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I got them years ago. One is still useable. The other bent in the bottom segment so I couldn't collapse fully then I think jammed up completely. Binned it I think. Not sure I'd go back to them. Mind you my black diamond poles didn't survive long. I remember that I used them once on terrain...

Good tip with the 2 clicks. One day with the 2 clicks and the second hand moves smoothly. About a year ago I tried to charge it but didn't know about the 2 clicks. A week plus out didn't charge. This time 2 days without 2 clicks nothing changed, one day with 2 clicks it now works. So I'm...

I'm a bit fan of a good woollie pully. I was bought one by my parents about 18 to 20 yo. It came from a Greek island and was full of natural oils. So densely knitted it was windproof. Very warm and shed snow in a blizzard nicely. Although walking in winter I found I had to dust off the snow as I...

Alpkit stores have repair services and they repair other brands too. Contact your nearest store. They'll certainly be able to replace a broken zip.

My seiko isn't a good one, cheaper end of their range. No memories linked to it, just a tool that I never thought I'd use again until I did that is. Still, always worth avoiding a consumerist spend if possible!

Exactly this. That's why I'm leaving it on the windowsill. Hopefully it'll charge up eventually. How long before I should give up on this hope? How many days on the windowsill for it to get enough charge to work normally?

I'm looking for an occasional wear, workaday watch and have two choices. But a new watch in the £100-200 range, preferably at the lower end of the range. Or get a seiko solar watch working again. The Seiko was stored for a few years in a drawer. I got it out a few years ago and it wasn't...

And if you don't? Seriously most people in the UK should be able to cope well with map and compass old school style. Once these were new technology too! There's a risk that the ease of modern tech reduces the skills of their users. A risk if anything should go wrong as they might not have...

And simply old if you're using just one. :)

The trouble is no deterrent value. I read it that he was not made to donate money but volunteered. Perhaps a good outcome here but the next idiot with a laser won't see what happened here as much of a danger to then. I'm really not sure what is best but I reckon sooner or later someone will do...

Man aims laser at peregrine falcon nest. He then handed himself in to police saying he'd made a mistake. Without getting political the guy made a donation to the wildlife charity monitoring the birds, destroyed the laser and sat down with a police officer to discuss safe use of a laser. Now...

Staffies are very friendly, until they're not and then they're dangerous due to breeding. If you ever read about those Staffin dogs that killed a kid or old lady you often hear that the family involved say it was a friendly, family dog that would never harm above.

Retrievers were the largest number of drug bites but they are very common and I bet most bites are on posties anyway. It's the going infinity their territory thing I believe. Certainly among my friends who were bitten, all posties get bitten sooner or later if delivering ti home, got bitten...

There's an American behaviourist society that developed a pass by aggression test with score. They get asked to do them by authorities and rescues. Everyone done gets recorded against the breed and they publish annual reports on these results. Small, toy breeds score high, often higher than...

12.5kg but should it be 8,5kg? We have a border terrier, breed standards have it at 7.1kg max weight for a male. Our female is skinny and underweight at 7.5kg with ideal weight about 8,5kg. She's a bit big for the breed standards despite being full pedigree from a guide breeder. I also know...

Thule are market leaders but halfords own brand are copies. If you ever see paddy Hobkirk bars move on quick. They're no good! A guy in my canoe club had paddy hobkirks on his car back in the days of guttered cars. One day carrying 4 kayaks on them he lost it all in the m6 overtaking lane...

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I the UK we have what's called gun control. It results in 5% of murders being with firearms. Knife deaths is 3 times as many as gun deaths I read. 84 gun deaths in the year of Dunblane killings. Gun controls brought into law after that incident cut gun deaths we were at 28 gun deaths in 2021/22...

Statistica website posted in December 2023 that up to September 2023 there were 16 deaths where the cause of death were from being bitten or struck by a dog. 2022 was the second highest at six deaths. Six jumping to 16 about the time xl Bullies were growing in number. Is that a coincidence...