christmas present to the guys, baccy tin sized first aid kit. and one of the lads is going backpacking with me in the brecon beacons. started planing when we found his dads bergen.

probably a good time to mention the little saying at the rowing club, 'vetrans take several pints of beer to agree to stupid ideas, juniors start them' explains the berecon beacons on the shortest day idea. the long range shows good weather(used to acuratly predict weather at regattas, except when i wore winter gear on the hottest day, it was foggy at 4am)so not too bad, though i hope like hell we can actualy shift quickly on the route we are taking. otherwise i miss christmas eve diner(read lots of hot food!) though missing my little (er might be niece, family relation stuff is not my best point, will fill this in later) would be an advantage.