Somewhere between Ray Mears and your parents' favourite caravan site is the quiet, comfy and cosy world of wild camping. No need to rough it and eat bugs when you can dine on a fine meal cooked from fresh ingredients, foraged from local suppliers. Relax by the beantin fire and enjoy a brew against a back drop of stars, is that the milky way or just steam on your glasses, ah..
The tarp weighs 785g (less than a goretex bivi bag) and sleeps 1 in palacial comfort, 2 in luxury, 3 comfortably or 4 at a push. A bit of an art to erect but will shed weather to the point that I have been more worried about the tree it was fixed to than the tarp itself. The pitch can be varied from high overhead shelter to securely battened down against the elements. Under a tarp you are not sealed off from your surroundings in the way that you are in a tent, you feel immersed in the landscape, whilst being fully sheltered from wind and rain. The ventilation reduces humidity and condensation and the beantin will keep the midges away. The beantin Bug-Bag will keep the little blighters away through the night and keep your sleeping bag clean too.
The beantin tarp is made to order by a local sail-maker, email for details.
