UK Cycle Touring in Solidarity; A How To – #1 Travel Prepping

The two main tasks ahead of me are 1) Saving up for equipment & 2) Listing addresses and coordinates for things to do that I’ll plug into my gps navigator & have printed in a booklet as backup.

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Table of Contents:

• Travel & Event Locations – Collecting data on campaign locations, communal events & ways to be travel on the cheap and be self-reliant, so I can work it all into one giant travel map & a bunch of event calanders.
• Goals & Hypotheses for creative writing – Creating a list of goals and creative writing ideas.
• Baggage – My shopping list of worldly possessions.
• Hard drive – Building up a large harddrive of campaign media and personal favourites to use and share.

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Travel & Event Locations

I’ve built 2 large spreadsheets of resources that can either be downloaded onto a GPS navigator or used in google maps. The benefits of using a GPS over a smart phone is their long battery life and not having to rely on internet access.

I also plan to print a series of pamphlets seperated by areas of the UK to have and distribute as back up hard copies, which people can use with print maps.

In terms of quickly searching in a matter of seconds what you might want to see, that’ll just have to wait until I meet an ace web developer who wants to help make a custom map and search engine for campaigns & communalist goings on.

Click the links below to see:

• Travel Resources
• Travel Resources by UK Area

For a sense of the size of the data and what data pools I’m drawing from, see the table below:

Main Necessary Activity	Locations	Bigger Than	Same as	Smaller than
Eating	Dumpster Diving & Foraging		Falling Fruit
Eating	Real Junk Food Projects	Facebook Groups Search
Eating	Sikh Temples		All about sikhs
Sleeping	Wild Camping		MoonFruit.com
Sleeping	Food and Board for Good Work	Diggers & Dreamers		Wwwof, Helpx & Workaway
Sleeping	Couchsurfing			Couchsurfing & WarmShowers
Sleeping	Mountain huts	The British Mountaineering Council
Sleeping	Traveller sites	Government Traveller Sites Count
Washing	Wild swimming		WildSwimming.co.uk
Washing	Showering	Motorway Services Online
Organising	Bike Repair		Find a bike shop
Organising	Charging Stations	Charge Point
Organising	Wifi			Wiman
Volunteering	Freecycling	Freegle		Trashnothing
Volunteering	Pick your own gardens	Incredible Edible
Volunteering	Foodbanks		Trussell Trust – Find a Food Bank
Volunteering	Animal Sanctuaries	Animal Aid
Volunteering	Mountain/Cave Rescue Training	Mountain Rescue England and Wales
Studying	Activist Centres	Freedom News Updates
Studying	Zine libraries	UK and Ireland Zine Librarians
Studying	Book libraries		Data.gov.uk
Studying	Museums		Historic UK
Studying	Art galleries		Art Fund
Studying	Radio Ranges	Radio Stations & Shows		Community Media Map
Exploring	Caving		Council of Northern Caving Clubs – Map
Exploring	Urban Exploration		UrbanXplor
Game Playing	Ping-pong parlors		Ping! England
Game Playing	Chess in the park
Game Playing	Volleyball	Volleyball in London
Game Playing	Petanque
Game Playing	Basketball			Basketball England

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Goals

1. Collect food and tat to distribute through Food not Bombs, Real Junk Food Projects, Foodbanks & Freegle.
2. Gather data – Map skipping, foraging & hitchhiking locations. Update information on campaign/communalist event calanders, location maps & tables. Take notes of resources and swap pdf libraries to update personal favorites on my hardrive and both community resource directories.
3. Discuss/advocate total liberation philosophy.
4. Help restore wildlife habitat and save some foxes
5. Distribute, swap & collect movement leaflets & zines.
6. Listen to tons of audiobooks and podcasts through boneshaker headphones & read back over sections on an e-book at night.
7. Go wild swimming, caving & hiking.
8. See live music and swap mp3 libraries.
9. Participate in outdoor sports & games e.g. chess in the park, ping-pong parlors, cards with strangers, kabaddi & volleyball.

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Hypotheses for creative writing

1. It will be easier on the road to get enjoyment from study, so long as I don’t reach a point where I only want to speed read volumes.
2. The expense of not being able to spend as much time organizing in one place and to a timeschedule will be made up for in the quantity of people I can gather grassroots knowledge from and establish intellectual connections with.
3. It would be worth sharing free food with strangers that contain animal products, but it wouldn’t be worth hunting/fishing to extend the length of the trip.

