Recent content by hootchi

thanks for all your help guys. really appreciate it. anyone else?

Hi guys, I'm looking for a large pack, something I can chuck all my kit in and lob on the train, coach whatever. Ideally it'd weigh something like 1 or 2 kilo's but I realise I may have to shell out for something like that. Has anyone had any experience of using any of the following...

Thanks guys, You've answered my questions spot on. I think they may be a little heavy for my uses. And thanks for the links, did a search previously but couldn't seem to find much.

Hi Guys, Was wondering if anyone has any experience with trousers like these? http://www.genuinearmysurplus.co.uk/pages/products/detail/rowid=804 Warm? seen any black ones? approximate weight? I thought about using them to replace a sleeping bag, in combination with a warm jacket and...

Thanks everyone for your help. All good ideas. Cheers maverix, I may call on you nearer the time when I'm back from uni and need help lugging the wood to the cliffs. :lmao: Thanks

Thanks a good idea. Thanks Dave. I could build it in bits and pieces as and when I get the materials.

Have you ever been to shipload bay? Its a lovely place, sand beach, really quiet but for the reason that has been described by Adi. It involved a traverse down steeper than 45 degree ground that has recently slipped hanging onto a rope someone found on the beach and wrapped round a tree. Not...

Sorry for the delay chaps. Basically somewhere on the coast between Westward Ho! and, say, Bucks Mills but probably not that far because ideally it needs to be within cycling distance. Ben, There is a few places where you could pitch a hammock along towards Clovelly more but it is all...

I was just wondering, is the Manchurian Pear fruit edible. If it is then I would be quite confident in using it to eat.

Thanks for the help. I was thinking four big posts, which should be salvagable from the shoreline, buried into the pebbles with a sloping roof, slatted and covered in a tarpaulin, with the sides clad in planks. Big hooks in the inside for slinging hammocks, removable during the day, maybe a...

I'd just like to add that I have the Burma's which are the Gore-Tex version of the Borneo and they are extremely confortable, so I'm sure the Engadin will be aswell. Anyway, my only gripe with the Burma's is that they do not have a rubber rand to protect the leather near the sole which makes...

Hey chaps, Myself and a friend are planning to build a cabin on the north devon coast. Being a pebble beach it doesn't lend itself well to bivvying and a small cabin would be much more confortable for extended periods of time. The place is ideal for fishing, shrimping and searching for...

Some of the older chaps may remember me and these are the first pics of myself available. I still pop in now and again so here you go... After a day of mountaineering in Cairngormia, I'm on the right holding the orange helmet... Back at the hostel after a few( :rolleyes: ), honing my...

That chap Lief makes me laugh. He is talking about and shunning how authors regurgitate information by other authors but that is exactly what he is doing as the bulk constitute of his article. He cannot write an article from scratch or even spell correctly; diarrhoea is spelt incorrectly...

Looks like a really nice stove. I thought about making a kelly kettle type stove but have no welding equipment and I thought solder may be a bit unhealthy to seal the water container part as it may start melting under heat back into the water? The stove may not be drawing as well as it...