London Invasion Pack List

All packed up for the imminent R4nger5 invasion of London to meet up with Avagdu. Squeezed a bunch of stuff into my 5.11 Rush 24 (proably too much thanks to the huge sleeping bag).

Front Left flap pouch:

• Nikon Coolpix S220 digital camera

Front Right flap pouch:

• Microfibre cloth
• Buff
• Grimloc carabiner on outside with boonie attached

Bottom front compartment:

• Notebook
• Nature and Walking by Emerson and Thoreau
• Bushcraft by Mors Kochanski
• R4nger5 Campaign Log 1 (may donate it to the 56a Infoshop)
• Pens, pencil and permanent marker
• Paracord on a carabiner
• Map of central London (which will be replaced with a proper one)
• Hair brush with hair ties
• Tissues

Strapped to the bottom is my self inflating mat. Top zip pouch has my sunglasses.

Main compartment

• Hygiene kit
• Towel
• British Army sleeping bag (which is far too heavy and bulky) Poncho liner (aka ranger blanket) and another synthetic blanket
• 2 changes of clothes (including Rant 10th anniversary shirt)
• EeePC and charger
• Crappy inflatable pillow
• Avagdu’s goodie bag

Whole lot is fairly heavy (22.4 pounds, less now that the sleeping bag has been removed), hopefully I won’t have to carry it around for long. Will be dumping the main compartment contents at Sloe’s place where we are crashing for the event. Grabbing the 9.55 am National Express train to London King’s Cross, arriving at about 15:50 if all goes to plan. Meeting with Avagdu the next day and then home the day after that. Repeat in August. Gonna be an accomplished nomad one of these years.

R4nger5 invasion of London EDIT: dates changed

Just received word that my good friend Avagdu is gonna be in London on the 17th of July and the 2nd of August. I have tentative plans to meet up and do stuff, all who wish to come are more than welcome.

The idea is to find out where he is staying and book a couple nights in a cheap hotel nearby for each day he is in London. Alternativly, if there are folk willing to put up with us, we could crash somewhere.

Plans are subject to change and are pre-alpha at best.

Fucking Cults

UPDATE: The Guardian have removed the link, wonder how many complaints they will get.

I was browsing my slashdot feed when a story jumped out at me “Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology cult” (BIGASS WARNING: the placard link goes to a goatse image). This was during one of the protests in London.

“Following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service some demonstrators were warned verbally and in writing that their signs breached section five of the Public Order Act.

“One demonstrator continued to display a placard despite police warnings and was reported for an offence under section five. A file on the case will go to the CPS.”

Public Order Act?! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! That is retarded. I thought we had charges lie “Breach of the peace” that are used when folk are being aggressive and threatening.

Oh, for the record, Scientology is a cult. An evil, dangerous, CULT. If that is not clear enough,

CULT!

(I would use a larger font size but Wordpress is a tad restrictive here)

Fuck Scientology and fuck the London police for this bullshit. Where’s my mecha?