Great BBC Scotland programme from 1971 about Bill Houston, celebrating 25 years & 400,000 miles of rough stuff touring / bikepacking / whatever.

https://grassupthemiddle.com/2017/10/23 ... y-viewing/

Enjoyed that. Cheers.

Thanks I enjoyed that immensely, for the younger among us the big metal tower with a wheel on top was a pit. We used to have them when i was young,until a nasty lady took them away, still not sure why she wanted them

My first bike trips were on an old 10 speed Raleigh laden with fishing rods and an old primus, us brothers would cycle out to the old slag heaps ( actually a nice place) and fish in the streams the explore the top them cook eggs and bacon nicked from the fridge. Happy days which this film reminded me of

BigdummySteve wrote:,until a nasty lady took them away, still not sure why she wanted them

Because she could and to stop us using them. Oh how she did it!

BigdummySteve wrote:for the younger among us the big metal tower with a wheel on top was a pit.

That particular A-frame still stands, the less obvious remnants are families in the surrounding towns & villages still feuding from the strikes.

deft punk wrote:

BigdummySteve wrote:for the younger among us the big metal tower with a wheel on top was a pit.

That particular A-frame still stands, the less obvious remnants are families in the surrounding towns & villages still feuding from the strikes.

The Kent pits were solid so not too much feuding, still not a nice time,especially with the Met tramping around the town on horseback come Friday night treating everyone as an enemy of the state , regardless of whether they were miners or not.

some more stuff that might be of interest here

https://grassupthemiddle.com/2017/10/25/a-perfect-day/