IN the Middle Ages, it was not uncommon to store your alcoholic tipple in gutted fruit, while in the 18th century pigs' bladders were used as flasks. Thankfully, as time has marched on, the designs have become more appealing - and more pocket-friendly. Whether it is for Dutch courage or to add much-needed central heating to one's body on a cold day, leaving your flask at home on a day's trail-hunting is a schoolboy error. What you put in them and how you make it is an excellent conversational ice-breaker among your fellow thrill-seekers.
Whether you're riding or on foot at a wintry meet, or facing the elements at the local point-to-point, a good mix in the hip flask will
