So after my last camp, I very much enjoyed having a much lighter pack, so I decided to lighten things up a bit. I purchased some titanium cookware and smaller, lighter stoves, and a lighter rucksack.

Conversely, I also purchased a heavier tent, but it’s huge and has so many vents and openings that it’s a miracle of tent engineering. I will be adding the link to the kit used for this camp at the end of the post.

Got to site and found a pitch that would take advantage of the front opening of the new tent, currently named ‘The Villa’. Basically the vestibule has a door on each side, and the front can be unhooked and rolled up.

This means you can lay in bed and look out at whatever the view has to offer.

I have also purchased a dehydrator, so made chilli and rice yesterday which I dehydrated overnight. This was a test to see how easy it was to rehydrate and if it still tasted okay.

Food was a triumph, even if I should’ve bought extra bowls to be able to rehydrate everything. Finished my dinner, did some washing up and then made myself a chocolate drink, then lay here watching the sun go down.

It’s getting slightly colder and I’m expecting it to rain in the morning, so it’ll be interesting to see how the tent holds up. It has been very windy and it was a pain in the arse to try and pitch the tent even with the slight wind.

As is the norm, I will update this when I can’t sleep through the night, when it starts pissing with rain, or when the tent collapses.