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	<title>Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer &#187; Outdoor Gear</title>
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	<description>Thanks for dropping by. What is now my hillwalking blog started out as a place to put hillwalking trip reports and photo gallery update news. It has since blossomed from those beginnings to take on a life of its own, with the aforementioned being complemented by related topics such as plans for future outings, walking books, outdoors gear, weather, travel and the wonder of nature. Enjoy.</description>
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		<title>A new jacket from a January sale</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2012/01/09/a-new-jacket-from-a-january-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that perplexes me about down-filled duvet jackets is that they&#8217;re incompatible with rain. It was something that dawned on me over the Christmas and I was mulling over the idea of acquiring one with a water-resistant coating. However, this winter has turned out largely mild away from Scotland and the cost of such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;They&#8217;re On You!&#8221; Moment</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/01/15/a-theyre-on-you-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the deluges that have fallen over Wales, Cumbria, the North Pennines and Scotland, today wouldn&#39;t have made for a pleasurable day&#39;s walking. Last weekend though, things were very different and I took myself to Wales for a hike from Roman Bridge to Pen y Pass. The ground was waterlogged in many places then so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New laces for my TNF Hedgehogs</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/01/14/new-laces-for-my-tnf-hedgehogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I the only person whose trail shoes outlast their laces? Well, it&#39;s happened me with a few of them and my North Face Hedgehogs were the latest to gain disintegrating laces and these are very thin too. Being long and narrow has meant their getting wet and getting caught in the chainset of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the power of price reductions and open doors</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/09/26/on-the-power-of-price-reductions-and-open-doors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two months, I have to admit that two spur of the moment purchases got made and price reductions were partly to blame for them. Another cause was my playing with buying the sorts of items in question in the not so distant past anyway. On both occasions, I wasn&#39;t really on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly the kind of weather for sunbathing</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/08/18/hardly-the-kind-of-weather-for-sunbathing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/08/18/hardly-the-kind-of-weather-for-sunbathing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheshire has seen many a fast moving spotty rain shower pass over it today and the Met Office&#8217;s online rain radar shows more Ireland. In between those, there have been spells of alluring sunshine of the kind that makes wonderful photos. How is it that you need a session of rain for the sunlight to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An alternative choice</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/08/01/an-alternative-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I was in a shop when I overheard someone moaning about the less than exciting weather that has been with us for much of July. Many have very optimistic hopes for the summertime so that sense of frustration was understandable. It&#39;s why it&#39;s best to spread those aspirations around the year instead. Nevertheless, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pondering shock absorption</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/05/18/pondering-shock-absorption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many things that I like about my Meindl Burmas but one niggle always been how harshly they treat my feet over hard surfaces like tarmac, gravel or dried out grassland. My recent foray into the Scottish Borders was another reminder of this and I now am minded to look for a solution. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now that an arctic visitor has departed</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/01/22/an-inspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One night last week after I had tired of trying to break up ice on the footway outside my house, I finally got to watching my copy of the BMC&#39;s Winter Skills DVD. That act may have brought a wealth of information my way but I have no intention of launching a full scale incursion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alterations</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/01/18/alterations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who are regulars may note a certain change in the colours around here. Another bit of electronic fiddling was the cause of bringing the background colour to my notice The new year has yet to see a proper piece of outdoors action. That&#39;s not to say that I didn&#39;t go inspecting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More snow in the air</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/12/22/more-snow-in-the-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I know why it was a good idea to sit schtum on Sunday. This afternoon, I took a bus over the hills to find a Buxton constantly beset by snow showers. Even with my being shod in North Face Hedgehogs, a certain chill was felt as I negotiated soft and often slushy snow underfoot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A good covering</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/12/19/a-good-covering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was out earlier this evening on an A to B trip on my bike when a shower of sleet came upon me, not a problem with my being appropriately attired. Even if I got snow, the lugs on my mountain bike&#39;s tyres would have coped; yes, they are staying inflated so far. Speaking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A promise made good</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/12/18/a-promise-made-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent days, Mapyx has brought out OSNI 1:50000 Discoverer mapping data for Quo with 1:25000 due to follow. Having found some free time, I got a quick chance to metaphorically kick some tyres. As with OSi maps, you cannot have OS maps and OSNI maps open at once but there is no bar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSi Maps now on Quo</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/11/26/osi-maps-now-on-quo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Mapyx finally made good their promise to bring out Ordnance Survey Ireland 1:50000 Discovery mapping&#160;data for Quo. Pricing is &#163;1.99 per tile, more comparable with &#163;1.95 per tile for OS Explorer maps than 99p per tile for OS Landranger. Even with the (little) extra outlay, that&#39;s not so bad and I&#160;purchased tiles&#160;for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A continuing internationalisation</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/10/31/a-continuing-internationalisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While penning yesterday&#39;s missive regarding the forthcoming availability of OSi mapping data from Mapyx, I had little idea of what was in the pipeline from Anquet. Until now, Anquet&#39;s established offering in the digital mapping arena was restricted to areas on Great Britain. Unless I missed something, not even Northern Ireland got a look in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapyx Quo becomes more international</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/10/30/mapyx-quo-becomes-more-international/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the only way of acquiring digital mapping for &#201;ire was to purchase a Trail Master DVD from the OSi. Earlier this year, that changed with&#160;its&#160;inclusion in Geolives along with France, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland but it seems that things recently moved on from there again. An email from Mapyx yesterday [...]]]></description>
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