9" is short and lightweight?
I'm beginning to feel rather inadequate.
Archive for the 'Bargains' Category
Boot deals in clearance section @ Outside
If you're going to be heading up some serious stuff anytime soon and you're in need of some new footwear, have a look at what's on offer at Outside.
They have Raichle Expeditions down from £600 to £150, and they have good deals on boots for mere mortals as well!
Just to let you know that I have no affiliation with Outside, they just sent me an email and I thought I'd share the joy.
Lucky Bs
No, not
🙂
I'm on about the Extremities® Lucky Bags that Terra Nova have on sale here.
I ordered a couple after reading about them on Grahame's blog - see here.
So, what did we receive?
Chris got these:
Winter Hacking Gloves (RRP £27.00)
Boreas Windy Took Hat (RRP £29.00)
Merino Took Hat (Est £25.00)
Super Neck Gaiter (RRP £21.00?)
I got these:
Lightweight Mountain Mitts (RRP £80.00) - outers on the left, inners on the right
Balaclava (RRP £22.00)
Windy Took Hat (RRP £26.00)
and between the two of us we got five mini-karabiners and a bottle-opener:
Unless I've lost the ability to do basic addition, that lot comes to a total of £230.
Yes, I know that Extremities® kit can be had from discount outlets such as TKMaxx, but I've yet to see the Mountain Mitts there for less than £20.
I'd say that these Lucky Bags are worth getting. If you're considering getting one, act soon - they're going fast.
Now, you'll have to pardon me but I have to get back to the fight for possession of that Merino Took!
Oh and if you're wondering what a Took is, this might help.
MoGoBoGoF
Last time we were at Coventry Tesco we noticed that MoGo Insect Repellent Fabric Conditioner was on offer.
Has anybody out there tried the stuff, and if so was it any good?
Another "find" was this huge krab:
I'd no intention of buying it, I was just intrigued by the ambiguous packaging blurb -
"Parent Organiser... Keeps your bags organised!"
Seems a tad disrespectful, IMO.
"Parent's Organiser" or "Parents' Organiser" might have been better.
Time travel
Way back on August 15th I pre-ordered Prometheus (DVD + E-copy) from Sainsbury's (they had an offer on and I had some e-vouchers and discount-codes to use, so it cost me next-to-nowt).
The official release date is October 8th.
Today's date is only October 4th, yet Sainsbury's have just sent me an email to say that they've already put my pre-ordered DVD in the post.
How does that work?
Wipeout
You know what it's like - you're out on the hills and it's time to make a brew or a meal. You get the kit out and find that in your rush to get away earlier you didn't clean the pan/mug/spoon and now it's all looking a bit unhealthy. To add insult to injury all your tinder for your wood-burner is damp, you've run out of belly-button fluff, it's rained all day and you can't find any dry stuff to get you started.
You need one of these:
These handy wipes are brilliant - not only do they kill a multitude of nasty bugs that might be contaminating your cookset, they also burn like stink at the slightest provocation so they're great for starting your twig-furnace. If you click the pics to see the bigger versions you can read the box-blurb to see just what's what.
The wipes are in individual sealed foil sachets and have a 4-year shelf-life. Each sachet is a measly 5g. These boxes of 20 are currently on sale again for just £1.49 at Aldi.
Just one bit of advice - don't keep them in your first-aid kit. Accidentally use one of these instead of an antiseptic wipe to clean up a wound and it's not a pleasant experience.
