Sleeping on the daysack Challenge

The weekend recently gone saw me  galavanting off to Kent for a couple of days on a daysack challenge that I had suggested with a few likeminded chaps. Being as it was the month of January carrying just a daysack with all the minimal but camping and bushcraft necessities can be a challenge in its self. But I will say it's fun and a personal challenge working out what to carry into such a reduced pack volume.

I personally find that the number of items that take most of your packing space is your sleeping system- (whatever it may consist of).For me I opted for :

A lightweight sleeping bag 

A bivi bag

A merkalon inner

A Dutch army matt.

Finally I added my edc hammock but not to lounge about in, I wanted to take a kochanski angle and utilise it as an extra layer inside my sleeping bag but also as i like to use it as a scarf.

The first night it was -2 degrees..did I sleep ok? Well it was ok to say the most.But I slept in my clothes too which I'm not that keen on really, kinda takes me back to my days in the mob(Army) when you sleep in everything boots and all plus your weapon close by and sometimes your webbing too. 

But hey ho that's how it goes. So as far as sleep went, I would say it was okay but a broken sleep pattern isnt always an issue some people can sleep through the night, it could be said that i don't  sleep through the night in a warm bed and a bosom on my back so dont over think it and think its the end of world just suck it up sweetie and get on with it. The insulation mat probably gave me the most jip. Why ? Well I have cut this mat down to the length of my back for such challenges. But I have for many years owned a three quarter length inflatable variety which served me well. Then a friend of mine introduced me to a full length down mat well the rest is history, but unfortunately I opted for the foam mat. Im not sure that this gave me enough insulation, yeah i could have put more natural materials on the floor but i didn't so thats that.

So i plan on purchasing a fleece liner and adding the down mat in place of the roll mat , this i hope will be a better option.

The last item i almost forgot to mention was the pillow i use by seatosummit that works well.

So until next time folks take care.