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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karl J" data-source="post: 1156542" data-attributes="member: 1066">use a bit of carpet underlay or high-impact foam to protect your scope if your panniers bash about. Or a bungee rope taken around the pannier and hooked onto your frame so that it holds everything still, though of course both ideas will slow you down when unpacking it. Or, an Angled 62mm Swaro fits perfectly into a Carradice Super C saddlebag. your tripod can be bungeed across the rear rack (folded down is probably best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)good panniers - if you can find some then the big square dutch ones are brilliant and you can get a months shopping in them too, but the only place i know where to buy them is in Cambridge. Failing that there are several makers - Ortlieb, Karrimor, Carradice to name a few - so its worth looking about. I believe you have both an Evans Cycles and an Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative store up your way, maybe try in one or both of them ?good luck</blockquote>