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Stats table 2009
Miles
Backpacks
Days
Total
412m
16
42
Joint
198m
8
21
Solo
214m
8
21
First and foremost a Happy New Year and good walking to all readers for 2010. We have really enjoyed all the trip reports of fellow bloggers and others over the year.
Our end-of-year review for 2009 is underway and the figures are shown in the table: this time last year I […]
Seasonal best wishes to all readers.
Any hope of a Christmas backpack has been dashed primarily by the weather, in particular the state of the roads: many people seem to have the bravado to drive in these conditions but I’d be a nervous wreck long before I arrived at the hills, not to mention the worry […]
The old plantar fasciitis has improved considerably after a little remedial massage on my back at the physio, and she gave me a new exercise to add to the repertoire that is targetted at the old hamstrings. I must say that quite apart from any beneficial effect on my foot in the recovery phase, I’ve […]
For some time now I’ve had a puzzling minor problem with my right heel, just a temporary internal pain that jarred when I put my weight on it first thing in the morning or after sitting for a while. It always disappeared quickly and I thought little of it, until the recent Pumlumon backpack: something […]
First thing, I’ve collected my observations on the NeoAir into a review on the main site - nothing new added really, but encapsulating it all in one place might be useful to future readers thinking of lightening their loads. From now on it will definitely be my mattress of choice outside winter (speaking of which, […]
Stats table 2008
Miles
Backpacks
Days
Total
633m
26
62
Joint
349m
17
38
Solo
284m
9
24
We have just held our end-of-year review and the figures are shown in the table. While ostensibly quite respectable by many standards, they hide a pronounced trend compared to our best year: 1555 miles with 117 days walking - almost a third of the year.
The 26 backpacks covered only 62 days: the […]
A short miscellaneous post, firstly to wish everyone a happy Xmas season, whatever you are doing, though probably not a prosperous one for most.
There was some interesting talk of inversions this week and we anticipated a trip to the mountains, but from the look of the weather charts and the description given by MWIS, probably […]
I’ve finally added a plugin to the blog which enables you to subscribe to comments on any particular post. Underneath the ‘Post Comment‘ button there is now a checkbox labelled ‘Notify me of followup comments via e-mail‘.
From the description of the code I think you have to submit a comment in order to become subscribed […]
An off-topic post to cover a long layoff from the hills, with only a very tenuous connection to walking and backpacking: I know some of us have an interest in our flora and fauna conservation as well as the landscape itself.
We had been waiting for a few days of fine weather to tackle the daunting […]
