I wrote the stuff below while I was at the conference. I sat with the page open and jotted down what struck me most, or what I though was an important point and pressed “update”. It wasn’t as easy as I thought, and I don’t have any notes to go with it, so I’ve resisted [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2010 by PTC*
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I’ll be away for a couple of days, I’m heading down to Lancaster University tomorrow for innov_ex 2010. I was invited last year and found it a fascinating experience, I learned a lot about what goes on at the roots of the outdoor trade and something of the distance between that, and you and I, [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by PTC*
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Just in for test is something a little different from X Bionic, the Humdinger. It’s a light midlayer, but the close fit means it’s a good next-to-skin piece as well. It’s much smoother on the outside than we’re used to seeing, but does have the familiar front and rear venting triangles which line up with [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by PTC*
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Just in for test is the Macpac Amp Race 40. Macpac have long been seen as a purveyor of reliable, tough gear, but they also have a pedigree in adventure racing and few years ago just about every international team I saw had at least one member with a Macpac Amp pack, some even with [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2010 by PTC*
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Eyenoculars, that’s what Holly calls them. I was having a rummage when I was round at my folks during the week and found these in their little case, as good as new. They’re pretty old, and the magnification is probably a bit weak compared to whatever’s out there these days, but a combination of peering [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2010 by PTC*
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A light drizzle hung in the air, every surface was damp and dark. The wet branches of the trees swayed lazily as the leaves grew heavier and pulled themselves closer to the moss-covered gravestones. Through the gently swirling grey, the silver water of the river lapped silently onto the rounded black rocks on the shore at the [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by PTC*
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Just finished Tom Weir’s Highland Days, another new reprint from Steve Savage Publishers. Just as it was after reading Weir’s Way, it’s got my mind bubbling over. It’s the story of Tom Weir’s discovery of the mountains as a teenager in the late ’20s to being a more accomplished climber in the ’30s and finally the mad dashes north when [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by PTC*
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In times past at camp I would cook stuff, I would take ingredients and make something for dinner. Breakfast was sometimes a slice of bacon or two, and after years of just boiling and rehydrating I have to admit I get a little fed up with the food at times. I won’t be going back to [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by PTC*
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Wipes away a tear and counts the change in his pocket as he pulls on a jacket and heads for ASDA…
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by PTC*
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I was checking to see if all my old Photobucket stuff was still there and found some photies from the Knoydart trip that I was looking for after some memory prompting on here the other day. The wee beastie with the hitchers below brought a smile and thoughts of the trip came right back. This week so [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by PTC*
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Press-release below. Final Say on Loch Lomond Camping Byelaws Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority has received over 250 responses to the proposed camping byelaws that will see restrictions along the east side of Loch Lomond between Drymen and Rowardennan. The consultation closes on 3 May and anyone with an interest in the [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by PTC*
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So who are we all voting for? Let’s look at the options… Labour, the current overseers. Untrustworthy incompetent Tory wannabees. They’ve eroded our civil freedoms, ruined what was left of the economy, treat us all like we’re idiots and repeatedly invade countries that America tells them to. They think they’re going to get away with [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by PTC*
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Weekly test kit update and the home of any random comments an’ that. There wasn’t much doing last week, after I came back from the Rough Bounds of Knoydart (apparently they start at the bridge over that northern neck of Loch Quoich) it was all about work apart from the bike ride on Wednesday. Then [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by PTC*
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