That time has come, perhaps??

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
Re: mooncups and comfort. Are there other brands? I know a few friends swear by them, one mentioned having to change sizes - though the mooncup website only has the two sizes, and things seem more complex than that?

I believe there are tho' I've never checked it out. Google I'm sure might help …...
 

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
My solution to the night-time urge...avoid drinking too much in the last hour or two before bed. I try to chug plenty when I get to camp and am then sparing with what I drink after that. With that approach I almost never have to get up to pee in the wee hours of the morning (pun intended). If I have a minor urge in the middle of the night and I've already been asleep I can generally ignore it until morning but this rarely happens, and usually only when car camping after beer drinking has been part of the campfire and evening activities.

Ahhh! the stretchy bladders of (relative) youth. Us oldies just struggle to 'hold it in' as well as we used to.
I don't stint on drinks at camp as I know re-hydrating after exercise is vital or I'll be 'hopeless' and feel 'under par' the next day.
Like you I concentrate the drinks to the earlier part of the evening but sleep better if I have a hot drink before 'turning in'.
The oddity here is that when camping I always have 'to go' once or twice :( in the night - at home I rarely do !!
 

Taz38

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I'm lucky that I rarely need to go at night, even when I tend to have a hot drink sometime before settling down. Always 'go' before getting into bed (check pegs, guys, stars and pee).
Mornings are a different matter...:bucktooth:

I found the p-style probably the best p-ing device sofar for me, its rigid, not too small and 'wipes' after use using the back end of it. I bought it as I had trouble squatting awhile ago, due to hip issues, now its knee issues, but I found one doesn't need to actually squat at all to successfully do the deed without wetting one's feet. The only requirement a convenient wall or clump of trees.


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This I find tempting
:sorry:

"Standing up weeing..."
It has now :D
 

Enzo

Thru Hiker
They are big into it.
Odd, my cousins pretty hard core marine husband has just discovered sitting down wees and is sold :)
I'd recommend last years French film 'raw'. Visceral covers it. But as a reference, perhaps for Mr chissler too ;-)
 
My solution to the night-time urge...avoid drinking too much in the last hour or two before bed. I try to chug plenty when I get to camp and am then sparing with what I drink after that. With that approach I almost never have to get up to pee in the wee hours of the morning (pun intended). If I have a minor urge in the middle of the night and I've already been asleep I can generally ignore it until morning but this rarely happens, and usually only when car camping after beer drinking has been part of the campfire and evening activities.

Yes agree in principle,
But there's something comforting about having a hot drink whilst snuggled in your sleeping bag last thing.
Particularly if the wind, and rain are howling outside.
There's a theory also, that. this also keeps you warmer at night - not sure how true this really is - esp once you've got up for comfort break ...

Like @cathyjc I have to get up more when camping, I think you just get woken up by noises etc so you notice a full bladder, maybe? Sometimes mind over matter works, but not always :coldfeet:
now that’s some great multi-use thinking. A wonder that poncho quilt mfgs dont market like this. I’d consider a receptacle for my own it’s-too-cold-to-go moments, for the sake of keeping things clean during the *shake* :o o:

Re: mooncups and comfort. Are there other brands? I know a few friends swear by them, one mentioned having to change sizes - though the mooncup website only has the two sizes, and things seem more complex than that?

I was thinking this too..

If @Marco isn't already using this angle in his marketing, I'm wanting a heavy discount on the next pink merino cloth roll end..

Re moon cup - things are always going to be more complex than that aren't they?
. Just two sizes are never going to fit all the women of the world :geek:

Angostura's?

No wonder you're all peeing all the time.


Mmm mm Angosturas... :)
 

Clare

Thru Hiker
All this (apart from the citrus debate) got me thinking.

For nighttime comfort breaks.

A poncho head hole in the quilt that I'm going to make soon, would mean staying warm, whatever receptacle is used.

I don’t see this working.

You finally abandon trying to ignore the full bladder because you would actually like to sleep a little, so you push back the quilt, unzip tent inner, locate TP, swerve round to get feet out of inner ready for upward hauling of body ... and at that point, probably feeling time and other pressures, you scrabble around to find poncho head hole, lift over head, bang tent side walls causing cascade of condensation, start the hauling body up process (late) with the bulk of poncho around you making it trickier to avoid vestibule walls, position p-bag, bottle, pot (whatever has been decided upon) *under* the generous poncho flowing around you, without tipping pot or wetting poncho and get up without poncho knocking over the sacred vessel.

I think not.
 
I don’t see this working.

You finally abandon trying to ignore the full bladder because you would actually like to sleep a little, so you push back the quilt, unzip tent inner, locate TP, swerve round to get feet out of inner ready for upward hauling of body ... and at that point, probably feeling time and other pressures, you scrabble around to find poncho head hole, lift over head, bang tent side walls causing cascade of condensation, start the hauling body up process (late) with the bulk of poncho around you making it trickier to avoid vestibule walls, position p-bag, bottle, pot (whatever has been decided upon) *under* the generous poncho flowing around you, without tipping pot or wetting poncho and get up without poncho knocking over the sacred vessel.

