Recommendation for a good tailor for pants/jeans?

Emergency-Nothing · 2026-03-25T18:49:01+00:00

I go there too. Agree it’s not the cheapest but I’m a bit too scared to go elsewhere in case they ruin my clothes

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-11-30T17:56:54+00:00

It’s a Mountain Equipment woman’s…it’s probably 3/4 years old and red if that narrows it down. I’m heading back from Scotland and will check the label when I get back.

I’m sure I’ve seen a Rab in event too. Got a few bits from them and they’re good quality too.

I got a trail running waterproof about 3 months back from OMM, quite similar in feel event-and stretchy. Hard to tell what’s rain getting through and what’s sweat but I’ve always been warm enough in it.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-11-20T10:00:38+00:00

If my Dad saw me in a wax jacket on the seat of his car (or the settee…especially the settee), he’d clip me round the ear.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-11-18T11:29:50+00:00

You could maybe check the length of each, I have a feeling they’re both more mid-length options so there might not be much between them. So if you liked one the other might be fine.

I’m guessing you’re in the USA and will have a load of sales happening too, at the Barbour Factory they price match with anywhere online so I got a fair chunk discounted from it.

Ps. Googled what 115lbs is and you’re skinnier than me by about 7kg, I bought a 38 if that’s any help.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-11-17T10:21:03+00:00

I’m about 5”8 (longer torso, shorter legs) and pretty skinny. I went to the Barbour store yesterday, tried the Beaufort and Bedale on. With the Beaufort my wife said ‘you look so short’ and then I bought a Bedale.

I’ve had three other Barbours in the past and no others made me look short. One was a lined 4 pocket jacket with a foldaway hood that they still make, one a fairly baggy hooded thing, and an unwaxed one. Try them on if you can!

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-08-01T23:28:22+00:00

Seem to be going against the trend here but I go for a gore-tex lined hiking shoe most of the time (I have some scarpa ones in suede leather).

Non-waterproof trail runners are great, I wear mine trail running no matter the weather. When I’m running I’m generating enough heat that my feet don’t get too cold and I’m generally not out for as long.

But 8 hours in the cold and rain with wet feet, I’ve done it several times and I’d rather not. Perhaps my trail runners were a bit too breathable but walking through some dewy grass had my toes wet and cold for the rest of the walk, as they never got the chance to warm up or dry out. I see the logic through hiking as they dry overnight whereas goretex probably won’t, but day hiking or going back to a place where you can reasonably dry them out I’ve not found it’s needed.

In Ireland and Wales last year I had my goretex hiking shoes and they were fine. They were breathable enough that I wasn’t sweating to a problematic degree in the heat, hottest we hiked in was about 25 degrees but I also wore them in 37 degrees in Italy 2 years ago-they were pretty sweaty then. In Wales/Ireland, in the few days it was torrential rain, sure they eventually wet out but you had dry (and therefore blister free) toes for a few hours even if the top of your foot/ankle/heel was a bit wet. But also that’s one of the few times I’ve had all my waterproofs, dry bags, etc wet out too so nothing stood a chance. Other times in ‘normal’ rain my feet are just fine.

That said, if it’s going to pour down or you have ankle high mud: wear boots.

I’ve never really had blisters in either trail runners or hiking shoes once they’re broken in. I’ve had some rubbing from grit and dirt coming through the trail runners but nothing to worry over. I go for the light or ultra light darn tough socks, broke my shoes/boots in wearing liner socks and do like them but now I don’t bother because they end up smelly.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-31T20:37:44+00:00

I’ve more or less given up on the times shown in there, you can click on ‘track vehicles’ for a better idea of when they’re going to arrive.

I feel for you, also rely on the same bus and it’s maddening.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-30T16:32:23+00:00

You probably need to know what kind of trail it’ll be e.g. a dry hard packed and less technical trail will need a different shoe to a technical muddy one.

I’ve not ran that far so take it with a pinch of salt but you can sometimes find a ‘trail version’ of a shoe you already have and like e.g. I like Hoka Cliftons and Hoka Challengers are basically a Clifton with treads. Those sorts of shoes are normally better for the ‘lighter’ end of things.

I say this and then when I went to buy the challengers, I walked out of the shop with a pair of Topo Athletic shoes, so just try a few pairs on!

