Can you imagine a kind of rambling hammocky village? Where you don't walk by folk but say a quiet hello, and being nosy is a good thing? Nobody is a stranger basically. You get to ask things like, "How d'you hang that?"and "Are you
sure you can eat that?!"
This isn't a dedicated camp site, see post 2, and there's a lot of room around the loch for folks who don't want to camp close.
There'll be a central fire pit that folks will usually gravitate to for a heat, a brew up and a blether. It needs effort to keep it going so if you see things getting low, go and do something about it or at least ask if you can help do so.
Water for both drinking and washing is available on site. We centralise litter and re-cycle bags and the car parking is very close.
There will be some wood on site, if anyone has stuff like remaindered charcoal going, bring it in, it's handy for cooking and sitting around if it's windy.
We're hoping to set up parachutes so we can have a dry-ish space for workshops and hands on show and teach and learn activities.
Usually it's very laid back, but it's astonishing the amount of information one can pick up.
Oh, and there's always the barter table
Some folks bring along spare kit to give away or swap, or just useful stuff......I've got waterproof screw top aluminium tins for charcloth this time
We've got some really good cooks coming along, if they want to do a communal cook up, have at it and let the rest of us know if we can help with cash or provisions. :You_Rock_
No fridges but the loch's plenty cold enough for food in tubs or polybags.
Can't think of anything else offhand......Song of the Paddle folks will be canoeing to and fro, but it's only just over a mile from the Cranog to Dalherb and it's a pretty walk.
Normally most of us travel pretty lightly but these meet ups always seem to make us want to show and tell, so the amount, and variety, of stuff that appears can be awesome
One day, we're going to do one of these things with only a 25L pack
each
cheers,
Toddy