Monday, 17 May 2010

To the coast!!

A quick blat to the coast and back at the weekend, a bit of practice packing light, setting up and down and a nice little test for the iPhone satnav on my new RAM mount.  Was using NDrive Western Europe and it worked a treat, the mount is really solid and had no vibrations at all.  The screen was easy to see and quick to read at a glance, the only glitch was that when you whizz round a roundabout at 45 degrees the screen flipped over for a while.  


Also spent another night in the new Snugpak traveller sleeping bags, thanks to BCH Camping matching the new reduced internet prices.  They fold down very small and are great to pack, but aren't quite as thermally insulating as our huge old Vango sleeping sacks, which are super sized too which I am missing, the Snugpaks tend to be just a bit too snug for my broad shoulders and can feel a bit like sleeping wrapped in cling film!  (not that I know what that would feel like!!)

It also rained a fair bit of the ride back too, which was interesting, found that my screen and handguards do a 100% better job of keeping me dry compared to the old Firestorm!  Nice.  Definitely made the ride back a lot more enjoyable.

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