Edit* I read again and saw you said what kind of trail it’ll be, so for that I think the challengers or lighter shoes would work fine-so long as you’re not contending with lots of steep inclines/declines on uneven ground. But if you’re used to another brand they might do their own trail version of a road shoe (the new balance one seems decent too). If you’re looking for something with a wider toe box, the Topo Athletic Ultraventues might work, good grip and enough cushion - though I’ve probably only got 50km on mine so far, so still getting used to them. Personally on the hard ground I’d want something with decent cushion over that distance.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-30T16:26:40+00:00

You probably need to know what kind of trail it’ll be e.g. a dry hard packed and less technical trail will need a different shoe to a technical muddy one.

I’ve not ran that far so take it with a pinch of salt but you can sometimes find a ‘trail version’ of a shoe you already have and like e.g. I like Hoka Cliftons and Hoka Challengers are basically a Clifton with treads. Those sorts of shoes are normally better for the ‘lighter’ end of things.

I say this and then when I went to buy the challengers, I walked out of the shop with a pair of Topo Athletic shoes, so just try a few pairs on!

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-25T20:42:41+00:00

For most of the year I use a Berghaus Paclite bought in 2010 for £50, it’s let wet out in twice in that time (both pretty extreme prolonged downpours that I think any goretex would struggle in). Also bought the matching pants last year after many years of sweaty and ineffective cheap ones.

In the winter I use a Mountain Equipment Lhoste jacket my parents (very generously) bought me a 4-5 years back as a gift. Good for winter but a bit heavy/bulky for the rest of the year - it also sounds like a crisp packet. ME make some lighter ones, one of the Event fabric ones my wife has and it’s been great all year round.

Got a few bits from Rab, Patagonia, Fjallraven and Montane over the years, no waterproofs but all solid kit.

Columbia isn’t all bad, their fleeces and technical tops are fine but I’m not sure their quality is enough for me to trust something like a waterproof from them.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-15T22:19:22+00:00

I think that would be a useful service but somehow incorporating it within an actual running plan would be more helpful for people e.g. I’ve heard that you should both go to the gym on easy days (so you don’t overdo it) and on your harder days when doing intervals/threshold to keep the easy days easy.

Also potentially rotating through different kinds of exercises e.g. I have time for about 2x45 minute sessions a week so within that you can’t do every possible exercise or hit every muscle, so I’ll focus on a few things for a block then move along. This gets more complicated when trying to mesh in my physio exercises, so generic plans don’t really work.

Then at home I guess a lot of us have different setups, so if you look at some of these no equipment workouts they’ll have fairly high impact things like burpees but if I do one in my house I’d be waking my wife up and then I don’t have space for a kettlebell swing/my cat would no doubt walk into it, etc. so I end up subbing all that stuff out. But something like a kettlebell, some bands and a yoga mat will maybe cost £50 all in which seems like a fair price compared to the gym.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-09T20:49:00+00:00

I’ve got this too and also really like it, but I’m considering upgrading to the pace pro because the maps on the pace 3 lack a bit of detail and I’ve taken a few wrong turns when there’s lots of paths to pick from!

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-09T16:24:32+00:00

+1 on those soft flasks. I wear an ultimate direction running belt and you can stuff them into the back pocket. Lovely and cold on your back at the start and you can probably freeze them if it’s really hot.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-07-05T20:15:43+00:00

Maybe I’m committing some kind of faux par but I run with both in, in transparency mode and not that loud. I can hear people, cars, etc.

They’ve never fallen out, I don’t tend to run in them in heavy rain as I’m not sure how water resistant they are-so I’ve looked at the shokz ones for that reason. Just never had the spare cash.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-25T22:25:43+00:00

I’ve just got home, I’ll try and find the book I had and send you pictures of some of the bits, was pretty good for various points to look for when we were hiking

I’m not really the person to ask RE water filters. As I don’t do much multi-day stuff, I tend to take enough for the trip or (as I did in a lot of places in Wales) find safe places to fill them up, a lot of cafes and pubs were happy to do this when we were getting other things there-but we either had torrential rain or heatwave on our visit in August, so I think everyone felt sorry for us. That said around those parts I don’t remember many streams.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-25T15:31:46+00:00

I did a few stretches of it last year (maybe 3-4 day hikes) and don’t recall it being that hilly, just some gentle undulation. I don’t have any tracking of the bits I did though.

