Never been so orange

Nope not my skin after a too much time on a sun bed, my Paramo Veleze smock. It is one of the first gen ones so it a little bit heavier
than the ones on sale today, Forest green and Lava, although the Lava parts were starting to look gruby despite regular washes in Tech wash, also the cuffs tended to 'wetout' quickly. So I bit the bullet and washed both the coat and pants in Bold 3, then nipped to Adventure
centre Aka 'cheaptents.com' suport your local walking shop! To buy some Tech and Tx wash stuff 120 minutes later I had and shinny nicer smelling coat drip drying.

One thing to note, the tech wash seemed to me to be thicker, used the same amount as I always do, but this time the I had soap suds bubbling from the soap powder draw.

Tried my coat yesterday and it's as good as new the rain was beading off as good as ever. Not bad for a 7 year old coat

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The sun does shine....

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After a failed attempt on Friday to get in to the hills , I decided no matter what Saturday was hill walking day. It help that everything was ready packed in the back of the car. So all I had to do was to make my mind up to go walking, which sadly seems harder to do these days, despite me know that I'd enjoy it .

Turned out to be a nice day, the sun was out albeit low, I often forget just how low the sun is at this time of year. Only a few more weeks to go before it starts getting lighter again.

I have come to the conclusion that I like like view finds on cameras! Or is it that my Sigma Dp1's (not the new DP1s) LCD screen sux big time in bright light. But it still takes Good photo's.

Another thing that works okay is loading OS map with a route marked on them on to my iPod touch as images. Not great in wet weather but fine otherwise.

On top of the world?

On top of the world?
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Faye's first accent of Kinder Scout earlier this year.
Only 2 or 3 moans along the way. First about 25 minutes in and the last about 15 minutes from the car.

She really did enjoy it though, as she was very giddy at the trig point, even without any sweets.

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Chrome Hill

I only found out about this hill a few weeks ago, with it being near Buxton I though I have a looky.

Hard to believe the day started from all foggy and rainy.

Really is kinda weird walling on top of the ridge, look to your left and it looks like the Yorkshire dales, with its drystone walls and bare lime stone rock poking through the landscape. Look to your right and it's total different, more trees and the hills take on a more smooth and less dramatic shape.

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