My most recent addition to this equipment thread can be found in following post written immediately prior to me setting off to cycle the Hebridean Way in August 2021:

The following post about the electronic kit I am taking with me on the 2022 ‘Grand Tour’ of France, Switzerland and Germany was published in June 2022:

The following was written at the start of my trip to Spain and Portugal in the summer of 2019:

The free time afforded by the ferry crossing from Plymouth to Santander has, as promised, allowed me to write the list of equipment that I photographed a few days ago. I did leave one item back in Britain, but which one?

1. Maps
2. Cycling gloves
3. Disposable razors
4. Toilet tissues
5. Sun protection cream
6. Soft fibre trek towel
7. Tent (Vango F10 Xenon 2+)
8. Survival bag
9. Toothbrush
10. Deodorant
11. Insect repellent
12. Toothpaste
13. Shaving gel
14. Bar of soap in plastic Tupperware container
15. Micro fibre sleeping bag liner
16. Sleeping bag
17. Camping mat
18. Tent groundsheet / ‘footprint’
19. Antiseptic gel
20. Camera stick / tripod
21. Sunglasses and micro fibre bag
22. iPhone charging cable
23. Rechargeable bike lights (and mount)
24. Power bank
25. Waterproof bags (various sizes)
26. Collapsible camping pot
27. USB stick
28. Earplugs
29. Charging cables (USB & micro USB)
30. Train tickets
31. Head torch
32. Spare AAA batteries (for head torch)
33. Wind ‘muff’ / ‘dead cat’ for Zoom audio recorder
34. Zoom H4N Pro audio recorder (For the podcast)
35. Earphones for Zoom audio recorder
36. Earphones for iPhone
37. Spare battery for Canon DSLR camera
38. Continental plug adaptor
39. Canon DSLR camera USB battery charger & cable
40. Toiletries bag
41. Plastic mug (University of York / Wentworth College)
42. Collapsible bowl
43. Gas burner and bag
44. Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera
45. iPhone X and Quad-lock bicycle case / mount
46. Money
47. SD cards for DALR camera
48. Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera lens zoom attachment
49. First aid kit
50. USB charging plugs
51. Microphone for Canon DSLR
52. Cycle helmet
53. Tool kit ‘water’ bottle
54. Cateye cycling computer
55. Wristband key ring for Koga immobiliser
56. D-lock
57. Spare inner tube
58. Metal tie cable
59. Tyre removal levers
60. Key for Koga immobiliser
61. Various bike tools
62. Cycle Touring Festival water bottles
63. Bank / identity / EHIC cards
64. EU passport
65. Whistle
66. Swiss Army knife
67. Lighter
68. Coffee pot
69. Notebook
70. Tea towel
71. Plastic cutlery
72. Metal knife
73. Camping gas
74. Topeak ‘tablet holder’ (for maps)
75. Security cable with Koga immobiliser connector
76. Bike pump
77. Carabiners
78. Small bungies
79. Chocolate
80. Mixed nuts and dried fruit
81. Hand warmers
82. Rice
83. Pen
84. Wet food mixture
85. Porridge oats
86. Coffee
87. Energy bar
88. Spaghetti

Archive: 2015 List

Note: For a specific electronic / photographic kit list, please follow this link.

Although most of it is not new, it’s taken me about a week to assemble the cycling gear in the picture below. The task was not made easier by the fact that I had already packed up the contents of my flat in Reading into lots of boxes prior to my move north, but enough of my whinging and on with the details.

To make life even easier, here is an annotated version. The numbers refer to the list below.

I have (obviously) not included the bike itself – a 2010 Ridgeback Panorama, the four Ortlieb Roller Plus Panniers or any clothing. So, here’s what there is. All the links are to the manufacturers’ websites if possible, failing that, a supplier:

1. Exped dry bags
2. Waterproof Ortlieb map holder
3. Robens Osprey 2 tent
4. Mountain Equipment sleeping bag
5. Decathlon sleeping bag line
6. PowerMonkey Extreme rechargeable battery and solar panels
7. Kryptonite locks – D lock and cable with padlock
8. Water bottles
9. Tigra iPhone 6 mount
10. Lifesystems ‘camping’ first aid kit
11. MSR Windboiler stove
12. Thermarest camping mat
13. Bar of soap in plastic box
14. GoPro Hero 4 Silver, case, mounts including handlebar mount
15. CatEye rechargeable lights with USB charging cables
16. British passport
17. Adaptors for continental Europe
18. Wayfayrer emergency food rations
19. Emergency Andrex toilet tissue
20. Hand cleanser
21. Washing tablets
22. Below The Belt waterless shower
23. Plastic mug (University of York c. 1990)
24. Merrell sandals
25. Keen Arroyo SPD cycling sandals
26. Bendable ties
27. Victornix Swiss Army Knife
28. Knife
29. Camping light
30. Spare batteries for camping light
31. Stone sunglasses and bag
32. Lifeventure camping towel
33. iPhone 6
34. Chiba fingerless cycling gloves
35. Heavy duty bags (not waterproof)
36. Mini can of deodorant
37. Mini can of shaving gel
38. Tupperware style boxes (waterproof)
39. Colgate toothbrush
40. Lighter
41. Micro SD converter
42. Chain repair tool
43. Gorilla tripod
44. Carabiners
45. Hand warmers (gel)
46. Wallet
47. Bungee
48. Identity bracelet
49. Topeak Bicycle pump (with card to remind where the lock position is!)
50. DEET insect repellant
51. Nivea sun protection spray
52. Kask cycling helmet
53. Colgate toothpaste
54. Tyre removal / replacement levers
55. Spare brake pads
56. CatEye cycling computer
57. Bike spanner
58. Spare spokes (three sizes)
59. USB cable for ???
60. Small bungees (to secure maps to board on handlebars)
61. Business cards
62. Multi-tool
63. Tie wraps
64. Bag for hygiene products
65. Disposable razors
66. ‘Water’ bottle for tools
67. Schwalbe spare inner tubes
68. Finish Line Bicycle Lubricant – Wet
69. 15mm spanner (for removal / attachment of pedals)
70. Spare cables
71. Spare links for chain
72. Alight Mayfly chair
73. Maps: Marco Polo / Michelin
74. Swatch watch
75. Mini iPad and USB charger
76. SD card cable for iPad
77. 16GB SD cards for camera
78. Canon EOS 100D SLR camera with ‘flat’ 40mm lens and cables

Comments welcome!

For purposes of comparison, here’s an article I wrote prior to the Mediterranean trip in 2013. Quite a bit of kit has survived to travel with me and Reggie (the bike) once again in 2015…