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I've been camping in Rothiemurchus again for the last 2 weeks. While my wife and I were preparing to go for a walk (late as usual) when a guy came to talk to me about our Tentipi. We had a good chat and only afterwards did it occur to me that he might be someone on here. So, whoever it was...

I'm just back from another 2 weeks in Scotland with my Tentipi Varrie 7 cp. It performed great as usual except that the material has lost its waterproofness in a few places. I just rang Stunning Tents (who I bought it from) but the official Tentipi impregnating agent (5 litres) costs £91.50...

Does anyone here own or use a Tarptent? My wife and I are thinking about options for a lightweight, bug-repellent shelter for use when we don't have the car for our Tentipi. One option is to get a mosquito net to go with our Tatonka tarp and bivvi bags but these Tarptents look rather nifty...

Roughly speaking, wool is great at everything. It's warm when needed, cooler when needed, doesn't feel clammy, doesn't smell, is comfy (esp merino), warm when wet, breathes, can be washed and tumble dried (merino), is environmentally friendly and could probably make your breakfast too. There...

We have a Tentipi Varrie 7 Cp. The Varrie has the fancy cap design which means you can open and close it from the inside. 99% of the time it was great. However, a few times we obviously hadn't quite got the setup perfectly correct because the overlap between the main cap and the tent was only...

Whilst staying in our Tentipi over winter we twice tried lighting a fire inside, both fairly unsuccessful. We had the Tentipi fire box which in theory helps things along, but it wasn't long before the tent was completely smoked out! With all three ground-level vents plus the top cap fully open...

My wife and I took 6 months off work in order to travel around the UK, to really get to see the country we both think is fantastic. We're pretty much at the end of our time off, so now is a good time to think back and think over what we did. And while I'm at it, I may as well bore everyone...

I'm not quite a new member, but since I haven't been here for ages I thought I'd say hello again. I can't remember when I last properly logged in, but it was around the time the board upgraded to the new software. I've spent the last 6 months camping around the UK (mostly Scotland and the...

I haven't been on BCUK so much since the forum changed - I just couldn't get my head round the new site quite so much, plus the bugs kept, well, bugging me. That was a few months ago now. But it seems that there are still loads of issues that still haven't been fixed, such as: - You keep on...

After a fair bit of research my wife and I decided to buy a Varrie Tentipi. So we rang up to order one, but the dealer said that Tentipi have recalled all their tents because of leaking seams! Apparently on some of their tents the wrong seam thread was used, but as they don't know on which...

I'm in the market for a new tent and I'm having a close look at a Tentipi, unless we decide to go for something smaller like a Hilleberg. Roughly speaking it seems that the two options we have before things get ridiculously expensive are: - Varrie in polycotton with a floor, or - Nibba (nylon)...

I got the new Howies catalogue through yesterday (rather worryingly for my bank balance I'm apparently one of their top customers...) and they have a new jacket made from Epic Cotton. (It looks like a lovely, tempting jacket too, but hey I've already got too many and I've already got an eye...

I finally had a go at making my own knife, after reading and seeing countless knives on here. So if you want to see the pinnacle of knife-making beauty, look elsewhere... ;) My wife bought me the Nordic kit from Brisa (carbon blade, curly burch and whatnot) for Christmas, so I put it...

It's great that environmentalism is becoming more and more mainstream, so hopefully in the not too distant future we'll all be recycling, be energy efficient, not trash the land and so on. But... Has it become too much of a movement? As soon as politicians get on the bandwagon, I become very...

I've heard that Barbour wax jackets aren't breathable. But then I've also heard that they are. I can't find anything about it on the Barbour website, so I don't know what the official answer is. I wear mine a lot, but usually just when wandering around, so I haven't done any stress testing to...

I discovered that my waterproof Brashers aren't quite so waterproof any more. The rubber strip between the sole and the leather has come away, allowing water in. Is it just a case of whacking on some superglue or epoxy, or is there some official stuff? I nipped into Blacks this lunchtime and...

Ok, a bit lighthearted and flippant this one, but here we go. My wife has declared that I need some wellies. They'll be used in the garden, and also for the occasional yomp through the woods next door when it's particularly rainy and muddy (so they'll need to be vaguely comfy for walking in)...

Ray Mears is loved by pretty much everyone on the planet. There are two books called "Cool Camping". You can buy tents with fancy floral patterns from big-ticket fashion names. And of course there are all the pink wellies, and not just for kids. So, are camping and bushcraft becoming "cool"...

Now that the scourge of homeopathy has been given a patina of credibility by the MRHA allowing changes to homeopathic packaging, it's got me wondering how this applies to bushcraft and similar natural activities. Bushcrafters enjoy using traditional tools and ideas, and often the use of...

This will be obvious for many of us. But then I thought it was obvious to me before I realised I wasn't paying enough attention! If I'm out for a walk with my wife, we'll always be suitably prepared - plenty of water, spare food, map/compass, FAK or whatever is required for what we're doing...