It was definitely blowing a gale
. . . Even on the very short ride I managed due to the horrible apres works party body and brain malfunction problems I was suffering with on saturday (but at least I made it :) )

Glad to hear you got back chew - hope kev and the others did too.

And for the record Zippy I dont get around that much - its just a viscious rumour!

Zippy wrote:

ianfitz wrote:Got a fire going (in the end) unfortunately everyone exept AW and I had already gone to bed by the time it got going properly... .

Whenever I hear of a fire on this forum, AW is there

To give her the credit she deserves it was her that was the main ringleader involved in the fire setting.

It was great to meet some fellow bikers. Thanks for organising Chew.

Did think about you guys while getting my bins back off the road! :-o

Good trip, thanks. As chew and Ian can testify cut gate was a battle with the elements on Saturday. Nice tail wind blowing home though.

A quiet night in now watching SPOTY. Just over 100 miles when I got home. Nice weekend meeting folks old and new.
Remarkably warm and sheltered, good call IanF. Thanks for arranging Chew.

Hi all,

I am hopefully in the Ladybower area with a couple of friends walking as i cant convince them to use their bikes this coming weekend (plumbing in a new bath appears to have bought me a pass out!). I am hoping to camp out, convincing them to do the same. Cheeky i know, but I was wondering if someone could drop me a grid reference for where you all camped during the winter bivi so i can try to work into my walk.

Many thanks

We stayed at a large flat area next to the river at SK 164 877. Go over the bridge, up the track for c. 200m then turn left at the first gate. There's a fire pit and its very sheltered from southerly winds.

It's an ok bivy spot but if the wind is lighter than our outing (which is almost a certainty) then there's plenty of quieter and more scenic spots.