This was seen briefly in the winter preview, but I’ve also had it on exclusive test, Haglöfs coming-later Bivvy Down Vest. Vests are such a brilliant utilitarian piece of kit. A down vest over a synthetic insulated top has long been my preferred system for camp, and getting the Bivvy in saw me going back to [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2011 by PTC*
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After a couple of months off, gear reviews are back. Here’s something new: Soto. The OD-1R has been getting positive noises, winning awards and whatnot, and as someone who always struggles to find the perfect winter stove, the thought of a canister-top stove that’s been pimped up to work better in a frozen tent porch raised [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2011 by PTC*
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The girls (and indeed anyone who sends me emails) were beginning to suspect that I’d been abducted by, I want to say martians here, but somehow a socially advanced echelon of woodland creatures bent on domination of all the world beyond tarmac appeals more at the moment. So a proper Scottish family day out was [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2011 by PTC*
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I kinda missed April the first this year. I was going to install this new er, motif, on the header and announce a new editorial direction for this old bag of spanners I call home. I suppose it’s still less that a week late, which is good for me, and I did spend minutes making it, [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2011 by PTC*
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It wasn’t late when I left… But we’ll come back to that again another day, this time with the spelling fixed. There was the rain, the wind, the miles, the horror and the joy. And the gear. It’s a good story and will better with the bits I missed out back in, we’ll do that, [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2011 by PTC*
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