After spending the day wondering if it's going to turn up the Mrs said it turned up this morning (she left it until I had to leave for work!) Thank you for organising this!
2015 DD group buy
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Thanks sandbag
Got in from work after 5 hours crawling up and down the M1 and M42 to Birmingham to find the parcel waiting
Very happy bunny just wish I had some trees to go and hang the hammock in so I can practice
John
Got in from work after 5 hours crawling up and down the M1 and M42 to Birmingham to find the parcel waiting
Very happy bunny just wish I had some trees to go and hang the hammock in so I can practice
John
Must admit I am thinking of setting some posts to allow me to hang the hammock. Until then I might try the corner post of our brick wall to the multi swing to hang it from.
Guys your all welcome.
It surprises Nick and me how this DD group buy just gets bigger and bigger. Thank you guys for being apart of it.
See some of you at the moot where I will happily share a beer, but not to many. I don't want to have to apologise to Tony again
Wish my Ghillie Kettle GB was this big
But like I was told I think I've sold them to everyone already
It surprises Nick and me how this DD group buy just gets bigger and bigger. Thank you guys for being apart of it.
See some of you at the moot where I will happily share a beer, but not to many. I don't want to have to apologise to Tony again
Wish my Ghillie Kettle GB was this big
But like I was told I think I've sold them to everyone already
Mine has arrived too, sleeping under the quilt tonight 😀
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OK put hers up first and then ask if she minds you sleeping outside too...
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What was the temp last night?
I played with the top quilt inside, but was too warm, so went back to the ordinary house quilt.
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I played with the top quilt inside, but was too warm, so went back to the ordinary house quilt.
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according to the local weather station it was 10'C "feels like 7'C" - amen to that, it certainly did. The wind was tunnelling through.
I setup in the light and did my best to get the underblanket setup correctly. This is my third underblanket. The first was 3/4 and just wasn't long enough to usefully work in winter conditions. I can't stand cold shoulders or cold feet! The 2nd is UKHammocks (Matt) home made one - but it doesn't have as many securing tabs, so I thought for the money I'd try the DD one!
There's no instructions in the pack, so it was somewhat guesswork. I got the wife to sit in it and I ran my hands under to make sure it was just sprung under and not too tight against the body. When I got in, it was very toasty. Initially after I settled I had problems with my feet -the top blanket felt breezy. So eventually I checked and found the pull chord. It felt better, but after a while my feet cramped (I'm 6ft 4ish, so at the limits of the equipment). I got warm and my feet were definitely warming up. I'm not sold on the open foot end at the moment.
I definitely dropped off though it was a broken hours sleep as we're close to an airport, there was a lot of noise so I stuck in my earplugs. I'm pretty sure at one point I woke up myself up with a snore. At about 11pm I got woken a 2nd time by a loud BANG in the garden. Think a cat may have misjudged a leap onto the BBQ! At this point I realised I was freezing cold and the nice warmth from the underblanket was gone. I checked it, but it all seemed fine. I suspect it may not have been quite tight enough against my body and perhaps a small draught was running underneath.
I got up with the intention of grabbing a sleeping bag and making my way back, but having traipsed inside, I decided to knock it on the head and try again another time. It's still up, perhaps I'll try again tonight after further adjustments.
I setup in the light and did my best to get the underblanket setup correctly. This is my third underblanket. The first was 3/4 and just wasn't long enough to usefully work in winter conditions. I can't stand cold shoulders or cold feet! The 2nd is UKHammocks (Matt) home made one - but it doesn't have as many securing tabs, so I thought for the money I'd try the DD one!
There's no instructions in the pack, so it was somewhat guesswork. I got the wife to sit in it and I ran my hands under to make sure it was just sprung under and not too tight against the body. When I got in, it was very toasty. Initially after I settled I had problems with my feet -the top blanket felt breezy. So eventually I checked and found the pull chord. It felt better, but after a while my feet cramped (I'm 6ft 4ish, so at the limits of the equipment). I got warm and my feet were definitely warming up. I'm not sold on the open foot end at the moment.
I definitely dropped off though it was a broken hours sleep as we're close to an airport, there was a lot of noise so I stuck in my earplugs. I'm pretty sure at one point I woke up myself up with a snore. At about 11pm I got woken a 2nd time by a loud BANG in the garden. Think a cat may have misjudged a leap onto the BBQ! At this point I realised I was freezing cold and the nice warmth from the underblanket was gone. I checked it, but it all seemed fine. I suspect it may not have been quite tight enough against my body and perhaps a small draught was running underneath.
I got up with the intention of grabbing a sleeping bag and making my way back, but having traipsed inside, I decided to knock it on the head and try again another time. It's still up, perhaps I'll try again tonight after further adjustments.
Well if you're really wanting to do another groupbuy sandbag, you could try and work your magic with the guys selling the hammockstands 
Well if you're really wanting to do another groupbuy sandbag, you could try and work your magic with the guys selling the hammockstands
I thought these were discounted, but it might be for Hammock Forum.
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