I felt terrible: bleary eyes, sore head, grumbling stomach. I sat with a cuppa, chin in upturned palm, and looked at the MWIS (the weather service for people who go to the mountains during office hours only) forecast, tomorrow was looking good and there was some talk of the cloud breaking up in the evening. [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2010 by PTC*
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Posted on July 29th, 2010 by PTC*
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I was at the Haglöfs shed during the week and had a look at the gear for Spring/Summer 2011. There’s some nice new bits of kit in there, some evolution, and more moves into sustainability: more recycled and recyclable fabrics through the ranges, many with Bluesign accreditation. Below we’ve got some of the Climatic t-shirts. [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2010 by PTC*
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I always wanted a white Flying V with a white headstock. It’s an ’80s metal thing, mostly because of Accept, they were tripping over all-white vees on stage. But, they’re hard to get and Gibson have only made black-faced headstock models since the early 80′s, unless you want to pay $5000 for a custom shop [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2010 by PTC*
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I’m not going to lie here, apart from the occasional softshell or waterproof I’ve used no gear at all since that last trip up the Kilpatricks. That’s a regular July for me though. But, there’s gear stuff coming up and some info to be noted. First up is a bit of news that I’m delighted [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by PTC*
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The Trail mag that’s just out is the lightweight special as well as the 20th anniversary issue, and it really is full of stuff and things. I don’t mention my Trail stuff much, I probably should as most of my trips would make more sense if the route in the mag was flagged up. Like [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by PTC*
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The tatters of the weekend blew about my feet like a whirlwind of crisp pokes in a playground twister. Plans had come to nothing, illness, inconvenience and insubordination seems to fit together quite well, so I’ll blame those. I climbed into the attic to check the pressure on the heating (yes my filling loop is up [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2010 by PTC*
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I was flicking around the ‘net looking at bits and pieces, I fancied a new pot, a big one like my Optimus Terra Weekend, but lighter. The options aren’t that inspiring, most have short unisulated handles, which I am not keen to go back to, and the nice looking Tibetan pot with the long handles [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2010 by PTC*
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There’s been so much of my usual stuff missing on here recently, it’s like someone’s tidied up while I’ve been away and I can’t find anything. When I saw the pink bleed across the low cloud over the river I reached for the camera thinking that it would be nice to see my favourite familiar view [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by PTC*
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Jimmy only seemed vaguely interested as the safety valves were tested. They worked fine, although bringing a steam boiler to enough pressure to make the safety’s lift is always feels like something I should viewing on CCTV rather than standing on top of the boiler tightening bolts as is hisses angrily and vibrates with enough pressure to level [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by PTC*
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The clicking of the camera and the clunking of titanium cookwear on white background paper was good in two ways, unusual test kit has arrived, and I was home a little early. Steam test tomorrow though, and it if doesn’t all go on its tits I’m having the weekend off. Not going near a mountain [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2010 by PTC*
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Last night had many unusuals baked into it. I was in the city centre at night, a school-night at that, and I was in a pub. One can of Irn Bru did me all night right enough, but being in a pub at any time is like having an out-of-body experience for me these days. [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2010 by PTC*
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I stopped a wee bit early today. My shoulder is loupin’, the wind and rain were no fun on the roof as I fannied about with the pipework up there, and, I just couldn’t be arsed frankly. So, I said to Holly did she want to see if the Amy Pond figure was in the shop? There [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2010 by PTC*
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