Good evening all.
Hope all is well your way.
Having read the many posts on this forum I went and ordered myself a polish lavvu off ebay on friday. It arrived today and after buttoning it together at work I walked over the hills to my house, got the rest of my gear together and walked the long walk to the beach (About 5 mins perhaps ).
Just before this it had chucked it doon as it had done throughout the day. A few wintry showers but thankfully it stayed clear for me.
I got the tent, trangia, axe, woolen blanket, kindlin etc all in my 40litre lowe alpine pack. I also took a bag of split larch from work.
Anyways. To cut a long story short I got the tent set up after a bit of problem with the pegs in the sand. Once lightly pegged I worked my way around and paracorded rocks to the peg holes and nothing bar a tsunami woul shift her . In went my gear (My it is dark in there) on with the trangia and off to find some food.
I cooked myself some seaweed and limpets. Tasty Tasty. Must try some recipes rather than a straight boil (TBH They're nicer raw )
While everything was simmering away I dug a small pit, lined it with rocks and with the help of some parafin I got a nice wee fire going.
There was very little wood on the beach but I had the fire going for about two hours.
I stayed until the fire was just a few wee embers and then covered it up.
The stones I used as pegs were put back and everything bar a very clean fire pit was left.
The final treat of the night was seeing a fine polecat. Beautifully white, and very friendly. An escapee perhaps?
Still not quite sure how to button the tipi up though.. there's double buttons and I can't figure them out. I'll have another look tomorrow but any advice greatly appreciated.
Hope all is well your way.
Having read the many posts on this forum I went and ordered myself a polish lavvu off ebay on friday. It arrived today and after buttoning it together at work I walked over the hills to my house, got the rest of my gear together and walked the long walk to the beach (About 5 mins perhaps ).
Just before this it had chucked it doon as it had done throughout the day. A few wintry showers but thankfully it stayed clear for me.
I got the tent, trangia, axe, woolen blanket, kindlin etc all in my 40litre lowe alpine pack. I also took a bag of split larch from work.
Anyways. To cut a long story short I got the tent set up after a bit of problem with the pegs in the sand. Once lightly pegged I worked my way around and paracorded rocks to the peg holes and nothing bar a tsunami woul shift her . In went my gear (My it is dark in there) on with the trangia and off to find some food.
I cooked myself some seaweed and limpets. Tasty Tasty. Must try some recipes rather than a straight boil (TBH They're nicer raw )
While everything was simmering away I dug a small pit, lined it with rocks and with the help of some parafin I got a nice wee fire going.
There was very little wood on the beach but I had the fire going for about two hours.
I stayed until the fire was just a few wee embers and then covered it up.
The stones I used as pegs were put back and everything bar a very clean fire pit was left.
The final treat of the night was seeing a fine polecat. Beautifully white, and very friendly. An escapee perhaps?
Still not quite sure how to button the tipi up though.. there's double buttons and I can't figure them out. I'll have another look tomorrow but any advice greatly appreciated.