Tent advice

And look how much fun he ended up having because of that one extra
night.

 

You're not very trusting are you?

 

Update Des: I emailed a friend today who happens to be the owner of a
fairly specialised UK cycle builders / shop (not the other one local
to me and much smaller). By reply he copied me on the email he had
sent Oredon, asking if they were looking for a UK distributor. ;-)

Thanks again for that, I think he just sent it in English but put it
in capitals so they would understand. ;-)

 

Once bitten...

 

#Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

 

[airbed]

I've carried our double airbed several times - carefully folded, it
fits snugly in the bottom of a standard tailpack, leaving space for a
4-season bag on top of it as well as room for the airpump, torch and
other small essentials.

 

Epileptics for vibrators.

 

For cycle camping or bike short stays we use the nylon (rather than
rubber) style airbeds.

http://tinyurl.com/4nej8d

They are much lighter and pack smaller than the traditional rubber
airbeds and properly inflated, provide a reasonably comfortable (if a
bit narrow) bed.