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Quote: Originally posted by jelboy53 on 20/8/2016

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I don't have transport(car)and except for the occasional van hire backpack on most of my trips using public transport(Bus)

Age and slight health probs mean it's impossible for me to carry all I need on my back for any great distance so I use an old fishing trolly/airline travel case combo for stuff like the tent/s/bag/sim/stove/pots/pans etc with the rucksack for change of clothes and other bits and bobs...Which although not ideal gets me out in the green stuff as often as I can manage which is great!!

Have no problem sleeping on a SIM but me being me need insulation under me and tend to take a lot of stuff to make sure the cold is kept at bay..

Recently been finding I'm a bit stiff and creaky of a morning when getting up so recently invested in a lightweight low to the ground alloy poled campbed from a company called BRS...wwww.brs.net.cn

Used it once and found when combined with my SIM on top I slept fairly well on it...And as you will see if you google it packs fairly small...Keeps the body about four inches off the ground away from that early morning chill...

Last year I invested in the whole hammock/tarp combo thingy as a way of travelling even lighter but apart from a few test "hangs" and one quick overnight sleep in my local woods have not had the courage to test it out in situ on a campsite for real...Hoping to rectify this on my next trip in September where I shall leave the tent behind and trust myself to hanging between two trees!!!

Jelboy

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Quote: Originally posted by Mike Logan on 05/10/2016

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I am 61 (71) and love being outdoors. I use a camp cot and bivi bag along with a tarp. The days of crawling into tents have, long gone owing aching joints etc.
Let's forget all about that rubbish re old age. I go camping, including wild camping throughout the year and plan to do so for the next 10 years. It's all in the mind. You are as young as you think and not what you feel.

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