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Outdoor Activities => Northern Ireland Camping and Bushcraft => Topic started by: NeilB on August 06, 2010
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Does anyone have this book, would like to get a wee read at it
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Mickey was talking bout it not sure if he has it but might be worth a try
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Yep, Mr. 6 Pack was singing the praises of The Book of the Bivvy at the weekend. Its on my Amazon wishlist :)
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I have The Book of the Bivvy by Ronald Turnbull if thats the one you mean.
Seems like you can read most of it here:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kCBGaAYpqSQC&dq=book+of+the+bivvy&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=ZBdcTO_XN5CTjAeDheXwAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kCBGaAYpqSQC&dq=book+of+the+bivvy&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=ZBdcTO_XN5CTjAeDheXwAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false)
I'm actually reading it at the mo. Its not bad but a bit confusing - part recounting of a story, part instructional. It is quite motivational though.
(http://www.cicerone.co.uk/filestore/productImages/large/561_FC.jpg)
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yep this is a cracking wee book!
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You can get this book from publisher Cicerone with 25% off with free P&P by typing in promotion code "Bivvy"
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You can get this book from publisher Cicerone with 25% off with free P&P by typing in promotion code "Bivvy"
Awesome, thanks for posting that! I've been meaning to order that book for a while so you just gave me the perfect excuse :)
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I was supposed to lend you a my copy and totally forgot. It's lying round the house, you're welcome to it.
You can get this book from publisher Cicerone with 25% off with free P&P by typing in promotion code "Bivvy"
Awesome, thanks for posting that! I've been meaning to order that book for a while so you just gave me the perfect excuse :)
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I got mine on Amazon.......£6.90 incl P&P.
Looks like a very good read.
Alan.
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I was supposed to lend you a my copy and totally forgot. It's lying round the house, you're welcome to it.
Will take you up on that offer, as I didn't get round to ordering it this morning after all!
I got mine on Amazon.......£6.90 incl P&P.
Funny, I just spotted that this afternoon whilst I was ordering a different book from Amazon. Think with the discount code from Cicerone it works out at £7.50 so Amazon is the cheaper option. Keep meaning to check in my local library as well, as I've got a few Cicerone guides from there in the past!
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Got my copy today and after reading a couple of chapters i'm itching to have a go at bivvying and tonight would be perfect calm one with almost cloudless skies, except its below zero on the hills and i haven't got a bag yet :'( good read though, first page i opened was about a wet night bivvying in Belfast with scramblers driving past and someone getting murdered in a tent :o
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Liam saw them selling trekmates ones in TKMAXX today for £19.99
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hey, if i'm going to sleep in a bin bag its gonna have to be a goretex one ;D
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hey, if i'm going to sleep in a bin bag its gonna have to be a goretex one ;D
eVent!
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expensiVe ::)
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But excellent ;)
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Wheres the need for eVent or g-tex if you aren't moving? Seems rather excessive!
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Wheres the need for eVent or g-tex if you aren't moving? Seems rather excessive!
Because your body still releases moisture when your asleep. If it didn't you could just sleep in a bin bag no problem!
expensiVe ::)
What makes you think its any more expensive than goretex?!
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Granted, but surely you're gonna have a big chunk of insulation that will absorb the moisture before the membrane gets a chance to do nout?
Obviously a breathable waterproof material is gonna be better than non breathable, but surely the level of breathability these 'top' fabrics provide is somewhat wasted?
Just a thought?
Think I'd rather buy some material and make my own custom one than spend that amount of money on a g-tex one!
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What makes you think its any more expensive than goretex?
as usual i'm looking at the used market on ebay and plenty of ex army goretex bags at approx £30, only eVent one i've seen was £160 :o
Wheres the need for eVent or g-tex if you aren't moving?
I'm just going by Ronald Turnbulls recommendtions for bags as he's the bivvy daddy ;)
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I've been pretty impressed with the Rab Storm bivvy which can be had for around £50. Its only slightly heavier than the Alpkit Hunka, but has so much more space inside. It was certainly breathable when I was zipped fully into it in the rain with only a tiny hole left to breathe through.
The only other bag I really looked at was the Pertex Rab Survival Zone. I don't think Pertex is as waterproof as the material used in the Rab Storm, but it is meant to be more breathable. If you are using it under a tarp then I'd go for breathable over waterproof as the tarp acts as a shelter anyway.
Speaking of which... I need a bivvy night... soon :)
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I have the Rab ranger and I can not fault it got one good soaking and I stayed dry inside .. No visible signs of any moisture from my breathing etc .
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http://toc.hipcast.com/deluge/4575cce5-8e12-0827-9aba-eadf398b43f9.mp3 (http://toc.hipcast.com/deluge/4575cce5-8e12-0827-9aba-eadf398b43f9.mp3)
Heres the podcast with Bill Turnball (book of bivvy author), its a good listen.......