July 2013 7
Do something that scares you
We’ve all heard the Baz Lurman Song Suncreen with the sage voice telling us: “do something that scares you every day”. We’ve also most probably written off the advice as nice sounding but not really that apt for our situation. I challenge you to try this advice for a week tho, just one week, and […]
Sea to Sky 10k
I recently made a return to an organised trail race after a long absence due to work. I must say that the Sea to Sky 10k was the perfect reintroduction. In organised races it’s often true that either the course is excellent and the organisation is poor or vice versa. In this case (the first […]
Hi-Tec Zuuk – Gear Review
Hi-Tec recently contacted us asking if we could give them our opinion on their newly released shoe, the Zuuk. These shoes are aimed at anyone who wants to wear something comfy after a long walk or workout, or anything that results in sore and tired feet. Weighing in at only 320g for a pair they […]
Slieve Lamagan Summit Camp – A Wet and Windy
Slieve Lamagan had been calling out to us, always there but never on the agenda. Looming over Annalong Valley, silently watching. The mountains Irish name translates as creeping/crawling mountain, an odd name, which we were about to find out, was pretty darn accurate. The weather look promising, a predicted dry evening followed by some showers […]
Quick Bivvy By The River
After a rather inopportune stomach bug forced me to cancel my plans for a two night bivvy last week, I was itching to get out for an overnighter. Rusty and Eamonn naturally obliged and on Saturday evening we made for Tollymore forest to begin our camp in the Mournes, on the edge of the Spinkwee […]
Force Ten Helium 100 Tent – Gear Review
A lightweight one man tent, that comes with a small pack size and a very attractive price tag. I purchased the Force Ten Helium 100 because it ticked the boxes of being a lightweight, one man tent, that packed up small and didn’t cost an astronomical amount of money, and I can tell you now, […]