Daily Archives: March 19, 2007

Outdoors show….

Well thanks to my free ticket from Paramo I visited the outdoors show on Sunday.

Enjoyed the show very much got some ideas on ruc-sacs, as I need a new one for the GR20. Any suggestion would be helpful ???

Preferred the ones more suited to climbing , the Lowealpine mountain attack,but didn’t like the fact it had no side pockets or webbing on the front, which can come in useful, when walking.

Got to say hello to Stuart from country walking forum….. but none of the Guys on the RA stand used the Forum so I escaped there…  🙂

Geoff  got a fantastic little tent The terra-nova competition will be very cosy for the 2 of us !!.  I was amazed at how easy it was to put up, even for a blonde like me……

As it was Mothers day too I also got to call in to see my mum, as we practically passed their door on the way to Birmingham, was the first time in aprox 25 years that I have seen my mum on Mothers day.

Alpine Challenge….

If you have not read about Judy Armstrong and her Alpine Challenge then please do so I am sure you will find it fascinating

I have added her link to my blogroll under walking Websites so we can follow her progress.

I believe after months of training she is intending to set out on this Trek at the end of march…  I wish her luck and look forward to reading the progress reports and seeing the photos too.

An Amazing Day…..

Its been Science week in Cambridge 12th to 25th March.

So on Saturday we spent the day going round the different exhibitions and talks.

First we went off to the Department of Experimental Psychology to see how our minds and brains work, there were some good hands on tests which I found very interesting.

The Arts room had an exhibition about how your body clock works and why you can feel so awful if its disrupted by shift work ,jet lag or sleep disorders. Your more likely to wake with a migraine after a night of dreaming….

The one I found most amazing was the Archaeology found at the Grand Arcade. The Archaeological work covered more than 1 Hectare of the  city centre, lasted for 12 months and involved up to 30 archaeologists on site.

It was amazing to see the display of things they had found…including pencils, shoes, pipes, bottles, pottery and skeletons of 4 cows…one which was on display.

We also went to 3 talks… Amazing Aeroplanes Big and Small.

Women, science and  history,  and  What can Ice tell us about climate change.

A real amazing  and interesting day…..