Lidl, hiking gear...

Nick Hopton <[email hidden]> wrote in news😄Z$6KEByLShAFwy1
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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on
Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.200404Open ↗
22.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

Regards, Nick.

Oooh, cheap as chips lightweight hike boots....

Pooh, only up to size 11 and a half.

Counts me out with my size 13s....

--
Brian

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:17:38 +0100, Nick Hopton <[email hidden]>

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.20040Open ↗
422.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

I keep reading reports of people here picking up real
bargains at Lidl and think "expect my nearest store is 5
miles off in the middle of the worst part of town"
(apologies for snobbishness), however... store finder says
it is less than 2 miles away ;-) Must bookmark for future
reference !

--
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Mail john rather than nospam...

In message <[email hidden]>, Nick Hopton
<[email hidden]> writes

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.20040Open ↗
422.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

Regards, Nick.

The parasol base would be useful for standing your walking
poles in when you stop for a rest.

--
Martin Richardson
227/284 Munros - 20% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls
- 0% to go
228/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
229/1552 Marilyns - 73% to go

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on
Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.2004042Open ↗
2.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

Regards, Nick.

The parasol base would be useful for standing your walking
poles in when you stop for a rest.

I need a bigger rucksack. How else will I manage to carry
the 'mobile toilet'?

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"Fran" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I need a bigger rucksack. How else will I manage to carry
the 'mobile toilet'?

Buy a camper van for it. Then you can stay up the posh end
of campsites as well, away from the riff raff in the tents
(or the council house end as we refer to it).

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In message <[email hidden]>, Nick Hopton
<[email hidden]> writes

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on
Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.200404Open ↗
22.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

Regards, Nick.

The parasol base would be useful for standing your
walking poles in when you stop for a rest.

I need a bigger rucksack. How else will I manage to carry
the 'mobile toilet'?

No problem - the sunlounger cushions will easily replace the
three SI mattresses you normally carry, thus saving enough
room for the bog.
--
Gordon

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on
Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.200404Open ↗
22.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

I keep reading reports of people here picking up real
bargains at Lidl and think "expect my nearest store is 5
miles off in the middle of the worst part of town"
(apologies for snobbishness), however... store finder says
it is less than 2 miles away ;-) Must bookmark for future
reference !

Well, I did go down to Lidl today and bought one hiking
shirt, one hiking waistcoat, one pair of hiking trousers and
two pairs of hiking socks, all for the grand total of about
21-pounds. All of this stuff except the socks, is, according
to the labels, Teflon, so I'm not sure what its wicking
performance will be.

I just guessed the sizes, but everything seems to fit after
a fashion (I'm not sure which fashion, the new 'total prat'
look, I suspect). I'll be trying the new kit out tomorrow on
a 30-odd km ramble around Watership Down.

Regards, Nick.

--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

Fran <[email hidden]> wrote

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Under my Highlander <snip> it'll be lovely and comfy :-)

Och! Does Charlie know about him?
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Gordon

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Lidl are doing some hiking gear, starting on
Thursday, see:

lidl.co.ukc.o.oow.200404Open ↗
22.index

All areas too, by the look of it. I might have a mooch
around there on Thursday.

Visited my local store at Cowplain on Thursday evening
...... and acquired a rather smart pair of walking/trekking
shoes (the last in my size). Wore them for a short while
last night, and they are very comfortable, sturdy and good
to walk in. Great price at 14.99 ..... and probably made in
the same factory in South Korea/China as those Brand named
ones in the more 'quality' Outdoor shops. Billy bargain too,
as I bought a pair of Teflon coated light-weight walking
trousers that convert into shorts. There is also a zip the
length of the lower section of each leg so can be removed
without having to take off the boots.

Must keep an eye out for future deals.

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... sumitting still brings the
same excitement"

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Well, I did go down to Lidl today and bought one hiking
shirt, one hiking waistcoat, one pair of hiking trousers
and two pairs of hiking socks, all for the grand total of
about 21-pounds. All of this stuff except the socks, is,
according to the labels, Teflon, so I'm not sure what its
wicking performance will be.

