"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
Robert writes:
|
| Seconded. I have a standard Tilley T5 - fantastic piece of kit
(the
| brim on mine is much flatter than is shown on the Tilley site).
....

They look very similar to the traditional bush hat, which was and is
very practical. I use thatch, but not everyone is so endowed :-)

???? I thought you had some past connection with Africa????

Given that, I'm very surprised at your reliance on thatch. Those of
us who live permananently in more sunny climes have had it drummed
into us for decades now, never to go out without full sun cover - and
that includes head, arms and legs.