Trans Cambrian Way - Bikepacking, Bivvi and the first Tarp Test!  

Since I discovered your channel I am always absolutely blown away from the beauty of the landscape you are riding in. One day I HAVE to do a bike trip there.

Looks like a nice trip! Thanks for taking us with you.

Ah that looked excellent Juliet. Great use of the wheels to support the tarp, and what wonderful views you had...plus a dip to freshen up. Thanks for taking us along.👍🏻

Beautiful, this has made my morning. As always, inspiring stuff.

Thanks for sharing the bivvy technique using the wheels. I'm used to using trekking poles for that when backpacking without a tent. Happy Trails!

Beautiful! Makes your heart beat faster. You are definitely enjoying life, Juliet.

Nice vid Juliet,me & some old school mates pedalled this a few years back also with Bivis. The best is at the end in dunes after your sea swim 🤘🏽 Thanks for bringing back the memories. Good job sister & happy pedalling 💫

fantastic content as ever ! you are great Juliet , a real energy and enthusiasm for adventure

Great video! I recognise the route from my group's trip there in June. Happy memories!

Nice one with the tarp,good idea that.Glad you are enjoying the trip,Wales looks awesome 👍👍🚲

Awesome! well done Juliet!!

Loved this video! It made my week! Thank you!

Thank you Juliet! Keep going. Salute from Brazil!

Great vid! Love your tarp tent.

Great vlog, thanks Judith 👍

Beautiful scenery! Cheers!

Looks like a great trip, always looks like you are having fun and making do which makes your videos a lot more entertaining than most. Haha crack up when people came in when you were talking to us. lmao

I've been swimming a lot after my cycling lately too. I live about a block from lake Michigan and I have not utilized it enough until this year. It's so refreshing to get home get out of my cycling clothes and take a 5 minute roll to the beach.

I love your videos. Never seen bike wheels being used like that before. I'm inspired 😁

Great stuff Juliet - I felt like I had been away somewhere!

I have bike toured all over France. We used to make plans for each day and then we could figure out how many coffees and pastries we could have. So the Col De Madelien was a three pastry and two espresso climb. I understand the food obsession.

Nice work on the tarp. I've used my front wheel at one end, and the bike bars as the opposite end a few times, and that gives plenty of space to pack your gear around the bike and under the tarp. Enjoy the rest of your ride.

Interesting tarp setup. Gorgeous countryside!

Lovely landscape!

Stumbled upon this vid randomly, couldn't stop smiling the whole time I was watching! Great vibes :)

Nice vid! Lpved the scenery

Great content chuck can't beat a good bivi ,love your chanel 👌 x

Naomi from the YT channel "Human on the Loose" has a plethora of information about bike packing should you choose to do this again. Great video!!

Not sure I’m brave enough to camp outside but the idea of an epic adventure feels liberating and you mist get to see lots of beautiful remote locations.

Loved this video!

Transcambrian Way is definitely on my list. I just did Dartmoor and Exmoor (most of the West Country Way, but diverted to Ilfracombe instead) over the recent heatwave. From one vertically challenged person to another who also questioned water carrying capacity- custom full frame bag with the apidura 3 litre frame bag hydration bladder and another 750ml bottle on my hip pack (plus a water filter- which I didn't need to filter water but ended up using to dump water over me from a tap I found at a church hall).

Looks a good ride with lovely views and like your tarp set up 👌

Looks like a lot of fun

gorgeous scenery

Great video. Beautiful scenery. Nice work on setting up the tarp. Well thought out.👍👍👍 Guardian reader👍👍 Packing your panniers, I have a similar dilema every time I go grocery shopping on the bike. Alway forget I need to somehow fit all that 'stuff'🤔 I've just bought onto my bike before I can ride home🙄😁 Cheers

I've done the Trans Cambrian too, with a stop at the Claerddu Bothy. Such a great route around the reservoirs before you get to the bothy and Teifi Pools Slight advantage of doing this on a Sunday/Monday that the bothy was empty. Great water filtration systems that I've used. Katadyn Befree (with an additional Hydrakpak 1L bottle), or the MSR Trailshot. Both nice portable solutions.

the bike wheel tent was super cool

Super awesome adventure 🙂

thanks for videos juliet greettins fron flanders

I didn't know Wales had such beautiful landscapes, I'll add it to my travel wishlist.

Assuming you have stakes or decent sticks, you can flip your bike over or use a kickstand of some sort then make a shelter by covering the bike, staking out the tarp and sleeping under the cavity made under it. Sort of a makeshift lean to. Cordage can be used to stabilize the bike against wind.

