It’s an investment!
Jul.14, 2006, filed under Miscellany
I finally bought my long-coveted Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT with the proceeds of the house sale. Frood and I decided it would be worth it because our Vaude Hogan, while fine for one person, is just too small for bike camping for 2. I love the look of the Vaude — it’s still one of the most unusual designs you’ll see — but the porch space is tiny.
So we went palatial. My gods the Nallo GT is huge. Not quite big enough to get bikes in the porch, but easily big enough for changing gear, cooking, sitting sheltered from the rain having a fag (or whatever), snogging by starlight or any of the other myriad things one might wish to do when camping with one’s nearest and dearest. There’s even a line strung across the top — I think it’s for hanging knickers from so they can dry, but I suppose we could hang bike shorts from it. It’s the sort of thing you could use for all sorts of kinky perversions, if that was your gig. I expect you’ll have to double-pole the tent for anything strenuous, however. You can do that, the pole sleeves are designed to take double-poling for ‘extreme conditions’.
Now we just need to decide where to go. I could use a holiday.
Speaking of which, there’s a rather inspiring article about the Caledonian Forest in the Scotsman. Sounds like the sort of place I should take Maura.
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