First night in a hammock

[garethw]

Small tip! Take the hit and invest in a snug pak under quilt! I could just not get comfy or warn with a thermarest. Forking out for the under quilt was the best decision I ever made, well worth the money after a night with one.

Couldn't agree more!!!
Brilliant piece of kit... slept out to -6°C last winter...
cheers
Gareth

[Wrighty28]

Couldn't agree more!!!
Brilliant piece of kit... slept out to -6°C last winter...
cheers
Gareth

Trooper!!!!

Wish I'd ordered mine before Xmas .... Owell, this always snow hammocking this year I spose!

[biker-bri]

Still waiting for some dry weather guy,s

[biker-bri]

Tuesday saw a break in the weather so off I went, because the wife is still a little worried about my spinning head!!!! I decided to camp a little closer to home. Bersham woods is owned by the woodland trust so I had to be careful where I slung my hammock.
I chose a nice spot on a bend of the Clywedog river, well away from the Clywedog trail which runs from Minera through the woods & ends at Kings mills Wrexham. I pitched camp, tried out the hammock then made a brew. I had noticed a lot of pine resin on the trees nearby so with a lot of time and little else to do I set about collecting some - a test burn followed a little later ( see pic's ), all to soon the sun dropped below the horizon and it was time to bed down for the night ( 10 pm ) I was surprised that the temp didn't drop that much, it had been around 15c all day with the lowest at 12c during the night - as I was in a hollow near a river, I expected it to be much colder. Having slept REALLY well I was up and about at around 6am, After a couple of hours bird watching and more than the odd brew I packed up, cleaned up the site L N T and headed back to Bersham where the wife picked me up and drove me home for a hearty breakfast ( cornflakes !!! )

[biker-bri]

More pic's

[AL...]

Good on ye Bri

Cheers
AL

[biker-bri]

More pic's
I am now a tree swinger

[AL...]

That is a stunning place to camp and watch the world go by Bri

Cheers
AL

[biker-bri]

Thanks Al I was lucky not to get moved on though, I have been told that the woodland trust wardens are there quite often as it is a world heritage site. The building in the first photo was built by John Wilkinson for his iron foundry before he moved to a place
where there was a better supply of coal, the new site continued in operation until 1989 and was better known as Brymbo steel works, the second photo show's the leat or millstream on the right, the third show's the horse shoe shaped waterfall used to divert water through a sluice gate and on to the foundry. Hear endeth the history lesson for today

[CanadianMike]

Next time in the woods, grab a handful of white pine needles to make a brew out of before bed, really good stuff without adding anything!