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[Leo Sayer 2,463]

8 hours ago, hawki said:

check the seems mate before you venture out some have problems with leaking 

 

Seen it mate and the lad who did that video actually messaged me on another group. Will try it and if it does, it's just a small area around vent, so no biggie to put a bit on. Cheers 

[low plains drifter 10,473]

Hard times

[Leo Sayer 2,463]

Had a quick camp out in the new Hilleberg tent last night, nice chilled camp. Enjoyed the tent, struggled to find a decent flat pitch. A bottle of red and a meatballs meal and dry roasted peanuts, read my book and listened to a podcast.  Nice little overnighter to reset the batteries, love it. Looking forward to some more challenging winter weather to test tent ect.  

Edited November 14, 2021 by Leo Sayer

[Leo Sayer 2,463]

[low plains drifter 10,473]

1 hour ago, Leo Sayer said:

Good stuff mate, how far did you hike?

[Leo Sayer 2,463]

2 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

Good stuff mate, how far did you hike?

Not far tbh mate, I didn't finish work till late and time was well against me. So I just did best I could to give the tent a whirl 

[Bush Rummager 4,563]

11 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:

Had a quick camp out in the new Hilleberg tent last night, nice chilled camp. Enjoyed the tent, struggled to find a decent flat pitch. A bottle of red and a meatballs meal and dry roasted peanuts, read my book and listened to a podcast.  Nice little overnighter to reset the batteries, love it. Looking forward to some more challenging winter weather to test tent ect.  

Looks a good setup that mate.

What's your Jetboil food of choice  if you don't mind me asking??

I was in Cotswold outdoors in Bakewell today checking this lot out. I was wondering how the ready to eat meals compared to the dehydrated stuff..

[Leo Sayer 2,463]

6 hours ago, Bush Rummager said:

Looks a good setup that mate.

What's your Jetboil food of choice  if you don't mind me asking??

I was in Cotswold outdoors in Bakewell today checking this lot out. I was wondering how the ready to eat meals compared to the dehydrated stuff..

I am a tight arse mate, so only buy the wayfarer ready to eat ones and only when on buy one get one half price lol. There not bad, but just found some others called Look What We Found ( I don't know how to put a link up to show you them , but if you Google them ). They only sell them in Waitrose and they are only £1.99 so am going to give them a try.   Only downside no Waitrose were I am so would have to nip to Alderly Edge and see how the other half live to get a few, or my sister lives in Poynton and one there so mite get her to get me a few. They get a good review on a few YouTube channels so worth a look. 

[hawki 1,431]

Our chioce in Ireland nothin much

[hawki 1,431]

Just now, hawki said:

Our chioce in Ireland nothin much

a few others i couldn't copy and past its bacilly  7 euro a meal

most people make their own stews and freeze them 

most outdoor gear is a rip off over here clothes boots etc

[low plains drifter 10,473]

8 hours ago, Bush Rummager said:

Looks a good setup that mate.

What's your Jetboil food of choice  if you don't mind me asking??

I was in Cotswold outdoors in Bakewell today checking this lot out. I was wondering how the ready to eat meals compared to the dehydrated stuff..

£4 - 5 for 300 gram of beans and sausages lol, get to Aldi 40 pence a tin 

[Greyman 28,432]

Bit foggy here this morning,

[low plains drifter 10,473]

2 hours ago, Greyman said:

Bit foggy here this morning,

Is that you moored up for the winter now Squire, or will you still get about?

[Greyman 28,432]

22 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

Is that you moored up for the winter now Squire, or will you still get about?

I,m on a shipping canal so the bridges are all manned, travelling times get shorter in the winter as the bridges shut earlier but can still come and go as you please within those hours, when it gets really quiet jan/feb time you may sometimes need to phone up and book the bridges as one keeper may man 2/3 bridges and cycle between them, the birth in the marina is mine all the time even if I leave for 6 months as I pay a yearly fee it will be empty when ever I come back

[mushroom 12,917]

Those ration packs are a waste of money, unless you are on expedition. Any tinned goods will do ok for a few days in ziplocks, eg beans etc (I really like the tinned tripe they do here). A couple of kgs of cooked chicken wings and some uncoocked meat. Pasta/rice/quinoa/ramen etc for carbs. Chocolate, maybe some dried fruit and nuts etc. I can feed 2 people for 4 days on less than 20€. That's feeding around an extra 1500cal a day per person too. Weight wise looking at carrying about 4-5kg each. 

Something I have been trying to nail is making really concentrated stews and soups so that most of the liquid has gone and I just need to add it when cooking. Not cracked it yet, as the flavour seems to go funny and the veg just turns to mush.