I am planning along with a few mates to travel the length of Wales from south to north and back with either just back packs or a bob ibex to carry the bits and bobs needed to keep warm even in the summer.
By the way in Wales summer is on a Tuesday this year after 2pm LOL.
Search on this forum cube headset and you will see that most cube owners have changed the headset to one from superstar components then no creaking.Allso not expensive.
All the best from Tony
Glad you got a good deal with the bike.
The winds here in winter where the photos were taken 600 metres above sea levell can be up to 100 mile gusts so its a bit treeless.
There would have been far more large broad leaf trees couple of hundred years ago but they were felled for ship construction.