11 to 14 September 2015 ~ Rough Close OTS Meet

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Hammock_man

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IF, and a big if, anyones interested I am out of hospital. Narked at being here at home and not with you folks. Can not shift from my mind, if any one had what I had 50 years ago (not a huge length of time) chances are they would have died. Here I am at home on meds after 3 days!
 

Hammock_man

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What was wrong HM?
Pneumonia
Without wanting to hijack the thread, early hours tue I had a cough, wee hours wed I am in.
The hospital has a 24 hour GP service, like a filter to the main hospital in a way. Went in, was asked name and problem, listened to chest, picked up phone and she told, not asked, the ward I had a bed.
At one time I was on an IV, having an injection into my tummy fat, a huge needles worth stuff in via the other catherter, pills and nebulizer. First 12 hours a bit of a blur really. Then in no time at all I am arguing with the consultant about going home.

Already determined to be at the November meet if I remember the dates right.
 

sasquatch

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Glad to hear you're out already...

Thanks Phil for organising this and all who were able to attend. Was great to get out and relax for a couple nights, just what was needed.
 

decorum

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Thanks to all of those who attended. It was a nicely chilled affair (bit wet on occassion! ;) :rofl:

It was good to catch up with old faces and nice to meet the new :D

I've only got home this eve (Tuesday) so haven't had the opportunity to post earlier :eek: I didn't take many pics, I'll look through them in the morning and see if any are worth putting up.

Anybody else get hit by the dreaded chiggers ~ it's the first time they've hit me in the past couple of years :( . But I've been munched worse in the past :)


... I am out of hospital. Narked at being here at home and not with you folks.

Sorry you missed out but I'm glad to hear you're back at home. Here's hoping to a reasonably* rapid recovery

The TORM thread has been live for a while ~ from 15:00 onwards on Thursday 12 through to departure before 12:00 (midday/noon) on Monday 16 November. There's no requirement to be there for the whole duration.


* For the condition. I know some who've had it and it isn't a breeze to get back to health.
 

sasquatch

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Ya, chiggers. I have my share of bites. Like you I've had worse Phil but they had a good feed at my expense.
 

Hammock_man

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Thanks for the kind words from a tired, narkked, wanted to be campper, who still feels amazed when he breathes in; how good a lung FULL feels!
 

decorum

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Ya, chiggers. I have my share of bites.

Though I'd rather no one be grazed on I'm kinda glad to not be on my own (sorry :eek: ).


Like you I've had worse Phil but they had a good feed at my expense.

I've been munched in atypical places ... Definitely chiggered but not in _all the right places_ . I have bites on and below the sock line, which you'd expect, but I also got hit on the fronts and sides but not the back of my knees :dunno: . And due to wearing my standard compression shorts I expected (after munching both legs) to get hit in that region too but ... nothing , not a single one :confused:


Thanks for the kind words from a tired, narkked, wanted to be campper, who still feels amazed when he breathes in; how good a lung FULL feels!

I've not had pneumonia but I do have a respiratory condition. Being able to breathe is fantastic! :approve: I hate to think, had the Meet been the w/e prior, what the falling moisture and barometric tapdancing would have done for your oxygen absorbtion :yikes:
 

decorum

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... I didn't take many pics, I'll look through them in the morning and see if any are worth putting up.


Some pics ... not particularly brilliant :eek: :D


Not all of my kit for the duration but this is what I walked in with. The easy life luxuries were delivered later and by car :eek: ;)




And, gratuitously, from the other side ...




The bed's good to go but, for the added comfort, a Hounsfield Safari camp bed was added later that day. I find it very comfortable but as it must weigh in at 5kg it's a luxury ... it arrived later :lmao:




Pack, heavy and very nearly bombproof :D It spent a fair bit of the Meet in its pack cover ...




Meets are also good settings for trialling and testing. I wanted and needed to test my No.12 stove under camping conditions ~ and, again, at roughly 5kg plus the weight of the No.2/No.12 mess tin you can bet it was carted in for me! :eek: :rofl: . Home made burgers ... :dancer:.




I also wanted to see whether you could toast on a simmer ring/heat diffuser plate. Not perfect, but pretty good.




Gratuitous flame shot ...




Norgy cooler was (yet) another luxury which makes life more comfortable and provides easy solutions. Proper coffee is a necessity! Stronger than it looks too ;)




Obligatory glitter ball.




Small wood pile under the communal tarp.




You have to find a missed/lost tent peg ... This one was so close to being buried that I'd initially thought it was a sliver of tin foil and then spent an age digging it out ... it was a Vaude Easton Aluminium jobbie. I have no idea what's in the clay layer which held so fast :yikes: ...



:yikes:




Steve had brought his fire pit for communal use but had to leave on the Sunday. With just two of us remaining an Aldi/Lidl folding BBQ did for the remaining time (delivered with the luxury items :) )




Thanks for looking.
 

John Fenna

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I got home yesterday after having had a great time in the woods and a very successful business trip tagged on the end:)
A few photos
The reason I have 2 tarps on my pitch is that I had neglected to proof the seam on my canvas tarp and the hanging points became like taps when the heavens opened!















 

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