Hello

[No Idea]

Found your place a while ago and realised there are skills here I could really do with.

I am a bit absent minded.

Went camping and forgot the tent, keep running out of petrol, often forget the map and end up lost - love the idea of stop make tea!, forget how late it has got and end up getting lost and stuck out for most of the night..... I really have No Idea....

Learning these skills would make my life much better when I do mess up - and make my boys lives better too! I keep rucksacks in the car as I foul up so often, but having the right stuff in them would make more sense....

I think you are all brilliant for sharing.

 

[Mesquite]

Hello No Idea :welcome1: to the forum

 

[Retired Member southey]

Haha, brilliant, Howdy dude, Welcome, I guess if your that absent minded, having kit all over the place will negate the need to remember it.

 

[ged]

...Went camping and forgot the tent...

You ain't the first. Welcome!

 

[JonathanD]

Welcome to BcUK.

 

[No Idea]

Thank you for your welcome Mesquite and Southey.

The car boot/trunk holds 3 full size rucksacks and sleeping bags, 1 tent, skateboards and fishing kit, as I usually have No Idea where I will end up.
The rucksacks hold hammocks, tarps, waterbottles, paracord, 3 sm 1st aid kits and a big one, pvc tape, cable ties, microwave rice packs, chocolate, £15 in coins, basic tools, cutlery, toothpaste shaving and soap, survival guides, torches, paper pens, waterproof coats, orange ponchos, walkie talkies......

They usually get used at least once a week.

Trouble is, that I am not convinced that they hold the best stuff for our needs.

Need to learn and ask questions.

 

[No Idea]

Thank you Ged and JonathanD

 

[Shewie]

Hi No Idea - welcome to the forum

 

[John Fenna]

Hello and welcome!

 

[No Idea]

Thank you Shewie and Mr Fenna

 

[ged]

The car boot/trunk holds 3 full size rucksacks and sleeping bags, 1 tent, skateboards and fishing kit, as I usually have No Idea where I will end up.
The rucksacks hold hammocks, tarps, waterbottles, paracord, 3 sm 1st aid kits and a big one, pvc tape, cable ties, microwave rice packs, chocolate, £15 in coins, basic tools, cutlery, toothpaste shaving and soap, survival guides, torches, paper pens, waterproof coats, orange ponchos, walkie talkies......

They usually get used at least once a week.

Trouble is, that I am not convinced that they hold the best stuff for our needs.

Ditch the skateboard (and the microwave?!) and get a decent liquid fuel stove. It will be smaller and weigh a lot less. Something with a 'roarer' burner capable of burning several different kinds of fuel would be my first choice. I'd have thought a mobile 'phone would be more use than walkie-talkies most of the time, especially in the UK. Read the survival guides, buy a few more, read them too, and get your kids to test you on your knowledge. It can be a good game for when you're out lost somewhere. Practice putting the tent up in a wet, windy, cold and dark place. That's even more fun and you'll soon know why all of us here have head torches...

Got a GPS? I'm not saying I recommend them for general navigation (I think you should really know how to navigate properly before you get GPS) but if you're lost, they're pretty good at finding you.

Next time you have an 'incident' use the paper and pens to write down the things you forgot to take that you needed and the things that got in the way. Aim eventually to make the list a formal checklist which you run through at the start of every journey that's likely to take you off the beaten track. Sometimes it's good to have a PLAN of what you intend to do and where you intend to go and do it. It's not a bad idea to tell someone where you're going and when you're expecting to be back if it might be risky. Don't forget to tell them when you get back, so they don't call out the mountain rescue when you're tucked up in bed at home.

 

[No Idea]

Hi Ged

Lol we carry those Uncle Bens Microwave rice packs and eat them cold. Each time I try cooking something, it immediately goes black, blows up (Fray Bentos last week when I forgot to take the lid off), or just bursts into flames. Havent got a microwave in the car as the kids wouldnt stand for it. They are more sensible than me.

Head torches live in the glove box. They dont work. Wind up torches do as they dont rely on me remembering batteries.

The gps is a wonderful invention, but relies on me remembering to charge it. I have two ....

Last time we ended sleepiing in our hammocks was on the 10 mile trip home from relatives. Fuel again. I have a can in the boot, but it needs me to actually remember to put fuel in it....

Need to learn about under hammock insulation. My rear got cold !

 

[No Idea]

Roarer burners sound interesting. Going to go look for them.

Thank you

 

[Robbi]

hahahahahahahaha

priceless !!

welcome mate.

 

[Radix lecti]

Hello and welcome to the forum No idea.
Daz

 

[No Idea]

Thank you Robbie and Mr Lecti

I was thinking about getting a firesteel and learning how to start cook fires.

The kids have forbidden me as I might burn down the house or the forest.

They dont seem to have much faith in me.

On reflection, it would probably be safer to give the stuff to my 11 year old.

I have been thinking about one of those jetboil things.

Local shop has one he will flog me for £40.