Saturday 29 January

I am planning on doing a 15 mile walk in the New Forest tomorrow with all the kit in my old rucksack. This is partly to see if my knees are up to it (and I am assuing that they are!), but also to check that my old Karrimor Jaguar SA Supercool 55 - 75 l rucksack is going to be O.K. It is certainly big enough, but I am not sure whether it will be comfortable enough. I did the West Coast Trail in Vancouver Island using the same rucksack when I was in the Royal Navy and used to being beasted... The question is, am I as hardy as I was then! The rucksack is a man's rucksack and was alway broad for my shoulders.
Anyway, today I have been weighing kit in an obsessive manner worthy of a Trail magazine reader. This is the verdict... I will be walking with about 11 kg tomorrow, carrying all the kit I plan to carry on the CWT except a maximum of 5 days' supply of food. The forecast looks cold but (hopefully) dry.

Item	Weight  (g)
Rucksack	2810
Coleman tent	1010
Tarp	204
Sleeping bag	850
Thermarest	511
Cooking Stuff
Water bottle	83
Vargo Hexagon Wood Stove	134
Blacks saucepan/cup combi	230
Trangia burner and lid	90
dishcloth (hankie)	31
firesteel	19
Fuel bottle (empty)	164
Spork	10
Lighter	14
Fuel bottle (full)	562
Clothes
Buff	59
Hat	89
Gloves	31
thick socks x 2	168
thin socks x 2	60
Black rohan trousers	394
Shorts (mountain hardwear)	209
Merino base layer	144
Helly hansen	153
Black fleece	240
Handkerchief	30
Waterproof jacket	446
Waterproof trousers	295
Black berghaus	565
Purple rohan shirt	240
Blue pants (Rohan)	19
Black pants (Cotswold)	56
Underwear	87
Underwear	87
Walking boots	1166
Dubbin	50
Crocs	200
Croc stuffsack	31
Accessories
headtorch and batteries	87
Compass	55
Poles x 2	425
sunglasses (no case)	24
sunglases case	38
3 x maps (cover removed)	238
Wash/teeth/lens kit
glasses and case
hairbrush	26
First Aid Kit	100
Ultralight 20l dry sac	80
Ultrasil 4l Stuff Sac	16
Notebook and pen	35
Passport	35
Flight/Hotel/YH/Bothy info	35
Lipsyl X 2	40
Gen purpose wash liquid	50
Rubble sacks x 2	35
String	35
Tin whistle	35
Cotton wool	19
Safety Blanket (silver)	54
Map case	157
Handkie	31
Camera Case	101
Safety Whistle	7
penknife	186
Fixing kit incl batts, SC card	240
camera and batteries	150
phone	160
TOTAL WEIGHT	14035

I shall be wearing about 2.7 kg of this and not carrying a full bottle of fuel, so the total weight will be 11 kg (excluding food)