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Message posted by DeborahTurner01/11/2019 at 11:28pm
Outfit: Vango Kalu Hypercamp Eldorado Location: London
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Based on my winter camping in non-mountainous parts of southern England, I would say
Bell tent plus stove, as long as the tent has a properly fitted flashing kit, spark arrester etc.
I would take a CO detector, too.
Go to an actual campsite so that you can keep your car close, and take bags of kiln dried logs or log-substitutes that can burn in the stove.
Take loads of those little hand warmer things you put in your pocket. They are good in the bottom of your sleeping bag, too.
Hot water bottle.
Foam matting on the floor of the tent underneath your coir mat. The jigsaw type of foam mats. But sheets of cardboard wouldn't be bad.
Sleep on a mat with a high R Value (e.g http://https:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermarest-Ridge-Rest-Solar-Sleeping/dp/B003F01QA0
Maybe off the floor on a camp bed.
Good quality sleeping bag, fleece blankets, fleece hat.
Bucket - you don't want to have to get cold and damp in the coldest part of the night.
I think you might get cold if you sit around reading all day, go for a good walk and then sit in a pub.
My kid did scout camp in the snow and ice, was fine.
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