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It looks as if he's sold a few before on Ebay including one for £23!

Too many years ago I walked a large part of the Pennine Way (Edale to Alston) with the Army as adventurous training. One of the lads wore trainers the whole distance and as I recall it ****** down for most of the time (including Kinder Scout) and yet his trainers did not come off nor were his...

Might be useful: http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/nature/tracking.shtml

Try shops like World of Sewing or C&H Fabrics. Explain to the nice ladies (they usually are ladies) inside what you want and how (in)experienced you are at sewing - they are typically really helpful. You can pick up suitable patterns for £6-8 and you could handstitch a hooded smock in less than...

Interesting stuff so far. Thanks guys.

The problem with the Lowe Alpine was the narrowness of the gap between the shoulder straps at the top and the top of the internal stays which pressed into my neck (not a good idea with fused joints and prolapsed discs). The length was OK.

I'm six foot three (metric dunno!) with a long back (my 58 pattern webbing used to compress my ribs!),big neck and broad shoulders. I've also got a longstanding lower back and neck problem (did I hear the sounds of bones breaking?) which is why I've finally had to retire my Cyclops Crusader...

Oi Not Bob! That was my string cutting method that I was going to market to the kind of people who buy ready made bow drill sets; I wouldn't have bl**dy told you if I'd known you were going to tell other people about it.

Proof of why half of the human race is doomed can be found at: http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/womenlivelonger2.htm Enjoy

Too true!

Not Bob The book I presume you're thinking of is 'The Mountain People' by Colin Turnbull. It's about the Ik of northern Uganda and I'd recommend it though it can be a bit heavy going at times. Very moving book!

One for our glorious leaders: 'Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant'

Thought 'Yggdrasil - the tree of life' was an ash

Wayne Sup with the devil and you'll need a long spoon!

Great demo knife - so many crap features in one package!

Ooops, on my PC it links to a page with a number of knives including a red wooden handled Mora. Don't know what's going on there.... I quite agree about not getting a filleting knife (I don't like fish)

Try http://www.tacklebargains.co.uk/acatalog/Fixed_Blade__Fillet_Hunting_.html for a good cheap knife (Mora) to begin with. Only £13 inc. P&P

But then again they wouldn't have to grow cash crops to service their foreign debt (ie money they owe to the 'West') but could grow food instead.