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The film of this is on netflix, very good but I haven't read the book so don't know bastardised it became.

Hi gibson175, a syndrome is a collection of signs & symptoms that are related to each other and associated with a condition but the exact cause is unknown/unproven. A disease is where the signs and symptoms have an identified cause.

Woody girl - fandabi dosy on YouTube Fandobi dosy on YouTube has today just posted a video where he's doing a winter overnighter using only traditional ~16c "highland" kit. Definitely worth a watch.

Thank you everyone. I may be even more confused now than before but I'm liking the experienced advice and kit recommendations. Just as an aside I was out last night (in an old school vango f10) in the Scottish Highlands and temperature (according to the car) at 8 in the morning was minus 9! Glad I

Hello all, seen this on the military 1st website,(link below) described as a sleeping bag cover as opposed to a bivvy bag. What's the difference? And has anyone ever used one, seems very cheap? When bivvying I'm currently using a quite heavy hooped bivvy with midge net & a half lavvu with tarp...

Still use a trangia from the 80's, a leatherman I bought when working in the states in the 90's and a mora that I was given when working in Norway, also in the 90's. Also have a 3/4 length thermarest from the 80's but don't use it anymore having upgraded to a thicker, wider one.

Hi all, year round wild camper here, manage to get out most weeks mostly just for one nighters in the Highlands. Car or mbike camp and shelter ranges from baker tent with woodburner to tent to bivvy when midges/snow allows.