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IMHO don't bother with the poncho. They are best for making shelters but if you want to be dry when it's hosing done get a good jacket, even if it's just heavy duty PVC.

Army wooly pully. There's a company called http://www.outdoorknitwear.com/store/category.php?category=17 that do them for under forty quid in a whole load of colours incl non military ones. I chuckled at the surprise that the ex police jumpers also came in fat boy sizes... (I put my old Kent...

I have recently decided to join our local Voluntary Rural Fire Force - I though doing a bit of volunteer work might be good for the soul and life in general - and should be fun too! Rural Fire deal with vegetation and bush/forest fires here and it's an unpaid volunteer thing, with a training...

At prices like that can't imagine many people in NZ parting with cash...

I wear a merino singlet, mainly because I can get them from Farmlands rural supplies outlet for under forty bucks. Icebreaker stuff is way overpriced and I don't see how they can justify their prices. Smelly Helly stuff is good and not too expensive, but only comes into its own if you are being...

Full zip every time, unless you are spending a lot of time in torrential rain, and then it becomes a waterproofing issue.

One thing I could never do without is a decent and longish waterproof jacket. For me ponchos just never cut it. If my goretex jacket died or whatever and I had to replace it I would ( because we are pretty skint ) get a farm weight/heavy duty PVC top. I have lots of wool, and often hear...

Hello again.... I have worn it many times with rucksacks of different sizes, and I haven't experienced any problems with the pockets. As I said it is a longer coat, so the waist belt on a rucksack doesn't get in the way, but it would cover the handwarmer pockets, but I don't think you'd be using...

Wapiti. The full length zip is just so much more practical. (I have one). If you are spending a lot of time outside in a very wet environment, then the tahr could be better, but if you are going to have a coat that covers a multitude of uses incl the pub, then the Wapiti. The over the head...

The email address seems to indicate Shine TV, which Google informs me is a Christian channel. I would imagine that would indicate where the direction of the programme lies.

Tussock. Have a Wapiti in tussock and it is very practical for hunting and looks very neutral when not hunting. If that makes sense?

I'd tend to agree about sticking with a car for NZ, and use a tent or motel. Don't know the figures but I'm sure it would be much cheaper. Rent a dent is a firm that does cheapish basic cars... Check their prices out and do the maths. If you want to do the outdoors bushcraft thing then there's...

The trick with army trousers is to get the ones that actually fit as opposed to the ones which have waist sizes you think you would fit... It take a 34 Waist in jeans but would probably be a 36 or maybe a 38 in green lightweights! It's mainly to do with the high waist, which is necessary if you...

Not all they're cranked up to be.... Love it:)

The lower North Island and upper South Island in NZ had a pretty big quake of 6.5 yesterday just after 17.00 local time. I was swaying on my feet and my wife, who was upstairs was shaken about quite a bit ..... And we are a couple of hours away from Wellington where there was a fair bit of...

When I lived in Kent - West Malling, so just up the road- I used to go every year. Great place to pick up all sorts of everything, and lots of interesting things. But I could never really feel totally at ease with some of the re enactors and other people walking around in various uniforms...

I have a Stoney Creek pack. The main difference between this and most other packs is that it is made out of a tough fleece fabric, so it is quiet esp pushing through undergrowth. They are purpose built for hunting rather than military, so they are not going to withstand 6 months of running...

I keep my boots on. Many rivers in NZ are actually the route in to wherever you are going, so you can be crossing the river every ten minutes. This is also the reason many people wear shorts or shorts and polypropylene long johns all year. My boots are the all rubber Skellerup Hiker worn with...

Altberg do their jungle boot with a panama sole as well. Good grippy sole. I wonder if they would put one on and what it would be like....

Nothing wrong with 58 pattern at that price. The American ones are thinner and pack down smaller but are probably twice the price. Twelve quid is not bad at all.