Sick as a dog so, show me you Bivi / Bikepacking / Adventure racing gear…..

Congratulations to Mattie_H for 2000th post. :D

Missed that completely in my POE mat induced rage Flatfish! Do I get a prize?!

Ask Chipps.

I do need a new sleeping mat…

Do I get a prize?!

Another bloody hip flask?!?

i’m well up for that Slugwash!

Congratulations to Mattie_H for 2000th post.

Gutted! How did I miss that?

On the bright side at least Ian didn’t get it.

Slugwash seems like a good idea for the moors, hopefully I’m in.

Was hatching ideas with Slugwash today over coffee regarding a Devon bivvy sortie, we reckon we can come up with a cracker :D

been exchanging emails too shinythings – let me know what i can do to help.

Superb weather this weekend, to good to waste :-)

Slugwash kindly filtering some water for me with the noisy heronry just visible up in the trees behind

Sneaked up on him and what did I see!!

6am this morning

Yeah, that cooking a large gammon steak in a mini Trangia frying pan in the dark’s a faff ^^^^^^

Listen up though folks! These Veetee Indian meals are great camping nosh, 99p each. Just stick ’em in boiling/hot water for a few minutes and then fish ’em out and tuck in :-)

There’s some big trout in that resevoir though. I’ll be taking my fishing rod and a disposible BBQ next time :-)

Yay this is still going!

Great place to bivi by the looks of it and good nosh too :-)

Very jealous, looks like a great trip

Where did you get the Veetee ready meals from?

what a great bump! love this thread!

where do you get the meals from?

BTW I spotted the other day (and bought – yet to try) some Heinz meals, pasta in a pepperoni and tomato sauce, just pour into pan and leave to bubble (imagine this could be heated in the bag as well, as nothing to be undercooked), were about £1.50;

http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourfood/pasta/pasta-pouches/spicy-tomato–pepperoni-sauce-with-fusilli

Where did you get the Veetee ready meals from?

I got them from a small independent supermarket (The Happy Apple in Totnes). I haven’t seen them anywhere else and don’t know if any of the big supermarkets do them. They’re made by an Indian foods distributer so small Indian shops might stock them.

HTH.

WOOHOO welcome back thread how I’ve missed you! Funny how a bit of sun at the weekend and its back. Bring on the warm nights :D

Great photos – looks like the perfect morning to wake up to!

Best thread ever! Here’s a brief write-up of our trip from the weekend…

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Slugwash – Venford? Love it.
I’m just off to Happy Apple to stock up on those meals!
Will be doing 1st bivvy outing in a few weeks, very excited.

Hi julioflo,

we’re probably doing another one in your neck o’ the woods in a fortnight if you fancy coming along :-)

BTW, you weren’t one of the MTBers I passed on the ride back down into Buckfastleigh on Sunday morning were you?

There I am! Probably the only view you had of my back all weekend Mark.

Still think that climb up the Lawnt is do-able fully loaded.

Hi Slugwash – Keep me posted, that could be my 1st bike bivvy outing! I live in Buckfastleigh so easy to join a ride up from there.
Wouldn’t have been me on Sunday, unfortunately I didn’t get out on the bike this weekend.
BTW, Which route out to and down from Venford did you take?

Julioflo, We basically went up the BW from Mitchelcombe on to Holne moor with the intention of bivvying up in the tin workings, but it was very windy hence the drop down to the lake. Down was via Mill leat to Hockmoor.

I like using these sauces (plus the pasta you can get in same pouches too)

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1331658434777

There I am! Probably the only view you had of my back all weekend Mark.

Hi Matt. Roger took that picture :wink:

Not sure it ever got mentioned on this thread, but the EWE seems to be taking shape: http://www.aidanharding.com/ewe/

that looks rather intense!

Bivi ride planned for a 4pm ride off on Friday 30th in and around Clocaenog Forest if anyone’s interested.

3 riders confirmed 6 a possiblity.

http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk/php/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=371

Anyone been out this weekend?

Aye – cracking trip. Cleared overnight, frosty bright morning, sunshine all sunday. Happy )

Pics Report?

Sorry.. not many pics. Couple of camera ones if I can get flickr working again.
I’m partial to a solo bivi trip but normally on foot / scrambling etc, done a few brief ones on the bike but this weekend was my first full-weekend solo – got the bike and kit sorted so was out 9am sat, (chilterns loop -) over to wendover and chinnor via all the good bits i know, then onto stokenchurch for lunch and continued weaving around that area finding new stuff and a couple of fave trails, Turville DH, southend, stonor, onto the oxon way to Bix after a bit of route-faff and then back past Nettleden to a bivi spot. Back via a loop round a new area to me, then to Russell’s water, oxon way, then Stokenchurch for coffee and toward W Wickome (sp) and Bradenham trails, then to Wendover and the towpath to Ashridge.
Really happy with the set-up, about 15lbs complete not inc water and food, trad bikepack set up on a 7-spd steel Jones. 19-20hrs riding in about 30 out, as comfy at the end as the start (saddle maybe less so, but good considering!).
The start of goodthings for this summer – 500 miles in Spain in May, maybe the GR5 or similar later this summer.

Was out today testing out my bike loaded with the new frame bag and seat pack i’ve just got.

Planning a 2 night trip in the Lakes over Easter if anyone is interested?

Great night around Ladybower with the wife, cycle out from Sheffield. Bivi’d low due to the wind, so no views. The new Ti honey wood stove kept us warm big big smiles plus toasted marshmallows and only 112g.
Ace.
Woke to mist, drizzle, cold and wind. Still a fun ride back on before anybody else was out of bed. and planning the next.

This is ace!
Ti honey stove

75 quid – wowsers!

Yep tis a bit pricey, luckily I got mine a lot cheaper :D

Bigface0_0 – Member
Anyone been out this weekend?

A cloudy but dry Clocaenog Forest bivi ride over Friday/Saturday