Lightweight touring kit

[jay clock]

Its horses for courses I guess.

I quite like sitting and looking at the view, whilst waiting that whole five minutes for the water to boil.

Plus meths/alcohol is quiet* and you don't have spent canisters to dispose of.

Both systems have their place, and pros and cons really though, if they didn't, we wouldn't still have such a variety of options.

*Then I cancel out all this peace and quiet by taking one of those little fan pumps - depending on which sleep mat, I'm taking.

yes, 5 mins fine, but @mmmmartin described boiling up while tent pitching and showering as being do-able, which sounds like a good 20-30 mins

 

[mudsticks]

yes, 5 mins fine, but @mmmmartin described boiling up while tent pitching and showering as being do-able, which sounds like a good 20-30 mins

Well I guess it also depends on how long you take to pitch up..

This is my preferred bike touring tent atm.

Its called a 'Moment' because that's about how long it takes to put up..

(Well 3 mins maybe)

Please excuse the mess , it looks like I might have been having breakfast by this point..

 

[Vantage]

Couldn't squeeze a leprechaun in that thing.

 

[mudsticks]

Couldn't squeeze a leprechaun in that thing.

Well that's fine, cos I don't really want a Leprechaun in there with me..

It does, however, accommodate me (at 5'10" )

And my super luxe neotherm long, wide and thick very nicely.

For less than 1.4 kg.. (the tent)

A consideration worth considering, if, like me, you tend to tour in the hillier parts of the world

 

[Blue Hills]

Couldn't squeeze a leprechaun in that thing.

how's about this?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fctkjDqqPA

Far more compact to pack and lighter than a tarp and bivi set-up, particularly my bigger tarp.
Don't use it for touring though - just one or two nights away on long rides/trips.
Will be using it this weekend somewhere furtive.

 

[Vantage]

I think I'll stick to my 4kg decathlon tent.
Heavy, but very comfy

 

[Blue Hills]

I think I'll stick to my 4kg decathlon tent.
Heavy, but very comfy

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4kg!
I may be able to beat that with a 3 person super reinforced (to cope with heavy scout use) Vango dome I got at a very good price. Haven't dared to put it on the bike yet - I think I will only use it for very local trips to hole up somewhere for a couple of days. Maybe in winter with a couple of good books.

Is that pic a genuine wildcamp or were you just practicing?

 

[Vantage]

No I'm not brave enough to try wild camping. I plan to someday but it might be a while.
That sir is Jerusalem Farm campsite just north of Mytholmroyd be Hebden Bridge.
It's a council run site/public park. Absolutely gorgeous place to camp with a river running alongside it. Facilities at the top of a hill so you could treat as wild if you avoid those.
This was last weekend when Pam, I and the mutt planned on staying 2 nights. We left early coz a bunch of nobs turned up with a crate load of beer and we didn't fancy that sort of company. Previous stays (6 or 7) have been brilliant.
£8 a night. You'd love it.

 

[Blue Hills]

No I'm not brave enough to try wild camping. I plan to someday but it might be a while.
That sir is Jerusalem Farm campsite just north of Mytholmroyd be Hebden Bridge.
It's a council run site/public park. Absolutely gorgeous place to camp with a river running alongside it. Facilities at the top of a hill so you could treat as wild if you avoid those.
This was last weekend when Pam, I and the mutt planned on staying 2 nights. We left early coz a bunch of nobs turned up with a crate load of beer and we didn't fancy that sort of company. Previous stays (6 or 7) have been brilliant.
£8 a night. You'd love it.

thanks for the recommendation - sounds ideal for the Vango bunker as a base for some day rides.

 

[mudsticks]

I think I'll stick to my 4kg decathlon tent.
Heavy, but very comfy

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Yikes 4kg ..

But I guess you can share the weight carrying between the two of you??

Nothing to be scared of with wildcamping.

The name doesn't imply there will be lions and bears..

Well not unless you're in the Rockies maybe.
🐻🐯

The worst you're likely to encounter in the UK is an over attentive badger 🐼

 

[HelenD123]

The worst you're likely to encounter in the UK is an over attentive badger 🐼

Some friends got invaded by a badger when camping near Ullswater. We got woken by the cry of 'the badger is eating my moisturiser'

 

[Vantage]

But I guess you can share the weight carrying between the two of you??

Nothing to be scared of with wildcamping.

No no, this was car camping. Except cars aren't allowed on that site.
I cycle tour on my lonesome. No friends. Nobody loves me.
Pam isn't the cycling type unfortunately.

It's the chance of being woken/mugged by some chavy scrote/official.
I'm a wuss

 

[mudsticks]

No no, this was car camping. Except cars aren't allowed on that site.
I cycle tour on my lonesome. No friends. Nobody loves me.
Pam isn't the cycling type unfortunately.

It's the chance of being woken/mugged by some chavy scrote/official.
I'm a wuss

Ah that makes sense..
I thought you must have strong legs elsewise.

I cycle tour on my lonesome too.

Not cos no one loves me, but because I love a bit of solo travel..

Getting away from the everyday routine etc etc.

You get to meet all sorts along the way .

Very rarely chavvy scrotes, or scarey officials .

They tend not to hang out in the wilder places..

 

[Baldy]

I wild camp precisely because there's far less chance of encounters of the dick head kind. I've camped out in Kenya, lions etc, Central America, jaguar, flur du lance etc, South America, Puma, Finland, wolves and bears, never been bothered. Insects, rodents, drunks are far more likely to be a pest.

 

[mudsticks]

I wild camp precisely because there's far less chance of encounters of the dick head kind. I've camped out in Kenya, lions etc, Central America, jaguar, flur du lance etc, South America, Puma, Finland, wolves and bears, never been bothered. Insects, rodents, drunks are far more likely to be a pest.

Ooo I'd love to camp in proximity to wolves *
But I draw the line at bears of the grizzly sort..

Brown or black are ok

Had a few close encounters with wild boar, but they're fine generally , just in a bit of a rush sometimes >>>>>>

*I say that on a sunny midday in Devon, mind.

Put me in a pine forest at night , surrounded by the howls I might not be so brave