I'm in! Really hope the Cwtch Cafe in Ystrad Meurig is on the list! Most amazing cafe I've been to: "5 Egg omelette, 2 inner tubes and a gear cable please"

Hmm do I or don’t I.........

I'm liking the photo that comes with the confirmation email or the advertorial or whatever it is. That's my outfit sorted then! Just need to obtain the bike.

I'm liking the photo that comes with the confirmation email or the advertorial or whatever it is.

That's my blatant advertising push Reg ... you're right though, lovely picture.

RIP wrote:I'm liking the photo that comes with the confirmation email or the advertorial or whatever it is. That's my outfit sorted then! Just need to obtain the bike.

Given the title for the event I was expecting to see something with a big motor and single seat

I was kind of expecting something like this Peter ... but thought I'd best include a bicycle

You are receiving this email because you're very, very special and I think I love you!

Aww... thanks. I never knew you cared!

That the missus there then Peter? ...

I'm sure that's Stu at the back in that ensemble pic as well

RIP wrote:That the missus there then Peter? ...

I'm sure that's Stu at the back in that ensemble pic as well

Unfortunately, just a random photo from t'interweb. I was looking closely to spot Stu in his photo though.

I was looking closely to spot Stu in his photo though.

How old do you b'tards think I am?

"Old enough to know better, still too young to care"

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

I was looking closely to spot Stu in his photo though.

How old do you b'tards think I am?

Not a day over seventy!

Mulling over for good excuses here (apart from being all soft-poor show-southern) and was wondering roughly how long the route is for this, are we talking a BB200 type thing ????

Mulling over for good excuses here (apart from being all soft-poor show-southern) and was wondering roughly how long the route is for this, are we talking a BB200 type thing ????

It's much more akin to the WRT than the BB200 ... there's simply a destination to aim for (it'll be worthwhile) but how you reach it is entirely up to you. Everyone will receive a set of GR to help them plot a route but you don't have to use all or even any of them. I'd estimate that if you took the most direct route possible, you'd likey not cover more than 35 miles all in ... however, you would be missing out a little if you did do that.

Quite a few people (in my experience) end up ignoring virtually all the refs anyway and just heading for a bothy / bunkhouse for some socialising.

I usually start off with good intentions, and inevitably alter my route on the second day.

Our total distance on this year's event was a mighty 86Km. Went to a few places I'd not been before. Found a very nice cafe and a not so nice pub. There you go.

Will peruse the grid-refs when they arrive, work out a potential route or two taking in the sights then ride something completely different.

"or even any of them" - last year Crewlie, Pickers and meself ambled round stumbling into various pubs, cafes, football pitches, back gardens etc having a marvellous time. It wasn't until the last couple of miles from base that we noticed we'd visited NONE of the gridrefs, luckily we happened to be passing the church at Darowen and nipped in so that at least we'd ticked ONE off, purely for the look of the thing .

"35 miles" - dangerously verging on a clue there Stu, you've set me off with my protractor now . Please people, don't try and wheedle it out of Stu or it'll spoil the nice surprise .

35 miles so that's say 15 miles each way allowing for wiggles. Draw a circle of 15 miles radius based on Llanbrynmair and see where it gets you! Then again it lets Stu add one of his "marine" grid regs

whitestone wrote:35 miles so that's say 15 miles each way allowing for wiggles. Draw a circle of 15 miles radius based on Llanbrynmair and see where it gets you! Then again it lets Stu add one of his "marine" grid regs

Piece of string cut to scale and a drawing pin, surely. There's a lot of wiggles on Welsh tracks and lanes

35m? Ambling? Pubs? I’m starting to sell it to myself

As a bike packer my friends think I’m nuts (they might have a point); however, a bike packing event in January in Wales ....surely that is another level of crazy???

however, a bike packing event in January in Wales ....surely that is another level of crazy???

Yeah but if you stay at home, you miss things like this.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

however, a bike packing event in January in Wales ....surely that is another level of crazy???

Yeah but if you stay at home, you miss things like this.

Where's the cafe in that shot?

... and things like this too

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

however, a bike packing event in January in Wales ....surely that is another level of crazy???

Yeah but if you stay at home, you miss things like this.

Ohh go on then sold