My daughter Merrin started this blog for me four years ago on 26 May 2016 so I am surprised I/we have been so busy, but today this is my 1400th post! Just thought I would take a few lines to highlight the last 100 posts which have occurred over the last six months or so: […]
This is a really handy piece of gear (18 grams). After you have bought it/them you are going to be throwing out a heap of other things! It measures the voltage and amperage through itself when plugged into a USB outlet and can time and add the total so that you can see how long
Today I am using the Gnomatic alcohol simmer stove below left. It is available from Minibull for US$25 (May 2020) plus freight and weighs 19 grams with the simmer ring. It is just about the best alcohol stove and simmer stove I have ever owned, and you do not have to worry about accidents because
These are an interesting emergency light at 2.4 grams each. They plug straight in to your ultralight power bank. Some of them have a touch switch and are even dimmable (eg the Yitee one – quoted above). They are not as energy efficient as these 11 gram rechageables but would make a good spare, or
You have probably used Silnett and similar products to DIY seal the seams in your tents, tarps etc. You can mix up this mixture which is also good for increasing the waterproofness of your floors too but both these methods are fairly messy. Or you can buy some PU seam sealing tape which just irons
Something ultralight to make your cup of java below with. Just 39.5 grams and 322 mls (10.9 fl oz) D 4.8″ H 1.75″ May also make a useful small billy lid eg for something like this. US 19.95 May 2020 on Amazon or SnowPeak Designed and manufactured in Japan, the Sierra Cup is made of
The Montbell 4 gram coffee dripper (US$19 May 2020): ‘Lightweight, packable, portable, washable, economical, and ecological! This convenient coffee filter utilizes a 60 micrometer mesh to let you enjoy the “true” aroma and flavor of your favorite bean in the backcountry. Features Super elastic alloy wire to keep filter open while in use Mesh pouch
(by Merrin): There was an old man who bogged a tractor. What a quacker he bogged a tractor! He bogged the tractor trying to rescue the truck. How’s that for luck to bog a truck? He bogged the truck trying to save the ute. What an old coot, he bogged the ute…….. What a story.
I will not confess I broke the lockdown rule against ‘camping’ and took my Deer Hunter’s Tent up the bush for a trial run. It is always possible at my age to have walked so far (and with this trick knee, back etc) that I could not safely make it back to my vehicle before
(Della) I bought one of these plants several years ago whilst indulging in a little garden-centre impulse buying. Since then I have sporadically noticed 3 or 4 of the fruit deposited at the base of the shrub during autumn and picked them up as a novelty. Today, however, I discovered that the shrub has become
