What do you NOT miss about touring?

[elduderino]

Mosquitoes. I got ripped to bits in Lappland. I also hate riding through big cities, not just because of the amount of traffic but I also get lost a little too easy.

 

[Soltydog]

Not much i dont miss, apart from having a room above door of a pub, on a cobbled street with trailers & wagons rattling around from 5am

 

[coopman]

getting punctures, usually when its raining

 

[Kirstie]

Not much i dont miss, apart from having a room above door of a pub, on a cobbled street with trailers & wagons rattling around from 5am

Were you touring in lord of the rings?

 

[Soltydog]

Were you touring in lord of the rings?

It was last year doing the C2C, stopped in a pub at Alston, but can't remember the name B) Fortunatly the pub was quiet, until they banged the door shut about 11.30 ish & the road was cobbled outside & i think the 1st wagon, or farmer with rattling ifor williams trailer went past & woke me around 5am, but would i do it again, damm right i would it still beats getting woken by my alarm clock at 3.30am when on early shifts

 

[Pongunagu]

Lack of hot showers. I can deal with crapping outside (takes me ages to find the right rocks though), eating cold cardboard, filtering water, rain, snow, headwinds, just about anything except washing in cold water. Hate it. I'd rather be a minger! But my minging threshold is about a week - if I haven't found a place with hot water within a week I have to bite the bullet and use cold water. But I hate it and it ruins my day.

 

[AndrewClark]

Waking up to find the tent & all of your kit covered in slugs......

Mosquitoes, they just love me......

Sites marked on maps as "campsites", when you arrive it's almost exclusively caravans....

 

[Brains]

After a day of rain drying everything out in a campsite with little cover, and then trying to find a method to clean the chain and wheels, knowing if you can't you will be adding 1,000 miles if ware for every 100 you cycle (knackered a brand new chain in 150 miles that way)

 

[Brains]

Oh yes, having set up the tent, cooked the meal and then looking for a quick pint before bed. "The pub is just down the road a bit" line - 15 mile round trip, just what you need after 50 miles loaded

 

[simoncc]

What I don't like about touring is everyone making massive plans for the next day and then during the next morning these plans all fizzle down into something more realistic. Too much drinking time the previous night is often wasted by these wild plans, and of course if I ever drink too much that's the very day when everyone else is actually up at 5am ready for a 150 miler by 2pm followed by 'bagging' a couple of convenient Munroes.

 

[inaperfectworld]

putting on wet cycle shoes in the morning after a wet day

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

..oh yeah..wet shoes...especially bad as they really stink if they dont dry out quickly...no fun at all on the flight home

...ants...I don't miss the ants

 

[Dougster]

Bending all my tent pegs because I can't get them into the solid, concrete like ground in the South of France

 

[Amanda P]

Carrying a wet tent that weighs twice as much as when it's dry.

Not being able to trust signposts - they always want to direct you onto the motorway or bypass.

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

Spending about an hour each night in my tent, normally between 5-6 am, trying to convince myself that I do not need to get up to go to the toilet….

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