wow thanks for the imput folks,looks like there are many drawbacks to the netting idea.
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wow thanks for the imput folks,looks like there are many drawbacks to the netting idea.
as a species we have had our babies sleep with us for thousands of years and it cant be that hazardous,we are testament to it surely?
i made one out of down and its very snug but i got thinking about all the bulk it ads tothe carry list,and i came up with this:
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so what do you guys think about this? arew we all victims...
i was just wondering who is on flickr or facebook and fancies hooking up on there? i love looking at what other hammockers are up to,heres a link to my flickr account,look under albums i have plenty...
very snug,dosed off for a couple of hous with the sound of the birds in the background,sheer bliss!
A while back i made an underquilt from a 10 tog single hollow fill duvet,it worked ok but i wanted something bigger to come up around me all snug like,so this month i baught a goose down double duvet...
yep sure was fine!
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/aanimated/4950683.gif
Met up with Ellen of this parish for a wild camp at a local woodland spot not far from me,i took along my 2 oldest boys with us as they had been behaving well all week,heres a few pics:
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heres a chance for those that missed the last one in MAY,anyone interested in a hang / camp at bush farm at west knoyle? its where the wilderness gathering is held,ime thinking of sat night to sunday...
your welcome,hope we see you next time,btw your mate dropped a strap from his bergen and a stopper for his air bed,ive got them here.
Well what a successfull meet this was with folk comming from allover the southwest and farther afield in all about 20 individuals,the weather was fine and the evenings relatively warm considering the...
will announce a june date after this weekend.
i will be there from about midday tommorow ,ask for pitch 5 .i will be making a communial stew for about 7pm for those who are up for it.
i will be taking a trestle table for a bring and buy/trade too ,so bring your bushy items for trade/sale!
ok guys looks like 14 attending from 3 different forums,any more takers? i have paid the deposit on pitch number 5 ,loads of trees to be had for hanging.
great book mate!.
had a great night last night on a wild hang at a local favorite sport of mine at Gare Hill ,all the family helped set up then they buggered off and left Ben and me to have some time together,all the...
just finished my second DIY hammock last night,so first thing today jack nagged me to the woods he just had to set it up asap! this one differed from the first one as i added a pocket it all folds...
some good input guys!
ive heard of a hoover method,any vids?
sounds like a few of you guys might make it then!
praying for you mate.
heres a vid of our bullroarer in action,tis like the one in crocodile dundee.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/8685740109/
Had another night out with Mr Punch and another of his boys Ben,early afternoon we had a bit of hail but the weather cleared and we had a clear cold night ,we watched the full moon rising with the...
i have finally got to the point of being ready to fill my DIY UQ with goose down,now i suspect this will be very messy and the mrs is allready on the point of breakdown with the mess from my spoon...
only their impressions of shuggs got anoying! lol
thanks guys,i have another one to make for son no2 ,then i need to design one for a newborn......
i am planning one every month 3rd weekend of the month.
i have been dfinding some fine hammocking pics on flickr,anyone here a member?
heres a link to mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9228131@N07/
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8667886339_16d7db957d.jpg
my set up. by fishfish_01, on Flickr
heres a chance for those that missed the last one!,anyone intrested in a hang / camp at bush farm...
its ripstop nylon ,thanks for the compliment.
last weekend i organised a hang at a local woodland camp site,bush farm in west knoyle in wiltshire,the pictures all have a description so i will present them with out further ado!
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a while back last year i bought hammocks for th3e whole family,and after the first trip out Robin my oldest lost his,can you believe it! so last night i set about ,making a hammock for him,it took me...
some intresting reading there mate.thanks.
who is jrb?
good info.
'seams' theres more to this than meets the eye!
any pictures mate? sounds good.
some good points.
i am about to make my second UQ,this one will be goose down filled,but what i was hoping to find out is whether horizontal or vertical baffles are best,if in fact there any differences at all,all...
a few of my mates have tried mine and now are converts,one thing we all have in common is a hate of lumpy , stoney and uneven surfaces.
the under quilt was ok,it was too small it needed to be longer and come up around me more ,but it worked incredibly well and i am confident a bigger version will be very nice to use and would cope...
my hang last weekend in Cornwall UK:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/Bushcraft/DSC03410.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/Bushcraft/DSC03454.jpg
this weekend i attended a meet up organised by natural Bushcraft in cornwall,its the first time in seven years that ive been away on my own for a weekend,and boy what a weekend it was!
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Myself and about 25 folk from a UK based bushcraft forum (naturalbushcraft) are meeting up for a winter camp meet in Cornwall from Saturday morning until Monday lunchtime. The weather forcast is for...
velcro on the pod and the bottom of the hammock.
thanks guys,now planning another trip out.
Managed a nice trip out yesterday afternoon after our foraging expedition,we went to a local woods and took our hammocks along for the night,heres a short video:
http://youtu.be/cEW7UpflLB8
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thanks for the imput mate,i am by nature one to look at an idea ,item or a method and think of improving it,some times it works out some times not,had a job where i cut the production time of...
so a hammock bag akin to the us sleep system would be good,the bag is actually 2 2 season bags,spring summer you use with 1 bag and zip the other in for winter.
wv,what are their draw backs?