Great job scorpain, thanks for giving an update and review of your kit, these are always helpful. I am impressed you just got on with it and gave it a go instead of what I did and procrastinated for 2 years but I too filled my pack and took off this August bank Holiday, I had an interesting three days of kit fails, one after the other until I had to call it a day, admit defeat and get a Premiere Inn, soaked to the skin and everything I was wearing leaked... Glad to hear your kit was better than mine.. Good luck finding affordable waterproof kit, over the years I have spent a small fortune buying Craghoppers / Sprayway / Berghaus etc... My advice would be to buy the best and buy once.. £100 jackets might be waterproof for a while.. £150 boots might be waterproof for a while. Get good socks and look after the rest.. Enjoy your next trip..