Gratitude lists are always a good idea.
In March 2013 I was walking in this wood. With a wee lump in my neck that I thought needed looking at. It did. Not good.
3 years on I sometimes forget to smile every day, but I do when I walk my dog up there with far less the worry that she'll outlive me.
More topical. Postie came on Friday and delivered an empty Amazon box. It should have contained a Klean Kanteen insulated pint cup, but I'd ordered from eBay so it took me a while to work out what was going on. Also, as it wasn't from Amazon, I couldn't use the returns policy.
Phoned the company and spoke to an excellent bloke who loves his camping, we chatted a while, and he said he'd send another out with next day delivery. Anyway, as I left to walk my two Jack Russells, I spotted a plastic bag at the end of the drive with a Klean Kanteen mug in it. So I phoned back to say all was well. This nice bloke said the new order had been processed, so keep the one I'd found, and he'd put a Fenix key ring torch and another mug in the package as an apology. That's two insulated pint cups, one single wall pint cup, and a torch for just under £16. We chatted on. He then sold me two Klean Kanteen 800ml Reflect water bottles at £16 each (best internet price £22.95), and said he had a shed load of Olight, Fenix, and Lenser torches as demos, and if I wanted a look at any of them he'd send them over.
That is beyond good service IMO. R&M Outdoors if you're wondering. I don't have any connection other than what I've posted here, but they do deserve the recognition. For making my day if nowt else
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