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ha ha ,..mate i had a blast,...
one bit of solo bannock making and i,ve regressed to a stone aged technophobe!
one bit of solo bannock making and i,ve regressed to a stone aged technophobe!
ok,..my Pbucket wont play so i,m tryin imageshack,..
but as above,....i,m back in one piece fro my first solo tarp out,...so,....
this is the start of the path about 1/2 a mile out of my back door and the beggining of the little wilderness i use every now and again...
Shot at 2010-10-17
this is further down the same track ,...i did a recce in the week and found an area where,,..basically the bush becomes dense to the point where the crosser tracks stop and even the dog walking tracks stop
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got to my site, but moved,..didnt feel right,...anyone else get this?..i needed to feel better about my spot,...
anyway,..first job,..opened my tarp sack,..no pegs,..!! no biggy,..im a bushcrafter,..hahaha
theses we literally 4 or five strokes with the axe each,..it was gettin late so they're rough as a badgers but functional,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
next with my immaculatly fashioned pieces of art (the pegs) i chucked the sleeping quarters up,
Shot at 2010-10-17
my bedding,...bad pic, its dry leaf litter between the hammock layers,..bout 3-4 inches gives decentish insulation for the time of year,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
then a cuppa of course,...cant do instant so here my hi tech esspresso machine,..a filter full of blue mountain grounds and the swedish top pan gettin a boil on,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
bugger! not so hi tech then,....anyone know a good way to do real coffee in the camp situ...?
Shot at 2010-10-17
so greek style it is then,...still tastes 1000 times better in the woods,...
Shot at 2010-10-17
avert your eyes now!,..its me,...enjoying,,,hahah the coffee..
Shot at 2010-10-17
went for a wander before it got too dark,...my village is just over that wood,..dont ask me what the rocket does,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
misjudged it slightly,..this is gonna be my sunset,....sunset was about 20 mins away,...the same amount of time i was away from my camp in the middle of the wood you can see..took 3 or 4 good armfull of fire wood back in with me tho,,,
Shot at 2010-10-17
the last pic i took before both i and the battery went flat,...bbmessenger kicks hell out of the battery life but i was in touch with Southey too so we had a bit o criac before wishing each other sweet dreams,...hahaha i had bannock and horlicks for bed,...
then Southey woke me up announcing his toilet needs on bbmessenger to the whole group!!..haha seriously good times.
Shot at 2010-10-17
all in all,...apart from getting spooked by roosting woodies until it got proper dark,,i was nice and warm, nice and relaxed and really enjoyed it,..
but as above,....i,m back in one piece fro my first solo tarp out,...so,....
this is the start of the path about 1/2 a mile out of my back door and the beggining of the little wilderness i use every now and again...
Shot at 2010-10-17
this is further down the same track ,...i did a recce in the week and found an area where,,..basically the bush becomes dense to the point where the crosser tracks stop and even the dog walking tracks stop
Shot at 2010-10-17
got to my site, but moved,..didnt feel right,...anyone else get this?..i needed to feel better about my spot,...
anyway,..first job,..opened my tarp sack,..no pegs,..!! no biggy,..im a bushcrafter,..hahaha
theses we literally 4 or five strokes with the axe each,..it was gettin late so they're rough as a badgers but functional,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
next with my immaculatly fashioned pieces of art (the pegs) i chucked the sleeping quarters up,
Shot at 2010-10-17
my bedding,...bad pic, its dry leaf litter between the hammock layers,..bout 3-4 inches gives decentish insulation for the time of year,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
then a cuppa of course,...cant do instant so here my hi tech esspresso machine,..a filter full of blue mountain grounds and the swedish top pan gettin a boil on,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
bugger! not so hi tech then,....anyone know a good way to do real coffee in the camp situ...?
Shot at 2010-10-17
so greek style it is then,...still tastes 1000 times better in the woods,...
Shot at 2010-10-17
avert your eyes now!,..its me,...enjoying,,,hahah the coffee..
Shot at 2010-10-17
went for a wander before it got too dark,...my village is just over that wood,..dont ask me what the rocket does,..
