Morning walk with coffee at @TheShed yesterday morning when mum had friends drop by. Some pictures from the walk including a rose using the macro camera on my phone 🌹☕️ #Taunton #coffee #autumn

Catching up with Michael Palin in Venezuela before episode 3 tonight on #channel5 #MichaelPalin

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Bloody car failed its MOT yesterday. £1300 for a complete new exhaust to get it back. That's how much the car's worth! 3rd failure in a row, insurance write off and high milage. THE BLOODY THING IS A MONEY PIT, IT HAS TO GO!!

Now I'm home from my #TransCymru ride, I've done some numbers for the ride last week and September including the Tour of Britain tour. I've also added my yearly numbers to date for context which I'll also add, Everest is 8,849m 🏔🚴‍♂️💪 #cycling #strava #milesforsmiles

I watched the last episode of #Coldwater last night OMG! 😳 Very disturbing but compelling viewing, I enjoyed that series.

A misty morning walk in Taunton this morning after dropping the car off for its MOT and service 🌅🌳🍂 #morningwalk #mistymornings #autumnmists

Time for a #Peroni and watch tonight's episode of #Coldwater #cheers 🍺

Bloody hell! I'm honoured. A GWR train and the bike has it's own seat 😳 #bikesontrains #gwr #cycling

The views of #Cardiff from the 4th floor of my hotel last night 🏙

Morning! What a disaster yesterday ended with. Wet and freezing cold, I got off my train, I was in too much pain to ride my bike, so I walked. Found my hotel, but I'd booked the wrong date. I'd booked the 21st. At midnight, I had to find another hotel 🏨 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking

I'll post pictures another time, I haven't posted yesterday's yet. But I've got to get to Swansea today as I'm supposed to be in Cardiff tonight and have to get a train. But I've got 30 or 40 miles of Welsh hills to get through first ⛰️🚴‍♂️😬 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

Morning! 🌅 Weather's on the change 🤔 Final push today. Question is, can I get to Swansea before the *rain 🌧🚴‍♂️🤞#TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling #ukcyclechat * I've done it twice before & 🚴‍♂️0️⃣ v 🌧2️⃣ 😬

Evening! 🍺 Back in civilisation again. Checked in at 7pm and was late cos I had a bit of traffic 🐑🤣 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

Hello peeps, my last place of habitation before I head off into the mountains, Tregaron. With the trip up the mountain (quoted) done 15km so far with 30km to go and there nowt between here and my destination #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling bsky.app/profile/cbcy...

To all those opposing the introduction of ID cards. What do you have to hide? 😏

Sat having breakfast looking out at this view right now 😍 #Ceredigion #CambrianMountains #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Morning @cadencechris.bsky.social I'm going to head back up the mountain before I set off today to take pictures. From where I'm staying, I got a cracking view of the coast from Pembrokeshire to the Llyn peninsula & I can see the Cambrian mountains, Snowdonia and the Presilli's

Morning! 🌅 #Ceredigion #CambrianMountains #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A 🧵 on yesterday. I had a late start after a bad night's sleep & after 2 late nights, I decided to shorten my days. Breakfast in Machynlleth was almost lunchtime & instead of heading to the mountains, I stayed on the coast #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

There's been a development and I've had to make a drastic decision about my bikepacking trip. All the details are here 👇 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

We have departed, day 2. Off to the coast through the mountains, destination Machynlleth via Barmouth & Aberdovey. The next stop is Dolgellau, but I've got to get over Bwlch-y-Groes first ⛰️🚴‍♂️🥵 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

Starting the day the right way today 😋 #WelshBreakfast #Wales

Morning! 🌫👀 There's a lake out there somewhere 🤔 #Bala #Gwynedd #Wales

Noswaith dda! Checked in at 9:30pm. If I'd left at 8am as intended, I'd been here at 7pm. But I had a bit of first day faff before I left. Had to alter my route twice. But I did 108km today and around 1500m of climbing. Still enjoyed it & Snowdonia has been stunning today🚴‍♂️🍺 #TransCymru #TC2025

Later than planned (the joys of self catering) but my Trans Wales adventure starts here 🚴‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling

