By Jon/Dave Mycroft
Link: http://tinyurl.com/2raxpo
We popped along to the OS Outdoors Show on Friday. So many stands, so many people that we couldn't hope to do everything justice and unfortunately, we got so caught up in jawing with people that we didn't even manage to get to the bar.
Overall, we thought it was an improvement on last year's slightly disappointing effort. There seemed to be more interactive stuff around plus lots of stuff to buy too. On top of that, we spotted the odd interesting new product - more elsewhere on the site - and discovered that the excellent all-natural US Clif Bars are back in the UK.
Anyway, here are a few photos to give you an idea of what it was like, the first one shows what happens when the Royal Marines abseil off the roof a little too enthusiastically for the opening ceremony - that window looks expensive... Ooops.
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Cont.: http://tinyurl.com/2raxpo
This pic is from the article and I find it rather interesting:
Something else that caught our eye was this uber headtorch from bespoke bike kit people Hope. More elsewhere, but it's a very neat, CNC-engineered housing with twin high-powered LEDs and a rechargeable battery pack that should blow away anything else out there in terms of brightness. Ideal for evening fell running, but not cheap at £175. Gulp... serious light, serious price.
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