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In my daily geeky techie readings via the great iPad app Zite, I came across this story from the Digital Trends site. Basically this is a gadget to watch out for. Initial reading makes it very applicable for those of … Continue reading →

A tweet from Alan Sloman reminds me that today sees the start of the annual migration of TGO Challengers heading North of the border towards the various starting points on the West coast of Scotland. Tomorrow Glasgow Queen Street Station … Continue reading →

Today the latest ViewRanger update for the iPad/iPhone went live. It was only a couple of weeks ago that we got the update that supports the new iPad retina display. I’m mentioning this update because ViewRanger have added the feature … Continue reading →

In the big wide world outside of the outdoors community there are things called hackathons, or for video game creation game jams. Generally these are events put on that have coders, designers, artists etc coming together in one location and … Continue reading →

Thought I’d briefly post one or two tweets that are outdoor related. The first is a handy link for those on this years TGO Challenge who want to share their journey using the Social Hiking site. RT @SocialHiking A guide … Continue reading →

This Thursday Aldi have cheap walking gear on sale again. Get there early to avoid the rush…

We have the spork the love child between a spoon and a fork. But forget that evolution has moved on welcome to the chork the unnatural spawn of a fork and chopsticks getting together. Is this going to be the … Continue reading →

If you have a Trailstar, then you really need to pop over to Oookworks. Oookworks is one of those rare UK based “cottage based” companies catering for the lightweight section of the market place. I don’t have either of these … Continue reading →

Today Strider and I found a new spot to walk that took us along another stretch of South Holland Main Drain. Obviously this wasn’t me. I’d never overload a BushBuddy like that. I’m thinking of producing a little map mash … Continue reading →

This morning I had some feedback via Twitter to yesterday’s post from ViewRanger. So here is their tweets to me. I’m looking forward to seeing that update become available. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad