I shold try that next time

Way way WAAAAY more comfy than trying to sleep on the floor, especially in the woods. No annoying rocks, awkward lumps, mumps, and divets. And especially no pools of water forming in the tent when it rains! I highly recommend Hammocks! Very lightweight too, only 800 grams.

haha nice

So your really into camping? Cause I am to. We have something in common.

Indeed! Camping is a lot of fun, I love it.

i always thought camping involved a tent XD

that looks so much more awesome though :D

Hehehe, I don't think I even own a tent...and yes, hammocks are waaaaaay awesome! Especially when the wind gets up, its like being in a self-rocking rocking-chair!

:O but how cold do you get at night?! and surely the rain would get in somehow?

(never done this - probably totally wrong - dont laugh ) :p

All tents really do is keep the wind and rain out - The tarp does that for me. As the tarp is set up there, its just for wind. We weren't expecting rain, so it was all cool. When I do expect rain, I set it up much lower and covering the sides, it would have to be raining sideways - quite literally - to get in.

As for cold... I have a very cosy sleeping bag. And when I say cosy, I mean "Bugger me I'm overheating! *Shove both arms outside to cool down*" kinda cosy. My old sleeping bag was rated to -12, and this new one is even better!

oh wow i need a sleeping bag like that for my bedroom :O I'm always cold!

The stuff you do in my woods^^
Reminds me I gotta practice camp craft for my DofE Gold in summer.

Indeed! Although this one was up Brecon way. Fun times!

Good luck on the Duke, I wanted to do that as a kid, but never found the time...

My hike is down in Devon at the end of August....heat is gonna be fun >.<

Blargh, the heat in wales is plenty enough lately!

Ya. That does seem to be a mess. I'd be surprised if the racoons didn't steal anything.

I don't think we even have raccoons...

You are lucky then. Even without food in things, they still find it fun to play with anything they can grab and move. Also why we use hammocks less. They have the ability to just climb in there with you.

Huh, so that canopy over the hammock... clever quirk of design.

The canopy is seperate, its just a camo tarp I use to keep the rain off. The hammock has a mosquito net, but that aint waterproof!

Ah, well there you go, wise precaution.

A canopy over a hammock... I've gotta remember that one.

Works wonders. The Hammock only adds about 800 grams to my kit, and makes a world of difference comfort wise!

more luxurious than what I did this weekend, all I had was a net hammock and a rain poncho between two pine trees.

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Dude, next time you're doing this, come pick my ass up!

Ah, didn't think about that!

Bristols a bit far out of our way though. Its only a 20 minute drive to this location, swinging by Bristol would add a good 90 minutes onto that!

I'll pay towards petrol!

You sure? It'd be about 6 gallons there and back, thats a lot of cash for somebody on low income.

How much?

Lets see...

Cardiff to Bristol Temple Meads is 44 miles one day. so 88 there and back. Then another 88 to drop you off home. So 176 miles total.

My car does about 35 MPG on the motorway, 25 round town. So mostly motorway... 176 miles at 35 MPG is a hair over 5 gallons, or 22 Litres.

22 Litre at the current price (1.37p) is £30 of fuel

Frell D= I was hoping around £20, which I can afford sometimes XD

On a one off occasional basis, I could spring for it myself, but with the regularity that I like to go camping, it would be a bit of a pain.

Oh yeah that I understand. Might be able to bring Kirby to help out with costs, too

Kirby?

Of note, my car is rather small. With full kit, it holds 3...including me. And shits a brick when it comes across a hill -_-

I really, REALLY need a roof rack.

Good friend =3