Latest posts
Transition
A boy does not become a man until he buries his father, or so the saying goes. So it was that I become a man on the ...
Adverse Camber
The girls were off to Brownie camp and I was in possession of a rare jewel which is seldom seen around these parts: a fr ...
Hanwag Badile Combi II GTX boot review
There's probably not much of winter left if this week is anything to go by, but the snow will be around for a while, so ...
Dannah Alpine Jacket review
Here's something interesting, a new manufacturer for these pages and it's a British one too. Crikey.
This is the Dann ...
Red light indicates doors are secure
The previous week I'd played a blinder. There had been no snow and no view, but I was on form, knocked ten minutes off m ...
Arc’teryx Proton AR Hoody review
Winter is a joyous time of prancing through the snow trying not to get sunburn from the reflected sunlight. Perhaps not. ...
If you waited for the right weather, you’d never get out of bed
Winter turned out not to be wintery at all, our plans of snowy ridgelines driven from our heads by the warm wind and sto ...
Primus Winter Gas
In winter, I'm a simple man: give me a cuppa and something to eat and I'm happy. That being the case, I find a gas c ...
What a mug
I can't say the word mug without thinking about The Sweeney, it's just not possible. Now I've mentioned it I hope you ha ...
We’re off to Never-neverland
I woke with a start. Ten past one.
It was silent, no snow sliding down the tent. I gave the pole a dunt to shake ...