I think not.

:rolleyes:

Oh don't spoil it all for me before I'd even begun..
I was envisaging pulling poncho over head first, and tidily swaddling with some ingenious fixings front and back.

Skipping daintily sideways (this is where the yoga comes in handy)
Performing necessary ablutions.

Emptying pot under fly straightaway to avoid mishaps.
Then reversing all above operations to resume peaceful slumbers...

Can't a girl be allowed a fantasy life
Just for one evening?? :arghh:

Ps any eating out recommends in Luz..?
 

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
I always sleep with baselayers of some sort on (varies with temp.) it not only up's the SB/quilt rating but also means going out in cold air is not so brutal.
Helps keep body oils etc. from 'muckying' the SB too :angelic: .

I try to 'sneak' out of my SB so as not to loose all that wonderful warmth, and leave it covered over so the warm air in the bag dosen't dissipate - climbing back into a warm bag helps me get back to sleep again.
 
I always sleep with baselayers of some sort on (varies with temp.) it not only up's the SB/quilt rating but also means going out in cold air is not so brutal.
Helps keep body oils etc. from 'muckying' the SB too :angelic: .

I try to 'sneak' out of my SB so as not to loose all that wonderful warmth, and leave it covered over so the warm air in the bag dosen't dissipate - climbing back into a warm bag helps me get back to sleep again.

Yes all that me too.

I even try to leave my ethereal body aslumbering in the bag ;
And only take the necessary corporeal parts with me ... :angelic:
 
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Clare

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:rolleyes:



Ps any eating out recommends in Luz..?

I didn’t particularly fancy any of the fancier or the not fancy restaurants in downtown Luz so I walked back up to the
Auberge de jeunesse who have a very nice relaxing moderately priced old fashioned restaurant with a decent selection of fixed menus. I enjoyed it. It’s next to the cascades campsite at 17 rue st barbe
 

Mole

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Clare.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Good food. Nice wine ( probably because they had run out of the cheapest option!)
Quiet but busy enough.
Cheers
 
Another thread reminded me of this.

A small sponge, makes for a better 'pee rag'
Easier to rinse, dry, and store.

Useful for other duties too :angelic:

Also not strictly 'undercarriage' related, but possibly slightly more feminine - orientated??

A goodly chunk of one of the Lush massage bars makes for a very pleasant lightweight moisturiser.. They smell nice too..

Just in case you should get lucky :x3:
 
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Bmblbzzz

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No advice from me coz I are a bloke, but I have a tale to recount from a woman I know. She likes to tell this tale so I think it's okay to repeat it here.

She was taking part in a long distance cycling event – not a race but riding about 1200km pretty much non-stop over three to four days. She had her period at the time of this event and even with padded shorts and her comfiest choice of saddle, was finding feminine string-related chaffing. It got to the point where she thought she'd just have to stop, remove her tampon, chuck it under a hedge (this seems like unhygienic litter but I guess she thought it better than stuffing it, used, into a jersey pocket) and ride on. Now, one of the hazards of long distance cycling is a condition called Shermer's neck, which means you're unable to lift your head and therefore can't see more than a few metres in front of you. Unfortunately, she'd got a bloke with Shermer's neck following her – his condition was so bad (it's a temporary condition, I hasten to add) that he needed to follow someone's back wheel or he'd get lost/crash into something. He had no idea why they'd stopped and was somewhat taken by surprise by what she proceeded to do...

On a totally different note, this thread has made me think it's about time I read some Durrell: whether Lawrence, Gerald or even Margaret...
 

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Haven't got around to reading Margaret's account. Love Laurence and Jerry's books though.
Balthazar especially.
 

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
I had "My Family and other Animals" at O level :D:thumbsup:. Great book. I don't think Geralds other books are as good.
Lawrence - I read the Alexandria Quartet many years ago - from memory it took some concentration :cautious:. His Cyprus memoirs were easier.
 

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Yup the pages of text not in English don't help!
Totes agree re Cyprus stuff
Started the Black Book, still to finish and read one of the Avignon series. Most people are put off mfaoa by being made to read it as school, but as I was in set 3 (borderline illiterate) I didn't have that problem!
 

Bmblbzzz

Thru Hiker
I started to read it when I was bored at my grandma's and she offered it to me, but I read about two pages and then took something else instead (can't remember what).
 

Bmblbzzz

Thru Hiker
Well, today I happened to be passing the Amnesty bookshop, a reliable source of the cheapest and most interesting reads, so I popped in and now have a copy of Balthazar. I'll let you know how I get on with it in time, I've got a few others to finish first.
 

WilliamC

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Well, today I happened to be passing the Amnesty bookshop, a reliable source of the cheapest and most interesting reads, so I popped in and now have a copy of Balthazar. I'll let you know how I get on with it in time, I've got a few others to finish first.
I would suggest starting with Justine then reading the rest of the quartet in order, since other aspects of events are revealed through the different books in the quartet.
 
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