| _______________ |  | Survival Tip of the Day for Sep 4, 2008 | | Rules for safe travel on foot - Never step on anything you can step over, and never step over anything you can step around. Following these rules will help prevent, stumbles and falls that can result in sprains and other injuries. | |
| _______________ | | Eurobike 2008: Report 6 | | and with my flight out of Eurobike at lunchtime there's just a couple of hours with which to make one last blitz around the show. Stay tuned, though - there's lots of stuff still to come... | |
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| _______________ | | Wristwatch/GPS tracker is suitable for outdoor sports | | Taiwan Globalsat Technology Corp. has released the GH-625, a wristwatch/GPS tracker and receiver with a large LCD panel. The water-resistant unit is equipped with a SiRFstarIII chipset that supports WAAS and EGNOS. It is embedded with a high-capacity | | |
| _______________ | | Autoloaders Autoloading | | Keeping An ounce of prevention goes a long way. By Layne Simpson With more than 50 boxes of shells fired, the authors 20 gauge Beretta never malfunctioned, but when it became a bit sluggish, a small amount of oil applied to its action put it back into | |
| _______________ | | Eurobike 2008: Report 5 | | The Van Nicolas Zion is the company's marathon/race bike Just check out that detailing The Mamtor - for folk who like their bikes laid back and with a long travel fork up front Meet the Jumping Pig from Checkerpig. Yes really... Santa Cruz Nomad looking | |
| _______________ | | Scottish government addresses the use of moorland fires | | Muirburn ensures healthy heather. Views are being sought on plans to vary the dates during which land managers can carry out muirburn. As global warming has an increasing impact on weather patterns, the Scottish government is considering allowing dates | |
| _______________ | | Do You Bring Extras? | | Camping is an art. The more you camp, the better prepared you become. If you keep a checklist, you probably revise it every time you go camping. Campers eventually learn that redundant can be a good thing. A backup propane canister, extra tent stakes, or | |
| _______________ | | Zoo Programme is breeding success | | 'NOBODY should allow a species to go extinct without at least trying to prevent it happening. You never know what is going to happen around the corner.' So says Edwin Blake, head keeper of reptiles at Edinburgh Zoo, where he's worked for more than 30 | |
| _______________ | | Eurobike 2008: Report 3 | | Day two and I'm roughly halfway through my visit to Eurobike. There's still so much to see but the impending fear of running out of time is hard to ignore. So I'd best crack on then, but first, some coffee... Felt's Equilink suspension design is well | |
| _______________ | | Merida MTB Marathon: Penrith | | Less than ten days to go before the last event of the Merida Bikes MTB marathon Series 2008 in Penrith Cumbria. As at the last three events, the Penrith round will also be a double with the Gore Bike Wear Sportive taking place on Saturday (13 September) | |
| _______________ | | We take a spin around Brechfa Forest | | Stats Derwen Green trail Grade Green (easy) Distance 9.2km Climb 506m Derwen Blue trail Grade Blue (moderate) Distance 4.7km Climb 307m Gorlech trail Grade Red (difficult) Distance 19km Climb 1,071m Raven trail Grade Black (severe) Distance 18.5km Climb | |
