Camping

Nasher said:
If you have some good insulation and heating in it, it might be ok. Next to a woods a wood burner would be perfect and free fuel :D

I have a friend who works for Apple, earns something like 120k a year. They are considering selling their flat and living in a luxury camper. If you don't care about owning property why not tbh. If you can earn that much and work remotely, just go and live on a campsite somewhere warm for peanuts.
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I'm considering it.

I will need to sell the house and buy a rental. As obviously at some point it will become a chore.

But I'm not really "happy" in this normal life. Being stuck in one place.

The wanderlust is very real. I love to explore. And any place for me gets boring after a while.

For example I've never camped in the same spot twice so far.
 
For cooking I recently bought a titanium pot with a lid, and the gas cartridge and pocket rocket stove fits inside it. I just rough it, boil water and heat up those meals in a bag.
 
Uther said:
For cooking I recently bought a titanium pot with a lid, and the gas cartridge and pocket rocket stove fits inside it. I just rough it, boil water and heat up those meals in a bag.
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I have a titanium pot and when i want luxury I take the lovely secret Santa gift I got.

But yeah dehydrated meals are the easiest. But I always take some eggs and bread for breakfast. Because it just tastes so good!
 
Not really "wild camped" as such however have done multi day self supported hikes loads of times, camping each night in "proper" camp grounds although Australian wilderness campgrounds don't have any facilities other than a longdrop bush toilet if you are lucky - that is a very deep, self composting hole in the ground with an aluminium toilet perched on it inside a wooden shed. Bit grim, especially when its warm and has swarms of flies inside.

There's loads of good advice on this thread so will just add a few of my essentials. I go with the wife so we share the load although I carry the brunt of it and we take food for the duration which she carries which means her bag gets lighter each day. The exception to this is if we are camping in the same spot for a few nights to do day hikes and we can get the car close as I have a fridge for the boot which is a camping game changer. A cold beer after a days hiking is unmeasurably better than a warm red wine from a box.
If you have a well fitted quality backpack and some good boots you will surprise yourself how much you can carry and for how long. Merino socks and tops are the way forward.

I'm not sure how available the Sea to Summit brand is in the UK but most of my gear is that as I think it's really good, well priced and has never let me down. Apart from the obvious (tent and sleeping bag), this is what I always take. All super light, quick drying and easy to carry:
 
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