
January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
You could put me up for auction fellas - raise some charity money but please, don't let Dave win. He bears a grudge 

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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
But they will be local to that person, there is nowhere on the Isle of Wight I fear having to go, well as long as one of my references isn't in the Wetherspoons Beer garden* in Newport

*I call it a garden but it's more an enclosed concrete yard full of fag butts and pi$$ed morons.
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In.
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Get on this johnclimber. I'm crowdfunding for my bid alreadyBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:07 am You could put me up for auction fellas - raise some charity money but please, don't let Dave win. He bears a grudge![]()
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
I'll put £20 towards Dave's bid.Dave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:30 pmGet on this johnclimber. I'm crowdfunding for my bid alreadyBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:07 am You could put me up for auction fellas - raise some charity money but please, don't let Dave win. He bears a grudge![]()

I'll up it to £50 if Stu rides to all his points.

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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going
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I get the feeling that every grid-ref would be in the middle of a lakeDave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:37 pm How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going

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If Reg and John can be arsed to sort this out then I'll take it on the chin. I get the feeling that I'll perhaps need more than 2 days.How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
He's got a packraft, what's the problem?whitestone wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:26 pmI get the feeling that every grid-ref would be in the middle of a lakeDave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:37 pm How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going![]()
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I'm sure we can sort something out - apparently it's quite nice on top of Plynlimon early JanuaryBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:30 pmIf Reg and John can be arsed to sort this out then I'll take it on the chin. I get the feeling that I'll perhaps need more than 2 days.How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going

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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
It might be but that's not where I'm sending himRIP wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:29 pmI'm sure we can sort something out - apparently it's quite nice on top of Plynlimon early JanuaryBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:30 pmIf Reg and John can be arsed to sort this out then I'll take it on the chin. I get the feeling that I'll perhaps need more than 2 days.How about we crowdsource Stu's route. By paying £25 per waypoint each to the Air Ambulance. I know where mine is going.
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Here's another "raffle" idea then: "Guess Where Dave's Gonna Send Stu Poor Chap".... nearest GR wins something or other....
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Mike and myself did it one New Years Eve - stupid idea it was, blowing a gale and chucking it down. We stood shivering in the petrol station at Ponterwyd and a bloke asked where we'd come from. We said "over the top of Plynlimon" and he said "Oh, round Nant Y Moch?" and we said "no, over the top". His parting words were "you're f*cking mad, I farm that and I wouldn't venture up there in this"apparently it's quite nice on top of Plynlimon early January

Anyway, I digress. I have a suspicion where Dave will be sending me.

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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
If he wasn’t you’ve given someone else a really good idea.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:23 pmMike and myself did it one New Years Eve - stupid idea it was, blowing a gale and chucking it down. We stood shivering in the petrol station at Ponterwyd and a bloke asked where we'd come from. We said "over the top of Plynlimon" and he said "Oh, round Nant Y Moch?" and we said "no, over the top". His parting words were "you're f*cking mad, I farm that and I wouldn't venture up there in this"apparently it's quite nice on top of Plynlimon early January![]()
Anyway, I digress. I have a suspicion where Dave will be sending me.![]()
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Before we get too carried away with Stu's purgatory, perhaps a reminder of the rules
You don't even need to go to all, or indeed any, of them just like the normal Winter Event.
But if we're sponsoring them I would guess he would just for the hell of it
You don't even need to go to all, or indeed any, of them just like the normal Winter Event.
But if we're sponsoring them I would guess he would just for the hell of it

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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
That's a great story Stu
. I farm it... cracking...

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Good to see we have a new cyclist in the shire.......(please don't let me regret that...)
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Good job Stuart is not riding near you this Winter Event,,,, unless I can pick each of your Grid Refs.... - #fightsummittoppler wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:29 pm
Good to see we have a new cyclist in the shire.......(please don't let me regret that...)
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Right, lets make Stuart suffer thread has moved from this thread over to this all new thread.
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
...am I too late? If not put me down for it please.
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
No closing date is somewhere around Sunday 13th December.
So loads of time left to get your names down and join the 30 of us who are playing out in early January.
For a bit of help you can work out how far you want to ride from home and sent this info like this to your virtual partner in December
My area to ride is sea on one side and I don't want to cross the water on to the Wirral using public transport. So this is mine which I'll be sending to my virtual partner when it's choses in Mid December

If you want to enter but don't know how to read Grid Refs, simply reach out to anyone of the other riders on the entry list.
I'm sure others will help you pick your GR and help you even plot a route.
Please don't be shy, don't be embarrassed, just ask one of us.
We are here to help
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
I'm in!
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Re: January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th
Well that's my local lockdown "Bothy" sorted for the Winter Event


Assuming I can sneak past the gate security



Assuming I can sneak past the gate security

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