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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?

Sign in local shop:- MUSHROOMS £2.00 A KILO MUSHROOMS? 20p A KILO

Next year's diary insert. Good to be reminded there's a future.

Successful business men.

Great photographs. Magical being above the clouds isn't it? This brings back memories of looking down on a thunderstorm in the alps. Thanks for sharing!

Constantly repaired!

When I was younger, for years I used a Berghaus Redpoint flame 35 litre unframed climbing pack for my core kit with tent on one side and sleeping mat on the other held in place by the compression straps. The pack had a simple, unpadded waist strap whose purpose was not support weight but to hold...

Your Dad is a genius. Now i need; another oven with timer, a second car, another car for my wife, another radio/cd/record player, a summer and winter studio with wall clock. Fortunately, the boiler, computer and phones adjust themselves so i won't have to buy more of them. Now I only have the...

He could control excitable scouts by hitting them with it but this may result in a spell inside.

sacred

Back to normal now.

And here.

Bill

I imagine a tick in the box could be very unpleasant.