I have bought many pairs of these wonderful Teva TirraTravelers. They fit great and look fantastic with long pants, shorts, skirts and even a lbd. They weigh only 440g. You can easily transport them in a to keep the dirty soles away from the rest of your stuff with no additional weight.

The best strategy is to not need first aid in the first place. Ensure your brakes are in order, don’t overdo things, drink enough. But you don’t want to drink water with bacteria or protozoa in it! You could add a micropur tablet and wait for an hour or filter your water. The DayCap in-bottle…

8 years ago I bought a heavy duty Sailrite sewing machine for boat covers, sails and sun shades.  One of the first things I used it for in 2018 was to fix the sunshade of our house with this Big Blue Beast . I fixed a lot of big heavy boat covers that were difficult…

from Deuter is always attached to my bike. I never ride anywhere without: Maybe I need a second patch? And the tools to fix a broken chain? I really don’t want to have to walk my broken bike. This stuff lives in I also put my phone in here, and worry about it getting scratched.…

I love looking at brand new first aid kits and thinking about the things that could happen and how to fix them. But in real life I usually end up repacking it in a hurry just before going on a trip. The last time we went I forgot to restock the things my husband really…

of nano-weight baggies made of Dyneema that make travel so much easier! in a super light-weight Dyneema baggy. Put a hole through the small bar of soap you got at the last hotel, thread it with the string tying the label to your last clothing acquisition, drip dry it after use and pop it into…

Two days after I finished my corporate job, and with it no longer enjoy a corporate salary, the stockmarket crashed, and the guy who caused it still has a few years to go on with his destruction. So before I start buying yet more cool and interesting raw materials, I’ll start by actually using up…

Now that I’ve finished my decades-long corporate career, I’d like to focus on doing cool and interesting stuff. I love to sew, saw, sand and shellac and create useful things that you can’t buy. Such as a tiny baggy made out of dyneema material that holds 5 ear cleaners. I’ve travelled a lot and intend…