Dartmoor muni weekend 27th-28th May 2006

Marvellous. I'll be there, assuming my exams* are over, which isn't a
given.

Right: Days - friday & saturday camping, riding saturday and sunday,
with possible night ride on friday/saturday night. Maybe camping sunday
night as well, but I could probably sort that out myself.
Accomodation - a camping field would do nicely.
Rides - silly daft long rides are fine by me.

You should really come up with a silly name to make it the perfect muni
weekend...

John

*That's the summer exams, not the january ones I'm doing now,
which are the 7th of 8 lots of exams. I love my course.

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I'd love to, since I haven't had my LM 26" Muni on a group excursion or
Muni Weekend since it was built, and I'd love to see how it goes
compared to other 26s.

Unfortunately the last weekend in May is the weekend before my 2nd
semester exams start here at uni, and since I'm already missing 3 days
due to BUC 2 weeks beforehand, I can't afford to be away from uni for
that long... Its a real shame cos I really love these off road
weekends, hopefully when the weather improves and I can find somewhere
for us all to stay I'll organise some kind of event near here.

Loose.

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Loosemoose said:

I'd love to, ... Unfortunately the last weekend in May is the weekend
before my 2nd semester exams start here at uni

As they used to say when I was doing that type of thing - "if you don't
know it by then it's too late anyway" :p

Rob

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I wouldnt mind coming (have to check exams aswell), I only (ashamed)
have a 20" kh trials uni so if i go at all iwill prob need a shorter
route (sorry).

Mike

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I'm hopefully up for this, if it doesn't clash with tons of other
outdoors stuff I've got going on this year.

- Which day(s) would you ride?

maybe Friday, definately Sat and Sunday

- What accommodation will you need? (camping field, bunkhouse, B&B)

Can I suggest bivvying would be a fantastic thing. You could then call
it Dartmoor Unicycle Mountain Bivvi, or DUMB for short. Are there any 2
day routes so we could ferry up a car/van with everyone's bivvi / wild
camping gear somewhere near the overnight stop, ride there and camp up?
I've done this walking on Dartmoor, but I don't remember the route, or
whether it was bridleways etc. Fantastic way to avoid the need for
organisational skills or booking campsites, but I guess does slightly
limit the people coming.

- What nights will you be staying?

Fri and Sat, maybe Sunday night, if it'll be easier to get back on
Monday, or mean a better ride on the Sunday (like John said I could
sort out Sunday myself).

- Would you be interested in a shorter/easier ride?

As long and fast a ride as you can make it is cool by me. I'd say if
you're expecting many people *always* plan a shorter route, or at least
a slower group, as you'll have people used to doing 30+ mile muni rides
and people for whom 5 miles is a long ride.

As for calling it BMW or not, if you call it BMW, you'll always get
more people. This means you get people who only ever ride muni once a
year at BMW (or twice at BMW and BUC). It's more inclusive and makes
for a bigger event, but more advance organisation required if you're
going somewhere with map-reading required, where it's hard to bail out
on routes, or where there are time constraints. It's your call whether
you want that or not. I didn't for the Peaks Muni Trip, because the
riding and distances were unsuitable for taking beginners or unfit
people down, whereas for Phils muni weekend it was fine.

Joe

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Mark me down as a "maybe", because my longest off-road ride has only
been about 2 miles and I'm really not sure if I can even manage the
shorter rides (are we are allowed to stop for rests?). It all depends
on what experience I build up between now and BUC13.

- Which day(s) would you ride?
Saturday and Sunday. Really not sure about the Friday though.

- What nights will you be staying?
Saturday night. Don't know about the Friday night though.

- Would you be interested in a shorter/easier ride?
See above.

joemarshall said:

Can I suggest bivvying would be a fantastic thing.

Errr, what is "bivvying"? 😕 That word does not appear to be in
my lexicon.

Loosemoose said:

and since I'm already missing 3 days due to BUC 2 weeks beforehand, I
can't afford to be away from uni for that long...

You can't afford to be away from your unicycle for 3 days? Man, you are
addicted!😉

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gkmac said:

Errr, what is "bivvying"?

Sleeping in a bivvy bag, which is a sleeping bag intended for use
outdoors (no tent).

i would be up for it.
riding: short one perhaps fri, sat and sun also.
camping: fri, sat and sunday nights
dont need a shorter ride (unless its fri).
dont think i would be up for bivvying but only because all of my
camping gear is car camping stuff i.e. big and heavy

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So people want to ride three days then... the original suggestion at
SWUM was one day but I thought two would be better... I'll probably be
working Friday :o
If lots of people want to ride on Friday I'll see what I can sort out.

