I'm going off on my annual summer holiday starting this weekend. Last year it was the fabulous south west and this year it is going to be the North West. Most of the roads I intend to take are still under snow even with global warming and all. Route changes depending on ever-changing conditions are something that I'm used to and even my usual rough trip plan needs to get a bit rougher.

A multi-week trip means packing in a lot of clothes. Here's how I do it: Go to the closet and pick all things green and brown I see and dump it into the bag! It works. Now that I'm done with the clothing department, I need to get to the more important things like checking my camping gear, the sleeping bag, torches, headlamps, backpacks, books and cameras.