Cadair was a slog!In the hills, I usually carried a tin of sardines,On a bike? Cafes and takeaways has to be the way to go!
Started well but Wtf he's not even got his passport and he's beginning to soften. Won't be long before the b&b list comes out
nice fazer, nice fry up, nice spot never figure out how u packed that bench though
[Think I should start looking to getting some gear :]
Wild camping is a different ball game to using commercial campsites Andy. IMO, the best way to do it in the UK is to take boil-in-the-bag or tinned, or sealed packages of food that will just need heating through, All is good he's taking Pizza hut menu to the Alps plus some treats/snacks, and enough for 3 or 4 days at a time.For the bit of rough....Not my Heidi tho you can then have a pig out in a restaurant I have enough trouble getting a pig come in to a restaurant but we're not all Ray Mears or Ranulph Fiennes - Like Nicolas and moi
Bought a new tent from Go outdoors for Scotland this summer , on the bag it says Hydrostatic head with the number 4000 above it , anyone knows what this means .
Quote from: esetest on 21 April 2014, 06:36:48 pmBought a new tent from Go outdoors for Scotland this summer , on the bag it says Hydrostatic head with the number 4000 above it , anyone knows what this means . I'm glad you asked that HH is a measure of how waterproof a fabric is.It's tested by taking a tube of water and fixing the material over the bottom. If it resists leaking up to 2m (2000mm) of water in the tube, then it's rating will be 2000mm HH. For a tent groundsheet, you ideally want 5000mm HH or more, as your weight is pushing the material down, effectively trying to force water through. 4000mm will most likely be fine in the summer, as long as you don't pitch on particularly wet/boggy ground. In fact, for most commercial campsites, where drainage is usually quite good, you won't have to worry about it.
camping.............take one of thesefit bike in the back..............sorted
Normally I advise not bothering with camping on tours, go for cheap B&Bs/hotels. But seeing as I'm being made redundant I'll doing the camping thing. I had planned to go to Croatia this year for a 2 week trip, but now I'll have loads of time. I've done loads of camping before over the years, but nothing too recent. The last time I camped with the bike was WSB at Brands years ago when at the bottom of Paddock Hill bend a new pond appeared. The pits flooded too, so did the campsite where about 1/3rd of the tents were sitting in water. I gave up bike/camping after that.I have bought a load of kit to replace my older, larger items.All this I've fitted into a 46l topbox:Tent - http://www.nevisport.com/pr/8958/hoolie-2 - packs down to 42cm x 15cmIts a lot smaller than my current 2 man dome tent, but as there is only me I'm not too bothered. Sleeping bag - http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/vango-ultralite-600-sleeping-bag-p196171 - packs down to 20cm x 17cm (4.5L). I was going to get a Nitestar 350 as they looked good VFM, but when you compare the size when packed down, due to different materials and also a tighter fit, it was a no brainer. Twice the cost though.Stove - I pondered about this for ages, but went for a petrol one rather than gas. You can get some really small gas stoves but finding fuel might be difficult in some places. http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coleman-sportster-2-camping-stove-p118560At least I will be carrying a 17l fuel tank at all times. Pans - http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/107901-vango-non-stick-cook-kit-2-person.html . I could have gone smaller with the 1 person set, but the frying pan might not be big enough for an egg All that fits into the top box comfortably, and isnt too heavy either. I can fit in my puncture repair kit, wd40, chain lube, toolkit around it. I might also get some tarpaulin to go under the tent http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ECONOMY-TARPAULIN-TARP-LIGHTWEIGHT-WATERPROOF-GROUND-SHEET-COVER-GREAT-VALUE-/400270626376The sleeping mat, one of those self inflating ones when you roll them out like this one, http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-explorer-5cm-sleeping-mat-p143981, Top it up with air after. That will go in a kit bag with my clothes strapped to the pillion seat on the grab rails. I was thinking of getting some new throw over panniers, but the bag should suffice.I wouldn't mind going on a mini trip away to test it all out, but not to keen on the weather at the moment tbh This is a useful website for camping in Europe. http://en.camping.info/campsites eg Lake Bled in Slovenia - €7.52 a night. Germany/Austria/Belgium/Luxembourg etc are more expensive, €10-€20 a night but will be better equipped than the €5 ones in Montenegro/Romania. They seem expensive in Croatia, but I've only had a quick look so haven't found any cheaper ones. There seems to be a cheaper mini-camping market where people with a bit of spare land on their farms/hotels etc offer cheap basic camping, just toilets and showers, no bar/kiddies creche/swimming pool etc
Quote from: limax2 on 22 January 2014, 07:31:46 pm To fill it I have a length of small flex tube and a small syringe, like you get for filling printer ink cartridges, to get a siphon going. I bought a 1m length of 6mm tubing from B&Q. Put most of it into the tank, put your finger over the end, then take most of it out and when the end with petrol in the tube is below tank level you are ready to stick it into the stove and it will start siphoning. I think I will get an interim container and siphon into that first. Petrol is a bit smelly though. I had a failure with a gas canister seal once. Having a 1/4 of a can of gas escaping out was a bit scary, it was a good job the stove wasn't hot.
To fill it I have a length of small flex tube and a small syringe, like you get for filling printer ink cartridges, to get a siphon going.
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