Hi all,
I have got a biking bothy trip planned for end of this march in the welsh hills - 5 bodies in a sizeable hut - we are trying to work out how much coal we will need to carry in between us - prob just for heating rather than cooking as we will have 2 plus stoves... its a full on 2 day trip and carrying kit - any magic ratios - was thinking of a kilo each / maybe less / more depending on fitness !
any suggestions?
paul
Your username is ironic then?
MTFU!
snowpaul- give me an email, I might be able to assist you re: coal.
why dont you do the same as the locals and snuggle up with the sheep?
We took in 20 pieces each last time.
You won't need a lot. 20 pieces sounds ok to me Flatfish.
You could save the hassle and just warm up using the stoves, I've done it before, it works fine in a closed room like a bothy. No, it wont kill you... 🙄
Enjoy, I love that kind of thing, could you post some photos later please?
flatfish - Member
We took in 20 pieces each last time.
Yes we all did 🙂
When I say we, I mean 3 of us did.
2 scabbed off the others.
1 rider took ultralight coal!!!!
one guess who that was LOL 😉
What tyres are best for carrying coal?
Would ultralight coal be coke, or just air?:D
Apparently proper coal.
I know I carried something like anthracite and it weighed, unscientifically, about twice as much.
My imaginary coal was very light
a drop of coal and a saw to make use of local wood works for me.
To be fair to Tiger he brought half of Afon Arban into the bothy for us to marvel over. 😀
Some bothies are devoid of locallly available firewood. Some however have local sawmills prepared to drop off as much wood scrap as you might like. And then some more! Yippee, I love helpful folk.
Depends how long you are going to sit up getting wasted 😉
I'm sure some forumite will be along shortly with a spreadsheet but I'd be taking a hell of a lot more than 5kg for 2 nights.
Doesn't alpkit's Ti coal go on sale early next month?
