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I've recentlybeen prescribed blood thinners and consequently now regularly experience very cold feet. with onset of winter in mind I'm considering battery heated socks, does anyone have any recommendations, please?

I'm in agreement with previous posts in that I prefer to not take any chances at the very start of a tour because so much depends upon it.
We've often used a pre-booked taxi to the airport, with two boxed bikes and four panniers.

I'd like to load my entire itunes library, which is held on my MacBook Pro, onto an old Android Nexus 7 for use whilst I'm tinkering in my workshop. The files in the library are in Apple's own file format and I believe need converting to mp3 format for the Nexus.The Macbook has a file convertor buil...

Depending upon your wife's attachment to here present touring bike, you might consider adapting the existing frame.
My wife experienced a similar problem and had her Thorn Nomad top tube/seat tube junction lowered 100mm.
She is very pleased the result.


Rob

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I thought it was too good to last! We've used the TGV service from Bordeaux to Paris a couple of times recently and it was very civilised, with reserved bike spaces, dedicated seats next to them and travelling at 300kph.
Oh well!
Rob

and oil-tight too!Rob How did you manage that? Skimmed all the mating surfaces? (Don't tell me it was oil tight from the factory, that's a step too far. :lol:) You can usually do this with RTV silicone gasket stuff. I achieved it by using good engineering practices, (lapping mating surfaces on a su...

Here"s my 1970 BSA Victor, a 441cc single which I've owned since almost new. I rebuilt it a couple of years ago, it's great fun to ride and oil-tight too!


Rob

Had a pleasant overnight stay here during this summer.
Bike-friendly.

Domaine Saint-Hilaire
bis, 13 Rue des Fleurs, 50500, France

Rob

Sven Cycles in Weymouth may be worth a look-see, they made a custom bike called a"Forager".

https://www.svencycles.com/customer-sto ... ager-bike/

Rob

To be fair to the box packing method, it did suffer an abnormal situation going out from Gatwick and also it has experienced two flights ( one out to Toulouse and then return ) plus a trip in a courier van to my home.
Yes, sh*t happens sometimes.
Rob

It was the fact that I had boxed it well (obviously not well enough for determined baggage handlers), to EasyJet's requirements and paid what I think is an excessive amount for the carriage of the bike compared to the passenger ticket. I can live with a bit of bike transit damage but what really pee...

Update to my Easyjet baggage delay and bike transit damage. My travel insurance, Sports Cover Direct, didn't cover for consequential losses due to the tour cancellation caused by the baggage delay. This would have required something like an illness, bereavement, or loss of employment. Better luck o...

From memory, the surface is Tarmac all the way, both the highway sections and the Rodwell Cycle Trail section. There is a steep and busy climb through Fortuneswell onto Portland Isle itself, so might be daunting for your friend if she isn't a regular cyclist. Portland is an unusual place, some local...

Take a look at the travel book "Fat Man in France" by ex-BBC radio presenter Tom Vernon, in which he describes is bike trip along that coastline from Collioure.
This was the book which got me into cycle touring many years ago.
Rob

Did they give you the option to abandon your trip at Gatwick? If not, then this could be a point of contention. No bike, no cycling holiday. Thanks for the advice. It was Bedlam at Gatwick that morning due to a total baggage system failure, headless chickens come to mind. I felt that Easyjet was le...