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It could be anything - gang-related or girlfriend-related....

Put it into www.cycle.travel and it will give you a route - basically leave Route 74 around Hamilton and it's about 35 miles to Kincardine via Cumbernauld, Bonnybridge and Falkirk. Cycle.travel routes are generally quiet but not the fastest.

There are two kinds of soreness - the one that disappears after ? a week or two ? as your muscles and bum harden up, and the kind that never goes and only gets worse because the saddle doesn't suit your anatomy. I was criticised in an earlier post for being unduly negative. All I meant though (and I...

geomannie wrote:I am planning to take a cycle group from the west through Pebbles...

I think the surface is better through Peebles.
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The Terry's Primus stove frame-fitting clip thread was a legendary example of a thread disappearing. Nobody twigged that a "wanted" ad had grown legs and that when it stopped running it would eventually auto-delete after a month or whatever. I've always regretted missing that one! I think...

Yebbut that's just one poster who has strong opinions on most things...

Graham, is yours one of these?


Though if your mum used it for general cooking it was probably something rather bigger.

The first Monitors were made in the 1920s. I grew up with 'primus' stoves and have a very soft spot for them.

If you can cruise at say 10 mph, then riding 70 miles means seven hours sitting on a bike, plus the time for any stops on top of that. Not everybody's idea of fun. +1. And don't under estimate the potential for crippling saddle soreness, especially if you are overweight. All the fitness in the worl...

Km actually makes more sense to my brain because I know that 1km is 1000 long strides. I can stride a metre if I want to, for rough measuring purposes. But I don't have a clue how many long strides would make a mile. Whatever it is, it won'y be a nice rounded figure like 1000. 1760 yards in a mile ...

That's brilliant!

+1 for Mrs R2's recipe!

How about whiskey casks? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41255575 Mmm, but if you crashed one you might be suspected of being drunk in charge. My husband once made a very nice case for his flute out of some old cask staves. As soon as he started cutting and planing it there wa...

In my local store 1L of paraffin (lamp oil) is for £3.99. I do not think that it is purest quality as it does leave quite a bit residue, but I do not care since it is easy to clean off and unplugging the nozzle is also not a big problem. Glad you are happy with it. Personally I'll stick to my White...

Best wishes to yourself, and bikepacker and his wife - thinking of you all.

Google it - Amazon sell it.

There is a nice description of the route here by Dan Cook, with some tips and lovely photos (PDF).