In a small black rucksack he carries all his possessions: a phone, an old toothbrush, a spare pair of underpants and trousers, and a packet of paracetamol, purchased in a pound shop, to stave off the aches and pains that come from living on the streets.
With a waterproof inner for your rucksack (try Ortlieb), a plastic bag for your shoes, and perhaps a wetsuit, you're all set.
If you are hiking, cycling or running to work, a rucksack makes more sense than a briefcase.
Appropriate for a Victorian grand tourist perhaps, but I shook my head, pointing to the battered rucksack instead.
Fortunately it was not cold and there was virtually no wind, so the discomfort wasn't that great – the Guardian's late great Harry Griffin always maintained that, once you're wet, you can't get any wetter, so you might as well strip off and have a swim, but this might have raised Scottish eyebrows and isn't especially practical (or comfortable) when you're lugging an 8 kg rucksack, anyway.
The Sea to Summit X-cup is clever and collapsible – although there's no obvious way to attach it to a rucksack without a bit of DIY.
I've loved this breathable jacket while training on wet weekends in Snowdonia and the Lakes – but was happy it stayed at the bottom of my rucksack during the CCC.
Sam is collecting the trousers from the suit we bought him for our wedding, but not the jacket as there isn't room in his rucksack.
"My rucksack got completely wet and all bottles of water we took with us were dropped by smugglers in the sea.
Standard, from pharmacy I also carried … Spotting an orange OMM rucksack was a clear sign you were about to come across a British runner – and more than half the field were carrying Salomon packs.
A record of the interview made in September 1983 revealed that Lace said he had stolen a rucksack and cash from a meter at his lodgings in Portsmouth and walked to Southampton, where he saw De Simone being dropped back to her car by a friend.
