What to sit on?

[Low Roller]

So what do you sit on when you get there? You’ve got your lightweight tent set up. Your stove is making hot water for tea. You have just cycled 80 miles. Your backside is sore. The midges are biting. You have got to sit on the ground.

No.……. You go foraging for a chair. Probably a plastic one. It doesn’t matter. You ask the campsite owners for one, or you just go an pinch one from someone who has a regular pitch there.

Deep joy. This is real cycle touring.


Tell me you haven’t done the same.,

 

[raleighnut]

I've had a Gelert 'chair' for years, it has a seat and a back but no legs and folds flat then adjusts to fit with 2 side straps. Great for lower back support and warm too as the padding inside is high density closed cell foam (like a roll mat)

 

[young Ed]

rule 5
MTFU!
Cheers Ed
P.S: sorry

 

[Pat "5mph"]

a TENT????

 

[young Ed]

a TENT????

can i recommend not sitting ON your tent but maybe IN it?
also i bivvy
Cheers Ed

 

[vernon]

So what do you sit on when you get there? You’ve got your lightweight tent set up. Your stove is making hot water for tea. You have just cycled 80 miles. Your backside is sore. The midges are biting. You have got to sit on the ground.

No.……. You go foraging for a chair. Probably a plastic one. It doesn’t matter. You ask the campsite owners for one, or you just go an pinch one from someone who has a regular pitch there.

Deep joy. This is real cycle touring.


Tell me you haven’t done the same.,

I seem to be lucky in that all of the camp sites that I have used in the past three years have had seats, walls or benches available.

 

[psmiffy]

Unless it is a nice evening and there is a picnic table handy to cook on I always sit on my bottom in the tent to cook, plan tomorrow write up today - it is often getting dark and beginning to chill by the time i camp and have had a shower so it tends to be the default - cooking and chores for the evening it is too much faff to move everything back and forth from the tent where everything has its place

 

[andrew_s]

Either a Thermarest chair kit, or if I'm not being lightweight, a Helinox chair (rip-off version available on eBay, Amazon etc down to ~£25)

 

[raleighnut]

Either a Thermarest chair kit, or if I'm not being lightweight, a Helinox chair (rip-off version available on eBay, Amazon etc down to ~£25)

That Thermarest acts very similarly to my Geleart and can be used inside a tent, no legs to worry about.

Unless it is a nice evening and there is a picnic table handy to cook on I always sit on my bottom in the tent to cook, plan tomorrow write up today - it is often getting dark and beginning to chill by the time i camp and have had a shower so it tends to be the default - cooking and chores for the evening it is too much faff to move everything back and forth from the tent where everything has its place

 

[Ticktockmy]

can i recommend not sitting ON your tent but maybe IN it?
also i bivvy
Cheers Ed

I used to find my old army basha, was handy for weekend rides, when iI wanted to stealth camp, and did not want to put up a tent that would stand out, great for hiding behind a wall or hedge

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We just carry a small piece of insulated crash mat - you know those old style things we used to sleep on as teenagers... something big enough to put your backside on. It keeps it off the cold ground (really useful in winter) and if life is wet, then we sit on that and a waterproof. no need for chairs or carrying extra weight. problem solved.

as seen in the foreground in the picture below

 

[young Ed]

I used to find my old army basha, was handy for weekend rides, when iI wanted to stealth camp, and did not want to put up a tent that would stand out, great for hiding behind a wall or hedge

good for jumping in a ditch and getting the odd hour or two!
cheers Ed

 

[Bodhbh]

I used a Theromorest for a bit, and it's not a bad bit of kit, but I found it wasn't getting much use. The last tour I took it, I ended shipping it back halfway with the used maps and guide books. With the possible exception of mid June, July - there's not enough time in the day tbh. By the time you setup camp, shower, sort out food & drink, go for a bit of a wander, etc there's not much daylight (if any) left to just be sitting about - at least not such it's worth having a dedicated bit of kit for. At least with my poor planning and late camp arrival times. All for the good I suppose.