Monthly Archives: April 2008

In the beginning, we used a butane Camping Gaz burner, until that ran out. Stuck for the night in a small French village, we procured some agricultural diesel and decided to put the MSR Dragonfly multifuel stove to the test. After worrying that the stove was about to explode, we realised that the initially-large flame […]

For the first summer and autumn months in 2007, we slept practically every night in our Snugpak Elite 3 sleeping bags. We were never cold — until November in northern Turkey. On the first night of frost, we found ourselves uncomfortably cold. As the temperature decreased to zero and below at nights, the sleeping bags’ […]

The Vaude Hogan Ultralight Stormproof tents have performed almost flawlessly for three years of regular touring use. The design is very well suited to a solo cycle tourer or a cosy couple, with a couple of minor drawbacks, which we’ll come to later.