Bivouac sack, bivy, bivvy, bivi bags and bloody bivvying

We weren't in the national park, just across towards Stalybridge kinda way, but will bear that in mind

A bit OT but thought this would be a good place to ask....

I want a canvas roof for a kids den. Was going to use my ex-army basha, but I've lost it.

Before I buy another does anyone have a better (cheap) suggestion? A basha appeals as it can be repurposed as a different type of shelter.

Cheers.

Nice one.

I guess it'd be unlucky to be caught away from a tourist trap spot, so proper discrete wildcamping will probably slip under the radar still.

See if a local haulage firm has old truck tarp you can have? Or bouncy castle hire co.

Surley they dont actually have such authority?

I can give you truck tarp if that's any use? still got a few colours. it's 150cm wide.

I'm not sure I'd want to argue with a local ranger then bed down for the night in the same spot, regardless of their having authority or not.

Really good fun though.

Doing it wrong.

Type 2 fun at best.

Cheers Scott that would be awesome.

Colour isn't too much of an issue but a preference for natural / camo type colours.

@rhb good idea.

Ok...so long as it's natural lime green, natural cerise pink, natural pillar box red, natural bright orange, or light grey...I can sort you out. :)

I haven't stepped foot in London since you offered me some.....last year? :(

Friday:

Sat morning:

Sat night, joined by @Pmccee :

Anyone got any opinions on the 2GoSystems Trifecta?

Saw an advert for this at 50% off the other day. No idea if it's any good or not

OEX Bush Pro Bivvi

Anyone got any experience of this one? I’m tempted.

I got mine for around that at the start of summer, really happy with it for the few nights I used it for. It's the only bivvy I've used but it did what it said on the tin. It packs small.

Got my Borah bivvy today. Weighs 202g including sack. Not waterproof but I have a tarp too.

Anybody got any good bivy spots on the SDW near brighton? Please DM me - thank you.

Anyone got any tips for cleaning Neoair sleep pads? The internal baffles on this are also coming apart so its formed a kind of pillow at the top end. I expect this will only get worse and it's probably a bin job right?

No help on cleaning, but Alpkit’s Continuum project may be able to reuse/recycle/up cycle it before it goes in the bin. Just need to register a return and send it to them, pretty sure at Alpkits cost. They also do repair and care, but that may only be in store…

Interesting but sounds like they only take clothing and if they need it to be in good nick, well this ain't really it. https://alpkit.com/pages/continuum

EDIT: no, they do accept other kit but

"Everything is passed on directly to the recipient (new user) of the donation so please make sure that it is clean and functional."

Ah ok. Had just seen it on socials so didn’t know the details. Shame it’s not everything, but better than nothing!

IIRC the delamination is a known failure mode; guessing it's out of warranty?

I got it 2nd hand and it's pretty caned now.