Budget beginner

[Swash]

Hi I'd like to set a bit of a challenge/game, for fun and with the hope it will help out a beginner.
Ok so you have a £300 budget (please let me know if this isn't enough to start, I don't know prices I'm new)
You'll be spending a weekend outside in the uk in march
And you have nothing
What would you buy as a foundation for the trip and also to build upon into the future?
Product names, prices, links
Let's see who has the same ideas, clever budget ideas.
Just a bit of fun, my thanks in advance to anyone who joins in

 

[Martyn]

Carry
USGI medium Alice pack with frame £40

Shelter
DD 3x3 tarp £35
Paracord 100 ft £5
6 tent pegs £2

Sleeping
Snugpak Osprey £90
Surplus kipmat £10
Disposable poncho x2 £2

Water & Food
Crusader cooking kit £40
Millbank Bag £10
Plastic spoon £1

Tools
Frosts Mora knife £10
Bahco Laplander saw £12
Swiss Army Knife £30

Lighting
Vanilla AAA LED Headtorch £10

Total = £307

The above assumes you use fire for cooking, but if you dont want to do that, then add £6 for 12 sachets of fuel gel for the crusader cooker.

 

[northumbrian]

dutch army roll mat- £17.95.
bungees x 4 - £4.
swedish army 40 litre rucksack- £25.95.
dutch 44 pattern stainless steel mug- £5.95.
dutch army 1 litre bottle (which fits inside the above mug)- £5.95.
jack pyke cammo bivi bag (brand new)- £29.99.
stainless steel K.F.S set with a bottle-can opener holder- £3.95.
hexi stove with fuel +extra box of fuel- £3.95.
mess tins- £3.95 upwards.
BCB basic FAK- £4.50.
german army rubberized poncho(bombproof)- £19.99.
snugpak The sleeping bag- £19.99 upwards.
british army green towel- £1.95.
ally IPK pegs x 6- £2.95.
40 litre dry bag- £13.95.
sterdex handwash-£1.95.
concentrated body wash- £1.95.
5 litre roll up wash bowel- £3.95.
box of 50 puritabs for water- £3.25.
nato flint + steel- £3.50.
emergency light sticks- £1 upwards.
paracord- £3.99 upwards depending on the make and quality !
folding handsaw B&Q- £6.
high viz distress whistle- £1.10.
folding diamond pocket sharpener stone- £2.29.
morakniv craftline Q 511 knife- £3.69.
asaklitt head torch- £3.49.
3 set of bic lighters- £3 upwards.

total
£298.18.

most of the above kit is top quality which will be used for many years to come i hope u will agree !

cheers andrew.

 

[rik_uk3]

Rather than go through it all again, there is a whole thread dedicated to budget kit
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38059
should give you some ideas.

 

[Swash]

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hi rik thanks for the link, but in this thread I meant achieving a setup to a budget (allowance) rather than kit that was budget (inexpensive). Does that make sense?
Thanks very much though

 

[yomperalex]

Nice thread.

alex