Daniel Groves 📷👻
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Adventure and Landscape Photographer. Cycled Across Europe. Craving the Mountains. Contact via website or Instagram (also @danielsgroves)
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Joined April 2010
This is everything I have from the final day. Shortly after we went through the ford the rain started coming down hard, and for many the fun stopped, so we short-cutted it back to the start. I was originally going…
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Morning. Coffee in bed, and fresh pastries baked from the campsite shop. Not a normal combination for a bike packing trip, and least, not without cycling to go and get the pastries. By some luck (disappointing…
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The new forest trip was a bit different to most for me, purely because we ate in a pub, not out of a little metal pot in some random woods. Good food, good company, and beer 🍻 . Got to use a shower and everything,…
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The last part of the day was thankfully much less muddy, with a few tracks, a quick hop on the road, and finally a gravel track taking us that last stretch to the campsite. On the last track Simons hire bike…
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The mixed feelings of escaping the mud fest: happy, reminiscing, more happy, snacks. I mostly support the snacks. #newforestnationalpark #muddy #nationalpark #bikelife #bikepacking #touring #adventuretime…
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The muddy bit. This was the pet where we rapidly realised how unsuitable parts of this route were in winter with such a mix of experience levels. All the same, good fun. Simon was an absolute trooper through this…
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The first part of the afternoon was cruising on smooth gravel, swiftly followed by the first signs of what was to come when blaze_tolliver and @ewancolyer1 smashed it though a river, to the bemusement of the…
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The group short from the New Forest trip. Not sure I’ll be organising anything with a group this big again anytime soon, it was a bit mad. A massive mix of abilities and kit here, showing you don’t need the best of…
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We didn’t cover much ground before the lunch stop and a group photo, but it’s fine because the hobnobs were safely stowed. #priorities #hobnobs #bikepacking #newforest #guiding #adventuretime #outsideisfree #osmaps…
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Finally getting into one of the last trips before lockdown I’m yet to post anything about: New Forest. This trip was a bit crazy from the number of people who wanted to go. We had to put a hard limit on numbers for…
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We left the Strata Florida and immediately hit the Devils Staircase, a very steep climb on loaded bikes. Defending the other side we had some time cruising the welsh valleys before the weather caught up with us. A…
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More from the Strata Florida: smooth gravel that slowly grew in size until we were riding over constant ankle-breakers. It was a relief to find the end of this trail. #strataflorida #wales #visitwales #gravel…
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More from the Strata Florida: smooth gravel that slowly grew in size until we were riding over constant ankle-breakers. It was a relief to find the end of this trail. #strataflorida #wales #visitwales #gravel…
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A few hours later, after much bike pushing and river-fording we arrived at some smooth gravel. #wales #visitwales #strataflorida #offroad #gravel #gravelbike #bikepacking #worldbybike #adventureisoutthere @ Strata…
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Approaching a Bothy in the dark is always fun, especially when you don’t know exactly where it is other than in some remote welsh woods, and you don’t know if anyone else will be there. On this occasion there were…
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As darkness fell the rain came, and as we rode on it came heavier and heavier, we still had around an hour to go in the saddle too. After these last few photos it was too dark and too wet for the camera, so I put it…
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In the afternoon we quickly entered the area of gritfest. That meant we had miles of feuding on gravel rods away from any traffic while the light faded and the rain started to roll in. Shortly afterward these were…
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The off road segments in the morning slowed ya down way more than planned, so it’s safe to say we’re we’re both glad to find an old-school diner doing pie and chips for £5 for lunch. @ Wales (Cymru)
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It’s mad to think I’ve known @nickcharlton for 10 years now, yet he’s still silly enough to agree to go on adventures like this weekend bothying in mid wales back in February with me. It still surprises me that we’re…
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Descending Helvellyn I eventually dropped out the bottom of the clouds. The base lifted, and the result was stunning vistas as far as the eye could see. One of the problems with snow in the mountains in the UK is…
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