Well, not really but I did wear cowboy boots?!
I wanted to go out with no extra kit and sleep under the stars a la Jonny Reb. First order of business was to build a base of leaf litter;
Then I put down an IPK, laid out an old basha and 2 wool blankets.
It was quite windy at night but only rained briefly so I didn't get wet. The basha kept the wind off and the wool blankets were nice and cozy...
Kit was what I felt I needed and nothing more. It was nice to keep it real simple. It consisted of a water bag, Wilma's super sausage wax, a shemagh, plastic kuksa, a penlight, my very first real knife from when I was 9, flint and steel plus tinder and a crusader tin plus some simple food not pictured.
The job lot was quick to set up and easy to pack away. The diy bedroll was massive when rolled up and tied in the basha but didn't weigh a lot, it got slung over my shoulder on the hike in and out. It was real nice to get back to basics...
Food consisted of salami, spring onion, and nettles fried on flat bread with sweet onion relish and cheese all rolled up. There were pignuts in abundance so I had a munch on a few of those followed by a tin of tropical fruit and a bag of olives. Real basic stuff and only took about 5 minutes to cook and prepare.
I'll be doing this again soon as I enjoyed getting back to a nice simple camp. It's been years since I've done one like this but used to be the norm when I was in my teens. Thanks for looking!
Chad
I wanted to go out with no extra kit and sleep under the stars a la Jonny Reb. First order of business was to build a base of leaf litter;
Then I put down an IPK, laid out an old basha and 2 wool blankets.
It was quite windy at night but only rained briefly so I didn't get wet. The basha kept the wind off and the wool blankets were nice and cozy...
Kit was what I felt I needed and nothing more. It was nice to keep it real simple. It consisted of a water bag, Wilma's super sausage wax, a shemagh, plastic kuksa, a penlight, my very first real knife from when I was 9, flint and steel plus tinder and a crusader tin plus some simple food not pictured.
The job lot was quick to set up and easy to pack away. The diy bedroll was massive when rolled up and tied in the basha but didn't weigh a lot, it got slung over my shoulder on the hike in and out. It was real nice to get back to basics...
Food consisted of salami, spring onion, and nettles fried on flat bread with sweet onion relish and cheese all rolled up. There were pignuts in abundance so I had a munch on a few of those followed by a tin of tropical fruit and a bag of olives. Real basic stuff and only took about 5 minutes to cook and prepare.
I'll be doing this again soon as I enjoyed getting back to a nice simple camp. It's been years since I've done one like this but used to be the norm when I was in my teens. Thanks for looking!
Chad
