Hi folks,
Been floating around here the last coupla weeks or so, after seeing a hammock for sale in a local shop, a HH explorer deluxe. Finally registered after buying it 2 days ago. I can't believe I set out to buy a tent. These things are just SO MUCH FUN!
With a tent, once up it's... just a tent. You can't do anything to it, only put things in it. Whereas hammocks are a very personal thing, a nest that needs re-arranging and tweaking to get it just right. I've spent the last 2 days with it set up in the garden, tinkering, modifying, trying different pads and sleeping positions, planning what I'm going to do next to make it even more comfortable etc.
Still not spent the night in it yet though, that will come in a fortnight when I go up to the moor with a friend who thinks i'm nuts.
...Which is basically why I registered. In this reserved and backward England of mine, hammocks are pretty much an unknown oddity unless they are stripey and strung in the garden next to the pool (Ray Mears is the exception), and it's only in the last few weeks that i've actually seen them for sale on the high street.
So, I wanted to ask where all you folks live and are there any more brits on these forums who can share some of their hanging experiences in the British Isles?
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