Yeah was a fun day and as Andy says good to meet Fred, Fremsley and Razor. Kit was not really a problem, I only ditched my shovel as the handle was getting caught on the low branches 
Pack was absolutely fine! I'll be wearing it all again at sealion!
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
OOOWWWW My chuffing hooter! (or AAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH! as they say in Warlord)
I now have a perfectly spherical chip in my nose - I think the goggles must have taken some of the impact (hence the sensation of being hit between the eyes with a hammer) otherwise i think i may have broken it.
Nonetheless a nice day out and ohh Jimbo that SLR Yum Yum Yum - too much fun!
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
