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'Gire'me

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crell11l ..

LOCAL ANGER

wa s reveal ed

yesterday when a cros s section of the

population wa s questioned about

plans

for a new gas

cooled nuclear

react or just tw enty three mil es north

west of the cit y centre.

poll r

Th e opinion

evealed strong anti nuclear

feelings

among thre e fifth s of the

population.

Indeed, the coexistenc e

of

pressure groups in the valley

two

came to light: one a small time affair

led by a

dog loving cat

food factory

owner cohabiting with a us ed car

sales woman in a tw enty st orey hi gh

ri se block,

the othe r a more

th rea tening operation with left wing

Ma rxi st

Leninist sym pa thies . This

latter group, coordinated by

Lieutenant

Colone l James Fox

T

albot, the red haired Porsche

driving managing director of an

ultra

mod ern high explosive factory,

i s

already suspecte d of having

committed a

number of acts of low

level sabotage. Lad y Fox Tal bot , the

Lieutenant

Colone l's university

educated wife a nd cocoord in ator of

the group, ha s described these

accu sations as

far

fetched .

'We are simply r

eminding the

democratically electe d govern me n t of

it s dem

ocratic resp on

sibilities,' the

Fox Talbots sa id in a jo

issu ed y

int statem ent

esterday. 'As paren ts with a

three ye a r old son ,

we a re deepl y

w

about the gover n me nt's

orried

happy go lucky a tti t ude to radiation.

We

urge all our

d

fellow valley

well ers to join us a nd take

advantage of this once in a lifetim e

opportunity to

pr

event the mist ak es

of tw entieth century technology

b

eing carried over into t he twenty

first cen tu ry.'

Rucksack: a bag

in which you carry

thing s on yo ur back. for e xample when

yo u arc walking

or cl imbing. It has

straps

shoulders.

A lso knap

-

that go over your

sack. have rsack. backpack .

all three having a capacity of over 75

Iit res and describing

them se lves as

'ergonomic'. Both the Tramonte and

the Cougar have adjustable back

systems, whereas the Rockman

comes in a choice of three back

lengths. The Rockman is also the

only one to be made of cotton (with

synthetic shoulde

r straps), the other

two using proprietary nyl on fabrics .

Although possibly more agreeabie

against the back on a hot day, the

cotton adds to the weight of the bag;

our tests also found thi s fabric to

have 30% less resistance to abras ion

than the nylon fabrics

I 'm having

problems

with

one

of

your

Rockman ,

which

I

bought

at

rucksacks,

a

,

in

shop

,

Bradford

the

Wlld

Rover camping

,

March 2000 .

I

am

writing

to

you

directly

confident

that

you

wi

l

l

b e

able

t o r epa i r

under

the

terms

of

your

the

damage

' Li

f e t i me

Guarantee

' .

There

are

t wo

of

the

aluminium

problems :

firstly

,

one

tubes has

broken

through

the

fabric

at

bag

,

and

the

other is

the

base

of

the

the

threatening

to

do

the

same .

Secondly

,

zip

of

the

lid

pocket

stltchlng

of

the

useless

the

pocket

has

failed ,

rendering

The Sisyphus

Rockman is the classi c hardwearing

. Crafted out of 100% colour-fast

ergonomic rucksack

in a choice of attractive colours

wate rproof cotton

aro und a superlightweight aluminium frame, it is as

ideal fo r walking and climbing as it is practica

l for

to urism. With

its capacity of 80 litres,

the Rockman will

always be able to cope, whether you'rein Harrods or

. And among the

many orig inal design

t he Himalayas

iid pocket and the adjustable,

featu res, the locking

.

detachable waist belt are unique to the Rockman

The Sisyphus

Rockman: a head and shoulders

above the rest.

iii

An experienced

travelling companion fo r

It is a 12-year-old faded-blue 80-litre 'Sisyphus'rucksack

made of thick cotton. The only external pocket, on top

of

the bag, is ripped, and one of the two aluminium

tubes

the

that make up the internal frame has broken through

canvas at the bottom. The arm straps and the two small

straps with buckles on either side are gold-coloured

; there

is no waist strap. There is an embroidered badge on the

top pocket, a souvenir of the Lake District.

nnly £15. Sisyphu

s

Rockman

ruck sack ,

tri ed, tested and

well-travell ed.

Good work -

lightweight, huge

ing order. Blue colton,

capacity. Phone

Eric . 773524.

k, a bold, angular

mass of vivid reds

The walker'srucksac

and greens painted in short, fine strokes, dominates the

lower left -hand quarter of the canvas, while fh e walker's

pale, naked nghf arm, a strikingly human element

y Upwards to the

right.

'

stretches diagonall