Woolen hats worn by skiers and climbers have always been tricky; in the eighties you didn't wear them at all, in the nineties you never took them off. Then should they be worn back-to-front, with a peak or without and with or without a pompom? Then just when you thought you was cool, it should have both a pompom and peak, but worn a little to the left or to the right. Homemade or factory, wool or acrylic - it's a minefield!

Haddock hats have been warming heads all the way to the top of Everest. They been Artic husky dogracing, up on Cho Oyo, Jiekkivarre and Chambre Neuf many times

And they look good, next year also