[Closed] STW forum bivvy ride Dec 4th / 5th from Machynlleth.

🙂 mines a nae schpeed hammock!

Bollocks ... I'll have to go and strengthen some trees!

The hammocks for me Stu not you!

Give over I'm 8st 11lb in a wet mac 😉

😉

I think I'm up for this. Coming over from Manchester. Not been out in the wilds since finishing the Great Divide this summer. Should sleep much better without the FEAR of bears and mountain lions dragging me out into the night!

I might try to persuade the wife too!!

Oooh don't underestimate the amount of wild and dangerous animals living in the welsh mountains 😉

How did you know the wife said she was coming? 😉

I'm sure I saw a big black cat like thing the last time I did the Climachx trail at night showing up against the snow - scared the bibs off me 😉

I belive where we're heading was the last place in the Uk to lose its population of wild wolves ... luckily Dec 5th is a new moon though!

I'm going looking for pups then I would like a new hound 😉

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big black cat like thing the last time I did the Climachx trail

It was a goat... he's a bit of a local hero

him and [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanwrin ]the straw man at Llanwrin[/url]

still s8tannorm - Member

I belive where we're heading was the last place in the Uk to lose its population of wild wolves

We're going to Scotland!!! 😐

perhaps it was but I didn't hang about to check the species 😕

here;s hoping we have a clear night like this

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Singlespeedpunk bumped into the strawman on our last bivi trip out that way!
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Room for a fat Lad?

If so, then Yes, I'll be up for this..

Anyone need a Lift fom Chester/ Manchester area???

Plenty of room Teeto.

I have however decided to tie flatfish and tollah together with a rope for the duration 😉

tie flatfish and tollah together

Sorry hadn't realised it was 'that' sort of trip!

Hi all, I like the sound of this too, have to check dates at the mo but thought I'd register the interest 😀

Lol, I'll do my very best not to loose anyone although this time if anyone does get lost it won't be anything to do with me. I will however buy Flatfish a beer or at the very least assuming there are no pubs offer a go on my hipflask in form of an apology!

Up to the Star at Dylife then. 😀

Star Inn ... I'd rather nail my nob to a table 😯

I'd not want to see that S8tannorm! Looks like I'll be packing 2 hipflasks then.

Sorry, I meant to say "I'd rather nail flatfish's nob to a table" 😉

Ok, I don't want to see any mantwig during that weekend, or any other weekend come to think of it

Get your grubby hands off my knob. 😯

At least if my knobs nailed to a table you'll know where to find me.

Good point flatfish, would you like to borrow my trailer for the table? I can fit a hammer and a few nails in my bag.

@still s8tannorm

Will this include a pub option?

Bin kit, put lights on, cycle to pub?

(yes, I am aware of the scareness of pubs near Nant y Moch 🙂 )

Doubt it, nearest pub is about 10k away.

I doubt it too. Nearest would be the Star (which you don't want to go to). Other than that it'd be back into Mach or the George Borrows ... but don't let that put you off 😉

Nearest would be the Star (which you don't want to go to).

You gotta lay some entertainment on flatfish. If we can't do the nailing then I'll have to take the collection of gin traps I found ... set them, hide them in the grass and wait for someone to go for a slash or there's always your telly. 😉

Don't know if i'm taking the plasma yet as i might slum it with the ground dwellers, might try and be a bit more social.
Gin traps sound fun.

.....so, back on topic then:

Which tyres for a wet/ rocky mid-Wales bivvy trip? 😆

And while we're at it, a quick straw poll:

What whisky do you have in your hipflask?

White wine for me, per-lease.
None of this tramp juice for me.

I shall only think about tyres once I've decided which bike to ride 😉

Copious amounts of tea will be my choice of refreshment ... but not in a hipflask.

hmmmmm

Only one for a 'Welsh' bivvy

Penderyn

well last bothy trip I took in tetra paks of red wine they fit perfectly in bottle cages!!

have found Asda now do vodka in a tetra pak so that could be an upgrade in strength 😉

how are the plans coming on for this???

I'll be bringing Glenlivet 12yr old and maybe a Balvenie rum cask.
Thats about all I've decided so far oh and maybe gears!

oh and maybe gears!

Burn him.

I've already been burnt down today! You can't burn me twice in the same day, new forum rules duh!

String him up with a gear cable then. 😆

oh well if we burn tollah it will save me dragging any fuel up in Ambrose's trailer 😉

It's looking more and more unlikely that I'll be there, despite my nice new tarp and paracord. Bah humbug!!

