Hi, I'm a new member.

I'm a day hiker rather than a backpacker these days. Although I am considering doing some backpacking.

I did a little backpacking in my younger days. I'm now 49. 33 years ago at the age of 16 I was a member of the Boys' Brigade here in the UK. I did a two day backpack in a group for the Duke of Edinburgh Award and remember using a frame pack and rectangular sleeping bag.

I think we also had a canvas tent and shared the load between us. I remember the boots being pretty heavy too (and I got blisters).

We didn't chop wood with a hatchet as we had a gas stove and Flapjacks are not something we had in the UK. However, we did cook pork sausages and baked beans (from a can).

My memory is fading these days so can't remember much more.