Cheers!

What a lovely day.

Managed to get loads done in the garden (as well as a glass of good Sauv' Blanc). A day in the Beacons was on the cards as Sarah and the boys are in Yorkshire with mum and dad for the Easter holidays, but Alan had a party with his biker buddies out West, so I stayed here, dug my vegetable patch and played with my new camera.

I am now the proud owner of a Canon 40D and some serious glass to go with it. I haven't used an SLR since I put my T70 in the attic when I got my first digital compact, and Duncan has been making me very jealous with his photography exploits.

I am really looking forward to getting out in the hills with this beast.

The only thing is, it adds about 6lbs to my day pack plus a tripod. I think I read somewhere that they do a camera mount for Pacer Poles... I'm off to Google it.

Matt Hazley update...

I had an email from Matt last night, his partner gave birth to a whopping 9lb 15oz baby boy, Jack, on Sunday morning.

Now Matt has someone to carry his pack too.

I'll give him a couple of months to settle (hah!) and give him a call to see what his plans are. He was talking about rowing to the moon in under a month ;)

Well done mate! All the best!

Photo courtesy of Andrew Kornylak www.akornphoto.com

John Muir Trail - Cookie style

Check out Cookies JMT video. Truly inspirational stuff.

I was getting pee'd on in the Cambrian mountains and he was doing this.

 

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