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It’s been around 8 months since I purchased my Berghaus Sullivan GoreTex outer shell jacket and things have gone pretty well. My original requirements when looking for a jacket were :- 3 Layer Goretex (heavy duty) Just an outer shell (none of this 18 jackets in one nonsense) Able to…
Alastair Mitchell Hughes (aka ‘Wee Man’) Two weeks in and we are starting to remember how hard this stuff is… – Feeding at all hours of the night– Nigh on constant nappy changing– Sterlizing and making up bottles But neither of us would change it for the world. He is…
After months of debating, listing, reviewing, comparing and disagreeing and with only 3 weeks to BoB Day (Birth of Baby day) we almost have a name for the new baby… WILLIAM Nest is well and truly built – the whole upstairs of the house has been redecorated, carpeted, walls knocked…
Well, I finally reached the halfway point (in fact I passed it by one) of “munrobagging” (reaching the summit of all 284 of Scotland’s munros – mountains over 3000ft). I left work in Reading, UK at 6pm on Thursday night, drove until 1:30am when I reached Crianlarich Youth Hostel and…
Saturday 15th April – drove from Rothesay (we were visiting for the Easter weekend) to Inveruglas to do Ben Vane and Ben Ime. It starts with a pleasant (if it wasn’t raining) 3K walk along the road towards the Dam and then turns off, over a bridge to the left.…
We found out on 27th Dec that Ruby has a little brother or sister on the way. 3rd September is the due date (by our initial calculations)…
I popped out at lunchtime to by my brother’s Christmas present. I went to Cotswold Camping, I’ve always been a great fan of them (and Field and Trek), ever since my Army days getting me a 10% discount. I had noticed from their website that they are selling the Berghaus…
This morning, as usual I got up with Ruby at around 7am, took her downstairs whilst I made some tea and had a bit of breakfast. I then spent 5 minutes teaching her how to do ‘Eskimo Kisses’ (rubbing noses together). She thought this was hilarious (she is only 16…
Whilst researching waterproof mitts, I came across this great feature on Outdoor Design’s Fitzroy Mitt Flocking patchallows for nose secretion management All through my life my mother / girlfriend / wife have been telling me to STOP wiping my nose on my sleeve, now these guys are giving me free…