Shelter at Meetup
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Nope I'm in my bivvi as usual! I might put up a basha sheet too if it's really chucking it down... but with some good luck it will be dry and it won't be an issue! Funnily enough I've never bivvied in woods before ... so it'll be a bit of a new experience for me! (So it's not entirely out of the question that you guys'll spot me putting up a basha simply because I'm scared witless! :spider: 
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Ooh I'm getting excited now ... :hyper: Need more smilies ... :hump:
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:rollThe "parrot shoot" - took me a while to get that! - is for the back garden - tired of the rain putting my fires out! 
- is for the back garden - tired of the rain putting my fires out! Ooh I'm getting excited now ... :hyper: Need more smilies ... :hump:
:yup: :smokin: :cheers:
Don't worry Kath, with all us lot roaming the woods at night with 40,000 assorted knives, axes and billhooks you've nothing to be afraid of...well, erm,... :twisted: :yikes: :bat: :BlueTeamE
Kath said:
If you were to bring the ingredients then it would probably be ok, the thing is that it would have too much impact for a load of people to start building them so there is a general rule of no natural shelters being built. I can picture 2000 tons of leaf litter being gathered into a 100 metre area in the woods!! :yikes:
One thing to consider about importing you own materials is that you might be importing something foriegn to the eco-system which could (theoretically) cause the estate long term problems be it fungal spores, microbs or even insects ect. Remember the area is SSI and as such special concideration should be taken.
Besides, with the best will in the world, you'd need a lord load of leaf litter to thatch a shelter how you going to get that there? :?:
Besides, with the best will in the world, you'd need a lord load of leaf litter to thatch a shelter how you going to get that there? :?:
Awwww kath now I feel like a grumpy old man!
I was just pointing out that part of what we do is looking after these areas - and as such we need to think carefully about our interaction with them.
Remember the mink freers? - they had the best intentions but ..........
I was just pointing out that part of what we do is looking after these areas - and as such we need to think carefully about our interaction with them.
Remember the mink freers? - they had the best intentions but ..........
(Hey Gary - cheers mate, it's not a problem. I just remembered the general rule about building shelters and thought I'd ask ... :wave
The tarps are just beating the tents by a nose (well Jamie is last in on the tarps and he has a very nice nose!) so anyone else going to state a preference?
There must be more hammock people!
And surely I can't be the only one in a bivvi bag? (.. er perhaps I should rephrase that ...
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I just remembered the general rule about building shelters and thought I'd ask ... :waveThe tarps are just beating the tents by a nose (well Jamie is last in on the tarps and he has a very nice nose!
) so anyone else going to state a preference? There must be more hammock people!
And surely I can't be the only one in a bivvi bag? (.. er perhaps I should rephrase that ...
):wave:
I doubt you will be the only one. You'll probably find that alot of people are going to use bivi's but under a tarp or basha.... and thats the way they voted.kath said:
Ed
would like to try my hammock/tarp out but unfortuanately SWMBO wouldn't be too impressed if I left her in the tent on her own
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