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A big hat to pull down over your eyes for a five hour lunch.

I have a Whitby lambsfoot with a ridiculously strong spring. The things we do for fashion.

Right trouser pocket on any day with a Y in it. Knife changes from time to time. Been looking for a smaller, simpler torch for a while. I just want on and off. All the cheap ones have loads of stupid modes. Loathed to spend literally 20-100x the money (yep, really) on Surefire though when I don’t need to clear rooms with it.

Yeah. One of those except bright yellow. I'll buy another and it's sure to turn up.

I’ve very annoyingly lost Sailor’s 211.5. Taken off its usual string for a system change and never returned. Carelessness that will haunt me forever.

I was wearing DPM waterproof trousers this morning. They work well enough. I don’t use equivalently cheap scopes. They don’t work well enough. A lot of what you get when you buy a pukka scope is confidence. Frees up brain space to do all the other things you need to do to make a shot. Nagging doubts like that your windage clicks aren’t clicking will make you overthink and doubt yourself and you’ll talk yourself into bad wind calls.

My old scout leader used to give out Opinels at ceremonial junctures; being made a seconder or a sixer etc. Then the next size up at your next stage of progression. Brilliant idea I thought. Cheap and stays with you for life. When I became a scout leader, the law was such that I couldn’t do the same thing so I sexually abused them instead.

A £1000 rifle will shoot lights out these days. I wouldn’t hesitate to put a £2000 scope on a £200 rifle either. They can shoot too. The scope is more important.

Viewed in isolation, Mark ‘Lofty’ Bolam has the biggest pedestrian skidsteer in the country.

When considering budget, look at the cost of a trip to Bisley and the cost of ammo. Then decide how much you can afford to piss away on a scope that doesn’t track. I’m very economic but one of the things I’ll spend money on without flinching is rifle scopes.

Well it’s having another go now so you’ve got about half an hour if you need to go to the shop or anything.

A thread for those who like to be organised and have useful things about their person, day to day. I’ve been looking for a pen for ages that won’t stain or wear out my pockets and doesn’t break in five minutes. Cheap ones I won’t cry about if I lose as opposed to smart brass ones etc. I think I’ve found it. Designed for noting insider trading tips you overhear on the fifth tee but golf shops will sell them to anyone. Lids are firm, corners are round, tips are fine. A lovely little victory.

I don’t know what you’re all whingeing about. The sun is beating down on the north east of England. Apart from five minutes before this photo where the dog was swimming along a footpath of course.

I thought this was your thread for a moment. Was about to comment, "Oh aye Andrew. Another tractor's what you need..."