think you need your own smiley there Mike . . .

cheers stu/dee great event and nice to finish to hot tea and toast and cake,
thanks to mike for showing us a good way down to stu,s,

Thanks to Stu & Dee for the cake, toast & tea. Nice to meet a few more faces (although we didn't see many others once we were out in the hills or cafes). I proved that I can do a winter bivi in atrocious weather without a bivi bag and also I brought my kids back two great presents from Wales. My son got a custom Bearbones Xbox cleaning cloth (for wiping spilt energy drink off of games cases, controllers, etc). And my daughter got a special set of teddy bear, scented dice style nunchakus (which I later advised her to remove from her teddy and hang off her curtain rail after reading the COSHH advice on the packet).



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010/365 - Somewhere in Mid Wales #bearbonesbikepacking #fordfiesta #llanidloes #wales by Dittisham Stickleback Breeding Station, on Flickr


Nightride Sleet #bikepacking #hafren #llanidloes #wales by Dittisham Stickleback Breeding Station, on Flickr

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just a few of many pics from elite riders group
no pub or shop stops for us , totally self supported , mainly because jase carries enough food for a week ,

After being told i should make more effort to load some photos - here are a few, taken on a new phone that i hadn't got the foggiest idea of how to use so forgive the quality!

One of the first fords of the weekend


The boys wrestling with waterproofs and swigging jagermeister . . . it warms you up in the snow apparently . . .


Matt's inner magpie was kept amused for hours when someone put a shiny thing on his head . . .


Old ravers corner . . .complete with waterproof cyberdog space boots (not really from cyberdog ask Jason if you want to know which fetish shop he found them in )


Scott and The Winter Bivi spot (other winter bivi spots are available)


Extremist bikepacking

Where did you see the ISIS rider

Where did you see the ISIS rider

Looks more square taper to me.

Another cracking weekend in Mid wales, thanks Stu and Dee for organising and for all the tea, cake and toast. Thanks to Chew and Kevin for the company, and special thanks to the working party at Nant Syddion who let us stay whilst they conducted their essential maintenance work