Sitting in the garden at minus 3

Wook

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Jun 24, 2012
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My neighbours will definitely think I'm strange.

I decided to test out just how good one of my little stoves are. Initial experiments found that my front was warm but my back was cold.

After retrieving a thin blanket for my shoulders I found I could sit out and be really quite comfortable. In an emergency a wee stove like this would certainly keep you alive through the night. With a proper reflector set up it might even allow you to get some sleep.

It was certainly a lot more than minus 3 in the vicinity of the stove.

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British Red

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Dec 30, 2005
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If you squint you can just make out the Special Brew can.....



.....and the duck on his head!
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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See if the snow gets heavy ? try your wee stove then and see how little it sinks into the stuff.
I was really, really surprised and pleased that my hobo stove didn't sink in at all when I tried it in all thon snow a couple of years ago :)

cheers,
Toddy......just in, been playing in the garden and watching the stars :) I miss the cat for nights like this.
 

bigroomboy

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Jan 24, 2010
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West Midlands
Don't worry, I got a snugpak sasquatch jacket for my birthday a few weeks ago. It was about 1 degree outside but I had to just go and stand out back for a bit to see how warm it was.

The problem is I live in a terraced house and everybody can see me doing strange bushcraft stuff in the garden.
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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The problem is I live in a terraced house and everybody can see me doing strange bushcraft stuff in the garden.

I live at the end of a three in a row, and the gable ends of the two nearest blocks face my garden; I just grow beech hedges and ivy, honeysuckle and rose covered fences :D
Very peaceful, very green, and very encouraging for wildlife. Astonishing how much privacy they permit. The neighbours get used to us playing after a while, though the smell of woodsmoke can be a giveaway :eek:

cheers,
Toddy
 

Wook

Settler
Jun 24, 2012
688
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Angus, Scotland
Next item on my winter agenda is to wait for some nice, deep, clean snow and fill the Kelly Kettle up with it.

Never made a brew with snow before.
 

British Red

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Dec 30, 2005
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I live at the end of a three in a row, and the gable ends of the two nearest blocks face my garden; I just grow beech hedges and ivy, honeysuckle and rose covered fences :D
Very peaceful, very green, and very encouraging for wildlife. Astonishing how much privacy they permit. The neighbours get used to us playing after a while, though the smell of woodsmoke can be a giveaway :eek:

cheers,
Toddy

I walk around wearing nothing but wellingtons, a two headed axe and a Jack Nicholson smile. People tend to respect my privacy.
 

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