The moon has got it all wrong, clear skies are where it belongs. It should be up there just now, beaming down at us like a maddie, not hiding in our shade. The new series of Doctor Who is going to divide opinion. I loved the story split across two Saturday’s, I loved that questions [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2011 by PTC*
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I felt like I had a greasy ear, or ears I should say, after my recent trip South. After coming home from camping a few days later I was feeling like I was a little underwater, a couple of days later I woke up and I was completely deaf. The hearing in my left ear [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2011 by PTC*
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For such a short trip in distance covered, on Cul Mor there was a shit load of gear in play. The Wild Stripes base layers and Berghaus Octans 40 have been done in posts below, the Terra Nova Ultra 1 will have it’s full review shortly, but there’s more. The Soto OD-1R continues to impress. [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2011 by PTC*
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I’ve had this on test for a few months now, regular listeners will have seen it in photies now and again. It’s high time we saw how it’s been doing, the Berghaus Octans 40 (link takes you to the new MtnHaus site, all tech kit, no filler). The basics are that the Octans 40 is an adventure racing [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2011 by PTC*
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Wild Stripes are a new brand based in the UK bringing us polypropylene base layers manufactured in New Zealand. It’s always great to see someone starting out a new venture these days, and as is becoming increasingly important to you and I, it seems that ethical and environmentalissues are part of the plan. NZ production and [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2011 by PTC*
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I woke up freezing cold around 0400, I seemed to be crawling out of my sleeping bag for some reason. I squeezed back inside and pulled my down vest inside around my shoulders and flaked out again. I woke again a couple of hours later and it was quite light, I panicked and scrambled to [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by PTC*
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I wasn’t really thinking about the weather, the route, what shoes to wear, where I might get pitched, all I was thinking about was food. I pulled into Pitlochry to see the guys at Escape Route and pick up some camp food. There was coffee and banter first before the horror set in, the only [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2011 by PTC*
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Cheers. Here’s tae us Wha’s like us Damn few, And they’re a’ deid Mair’s the pity! Unreasonably cheerful for a Monday? Indeed, but it just started so well and so colourfully too.
Posted on April 18th, 2011 by PTC*
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Viewing forecast for Sunday, 17th April, 2011 Viewing forecast for Monday, 18th April, 2011 You’d think these two items might be linked in some way, physically, spiritually, I’d expect even a common theme or narrative to bind the two items together. What we have once again is an empty box left on the doorstep with [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2011 by PTC*
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Toby from Lost In England sent me a copy of this shot that he took on his travels. I’m glad to see that three and a half years of fatherhood now sees me full qualified. I must tell Holly that I’m putting my rates up. Genuinely rare that, not many of us have the small f, [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2011 by PTC*
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I can’t believe it’s only Thursday. I left with great optimism early on Monday but there was rain, so rather than go to work everybody decided to sit in their cars and go nowhere on the motorway. Hurrah. I’d told Si I’d be there at 1200, thinking I’d be there earlier, I got there at [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2011 by PTC*
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The Neoair changed the game, a very light, small-packing, fat mat with a bit of insulation. But, it’s on the limit on cold ground. So while Thermarest faff around not bringing out a proper winter version there’s a host of other brands happy to fill the gap. I was slow off the mark getting this in for [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2011 by PTC*
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I often have a go at folk in the outdoor trade, mostly store buyers for being lame and distributors for not trying hard enough if the frequent rebutals to my criticism are to be used as a measure. Tomorrow I’m being presented with evidence for the defence, I’m off to innov_ex 2011 on Tuesday and Wednesday, [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2011 by PTC*
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