v-g Backpacking in Britain BlogAlright, people have hinted long enough about my persistence with imperial units in the trip and route stats. I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that hills and mountains lose something when expressed in metres and it’s not just that the numbers are smaller, it’s something intangible but of a curious appeal when thinking about […]
I’ve now completed a gargantuan exercise on the main site to update all the trip reports before June 2007: these older ones previously had the photos on a separate page from the report, now they are included inline on the same page like the recent reports, giving a sitewide consistent format that is much better. […]
The main website gets a serious makeover from the cyber-beautician:- a rare appearance by the suppressed artist in me, who must be on speed at the moment. Several days of furiously editing CSS and HTML with a dash of Photoshop and we have V-G Mark II. I did the major upload early this morning, 662 […]
I’ve done a complete overhaul of the England and Wales Dewey 500m hill pages on the main site, accessed from the Hill Lists section, and a long and painstaking job it was. Previously they had an esoteric scheme for area identification that was inconsistent with the other lists and not intuitive, and it’s about time […]
In my search for a Stratos successor, I wore these on the Northern Arans backpack, a good route for a first test involving a mixture of rocky terrain, steep descents, edging on steep rough tussocky slopes and a section of road walking at the end.
Although they felt slightly stiffer than the Stratos in the house, […]
R.I.P the fabulous Montrail Stratos - now sadly discontinued.
After the liner in my last pair failed on the Wolds Way trek, an exhaustive internet search (i.e. searching until I was exhausted) of retailers failed to turn up any stragglers in my size, and my attention turned to the similar looking replacement in the product line: […]
People like gear lists don’t they?. I always think they get too hung up about gear generally, nevertheless it can be illuminating to see what’s in other backpacks around the land and how other people tackle it, and in particular the weights involved.
I’ve been meaning to get a simplified version of my Excel gear spreadsheet […]
I decided to buy an MP3 player for my solo trips, particularly for the winter months with long dark evenings. I wouldn’t normally review items not directly related to walking or backpacking, but I feel it’s a public duty in this case: I’ve added a short review of the iRiver T60 to the Gear & […]
First it was AOL (natch) and now Yahoo. I’ve put a note on our Contact page to warn people about this problem which deserves a wider airing for those unaware of it.
Do you have an email address on btinternet.com, btopenworld.com or Yahoo?. If so some of your incoming emails could be - and probably […]
The OS are at it again, and I’ve rewritten the disjointed rant in our Soapbox section to include current and relevant information. Of immediate concern to some webmasters is the recent change of attitude of the OS regarding license terms for displaying map segments on walking websites. The current state of play is described in […]
