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The OP refers to Climate Change. Climate Change, Vaccine, The shape of the Earth, Space travel and Aliens: These are far more often artefacts of our identity than assessments of the information available. I believe that it is pointless to debate these issues in this kind of forum. I doubt...

I was camped last week.:banghead2: Can’t get out this week. Is anyone managing to get out for a night while it lasts? My pitch in the Berwyns is just about accessible and under about 10cm. I love lying in my bag and listening to snow on the tipi. I don’t have a pic of my Kettle in the...

Not necessary but I do love surprises and have more space than you do :)

Yes you will be feeding your fire to keep it going but what else are you going to be doing for the minutes it takes while you are cooking? Don’t bother trying to simmer, just lift. Porridge is just three minutes of stirring. I do it every morning in camp. Look at my avatar top left of my...

I believe that is what @haptalaon does with a clever stick technique.(outside of the fire base.) I don’t because I don’t have the problem. I light it in the fire base. I’m not sure why H is having trouble cooking on the Kelly Hobo. Is usually the only thing that I use - porridge, bacon and...

Any use? I’ve had them years. They are pristine coz I’ve never used them and probably never will. Gifts from well meaning friends.

This is cobbled up from what I have about the place: I wouldn’t use this but if I did I’d want to be sure I carried it upright and probably in a plastic rubble sack. As @Hammock_man said: it’s probably better for carrying water from source to camp. There you go. If you want it you can...

Thanks @Falstaff You’ve saved me a lot of time that I don’t have. Notes from video: I’m with him all the way with tinder and ferro dust. However when using a Kelly Trekker your tinder nest is quite small and you don’t want to turn it over. If I’m using a cotton wool ball then I’m careful...

@haptalaon is probably using the same ferro rod that I use regularly. It very probably comes from the same batch. It’s almost a cliche to use the back edge of an Opinel as a scraper but you need that beautiful sharp 90 degree edge correctly angled. I don’t even open the knife. Better still...

Interesting! I’m making a new handle for my Opinel 12 with the blade tipped 12degrees forward. I do think blade angles are well worth exploring. Edited to add: Sorry, perhaps a new thread.

Best ever but I’m a car camper these days. I prefer a tight fleece to the long shaggy ones and have been happy with just a short one (torso) in the past. A shop assistant in Keswick let me try a few out for size on the floor. She looked surprised. If I were still walking I’d need a waxed...

I’m willing to be wrong but I don’t think a Mylar sheet will help much with ground insulation. You are looking to insulate from heat conduction away from your body. The Mylar is good for reflecting radiating heat but it doesn’t stop heat leaving into the ground, it’s too thin. Try putting...

You’re not the first here to suggest that pulling the ferro is difficult. This surprises me as when I learned it it changed my fire lighting forever. We each have different preferences and different motor skills so no two people are the same. I’m up to my neck just now - I went camping when I...

1. Don’t use the legs. I don’t even own any. 2. I’ve watched folk knock their tinder all over the shop with their ferro scraper. So Hold your ferro scraper still where you want the spark then PULL the rod. Nothing knocked anywhere and an accurate spark. Unless rules or site conditions...

Which plane is it canted in?

Have you got it fixed yet? I don’t know the Carinthia sleeping bag. Can you post a photo of the damaged area up close? How much zip canvas is showing? Have you tried zipping half of your new zip to the good half of the old one just to be sure that everything can line up. If it zips...

Make a bonfire.

Read the book, sung the song, have the macrame waistcoat.

If it has holes from moth or the fibres are becoming weak - bin it. If not, it sort of depends where the holes are and how good you are at darning. In the sixties I saw blankets repaired with macrame and used around camp fires.

I’m sure that you’ve heard of these people. https://baavet.co.uk/ The lady on whose land I’ve been camping this week thoroughly recommend them. They are pricy at full whack but she says, if you wait a bit, anything that you want will appear in the bargain box. They will always tell you...