Recent content by Paul_B

I ended up setting up an alias in microsoft. Gmaail does it too. Unlimited too AFAIK. However it just fed straight into my email address inbox without differentiation. So I ended up creating completely separate email accounts. A pain to do but it means that they come into the same email app as...

A work IT security communication email came out as part of a security week thing going on. It was very interesting as it gave us various websites to go to check your online presence and threats. It was not aimed at work but at personal activities outside work. The one that I found most...

Anyone know a brand that sells extra long waterproof trousers? I'm 196cm tall and I'm looking for some to wear when I cycle commute from the station. I've got a pair that is just about long enough for hiking, prefer if they were an an inch longer, but when cycling the bent knee and position...

As to my POV, I prefer that people didn't have open fires. I do not see a need for it but see it as a want. There is something calming and primal about open fires and I bet most are less about cooking and more about the so called bushcraft TV side of it. If you were about cooking only then...

It's always a pleasant experience discussing such topics as use of fire in the outdoors in the forum. Indeed other topics like camping in the outdoors (wild camping with leave no trace principles and the other less acceptable forms of camping without the LNT principles, IMHO of course) too. If...

Chapman and Mercer are two trade names too. Can you guess their trade? The surname Latimer I believe is a trade name but I've never managed to interpret that one. Most you can guess of course.

There's a lot of more commuter styles too but they're fugly. I think I saw a rab waterproof and lightweight sack, s something in 20ish and 30ish litres. Looked good but from £150+ I think.

Does anyone have a 30 litre waterproof rucsack recommendation to give me? I am getting overwhelmed going into huperfocus / obsessive mode to find the best one where peerhaps good enough is,, well good emough!! So far I have: - Alpkit Gourdon 30l - had 3, 4 or even bottom many as 5 over the years...

I've used a single wheel touring trailer and they're rubbish. I've pulled a child and a dog trailer. They roll nicely if you get a good one like burley brand. Get one with a good, solid hitch. Saw a guy having to go out into traffic at a junction when his trailer came off the bike leaving it in...

You have your head screwed on right. You're not looking to learn for learning sake but to grow yourself to better grow your business. You have an end game I think which is a better business and a means to get there through knowledge. If that makes sense. Can I just point out that the benefit of...

IIRC Dan your business has a seasonal element to custom / income and is with is it your Dad? IIRC you mentioned it in some thread. It sounded to me like you are looking at something else, kind of a new direction or change in life. This OU degree idea is a good one but if you are in a kind of...

My Mum did an OU degree in the very earliest days of its existence. In fact she could have been among the first round of graduates too. She got inteviewed IIRC by the Guardian due to being one of the early ones. Also being a working mum too she made for good print in those times when women were...

We need to get a towbar fitted to take our bike rack and 3 bikes possibly 4 at times. No idea what to get or where to go to get it installed. Thinking of trying a local garagee we use and trust Then checking out a national installer (possibly even the nearest indispension trailer dealer who does...

I liike to put is as a heirarchy of what is best. Dry and warm, wet and warm dry and cold and finally wet and cold. The first two I am not too bothered. The second two I am looking at a solution to change it and quickly at times. BTW at one point I used an early Paramo Alta waterproof but not...

Is it likely that the water from a fellside stream is going to be neutral if it is in a peat area? No idea but am curious.