🙁 BOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo 🙁

bring the wee fella along 😉

I can lend him a bike if needed

I've a limited edition, 40 year old bottle of whiskey ... which I won't be bringing. Instead I'll be carrying some of Lidls finest tea bags.

Still having a mess around with a route, don't expect anything too taxing. SS should be fine but I think I'll be using a selection of gears ... but I could easily change my mind yet 😉

Still having a mess around with a route,

Hammock or not?

I'm hovering on the hammock/bivvy bag and tarp decision too.

Bivvy spot remains the same ... just how we get there might alter.

Hammocks will be fine 😀

Can someone give us locals a link to the start point please??

Could well venture down for this..

Centre of Machynlleth - Stuart suggested the former Celtica car park. So into Mach on the A489 to the T junction by the clock/monument thingy. Turn left and it is on your left after about 100m. IIRC correctly there is a leisure centre or swimming pool there as well.

Why do I not trust the smiley emoticon stu? Have the trees been chopped down now? Or something equally sinister.

They've been weakened socthey wont support my lardy arse!

Well I had an overnight in Nant Rhys Bothy at the weekend to check over a few bits of kit. Think I've decided on which tyres I'll be using 😀

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T'is Ardbeg in the hipflask on the table.

IanB- I'm staying at Nant Rhys this weekend- waht's the fuel situation like up there at the moment? Is the bowsaw in good shape? I am told there is no axe at the moment, so I'll take one with me.

IanB.

You could use the Larry?Endo? to carry enough red wine for everyone to get pishted. 😆

Ambrose, bow saw was there but didn't need to use it. We left a small bag of coal there Sunday am, so might still be there this weekend. The maintenace crew were there too, so might have left something.

Sstu, the wheel weighs enough as it is, I'm not filling it with wine as well! 😉

Ian

Sstu, the wheel weighs enough as it is, I'm not filling it with wine as well!

I know mine has about half a bottle of Stans in. Good at stopping punctures, rubbish for drinking though. 😉

Make sure you take lots of photos!
Wish I could go. Might try and head out my first solo bivvy in the New Forest....

I know mine has about half a bottle of Stans in

I'll take lots of pics if I manage to remember my camera 🙂
Couple of better pics now extracted off my phone:

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where's the gas tank and seat pack?

Didn't need it as I was staying in a bothy 🙂
They'll both get their first outing on 4th December.

Is that inside the inner tube?

Yep.

Thought about trying to tubeless it but not sure it'd stay on the rim at 6 psi.

Ooo... Nice bag IanB... I need to get me one of them.. :0)

Oh, and does anyone want a lift down from Manchester/ Chester way???

Nice bag IanB... I need to get me one of them..

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Weather forecast is looking somewhat chilly:
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Devils_Bridge/detailed_long.html

I'm now looking at putting my Rab Quantum 200 inside my Alpine 300...

Plenty of snow here at present and -3 ... it's possible that the weather is confined to just our valley though 🙄

Just taken delivery of a thermolite bag liner which is meant to increase my bags range by 6 degrees ... we'll see.*I might be joining in with Ian and using 2 bags.

*Oddly, at first I wrote, I might be joining Ian in his 2 bags!!! good job I spotted that, eh 😉

rich if you are looking for local bivvy buddies we normally go out around once a month. mail me.

Erm, snow forecast for Sat and Sun and that's down towards 200m ... we'll be around double that height for the evening 😉

How many bail-outs do you reckon there will be before next weekend? 😉
How much is plenty of snow?
How's the arm?

I won't comment on bail-outs ... 'spose I can't really as I've no real idea who's coming along 😀

Enough snow this afternoon for Dennis to go sledging!

Arm's still not great ta, would seem to be rsi (cue comments). I was instructing yesterday and it held up but hurt rather alot last night ... to the point of shouting **** me down the phone to my mum at one point as I tried to lift a brew up with it 😉

Teetosugars, are you going down on the Fri night or the Sat morning?

freeandsingle - Member
Teetosugars, are you going down on the Fri night or the Sat morning?

Sat AM I reckon.. Just need to get my kit squared away first..

OK- looks like I'm back in. This weekend's bothy trip has been postponed due to much wussiness. Family duties now re-aranged. Provided that I can actually get up to Mach through the predicted glacial weather I will be there with some of Lidl's finest.

Ambrose awesome 😀

Do you want a lift to save taking 2 cars up??

Can bring our Scenic stripped out so can get all the gear in 😉

I guess weather will decide for all of us!!

Double bagging seems like a good idea 😆

Double bagging- the mind boggles! Give me enough Calvados and....

You guys are not still doing this LOL

valleydaddy - what time are you heading up there?