Comments on: Summertime blues

By: Geoff C

Geoff C — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:50:18 +0000

Dave - Interesting, ours were both 270g including stuffsack, which is spot-on. I wonder if the weight discrepancy is the old ‘precision vs accuracy’ argument. I have postal weighing scales that are very sensitive indeed, and also some electronic scales, but they give different readings, so how do I verify their accuracy?. I take some items along to the Post Office and weigh them on their super duper scales, I believe they are very accurately calibrated.

James - report uploaded now.

Dude - no problems there, nothing missed. I think we all get a bit edgy climbing the walls and itching for a good backpack. I’ve seen the Evanton to Ullapool route, sounds fantastic and I hope it goes well.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:18:18 +0000

Hi Geoff,

Clearly everyone is down and in need of a night or two in the hills! Lots of bloggers just biding their time by the looks of things. I’ve not really been checking my blog recently due to work commitments but hope I haven’t missed any of your comments.

I’m in the the latter planning phases of a 6 day backpack in Scotland (Evanton to Ullapool C2C) so its time well spent at least….

By: James Boulter

James Boulter — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:50:10 +0000

Look forward to reading about deserted mid wales, I love it there.

By: Dave Hollin

Dave Hollin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:14:30 +0000

Geoff,

the Neoair is here……..

light but not as light as claimed! 260g printed on the box, weighed on my uber accurate scales and 292g! does that mean its 10% warmer???

By: Geoff C

Geoff C — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:53:49 +0000

Dave,
Good luck with the NeoAir and the delivery. My new one has been flawless.

James,
No worries about the comments, yours are always welcome. Just back from a 3-day backpack that I’ll write up tomorrow, great weather once the early mist had cleared. Another one mostly in the deserted back alleys of mid Wales visiting a raft of 500m Dewey tops.

By: James Boulter

James Boulter — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:37:10 +0000

Its going to be sunny this weekend Geoff, get yourself out there! It was meant to be bad waether when I went to the north pennines last weekend and I was pleasantly suprised (rain at night and sun during the day) Some bloggers respond to forum comments, others don’t - I always try to, hope I have not inadvertantly ignored you?
Go to Ireland if you get the chance, it is stunning. Yes the access situation is poor and the OS Ireland maps are a bit rubbish, but you are guaranteed to have the hills to yourself.

By: Dave Hollin

Dave Hollin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Hadnt thought of that Geoff …..

although to be fair, I was assured by the supplier that the reason I hadnt received it yet because he was waiting for new stock

By: Geoff C

Geoff C — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:38:32 +0000

Alistair,
I’ll keep the general idea of flying on a back burner. I’ve only once made a casual enquiry about air travel and that was to find out about flights to the Isle of Man, and it was obvious in seconds that I’d never flown before:- I asked the innocent question ‘what fares are available?’ and the operator paused and said ‘How long have you got?’. In the end it turned out I could fly to America for less.
Ireland doesn’t seem to have an active hillwalking scene to speak of, it’s very hit-and-miss with access I believe. I searched the web recently for walker info on the Ireland OSI mapping and found hardly any references.

Dave - let’s hope your NeoAir is a good one and not one of the old deflators!.

Robert,
Thanks very much. This is the weather for getting other jobs done I think, I’m trying to keep in reasonable shape by training at home with the weights.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:42:59 +0000

I thought it was just me. I have been trying to get into backpacking this year. But a mixture of parental illness, and too much work has conspired to stop me. I can’t complain really as it looks like it may not have been the best weather anyway to ramp up my activity. And I feel I have my priorities right for the moment.

Your site is much appreciated, keep it up!

By: Dave Hollin

Dave Hollin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:07:57 +0000

Geoff,

wrote a snotty email to the supplier about my absent-ordered-10-days-ago neoair. They came back very apologetic and agreed to knock money off for the wait. Slightly happier now but still want it to turn up soon!