Bonus bike security too!

Did this two weeks ago with some friends. i also realised i needed more water bottles in rhayader. There is a bike shop there that i got two cages and bottles from. Best trail i’ve done in my life.

I only looked to see how you had done the bivvy, that's a good idea - although as you said, roughly - it might need refining for harsher weather lol, but I ended up enjoying the whole thing - that route looked fantastic, in that weather at least.

Practice makes perfect :-) What a lovely day out.

So cool🙏🏻

Def get a water bottle filter. I use the sawyer mini or aqua Mira, all water in pretty much drinkable. Even straight from the stream

Ee lan Tie vee Ray der. And you cut out the unsuitable for Gravel Bike track to the dam, and perhaps Gro Hill. I live round here. I bottled out of riding it this Summer, too hot....

30 degrees C !! heavenly fresh julia ? your lucky lol

Stonking! Just sent the link to my wife 👍As someone who spends their life flying and living in hotels, this is much more the world I love. Just need a boat 😂

Hi Juliet nice video,I was wondering what camera you are using for your blogs 😃

Hey Juliet can you get Tortillas there in England? Make wraps or burritos... between towns... only use a tarp when you have trees or something to tie too paracord... if you don't secure those corners the flapping sound will drive you nuts just use it when it rains...

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If you're planning to go off the beaten track regularly then a water filter is a very useful piece of kit.

Love this! Going on a journey myself and will use your tips! Awesome work...what are you using for the video? Thanks!

After a day on the bike like that, a swim in the lake must feel like a million bucks!! lol

Thanks

Katadyn water filters are great for bikepacking

Australian and I have one sleeping bag, and I will never be to cold in it, because it is rated to minus 10 Celsius.. Really want to do some bike touring / packing, but I can’t manage it at the moment…

I always Carry life straw system to purify water and it does the job.

When on trips do you take a lock? I have the kryptonite lock but it’s quite bulky. I’m looking for good compact alternatives for when I pop into the shop, sleep etc..

Well done popit

That's a good idea with the tarp - never seen that before! Can you tell us what size the tarp was pls?

Tip : make a paracord bracelet (search RU-vid for make a paracord bracelet, it's also a fun thing to make with your daughter) Convenient way to carry lots of cord and have it easily accessible.

The RU-vid algorithms recommended you ... I watched ... I liked, and now I need to know ... make/model of your tarp. Affiliate links accepted 😉

Much better vlog back to your previous quality good work

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What caused your arm injury ? I must have missed that video .

I would suggest a Camel Back for water in that temp.

If someone was to follow this trail, from say getting Train from Birmingham, where would recommend as best start and finish points?

Hydration backpack

Is that a musette or bag that you use over your shoulder?

It's a pronounced Rider, easy one to remember 😉

Yeeeeww! I live in Birmingham and the Elan Valley provides the city with its water. I hope you didn’t pee in the lake! I’m going to have to boil all the water I use for the next three weeks now! 😂😂😂 😉

MAYBE CAKE!??? serious the only answer is ALWAYS CAKE !!!

Where is this Place by 09:30 time ? Thanks

It might be a good idea to test new gear at Home before hitting the road ;)

Love your Tattoos and my advice would be to buy a 2 or 3 litre camel back and use it as a day sack.

Neospornen that arm after wiping with with a clean cloth... wear a long sleeve light color shirt to bed ...next morning apply sav and let it breath... slam a pint and take some ibprophen...

Nice tattoo...

I love the look of packed up gravel bike, but damn it have to be a pig with all this weight up top. Style is over practicality in this case ;) Rear bike rack with paniers looks horible but I can pack up 15kg of stuff and beside the weight - rides super stable. For your water issue, water bottles on forks will add you 0,75l on each and put the load down as well so handling will be slow but a lot better than large bottle up top. Have fun out there :)

Ever tried a Camelback?

Nothing better than dropping a deuce in the weeds

Are you being sponsored by guardian 🤔not for me. Sport not politics 😞.looks great best of luck🤞

Oh Katie what is that horrible tattoo on your arm. That's sad on your beautiful body.

I have watched a lot of your videos and really enjoy them. However advertising a left wing biased political newspaper(Guardian) is disappointing as I believe cycling should be non political.

Sadly in the U.K. it looks like most waterways and coastline is being pumped full of 💩 deliberately, and wild swimming is becoming unsafe🦠 For water purification on rides, can I suggest ‘WaterToGo’. They do a specific bottle for cyclists, that has an integrated carbon filter and will also filter viruses and bacteria which most filters can’t do. This what I’m using.