We saw some Fizan samples at KORS and interest was most definitely piqued. I got a cryptic call last week saying hat I should expect some test kit, but no details were forthcoming. Today I opened a courier box and there were some trekking poles in there, and with some unusual features…
Fizan are new to the UK, [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by PTC*
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It’s not a race… It’s not a race… It’s not a race…
On the morning of 17th of October I’ll be in Ft Bill at that bloody sign that says “Well done, you’ve finished the West Highland Way”. No doubt shivering in the rain with the prospect of riding to Crianlarich looking very unappealing indeed.
But this time [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by PTC*
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I’m glad this week is nearly over. I’ve achieved heehaw really.
I have learned to monitor my movement and posture, and being careful and strict has seen my back twinge go from being eyewatering with every movement eight days ago, to a mere light stiffness when leaving the mattress this morning. That’s not really a victory though [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by PTC*
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I caught the DHL man by pure luck today, and a good thing too. I’d missed meeting up with Hi-Tec at the KORS show, but we caught up after and the result is the rather pleasant surprise of a real cross section of their outdoor footwear coming in for test.
Above we have the Multiterra Targa’s. They’re a summer [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by PTC*
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As a prelude to my long overdue Montane extravaganza I though I’d have a quick shufty at the winter test kit that arrived today. Three pieces of very different kit, all made of top materials, with features for the hill and not the high street. And good grief, two came in orange…
The new Flux above [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by PTC*
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I’ve been stuck in the hoose all weekend, when I should have been in Glen Coe. Under pressure of time and thinking of getting in an invoice, I lifted an item using poor technique on Friday and I felt something go in my upper back. It felt like pulling apart a McCowans toffee bar that had been heated in [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by PTC*
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For my generation some things loomed large in our childhood. My grandparents stories of Mitchell bombers landing with no undercarriage, Mosquito’s still coming home safely when being shot full of holes, of running through the night to wind out the barrage balloons as the Luftwaffe headed to Clydebank once again, they’re etched into my mind forever. It [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by PTC*
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Phil and I went for a training ride in the KiIpatricks tonight. I say training, but it’s really just a jolly. We say training just so we actually go rather than procrastinate. It’s midweek joy as well, banter, hills and a lovely evening to ride through to boot. It’s getting cooler up there, aye, and getting [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by PTC*
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I did make it to the mountains, just around the middle of them instead up up ‘em.
Beinn Vane looks good from any angle.
Phil, Craig and I went on a training run as the date for the WHW*Falldoon approaches. That date is probably the third weekend in October, which is later than we’d hoped as it [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2009 by PTC*
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We’d been up town for a gad about, it was a cracking day, but long, and Holly was now tired and emotional.
But now she was nodding off, the kettle had just clicked after boiling and I could see out of the window that the sky was gearing up for a repeat performance.
The cuppa was gone fast, and [...]
Posted on September 12th, 2009 by PTC*
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I’m always saying that I don’t take the hills for granted, but sometimes it’s beyond me to raise the enthusiasm to get there, even when it would be glorious.
I’ve had a “challenging” week, and frankly I’m bloody knackered. I had planned to pack and run for somewhere localish late yesterday afternoon but I when I [...]
Posted on September 12th, 2009 by PTC*
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Work is very much in control at the moment. I’ve been lucky enough to snag a couple of wee jobs that I really wanted, so the wolves can circle some other poor bastard for a few weeks.
But, to be true to type, I’m running behind. Does that stress me? Hell no, not any more. I’ll [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by PTC*
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