FionaOutdoors

Envy is not a strong enough word to describe the G-Force and his reaction to my Gore-tex Active Shell test jacket. Then, as if by magic (or thanks to the kindness of me, his partner) the opportunity arose to test a Gore-tex jacket of his own. While it is not made of Gore-tex’s super new [...]

I like to make sure that outdoors equipment really does what it says it will. So I have been testing my Gore-tex Active Shell in a range of different situations. The Gore-tex Active Shell claims to be waterproof yet also breathable. This means that while the rain can’t penetrate the Gore-tex membrane, the sweat, in [...]

Running uphill without any flat sections for 5k on a gorgeously sunny, but breezy and chilly, day in the Bavarian Alps with two top French bloggers and runners, Greg-Runner and Mountain Goat Sylvain, makes me sweat. Of course it does! It’s faster than my usual pace, steeper than my usual hills, at higher altitude than [...]

Totally Cool Christine (who I first met at The Mighty Deerstalker) was looking to borrow a couple of tents for two very different occasions. I happened to have two tents for her to try. Here is her review of a Halfords pop-up tent and a Go-Lite two-man Eden tent. In fact, with the summer at [...]

Stunning weather, superb views, a total transport cost of £8.50 and a fabulous day of solo cycling. Don’t you just love it when a day of adventure turns out to be utterly perfect? I had a whole day to myself and bizarrely(for Scotland in September) the weather forecast was predicting blue skies and sunshine. So [...]

* See 10% discount code for Icebreaker at the end of the post. Everyone raves about Merino wool. But until you have tried a Merino wool baselayer for yourself you can never truly appreciate the quality. Am I being paid by someone to say this? Well, the Nature Shop did send me a lovely Icebreaker [...]

Chatting to the Ginger Prince before the London Triathlon I started to panic. He is a veteran of this event (and stormed an awesome 2hrs 6mins in this year’s Olympic distance) and told me that the distance from the end of the swim to the transition was quite a distance. Added to this, each triathlon [...]

I wrote some months ago about wearing bike helmets. I have seen little evidence to persuade me NOT to wear a helmet. I have also heard so much anecdotal evidence about how a helmet saved a person’s life or reduced their potential for injury when involved in an accident. I know I have blog followers [...]

I’ve always liked clothing and kit with pockets. I can recall as a child being given a secondhand anorak from a cousin and the best thing about it was the numerous pockets. There was a secret inside pocket. A pocket on the sleeve perfectly shaped to home a pen. Two pockets on the chest and [...]

Wispa the Wonder Whippet has been assisting me in the development of a new form of exercise. I’m not sure I really needed any more exercise in my life but this new, very fast-paced style of walking is actually proving to be a great tonic. It’s fab to have an excuse to leave my desk [...]