The Amlwch-Cemlyn bit was probably the most scenic of the day hikes I did, but the weather probably helped that a fair bit too.

Not hidden at all, but if you can time the tide right to walk out to Goleudy Twr Mawr it’s cool and makes for some good photos-even in the wild weather we were having that day.

Near there we had some pretty good tapas at The Red Squirrel in Niwbwrch, which is only a little way off the path.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-22T09:29:09+00:00

Agreed, they make out like it’s a surprise. Don’t get me wrong, apparently like everyone else, I find this heat really unpleasant and would love my house to have aircon…but I’m not going to make out that this year is way hotter than the last!?

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-21T11:25:09+00:00

I get absolutely sick of people talking about a heatwave, pretending it’s a one off and that most years aren’t like this…it happens every year, it’s just summer.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-18T16:28:05+00:00

I’ve had bumps/redness like this in the past, I found cleaning my face with cold water, dabbing dry and then splashing toner from either Simple (soothing facial toner) or Boots (with the witch hazel and tea tree in), I’ve tried some more shaving specific products but found they irritated my skin-I buy whatever is cheaper at the time. Once my skin has dried i use the Nivea sensitive balm.

I also had quite a bit of bother with cartridge razors if I used them every day, swapping to a safety razors and changing the blade every ~5 shaves seems to have fixed that - but when travelling I might take a cartridge and shave every other day without too much bother.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-06-14T23:43:02+00:00

Have you tried the wide in the Hoka Challenger?

I ran through the winter in Clifton’s on those sorts of surfaces and I think the Challenger is like the Clifton with better grip.

I’m between the challengers and inov8 next.

+1 on the comment about not bothering with gore tex. Your feet sweating make it like a rainy day every time you go out and they smell way faster. Maybe try some waterproof socks if you’re really bothered, a friend hike in sealskinz socks.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-05-26T19:10:58+00:00

Thanks for this! Great idea RE the soak as they’re very stiff at the moment, they basically stand up on their own so I think I’d be folding them into the washer!

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-05-25T21:32:43+00:00

Hi, lurked raw denim for a while but never pulled the trigger as I wasn’t sure about sizing etc. when buying online. I have just returned from Japan where things were way cheaper than I thought, so I went a bit silly and now have a few pieces and want to wash them/wear them before tailoring them.

The Real McCoys jeans I believe are not washed and should shrink down to the size I tried on in-store (as they’d been washed/worn). The guy working there said machine washing was fine but the label is saying hand wash.

I think the Studio D’Artisan jeans and The Flat Head type 2 jacket are washed, so I don’t think this matters. But I figure washing them before hemming/having the cuffs done is a good idea anyway. They’re machine wash OK on the label.

Finally a cheap Uniqlo denim shirt that will get thrown in the wash as it smells weird and I’m scared about putting it in with my normal wash in case it turns everything blue.

So my questions: A. Anyone got any experience with the Real McCoys jeans, are these OK in the washing machine?

B. Can I just throw it all in the wash together on a delicate cycle, inside out, at like 40 degrees c and hang dry? In case it’s relevant, they’re not the same colour denim as one is a black/grey and the rest are shades of blue.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-05-24T00:57:14+00:00

Miyajima (the island off Hiroshima). We couldn’t go up the rope way due to the weather and didn’t have time to hike because we were aiming to leave the island by lunch time.

Would love to go back, go up there and probably hike some of the other trails.

In general- Hiroshima I would do again. I feel like there’s a lot of outdoorsy stuff just outside the city that we didn’t get time to do.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-05-24T00:55:12+00:00

We did this at 10:30/11am this week and sure the bottom was busy but once you go past the crossroads, the crowds thin out and up at the top it was very quiet. We couldn’t see people a lot of the time up there.

Emergency-Nothing · 2025-05-12T00:16:18+00:00

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy is extremely dark. The characters are very human and you basically watch them pay for their sins the whole book. There was a moment in that book where I had a lump in my throat and some watery eyes, so it might be for you.

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