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Baggage

Category	Item	Aquired?
Bike Essentials	Touring Bike	.
Bike Essentials	Helmet	.
Bike Essentials	Locks	1/2
Bike Essentials	Lights	X
Repair Kit	Mini Fold-up Hex Wrench Screwdriver	X
Repair Kit	Pump & Puncture Repair	X
Repair Kit	Wd40	X
Repair Kit	Gorilla Tape	.
Repair Kit	Cable Ties	.
Repair Kit	Cassette Tool	.
Repair Kit	Crank Extractor	.
Repair Kit	Bottom Bracket Tool	.
Repair Kit	Adjustable Spanner	.
Repair Kit	10/12mm Hex Key For Shimano Freehub Removal	.
Repair Kit	Strips Of Inner Tube Rubber	.
Repair Kit	Hose Clamp	.
Repair Kit	Electrical Terminal Block	.
Repair Spares	Inner-tube	X
Repair Spares	Chain Links	.
Repair Spares	Brake Shoes/pads	.
Repair Spares	3x Spokes (rear Drive-side, Rear Non-drive-side, Front).	.
Repair Spares	Another Inner-tube	.
Repair Spares	Spare Chain	.
Repair Spares	Gear Cable Set (inner/outer/ferrules)	.
Repair Spares	Brake Cable Set	.
Repair Spares	Hub/headset/bottom Bracket Bearings	.
Repair Spares	Canister Of Grease.	.
Bike Accessories	Pannier Racks	1/2
Bike Accessories	One Wheel Trailer	.
Bike Accessories	Gadget Holders	1/2
Bike Touring Bags	Bikepacking Bags	.
Bike Touring Bags	Pannier Bags	1/2
Bike Touring Bags	Trailer Bag	.
Bike Touring Bags	Roll-top Dry Bags	.
Day Ride Essentials	Water Bladder	.
Day Ride Essentials	Filter Bottle	X
Day Ride Essentials	Iodine	X
Day Ride Essentials	Phone	X
Day Ride Essentials	First Aid Kit	X
Touring Essentials	Maps	X
Touring Essentials	Sleeping Bag	.
Touring Essentials	Head Torch	X
Touring Essentials	Clothing	X
Touring Essentials	Waterproofs	X
Touring Essentials	Sunglasses	X
Touring Essentials	Down jacket	X
Touring Essentials	Shoes	X
Touring Essentials	Neck Tube	X
Touring Essentials	Toiletries	X
Touring Essentials	Wallet	X
Wild Sleeping	Hammock-tent With Spreader Bar.	.
Wild Cooking	Lighter	X
Wild Cooking	Stove	X
Wild Cooking	Gas	.
Wild Cooking	Stove Repair Kit	.
Wild Cooking	Pan	X
Wild Cooking	Spork	X
Wild Cooking	Knife	X
Wild Cooking	Tupperware	X
Wild Cooking	Condiments	X
Techno-Toys	Gps Bike Computer	.
Techno-Toys	128gb Mp3 Player With Radio Capability	.
Techno-Toys	Bone Shaker Headphones Or Helmet/handlebar Speakers	.
Techno-Toys	E-book	.
Techno-Toys	Hard Drive	.
Techno-Toys	Dynamo Bike Charger	.
Techno-Toys	Spare Batteries	X
Games	Playing Cards	X
Games	Ping Pong Bats + Balls	.
Games	3 In 1 Travel Chess Set.	.
Reading Material	Leaflets	X
Reading Material	Periodicals	X
Reading Material	Books	X
Extras	Zip Locks	X
Extras	Passport	.
Extras	Journal + Pens	X
Extras	Sunblock	X
Extras	Moisturizer	X
Extras	Lip Balm	X
Extras	Insect Repellent	X
Extras	Travel Towel	X
Extras	Earplugs	X

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Hard drive

	Personal Favorites
	Articles	Spreadsheets
Video	X	X
Podcasts
Radio
Music	X	X
Books	X	X
Zines
Periodicals
Articles
Leaflets
Screenplays & Transcriptions

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	Leftist Community Resources
	Articles	Spreadsheets
Video	X	X
Podcasts	X	X
Radio	X	X
Music		X
Books	X	X
Zines	X	X
Periodicals	X	X
Articles	X	X
Leaflets
Screenplays & Transcriptions	X	X

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	Vegan Community Resources
	Articles	Spreadsheets
Video	X	X
Podcasts	X	X
Radio
Music	X	X
Books	X	X
Zines
Periodicals	X	X
Articles	X	X
Leaflets	X	X
Screenplays & Transcriptions	X	X

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