Morning all. Just thought I'd check in, been lurking for a while, getting my bearings so to speak, and loving all the fantastic info on here. Hope to learn much, much more as time goes by, and when the odd thing pops up that I know something about, looking forward to being able to share and spread the knowledge. Communication is what I do for a living, science related and more specifically astronomy, I can be found by day at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, where I run a couple of astronomy outreach projects, do a bit of PR and general bits and bobs at the Visitor Centre. I was lucky enough to grow up in one of the less populated bits of Southern Scotland and went through the whole Scout system from Beavers onwards, and still feel at home when surrounded by greenery. Though I'm currently stuck in Edinburgh, I still enjoy escaping now and then for a bit of camping (tends towards the slightly-more-comfortable side to keep the wife happy (without going full-on Glamp!), but when I get to escape alone it it a little more basic. I love chillis, used to grow them when I had more space, now it tends to be just eating them, cooking with them, incorporating them into various recipes, collecting hot sauces, that kind of thing. My other big love is paintball, which I think is possibly one of the single best outdoor persuits available - keeps you fit, highly sociable, teaches you to work with your environment for concealment etc and intills at least a little discipline on the safety side of things! Just to point out, of the two 'breeds' of paintball, I'm all about the camo-wearing, sneaking about the woods (on official paintball sites) style, rather than the high-speed Tournament paintball that tends to get more coverage! Think Stag-do paintball, but with people who are serious about what they do, stick to the rules and are there for the love of the game, rather than how much paint they can put into the unlucky Stag/birthday boy/girl or whatever. I think my paintball gear takes up only slightly more space than my camping/outdoors gear though! Anyway, enough about me, looking forward to my time here 
