Alright Guys I Need Your Help

[Dytiscus]

Basically In May i'm gonna be Undertaking a Challenge to Visit Every RNLI lifeboat station on the South Coast of England in 30 Days May 7th until June the 5th thats 44 stops starting at St Mary's on the isles of scilly and Finishing at Teddington Lock on the River Thames i'm Traveling By Foot and by Boat with the occasional Lift thrown in for good measure Fishing My Way up the coast i'm gonna be mostly living on the beach because of all the events that i am sorting out for my trip i know that i am just going to get busier and busier in the run up to the start of the event and so i need your Help

I've been Putting together my Kit Slowly making Sure i have everything that i need but i'm certain i'll forget something

so i need you guys to help me out anything you can think of that i will need as i don't want to forget anything

i 100% certain i won't forget my shelter and bedding
but i just want to cross the eyes and Dot the Tees

also i'm looking to replace my cooking gear as mine as seen far too many winters and might not make the trip so i'm going to treat myself to a New kitchen
so i'm looking for a good Burner, some solid iron Cooking Pots and a frying pan/skillet for when i can cook over an open fire a Good Grill and some good sturdy Storage for oils spices and flour

Thanks All

Nick

 

[Sniper]

If most of the time you will be on the beach would it not be worth your while taking along a grill as well as a cooker them by using driftwood you can cook over a fire instead of burner and fuel. I would suggest the Swiss army trangia cos I think they tick all the right boxes for me but doubt if it would cope very well with a heavy skillet though however the skillet would be great with a fire and grill. Make your own simple grill by getting hold of 4 or 5 lengths of 3/16 or 10mm round bar about 3' or a metre long and bend them into a square "U" shape and hammer them into the ground about 2" apart, upside down if you know what I mean, and you have a very light easy and useful grill for over the fire. If you drive them in about 3-4" they will hold a lot of weight in the shape of pots or kettles.

 

[Glen]

also i'm looking to replace my cooking gear as mine as seen far too many winters and might not make the trip so i'm going to treat myself to a New kitchen
so i'm looking for a good Burner, some solid iron Cooking Pots and a frying pan/skillet for when i can cook over an open fire a Good Grill and some good sturdy Storage for oils spices and flour

Wouldn't you be better off with something lighter than solid iron pots if your travelling mainly on foot?

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

I only did it once and regreted it, camping on sand.....:tapedshut

It seems a really nice idea but there are several issues you need to be ready for:

sand is loose, standard tent pegs will be useless and will pull out especially in high wind.
(Place rocks on top of the pegs)

it is very cold to lie on (more so if wet) Make sure you use a good sleeping mat.

even on a calm dry day you will end up with sand everywhere, make sure you are ready for this things like electrical equipment camera/phone etc need to be kept in sand proof bags or containers.

camping on Stoney/rocky shore you will have similar problems but the worst is going to be finding a flat comfortable spot to lie down on!

If you get a stormy night make sure you can escape the beach if you have to!

I may be teaching you to suck eggs but make sure you know where the high tide mark is and camp above it!

good luck it sounds fun!

 

[Chinkapin]

They sell "sand pegs" for tents, better get some. Otherwise tie a cord to each stake down location on your tent, tie the other end to a piece of driftwood, which you bury about a foot down in the sand. This will hold. You "challenge" sounds like fun. Good luck. A twig stove would probably work great on a beach if there is a lot of driftwood. I would drop that solid iron pot idea like a hot potato, unless you are taking a pack mule along.

 

[Sussex Man]

May sound silly but don't forget your sunglasses (glare from the sea can be pretty intence)
also consider taking a rough old knife to prize limpets etc off rocks. Have fun, sounds like a great trip, the girls and boys of the RNLI and coastguard are fantastic people.

 

[sirex]

They sell "sand pegs" for tents, better get some. Otherwise tie a cord to each stake down location on your tent, tie the other end to a piece of driftwood, which you bury about a foot down in the sand. This will hold. You "challenge" sounds like fun. Good luck. A twig stove would probably work great on a beach if there is a lot of driftwood. I would drop that solid iron pot idea like a hot potato, unless you are taking a pack mule along.

easier solution than that, bring about 10 plastic shopping bags. Get to site, fill em with sand, tie tent to the bag handles, bury bag, job done

i wouldnt want to camp on sand though, it'll get everywhere...

maybe an idea to get a large caribiner too ?
http://www.sourcingmap.com/large-sn...-red-with-soft-grip-p-30869.html?currency=GBP

that way you can snap everything moveable to it when you goto sleep, and if you wake up in the middle of the night in the sea, you can grab the caribiner and run like hell.

 

[Jaysurfer]

Your going to need bucket loads of suntan lotaion! May is usually one of the hotter months in our crappy summers!
When you are boating what boat will you be using? is it going to be rowing? A completely human powered trip would be cool.

If it is hot what are you planning to do about food, storing it and carrying it? Will you be fishing from the boat and living off fish for the whole month?

You will also need to think about your own waste both rubbish and human....

Good on you though and well done

 

[Chinkapin]

Hey Sirex, don't you mean "grab the caribiner, and SWIM like hell!" Seriously though, that idea about using the plastic bags is absolutely great! No hunting the right size pieces of wood and no weight to speak of at all until you fill and use them. A classic example of thinking outside the box. Ideas like this is why I love this website. I wouldn't have thought of this in a hundred years. Thanks.

I have camped on sand bars while kayaking down rivers. The surrounding woods were overgrown with vegetation and were all on private property, so it was much easier to just camp on the sandbars along the sides of the river. I did get sand in some things, but one thing that i had was a small whisk broom and its accompanying dust pan which made sweeping out the tent and brushing off the cloths relatively easy. I bought it at a backpacking store. It was very inexpensive.

 

[Dytiscus]

Wouldn't you be better off with something lighter than solid iron pots if your travelling mainly on foot?

sorry i havn't been on for a couple of days internet decided to die on me

well because of all the gear i have to take with me i'm taking a specialised Trolly with me so taking solid iron pans won't be a problem

as for just using beach fires there are some places that i know that your not allowed beach fires so i will be taking a double burner with me i'm looking for a good liquid fuel one so i can get fuel anywhere

as for shelter i have a beach buddy that I've used in a force 6-7 and it held up fine it's designed for use on beaches sand and single and you can put one up in about 1minute once your used to them

sleeping on the beach i have a very comfortable all weather sleeping bag it's a German army snipers bag the one with arms and a zip off bottom so you can walk around in it best £50 i ever spent totally water proof

as for safety i'm putting together a list of anglers along the coast who are gonna be fishing with me from time to time so in case of emergency i can get the hell off the beach

and i'll definatley be keeping well above the high tide line

Sunglasses no problem there i have pretty blue photo sensitive eyes so i wear em all the time even have to wear em on rainy days when it's bright people look at me like i'm mad lol

cheers for the ideas and support so any ideas on a good iron pot and such and i'm still after a grill for when i can enoy myself cooking over an open fire

Cheers nick