[Closed] Bikepacking on telly.

Ta very much

Tick for later. Ta

Nice one Colin.

That trip deserved to be a 6 programme series.

Last night's has had me ogling pack rafts.
Need to catch up on tonight's.

Thanks for that - much appreciated.
Alan

is there a subtitles option 😉

[quote=clubby ]Last night's has had me ogling pack rafts.I think a packraft counts as an N+1

Thanks for this been watching this on the daily commute this morning.

excellent - although perhaps its a bit too low key for the new style Adventure show (its all about 'no pain no gain' events now) , hence its own "special" series - weekend warriors can turn it off and go strava a kom instead.

TBF, The Adventure Show has always featured "extreme" events. In fact, it's long been my one criticism of it.

Tick,Cheers

Having a look now, cheers. 🙂

Great viewing for a dreich December day!

I'm selling a packraft as it happens.....

[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTIK-TREK-RAFT-PACKRAFT-KAYAK-BIKEPACKING-KIT-PADDLE-LIFEJACKET-SPARES-/361343234525?nma=true&si=1zBU1Y2ogC3nlC70b0%252BE9aYh%252FHk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 ]This one[/url]
That's the ad from when I bought it last year. Realistically, I'll rarely use it though so will sell if I get a decent offer.

I like [url= http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/author/cameron/ ]CM's opinion pieces[/url], even if I don't agree with him - but that TV show was unwatchably dull. Bland, sub-Countryfile fodder.

I'm not so sure about describing some of the events as 'extreme' guys. I think Laura on the back of our tandem on the 3 Pistes might take issue with you! Hard, yes, but mostly fun and not at all extreme.

montgomery - Member

I like CM's opinion pieces, even if I don't agree with him - but that TV show was unwatchably dull.

I watched it with my folks, they loved it. It's a dull pastime, what do you want, backflips?

- but that TV show was unwatchably dull. Bland, sub-Countryfile fodder.

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I watched that Ray Mears River Wye thing on ITV last night. The elements were the same as the Adventure Show programme - plinky plonky background music and some bloke wandering along speaking to knowledgable people he just happened to meet en route. Somehow it was interesting, rather than dull, to the point it actually has me thinking of a Wye source-to-sea bike trip - which should be the aim of programmes like this, to inspire rather than bore. McNeish's effort was a taxpayer funded vanity project, at least ITV pay for their output through advertising.

McNeish's effort was a taxpayer funded vanity project, at least ITV pay for their output through advertising.

Compared to the mad Radio 4 stuff where Melvyn Bragg and a panel of academics talk about 500BC Mesopotamian culture it was positively mainstream I thought. I've never understood the point of that stuff unless it's just to remind the average listener that there is a whole shadow-world of niche classicism that we're otherwise unaware of. I can't believe anyone listens to it unless it's some sort of cure for insomnia.

Having written that though, I guess there are plenty of parallels with bikepacking, so maybe you're right. Next week, Melvyn Bragg and Cameron McNeish ride across Mesopotamia at the tax-payers' expense. And don't get me started on Desert Island Discs. And Rob Titchener...

Compared to the mad Radio 4 stuff where Melvyn Bragg and a panel of academics talk about 500BC Mesopotamian culture it was positively mainstream I thought. I've never understood the point of that stuff

For me, one of the best things about R4 is turning on the radio, listening to knowledgeable people chatting enthusiastically about a subject I know nothing about, and learning something unexpected. And Desert Island Discs often uncovers a side of people that conventional interviews don't seem to get. I thought the Bradley Wiggins DID was a fantastic bit of radio.

I've never thought the Adventure Show was particularly extreme. It mostly seems to be mass participation events like sportives, triathlons, the Puffer etc, when I've watched it?

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I've never thought the Adventure Show was particularly extreme. It mostly seems to be mass participation events like sportives, triathlons, the Puffer etc, when I've watched it?

The Xmas specials have been focused more at simply getting outside for the sake of it. I like them for that and I would like to see more of it. However I can also appreciate that it might not make for the most exciting, or popular, TV.

Scotroutes ×1

For me, one of the best things about R4 is turning on the radio, listening to knowledgeable people chatting enthusiastically about a subject I know nothing about, and learning something unexpected.

Of course, it's to make people feel they know something unexpected about something that, in reality, they and Melvyn Bragg know nothing much about. A sort of intellectual ego boost, I mean, did you know that the Mesopotamians worshipped a six-legged hamster god called Fluffy? 🙂