Having been stuck indoors now for several days, I've started to go a bit stir-crazy.
So yesterday I decided I would go for a wander and set up a shelter somewhere, light a fire, cook something, enjoy being outside etc.
Which is exactly what I did.
However.
Because it was a rather chilly day I decided to set up the shelter near the fire so the warmth would give me a nice toasty hovel. But. The problem is that the smoke from the fire ALSO filled the shelter.
By 'shelter', what I had was a tarp pinned down on three sides, in a sort of triangular pattern. I'm sure you know how I mean.
Just wondered, how do you set up the fire so that the warmth fills the shelter, but the smoke goes elsewhere? When moved to the side I found that it didn't make any appreciable difference (except to the part of me facing the fire) - I was hoping the heat would 'bounce' off the back of the shelter. But that didn't happen. Or maybe I was expecting too much? (after all, when I moved away from the fire I could really tell the difference).
It was like trying to solve Fermat's last theorum. In the end I sacked the idea of the shelter, moved in closer to the fire and cooked up some mixed fruit and cherry bannock.
So yesterday I decided I would go for a wander and set up a shelter somewhere, light a fire, cook something, enjoy being outside etc.
Which is exactly what I did.
However.
Because it was a rather chilly day I decided to set up the shelter near the fire so the warmth would give me a nice toasty hovel. But. The problem is that the smoke from the fire ALSO filled the shelter.
By 'shelter', what I had was a tarp pinned down on three sides, in a sort of triangular pattern. I'm sure you know how I mean.
Just wondered, how do you set up the fire so that the warmth fills the shelter, but the smoke goes elsewhere? When moved to the side I found that it didn't make any appreciable difference (except to the part of me facing the fire) - I was hoping the heat would 'bounce' off the back of the shelter. But that didn't happen. Or maybe I was expecting too much? (after all, when I moved away from the fire I could really tell the difference).
It was like trying to solve Fermat's last theorum. In the end I sacked the idea of the shelter, moved in closer to the fire and cooked up some mixed fruit and cherry bannock.