will have to check my policy details, i know they are here somewere...
ive decided just to take a 58 litre holdall, this can easily fit half a dozen changes of shirts, jeans, socks e.t.c aswell as my maps, camras, Hexamine stover and most other bits and pieces. it also fits neatly on the back seat by means of bungee cords.
i already have a small toolkit, consisting of a pair of small molegrips, a plug spanner a nd a couple of normal spanners, this is stowed away in one of the sidepanels on my DT , have been looking into the Gelert Solo tents and i suspect that is what i will get nearer the time.
worked out all the distances on my 'puter... 630 miles (roughly) traveling around R.O.I and 200 miles each way from Liverpool to my hometown of Newbury, Ferries £95 return from Liverpool to Dublin