{"id":419,"date":"2010-02-28T18:29:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T18:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simon\/wanderlust\/?p=419"},"modified":"2022-08-24T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T03:20:08","slug":"olympic-speed-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.simid.cloud\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Speed Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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V’s New Lowe Apline Pack. Click for Specs<\/p><\/div>\n

What a weekend ! The idea was to got up at lunch on Friday and spend it with J&S in Stockport – do some leisurely gear shopping and possibly go for a day walk in the Peak District or get V a snowboarding lesson at Chill Factore<\/a>. V got solidly stuck at work on Friday afternoon, so we only got to Manchester in the evening. Between 9 and 1 Saturday we bolted around every big name shop in what must be an Olympic<\/em> record.\u00a0Our shopping list was long, but it was more about seeing and trying on things we had seen online. V’s essential item was a backpack (I think she already has 7 – what’s one more). She found the perfect one at Snow and Rock<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0To quote V, “It has a whistle, but no bells” – the chest buckle doubles as a whistle. I’ve been hearing about all its specs, features, pockets, buckles and zips ever since. It is really quite a pack – think I may have to get one too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Shopping is Tough<\/p><\/div>\n

I found a pair\u00a0strops for myself (ones that don’t make me look\u00a0like I’m wearing flippers) and we made a dent in our list with a few other odds and ends. I miss being able to pop into an outdoor shop whenever I want – it really isn’t the same as shopping online. Thankyou thankyou J&S.<\/p>\n

Saturday afternoon we went down to London for a surprise (for us too) engagement party for V&T that went on till 2am – that was a looong day – but great fun to be around good friends. By Sunday afternoon we were all spent but it must have been even worse for J&S – at least we could snooze\u00a0on the road back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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