Wanderings up North

  So over the last 10 yrs ive moved over to the "Freeze dried meals" some have been so vile ive gone hungry,but they have got better as the years have gone on,with some being really very good     Ive dealt with a few different firms over the years,being northern haggling or just asking for a deal,is just the norm.On a trip a few weeks back with Ste,he gave me a Bla Band meal to try and it was fantastic so much so i decided to get some more to try   James at Basecamp foods came up trumps and had lots of different flavour Bla Band meals to try,so this wknd i took one along for my tea.Another good thing with this make is no measuring of water you just pour boiling water in upto the correct mark inside The thing i liked instantly about the Bla Band meals as they have sorted out the "messy fingers" problem.With most meals the pouch are tall so getting the last bits out involves you having to use a long spoon.But Bla Band just solved this real ...

So this is a work in progress mod,as i need to try it in the snow first..Last nite was first its been dry this week so i shot into the garden as soon as i got home and got the Duomid up...then it started raining !!   So a good friend who walked across Scotland with me was kind enough to knock me these 3 Cuben tabs up for me,ta Matt Holland So the other item i used was this foil blanket that i bought two years ago off Ultralight outdoors and its lasted really well,very tough and worth the money    The last item was 3 S clips that i think i took off an old SL3 floor that i cut into a smaller size many years ago   So nothing posh just stuck on the three Cuben loops two on the door and one onto the 2nd door ? .. the idea being that once im in just fasten these 3 hooks up then push my pack and boots (This is only a winter item) and that should,i hope stop the spindrift.      On all the other ...

So ive been using the Cuben Duomid just over 12 mths now and have been very impressed,but have lapsed back a few times to my trailstar..    Recently had a few very windy and snowy nites and had a bit of spindrift come in.Now some has come under the door and i have a winter mod to do yet on that,next wk with some luck .But this quick fix mod is around the roof vent ..i found that the velcro on mine didnt match up enough to hold it shut when windy           I had a very helpful friend ,Matt Holland,stitch me some velcro on some cuben tape. Vent as standard I had two pieces of cuben tape with velcro sewn on So i took two pieces and stuck them either side of the middle and below the existing velcro strip You can see the two pieces above While on this picture the other mod i copied off Robin over on Blogpacking light is to make a guy from inside the roof cone down to the door guy.I used 4" of 1/4" bungy at the top then just...

Pertex & pile bed 367g   So ive had a quite alot of questions over last few years about what i take for the dog,so thought id do a blog on what i take for my trusted side kick "Oscar the mountain dog "    So this is the bed he uses for 8-9 mths of the year,in summer he just sleeps on the brown rug,shown further down.Its a piece i cut out of an old army sentry style sleeping Just a cheap travel style towel 67g         Oscar sleeps on this in summer and i throw it over the top of him (where it doesn't always stay) from when the temp gets too 8c ish and down to -2c or so Cheap brown rug 191g  Woooftub with 6" walls,Silnylon  133g   So i asked Sean to make this for me it fits perfectly in one quarter of the Duomid and anywhere under the Trailstar,helps keep it all together and keeps a bit of draught off  This is his winter matt 8mm reflect...