Kit buying... I'm signed up for the base camp thing and the 2nd recce, both in late Jan. I've got "normal" kit for running in southern England, but nothing up to a Cumbrian winter. Is there anywhere in London which sells decent kit? Taped seamed weatherproof stuff, proper poles etc? Logically I think I'll find it hard to drive up there, shop in a rush and do those events properly. Shoes... they'll be soft ground and rock right, so what kind of sole is best? I'm a Salomon fan, just because they suit my shape of foot.