Microadventuring, mini tours etc

PM me your details and how much you want and I'll post you some the week after next when I'm back from Wales.

I'm packed and ready to roll:

Wish you no clouds some time.

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This is from a bike not a plane or something.

Wales, no clouds? LOL

Not CdF?

1x is cooler...

No, I plan on doing some fire trails in the forests also, CdF is in the shop.

The new fixed gear I hear

That is lovely esp with that fork

Ta

Chur bro. I'm working in Cairo of all places for a few weeks, but I'll measure me pot up when I'm back. Have a good trip.

enjoy wales bro

peng

ya, LOL ;)

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Anyone have micro adventures planned for this year?

3 day bothy and distilleries tour round Easter time, all being well.

9 days in the West Highlands end of April beginning of May.
We're doing a mix of wild camping, camping, hiker huts, bothies and B&Bs.
Still planning the route so any suggestions welcome.
Heading up on the sleeper train to Fort William and coming back from Inverness. A day in Glencoe for walkies, Skye for Talisker and wild camp, probably Applecross pass.... That's about it right now.

Do you have any details yet? I would be interested to know which bothies and distilleries you go to.

My friend who lives in Clackmannanshire is the routemaster, so I'm not sure on the details, but roughly speaking it'll be Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy kind of a loop.

my usual - London - Harwich - somewhere in Holland and reverse the weekend before Easter. And it should be on my newly bought Brother Kepler that I snagged today.

Non disc or disc?
I've got the disc in sunset fade nearly ready for Scotland :)

Wow this sounds amazing, I'd love to do a similar trip, keep us posted with details of the route!

@porkypie - do you do that trip often? I'm looking at doing similar myself shortly as I have a friend in Rotterdam to visit, was considering whether to go Harwich - hook and then a short ride, or Dunkirk then cycle up through Belgium over 2 days. Any prior experience of the area and tips etc would be appreciated.

@Tomo187
I got the Navy canti version in their offer on Thursday - I'd been about to head out and get an LHT when I saw the deal come up on Instagram.
I'll be porting most of the bits over from my Kaffenback I think - Ultegra 6600 10speed but with a few choice upgrades - new seatpost, chainset (got a very bog standard FSA on there at the moment). Though I do keep looking at what seems like the bargain new Tiagra group...

@andyfallsoff
I've done it every year for the last 6 years or so - I usually work a half day on the Thursday, head down to Liverpool street - get a train to Colchester and ride over to Harwich, making sure to get fish and chips from Mr Chip. Overnight ferry then - which is a very civilised way to travel, though it does give you an irrational fear of this:
https://youtu.be/yHFDa9efCQU

after that you get booted off the ferry at about 8, and you're on the deity of your choice's own cycle path, the LF1 about 30 seconds later. What I usually do then is ride to a bakers in Scheveningen, pick up pastries for breakfast and krentenbollen for snacks and ride most of the day (maybe a croque madame and a beer for lunch) - stay in an Nh hotel or similar (points, so cheap) and head out for beer and food.
I'll have a couple of days the same, mixed with a bit of brutal architecture, football and more beer involved, then head back to Hoek for another overnighter and reverse the start.

Over the time I've stated in a few places - Zoetermeer (boring but really handy for lots of places - cheapest hotel), Utrecht (awesome place - whole bunch of us were in an airbnb for that), Bodegraven (home of De Molen brewery and their Borefts festival) and Heemskerk (weird Nh hotel - typical small dutch town).

one odd thing though - while I love cycling round Holland - I found Amsterdam infuriating - chaotic and so many stoned/just plain dumb tourists wandering about to make it like riding through London. Still has the most beautiful social housing though.

In terms of avoiding though - anything around Schipol - bit bloody bleak.

If you're going from Hoek to Rotterdam btw - and the wind is against you - don't ride down the Maas unless you like grovelling, there's no shelter at all and it's brutal. Would be a better bet to head inland for a bit where there's the slightest bit of cover (having said that, unless you're super-lucky, you'll be getting battered by a headwind at some point)