I’m a fan of folding trekking poles, a pole that fits inside a pack or even into a jacket pocket saves so much faff of the trail when you’ve got a wee bit of scrambling or don’t want to take someone’s eye out with lethal pole tops sticking out from your pack at face height. [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2011 by PTC*
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Home again. My suit’s on the hanger and as I slip my black tie around the hanger hook I can see that it’s getting a little worn. I won’t buy a new one, I don’t want to have to, every time I relearn how to tie that knot I’m saying goodbye.
Posted on July 31st, 2011 by PTC*
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Posted on July 28th, 2011 by PTC*
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Haglöfs’ footwear has been improving season by season. The old-school trad looks and stiff soles are still in the range but there’s an increasing amount of up to date models in the range and next years sees a real step forward with more to follow. See what I did there? Asics are the owners of [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2011 by PTC*
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Jimmy took his hand-built Clyde Puffer, the Wee Spark, down to the tall ships race at Greenock a couple of weeks back. Four canal boats went with the notion of wandering around the harbour shooting the breeze and sharing a dram with the folks from around the world, but as expected the harbour master did everything [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2011 by PTC*
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I’m still here. Well, not here exactly, everywhere but here. There’s been stuff, and things. Separately they’re easy to handle, put them together and it’s like trying to fill a balloon full of marbles. I’ve had moments of escape though, one big long one has been not opening more than about three emails in the [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2011 by PTC*
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That rain was nice though. The air feels like it’s been washed and hung out to dry in the wind. Getting there.
Posted on July 16th, 2011 by PTC*
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That’s my view of the outdoors right now, that wee patch of light. It’s good stuff though, I’ve still kinda got everything you’d expect. Above I have obstacles to negotiate to reach my ultimate goal. Including numerous cuppas along the way to make me late. Below I have the night lights I enjoy at camp, [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2011 by PTC*
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I had to wait two weeks for it, and in these days where every shop is expected to be a 24hr product dispenser, the experience was a combination of retro shopping and minor adversity leading to a modicum of personal growth. The two weeks was because of the chrome, you can walk into a shop and [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2011 by PTC*
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Got an interesting and different thing through the other day. Most outdoor trade mail I get is “Look at our new thing”, this one was “Look at your old thing”. It’s a project looking at the re-use of old outdoor gear and there’s an online survey where we can give our opinions. Right here: ExploreRed. [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2011 by PTC*
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No, of course I’m not doing this as if Holly had written it. So you’ll just have to endure the poor spelling and grammar as usual. Holly should have been wearing some test kit from KoziKidz on this trip, but I was running out of time (I was writing-up the trip for print and the [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2011 by PTC*
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The morning went well with bolts being removed from flanges and inspection doors with speed and enthusiasm. This meant I left they guys a bit early without feeling guilty, but as the security guard was off on his rounds and the front gate was locked, when they left twenty minutes later I was just round [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2011 by PTC*
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That’s me down there, tomorrow morning, the back of eight. Sort of, in an analogistic fashion anyway. I just tried and failed to say that last short sentence out loud to test the spelling. Hush, it’s a perfectly acceptable method, better than WordPress’ “My First American Dictionary” anyway. The diver I mean, not the shark, [...]
Posted on July 2nd, 2011 by PTC*
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