By: Blonde One
1. You’re sat in a waiting room and you choose Devon Life instead of Cosmopolitan.
2. You’re most exciting purchase is a new map to replace your old battered one (but of course you don’t throw the old one away).
3. You have to stop at B&Q on the way home from work to buy meths for the Trangias.
4. You get excited by a trip to the docs surgery because it’s to get travel jabs.
5. You would rather snuggle up into a down sleeping bag than a quilt.
6. Three sets of underwear for an 8 day trip seems excessive.
7. Brushing your teeth inside a tent, using a mug instead of a tap is acceptable.
8. You turn down a hot shower at a friends house during an expedition in favour of a hot chocolate and early night.
9. It is okay to have a house covered in grass and mud.
10. All topics of conversation are acceptable with fellow expeditioners (especially Blonde ones).
How outdoorsy are you?!
2. Keeping all old maps of any scale and age = a big box of old maps that I can’t throw away because it would be wrong.
3. Buy meths more economically at Mole Valley Farmers!
5. Down sleeping bag is a permanent fixture by the bed 10 months of the year
6. 3 sets of undies for a 4 week trip – oh yes! 1 on, 1 washing/drying, 1 spare!
7. Brushing teeth inside a tent with no water is fine too
8. Fail – hot shower over hot chocolate anytime…
10. All topics on expedition stay on expedition, whoever they are shared with…
Number 10 the most important!
Another way to clean your teeth….
Defo to 1 – who wants to look at a bunch of plastics parading in party frocks!
Number 2 – just been looking for OS 109 Bodmin for trip to Cornwall at the weekend and have 8 copies of Dartmoor map in various scales and state of wear
Number 4 – hate jabs so no!!!
5,6,7,8,9 and 10: all fine!!!!
Had interesting discussion with girly colleague today about the use of bucket as toilet – she can’t believe we’ll happily use a bucket for a few days rather than a toilet, let alone dig a hole and do what one needs to do!!!!
Yep, I’ze think me’s outdoorsy!!!