We've come to Snowdonia National Park to go Wild Camping. Our backpacking trip starts at Llanberis hiking through Dinorwic Quarry before reaching our first summit. The forecast proved wrong for our wild camp where we ended up wild camping in heavy rain and strong winds.

I brought my 2024 Nortent Vern 1. Mark has got the TarpTent Scarp 1 and Brian the Hilleberg Akto. All these tents are suitable for winter camping. These are are solo camping tents too albeit all very different.

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Unfortunately, I didn't bring my waterproof trousers so my bottom half got soaked including my hiking boots. My Fjallraven Vidda Pro trousers aren't remotely water resistant! The wind was too strong to use my waterproof backpack cover so anything that wasn't in a dry bag got damp. Yet again, I broke more AV equipment too. Wild camping uk vlogs are costly in poor weather conditions.

The Nortent Vern 1 stood up to wild camping in strong wind and heavy rain really well. The inner doesn't flap about unlike other tents and the structure remained strong throughout. It's spacious too for solo tent camping. The little touches really make this tent, I'm really impressed.

Backpacking gear used:
Osprey Aether 60 backpack
Nortent Vern 1 tent
Big Agnes Rapide SL sleeping pad (regular wide)
Sierra Designs Cloud 20 sleeping bag (regular)
Nemo Fillo Elite pillow
Flextail Gear R2 sit pad
Sanmarc head torch
Nitecore NB10000 battery pack
GoalZero lantern
OEX Heiro camp stove
Sea to Summit bowl, mug and spork
Sponge, OEX hand towel and micro towels

Hiking gear used:
Salomon Quest hiking boots
Darn Tough socks
OMM Kamleika jacket (100% waterproof!)
Thrudark Ithrax jacket
Fjallraven Vidda Pro trousers (100% not water resistant!)
OMM Raid insulated trousers
Merino Wool base layers
Xtremities gloves and neck warmer

Food:
TentMeals Jalfrezi
Fell Store Porridge
Welsh Cakes!
Coffee Brewer coffee bag

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Thanks, Andy.

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