Nick wrote:Along with Wendy Houses, you can add rat infested sheds, rugby pitches, pub back gardens, boggy but comfortable forests, sheep sheds (Pole Bank, Long Mynd) and recreation fields, B&B's in Dolgellau & Llanrhaeadr and the White Lion in Mach :D

It's all good :)

And a carport on a welsh hill farm, if you don't ask you don't get, we were also supplied with tea and biscuits while we got dry kit sorted, well it had been raining for the last 24hrs, we even had the offer of a takeaway being brought back on their return from the pub and yes they did leave 3 soggy strangers alone at their remote hill farm while they went out for a pint. You can meet the nicest people in wales

faddyvictor wrote:

Nick wrote:Along with Wendy Houses, you can add rat infested sheds, rugby pitches, pub back gardens, boggy but comfortable forests, sheep sheds (Pole Bank, Long Mynd) and recreation fields, B&B's in Dolgellau & Llanrhaeadr and the White Lion in Mach :D

It's all good :)

And a carport on a welsh hill farm, if you don't ask you don't get, we were also supplied with tea and biscuits while we got dry kit sorted, well it had been raining for the last 24hrs, we even had the offer of a takeaway being brought back on their return from the pub and yes they did leave 3 soggy strangers alone at their remote hill farm while they went out for a pint. You can meet the nicest people in wales

It's all good...

Just realised I have no idea where this even starts from!

SY19 7BH will get you somewhere near.

Entered.

The likelihood of me making it is .... er ..... a bit of an unknown quantity

I'm in - just hoping plans wont be scuppered this year and if you could get the sun to cone along again stu that would be just perfect :D

Just had all my coursework deadlines and stuff given to me for this terms MSc. Welsh Ride Thing is a bit close to comfort to hand-in a rather major piece of coursework, so I'm out :(

So only really just realised I hadn't signed up for this yet. I guess it's an easy in for the May bivi.

Just a quick reminder that entries close on April 1st this year, which is a month earlier than usual ... late entries will only be tolerated if accompanied with some kind of substantial bribe

Im in for the lite due to work commitments so if anyone else is planning the lite version once grids come out ill be looking to see if anyone wants to meet at a pub somewhere for food and beers on the night like last yr. May even get an offer of camping in the pub garden again :0)

Just entered so the frog and his bald mate will be there

I've signed up for my first WRT, Looking forwards to a dry weekend of sunshine and balmy evenings ;-)

Having intended to be in, I'm now oot. Completely forgot I only get one of the May bank holidays off work, and guess which one it's not...

Was going to give it a miss this year due to the cost of driving to Wales and back from Durham and also the lack of a GPS. After last year I know I need one. The wife is encouraging me to go and said she may treat me to a GPS!

cost of driving to Wales and back from Durham

Lift share?
You never know who may be comming from a similar area.

and also the lack of a GPS

You dont really need one and a few OS maps work just as well (you may/may not want to tell the misses though )

Enterd last night hopefully tagging along with chew.

You dont really need one and a few OS maps work just as well (you may/may not want to tell the misses though )

Lite or full fat can get by with only 2 Landrangers this year ... from somewhere like Above and Beyond that'll be less than a tenner.

Look out Wales I've just signed up my mate Bert! It'll be his first bikepacking, "proper" off road trip and he'll be on his new bike....wish him/me luck!

johnnystorm wrote:Look out Wales I've just signed up my mate Bert! It'll be his first bikepacking, "proper" off road trip and he'll be on his new bike....wish him/me luck!

I will be doing the lite with my mate Adam, his considerably fitter than me but not done much bikepacking. So I am hoping the extra stuff he packs will slow him down considerably

I also just got around to signing up. Excited!

Signed up, just got to persuade my friend with a tarp to sign up otherwise this could be interesting :D

Right that's me signed up, just hope I can get away. Driving all the way down there is more worrying than the ride itself
Been along time since I went further south than New Lanark.

Well thanks to a friend reminding me about this just got signed up in time.

Was meant to attend the January event but Broken Elbow and arm forced me to miss that .... so am very excited

If there's anyone Near Cardiff/Swansea area wants to get some miles in or a few practice nights out or even help planning routes give me a shout

I'm no racing snake and like to bimble/amble and take plenty of pics for my old age when i cant do this stuff any more, so if anyone wants to team up as well let me know

Signed up at the last minute. Thought it would be a shame to miss out. Travelling from Durham in the North East so would be great to lift share if possible. Cost me a fortune in petrol last year.

Stu,

had you had a PM off me? - I tried from my work PC but I'm not sure if it sent OK

Steve

Me, Adman and George are in again :)
It'll be a first bivi run for George and I on new bikes (My KM and His 5 29er :) )
To say I'm looking forward to it is an understatement :D