Luxe Sil Hex Peak – First pitch in the garden

I have a new tent, the luxe Sil Hex Peak, I roughly pitched it in the garden this afternoon. It is very spacious and, compared to my Trailstar, it is taller and has more usable head space. I’ll give the inner that came with it a try but I have in mind that I...

Everest – Official Trailer

Based on the book ‘Into Thin Air’, which is based on the events of 1996, this looks like a film worth seeing. Whether it is any good remains to be...

Pitching my Trailstar in a different configuration

I have not slept under my Trailstar with it pitched differently to my/the ‘normal’ way that I have seen it pitched most of the time – that is with one corner into the wind and the door made out of one side to form an ‘A’ shape. I have see...

Quick one night wild camp, Snowdonia foothills

It had been a very long time since I had been out for a wild camp so with a trip planned to the north coast of North Wales to visit family I decided to take the opportunity to get out on the hills for a night under my Trailstar. The Snowdonia National Park extends...

Instagram can sell your photos – without paying or telling you!

Instagram has changed it’s Terms of Use to allow them to sell you photos without paying you and without telling you! The new Terms of Use come into effect on the 16th Jan 2012 and the important sections are 2 and 3 under ‘Rights’: 2. Some or all of...

TGO Challenge Sickness

I don’t feel very well, I’m coming down with a bit ‘TGO Challenge Sickness’. It’s a whole load worse that man flu so you can imagine, if you are a man of course, how bad it feels! It has been brought on by my decision not to enter for a...