Mountain Biking - Hiking - Bikepacking - Camping

A downloadable list of all my bikepacking gear can be found in this post, first some background information. Clothes and personal items...

Complacency, that’s what it was, not that I didn’t put many hours into the preparation and packing up, a quick bikepacking over-nighter...

I wanted a tent that was mainly free-standing, that only needed staking out when really windy. I chose the Marmot Tungsten UL1P.

My preference was to have a completely free-standing tent. I really can’t be doing with staking out the guy ropes every time I put it up. I

This mid-range gear is smaller and lighter than 'normal' gear but not as light or as compact as the very expensive stuff.

In the arid plains of the Sierra de Cazola, I had fallen heavily from my bike, and was somewhat dazed. The first thing I knew that I'd fall

I was hoping to get to the village of Santiago Pontones by nightfall, I left the refugio at half nine, a lot later than I’d planned. By now

Soon the mountains to both sides of the camino becomes steeper and rockier with gorges and high cliffs all around. It was another good sign

I’m having an internal fight! I know I should wear my helmet whilst riding, but I often forget to put it back on, or can’t be bothered to as

I woke up at my wildcamp at the Refugio Canaleja Alta, in the Sierra de Baza, at around 7am, the tent had got quite wet from, I think, only

Next up, crossing the Marquesado Plateau between La Calahorra and the Sierra de Baza. I wasn’t looking forward to this leg, I’d thought it w

went to dab with my right foot, but nothing was there, it was a twenty foot drop down to a barranco. Me and Bay fell sideways down the

The days off also gave me time to do shopping and prepare myself mentally for the return to being alone in the mountains. I was enjoying my

The terrain varied from very rocky and steep, to meadow with grazing cattle, to mountain springs wetting the soil making it a slippery uphil