Shot at 2010-10-17
misjudged it slightly,..this is gonna be my sunset,....sunset was about 20 mins away,...the same amount of time i was away from my camp in the middle of the wood you can see..took 3 or 4 good armfull of fire wood back in with me tho,,,
Shot at 2010-10-17
the last pic i took before both i and the battery went flat,...bbmessenger kicks hell out of the battery life but i was in touch with Southey too so we had a bit o criac before wishing each other sweet dreams,...hahaha i had bannock and horlicks for bed,...
then Southey woke me up announcing his toilet needs on bbmessenger to the whole group!!..haha seriously good times.
Shot at 2010-10-17
all in all,...apart from getting spooked by roosting woodies until it got proper dark,,i was nice and warm, nice and relaxed and really enjoyed it,..
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Nice one Raikey. I know what you mean about not feeling right in some places. A couple of places i used to go to have made me feel the same, i think it's because someone else has found it.
You can buy a coffee filter thing that you hang on the side of your mug to make real coffee.
Yes, toilet needs were most funny
You can buy a coffee filter thing that you hang on the side of your mug to make real coffee.
Yes, toilet needs were most funny
yep!
not ashamed to admit ,..on the edge of sleep,,...i turn in the hammock and make a little noise which in turn spooked them into thrashing out thru the tree tops,,,haha ok seems silly now but yeah,....
there was a moor hen down the bank on the pond too,...kept cranking itself into life every now and then,,,,
loudest thing in the forest as far as i can work out.
looks like you had a blinding night out raikey, well done chap!
i'm slowly being converted to real coffee when camping by martink9 and twodogs. either "cowboy coffee", wakey wakey, or proper filter coffee, tasty tasty. someone will correct me i'm sure but i think cowboy coffee is just a case of putting the grounds in your kettle with some water and leaving them over the heat until you can't wait any longer, martink9 seams to just keep topping up with water indefinately (i'm vague about all this as i'm usually still three parts asleep when he puts the mug into my hand, bless you martin!) twodogs uses a gelert (i think) filter holder, basically just a cone of some plasticky kind of material with a hole in the bottom for the coffee to drip through and two sleeves on the outside so you can use a couple of sticks or similar to prop the thing up over your mug. as far as i know it just takes regular coffee filters. both methods seem to cure hangovers. all that said you still can't beat a nice cup of nescafe!
cheers
stuart
ha ha mate that sound good,..having your brew just thrust towards you as you lift an eyelid,....
cheers
Stu
Nice one Raikey, looks like you had a good one 
How did the leaves do for the insulation ? I've never actually met anyone who's tried it with a hammock.
For the coffee, I use a large tablespoon of coffee to every cup, fill your billy/kettle with the required cold water, add required coffee and put onto the fire until it's been boiling for a couple of minutes. Take it off the heat and just let it stand for a minute or two, lift it gently and pour without agitating up the granules. Some folk put a splash of cold water or a pinch of salt in, it's supposed to make the granules stay on the bottom but I've never done that.
How did the leaves do for the insulation ? I've never actually met anyone who's tried it with a hammock.
For the coffee, I use a large tablespoon of coffee to every cup, fill your billy/kettle with the required cold water, add required coffee and put onto the fire until it's been boiling for a couple of minutes. Take it off the heat and just let it stand for a minute or two, lift it gently and pour without agitating up the granules. Some folk put a splash of cold water or a pinch of salt in, it's supposed to make the granules stay on the bottom but I've never done that.
Looks like you had a cracking time. Glad you were spooked at least once though, can't be considered an adventure if you don't.
Nice one Raikey, looks like you had a good one
How did the leaves do for the insulation ? I've never actually met anyone who's tried it with a hammock.
For the coffee, I use a large tablespoon of coffee to every cup, fill your billy/kettle with the required cold water, add required coffee and put onto the fire until it's been boiling for a couple of minutes. Take it off the heat and just let it stand for a minute or two, lift it gently and pour without agitating up the granules. Some folk put a splash of cold water or a pinch of salt in, it's supposed to make the granules stay on the bottom but I've never done that.
nice one on the coffee Rich,..i,m gonna give that a go tommorow,,,sounds like a solution but without extra gear,... always a plus
on the leaf insulation,...i wouldnt like to think i was going out in minus numbers without summat better, but saying that , its only ever had a cheap roll mat thrown in there anyway,....and any clothes i,m not wearing for bed go in the head end.
i only skim the first inch of leaves and obviously avaod the composting ones,...but dry grass or whatever is in the immediate area seems to suit too,.
my hammock always has that loveley sweet outdoor smell to it,...lol,..
