I guess kit will need to be something similar to what I suggested last time, which I've more or less copied and pasted below - if you've any more questions about what to bring, or think I've missed anything out, please feel free to check with me:
Kit
Please bring everything you're going to need for overnight camping. I'm assuming most people probably have plenty of experience of this sort of thing, but as a rough guide:
Enough food for 1 breakfast, 2 (hot but quick) midday meals and 1 evening meal. We will not be allowed to hunt/snare on site. (Presumably in case we catch any boy scouts!! ) However, we are allowed to forage. It's just there isn't that much to forage on site...
Cooking and eating utensils. I'd say the minimum would be a Billy can, metal cup, spoon and/or fork, sharp knife, depending on what you're cooking and what you plan to improvise when you get there. Cooking will be over open fires, unless you'd prefer to use a stove of some kind and bring one with you.
A water bottle, at least 1 litre capacity, more would be useful - the water tap is a medium walk from the camping area, and I wouldn't trust the stagnant pools in the area as the woods are surrounded by farmland and there may be chemical contamination.
Sleeping kit, so: sleeping bag, tent or tarp/hammock/bivvy bag, sleeping mat, toothbrush, toothpaste, nightwear (spare socks et.c.), comb et.c.
FruitBatInShades, I'm happy to show you how to put up a hammock now that I have learned. (I was practising at the beginning of the month when I was in Cornwall ) However, you'll need something to keep the rain off as well - a tarp or hoochie of some kind? Also, a warm sleeping bag and a mat such as thermarest to provide insulation under the sleeping bag where it compresses against the hammock.
Or, if you've got a waterproof bivvy, then you could skip the hammock and just use a sleeping bag, insulatory mat and tarp for shelter (I can show you how to put up a tarp as well)?
Or, you could just build a shelter, as you suggest, so long as you reckon you can dismantle it and make it disappear reasonably easily in the morning - I'd be quite interested to see what you make and how you build it. The owners of the site are OK with us building occasional bivouacks. (Like you say, we couldn't build them all the time, but as a learning exercise, they wouldn't mind...)
Methods for lighting fires
Cutting tools
Tissue paper to help with cleaning pans and personal hygiene, since the water tap is quite a distance from the site. Although, it's not THAT far if you want to wash pans/hands et.c. properly.
First aid kit
Wet weather gear/ warm clothing/ sensible shoes (it will be muddy)
Nylon cord (10m seems to be a reasonable quantity)
Plastic carrier bags - these are always useful - you can pack wet/dirty things in them to keep the rest of your kit dry/clean, use them to carry out non-burnable rubbish...et.c.
I'll bring a toilet roll in a waterproof container with matches - I'm considering digging a toilet nearish to where we camp, as the toilet block is quite a distance if someone wants to take a midnight dump...also a washing up bowl and soap so we can set up a washing hands station...and a parachute if it arrives in time and I've picked one that can be used as a shelter (crosses fingers)
Kit
Please bring everything you're going to need for overnight camping. I'm assuming most people probably have plenty of experience of this sort of thing, but as a rough guide:
Enough food for 1 breakfast, 2 (hot but quick) midday meals and 1 evening meal. We will not be allowed to hunt/snare on site. (Presumably in case we catch any boy scouts!! ) However, we are allowed to forage. It's just there isn't that much to forage on site...
Cooking and eating utensils. I'd say the minimum would be a Billy can, metal cup, spoon and/or fork, sharp knife, depending on what you're cooking and what you plan to improvise when you get there. Cooking will be over open fires, unless you'd prefer to use a stove of some kind and bring one with you.
A water bottle, at least 1 litre capacity, more would be useful - the water tap is a medium walk from the camping area, and I wouldn't trust the stagnant pools in the area as the woods are surrounded by farmland and there may be chemical contamination.
Sleeping kit, so: sleeping bag, tent or tarp/hammock/bivvy bag, sleeping mat, toothbrush, toothpaste, nightwear (spare socks et.c.), comb et.c.
FruitBatInShades, I'm happy to show you how to put up a hammock now that I have learned. (I was practising at the beginning of the month when I was in Cornwall ) However, you'll need something to keep the rain off as well - a tarp or hoochie of some kind? Also, a warm sleeping bag and a mat such as thermarest to provide insulation under the sleeping bag where it compresses against the hammock.
Or, if you've got a waterproof bivvy, then you could skip the hammock and just use a sleeping bag, insulatory mat and tarp for shelter (I can show you how to put up a tarp as well)?
Or, you could just build a shelter, as you suggest, so long as you reckon you can dismantle it and make it disappear reasonably easily in the morning - I'd be quite interested to see what you make and how you build it. The owners of the site are OK with us building occasional bivouacks. (Like you say, we couldn't build them all the time, but as a learning exercise, they wouldn't mind...)
Methods for lighting fires
Cutting tools
Tissue paper to help with cleaning pans and personal hygiene, since the water tap is quite a distance from the site. Although, it's not THAT far if you want to wash pans/hands et.c. properly.
First aid kit
Wet weather gear/ warm clothing/ sensible shoes (it will be muddy)
Nylon cord (10m seems to be a reasonable quantity)
Plastic carrier bags - these are always useful - you can pack wet/dirty things in them to keep the rest of your kit dry/clean, use them to carry out non-burnable rubbish...et.c.
I'll bring a toilet roll in a waterproof container with matches - I'm considering digging a toilet nearish to where we camp, as the toilet block is quite a distance if someone wants to take a midnight dump...also a washing up bowl and soap so we can set up a washing hands station...and a parachute if it arrives in time and I've picked one that can be used as a shelter (crosses fingers)