I have a bothy trip planned for next weekend in Mid Wales. A friend mentioned that he thinks that there is a big event planned for that weekend but if so, I've missed the info.
Does anyone have any information about possible events in the Elan Valley/ Strata Florida area on the weekend of January 19-20th?
Not sure, the Dyfi Winter Warm-up is the weekend after, but is already full up
Only know of the Dyfi winter warm up too. http://www.pedalplanner.co.uk/event-finder/#
Bare bones 200 thingy?
That's later in the year. October.
BearBones winter event was the weekend just gone, the WRT is the first weekend in May and the BB200/300 is the second weekend in October. Only the latter is a fixed route but the bothies tend to be targets by riders on the first two.
Should say that it's always worth taking a tent/tarp even if planning to stop in a bothy in case it's full (usually a couple more can be squeezed in) or occupied by "undesirables". This time of year things usually tend to be quiet.