Cheers
Stu
Brilliant read Stu, I have wrestled control of the laptop from wifey by sending her to work!, so ill get on my post once kid and kid two are up and fed, yer sorry for the pee state messeges HA!
So after two changes of location I ended up here,
Its just out the back of my sisters house, but about thirty an hours drive from mine, Doh! still on wards and up wards, it was 2 1\4 miles to the woods,
looking back over Easterton,
My route took me past the Imber impact range, BOOM!!
nearly at the woods,
Looking at the woods, they are on a slight northerly spur and high above the vale below, when i got there the wind was a northerly chilly breeze gusting every now and then just enough to move the tree tops, i decided to move into the woods on the north east side as I guessed the wind might switch direction when the sun goes down so then the wood would give me shelter from the breeze, there is a good mix of Beech,Maple,Ash,elder and oak in this little stand, the ash were very young and great for guys ropes, i found a spot in the middle of a group of saplings between two good sized Maples,
Now it was decision time i had brought my bivi with the intention of kipping on the ground, but laying down for a minuet or two put paid to that as a good idea after a barrage of three rounds hit the impact range and the vibration would have woken the dead,
So hammock it is, I set up my rig,
same hammock and tarp as Stu, I use small crabs to attach to the guy loops, then a loop of shock cord, then the guy line with a slip knot to tighten, the ridge line is a half inch thick length of para cord that came with the tarp from the chap i bought it from(cheers silverhillforge), I used a second ridge line to string my hammock from, at each end i turn around the tree then loop the cord around itself so as to constrict on itself, the tie a loop in the end to give the hammock the desired tension, then i attached my under blanket(issue jungle sleeping bag) using the built in loops for tyeing to you basha, with loops of shock cord at both ends, i added a bungee at the head end so i could adjust the tension of the bag, and on hanging from the second ridge line so i could hook the middle ties up to lift the sides a bit and stop any flappage, you can see in the pic the hood end, I intend to sew the hood to the opposite side and attach a tie to the top(if that makes sense) so the bag will cover the length of my body and fully enclose the underside as I feel i lost some heat through the gap,
Once set I had a brew and scoffed my tea, consisting of a peppered salami and a block of apple and mustard cheddar,Nom nom nom! Reading your coffee adventure Stu you could use he toe of a pair of tights as a filter for your real mans coffee, just a little cordage round the top to stop the grains buggering of into your cuppa, I had instant, Lidls best! I had intended to bring Bacon and eggs but we shall come to the ERRORS! at the end,
I went for a little wander about and this was my view about four steps from my bed,Looking across to wards Pewsey
and looking across the plains to wards the heavy range(still firing)
the clouds gatherd a bit,
Then a little drizzle passed through,
So After an impromptu visit by a granny taking here dogs for a walk, who remarked "Ooo I like your set up", I settled down for a read before nodding off, it was flipping cold out, so after i had become warm an comfy I immediately needed my obligatory pee, that sorted i was treated to a fantastic display of illumination flares followed by three or four rounds of arty, every five Min's or so, but this was actually quite calming after a while, I woke up around 0300 to the smell of the range burning which was nice, then again around 0730 to this view,
As Stu said BB messenger kills your battery, so my phone went into power save and stopped me taking any more pics, So I got up, packed up my camp, and made a brew and sat to enjoy the morning view across the vale of the white horse, munching granola and sipping coffee,
Then back to my sisters for tea and bacon sarnies, I drove along the Ridge way for about twenty miles then back to the A303 and home,
MISTAKES,
Left bacon and egg sat on the side at home, Wifey said they tasted great, while i did clean the memory card with the intention to fill it with pics of daring doo I then left it in the laptop, but other than that nothing, really nothing happened, no Bogey men,no marauding groups of scurvied scouts, a great night out and a big thank you to Stu for putting the idea in me head, Ive not been out for a few months due to moving and wifeys trip, so cheers mate,
Pic of me on my way to the woods, HAPPY!
