A friend of mine (ok, I met him once at a party) has written an excellent guide to all Scotland's bothies. Most of them he reached by bike. (click on the link at the bottom of the page, not the the photo) http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh518/Borderer13/16508792_208828822920010_91768314709729234...

Ok thanks for that. I did do a search on here for 'sleeping bag' before I posted, but it wouldn't show me the answers as it said it threw up too many results.

A wee pic to illustrate the size of the two bags I have just now (Tunnocks teacake for scale) - the down bag is 1800g and the supermarket one 900g.

The stove is a Honey Stove Ti , which works well in a place with lots of dry wood, and packs flat. They do a cheaper steel version also. Oh god, that thing is amazing! Not only a wood stove and bbq but it takes the trangia burner or 8g ultralight meths stove too. I want one! Only question is which ...

When I looked at this post on my phone this morning, the photos were all chopped in half. What should I have done to stop that from happening?

I am also on the cold side [Reynaulds doesnt help] so I use liners, fresh dry clothes to sleep in and even double up bags at times. I have seen Alpkit have launched a range of synthetic bags which I may look into if I ever feel the urge to go out in wetter conditions [ok, unlikely for this princess...

Wow, that looks amazing. What is that stove/campfire thingy you were using? Is this going to be an annual thing? I want to do it!

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

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Geuine question ... do you really trust the label on a cheap, chinese down bag Ian?

yep - i had a look at these and that was my concern too.

Nice one, thanks

Thanks guys. Top work :-bd Good to hear about people just getting out there. I'm sure forming memories that will last forever and planning on making more. I think that was the most important lesson that I learned on the trip. Before we started I had no idea if we could do it, but I thought we would ...

Thanks guys. If funds allow, I'd be buying a couple of these: https://www.tauntonleisure.com/mountain-equipment-womens-titan-425-wr-sleeping-bag-nautilus/p15731 Those do look interesting, cheers. Can you tell me if it is possible to zip two together if you get L and R zip ones? I thought that was th...

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Hi all, I am new here and also new to bikepacking. Last summer my son and I completed the 'Velodyssey' route across France to the Spanish border in cycle touring mode. For those of you not familiar with the route it is a flattish, off-road path from Roscoff (channel port in the north) to the Spanish...

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