> > Basically, can anyone tell a first-timer how GFM goes, what to bring, > and what to expect, and where to go? >
You're only there for a few days, so probably best to keep it light: Batteries 9v AA AAA C Camera Battery D Bedding Air Pillow Compression Bag Fleece Liner Foam Mat Foil Emergency Bag Inflatable Mat Inflatable Mat Repair Kit Pillow Sleeping Bag Sleeping Bag Liner Clothing Balaclava Cotton Dress Cotton Skirt Fleece Jacket Flip Flops Foldaway Poncho Hat Hiking Boots Jumpers Light Trousers Rain Hat Sandals Sandals Scarf Shorts Socks Spare Shoe Laces Sweat Shirts Swimming Costume T-Shirts Thermal Gloves Thermal Underwear Trainers Trousers Underwear Water Proof Jacket Water Proof Trousers Cooking Can Opener Cutlery Kettle Lighter Pan set Stove Stove fuel Swiss army Knife Water Bottle 1 Litre Water proof matches Emergency Candle Compass (Spare) Concentrated Glucose Knife / blades Plastic bags Water Proof Matches Water Purification Tablets Whistle Hygiene Battery Razor Comb Deodorant Flannel Hair Brush Loo Paper Panty Liners Razor+Shaving Foam Refresher wipes Shampoo+Conditioner Shower Gel Solar shower Steel Mirror Tampons Toothbrush Toothpaste Travel wash (Clothes) Travel washing line Immunizations Cholera Diphtheria Gamma Globulin Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Influenza Japanese Borne Encephalitis Meningitis Meningoccal A & C Polio Rabies Rubella Tetanus Tick Borne Encephalites Tine Test Typhoid Yellow Fever Lighting Bulbs Candle Cyalume emergency stick Head Torch Night Lights Torch Medical 'Travellers Health' Book 'Where there is no doctor' Book 5ml teaspoon After Sun Anchor Bandage Antihistamine Tablets (Itchy Bites/Skin) Antiseptic Cream Antiseptic Powder Antiseptic wipes Aspirin Calamine cream Chlorpheniramine (Piriton) Co-trimoxazole 'Bactrim' 'Spectrum' Cold Sore Cream Contraceptives Crepe Bandage Deep Wound Dressing Dia Calm Eye Wash (Optrex) Fanzidar First aid kit Flucloxacillian Hydrocortisone cream (Reaction to Bites/Itchy Skin) Ibuprofen Tablets (Inflamed Joints Sprains) Insect Repellant (Deet) Insecticide powder Lancets Lipsalve Lomotil (for Diarrhoea) Mediswabs Melolin Dressing Metronidazora 'Flagyl' Miconazola Cream (Thrush/Ring Worm /Athletes Foot) Micropore Tape Mosquito coil Mosquito creams Mosquito tablets Multi Vitamin Tablets Panadeine Paracetamol Pepto Bismol Residual insecticide Reyhydration (Diorylyte/Rehydrat) Roll of tape Savlon Dry Spray Sterile Needles Steristrips (cuts that need stitches) Sticky plasters Sun Block (Factor 30+) Sun Creams (Factor 15) Sun Creams (Factor 8) Syringes Thermometer Triangular Bandage Tubigrip Misc. Adhesive Tape Alarm Clock Automatic Camera Axe Cable Lock Calculator Camera Films Clothes Line & Pegs Compass Daysack Disposable Camera Ear Plugs G.P.S. Gaffer Tape Games Mini Battery Clock Mini electric kettle Music Cassettes Padlocks Paracord Personal Stereo Pocket Scales Rachet Straps Rope Rucksack Sewing Kit Short Wave Radio SLR Camera Spade Spare Batteries Sun Glasses Travel Iron Tree Saw See saw Marjoridore Video Camera Video Tapes Paper Work Airmail Envelopes/Paper Driving Licence Guide Books Immunization Certificates Insurance International Driving Licence Map Holder Maps Notepad Passport Pens Tickets Vehicle Carnet Vehicle Insurance Visas Bum Bag Karibiners Money Belt Neck Pouch Passport Pouch Shoulder safe Wet Wallet Tents Bivi Bag Ground Sheet Guylines Mallet Mosquito Net Seam Sealant Tent Tent pegs (6inch nails) Tent repair kit Vehicle 2* Warning Triangle Clutch & Brake Fluid Distiled Water Oil Spare Keys Tow Rope WD40 Vehicle Equipment Cook Tarp External Fluorescent Light Fire Extinguisher Hose for Siphoning Jerry Cans Pump for refueling Sand mats High Lift Jack Standard Jack Snow Chains Winch Vehicle Spares Air Conditioning Belts Air Filter Alternator Brushes Brake Fluid Brake Master Cylinder Seals Kit Clutch Center Plate Clutch Master Cylinder Seals Kit Clutch Slave Cylinder Kit Complete Gasket Set Condenser Distributor Cap Distributor Contact Set Engine oil Exhaust Valves Fan Belt Flexible Brake Hose Fuel Pump Fuel Pump Repair Kit Fuses Gear Box & Differential Oil Hose Ignition Coil Inlet Valve Inner Tubes Light Bulbs Lockable Fuel Cap Oil Filter Power Steering Belts Power Steering Fluid Prop Shaft Universal Joint Radiator Rotor Arm Set Of Radiator Hoses Silicon RTV Gasket Compound Spare Fuel Pipe Spare Heater Hose Spare Tyre Spare Wheel & Tyre Spare Wheels Spark Plugs Starter Brushes Valve Spring Compressor Water Pump Repair Kit Wheel Cylinder Kit Vehicle Spares (Diesel) Fuel Filter Elements Second In-Line Fuel Filter Set of Copper Injector Sealing Washers Set of High Pressure Injection Pipes Set of Injector Return Pipe Washers Set of Injectors Spare Heater Plugs Spare Plastic Fuel Pipe Spare Nuts & Ferrules Vehicle Spares (Land Rover Tdi) Air Filter Paper Elements (*2) Brass Cam Followers (*3) Bulb Kit Fibre Glass Kit for Fuel Tank Fuse Kit Glass Fibre Timing Belts (*2) Push rods (*3) Wheel Bearings Vehicle Spares (Off road) Central Differential Oil Seal Coil Spring Bushes Coil Spring Mounting Engine Mounting Rubbers Front Axle U Bolts Front Differential Oil Seal Front Spring Main Leaf Gear Box Mounting Rubbers Rear Axle U Bolts Rear Differential Oil Seal Rear Gear Box Oil Seal Rear Spring Main Leaf Set of Spring Shackle Pins Set of Spring Shackle Plates Shock Absorber Bushes Spare Coil Spring Spare Spring Bushes Spring Centre Bolts Wheel Bearing Hub Oil Seals Vehicle Spares (Petrol) Air Filters Carburettor Repair Kit Contact Breaker Points Distributor Cap Distributor Condenser Distributor Rotor Arm Ignition Coil Set of H.T. Leads Spark Plugs Vehicle Tool Kit Adhesive Tape Adjustable Spanner Crimp Set Crow Bar File Grinding Paste and Tool Hacksaw Imperial Spanners Inner Tube Repair Kit Jack Jump Leads Lump Hammer Metric Spanners Mole Grips Pliers Puncture Kit Radiator Stop Leak Screw Driver Set Side Cutters Socket Set Stanley Knife Tow Rope Tyre Levers Tyre Pump Vehicle Manual Warning Triangle WD40 Wheel Brace Wire Water Aqua Filter Funnel Hose Iodine Tablets Iodine Tincture Micropur Tablets Millbank bag Purifying Straw Treatment Tablets Cleft sticks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
