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Mark Eveleigh "Vagabond" . An account of a walk from Gibraltar to Spain's most northerly point mostly stealth camping in a hammock. Extremely well written by a professional travel writer. Highly recommended. I would expect this to appeal to many people here.

I kept last year's resolution to the very end and will make the same tomorrow: Don't make New Year resolutions!

Worthy winner against stiff competition.

2 2 PC

Trail cam. But I know I have got this as Madame authorised me to buy it from Danceswithhelicopters of this parish. Another good buy through BCuk!

When I go, I'm taking you all with me!

When I was a child I asked for a puppy for Christmas but no luck: we had a turkey as usual.

What a wonderful read. This is a first-class example of what BCuk members do so well. It echoes the criteria Lord Reith set for the BBC: inform, educate and entertain. Many thanks for posting.

When I joined I was still fairly active but nearly 20 years later age has slowed me down so I very much value the vicarious experience that members ' trip reports provide me. They remind me of many of the things used to do and frequently trigger happy memories. I'd like to see more examples...

Trailca with the extras arrived safely today. Thank you.

Lively write ups like this get more important as age limits .my own activities. Thanks for taking the trouble to share.

Very sad indeed. Much too young. Condolences to his family and friends.

Yes, please.

Soldering iron. Now all I have to do is learn how to use it. Shameful to have reached my age without knowing how, but hopefully an opportunity to demonstrate that old dogs can learn new tricks.

To anyone wanting to get an idea of Russia and how Putin's regime maintains its grip, I recommend "Patriot" by Alexei Navalny , ISBN 978-1-847-92703-3

I use a Decathlon haversac. It was very cheap, is last OK and has well organised inner pockets and external mesh bottle pockets. Its main advantage for me is that because of its thin fabric it goes fully loaded with my EDC into my main pack for longer trips and can be pulled out for side trips...

I was born during World War 2 and while my father was away fighting, my mother and I lived in a village in the country. Shortages, rationing and uncertain supply lines were a fact of life then and contimued into the 1950s. Making sure the larder was well stocked with necessities for a siege was...

If it's holy, bless it: if it's holey, bin it.

Clean towel or similar. Put in water till soaked. Wring out into wide mouthed container. Repeat. I learnt this the hard way during a hot day in the foothills of the Pyrenees

But nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it?