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  1. bear100

    What's your favourite camp chef meal?

    Ok lets spice this up! What is your go to overland camp chef ultimate favourite meal to cook? feel free to share the recipe and method. i use the coleman dual fuel twin stove, front runner cutlery set, various pans I've added over the years. This is an easy to make hash and really hits the...
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    Overland in France, Italy & Switzerland

    Currently in South France in the Serre Chevalier Valley. At a campsite for a night (decent shower!) We left the Uk 10 days ago and stopped at very quiet camp site in Viollette France, it was 38c when we arrived at 17.00 and only dropped to 28c at 06.00! Then we headed for Chamonix for a few...
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    Solar panel?

    So the time has come to look into solar panels. As time goes by I find myself with more electronic gadgets and to be honest I like it, so the demand for more power is ever increasing, when I say more I mean longer lasting. In my Defender I have a yellow and red top Optimas which work really...
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    Sleeping bag or duvet?

    Here’s a question and your opinions. Sleeping bag or duvet? Both have pros and cons but what do you use? Make, model and why? I’m not a fan of sleeping bags I find them restrictive and hard to control temperature wise, i have a wide chest and shoulders, I’m also a bit of a wriggler. I been...
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    First aid kits, what is in yours?

    Hi all, hope you are all safe and well in these very strange times :confused: On my list for the up coming expeditions to Morocco and Pyrenees just to name two, I'm looking into what should be in the first aid kits. Obviously the standard essentials listed below, these are run of the mill...
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    Stoves??

    Stoves! Where do I start..... I am after your opinions on what stoves you use. I'm looking for a new setup, I currently use a Coleman dual fuel which when working is great, I also use 2 jetboils mainly for brews, and the cheap single burner as a back up. The problem with my dual fuel coleman...
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    Camp bed time, what’s your set up

    Hey all Let’s see and hear about your bed time set up. One of the most important parts of overlanding and camping in general is having a good nights sleep! Over the years I’ve never really accomplished it, either to hot or cold, some mats are sweaty, noisy, uncomfortable etc Being a big man...
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