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Well... Worked my last day yesterday. Gonna spend the next couple of weeks visiting family and friends and sorting getting my last bits and pieces. Then I'm off!! On 6th November I get a coach to Cambridge, public transport on to Lynton where I get picked up and taken to a remote farm near Saffron W...

Thanks jansman...... Thanks Stasher. Thanks everyone for all the encouragement. I most certainly will keep you all updated with everything, both the ups and the downs.

Thanks everyone. Excited but also a tad nervous. I'll keep yoi all posted.

Well, a bit earlier than planned, but I'll be on my way, come the beginning of November! I've had a few wwoofing offers and have chosen one which has offered me a stay for as long as I want, subject to a 4 werk trial to see how we all get on. I've picked this one as the long stay will get me over th...

Blanket at the ready to add to the duvet. 2 hot water bottles and a microwave one ready to go. Flask should I neef it. Long johns. Thermal vest. Winter coat. Warm jumpers. I've got my winter bivvy gear ready too. Torches are all ready to go with a supply of spare batteries. Calor gas fire as back up...

If you can do 72 hours then with the addition of a few more skills (assuming you don't already have these ) there's no reason you couldn't live in the woods for a much longer period of time.
I'll look forward to hearing how you go on with your tfial 72 hours.

Thanks for that. I don't want to carry fuel seperstely either, although I have thought og maybe getting another burner should I be able to carry fuel succesfully in the one I have.

I've always been wary of carrying meths in the burner, normally burning it off which is a waste. Have you had any problems with leakage?

Sounds like you have it pretty much sussed then. Your style is much like my own. I'm at an age now where I don't want to be carrying loads of gear and I do rely very much on my clothing. My sleep system on it's own couldn't cope with anything like all the extremes that the british weather could thro...

The trangia burner holds 20 minutes worth of fuel. The reason it took longer to heat water inside is because meths burns at a very low heat but out in windy conditions, the trangia actually performs better and hotter due to the increased oxygen supply. It's what they're designed to do! It's the only...