The final piece of the jigsaw puzzle

Posted by @ 2:18 pm on Monday 17th November, 2008.

On Saturday I bit the bullet and parted with some hard-saved cash in exchange for what may well be the one item that completes my outdoors kit-list. The stash has been growing for nearly three decades, some of the original bits expired or were outgrown and have been replaced, some bits are still going strong, some are past their best but still perform adequately, but there's nothing there that I don't trust, nothing that I won't use sometime, and no gaps now that the final item is installed (to be fair, that item still needs to be tried and tested before it gets listed). All I have to do now is keep replacing the stuff that wears out... although if somebody was to donate a Therm-a-Rest NeoAir, I wouldn't refuse to take it 🙂

For those that have a hankering for kit-lists, mine's been updated and posted here. Seekers of bleeding-edge hi-tech or ultralightweight stuff will be generally disappointed. I've not listed the family-camping kit or the stuff that we've bought for the kids.

And that final bit of kit? You'll just have to wait a bit longer before I tell you about it and put it on the list.

3 Responses to “The final piece of the jigsaw puzzle”

  1. Andy Howell says:

    Yes, but what was the piece of kit!

  2. BG! says:

    Have some patience, dear boy!

  3. I can see some of the items in your list that I know it is not. But nothing jumps out at being new. I mean, it could be the bivvy bag or even the shorts.

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