Surviva Jak Heat Reflective Jacket
Right from the off I’ll say it: get one, they work.
The kayaking trip turned into a hike along a section of The Ridgeway. Not disappointed as I’ve always loved the chalk down landscape, we set off from Letcombe Regis.
I had an “Alice-down-the-rabbit-hole” sensation tramping up the tree-lined, muddy lane. When we got to the top and came out into the fields I’d been dropped into another world.
“There are big cats around here,” my friend commented as I pointed out a large circular paw print. No idea whether she was pulling my leg but later, up on the ridge and down in the punchbowl, it wasn’t hard to imagine a large feline predator crouching in the tussocky landscape.
A healthy, new hedge marks the field boundary, a tiny piece of patchwork in the blanket that covers this part of Southern Oxfordshire. We followed it before striking off to a line of trees near the top of the ridge, a great place to stop for a bite to eat. Heavy rainclouds plodded above the wide-open landscape below us. [click to continue…]
