Going to the park bag

[mousey]

I have been working on a small bag with some bits in to grab when going to the park with the kids. It is based on UK army pouches and a day yoke, cause it's cheap, green [90 pattern] hard wearing and I'm going through a 'compartmentalisation' period at the moment.

One Day yoke one side pouch two ammo pouches and three water bottle pouches.

The side pouch has three badmington rackets, 2 wooden bats/ rackets, a foam baseball bat, a small hard foam football, a small hard foam rugby ball and a bit of cut down CCF mat rolled into a tube 'lining' the pouch. The Water Bottle pouch to the left has a cheap chinese wood gas stove, a meths burner and a small billy can with packet rice and pasta and cuppa soups. The left Ammo pouch has a large insulated steel mug with tea bags and hot chocolate sachets in one side the other has a plastic cup with the handle cut off, a small insulated cup nesting around a 330ml PET bottle of meths. The Centre Water Bottle pouch has a UL TW hammock and suspension with a DD UL 3 x 2.9m tarp guy lines, ridgeline and pegs. The Right Ammo pouch has a tube of shuttle cocks in one side and a large foam ball, a tennis ball and to smaller balls in the other side. The right Water Bottle pouch has a water bottle in it, about 2 litres, which fits perfectly. Oh and it also has a frizbee wedged between the side pouch and day yoke at the back.

I'm guessing the whole lot would weigh about 8 kg [not sure as I've not actually weighed it - just thought briefly about what's in it and guessed]

Anyway it's evolved a bit since I starting playing with this idea but there is lots in there for the kids and me to play with at the park/ woods

 

[Robson Valley]

I understand. Take the square of the number of kids and that's the quantity to pack for. Two kids require 4X supplies.
You're making me feel old = my D1 turned 40 last week. I don't mind the memories at all.

 

[C_Claycomb]

How many kids do you have?

My memory of going to parks was that IF a ball came along, there was one, it was either a ball or a Frisbee, and after the age of 10, I carried it. Generally though, visits to the parks were all about walking trails and looking at stuff....and my parents weren't bushcraft/outdoors folk.

 

[mousey]

How many kids do you have?
QUOTE]

Three, but generally friends come along or they meet more at the park. Not everything gets played with on every occasion, depending on weather conditions etc but it's nice to have a choice.

 

[oldtimer]

What about adding a tarp for when it rains and a compendium of board games and a pack of cards to while away the time until the rain stops?

Otherwise you seem to have covered all eventualities.

Just re-read your post. You do have a tarp! A generator may be a possibility then they could power electronic games and a small TV!

 

[mousey]

Board games and cards don't involve running around, and I need to get mine knackered or they have waaay to much unspent energy and that's when things get dangerous!

 

[Robson Valley]

Ariael ball games in parks here are discouraged, too many bystanders getting clunked.
Bocce is growing rapidly in popularity. Very heavy game set, though.