Its just out the back of my sisters house, but about thirty an hours drive from mine, Doh! still on wards and up wards, it was 2 1\4 miles to the woods,
looking back over Easterton,
My route took me past the Imber impact range, BOOM!!
nearly at the woods,
Looking at the woods, they are on a slight northerly spur and high above the vale below, when i got there the wind was a northerly chilly breeze gusting every now and then just enough to move the tree tops, i decided to move into the woods on the north east side as I guessed the wind might switch direction when the sun goes down so then the wood would give me shelter from the breeze, there is a good mix of Beech,Maple,Ash,elder and oak in this little stand, the ash were very young and great for guys ropes, i found a spot in the middle of a group of saplings between two good sized Maples,
Now it was decision time i had brought my bivi with the intention of kipping on the ground, but laying down for a minuet or two put paid to that as a good idea after a barrage of three rounds hit the impact range and the vibration would have woken the dead,
So hammock it is, I set up my rig,
same hammock and tarp as Stu, I use small crabs to attach to the guy loops, then a loop of shock cord, then the guy line with a slip knot to tighten, the ridge line is a half inch thick length of para cord that came with the tarp from the chap i bought it from(cheers silverhillforge), I used a second ridge line to string my hammock from, at each end i turn around the tree then loop the cord around itself so as to constrict on itself, the tie a loop in the end to give the hammock the desired tension, then i attached my under blanket(issue jungle sleeping bag) using the built in loops for tyeing to you basha, with loops of shock cord at both ends, i added a bungee at the head end so i could adjust the tension of the bag, and on hanging from the second ridge line so i could hook the middle ties up to lift the sides a bit and stop any flappage, you can see in the pic the hood end, I intend to sew the hood to the opposite side and attach a tie to the top(if that makes sense) so the bag will cover the length of my body and fully enclose the underside as I feel i lost some heat through the gap,
Once set I had a brew and scoffed my tea, consisting of a peppered salami and a block of apple and mustard cheddar,Nom nom nom! Reading your coffee adventure Stu you could use he toe of a pair of tights as a filter for your real mans coffee, just a little cordage round the top to stop the grains buggering of into your cuppa, I had instant, Lidls best! I had intended to bring Bacon and eggs but we shall come to the ERRORS! at the end,
I went for a little wander about and this was my view about four steps from my bed,Looking across to wards Pewsey
and looking across the plains to wards the heavy range(still firing)
the clouds gatherd a bit,
Then a little drizzle passed through,
So After an impromptu visit by a granny taking here dogs for a walk, who remarked "Ooo I like your set up", I settled down for a read before nodding off, it was flipping cold out, so after i had become warm an comfy I immediately needed my obligatory pee, that sorted i was treated to a fantastic display of illumination flares followed by three or four rounds of arty, every five Min's or so, but this was actually quite calming after a while, I woke up around 0300 to the smell of the range burning which was nice, then again around 0730 to this view,
As Stu said BB messenger kills your battery, so my phone went into power save and stopped me taking any more pics, So I got up, packed up my camp, and made a brew and sat to enjoy the morning view across the vale of the white horse, munching granola and sipping coffee,
Then back to my sisters for tea and bacon sarnies, I drove along the Ridge way for about twenty miles then back to the A303 and home,
MISTAKES,
Left bacon and egg sat on the side at home, Wifey said they tasted great, while i did clean the memory card with the intention to fill it with pics of daring doo I then left it in the laptop, but other than that nothing, really nothing happened, no Bogey men,no marauding groups of scurvied scouts, a great night out and a big thank you to Stu for putting the idea in me head, Ive not been out for a few months due to moving and wifeys trip, so cheers mate,
Pic of me on my way to the woods, HAPPY!
To add the most annoying thing about the camera was that i was snapping away ignoring the little beeped beep after each pic as Wifey had said it was playing up after some idiot dropped it while on tour, so none the wiser i snapped away thinking "I will save the phone batt" while snapping all the little ways i do things, its nothing i cant redo in the garden but still very annoying, all so i had a pic of this cool fight between a Griffin and Optomus prime, it was cool but alas you wont get to see it now, sorry guys,I will take some new pics of the way i tie things up as this is supposed to be a comparison of how two different people get there camp on,not the cabaret kind!
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