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so just three bivys then ?
any more for any more ?
Not on friday but a few days before.
Absolutely hoofed it down with rain. Bivy bags and a bothy shelter supported by two bikes.
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And breakfast under a bridge the next day.
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proper ghetto.
I think the 'Nuit de bivvy Internationale ' should be extensed to the end of August, that way everyones got LOADS of time to plan and get out there..??
Ah ha, just worked out how to post bigger pictures so here are some of those from above again in slightly more detail!
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Nuit de Bivvy Internationale is surely known across the world as the 4th Friday of July (or there abouts)? Of course I had an excuse as it's on my STW calendar. You can bivvy on other nights too so I am led to believe 😉
Nice pics, much better with bigger ones.. Shame all my riding buddy's think the whole Bivi idea is a bit on the sad side, I cant understand it and the thought of going on my own doesnt flow.... I think a massive STW Bivi adventure would be good, a massive group of like minded Bivi adventurers??
I'm not convinced mass bivvying is the way forward! A few mates and a rough plan is the way to go (in my limited experience).
Sad some may say but I loved it, and riding the trails when most people were tucked up added to the charm.
While I'm on a roll here's the others in BIGGER format,
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(There are hills in there honest!)
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Chilli 1 or Chilli 2?
ok - so I didn't have any excuse (ST calendar is right in front of my desk) clearly marked for the bivvy night. Ah well.
Unfortunately we seem to be in a pattern of July and August being pretty wet, but I guess I've got to get used to toughing it out (instead of my usual check that it's going to be dry and sunny before heading out).
Nice to see some good nights were had. I've enjoyed the s24o article in this month's ST too. I wish everything around here wasn't farmland - some proper wilderness (with clean running water) would be nice.
After travelling the swcp for almost 4 mths, with at a guess 3 of those months being wild camping, but without a tent or Bivvi back, i thought i might of missed the occasion, however a night on a roll matt under a partially open ended Marquee tent at Newnam was as close as i could get and one of the more comfortable places i've stayed this summer.
Bigface0_0 if your riding buddies think it's sad I suggest you get some new, slightly more robust ones who think it's less scarey ... I mean sad 😉
yeah I think your right, roughing it for them is a B&B... 🙄
So who's won the 'stuff' then??!
Prizes for first, second and third then??
Doesn't that just mean that everyone's a winner in this competition?!
Plumber, TrailRat and Dr Bakes email me your addresses and I'll send a preciousl thing to each of you.
It'll be a fortnight though cos I'm off to France later tonight.
Dave@singletrackworld.com
Well done chaps, Look forward to seein the pics of you with your prizes... 🙄
Well its a bit late, but I found myself at a loose end last night so I popped out for a bike bivvy
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Cycled down to a little informal site on the spey and set the tarp up
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The view out in the morning
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thats the spey, sunday morning
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coffee and breakfast
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packed and ready to ride home.
well that was better than getting pissed in front of the telly 🙂
Nice one Sweepy. Your kit looks very well managed/packaged.
Looks like a nice spot too.
still waiting for my prize - 8~>
i had forgotten plumber - bivying here would be 5 star hotel - we have ants in the kitchen - broken everything , we had to clean our room out as it smelled foul
its very very cold in the rooms to stop malaria too
looking forward to a good bivy up on the hills when i get home !
what tarp is that sweepy?
gracias my man - Mrs TR tells me im the proud owner of a Singletrack hip flask
itll keep my cockles warm next time i go bivy 😀
Thats a decathlon tarp, 20 squids and it comes with super strong steel poles to leave at home. Seems ok for the money.
Sorry i didnt reply sooner, thought this thread had disappeared so didnt see the question.