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[_scorpio_]

i have done similar with just a tarp and a lot of grass. there was a huge grass field next to the woods so it didnt take long to get more than enough to be comfortable, and surprisingly warm.

 

[stooboy]

its awfy wide, where you expecting company or does it just look like a double from the angle?
thanks for re-posting btw

 

[stuart f]

I hadn't seen this first time round, so glad you changed your account.

Nice one Stuart

Thanks for sharing

Have you tried heather and myrtle for the browse ? Very springy and it smells wonderful

cheers,
M

Hi Mary,yeah i've tried heather before and its really rather good,i never thought about adding the myrtle though,but i will give it a go thanks.

its awfy wide, where you expecting company or does it just look like a double from the angle?
thanks for re-posting btw

Hi Stoo,i think it must be the angle of the photo as it was just a nice size.
:bluThinki Or are you trying to say i must have been a fat git a few year ago On second thoughts don't even answer that

Cheers Stuart.

 

[kINGPIN]

Great pics, looks very comfortable.

 

[Barn Owl]

Ever tried a bed like that with some hot rocks below it Stuart?

Indeed has anyone?

Good re-post mate.

 

[Toddy]

Admit it Tam, you're thinking of it, seriously, you are, aren't you
It must've been damned cold at Wiston right enough

cheers,
M

 

[Barn Owl]

Admit it Tam, you're thinking of it, seriously, you are, aren't you
It must've been damned cold at Wiston right enough

cheers,
M

Oh you better believe it Mary.

 

[stuart f]

Hi Tam,i have never tried hot stones under a bed,but i tend to take one in beside me when i turn in for the evening.

Mary i was thinking the same thing

 

[Barn Owl]

Memo to self...

Don't stick half a dozen cold Guinness in belly when it's Baltic.
You're not getting any younger.

Big Nanook o' Lomondside must have an Aga in his abdomen.

 

[stuart f]

Memo to self...

Don't stick half a dozen cold Guinness in belly when it's Baltic.
You're not getting any younger.

Big Nanook o' Lomondside must have an Aga in his abdomen.

Aye,you know things are bad when you have to get up for the loo and you start pee,ing ice cubes

 

[CraigM9]

Great work Stu - Appreciate your posts as always mate!

Craig.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

great repost and i remember seeing it last time its just a shame i still havent tried it yet

drew

 

[Toddy]

Tam, on thinking about it, I reckon if you did that with hot rocks all you'd get would be a sauna.

cheers,
M

 

[hog]

Is it okay to sleep in the forrests up in your area?not from a safty point but do the forestry decision allow it?

 

[CBJ]

great thread and the beds you made are excellent:

I live in the NE of Scotland and this is what I have used for a number of nights.

Just a simple A frame bed using peat sacks and stacking fern first then grass on top.Then my HH hex tarp goes over the top, It doesnt look comfy but you would be pleasently surprised.

CBJ

 

[stuart f]

Is it okay to sleep in the forrests up in your area?not from a safty point but do the forestry decision allow it?

Hi Hog,the wood i set up in is,nt forestry commission land,it was just a narrow wind break wood next to the river.

If you check out this site http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/default.asp

It will better explain than i ever could.

Hi CBJ,i have'nt tried out an A frame set up as of yet,but its something i've always wanted to do.Yours looks really comfy though,thanks for posting the pic.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

We made a similar one a while back. Used it with soft rush as bedding. Nice and spongy and comfortable. It's quite wet here so soft rush is in abundence.
Here's the shelter during construction.

Plated spruce root to hold up the cross piece

Stakes to hold the logs in place

Raising the bed

Completed bed, it has been raised high enough to sit comfortable on and with room for hot rocks below.

The lean to being prepared. It was continued right round the sides and then thatched in using a combination of moss below the bed height and spruce boughs above it.

 

[stuart f]

Nice one CG,i liked the way you used the spruce roots for the bindings,rather than using paracord .

Thanks for posting up your photos.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[bhofmann]

If you make it well, like Celt Ginger did, I see no reason to take it down. Save someone else, and yourself, the work next time, and will certainly reduce the number of trees that would be cut or clipped to make the bed/bench. You guys have made some impressive bed shelters. Maybe I will too one day, but finding that many fallen trees is not easy where I go, and cutting them down for just one or even two nights is a no-no for me.

 

[Aussiepom]

Well constructed classic lean-to shelter there from C G, (though I wouldn't be storing an axe by planting it in a live tree), and I second bhofmann; why take it down?

One thing I've never been too sure about with the lean-to types though is that the 'roof' has to be at a steep angle to shed the rain, but on the other hand, the slightest breeze is going to blow the rain straight into the shelter.

Before anyone says it, it's not just a matter of positioning the shelter according to the prevailing wind either - I've regularly set up camps in sites where the wind is blowing one way one hour, and the opposite way the next hour. Or of course, if there is no prevailing wind until after you've set up your shelter, you could once again be snookered!

Any solutions anyone? (Apart from using a tarp, as I currently do.)