Yeah the silver blanket was an added safety item but you are right, unless i burn my sleeping bag down I won't need it :)


What sort of clothing do you guys take? Was thinking a hat and possibly gloves and some thermal bottoms/top.

need to add some toilet paper/shovel to the mix too :)

:) christ yes! Will have to have a think about beverages.. not a big fan of whisky, might have t be rum

Hiya, so finally after many planned and aborted/cancelled bivvy attempts I have the solstice fully penned on the calendar. Just getting together bits and bobs, what important items am I missing? Bivvy Bag Sleeping Bag Poncho/Tarp sleeping matt and inflatable cushion guy ropes & pegs Emergency si...

Rather like pedal head my rides are usually stolen around young kids duties or commuting based so rarely have to oppurtinity to just keep going and see what's round the next corner. Lookinforward to the wrt tho to change all that :)

Nice one flatfishy :) My father inlaw is a bit of a map man and has a shed load for the Black mountains and the surrounding areas, infact it wouldn't surprise me if he had them for the whole of Wales... I may have to speak nicely to him. 8-)

Over the last few years how many OS maps has it covered? Just so I can budget them in like! :)

Now I defo didn't have sun tan lotion on my radar, we are talking wales here!

Going to sound like a right nodder but whats the ettiquette on having a dump in the field so to speak?

I was thinking rum and black :)

Im not going to give someone a backy for 3 days round the welsh hills!

!! another excellent reminder thanks! :)

Ah yes! :)

There's me thinking about making meths stoves and the like without first getting a mat sorted.. I didn't have one when we camped at builth wells for one of the merida's and had such a poor night, body heat just sapping away :D

Ok then, so I am compiling kit for the WRT as uitll more than likely be our first bivvy aswell as first WRT :) So I have a tarp (which also acts like a poncho if needed) Sleeping bag (3 season) and decided to get a garmin geko 301 to go with the maps and real compass as there was one really cheap on...

It'll be nice to put faces to names if I do make it. M

Definitely! Also hoping to challenge myself a bit.

Struggling to get my mates to get joined up despite us discussing it for the last 2 years.. i am sorted though which is the main thing :D

Ah cheers for the info, sounds like it might work a treat :)

That looks nice, 150 notes for a sleeping bag virgin is a tad much! Any suggestions for a "testing the water " bag? I burn fairly hot but don't wanna freeze me nuts off :)