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18/4/2016 at 9:33am
Location: Telford Shropshire
Outfit: Kampa croyde 6 Series 3
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Sounds like you had a good time! Main thing for me is insulating from the ground, only ever spent one night camping on an air bed and it was the coldest camp experience I ever had! We use campbeds and SIMs now with 3/4 season bags and I actually get a better nights sleep than at home!
The wearing as many layers as possible seems to be a bit of a personal thing, I've tried both and personally I am in the layering up camp. I used to do a lot of mountaineering in my twenties, the coldest I camped was about minus 5 at night, on consecutive nights I tried the minimal approach and then the layering up approach, definitely warmer layering up! The extra layers add to the overall thickness of insulation. You need to keep a thin layer of air next to your body so your body doesn't waste energy losing heat to a larger volume of air.
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18/4/2016 at 7:24pm
Location: East Sussex
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Quote: Looking for our next trip already, top of the list is a roof box, then then an EHU, and better sleeping bags (borrowed from my 4'9" friend, not so ideal at 5'10"). Plan is to go again May Bank holiday - and see if we can tick off all National Parks by end of the year :)
That's ambitious! There are 15 of them, and the Cairngorms and the Broads are miles from any of the others.
I'm very intrigued as to what order you'll do them in, and which ones you'll combine into one trip. Do let us know how it goes!
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