Today we’re welcoming Owen officially to our presenter team, and what better way to do that than going on a bike-packing trip with none other than Blake Samson. Blake and Owen aim to go on a local ride over two days to show you how great it can be to explore your local area. The goal is to bike from Bradford-On-Avon to Stone Henge and back stopping at some points of interest on the way, with the chance of meeting otherworldly beings.
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 – Welcome To Another GMBN Bike Packing Adventure
01:49 – The Route We Are Taking
02:20 – A Brief History Of Caen Hill Locks
04:33 – Owen’s Oddities
05:28 – Honey Street Cafe & Crop Circles..?
08:50 – Are You Ready For The Climb?
11:44 – Finally Reaching Stone Henge
13:23 – Day 2 & The Sun Is Out!
15:00 – Man Measures Time And Then Time Measures Man
16:55 – Next Stop.. Windhill Bike Cafe
19:04 – That Was A Big Day Out!
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31 Comments
Why lie to us and say your bike packing when you weren’t? You just went for a ride!
Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan
A long time coming and so deserved, congratulations Owen! 👊 – Loved the video!
Owen is brilliant- more Owen please
06:46 – 👾🛸👽
Any chance of adding the GPX or similiar file to copy route as live near Salisbury and would like to follow the route
need a whole episode where its just owen yapping
Great video Fun and informative . Had not heard that bit about the sharpness of Flint before . I only thought is was for killing the white walkers in Game of Thrones :).
Best GMBN film for a long time 🤗🤗🤗
How much is the full Owen audio? I'll pay I swear
Great Video as always. My complaint ( as always) is that YouTube has tripled the amount fucking ads.
great to see Owen out on the bike and what a great ride – love riding the Wiltshire trails – Owens oddities and Blake being just a beautiful person out in the countryside riding bikes – nice 🙂
Why say you're bikepacking when you're actually staying in a hotel?
I always assumed Owen was on Tech because nobody had managed to make a helmet strong enough to contain his luscious locks.
Bike packing and hotel are not words I often see together……… Although I do approve 😂
Haha 😂 🤣 you could see Blake losing interest the longer Owen rattled on 😂,, Owen is are very clued up individual!!
Sorry guys.you lost me at "hotel".
All you guys were missing were a couple of gravel bikes!! 😉😉
You need to look at the ISM saddles. Saddles are always a bone of contention, but the touring saddle is awesome. No mucking about with creams & you can ride for hours without discomfort.
An inventor and a scientist going on a bike ride 🤟
Different… Nice! 👍
Nice long ride. Maybe not bike packing. 😉
I have a question
Can you please tell me if the Rose Bonero 1 is good??🙏
I really think his nickname should be "Fun-fact" ❤ great to see Owen out for a trip 😊
Great vid! Be nice to have a link to a map for people to follow, looks like a great ride. I’m sure we could do it in a day without Owen’s oddities! lol. Well done lads.
@11:30 looked like the scene when Danny Macaskill rode into, under water and out of the farm road puddle.
For Gods sake, give him some proper looking gear so he looks like a proper mountainbiker 😅
I’ve stayed in many a Holiday Inn, through work, 4 a week all over the country. I’ve always been worried about my van being broken into and my tools being pinched.
Where did you keep your muddy bikes? I can’t imagine the staff would be too happy you rolling it into your room? And I’d be buggered if I’m gunna keep it outside where someone would pinch it 😂
Owen isa really great addition to GMBN, same as Rich was. Two really good banters them.
Good video looks like a fun trip 😎
Interesting You've touched on crop circles, very intresting subject. I've had a good look into them and personally don't believe in ufos they are a psyop thats been playing out for a century ready for the great crescendo in the near future with a great deception. But saying that many of the crop circles are unbelievably precise geometric patterns that defy any sort of reasonable explanation. There are common factors in there placements involving underground rivers beneath limestone and electric magnetic portals to the sun, which brings them into the realms of 1st world civilization which would take alot to explain. But If your interested have a dig into the limestone buildings beneath nearly every town and city across the country some buried some not,
Btw i advise you look into the build photos of stone henge from the early 1900s and 1960s and why they closed access to the stones around 2012. You'll be amazed at the deception You've been sold. His story is a lie agreed upon .
Enjoy 😁
That stonehenge looks a lot like the one on Hercule's tower here in Coruña