Mike and gk, I'll plan some shorter routes. Stopping for rests is not
a problem. I was planning on having a few stops anyway for the hoppy
people to pogo around on some rocks. What I think would be nice is if
we have a group ride that everybody can do, then possibly split into
fast and slow groups later.

Joe: You can sleep in a bin liner if you like, I won't stop you 😉
Seriously though, I'm not sure how practical a two-day route would be
and how many people would be up for that. It seems a shame to split
the group up for the whole weekend.

Klaas: Are you thinking about coming over then? We could call it an
international muni weekend then 🙂

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rob.northcott said:

So people want to ride three days then... the original suggestion at
SWUM was one day but I thought two would be better... I'll probably be
working Friday :o
If lots of people want to ride on Friday I'll see what I can sort out.

Joe: You can sleep in a bin liner if you like, I won't stop you 😉
Seriously though, I'm not sure how practical a two-day route would be
and how many people would be up for that. It seems a shame to split
the group up for the whole weekend.

At the previous muni weekends I've been to a friday ride has usually
been either a night ride, or just if people turn up early they go out
on a ride together. I don't think you need to worry too much about
taking work off if you don't want to. I'm just coming from a student
point of view, where taking the whole Friday off and getting an early
train down is easy, and doesn't cost anything extra, to get more riding
in.

You're right bivvying might be a bad idea if we've got a mixed ability
group. There'll be at least one unicycle bivvying event this summer
anyway. I just thought of it because I'd done it walking on Dartmoor
and it was a good thing then. Maybe if I'm feeling stupid I could turn
up thursday and do an overnight bivvi ride to wherever the campsite
is.

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joemarshall said:

At the previous muni weekends I've been to a friday ride has usually
been either a night ride, or just if people turn up early they go out
on a ride together. I don't think you need to worry too much about
taking work off if you don't want to. I'm just coming from a student
point of view, where taking the whole Friday off and getting an early
train down is easy, and doesn't cost anything extra, to get more riding
in.

I should be able to get at least the afternoon off if people want to
arrive earlier on Friday. I wasn't suggesting I don't WANT to take
time off, I just hadn't included Friday in the plan.

joemarshall said:

I just thought of (bivvying) because I'd done it walking on Dartmoor and
it was a good thing then.

Didn't you get covered in lots of big black Dartmoor slugs? Eew, as
our American friends say.

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joemarshall said:

Maybe if I'm feeling stupid I could turn up thursday and do an overnight
bivvi ride to wherever the campsite is.
Joe

Maybe you could ride from Nottingham to Dartmoor, and bivvi on the way?
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rob.northcott said:

Klaas: Are you thinking about coming over then? We could call it an
international muni weekend then 🙂

No sorry, I'll go to the Dutch MUni weekend in June, and UNICON in
July/August, my family wouldn't like to see me leave for another
multiple-day uni event around summer time. I'm occupied that weekend
anyway. Maybe a next time if there will be one.

I spoke to the campsite people last night and that weekend is filling up
fast. So I really need to get a pretty close idea of numbers for
camping ASAP. Also if you're planning to eat in the pub I'll need to
know so I can book some tables. If it's decent weather, BBQ at my
place is an option.

So, any more takers?

Is this the best place to post this? Any ideas where else I could put
it to get more response? I'm sure there are more people who would
probably come.

Is the date a problem (too soon after BUC?)

Rob

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Bah, can't make that weekend. Exams till the 2nd of June, probably stuff
after that.
That should actually be my last lot of proper exams, so after then I
will have lost an excuse to get out of unicycling events.

John

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Count me in, as long as Paul can arrange some decent weather this
time... 🙂

Phil

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phil said:

as long as Paul can arrange some decent weather this time

I didn't know he was in control of the weather... so he did that to us
on purpose last time then... in hindsight it is a bit suspicious that
it was dry for the ride he came on 😕

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rob.northcott said:

I didn't know he was in control of the weather... so he did that to us
on purpose last time then... in hindsight it is a bit suspicious that
it was dry for the ride he came on 😕

Why is there no smilie option for "walking away, hands clasped gently
behind the back, while whistling in an innocent fashion..."?

Paul.
(Might come but probably won't camp!)

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Possibly, subject to Morris commitments🙂 . Sounds fun.

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