Ive just got back from an overnighter at the midlands meet at north wood and spent a little while looking at the kit I took. Id aimed to go as lightweight as possible and also to try out a new bit of homemade kit.
First, lightweight:
The contents of the leather belt pouch are lined up underneath it, everything else, except for the bed roll, which Ill come to in a minute, goes in the shoulder bag (pictured top left). Im pretty sure that Im more or less down to the bare minimum at that, I could leave one of the knives at home but if I did it would probably be the opinel which takes up very little space and weighs hardly anything anyway, so itll stay. The only things unused were the FAK (orange nylon pouch) and woolly hat, both of which will stay.
Second, bedroll:
This is the homemade bit of kit, its just a prototype really that I knocked up with fabric salvaged from an old bag and a curtain. Theres a full length thermarest and a couple of blankets rolled up inside it. Its something Im playing around with, this was the first night Id tried it out. Once Ive got round to making a finished product Ill post something about it, all Ill say for now is that I had a lovely nights sleep.
Anyway, thanks for looking and any comments or questions feel free.
cheers
stuart
p.s. Ive just noticed that for some reason my brew kit isnt on the picture.
So. Imagine, if you will, a container, with a screw top no less, made of plastic, clear, containing, as it does, that most magical of things, Nescafe, and also, verily, sachets of sugar stolen from that most hallowed of grounds, the services of trowell.
How I forgot to put that in the photo Ill never know.
First, lightweight:
The contents of the leather belt pouch are lined up underneath it, everything else, except for the bed roll, which Ill come to in a minute, goes in the shoulder bag (pictured top left). Im pretty sure that Im more or less down to the bare minimum at that, I could leave one of the knives at home but if I did it would probably be the opinel which takes up very little space and weighs hardly anything anyway, so itll stay. The only things unused were the FAK (orange nylon pouch) and woolly hat, both of which will stay.
Second, bedroll:
This is the homemade bit of kit, its just a prototype really that I knocked up with fabric salvaged from an old bag and a curtain. Theres a full length thermarest and a couple of blankets rolled up inside it. Its something Im playing around with, this was the first night Id tried it out. Once Ive got round to making a finished product Ill post something about it, all Ill say for now is that I had a lovely nights sleep.
Anyway, thanks for looking and any comments or questions feel free.
cheers
stuart
p.s. Ive just noticed that for some reason my brew kit isnt on the picture.
So. Imagine, if you will, a container, with a screw top no less, made of plastic, clear, containing, as it does, that most magical of things, Nescafe, and also, verily, sachets of sugar stolen from that most hallowed of grounds, the services of trowell.
How I forgot to put that in the photo Ill never know.
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