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Thursday, 30 August 2007

Cutting An Arm Off

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Never have I been so desperate for someone to cut his own arm off. Having had a bit of a run of reading adventure/disaster sorts of books ov...
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007

Random Thoughts

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Pacerpoles The test of the Pacerpoles was carried out on Sunday. First impressions weren’t great when the right one refused to lock at the h...
Tuesday, 28 August 2007

A Sunday Afternoon Stroll: Stoodley Pike

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Monday’s planned activity was to plumb in a new radiator for Ma-in-Law, which meant a trip to West Yorkshire. Fancying a bit of a walk on Su...
Saturday, 25 August 2007

PHD Minimus Jacket

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As a conclusion to our kit expenditure, before unemployment and the resultant lack of income hits us shortly, the PHD Minimus Jacket was or...
Friday, 24 August 2007

LEJOG Planning (Part 2.2)

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Once suitable campsites were located, the next trial was to plot the route between them. The main difficulty here was not related to the pro...
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Thursday, 23 August 2007

The Tent: She Is On Order!

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Last night Husband was somewhat bemused as I started pitching the inner of our TN Voyager in the living room. He was more bemused when I cra...
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007

LEJOG Route Planning (Part 2.1)

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Continuing from a theme that I started a few weeks ago, I said that I would next talk about how I’ve gone about the route planning so far. ...
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Sunday, 19 August 2007

Decisions, Decisions

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Let me start by making two statements about myself, in case anyone hadn’t worked them out: 1. When it comes to buying something when...
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Thursday, 16 August 2007

To Finish Talking About Last Weekend - Before Next Weekend Is Upon Us

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Gosh. Thursday already and I’ve not finished talking about my weekend yet. So, back to Saturday evening, which started with a nice meal with...
Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Brecon Beacons (Part 2)

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The cold feet that had sent me scurrying off to my sleeping bag then woke me up every two hours during the night, until finally at 5.30am I ...
Monday, 13 August 2007

A First Trip To The Brecon Beacons (Part 1)

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On a work-day, I get out of bed between 6am and five past. I shower, vaguely do something with my hair, faff about which suit to wear, throw...
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Salomon XA Pro XCR

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Starting with the first exciting occurrence of the weekend* (because getting new shoes IS exciting): I got home on Thursday evening to find ...
Sunday, 12 August 2007

So Much To Say; So Little Time

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I had good plans to waffle on at some length tonight about my excellent weekend. It has involved new shoes, a visit to an area in which I ha...
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Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Rambling Random Thoughts

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The dehydrator is whirring away. In an uncharacteristic display of organisation, and in view of the upcoming overnight to the Brecons* this ...
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Saturday, 4 August 2007

Gadgets Galore

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Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me-e-e-e Happy birthday to me As usual outdoorsy presents predominated. I am now...
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007

How Is It Wednesday Already?

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For the first time in far too long (4 weeks at least) we went for a walk on Sunday. Nothing spectacular; in the interests of saving the envi...
Monday, 30 July 2007

Terrocs - RIP

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After the wet-footed trip in the Rhinogau at the end of May (the weekend of the naked rambler encounter, as it will forever be in my memory)...
Sunday, 29 July 2007

Today's Random Thought: Talking of North Yorkshire...

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I have been to North Yorks before. I’ve certainly driven through quite a number of times, but only on major routes rather than on little roa...
Saturday, 28 July 2007

Strange Feet Cause A Visit to N. Yorks

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Husband has funny feet. High arches and an over-pronation on his left foot to the extent that it really disturbs me when I’m walking behind ...
Thursday, 26 July 2007

LEJOG Route Planning (1)

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The route planning has now reached the Scottish Border, which feels like a big milestone. It also feels like the most interesting, but most ...
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