Camping

No, you should forget the tent altogether - a hotel guide is optional.

 

Poof. Simply walk up to a tree and headbutt it so hard you fall down.

 

Poof. Just become a vagrant.

 

"Name: porl"
"Occupation: Unspecific Tramp"

 

A half blown up airbed is very comfortable once you get your head down.

should be on the airbed. otherwise use a fleece on top of your leathers.

No way.

No way.

Use the largest soucepan.

Don't forget plenty of plastic bags. And probably a small plastic
groundsheet so if you sit outside you can stay dry if the ground is wet.

You might want to pack one of those anti-midge candles as well.

In the evening keep your sleeping bag wrapped up. The evening cool down
will make everything left out damp.

Make sure your tent entrance is pointing away from the provailing wind.
Then if it rains you won't get flooded. Don't pitch under trees, water
will drop from the leaves well after it stops raining. Choose a bit of
higher ground to pitch the tent. Then you wont get flooded.

HTH.

 

http://www.tvgohome.com/0106-2001.html

Top right

 

I quite like bottom left.

 

Ben () wrote:
: Fort William World Cup Downhill course, here I come

Did you see it on the telly on Sunday/Monday? (not sure if it was shown
nationwide or just BBC Scotland).

Blair.
'97 CBR600

 

I should have mentioned. I'll be in the car.

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Cheers.

 

I do this a lot.

I take:

Tent
Sleeping bag
Compact Stove/Pots (Trangia)
Fuel
Mug
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Powdered milk.
Flask

I don't bother with a carrymat or serious cooking stuff. Flask is
handy because the sorts of places you'll be wanting to stop for coffee
are not gonna be supplied with a cafe.

Better to eat in pubs but you *can* cook and eat with just a
stove/disposable B-B-Q fire if you have to.

Camping doesn't work out much cheaper than hotels in Europe *but* you
get to choose *exactly* when and where you stop...

In Scotland you'll be saving cash as well as time!

 

It was just BBC Scotland so I missed it.

 

No, but was the implication that you /might/ which amused me!

 

: >Ben () wrote:
: >: Fort William World Cup Downhill course, here I come

: On 10 Jun 2004 11:29:29 +0100, (B.G. Finlay
: > Did you see it on the telly on Sunday/Monday? (not sure if it was shown
: >nationwide or just BBC Scotland).

Ben () wrote:
: It was just BBC Scotland so I missed it.

Quite good coverage ... both progs about 50 mins. DH on Sunday, XC and
4Cross on Monday.

Blair.
'97 CBR600

 

Hehe, true. Have a good time and find a good pub nearby.

 

Don't rub it in.

 

but always pack a bog roll...

 

Hotel guidebooks have many uses...

 

I do wonder about the people you see turn up on a campsite,
then spend the day washing their car and/or caravan.

 

I wonder about people on campsites.