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Thinking of doing a few days (2 or 3) during the Easter break probably as some sort of loop.

Live down South (read Surrey) so don't mind travelling a few hours (to Exmoor or Dartmoor?)

Kids are 9&8 and fairly competent on the bike.

Anyone have any suggestions/tips/recommendations?

Thanks


 
Posted : 02/03/2016 9:49 am
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Teddy Bear Bones


 
Posted : 02/03/2016 9:56 am
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Interested in this as well. Anyone?


 
Posted : 03/03/2016 9:26 am
 Yak
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Look up richpips of this parish as he and minipips have done an enormous amount of bikepacking and will no doubt have all aspects of this fully dialled.

http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2015-07-27T14:57:00%2B01:00&max-results=7

Blog page with the ht500, kit list etc.


 
Posted : 03/03/2016 9:35 am
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I take my kids (7 and 10) away bike camping quite a lot. It might not fit the minimalist bikepacking ideal you're after but I take all our kit in the double berth bike trailer they're now too big for. Plenty of room for tent, sleeping bags, cooking equipment etc and it means I get a bit of a workout too. If you're coming to Deveon area I can recommend the Camel Trail and Granite Way. These are more Sustrans type routes but the scenery is lovely and it's a reasonable distance if you start one end, camp the other and return the next day.
After a healthy day of cycling and then a nice pub meal we all settle into the tent to watch a film I've downloaded on the Hudl in our 'mini cinema' - great fun.


 
Posted : 03/03/2016 10:11 am
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Thanks Gunz will look up the two trails.

Yak thanks for the link some really good info on richpips blog


 
Posted : 03/03/2016 10:30 am
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The Teddy Bear Bones event is organised on the Bear Bones Bikepacking forum, for anyone interested


 
Posted : 03/03/2016 10:44 am

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