Not sure if this is the right section but I'm sure someone will move it if not....
After getting my hammock from the DD GB (thanks Sandbag) I felt it was time to give it a go so me and my eldest filled the rucksack with tarp and hammock and set out on our bikes to find a suitable place near to where I live.
I had modified the set up as posted here.
I let him choose the trees and we set about tying the first line up. It was here that I had trouble, for the life of me I just could not remember which knot to tie. I spent a lot of time looking at my son in a perplexed way expecting him to have the answers. He didn't so I fudged around then finally remembered.
After some time fannying about we got the tarp up using various sticks to act as large pegs - I was reasonably happy with the set up. One thing I found was that the guide ropes supplied with the 3x3m hammock are really too short unless you want to go straight to ground, so I need to buy some more cord to remedy this.
Next up was the hammock, I couldn't seem to get the tapes tight enough round the tree so when eventually I sat in it they slipped a bit.
My son was first in.
Next up was me! It felt pretty comfortable for the short time I was in it.
Much to my sons amusement was **** was dragging on the ground so he felt compelled to take another picture to show me. Bless him.
Comments on improving my set up are welcome.
Gibbo.
After getting my hammock from the DD GB (thanks Sandbag) I felt it was time to give it a go so me and my eldest filled the rucksack with tarp and hammock and set out on our bikes to find a suitable place near to where I live.
I had modified the set up as posted here.
I let him choose the trees and we set about tying the first line up. It was here that I had trouble, for the life of me I just could not remember which knot to tie. I spent a lot of time looking at my son in a perplexed way expecting him to have the answers. He didn't so I fudged around then finally remembered.
After some time fannying about we got the tarp up using various sticks to act as large pegs - I was reasonably happy with the set up. One thing I found was that the guide ropes supplied with the 3x3m hammock are really too short unless you want to go straight to ground, so I need to buy some more cord to remedy this.
Next up was the hammock, I couldn't seem to get the tapes tight enough round the tree so when eventually I sat in it they slipped a bit.
My son was first in.
Next up was me! It felt pretty comfortable for the short time I was in it.
Much to my sons amusement was **** was dragging on the ground so he felt compelled to take another picture to show me. Bless him.
Comments on improving my set up are welcome.
Gibbo.