Hello!
Long time lurker, etc...
I lost pretty much all my belongings (with the exception of my bike and a bag of clothes) in a storage centre fire on NYE 2018. Following my enforced conversion to minimalism I've been slowly buying items as I need them. Over the last few years most of my outdoor activity has been based around cycling and bikepacking, so whilst I haven't really replaced much of my walking gear I do have a decent selection of light-ish camping kit. I've ridden in Scotland in late August early September before but this would be my first long distance walk there.
Location/temp range/specific trip description: Scotland, West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William. Mid-Late April. Expecting temps to be 4ΒΊC-11ΒΊC but with potential to drop to -2ΒΊC.
Goal Baseweight (BPW): I'd like to be around 6kg
Budget: ~ around Β£600 for getting the clothing right.
Non-negotiable Items: I'm taking the Whiskey! Won't consider down.
Solo or with another person?: Solo
Additional Information: Rain in late April is about as unlikely as it gets in Scotland, which is still pretty likely, so I'm expecting to get wet / need to prevent getting wet around a third of the time.
I run pretty hot most of the time, so keen to keep spare underwear/socks to deal with that.
Really looking for suggestions for lightweight but durable clothing options which can stand up to Scotland and will give me a decent basis for year round hiking adventures in the UK. I grew up on the edge of Dartmoor so a lot of the kit would be used there too where all four seasons can happen in the space of a minute, let alone an hour.
Also hoping for any feedback on essentials that I may have missed!
Happy to spend money where it counts but not for the sake of it.
A few areas (first aid kit, toiletries, etc) still very TBC weight-wise.
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Firstly I should clarify that Iβm a Sikh and I grew up in the UK.
TLDR: Growing up in the west weβre typically surrounded by people of Abrahamic faiths (Jews, Christians and Muslims). With Dharmic religions (eg. Sikhism and Hinduism) being minority religions in the west; this leads to people, especially kids and teenagers, looking at their religions through an Abrahamic lens. Because of how different dharmic religions are I grew up thinking, βhow does my religion fit into Christianity and these other religionsβ. Rather than having the differences explained to me I sought to rationalise my faith in God through an Abrahamic viewpoint. This was quite damaging because my faith in God wavered a lot throughout my teenage years due to not understanding the way we as Sikhs interpret God. Ultimately, we need to stop trying to understand dharmic religions from a different framework.
As a child I wasnβt even aware that Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism stem from a completely different philosophical tree (that being Dharmic philosophy) than the three Abrahamic religions. Since Iβm from the UK; a Christian country, a lot of my religious education was of Christianity. Iβd say in order of how much we learnt about each religion it probably went like this:
Christianity > Judaism > Islam > Buddhism > Sikhism/Hinduism (joint last)
When we did learn anything about Sikhi and Hinduism it was only like 3 lessons maybe? In school we were just taught that Sikhs were monotheistic like Abrahamic religions and Hindus were polytheistic. However Iβve only become more aware of how incorrect these labels were the past 2 years. When the British came to South Asia they just gave us these labels without much analysis or regard for our philosophy. While thereβs definitely a lot of pantheistic and panentheistic views in Hinduism I canβt speak for all of it since itβs so vast. However I can say pretty confidently that Sikhi is actually panentheistic. [panentheism explained](see image)https://i.imgur.com/2IhsHsu.jpg
Some things that come to mind are concepts like heaven/hell and sinning. These are very Abrahamic concepts that donβt really explicitly exist within Dharmic religions and I always used to try and apply these concepts to my religion as a kid without realising that it doesnβt even work like that to begin with.
The worst part is that this ignorance is more our communities fault than the education system because these same incorrect beliefs we
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Iβve recently been offered a job in Knowsley and am struggling to decide where to live. I have read a number of posts regarding the commute between Manchester and Liverpool and none seem to make the decision any easier as they consider going from the centre of one city to the centre of the other.
If I was to find a place to rent in Liverpool I like the sound of Aigburth, Mosley Hill or the Georgian Quarter. Google maps tells me that by taking the quickest route around the city my commute would be around 17 miles and a 30-40 minute journey.
This has made me consider Salford/Eccles way as they are to the West of Manchester and only 22 miles (ish) away from where Iβd be employed; again with an apparent 35-40 minute commute.
I am 28 years old and part of the LGBTQ community, however where I live currently no LGBTQ community exists, so naturally Manchester sparks my interest. Having never lived in either city Iβm struggling to decide what to do in terms of the commute and lifestyle. I have heard great things about how friendly Liverpool is and how it has more of a community feel so this also appeals to me as I donβt know anybody in either city.
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