Camping

We just did a week here.
https://www.thewildmanwoods.com/

Very very remote, mostly cycle tourists and through hikers.
Quite basic, no hot water on site but a wash in the river is life affirming.

;-)

Another added to my list, that looks good.

Wrote up a blog post about why I like my army 'goretex' surplus bivvy bag so much.

https://calumonwheels.com/2024/08/15/bikepacking-army-goretex-bivvy/

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Nice, on my n+1 list now...

Disappointing lack of tauntaun examples... ;)

Excellent post. One thing though, GORETEX is a membrane not a fabric.

If you're going to be nitpicking...

it's "Gore-Tex" and it's W. L. Gore & Associates's trade name for a waterproof, breathable fabric membrane.

Paging @gbj_tester

I have a distant memory of camping with just a tent. Should’ve bought those Decathlon shares.

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>>>lightweight tent thread

Lolz, haven’t even included the crate of cider needed to cope with this circus.

You're doing well to fit all that on a Brompton.

Re. the trekking poles substitutes: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/148457/?offset=2975#comment17489834

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I don’t give a fuck how golf club it is, telescopic marshmallow forks are the shizz.

Nice, thanks. And now I know what an avalanche probe is, every day's a school day

Cross-post, looking to rent or borrow a bivvy for the next couple of weeks, if you kind folks have one that won’t be in use

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/398717/#comment17491741

There is no need to be upset.

Not trying to rustle any jimmy's

Seems strange to assume I'm upset. You 'corrected' someone and I 'corrected' you. Were you upset?

Hyphen aside (I'll award you .5 points for that) you can only correct someone if you are correct.

Which you are not.

GORE-TEX is a membrane made from stretched Polytetrafluoroethylene (a fluropolomer) to create Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFD for short) and thus 100% not a fabric (woven fibre).

GORE-TEX FABRIC refers to two separate bonded materials. You foolishly italicised both words 'fabric membrane' rather the correct, 'membrane'.

Would you refer to TEFLON as a coating? I think you would - it's exactly the same principle.

Yeah, but apart from Wikipedia saying so (the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth) it's used as a fabric in the sense that it makes stuff like clothing so I'm still right. Ain't language grand?

Broadly yes, technically no.

I'm glad we've resolved this important issue.

Gore-Tex fabric 5, Gore-Tex membrane 1.

Pffft, a fabric membrane is obviously a membrane applied to fabric, so hippy, as usual, wins and is always right. :)