WHW Kit Review This came through the day before I left for the WHW. It fitted well so I took the gamble and wore it. In fact, I didn’t take it off. It’s got a nice slim cut, good sleeve length, good articulation and great fabrics. The main fabric is Polartec Powerdry which feels like a light [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by PTC*
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It’s so easy to focus on speed and distance, shedding weight and getting your hands on gucci kit. Here’s a nice point of view from elsewhere. Don’t get the wrong impression, he might be 68, but the boy is ‘kin nails. Just logging on to keep up with all the sensible people. As I’m now [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by PTC*
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The photie at the top of this months column is from my South Glen Shiel Ridge bivvy trip. I used the Big Agnes Zirkel top bag and Two Track sleep pad there (at over a 1000m in February, plenty warm), so it’s relevant to the text. It was a revelation moving to top bags, warm, [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by PTC*
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I’ve been using all these energy foods and drinks for years. High5, SIS, Clif Bars, Nuun and more. Not because I’m an athlete, as if, but because they do work, mostly taste nice, survive better in your rucksack than a Mars Bar and don’t take up much space. One day I’ll need to get into trail nutrition [...]
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by PTC*
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Well, an in the trees baby at least. The three of us had a nice wee walk with Holly in the Bush Baby carrier. I’ve been getting her used to it gradually and now she just falls asleep and misses the show. I told her we’d climbed Ben Lomond when we got back and she [...]
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by PTC*
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When you’re tunneling away, you lose track a bit. It’s nice to stop and lean on your shovel for a minute and see what’s happening about you. So what’s next? The agenda is not set, and this I like. There’s a daft adventure in the planning. And recently I’ve got a couple of thumbs-up instead of [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2008 by PTC*
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WHW Kit Review It’s nice to have something different. Norwegian merino fits the bill I think. It has raglan sleeves, a long zip with a medium height collar and the stitching is all flatlocked. The fit is slim without being skin tight. The length is good on the arms and the body, personal preference from me [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2008 by PTC*
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I was looking forward to doing this. When the paint was on her feet, all Holly wanted to do was try and eat it. I really would be quite happy hanging around the house doing this stuff all the time. Holly says “Dadada”. That’s my girl.
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by PTC*
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Everything is wet, the bivy, my socks, my waterproofs (inside and out) and the patch of floor under it all. That’s fine though, I often have a patch of blue sky that follows me around and it was there yesterday too, it just headed north before I did. The rain arrived at some point in the night. I [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by PTC*
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What are these mentalist mocassins? New for this season Icebug have brought out a range of lightweight trail and race shoes without the metal studs. They have a new well patterened grippy sole, but have the option to add six studs for slippy terrain by slipping on the Bugwebs you can see in the photie. [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by PTC*
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I was reminded of this tonight, this was maybe 1987 or so… We’d been working in this boilerhouse for weeks, burning the old plant out in small enough pieces to take out the ordinary door up a flight of stairs that led to the street outside. They put the 15 foot high boilers in, then built [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by PTC*
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Aye, summer is on it’s way. So this is some of the kit that’ll be getting a doing shortly. The Aquagear bottle looks like the simplest and lightest way of tackling hydration anywhere. The spec is outstanding and it’s a pity I didn’t have it in time for the WHW. In Scotland the water is [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2008 by PTC*
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The place we’re working just now has a huge victorian kitchen. You really expect servants to be scurrying around preparing the masters dinner and Gordon Jackson should telling us off for chatting to the maids and dipping a finger in the pot to taste the broth. There’s a huge centre table with a spalted beech [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2008 by PTC*
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