Morning! The days arrived to go. Approx 125km today with 4 mountain passes, Rhyd-Ddu, Pen-y-Gwryd, Bwlch-y-Gorddinian (Crimea Pass) and the climb to Cwm Cynfal. Tonight's accommodation is a hotel in Y Bala #TransCymru #TC2025 #cycling #bikepacking ⛰️🚴‍♂️💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I've been doing some calculations this morning. As I've already done the TOB tour and done 852.5km, by the time I've done this ride as well, by the end of September I'll have done over 1,400km possibly even 1,500km That's a massive 30% of what I've already achieved since Jan 1st this year 🤯 #cycling

I'm back at my apartment for the night and catching up with #coldwater on #itvX before bed with a drop of Gower Brewery Gower Power. Lloniannau! 🍻

It's burger and a pint night at The Castlein Bangor, so it would be rude not too 🍔🍺😁

It's not the first thing on my shopping list when I'm on a bikepacking trip, but one thing I've noticed since I've been here is just how cold it's got. There's even a chance of frost in the morning 🥶 1/2

How do! We've arrived. I keep looking at those mountains with mixed feelings 🚴‍♂️😬 Beaut of a day, tho 🌞👌 #Cycling #TransCymru #TC2025

I've got a long walk to the railway station 🚉 🪟👀 That's the best bit about my visit to Newport, I've got a quick exit 🏃‍♂️💨💨🤣

22nd September 2025 07.00

Bore da! Breakfast Travelodge style and today's agenda, a chuffing long railway journey. I'm travelling with Transport for Wales, so I'm half expecting Ivor the Engine to turn up 🚂🚃😁 #Monday #Wales #Travelodge

I have arrived in Wales, next train isn't until the morning so I'm overnighting in Newport, in a Travelodge which is conveniently next to the station. Bloody train from Paddington was late, though, so I was stuck in Bristol Parkway for ages. Depart 21:30 - arrived 1am 😴 #bikesontrains #delayedtrain

Has anyone got any tips for curing squealing disc brakes? I cleaned my bike before I left and they squeal like bugger now 🙉 #cycling #discbrakes #cyclistproblems

Right folks! It's been a frantic day, but we are ready for #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling 🚴‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😁 And not a moment too late, my train leaves at 21:30 🚉

A thing happened overnight. I'm off to Wales next week for a 5 day bikepacking trip. Mostly Airbnb's, 3 hotels and a shepherd's hut in the Brecon Beacons are my stays. Two trains booked to get up there and back home, first train is tonight at 9:30 😳🚉🏔🚵‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙌😁 #cycling #bikepacking #Wales

Ok guys, I'm going out for a ride and I'm not taking any chances. I know at least one of these does work #cycling #garmin #cyclistproblems #IfItsNotOnStrava

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I might end up postponing this until the first week of October. I was going to test out the Tailfin pack on this trip but one of the parts hasn't arrived yet. It's a seatpost connector and I was hoping it was going to arrive today, but looks like it'll be Monday the day I was going to leave #cycling

Garmin update: I'm going to try a test, I'm going to record an activity both on the 1040 and 820 and see what happens when I return. In theory both files should load to garmin connect, if they do then the fault lies with the last activity file and not the Bluetooth connection #garmin #garminconnect

Does anyone know ow if you can turn off the software updates on a Garmin 1040? #garmin #cycling

Morning! Garmin still doesn't work. Meanwhile, I went to bed last night with severe stomach cramps that eventually settled down enough to get some sleep but still not right. So god knows what's causing it 🤒🤷‍♂️

Unfortunately, until I sort out the problem now arisen with my Garmin I won't be booking anything #garminfail #cycling #ffs

I honestly can't understand why Garmin still has problems with Bluetooth connectivity when there's absolutely no other company in the world that does 🤷‍♂️ #garminfail

@garminuk.bsky.social I've got an edge 1040 that won't sync with my phone. I had a system update that automatically updated after I saved a ride today. I've disconnected both devices & re-paired them but my activity still won't upload to connect #garmin #cycling

I'm doing some last minute booking. Decided to take a chance on the weather next week and pull this gem out of the bag 🚴‍♂️ #TransCymru🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #bikepacking #cycletouring #cycling 🌬🌤🌧🌤⛈️🤔 ridewithgps.com/routes/42923...

Bikepackers and tourers! 🚴‍♂️ What do you use to find accommodation? I'm planning a last-minute trip across Wales next week trying booking .com, hostelworld and Airbnb, but it's proving difficult to find places where I ideally want them 🤔 #bikepacking #cycling #biketouring *not camping