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How Not to Prepare for Your Next Bikepacking Adventure

Two weeks ago, my boyfriend, Dad and I set off on a bikepacking trip. Our goal is to ride from Banff down to Whitefish on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, before heading west and joining the Western Wildlands Route then turning north in order to loop back to Fernie. Despite two of us having…
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Goodbye blue shorts, and thank you for your service

A couple of weeks ago, on a camping trip, I was climbing down from the roof of the car, having replaced the gas bottle in its holder on the roof rack. As I reached my foot down to the rear bumper, I heard a ripping sound from near my left knee. Once safely on the…
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Ode to Poirot

On Saturday we made it back to the UK after a 4000km road trip through Europe. Our faithful steed throughout that time was Poirot – a 2008 2 door Ford Ka kindly leant to us by family. He was flawless the entire trip, valiantly climbing up to ski towns in the Alps, winding his way…
