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  1. chris_r

    Your picture of the day...

    I took this a little while back in Northumberland. It's Winter's Gibbet near Elsdon. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
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    Hunka Bivvy bags - Any good?

    I'm hoping to get a Hunka XL in a bid to reduce weight. I've currently got an MOD bag. Can anyone tell me, when it's packed into the built in stuff sack, is there room to compress it further? I'm going to be using it when bikepacking and volume is a consideration.
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    What light weight stove??

    I recently bought a Vargo Triad ahead of cycling the Sandstone Way. Tested it last weekend and I really quite like it. Not as convenient as gas, but a solid stove for boiling water, so it's ideal for dehydrated rations. If I was going to cook anything more complicated I'd take my little Robens...
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    Hello and basha/tarp advice please

    A little late to the party, but I've been using a DD 3x3 for some time. I recently switched to a Rab Siltarp 2 and I've got to say I'm impressed. Solid construction, light weigh an compact. For anyone else in a similar position it's definitely worth a look.
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    Silverman's won't service CWC watch.

    Thanks guys. I'll follow up and let you know how everything turns out.
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    Silverman's won't service CWC watch.

    Three years ago my wife bought a CWC watch for me as a birthday gift. After 18 months it was letting in moisture and the battery had failed. It has spent the last 18 months in a draw as I've been putting off getting it serviced. Today I rang Silverman's to look into the cost of getting it...
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    Backpacking Light - The Pocket Stove

    I recently acquired BPL Pocket Stove which I'd intended to use with my Trangia burner, but the problem I've found is that trying to extinguish the Trangia burner with the Trangia simmer ring is something of a death defying act. The stove is really narrow at the top and the simmer ring just about...
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    Brockers 14/15th Dec

    This thread has totally passed me by, I've only just seen it. If it'd been the weekend I would have been there. Can't believe you're moving too, who's gonna turn up in a top hat an tails now? I had my money on you coming in a velvet cloak with a diamond tipped cane and spats next time round...
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    brockwell alumni and pintage with a rasberry

    Sorry guys. Aside from my epic poverty, I also have a child to look after and a wife to collect from the station. Promise I'll try harder next time.
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    brockwell alumni and pintage with a rasberry

    I'll be up for something when I've got some cash, but that's not going to be until the end of the month. What were you thinking venue wise?
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    brockwell alumni and pintage with a rasberry

    lol. I'll just sit in the cold car park gazing longingly at you guys through a misty window whilst you sup the good sup.
  12. chris_r

    brockwell alumni and pintage with a rasberry

    Now, if I wasn't as poor as a church mouse that's just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese, then I'd come along, but I am. :(
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    Brockwell Woods September 2011 - PIC HEAVY

    You need to listen to songs that were old before you were young, that way you never feel old. Zeppelin does it for me.
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    Brockwell Woods September 2011 - PIC HEAVY

    Dave Grohl's biography's out too. May be worth a look.
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    Brockwell Woods September 2011 - PIC HEAVY

    Because it's taptacular. Presumably by sensitive side you mean the bed sores have set in? :)
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    Brockwell Woods September 2011 - PIC HEAVY

    In those black and white ones you can see where the Doc's lashed your leg together with some willow and paracord. Is it drab olive or multicam?
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    Leather Gloves

    I bought some of these recently to keep in my pack. They're insulated like welders gauntlets, but IMO look much better. They're excellent for handling hot pots in the fire, but I've not worn them in the cold. Still, for the price they may be worth a go. http://www.cromwell.co.uk/EJE9611708P
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    Brockwell Woods September 2011 - PIC HEAVY

    I unpacked my jacket from a drybag today and it was very smokey. It's amazing how the sense of smell brings back memories, but equally more amazing how the effect of alcohol is to annihilate them. Still don't know what went on that night. <SAD>Somewhat reminiscent of Thanks for the Memory, S2 Ep...
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    can lannyman come out to play?

    Keep me posted. I'd like to give the old under blanket a whirl when I'm not too drunk to make it work properly.
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    Sabre fit Side Pockets

    I have a DPM PLCE bergen with pouches and an OG Sabre 45 with Karrimor pouches and I agree that the PLCE pouches are a more robust material, and that the Sabre pouches don't quite fit the PLCE yoke, but you can fit the PLCE pouches to a Sabre 45 quite snugly. The only reason I bought the...