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

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 😀

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

Is that inside the inner tube?

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..

Thanks. We’ll be taking orders in the New Year 8)

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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?