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theres a really good website called geograph.org.uk - it has pictures for every OS gridsquare. very useful for converting a 'possible' on a map or on google earth into a 'yes', or a 'no chance'...

the price for second hand Buffalo shirts on ebay is between £60 and £100 (though i managed to get one for £40 once...) - none of which have burn holes in them... you can buy them new for £140 or so, why would you think someone would pay £130 for a burnt one?

MOLLE is just a way of attaching one thing to another, saying 'oh, it just looks like MOLLE gear' is a bit like saying, 'oh, it just looks like quick release clip gear to me...'. nonsensical. personally i wouldn't use VIRTUS, the quality control has been a bit hit and miss (like the early...

i'm now on a set of Pirelli Winter Sotozero 3 winter tyres - only done about 1000 miles in them, but so far i'm very happy with their wet weather road handling. i got them from MyTyres's ebay site - 316 for the 4 tyres rather than 500+ from blackcircles. they took 4 days to arrive and a local...

i'll be honest, i think you're going to struggle. the C2C is a serious walking proposition, if you aren't already used to walking long distances with a rucksack filled with everything you'll need for a week on foot, then the route - 200 miles of the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North...

if you're a bit reluctant to pay full whack for a Buffalo, hit Fleabay. i bought a Special 6 for about £40 - i think it was 10+ years old and in pretty much perfect nick. i was never able to work out the differences between what look like very similar garments - what i can tell you is that the...

the difference between a smock and a jacket is one of construction - if it has a full length opening at the front its not a smock, if it goes over your head its a smock. either design can have any function you like, be made out of any material you like, and be any colour you like. of course...

i'd echo the recomendation for snugpak (though i've heard, second-hand, a couple of horror stories about build quality) i'd also put a word in for the Mountain Equipment Fitzroy and the Alpkit Apogee. i simply wouldn't bother with down, its just too succeptable to getting damp.

i'm a big fan of couscous and chorizo, porridge and dried fruit, soups, packets of tuna etc.. for backpacking, i'm lazy and tight - but i do carry a couple of the boil-in-the-bag wayfarer meals for those 'just in case' moments. i've made more than my fair share of hillwalking mistakes - the...

i've used the Michelin Cross Climates on a series of Mondeo's for about 4 years, and i do about 25k a year in the UK - lots of rural driving around Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Powys, and lots of motorway miles to Glasgow and Edinburgh. i rate them, i really do. they are not...

yup. ebay - get a Berghaus Cyclops Roc or Cyclops Crusader - the Roc is about 85ltrs and weighs about 1.2kg, the Crusader is about 90ltrs, takes two 15ltr zip-on side pockets and weighs about 1.8kg. you'll get both in very good condition for less than £60 or so. they will be 15-30 years old...

its made by Highlander. they claim it has a Hydrostatic head of 5000mm, which is at the low end of what is considered waterproof in functional terms, and don't mention a figure for its breathability, but if it has a 5000mm HH its breathability is unlikely to be very high. if you buy a high-end...

i like sleeping under a tarp or with just a bivvy bag - as has been mentioned, waking up outside to a gorgeous view is one of the great pleasures of life - but as i get older and more attached to comfort and idleness, i find that a tarp/bivvy trip can be a lot of aggro if the weather isn't...

yeah, no experience of the Avenger, but the windproof smock i bought last year is of simply spectacular design, build and materials quality. i'd have no qualms about buying their stuff again.

a somewhat contrary view... personally, i'd not bother - i've done the family camping in winter thing, Rothiemurchus forest, near Aviemore in February (if you're interested), with two young kids and all the tasty gear: Rab 4 season down bags, proper winter clothing, a mountaineering basecamp...

speaking as a newbie, though not one who uses Facebook, i use the site primarily for gear (clothing, load carrying, cooking etc..) reviews/discussion, location ideas, and wider conversations about the countryside and outdoors. i'm not really the target audience - i'm not a 'bushcrafter', i have...

i don't think its possible to get the hip belt appreciably lower regardless of the modification used - the longback with Gull wings from Dixies corner just about works for me as a backpacking sack and i'm only 5'7'', albeit with short legs and a long, err.. back. personally i'd flog the bergen...

no, it was the truth - the issue waterproofs were also supposed to be banned (and technically, they were) for the same reason: they would melt into the skin if they caught fire, but there was then a trade off between the risks of burns caused by the plastics, and the risks of everyone getting...

i disagree massively - different materials have different properties and they do different things - if you stand in driving rain for hours on end in a waxed cotton jack, even if it was professionally waxed the day before, it will eventually wet through. you could stand there for a month in a...

the PLCE bergen comes in olive green, from the mid-90's, woodland DPM from the late 90's/early 2000's, and MTP from about 2010. the design is exactly the same in all three. personally i prefer the Berghaus Cyclops Roc and Cyclops Crusader - they were made in the 1980's and early 90's and are...