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Lovely wander in woods today. Amazingly mild at 18C, no wind and yet a damp humid air until the sun burnt through. Lots of fungi:

The Robens Vapour Airbed is one of the lightest sleep mats I could find. Actually finding it for sale was hard as there appears to be very little stock of these anywhere. The mat looks identical to the Alpkit Cloudbase but Alpkit are out of stock of that too! Came next day from...

Ever since I got my Jerven bag I wanted to see what an enforced overnight would be like in terms of warmth and comfort. Well with nothing much happening the next day I headed out into the woods last night. After several hours out I would give the Jerven a big thumbs up. OK it was 9C last...

I have always had a fascination with camouflage, natural and man-made patterns. My favorite is the naturalistic pattern of the Norwegian Jerven Bag "Mountain Camo" Taking some inspiration from that and my extensive knowledge of camouflage I undertook to paint an old tent for use in stealth...

First trip out with new tent (Tentipi) and wood burning stove. Few teething issues as the frontier stove chimney does not have a stand off baffle and my idea of wrapping a fire blanket around the pipe did not provide enough thermal insulation, this however was resolved with a bit of fabrication...