In reply to veteye:
> Have you bought the tent yet? Not sure if you're asking that sort of advice.
> If you last went out on the hill was 5 years ago, then it may be sensible to stay in a youth hostel in a little warmer time, such as May-June, and choose good weather days during that trip, to go and camp less far out on the hill. The idea being, to both get used to how your kit works, and also to see if it is as practically appealing as you currently think. Then you can try in less good weather/season later on.
Yes, I will be needing a tent. I did the youth hostel treks in my teens. But I'm planning to go a bit more hard core this time. I do have some rough sleeping experience, in teens and twenties, having even slept in the middle of large roundabout (Leige-Guillemins / Belgium) in my Interrail days in '88!
Tent wise, I guess I'm after some thing light weight, i.e. one man, but _possibly_ with a hood, i.e. a one man affair - but if possible having some kind of hood, to prepare a brew under. Would appreciate links to any decent stuff, fitting the above description.
Hmm... hoping to get the kit well in advance and do a few "dry" runs (no pun intended!) in the back garden, etc. and get used to assembly, re-packing first.
I'm also after a stove. Back in my youth, one of my walking.mates had a Primus. IIRC it used paraffin and we used to have to pressurise it first. But after scouring the net today, it looks as if they are all gas with a disposable cartridge.
Thanks, M
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