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Let us know Nick. I bought shirt, trousers, socks, 2 pairs
of boots and a pair of trousers for the wife. One of the
pairs of boots were only £4.99
:-), goodness knows what these will be like?

Just back; a 32 km (according to Fugawi) round trip starting
and finishing near Watership Down. It was quite warm today,
so I after about an hour I took off the waistcoat.
Everything performed very well, the trousers are very light
and just right for this sort of weather and the socks were
very comfortable and much cooler than the 1,000-mile ones I
usually wear. All in all, a jolly good twenty-odd quid's
worth, I reckon.

All I'm waiting for now is for Lidl to start selling
miniature, lightweight wire cutters. One of my paths had
been blocked with a barbed-wire fence and I had to boot down
two of the fence posts to get through.

Regards, Nick.
--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

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If the fence is illegal, you boot it down or cut it
down. Never just climb quietly over it. That just
encourages the buggers.

But make sure you are right with determining which group
the fence belongs to first!

So how do you tell if a fence is legal or not? And even if
it's not, it's there for a purpose, so surely it's better
to climb over it rather than through it. Step ladders work
better than plastic piping, you should try them....

The RA says that if you come across a blocked right of way
you are entitled to remove the obstruction. Oddly enough, it
appears that you can only do this if you come across an
obstruction during the course of a walk (you are not allowed
to remove such an obstruction if the sole purpose of the
walk was do this, if understand it correctly).

Regards, Nick.

--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

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I use a plastic tube about two feet long / 1.5 inch
diameter with about a third cut out of it. Works well for
me, especially when I take two of

them

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for above and below. I've not snagged any clothing on
barbed wire in

quite

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some while. But that is just for fences legally allowed.

If the fence is illegal, you boot it down or cut it down.
Never just

climb

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quietly over it. That just encourages the buggers.

But make sure you are right with determining which group
the fence belongs to first!

So how do you tell if a fence is legal or not? And even if
it's not, it's there for a purpose, so surely it's better
to climb over it rather than through
it.Step ladders work better than plastic piping, you should
try them....

KRO

You carry a step-ladder?

I use sky hooks, slings and karabiniers (sp?).
--
Gordon

Nick Hopton <[email hidden]> wrote

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The RA says that if you come across a blocked right of way
you are entitled to remove the obstruction. Oddly enough,
it appears that you can only do this if you come across an
obstruction during the course of a walk (you are not
allowed to remove such an obstruction if the sole purpose
of the walk was do this, if understand it correctly).

Regards, Nick.

I'm puzzled by all the macho talk about hacking barbed wire
across ROW, anyway. In 32 years of hill and country walking
the only ROW I have found blocked are those which are
overgrown or diverted because my map was out of date. ;-)

Barbed wire along the route of a narrow path, and
encroaching too close to stiles are a PITA, but in most
cases they have been hammered down in the immediate
vicinity, IME.
--
Gordon

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Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote.

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The RA says that if you come across a blocked right of way
you are entitled to remove the obstruction. Oddly enough,
it appears that you can only do this if you come across an
obstruction during the course of a walk (you are not
allowed to remove such an obstruction if the sole purpose
of the walk was do this, if understand it correctly).

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I'm puzzled by all the macho talk about hacking barbed wire
across ROW, anyway. In 32 years of hill and country walking
the only ROW I have found blocked are those which are
overgrown or diverted because my map was out of date. ;-)

Macho, moi? No, just fed up. I don't get my routes out of
books and before I go out for a ramble I plot a track using
Fugawi, send it to the Geko and then walk it. From the map
it's not possible to get much idea of what one is likely to
encounter in advance and by the time one comes up against an
obstacle it's too late to do anything but go round or go
through. In these circumstances I go through, if possible. I
believe it's important to do this. The only complaint I have
ever made to a county rights-of-way department about the
deliberate obliteration of a footpath wasn't even
acknowledged, let alone dealt with.

