 I notice that nobody seems to carry anything specifically for going to the toilet when nowhere near regular facilities. I carry a little orange trowel from Wilkinson (metal with wood handle, designed for kiddies, very small and light) that cost me 99p.
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I think gore-tex socks are definitely the way to go. I've had a pair of very snug fitting stretch Berghaus ones for at least 10 years. I've used them for running in the snow, going up glaciers in scrambling boots and hillwalking in boots and fell shoes and they are still waterproof. They mean you can choose whatever sock you want for insulation and you only need to put them on when they are required. Quick drying and handy as tent boots too. I also have some sealskinz which just don't make sense to me - a lot of the insulation is outside the membrane, so the external insulation just gets sodden in lightweight footwear - all wet cold and soggy next to your foot. Poor fitting and take ages to dry as well. Berghaus don't do my socks anymore, and the Trekmate ones are quite baggy, but apart from the Gore bike ones, I have noticed these and these ones from the states.
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 i usually have some loo paper and a little fold up lightweight trowel, i always forget to put that on my list...oops.
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 Seems everyone carries stoves but no gas either... 
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 That is vile.
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 I was heaving, and shouting rather a lot - not at TFS - at the world in general, I mean its not as though you can just wipe your hands on your trousers in circumstances like that!!!!!!!! Out for a nice walk and end up with 'jobby' all over your hand...... I dont carry a small spade. But I would ask that people at least try and conceal / cover their efforts - post curling one down. Edit: sorry for that distraction how is the kit list looking?
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 Ajungilak inflatable pillow, 150g of utter joy Agreed here too! Its great for slouching against and on aswell at night when around camp and in the tent reading or cooking. Only inflatable thing I have ever found in my life that doesn't deflate at night!
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 Does your ego not deflate when people see you inflating your girly pink thermarest, Jamie? However, I have to agree that ptc* has described the Ajungilak pillow perfectly.
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If only Ajungilak had done a nice pink pillow I wuold have been in Barbie World! I have no ego to deflate 
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I bought an Ajungilak pillow last week. It's lovely.
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 Hi Paddy Maplin do some lightweight switched mode power supplies with variable output and loads of adaptors. Cheers Judy
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The Maplin power supplies work well. However you do have to work out the max voltage and max current any item of your equipment needs to see which one to get!
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 Hi fellow kitpickers, Fossil:- will make a kit list ASAP. Smeg:- nomaly use a MSR pocket rocket, but wanted to use the old trangia asit is quiet. Spare cloth to increse my S/Bag warmth. Spare socks,boxers,long sleve base layer,Ron Hill traxters silk s/bag liner all in a mesh bag, 679g. Moggy:- e-mail on its way. Whats yours? Thanks for the kit lists. Hopeing to get a lighter s/bag soon. And lighter tent.
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hi lostsheep if you clcck the email member bit on the top near my name, it should send me an email.
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 Thanks Judy - I'll check it out - but it's not just the volts that matter with these things, but the amps too. Hope you're still having fun in the Alps. I met the Godfreys, who you walked with, and Jonathan at Cicerone told me he'd met you too.
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I generally carry around the 6-9Kg mark including food and water (for a two-day trip); time of year dependent.
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"nomaly use a MSR pocket rocket, but wanted to use the old trangia" Yeah but the Pocket Rocket only needs to be on for a few minutes so you won't be bothered by the small noise. Plus I reckon the clanging of pots and windshields of the Trangia is much worse than the lovely warming noise of your superb little lightweight stove, and you won't get that horrible meths smell over everything and you'll take up only half the room in your bag!
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 > Thanks Judy - I'll check it out - but it's not just the volts that matter with these things, but the amps too. I was going to post much the same as Judy last night, but was too pressed for time. Maybe not necessarily the Maplin one, but certainly a switch-mode supply. Another advantage of using a switch-mode PSU is that they are very efficient in terms of power and space; a small, light SMPSU will provide much more power (V *A) out than an equivalent-sized linear supply. They also tend to regulate the voltages more accurately (linear supplies usually aren't regulated at all; the voltage is set by the transfomer winding ratio).
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I think I'll have to put all my electronic wizardry in one big pack, cart it off to an electronics specialist, and see if they have a 'one-plug-fits-all' solution. And if they do... then I just need to find another one with Euro-prongs, so that I can save the weight of an adaptor when travelling abroad.
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