The summer footwear poll I had up for a wee while there had an interesting result. It didn’t go at all how I thought it would, unlined trail shoes won, with waterproof boots second. This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Truthfully that’s probably the tea and home made cake doing that, but it’s [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by PTC*
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Mrs Sunflower went to the shops. She bought pies, and cakes and Irn Bru. She was also delighted to find the new Orange and Ginger flavoured Nuun. She ran all the way home to tell everyone the happy news!
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by PTC*
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These have a name on them familiar to us all. Leki are the Hoover or the iPod of trekking poles, a brand name that comes represent a product. I had a set of Makalu Antishocks a while back, fine poles, but antishock is loved only by the store buyers who think customers need gimicks. The pole manufacturers [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by PTC*
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Holly is now mobile. She went from kicking her legs frustratedly in there air to appearing around the corner with one raised eybrow and a whimsical look via a fine crawling technique overnight. Repeat to self “She’s still a wee baby, she’s still a wee baby…keep it together…”.
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by PTC*
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Thank you Diane, and this just in… PHD are having a sale starting on the 1st of August. I’m looking forward to some new test kit from them for autumn. Winter is here. It is in the outdoor trade anyway where the change in seasons means having to put anti-theft tags through waterproof jackets in [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by PTC*
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Craig, who regular listeners will have seen in and about these pages, has been featured on the AgainFaster website. The photie is him on An Teallach a couple of weeks ago (while I was working, not bitter). The words are very good, and they don’t apply just to athletes, but to anyone. I love to try, I hate [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by PTC*
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Now this rather organic looking thing is the new Clearview Air Pad. It’s dimensions are rather handily printed on it in Imperial (a man’s measurement as you know). the mummy shape slips into a regular sized Big Agnes but also fits under other folks bags rather neatly. This is a good point here, a lot of [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by PTC*
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Me and Joycee had a wee cut about the Kilpatricks on our own for the first time in quiite a while. Granny said “I’ll have Holly this evening, on you go” while pushing us towards the door. “…but Mother!” says I to no avail. It was nice indeed. A quiet, clear, warm evening without a soul in sight. [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by PTC*
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It’s amazing what you can miss if you’re not taking the time to look. And, if you’re not taking the time to look, then why is that? That’s been asked and answered over here.
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by PTC*
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That’s as maybe, but while the entire UK outdoor industry is at Friedrichshafen this this weekend it’s a good time to get down to your local independant retailers and fire off some special orders, send that email off asking for information about spares on that five year old Frotsotron, request catalogues, send letters to those magazines and [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by PTC*
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This is a brand new pack, it sort of replaces the Running Light in the line up. But in the same way that the Supermarine Spitfire replaced the Sopwith Camel. It has a capacity of 20 litres, it’s very light at 480g as seen above or 380g set up for a flying lap, and it’s got stuff on it [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by PTC*
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This is an all new model, the Ultra waist pouch. It says 4 litres on the swing tag, but it’s got to be more than that. I’ll get some European Standard chickpeas and work it out with those and a B&Q bucket. The Ultra will work as a stand alone piece, it will attach via [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by PTC*
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The OMM chest pouch has been a revelation to me and many others since it was released at the beginning of last year. I’ve used one on almost all of my backpacking trips, and on many day trips as well. It carries a stack of kit, it’s stable and comfortable enough for walking, running and I’ve [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by PTC*
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