Thanks everyone for the replies, you are all such a wonderful lot. Before I joined this forum it has been a very lonely 10 years. Now I feel less alone.
Well, you should have joined earlier. Quite a few people on here including myself have found help outside of walking and have found true friendship on ore than one occasion. This place has brought more than the odd one or two people out of their shells and enabled some to talk about things they never thought they would on a forum. I guess we just bring out the best in people.
I have had the micky taken on more than one occasion, but it's only because of the genuine friendliness you get on here. If it ever gets malicious or spiteful, it'll be a troll and RP, PB or Chris will be on them like a ton of bricks
Photoshop can't however replace them old jumpers.... Tragic
God, the kit we used to wear, cold wet cotton T-Shirts and jeans, mad
I now stay relatively warm and dry in my layers and even if I get wet you dry so much quicker thanks to wicking materials. Oh and I've actually got a waterproof jacket that is!! Not like the RAF Cagoules
The cold/wet gear in the RAF was called that, because, if you wore it, you were