Boiling the Billy..............when you dont have one

Willem, I have done similar with a brown paper bag, (back in '74) so I know it can be done, never heard of using a plastic bag tho. Have to try this next time camping.

We're gonna be knackered when they eventually phase out plastic shopping bags!

Don't reckon the Go Green buggers will do the job.......... sigh............

I can just picture it.......... when I'm a Grandad, sitting around the camp with my grandkids......

"When I was a little tacker, we used to heat our water up in little plastic bags......"
" Grandad, what's a FIRE? "

Fire, Ice, Water.......... and Plastic!

Wolfie

Used to do this with the scouts about the same era, we used to boil water for a cuppa tea in a 1 litre milk carton, it works , steady as you go is the secret!
Raining steady hear at lunchtime saturday willem, almost need a jumper.

Cheers

Willem, did that with the brown paper bag many moons ago. But dont like plastic (anything) so dont think will put that one to the test. But what a mate and self did do (also many moons ago) was to dam a creek (we were alluvial gold mining) using (I think from memory) 5lb. brown paper sugar bags which we filled with a dry gravel/cement mix (we had loads of washed gravel!) built the dam (about 50ft. across x 8ft high) leaving an opening at the bottom (initially) to let the creek flow through. The wall was about 4ft.thick at the base, tapering up. When we reckoned things were under control we blocked the hole and as the water rose it soaked the bags and set the cement. It took about 4 weeks to build,nearly a ton of cement, a hell of a lot of bags (we bought a shop out then ordered heaps more!) but we then had nearly 2yrs. of sluicing before a gully raker took it to blazes! Thems were the days!
the kesh