Wet Wet Wet!

[stu1979uk]

Was bored so decided to try out my DD tarp/hammock to see how it faired in the Scottish summer.
Loch Chon the venue, only recently got the lightweight tarp and wanted to give it a try before doing an over night with it and it was bucketing it down.
Went for a wonder through some nasty bog parts, where I got my feet pretty wet and found a nice little in shot at the edge of some woods.

Set up the tarp and my hammock in a small sheltered area and chilled for a bit and dried off my feet.

Eventually I felt the water running down my back from the hammock tapes (ditched the original constantly sagging webbing). I was hoping the drip loops would keep me dry but now I reckon biners are needed.

So after playing about with the set up a bit I decided to go for a wonder and found a small river, which led into a nice pool area just before it opened up into the loch (didn't get a picture of it due to me sinking in the bog again).

The view at the start of the loch

Small stream in full flow

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5077/5876133739_67d5bf0710_z.jpg

This interesting site which I have never came across before

My thoughts on my day out;
Get sealskinz socks- ordered
Get water proof stuff sack for tarp- think I have one somewhere
Pester government to destroy all midges- they are so annoying!

Question for anyone:
I seen somewhere a guy using a snake skin for his tarp and hammock all in one, has anyone tried this? It looked a very quick way to set up and pack away,
thinking I might try and fashion a waterproof tarp snake skin at some point

Oh, and thanks to Southey with helping upload the pictures, cheers mate

 

[Shewie]

Looks like good soggy fun, a couple of us went for a winter camp there a few years ago and the temps rose from the minuses up to about 10* and relentless heavy rain.

Don't bother with the Sealskinz mate, they're a load of carp. Have a hunt around for the black MOD goretex socks which are much better IMHO

 

[stu1979uk]

Was up there either 2 or 3 years ago in Feb and the loch had frozen right over. The weirdest noises were coming from the water/air trapped under the ice, sounded like dolphins. It echoed between the hills giving a very bizarre sound. If I was there in the middle of the night I would have been off!

Dam already got the sealskinz.

 

[salad]

problem I always had when using waterproof socks was the water coming in over the top and then staying in

 

[stu1979uk]

That's exactly what happened with my boots. The socks are a bit longer and they will be easier to dry out. Well that's the theory anyway, time will tell.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cool adventure matey!

 

[stinger]

Nice pics mate, there is an RV ops vid on youtube that shows you how to pack away your tarp and hammock into a snakeskin/ddsleve. I havn't used it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imxPeVknLVU

 

[stu1979uk]

Cheers for the link stinger, the sleeve looks good maybe a little bulky tho compared to a compression sack. Will also need to find out if its waterproof.

Cheers mate

 

[Chrisj]

Looks like a nice day despite the weather. Don't worry about the sealskinz socks. I have a pair and really like them. I use them loads for mountain biking and they keep my feet dry for that. I also use them for kayaking and whilst I do get wet feet then they keep my feet nice and warm. I don't regret getting them so hopefully you won't either.

 

[stu1979uk]

Tried the sealskinz on last night, well what I mean is I put them on my hands and filled the sink up, my hands were nice and dry so they passed the lab test anyway

 

[bushcraftbob]

Looks like a cracking bit of countryside. I quite rate the sealskins socks, always keep my feet dry and warm when beating through wet boggy woods in my 6 year old brashers that leak like a colander!