Somerset and Devon :: Day 1 :: Bristol to the Quantocks :: Bikepacking & Wildcamping
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Published 2024-04-12
In my current state of leisurely unemployment I often try to turn these visits into bikepacking trips and this time I was able to get a good chunk of days in the saddle around two socials.
This one started with a train to Bristol...
My route : www.strava.com/activities/11089195612
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== Bollé Eco ==
Really comfy helmet.
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== Helinox Chair Zero ==
The ultimate luxury when the ground is wet and cold.
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== Big Agnes Copper Spur ==
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== Trangia Stove ==
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== Trangia Fuel Bottle ==
Sturdy, non leak storage for alcohol stove fuel
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== Magicshine Lights ==
Used them for years. Solid, well made, bright.
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== Quadlock Outfront Pro ==
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=== Music ===
Tupelo Train :: Chris Haugen
Campfire Song :: Chris Haugen
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Wishful Thinking :: Dan Lebowitz
/ animal liberation orchestra - topic
Angeline the Baker :: Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties
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All Comments (21)
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What a perfect end to the week. I can’t articulate the sense of peace and calm that these always provide. They serve as perfect reminders of better things and places and I’m grateful that you share them with us all. Looking forward to the rest of the trip, have a great Spring whatever you are doing.
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A lovely window into your adventures Jethro. I enjoyed watching your portrayal of a bike packer in territory familiar to me. It was great to ride with you and chat. A rather generous cameo from yours truly passed the editors cutting board I see. Chapeau. Jon
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Good to see you back Jethro. I'm looking forward to seeing you heading up to Dunkery Beacon.
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All hail the returning Jethro as well as beautiful footage of our green and pleasant land-hurrah!
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Wonderful as ever, Jethro, thank you. I wish I had known you were coming through Bridgwater! I would certainly have made time to ride along with you. Maybe next time...
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Hallo Jethro! Interesting start and guided by a good soundtrack you are sure rolling on.
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Man I love the Quantocks! Me and the missus have had at least 2 MTB trips a year (from Cardiff) for the last 20 years.
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You're becoming Jethro Van Duzer chatting to fellow trail hunters!! Always a well presented account, cheers.
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Amazing landscape.😊👍 Greetings from germany
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Doesn’t matter how long you are off YT Jethro, so long as you keep coming back! Enjoyed the vid, thank you.
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Loved watching that one Jethro, perfect timing as I sit here nursing a broken wrist
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What a gentle trip by a gentle man. Had a mountain bike race in the Quantocks "back in the day" , one day I must return. Hope it's just a squeaky chain and not the Rolloff gone up the swanny. Cheers for now 👍
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Great to see you back looking forward to the N.Devon stretch. How’s Alan will we see him again?
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Nifty sound track, as usual! :)
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Love it. You're getting some great views and rest stops amid the wet weather. We're just getting over the snowy weather and into the torrents of Springtime rain here in New England USA. I'm sitting here crafting soft shackles for my hammock/tarp setup while watching before I'm fully awake and on to work so this is a nice treat before I get going. Hope you get a ton more views to help subsidize your component replacements. :)
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Hey JJ glad to see you back on screen. Enjoy your journey
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It's great to see you back Jethro, I anticipate another great trip is ahead, interspersed with much literary ramblings 🚲🙂👍
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Great adventure Jethro
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Jethro, keep on living the bikepacking wildcamping British dream!
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Sounds like a good route, aha memories of Cheddar Gorge YHA ! Going to bed early, unscrewing light bulbs, people back late in the dorm not able to turn the lights on...then moaning at me as I rose early and screwed the bulbs back in ! Yes, to be up early and out in the fresh air. Try and give us some advance warning on anything live. It would be good to watch live...atb Grant 👍
