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The line is,  Can i carry it..

if no i don't need it.. but still looking for a good camping mat/bed which  is light to carry after lickihill....

Ade

Quote: Originally posted by Thorgrim on 23/06/2005

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The line is,  Can i carry it..

if no i don't need it.. but still looking for a good camping mat/bed which  is light to carry after lickihill....

Ade

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I dont think I met you but were you the only other backpacker on the site?

I went to my local £1 store and bought thin rollmat with silver on one side, Ive never been cold since, its light and easy to carry, and only cost £1!

Are you going to Elvaston meet?  If you are let me know asap and Ill try to get one for you.

We decided we didn't want EHU - until we almost froze one night. Now we have EHU and a halogen heater which is an essential for us even if we don't use it. It was brilliant in Wales a couple of weeks ago as it dried us off too. We are still working out what the essentials are as we are very new to camping, but we reckon the only things we wouldn't take too much of is food. We ended up bringing a lot of it back as it was too wet and windy to cook much so we eat out. I haven't ate fish and chips on a sea wall for years so it was great!

The line moved for me when I had children and took them camping.  The workload grows exponentially with each additional kid and everthing takes much longer....

suddenly I became less smug at my minimalist approach and looked longingly at people with things like tables, chairs and the kitchen sink.  Luxury and gadgets... that is the way to go and I am going to embace it ............. But I still use by faithful trangia...

One day though I hope I will sometimes leave behind the extras, fish out the one man tent again and head for the hills ......  There is something good too about living on the minimum too and being comfortable with very little.

Really they are different forms of camping.

hi

once we have put the dogs stuff in the car, bed, toys, food, leads, extra blankets, towels in case she gets wet, three footballs.........there is not much room for us let alone camping stuff. sometimes no room for the dog either.