I could avoid all of these problems by getting my walks from
books, I suppose [1]. But why should I? One of the pleasures
of walking routes that one has planned oneself is finding
oneself off the beaten track. Damn it, I want to do it *my*
way, not *his* way <g>.

Note [1]. Actually, I'm not sure this is the case. *Are*
there any books with circular walks of about 30 to 35 km in
length around the high ground of Berkshire, Oxfordshire,
Wiltshire and Hampshire?

Regards, Nick.

--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

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Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote.

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So how do you tell if a fence is legal or not? And even if
it's not, it's there for a purpose, so surely it's better
to climb over it rather than through it. Step ladders work
better than plastic piping, you should try them....

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I use sky hooks

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Available as a special offer at Lidl in week commencing the
31st of June. Restricted regions, European sizes only.

Regards, Nick.

--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

Fran <[email hidden]> wrote

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Note [1]. Actually, I'm not sure this is the case. *Are*
there any books with circular walks of about 30 to 35 km
in length around the high ground of Berkshire,
Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire?

Bound to be!

Yeaah, course there are, the watershed walks etc. :-)

I only use books for ideas, and a walking partner gets some
walks from books but I use the map and plot tracks according
to ROW. To be honest, the Right Of Access Bill means next to
nothing to me, anyone who wants to expend half their energy
ploughing through vegetation is welcome, I've done it in the
past and it has lost its appeal.

The length of a walk is not very significant, so long as
it's within my capabilities and offers good views and a
chance of seeing wildlife.

Of course you will se more of the latter further from
'civilisation'.
--
Gordon

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Note [1]. Actually, I'm not sure this is the case. *Are*
there any books with circular walks of about 30 to 35 km
in length around the high ground of Berkshire,
Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire?

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Bound to be!

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I only use books for ideas, and a walking partner gets some
walks from books but I use the map and plot tracks
according to ROW. To be honest, the Right Of Access Bill
means next to nothing to me, anyone who wants to expend
half their energy ploughing through vegetation is welcome,
I've done it in the past and it has lost its appeal.

You and I plan our walks in the same way then, but it can't
half dump you in some strange places at times. On the walk
last Friday just before where I had to deal with the barbed
wire fence I had to follow a ROW across a field densely
planted with some sort of plant that stood about four feet
high. Finding my way through this would have been a problem
at one time, but not since I started to navigate using
tracks with hundreds of points, rather than 30 or so
waypoints.

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The length of a walk is not very significant, so long as
it's within my capabilities and offers good views and a
chance of seeing wildlife.

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For me, a good walk is about 30 to 35 km with some up and
down thrown in for good measure. Last Friday was about par
for the course; starting at the car park on the B3051 at
White Hill, near Watership Down and following the Wayfarer's
Walk down to Frith Wood, paths and lanes to Wooldings Farm,
crossing the A34 near Cole Henley, through the woods up to
Lower Woodcott Down, Seven Barrows and the Wayfarer's Way
back to where I started from. 32 km with 2000-and-odd metres
of vertical ascent (according to the GPS) with a nice mix of
woody lowland and high chalk downland. Perhaps we all have
our rituals, I always seem to do these circular walks in a
clockwise direction <g>.

Regards, Nick.

--
Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton Caversham, Reading, England
<[email hidden]

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In a recent message <[email hidden]>,
Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote.

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So how do you tell if a fence is legal or not? And even
if it's not, it's there for a purpose, so surely it's
better to climb over it rather than through it. Step
ladders work better than plastic piping, you should try
them....

[...]

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I use sky hooks

[...]

Available as a special offer at Lidl in week commencing the
31st of June. Restricted regions, European sizes only.

I got an adjustable pair for £1.50 from Aldi on 30 February.

--
Martin Richardson
227/284 Munros - 20% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls
- 0% to go
228/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
229/1552 Marilyns - 73% to go

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I bought a pair of Teflon coated light-weight walking
trousers that convert into shorts. There is also a zip the
length of the lower section of each leg so can be removed
without having to take off the boots.

I've got a pair of those as well, from the last time the
offers were on. All I have to do now is to lose enough girth
to be able to do them up...
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