Clearly we haven't been wasting our time here merely shopping, eating and being entertained by relatives - I have managed to fit in a bit of serious Walking Kit Procurement, and of course you may recall that Canada is the Home of the Tilley Hat, and there is a main store in Vancouver that has a well-worn path from our temporary abode in Burnaby.
I honestly didn't intend to come away resplendent in an example of Mr Tilley's Finest Millinery, but as Fate would have it he had just produced a new Organic Ecological Model, and although a quick conversion of the price in CAD revealed that it was not exactly the cheapest ever, I remembered the Tilley Promise of a new one at half price should it ever be stolen, lost or otherwise defective.
Myriam commented that I looked even more like Indiana Jones in it (not really, but it makes for better copy!), so the deal was struck.
I won't plunge into a full review of all the features at once, for fear of losing even more readers of this blog, but suffice to say, the wider brim and use of organic cotton make it even cooler than the LT5. Moreover there are no holes in this model to admit wasps or killer bees.
Here it is, and take no notice of the old man modelling it - the light was bad and neither was my best side!
Note the wider sweeping brim and the vented anterior section.
There is more - an ultralightweight 11-pocket gilet suitable for carrying masses of gadgets, sweets and liquid refreshment across the Algarve wastes, but that is a teaser and is unavailable for photography because of the aforementioned packing. Prepare to be astounded and delighted next Wednesday on the warm-up walk.
Looking forward to working off the summer's damage and see you all soon.
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