Disposable camping gear

[Threewheelbonnie]

The winter camping season is almost here and I'm starting to get my gear together. My wife however is now pointing out that if I were to put it all together I'd have the makings of a half decent set to stage Stig of the Dump!

As well as the usual army surplus arctic sleeping bag etc. I could include:

Spirit stove made from tin cans (I made it to see if I could, it's OK but I never really use it)
Collection of bubble wrap to insulate the bottom of the tent.
Builders plastic for ground sheet or cooking bivvy
Fabric softner bottle (lets just say that avoids a trip outside in the snow).

Now I hate it when you leave places and there are rows of identical supermarket festival tents dumped by the Charlies who've got their rally badges and gone home leaving the place trashed, but if push came to shove and I wanted to lighten the bike I could dump the above (properly and without leaving a mess mind).

Thoughts then naturally turn to the extreme. I wonder, has anyone actually just collected such rubbish, used it for a night or three and got rid? Can you walk into B&Q and come out with the stuff for a comfortable night in a field?

Andy