spend ...

You’re right I’d had it as 4 days in my head That might have been one of her previous records as she broke her own record to set the current one? Wasn’t it something like 4d2hrs when she finished alongside Javi and Ian? But she also did a fast time when she accidentally missed out the little loop a...

For my May BAM see my WRT write-up.

Polisherman, vegancheese, me and newbie, Big Rich, had high hopes of dry dust trails for the WRT this year. Vegancheese even dressed for tropical weather. https://i.ibb.co/30WFzXD/IMG-20240504-154838-143.jpg Saturday was a delight, including a lovely tussocky descent beside a river and some big, swe...

So I did a couple of sleepouts earlier this month while circumnavigating the Capital Trail as described by vegancheese a few days ago. Although there wasn't much sleep going on from my point of view - I'm still not very good at the sleeping part. I'm hoping I'll get better at it. The three days were...

Excellent chocolate choice Verena!

Congratulations on your 100 Reg - great write up too. Makes me realise I need to get more café stops into my rides. Was hoping Vegancheese would do a full write up of our March BaM trip so I could chill, but, no - he wrote 2 lines. I put my intention of doing a longer ride for my March BaM out there...

Heading out of Strath Vaich over to Deanich lodge on last years HT perchance?
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Got it in one!