Preparing for the Alps With my first summer alpine trip not far away I thought I’d better make an effort to spend as much time as possible getting used to […]
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Graham’s Coast to Coast Cycle
In June I took a week out of the office to cycle the Coast to Coast. The route I planned to take was created by Tim Woodcock which starts on […]
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12 essential tips for sleeping outdoors
Check out this awesome infographic from Thermarest with tips for getting a good night’s kip in the great outdoors. Click here to see the full Thermarest range from facewest.co.uk Image […]
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Oliver’s Haute Route – Guest blog
The following article is written by Oliver Chipperfield, who, in March 2015 completed a traverse of the Haute Route. We thought we would share Oliver’s advice and experience with […]
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Suunto Ambit Range
The Suunto Ambit 3 range is Suunto’s latest sports watch family, designed to take advantage of technology now available in modern smart phones and tablets. The range breaks down […]
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Pile Gloves
Sometimes it takes a while to spot a change in your habits or preferences, especially when you try as much new kit as I do. Recently I noticed there was a […]
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Mountain Equipment Drilite – Explained!
Everyone’s heard of Gore-Tex and eVent, but there’s some other great options for waterproof fabric too. Mountain Equipment uses their own Drilite on many of their jackets, pants and gloves. […]
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Mammut Product Testing
A couple of weeks ago, Graham and myself went down to Wales to spend a couple of days with the team from Mammut, testing out and learning about some of […]
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Making the most of the snow
Snow? In Yorkshire?! OK then. The Facewest team have been revelling in the last week’s snowfall and getting out skiing (and running and biking) in the cold white stuff. The […]