GwersyllaCnau
07-05-2012, 02:33 PM
I took my son for an overnighter in Troserch woods last night. I had bought a DD 3x3 tarp and snugpak underquilt for each of us. Really impressed with the tarps we can use them in the standard configuration but by using the middle attachment point and sort of turn in into the diamond shape but with doors and it'll still be bigger than the supplied tarp with the hennessy. Woke up half way through the night with a cold butt and changed the way I'd suspended the underquilt, bringing it tighter to the hammock. I still haven't decided whether I prefer the underquilt or a sleep mat. Time will tell. Also not sure whether I prefer a tent or a hammock. Always been comfortable in a tent and I'm struggling to get comfy in the hammock. My feet feel squashed and I get a kind of ridgeline that goes across my calves or ankes, It wasn't really a cold butt that woke me last night but the pain in my ankle.
Anyway the trip went well. Scott carried ALL his own kit and we walked about 3 miles. One mile of that was to a place I wanted to camp but when we got there it had become overgrown and a lot of trees had been blown over last week so we walked back looking for a suitable location beside the river, that took the other approx 2 miles. There is a picnic area that we were going to hang in and found one perfect hang point but the only other suitable trees were about 1 metre too far apart so we went to the other side of the river about 200 yards away. It was lucky we moved from the picnic area as a group of teenagers turned up about an hour before it got dark for a party, to be fair to them they were quiet and didn't disturb us, but they didn't take their beer bottles with them when they left:mad:. Had 'breakfast from the hammock' this morning and packed up while Scott slept, TILL 9:40!!
Here's a couple of photos I took will post a short vid when I edit it.
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Anyway the trip went well. Scott carried ALL his own kit and we walked about 3 miles. One mile of that was to a place I wanted to camp but when we got there it had become overgrown and a lot of trees had been blown over last week so we walked back looking for a suitable location beside the river, that took the other approx 2 miles. There is a picnic area that we were going to hang in and found one perfect hang point but the only other suitable trees were about 1 metre too far apart so we went to the other side of the river about 200 yards away. It was lucky we moved from the picnic area as a group of teenagers turned up about an hour before it got dark for a party, to be fair to them they were quiet and didn't disturb us, but they didn't take their beer bottles with them when they left:mad:. Had 'breakfast from the hammock' this morning and packed up while Scott slept, TILL 9:40!!
Here's a couple of photos I took will post a short vid when I edit it.
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