Things change all the time. Look at the weather today. Blazing sun one minute, hammering down with rain the next. Life’s a bit like that too only normally these changes are spread over time. And no I am not about to launch into a Forrest Gump type speech. Its just that the last 5 days [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A Change of Scenery
Posted in General chit chat on July 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Oh dear – my phone is no more
Posted in General chit chat on July 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Having extolled the virtues of my Nokia N95 in an earlier post, I have since discovered 2 things: a) it is not waterproof, at all, in the slightest, not even a tincy wincy bit…….. and b) I cant seem to be able to get the same phone as a replacement for my elegant but quite [...]
Brecon Beacons weekend
Posted in General chit chat on July 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Unfortunately until I can dry my camera out, I wont be able to post any pictures of this weekend’s meet in the Beacons! However, I can give a report as such of what we did……..
I managed to get away early-ish on Friday but got distracted and sidetracked in Brecon by shopping for camping food and browsing [...]
And the weather for the weekend is…….
Posted in General chit chat on July 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Off to the Breacon Beacons for the weekend today and as usual, apart from the normal gear musings, an in-depth look at the weather. For once, the BBC, the met office and met check all seem to be aligned in their forecasts. Looks like a wet Friday, brightening up for the late afternoon followed by [...]
A Big Thank You
Posted in General chit chat on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Just a quick post to say wow and thanks to Martin Rye. When I mentioned on my wanted kit list I was looking at the MLD gaiters as an option for the winter, what does Martin pop up and do? He says he has a spare pair because of a mix up with MLD (Ron [...]
Random Thoughts…
Posted in General chit chat on July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well,
been a busy last few days. Wife disappeared with a gaggle of friends for the weekend leaving me in charge of the kids…or possibly leaving them in charge of me. Unfortunately the weather wasnt really conducive to a nice outdoor stroll with them so had to settle for a trip to the local play barn [...]
