In reply to TobyA:
Yeah, fair enough. If you've got loads of money I suppose you have to spend it on something. When I was young my parents really struggled on their income. Me and my brother had free school meals, wore homemade school uniform and other clothes, never ever went abroad on holiday etc. But despite that we had an amazing upbringing. We walked the Cotswold Way, Pennine Way, Pembroke coast, Devon and Dartmoor path, had week long backpacking holidays in Wales and the Lakes, ran the Three Peaks, The 14 3000s, loads of caving, climbing, camping all over the place, all on a super shoestring budget. I guess it rubbed off on us both. In the late 90s me and my brother had an 11 week Chamonix holiday which cost us £300 each for the entire trip including the coach there and back. (We didn't get involved in the "traditional" English climber shoplifting thing either). But we did end up incredibly fit from all the walking up and down from the valley with full packs to get to the routes we wanted to climb.
I'm looking forward to your jacket review. I promise not to moan.
Cheers, Si.
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