Thursday, 2 October 2008

Being a Tourist!:

When your out and about in the great outdoors a piece of equipment that is a must is a pair of binoculars.
The outdoors really does come to life if you are able to see things close up.
Whether that’s the landscape, Scenery or wildlife.

Then there’s telescopes for looking at the night sky, one of my favourite occupations.

Have you ever been looking through a pair of binoculars and suddenly something unepected happens, you catch sight of a rare bird or a deer appears with her young, you want to capture that moment, exactly as it looks through your binoculars.
Now with the latest in technology you can, Digital Camera Binoculars lets you instantly take that one chance only picture that you would otherwise of missed!

A web site I thought was particularly good for Binoculars, Telescopes, Monoculars and my favourite Night Vision Optics is: Binoculars & Telescopes Store.
Very reasonable prices, much cheaper then in the stores and specialist shops I’ve bought from these stores myself.

If your interested in how Binoculars work check out: Wikipedia




Camping & Hiking:

If you’re really feeling adventurous you might want to try hiking or camping or combining the two!
I personally love being under canvass (none of this caravan/camper van cheating nonsense!)

I grew up going on camping holidays and my love of it stayed with me to adulthood.
Ok so I don’t sleep on the floor, I have an airbed, and I don’t cook on a tiny stove I have a proper 2 ring gas cooker and I like a good quality camping chair and table…I don’t rough it that much!

There are so many different types of camping equipment from really taking the bare essentials, to having a camping shower, toilet, wardrobe…you get the picture!

Try Camping Equipment. Again reasonable prices and you will get everything you could possibly need here.
From flashlights, maps and compasses to tents, sleeping bags and gas stoves.

For a list of Long Distance Walks you can take from all over the world, check out: Walkies