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Hello! I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I've used meths in the Trangia for years without issue but last time I was rushing for a bottle there was none in the shop, but they did have this bio-ethanol from Vango. Alcohol is alcohol right? Or so I thought and picked it up. I'd...

Finished my edit, but some pictures sideways, not sure yet what to do about that, sorry! They still tasted good ;-) Well, it's almost like I'm back on one camp a month! Anyhow, this time I had some warning, some time and actually tried to get out at a decent time, and again, try and get in a...

So it's been literally months, my regular first of the month (which was never that regular) kept slipping, my motivation kept slipping... It all just kept slipping. Then up stepped my hero (wife). She had tickets and was out for the night, my kids were going to their grandparents... "why don't...

Well, seems like I'm properly back on it, another trip, and the next one is already booked, someone else is coming, so it will just have to happen at the start of December. Anyway, what's with the mens mental health bit? Well, you've either guessed that it includes a steak cooked in response to...

No, not solo! I brought my eldest daughter. She is 8 now and has been asking for ages to come out. I've been waiting for better weather, warmer nights, her to be in the right mood (she has an ASD diagnosis, Autistic Spectrum Disorder) blah blah blah... Well finally we'd both had enough I we just...

Yep, once again I have allowed busyness, work and apathy to keep me at home. I had been planning on making it a two night with a walk on the moors but it just didn't happen. Rather than not get out at all though it was just back up in the usual woods, in the usual spot, dragging my exhausted...

Yep, it was! On the moors no less, without a tree to be seen! Those who watched my last trip out will know I was promising (to myself as much as anyone else) that I would branch out, no more camping within a short walk of home (I know, I'm lucky!) and commiting to finding a view. Well, the...

...and some top quality (cheap and cheerful) grub. After what was probably the hardest week of work and general all round grief that I can remember I was so ready for a night out in the woods! Started packing nice and early for a change so I wouldn't be rushing... noticed it was getting dark a...

Well, I managed to get myself back out for another night but this time I kind of forced myself into using the bivvy bag. A week or so earlier I had conspired to trip myself up at work and went down like a sack of spuds at pretty much a full run, tripping over my own tripwire, sigh. Anyhow...

Well, I finally got round to writing up the bivvy bag trip I finally got around to making! Started off with choosing a woefully small rucksack. My old Deuter AirComfort 28 so, despite the actual weight, this as an ultra (for me) light camp :-) Then it was off to find the spot itself! Couple of...

...but as yet haven't packed anything. Started laying stuff out but any last minute guesses/reminders? I've put out a sit mat and remembered I was going to try a travel pillow in the hammock if I saw it again...

Wildcamp 5 for 2017 finally happened. My stated aim of one per month, on the first Saturday of the month was truly tested for May. I had said from the start, as long as it is rescheduled I don't have to be a slave to the first Saturday rule, but the last Saturday of the month was pushing it and...

...sleeping bag and BANG! Heatwave. My AlpKit Mountain Ghost 300 is going to be a bit toasty this weekend I suspect. Maybe if I drop the underquilt... What have you eagerly acquired that circumstance has tried to deny you the use of. At least good weather will make the Hunka bivvy and Dirtbag...

Well it was a week and a half later than planned (first Saturday of the month still being the plan) but that was always going to be ok as long as I got out. Even though I was definitely coming out though I was still running really late and come 4 o'clock I still hadn't even packed a bag, and I...

As you may (or probably don't) remember, after a slightly annoying slip during the Christmas break I got grumpy, my wife told me to sort it out and just commit to something like going out every month... That'll do then! So, the third first Saturday of the month came and went, it was going to be...

It's only trip 2 of my promised monthly nights out and it was back in the same spot but, I got back out and that's the big thing for me. Last trip I carried so much stuff that I really didn't need (even I knew I didn't need it, I just left it in the pack) that it left me with a lightly unweildy...

Following on from wondering what I would forget I guess this is the follow up... Firstly, I loved it! Cold but not freezing night (around 6 centigrade) but sitting listening to the fire crackle and watching the stars made it all frankly awesome, something I'm sure most of you know already. I...

During the Christmas break I promised myself that I would finally take a night and overnight in our local woods. We have spent dozens of days there, I know exactly where the tarp will go and where the hammock will string. After some recent trials and tests recounted in another recent thread I...

OK, so back in around 1988 I'm guessing I got given a sleeping bag. It was pretty cool and very warm! At least, that's my memory... Problem is, I can't really remember. It isn't labelled up in any way that gives me a hint as to how warm it might be. After an age stored rolled up I think it could...

I'd seen a few videos on YouTube, as you do, of penny stoves and thought to my self how simple they look! One video in particular was just under 6 minutes long from start to lit stove, and it really didn't seem that rushed. So, really, how hard can it be? Well, if you have a cup of tea that...