The kitchen & loo!

Well we don't have many innovative kitchen items. Our saucepans are a standard set for a start. We have some metal plates and mugs but have recently bought a set of folding crockery which seems to work quite well and folds flat, which is very useful in bike panniers. Incidentally we bought ours off e-Bay for a fraction of the listed price! We have a Primus stove which runs on unleaded petrol amongst other fuels. It saves us carrying gas bottles as we just syphon some petrol out of the bike's tank at each stop. We have an Ortlieb water bag which folds very small on the bikes. Everything else is fairly basic and plastic.

Toilet arrangements

Ok not a pleasant subject but neither is getting up in the middle of a wet and windy night to walk to the toilet block 100 yards away in your pj's. The answer is a pee bottle. We have bought a wide necked unbreakable screw topped bottle each for night time use. Now this is very easy for Mr Mogs but not so simple for ladies. The answer is a Whiz! I bought one a year ago and have found it useful in a variety of situations. Basically it's a specially shaped funnel which allows one to wee standing up.

It's very useful in dirty toilets and particularly those horrible continental ones that are basically a hole in the floor. It also enables accurate aim into a bottle! You can even use it when kneeling so it's perfect in the tent. So far there have been no accidents though I have the wet wipes handy in case!


I think that's enough intimate details for one day! These are the most innovative and unusual pieces of equipment we use when camping. They've all been tried out on our last couple of weekend camps and have worked perfectly so will be coming to Europe with us. Less than a fortnight to go now!!!!