Recent content by russj1975

The term "proper camping" is a subjective and personal opinion. I have a large vango family tunnel tent with extension. It has bedrooms, a living area and a covered porch. You can stand up in it. We run a cable to the car and have electric lights. We have a table, a double gas burner, comfy...

In three hundred years time (if we last that long), there will be a knowledgeable and enthusiastic presenter/practitioner of bushcraft, gracing our holographic home entertainment systems at 7pm weeknights. He or she will be mesmerising audiences with tales of how our ancestors had to forage for...

go the second had route is my advice. You'll get a better camera for your budget. I'm guessing you'd be looking at eos400d or 450d. I had a 400d myself before upgrading to a 60d. I sold it to a mate. It was a nice compact dslr. One of the problems with the bigger prosumer type dslr cameras...

with the chimney exiting the tipi through the hood that's not really an option. If i was putting it through the tent wall i would probably go with that, but i need to create something akin to the heat shield arrangement seen on the eldfell range of stoves. Just need to chance upon the right...

I would admit to it not being ideal, but i've simply not been able to find any suitable pre-formed perforated tubing of anything larger than 80mm, and ideally it needs to be in two sections. I may just take the old heatshield and modify it to fit when i take the tent out. I would have liked an...

I have a tipi from Greenoutdoors.co.uk, with wich i've been using a gas bottle wood burner and stainless steel pipe chimney. I've been using this with great effect as a heater, however it was not really possible to cook on the stove as the hotplate was too small. I was looking at the eldfell...

Hi I'm new on this forum, so thought i'd say hello, whilst at the same time posting a question. I have a recently purchased greenoutdoors tipi 6 which i'm in the process of fitting out with a small woodburner for use in the colder months (can't wait!:o). My question is what's the best way...