I have a new rucksack, so right now I'm concentrating on fitting everything inside. Think it will be fine, only the crocs will have to go on the outside.

With 5 days of food it comes to somewhere around 12-13 Kg.

I’ll aim at 10kg fully loaded and not quite make it. Still changing my mind almost everyday about how much warm clothing to take - everything else is sorted.

I have just spent 4 days in Edinburgh... I think it has gained 20lbs but it could also be all the Scottish pies I have ate.. Haha.

OK, you folks are experts in backpacking and pack weight control, explain this one to me......why does a half litre of water and a bar of chocolate weigh 750g, but if you drink the water and eat the chocolate, it weighs nothing?......:thinking_face:

I got a bit tired of weighing things. Best estimate is a bit over 11 kg including 1.5l water and about 10k calories.