Pictures - Rough Close 'Jubilee Bank Holiday' Meet

[MartinK9]

Many thanks once again to Phil for organising, and for all that attended.

A few pictures of the long weekend:

My Set Up:




That'll do for Friday night:



Stove and Trangia:



Brew on:




Mussels in cider:





Wood prep:



Cliff burning in his new No. 12 burner:



Communal area:



Stove test:




Decorum staring in the sequel to Paul Newman's film - A river runs through it 2





We now have a replacement for Andy2112

Set up dry, take down dry - great long weekend thanks to one and all again.

[udamiano]

cracking pictures there certainly was some moisture in the atmosphere

[TinkyPete]

great photos Martin, I had a great time despite the typical bank holiday weather. Thanks Phil for organizing it

[nolightweight]

Yarrr... Nice one.

[MartinK9]

Cheers gents.

As long as you pitch and take down in the dry, all is good

[Karl82]

nice photos cheers Martin

[The Big Lebowski]

Nice

Mussels looked rather good too.

[decorum]

Some good pics

Communal area:

That's a bit ... What's the word? ... Oh, yeah ~ dry! Got one of how the communal area ended up?

Yup, a bit more than mildly moist ~ and certainly not aided by the change in predominant wind direction

In case anyone who wasn't there wonders, the shelter isn't pitched on a steep slope, collapsed under the weight of water or a victim of neither erosion nor subsidence. Instead it was dropped down on the near side to try to lower the profile and stop some of the airborne ingress ~ dropping the 'beak' at the front was quite effective too.

Once on the ground, the water was less fun ~ and not at all controllable ~ leading to a new game called 'Find a new route!' (And also 'Find a new pitch and relocate to it in a lull* in the rain. * A lull is less, not none! )

We now have a replacement for Andy2112

Yeah, 'Monsoon Mart'! . As an apprentice you still have a good way to go to come close to Master Twang Twang

Set up dry, take down dry

Pity about the middle bit how's the tarp after it developed a bit of a crush on you?

[Twodogs]

Cracking weekend , I thank you all ..

Twodogs

[spoony]

good pictures what came out top in the stove test, and its robert redford a river runs through it

[decorum]

decorum staring in the sequel to Paul Newman's film - A river runs through it 2

good pictures what came out top in the stove test, and its robert redford a river runs through it

Nah, not a patch on the December '08 Meet ... Some pics from it ~

Communal Area:




Not actually a ditch, the water just went where it wanted to:




Again, not a ditch ~ still water this time.



A ditch with fast flowing water. At the worst the flow was only just fast enough to stop it breaching





The rain this weekend was a pale imitation which, thankfully, managed to catch just one of us out .



EDIT: It took almost two years for the Communal Area to recover from that weekend.

[Humpback]

Phil, thanks for this weekend. Strange, this was the first rough close for me since Dec 2008 and it felt like nothing had changed!
Alan

[decorum]

this was the first rough close for me since Dec 2008 and it felt like nothing had changed!

Hmm, perhaps Andy wasn't _wholly_ to blame then

[treadlightly]

Thanks to Phil and all for a fun weekend.

[sasquatch]

I'm sure the mussels tasted as good as they looked. Loved the patriotic set up Martin and thanks for sharing pics as usual, it was a great meet as always.

[Priam]

Thanks for the meet Phil,

Sam, Andrew and i Enjoyed it despite the weather!

Priam

[widu13]

Hammocking was the order of the day then Looks like you all had fun anyway

[Wayland]

Hammocking was the order of the day then Looks like you all had fun anyway

A few had cot beds which weren't too bad but it was definitely a hammock for me.

[Andy BB]

Great pics - cheers!

I can confirm that the mussels were excellent, as I managed to "borrow" a couple.... Many thanks for all whose technical expertise helped a hammock virgin survive a weekend without any collapses (although the first night "stretch" resulted in me gently brushing the floor in the morning). In those conditions hammocking was definitely the way to go!

Re the stoves, they all went pretty well. I was trying out one of the new "Wild Woodgas Stove MK II" http://wildstoves.co.uk/wood-cooking...ood-gas-stove/

Using cat-litter wood-pellets, this little beastie was kept burning for over 20 hours during the weekend, and survived it all admirably. It would burn for about an hour on one load of wood-pellets giving a lovely gasifier swirl which was quite hypnotic (or was that the Spetznaz brandy?) Haven't yet tried it with twigs, although will do so shortly and report back.

[addo]

Great pictures, glad I wasn't the only one out in it, I was on the deck that night too on another site but just about managed ok in a bed roll.
The mussles do look very good along with the set ups. Ive a pocket stove you can try next time if like.
Cheers

[Priam]

A few people were asking about my new 4.5 x 4.5 tarp:

This is the link - http://www.outdoor-ranger.co.uk/nord...m-p-11202.html

At 69.90 Euros = £56.77 i dont think it was a bad price.

Technical Data
- Colour: forest green
- Poles: none
- Measurements: 450 x 450 cm
- Outer Tent: Northtec PU-2000
- Hydrostatic Head for Tent roof: 3000 mm
- Ropes: included
- Packing Dimensions: 32 x 58 cm
- Weight: 1890 g

[BareThrills]

Here are a few pics i took. Not got time to add comments as my wife is on holiday this week too and im working my way through the list of 'jobs' she has for me in order to earn points to spend in the woods

[Priam]

A couple of my pictures..
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[drewdunnrespect]

loooks like a wet but good weekend

[udamiano]

loooks like a wet but good weekend

Yes One did discern a small amount of moisture in the atmosphere over that weekend.

However a good fire and large quantities of Stags Breath, provided all the comforts needed, and a good time was had by all