Lost my favourite hat

[CharlesT]

Lost my favourite silly Tungl hat yesterday, possibly on the old tramway way back to car from the grey corries. Long shot I know but its kept me warm and dry in all weathers and it would be good to get it back.

[Caberfeidh]

A tragedy of unparalleled proportions! I hate to lose a hat. It's part of you, with sentimental, or just mental, associations with times past. I once lost an Australian Akubra hat I had travelled throughout Australia with; gold prospecting in the Snowy Mountains, exploring in the jungles of the Northern Territory, traversing the great deserts of the Interior. Then I lost it on Rannoch Moor. Unfortunately it was khaki coloured and practically impossible to see if dropped on, say, Rannoch Moor. I can only hope it found a good home on some deserving bonce. I have also found hats on occasion, and worn them for a time until the hat passed on into the great hat pool as shared by all hillwalkers. Perhaps one day you and your hat will be reunited; you might spot it across a crowded room (maybe in the Clachaig on a busy night) and you may not be able to get to it before it passes out of the door, and into the night...

I guess a man's hat don't mean a hill o' beans in this ol' world...

[CharlesT]

Well put CF, it is indeed a sore loss, not least as going bareheaded up Glen Nevis resulted in my denuded pate becoming sunburnt, a rare condition in Scotland!

It is indeed strange that something I found in a rummage sale in Frank Davies' climbers shop in Ambleside for the princely sum of £10 should become so dear to me.

[Sack the Juggler]

Well put CF, it is indeed a sore loss, not least as going bareheaded up Glen Nevis resulted in my denuded pate becoming sunburnt, a rare condition in Scotland!

It is indeed strange that something I found in a rummage sale in Frank Davies' climbers shop in Ambleside for the princely sum of £10 should become so dear to me.

we've all got a favourite item. I used to have an old blue peak performance goretex baseball cap, which I wore on the hill and in the city. I bought it second hand for about £10, but I had it for years, and had it with me everywhere. I lost it during an Avicii concert on the Swedish archipelago about 3 years ago. I've got a replacement, but it will never be as good as the one I lost.

[Sgurr]

My favourite simply disintegrated. The year they hijacked The Achille Lauro and threw an American in his wheelchair into the sea, all Canadians came across the Atlantic festooned from head to toe with maple leaves so nobody would doubt who they were. One left a ski hat in my shop. It was rather shaming to find how much more welcome I was while people thought I was Canadienne. Shortly after, Simon Hoggart wrote a piece in The Guardian complaining he had lost his hat, and what might readers suggest he buy instead? He received many suggestions, including a deer stalker(which might have suited him), but they published my letter saying that it was obvious, in light of experience, he should just wear the first hat he found. So I pass that advice onto you CharlesT, and now realise you haven't appeared on the "Give me a P, Bob" thread because you have been out of Wifi reach. Incidentally, Ronald Turnbull, in one of his hill books, suggests that hats have an agenda of their own, hopping from head to head in pursuit of their own hill lists.

[Sgurr]

Canadian hats are good
https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/659817108/canada-maple-leaf-pattern-reversible?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=maple+leaf+hat&ref=sr_gallery-2-30

[CharlesT]

Canadian hats are good
https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/659817108/canada-maple-leaf-pattern-reversible?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=maple+leaf+hat&ref=sr_gallery-2-30

Canadian hats are excellent. I have a Tilley which I wouldn't be without in the summer. Virtually indestructible and super cool. Still miss my Tungl fleece hat though, never ever had a wet or cold head and it covered my ears too - I grieve.

[Caberfeidh]

Ronald Turnbull, in one of his hill books, suggests that hats have an agenda of their own, hopping from head to head in pursuit of their own hill lists.

I feel that this theory has a lot going for it. It also ties in (sort of) with my own theory regarding socks being the larval form of the wire coat-hanger. In the darkness of the night, a sock climbs from the sock drawer to the back of the wardrobe, where it turns into a wire coat-hanger - some of you may have noticed this - and after an indeterminate time, pupates and then hatches into a brightly-coloured Hawaiian shirt with palm trees on it.

[Warric01]

Canadian hats are excellent. I have a Tilley which I wouldn't be without in the summer. Virtually indestructible and super cool. Still miss my Tungl fleece hat though, never ever had a wet or cold head and it covered my ears too - I grieve. [/quote]
I was just looking at purchasing this cap, is there international shipping to the U.S.?

To answer what are my favorite hat is I'll post the three hats that I own currently which all vary in price and quality, My favorite hat has to be my most expensive one mainly because of it's quality.

[RocksRock]

Dpends on the state of Canada - US border relations - pop over into Canada and get one there, where they are made. splendid items - i prize mine very highly

[Caberfeidh]

Mad Bomber hats were a great company, dunno if they are still in existence O a quick google shows they are. However, the price is nice until you have to pay the customs duty on bringing them into Britain. Its about the same as much again, so a £30 hat will cost you another £30 to clear customs. Phooey. https://www.furhatworld.com/aviator-bomber-hats-c-42_65.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4bm346_b6wIVVODtCh14XQyVEAAYASAAEgLu4_D_BwE