Midges alone mean you must have a tent option in addition to a bivvi, so either invest heavily in a best-of-breed lightweight one man tent (Zpacks, Durton, Tarptent, etc.) and perhaps get a cheap but perfectly usable bivvi (e.g. ex-army on EBay) or spend your resource tokens on a top trump bivvi and...

EBay, e.g.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192390728855

Aye, the 11:50 Ferry is the one to get for the bus - not the dawn-o-cock one I got.

I have a Cloud-Up 2. The condensation issues might exist in the snow skirt version, but I don't see why the standard version would be any worse than most other tents. Plenty of room for one person, a dog, and a huge amount of kit. A mansion for 1, a dungeon for 2. If most of the time it's only you i...

When I did this a couple of years back there the "reasonably timed" bus from Dunoon only operated during school terms.

I got to Dunoon at dawn in summer and the first bus was late afternoon.

I got a roll-up titanium windshield that I trimmed slightly to fit in the 750ml pot (I have the Solo set, 750ml pot, 400ml mug). The weight is just crazy; bag, pot, mug, pot lid, mug lid, windshield, stove, trivets, lighter, backup firesteel, spoon, 4oz fuel bottle, and packets of coffee and hot cho...

Evernew DX kit alcohol stove and so far so good. :clap: That's the one I have, I wouldn't recommend it - only due to price :wtf: - but I wouldn't be without it. You absolutely do not need the pot stand / twig burner / power plate UNLESS it is deep cold and/or at very post-Nevis altitude. As such I ...

A meths stove is more adaptable, makes less waste - i.e. gas cannisters - and is less bulky. Meths burns ok in cold weather. You can make one from a Trangia burner which you can put inside a hexiblock stove with the bottom cut out. Or find one online, or in a junk shop. I am very proud of my wee st...

AyrshireAlps wrote:The Cloud peak is basically a budget MSR Hubbahubba.

The Naturehike Mongar is the budget version of the MSR Hubba.

The Cloud-Peak is the budget version of the Hilleberg Allak 2.

The Cloud-Up is the budget version of the Big Agnes Fly Creek.

I do have the £40 one, it works nicely. Obviously it isn't in-date but it suffices. That's why it's nice to have the TalkyToaster too, because it might have newer trails on.

EBay Great Britain Premium OS Maps 1:25 1:50 , they're about £40 Example listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303471888144 Works on almost everything including the 64, but not the Montana 700 series or GPSMAP 66 series. EDIT: and you will be able to ADD a TalkyToaster (OSM) map to that too and be abl...

I'll check but I tended to take photos of views not paths from elevation. I use a GPS unit or phone. If you have a halfway okay smartphone you can download the GPX (plotted route) from Walkhighlands, or from any number of trip reports as many of them have the GPX route of their trek in them. That'll...

I can think of two videos on YouTube where they get damaged in high wind too, albeit Stripey's was just the plastic clip for holding the doors in place. Depends what you want them for, but they're not mountain tents. If that's the one I'm thinking about, it was a bad pitch; if you pitch sideways ex...

WalkWithWallace wrote:Lanshan 2s don't perform very well in the wind.

I guess it means by "well" and "wind", but plenty of high-wind camps on Youtube.

Light weight, pitch in one, side entrances... if you use trekking poles have you considered the Lanshan 2 or Lanshan 2 Pro?

A mansion for under a kilo.