As expected, we’ve started planning and thinking about the year’s canoe and camping trips; with a 4 day weekend scheduled in for end of May (even Chris is coming along this time), a nights camping out somewhere to let Chris have his first night in a hammock and me and Michael to get back in to the swing of it, and trying to fit in a day or two messing about in the canoe at the QE2 lake.
For the canoe trip, we’re doing it a bit different this time. As there’s three of us and only one canoe (and Michael feels like doing some of it on his bike) we’re taking that up too. One person rides ahead with most of the kit in the kids trolley, other two paddle up to the camp site. Means we don’t have to take two cars all the way up, don’t have to worry about getting to a certain point and most importantly – don’t have to carry all the kit in the canoe! Light n Fast!! Aiming to get up to the bottom of Loch Ness which is only about 10 miles from Laggan, so nice easy one with plenty of time for messing about and enjoying the trip.
Goals for the trip;
- Get used to hammocks
- Generally mess about a bit more – hammocks, tarps, fires etc.
- Make some bannock
Which types of hammocks do you use? Hennessey ones seem to be shown everywhere but cost loads! Are they worth it??
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rob.
Hi Rob, nice to see someone's reading this! :o)
ReplyDeleteWe've got DD Hammocks which are really good, got the built in mosi net so it saves a lot of hassle (especially in Scotland next to a loch!) They've made a few changes to them this year so you might find a 2008 one cheap somewhere. Either that or try eBay, there's loads on there.
Wouldn't bother with the Hennessey ones first off, I'm sure for the price they do something better but for now I definitely can't justify it. A hammock's a hammock really! Don't go for a mesh one though, only for garden chilling out.
Keep checking back as we're planning a camping trip before the canoe trip in May.
Cheers
John