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socks appeal
Lets face it: socks are dull, really dull. No-one talks about socks, they're just not a conversation topic of choice ...

Vaude Lizard GUL tent review
If you're a regular here, you'll know that the Vaude Power Lizard is one of my favourite tents. It's light and spacious, ...

MSR Freelite 1 tent review
I've been using this tent for ages, it's long overdue for a write up. This is the MSR Freelite 1.
The Freelite is ...

Haglofs LIM Strive 50 review
I hate zips on rucksacks, I really do. They fail. Every rucksack I've had with a zip closure has seen it fail within 12 ...

Haglofs Spitz jacket review
It's been a while, but we all know why so let's just barrel on with it shall we? What better way to get back in the sadd ...

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 ...