*This is a work in progress and will alter and become more comprehensive as I figure it out. Hopefully. 

What we’re riding:
This is Jeeves – he’s a Claud Butler Dalesman I bargained off eBay and he’s perfect.

This is Bill – he’s a Burley Tail Wagon that I also bargained off eBay and he’s Scout’s travelling caravan.

I’ve made him a fancy green coat (and matching flag) to keep out the downpours and have rigged a neon orange travel towel with magnets as a sunshade/aircon system. Scout is really well adjusted and sits happily behind the bike since our training week.

What we’re packing:

Me:

•  a light synthetic sleeping bag (kindly lent by my buddy Juwad – THANK YOU)
• Decathlon air mat
• Trangia stove (with homemade stand and holder)
• Two cooking pots
• Collapsible bowl, plate and cutlery
• Wooden Spoon
• Muddy Fox cycling shoes
• Crocs…..(see blog post for details of my shame)
• Waterproof trousers
• Proviz 360 reflective, waterproof coat
• MSR 6L dromedary bag
• Hilleburg Akto 1 Woman (and dog) tent from the Ray Mears shop (Paid in part with adventure vouchers from my wonderful CTM cast members who know me far too well).
• LUSH solid shampoo bar and soap
• Cycle shorts x 2
• Cycle shirts x 2
• Cycle gloves
• Helmet (cos #loveyourbrain)
• Civvies: dress, leggings, floaty trousers
• Long sleeve baselayer top and bottoms for sleepy snuggly times
• Travel Towel
• Passport and driving licence
• First Aid Kit
• Toiletries

Scout:

• Flash Howling Dog Second Skin Harness in Small because she’s a skinny street dog and I need to feed her up a bit more.
• 4 x cordura booties from Snow Paw Store just incase the tarmac’s too hot for her little paws…
• Paw Wax
• Boat loads of Orijen Freeze Dried food – Thank you Orijen!
• Collapsible bowl for her food.
• Baby sleeping bag (Vango synthetic – a Willow hand-me-down)
• Half size self inflating sleeping mat (Décathlon – also Willow’s)
• Bikejoring bungee lead line thing
• Many, many chew toys (four)
• Small travel towel x 3 (wet dog smell in a tent is not cool)
• Treats
• Passport

Bike stuff:

Big thanks to Richard Thompson for lending his time and expertise

• Swiss Stop Brake pads
• Brake cables
• Gear Cables
• Cable Tubing
• Chainbreaker
• Powerlink
• Inner Tubes
• Puncture repair kit (Skabs)
• Allen Keys (4 sizes)
• Lezyne Micro Floor Drive Pump
• Screwdriver
• Ortlieb Front Roller Classic Panniers
• Ortlieb Back Roller Classic Panniers
• Topeak Compact Tourguide Handlebar bag
• GoPro handlebar mount
• Bike stand made from a walking pole (in matching green) and some milliput and some brake bands made from shock cord

Electronics:

• GoPro Hero 3 + batteries
• GoPro Hero 5 + batteries (kindly lent by Kirsty and Sam – THANK YOU)
• Garmin Edge 820 (kindly lent by Thighs of Steel – the wonderous people who got me into this mess and made me think I could vaguely achieve this)
• Tablet
• Smartphone
• Kindle
• Charging cables
• Tripod/selfie stick
• As many micro SD cards as I can beg, borrow or steal
• 2 Powerbanks