Hanging around

It's arrived! I was in London yesterday showing Aaron the museums and when I got home, there it was and NO import taxes. Phew!

It's my Clark Jungle Hammock 'North American' model with XL tarp option.

I have just quickly strung it up on the kid's climbing frame in the garden and it looks like everything I was hoping it would be... a tarp that is off the floor, supposedly more comfy than my bed and bug free. I won't go into all the features and tech' details as they have a superb website if you are interested - www.junglehammock.com.

If the weather is good tomorrow, I'll take it into Clyne Wood for a test set-up and a snooze (we didn't get back from London until very late and I have some catching up to do). More photo's too.

I looked at a couple of models before settling on the Clark, as it is very 'feature rich' compared to DD and Hennesy hammocks. Pablo set me thinking after his article on the DD models. I thought it would be a pain in arse to get hold of, but Clark takes PayPal and delivery was about 4 days and I got a free tee shirt :)

Packed up, its about the same size as my Akto (sans poles) and weighs about the same (1.5k). It is made of very sturdy fabrics and is very well put together. For those that want to go lighter, they do an 'Ultralight' model too.

Can't wait to spend the night in this - I have dozens of beautiful spots in mind that have always been a no-no with a tent. If anyone hammock camps in south Wales, it would be great to hear from you and if anyone else has a Clark hammock, get in touch too.

Until tomorrow.