Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
Maybe we need a separate thread for nettles (and one for brambles too, now I think of it). There's a lovely path between two properties near me that is normally very easily navigated. On today's run the nettles were leaning in dangerously and it became a series of leaps, shimmies and expletives. A sickle might come in handy - not that I own one...
ah but we already have one on nettles:
https://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/show...hlight=nettles

I find a sickle is a very useful bit of kit this time of year though you can probably be arrested for brandishing one on a public footpath these days (mores the pity!)