two suggestions if you keep sliding off the kipmat try using a" big agnes " sleeping bag and kipmat combined
the mat slides into a sleeve on the bottom of the bag, i use an exped down mat i justify the cost by sleeping out in all weathers and all seasons four inches of down filled insulation keeps me toasty

actually it was the punctures that made them more road race friendly you just whip the whole thing off in seconds and slap another one on

Oh dear, serious humour bypass situation here. I thought it was funny, anyway.

what he said

(grins) notice everyone else has quietly snuck out of the thread lol

well i was in the tv series sailor and was on reasonable terms with the joss on there and the phrase 'WELL KNOWN TO THE REGULATING BRANCH " was on my docs lol

i brought some back from gib eons ago but only have the pale imitation stuff nowadays last official tot i ahd was in 77 at lossie on the day of the spithead review . i was the rumrat and me and the joss had to finish the bucket

there is a tot in the cupboard as it happens but purely for medicinal use you understand and yes they were lieutenants

two lt's on the ark rode a tandem of the bow cat for reasons known only to themselves. lt butler and lt kidner might have been subbies at the time and chris robinson the runner was also an lt and used to run and cycle round the roof lots of tight turns and obstacles to contend with

not any more although we must be due a squadron reunion but we used to launch pianos off the for'ard cat regularlyand the odd stoker

now funny you should ask that on the very day i came into possession of the HMS ArkRoyal do i sense a deal in the making

sadly it is a bunch of pics of the ark from when i served on it but it was this morning

dunno about gucci kit it was all snugpaks we used got twenty years out of one, but i have a buffalo now and i think the buffalo trousers are the greatest pants for winter on the planet

the aluminum deathtube or widowmaker was a pretty awesome sight when i used to work visiting flights at yeovil and prestwick but i spent three and a half years on phantoms and they remain my favourite

should have got a tubus

**** me i'll have to get mine to up their game

there you go see , there is too much doom and gloom spread the love instead

if you want the water to be clean strain it through a sock then boil it

scrap yards can be a good source i used to keep about a quarter of a ton under the stairs most of it is now sold but other scrap yards may have some

spare a thought for the elderly lol

tyw nwaddin near bethesda i think well i was the climbing abseilling instructor there in 73

good luck with it jeremy i still find myself reaching for where my fags were from time to time , it will take a few months to feel any benefit and do expect to be quite ill for a while as the body adjusts to fresh air and starts to dump all the the accumulated toxins
i have been fag free for 7 months now and it is still hard somedays

what he espouses is no different from the political philosopher Hobbes all just a question of context

where are you? how much built environment is around the tree? are you legally permitted to chop down said tree? do you want the timber? or is it to be carted away ?

nowt wrong with being happy young man

brooks b17 the reason they still make them is because they work

Murrayfield ,march 17 1990 amen to that

pppppffffft shocked and stunned Jojo really heading to the darkside

reet poopy just about sums it up but haven’t really tried it yet ,

oh that would be me

i work in a scrap yard and i am amazed at the number of people who hand keys in to us

bye rd thanks for having us

oh there is nothing like a good what tyres thread too stir the passions i like the black skinny ones bestest

hey rd how come you no play with i no more

unzips and lubes up

so are we homeless then still

it was coffee

that was sorta my training rides before i went abroad a round trip from edinburgh to peebles then inners,walkerburn gala and up the a7 home a nice road trip in the quiet times of the day but pure hell in the rush hour

ah but the whoosh of slicks on tarmac the wind in your face plus you can freewheel half the bloody route both ways

i like that a7 route goes right through there

victor

can be dangerous i damn near had pneumonia after a fast descent make sure and wrap up warmer for the descent, i was wiped out for three days could hardly turn the pedals