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	<title>Backpackbrewer&#039;s Outdoor Blog</title>
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		<title>Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best laid plans and all that. Aimed to go out for a walk this morning. Unfortunately my car has had a disagreement with me and doesnt want to start. Looks like this morning will be spent down at the car repair centre. Then there is the knock on effect of having to pay for said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=470&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A blessing and a curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week finds me working afternoon shifts. The obvious thing to ask, as per the title of the post, is why a blessing?
&#160;
I last worked shifts around 10years ago, pre kids and pre large mortgages! This meant I had a lot of time to do stuff &#8220;out of hours&#8221; during the week and also had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=468&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Views from a hill</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/views-from-a-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>backpackbrewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post showing some of the views from Gray Hill (Gray&#8217;s Hill according to some), which is my local hill on which I have spent innumerable days as a child and an adult. Its only 900feet at its highest point but it nestles beside Wentwood Forest and Wentwood Reservoir. Views from here on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=463&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The view towards The Second Severn Crossing</media:title>
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		<title>Oh dear &#8211; a clear out for my surplus outdoors kit is required&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/oh-dear-a-clear-out-for-my-surplus-outdoors-kit-is-required/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its November and the season has definitely swung into full blustery autumn mode. I took the opportunity to have a rummage around in my loft to sort out all my outdoors kit into used and not-used piles. I have to admit that the pile of gear I have collected and either stopped using, infrequently use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=461&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brecon Beacons midweek walk (and er&#8230;.run)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Walks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So,
Wednesday this week found me with a few days off work, the kids packed off with the grandparents and my wife on a course in distant Swansea. Guilt free walking doesn&#8217;t raise its head very often and so I needed no second invitation. After checking the forecast the night before (good visibility, light winds, sunny [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=449&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The view to the West </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">That's a bit steep...</media:title>
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		<title>Montrail Streaks &#8211; an update</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/montrail-streaks-an-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/?p=435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the summer I bought a pair of Montrail Streaks (half price I might add!) and said I would give them a really good test and report back. For one reason or another I havent done that until now, prefering instead instead to wear my CTCs whenever I have had the chance to get out and about. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=435&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn is here &#8211; albeit a warm one</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/autumn-is-here-albeit-a-warm-one/</link>
		<comments>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/autumn-is-here-albeit-a-warm-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>backpackbrewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post to say that I was out and about walking today and the autumn colours were truly in full flow. The only odd thing was the temperature. It was 19 degrees Celcius. I dont think I have ever seen such warm temperatures at this time of year. Truly bizarre but welcome for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=431&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lightwave T0 Ultra one man tent &#8211; a Review</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/lightwave-t0-ultra-one-man-tent-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for a review.
I bought the Lightwave T0 Ultra about three years ago as a solo camping upgrade to my very old one man tent that I had had for 25 years. The brief was simple. Lighter than my (then) current tent (2.1kg). One man. Easy to put up. Strong in harsh weather. Green (I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=424&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Black Mountain Bivvy Spot!</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/another-black-mountain-bivvy-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>backpackbrewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to comments about my last choice of bivvy spots, I have included another of my favourites in the pictures below. This spot is a little further into the Black Mountains and is definitely more remote and reasonably unfrequented. The last time I was here I spent a fantastic night watching low cloud and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=415&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">my bivvy morning view</media:title>
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		<title>A perfect bivvy spot</title>
		<link>http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/a-perfect-bivvy-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>backpackbrewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backpackbrewer.wordpress.com/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a picture of a favourite bivvy spot of mine in the Black Mountains. I cant tell you where because its mine you understand.  Its just off the summit of a distinctive hilltop looking towards The Sugar Loaf so work it out if you can. Its a perfect spot looking towards the west and glorious [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backpackbrewer.wordpress.com&blog=4755313&post=411&subd=backpackbrewer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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