Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I've made a 'traditional' bivvy bag and I tested it in various conditions in the garden just to see how it held up. An hour of rain bouncing off my head wasn't much fun. I love the sound of weather (outsideJimmyG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:12 amThanks, it was a nice little spot. Re heavy rain: Rest assured I'm unable to sleep through it, too. However, it's a nice, cosy feeling being safely under cover while listening to the raindrops smacking off my tarp. Ideally not all night, though!
I'm assuming you're referring to making your own bivvy bag? We've all seen hooped bivvies that go some way to keeping the material off your face, etc. but if it's raining or threatening to, I much prefer being under a tarp. Gives you much more room to move around and you can also orientate it to create a degree of protection from the wind/wind-driven rain. I've slept in a bivvy bag on several occasions in varying degrees of rain and whilst I stayed dry inside, it wasn't pleasant feeling the rain drops constantly hitting the bag. I definitely didn't sleep through that!
) when camping in a 'proper' tent so I'm trying to figure out what would be the minimum to be able to rest properly. I have ideas about integrating everything as well. It's more just the fun of making stuff really and I get to make stuff for my size: short ass.
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