Tuesday 9th January, 2007

Top marks for Alpkit!

Posted by at 1:50 pm in Shiny new kit.
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It's less than 18 hours since ordering and the AD700 is here! It's "evil" black which looks great but after its travels it needed to go upstairs for a lie down (no pun intended) in order to regain some loft. Looks like I'll be setting up the bivvytent in the garden at the weekend so that I can see how the AD copes - let's pray for a good deep frost on Friday night. Hopefully I won't have to take advantage of Alpkit's 7-day returns policy and change the 700 for a 900.

The Tikes look quite mean too. If they don't keep the bivvytent nailed to the back lawn, nothing will.

Monday 8th January, 2007

No more frozen nads for me!

Posted by at 2:27 pm in Shiny new kit.
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It's bad news for the bank manager but good news for me - there's more gear on the way from Alpkit. Hopefully there's an AlpineDream 700 and a pack of Tikes on their way here. I'm looking forward to breaking-in the bag at the OM Sykeside Meet later this month.