From the other active thread.
How about survey...
Q1. Did you suffer from the shits after the Alston weekend?
Q2. Are you from the South, Midlands or North of England, Scotland or Wales.
Q3. Did you use puritabs/boil or both.

Honest answers only please…

Q1. No
Q2. North
Q3. Puritabs

Q1. No
Q2. North
Q3. Boil

However, I wonder if the sensible amount of portaloos at the overnight camp (compared with the Fiday camping - only 5 for the whole two fields of campers !)was forward thinking ?

Q1: No
Q2: Wales Border
Q3: Puritabs only (Lifesystems Chlorine tabs)

1 yes
2 North (Lakes)
3 puritabs then boiled

I regularly drink from mountain streams -without any side effects- but I wouldnt have chosen to drink from that river if there was another option.

1 no partner yes
2 North
3 Iodine not boiled

1: No neither of us
2: South (but interestingly both parents from Lancashire)
3: Puritabs in all water, some boiled a bit for hot drinks

We washed our hands regularly as well!

Q1. No
Q2. Born and bred northerner, but defected to the South many years ago.
Q3. Belt and braces approach - filtered water from the stream with a Katadyn Mini filter (see: {http://tinyurl.com/rwbl)followed by iodine drops and neutralising tabs. Drank without boiling - no adverse effects.

Q1.No
Q2.Newcastle-upon-tyne(now living in the lakes)
Q3.Puritabs,all right this time(must b the northern thang!!)

1. No
2. South (Bournemouth) but my dad is half Scottish, my mum half jewish and my best mates missus is from Thailand.
3. Iodine always.

My staple diet is phall and vindaloo so that tends to mean nothing on earth affects my insides. Except korma that is.....eurgh!

1. Yes
2. North Midlands
3. Boots micropure tablets

Partner was OK.

1. No
2. North Midlands
3. Iodine tabs for drinking. Long boil for food and hot drinks.

1. No Shits
2. Londoner and of Welsh/Italian descent (South Wales but Northern Italy)!
3. Boots micropur tablets but did drink some untreated water because I couldn't be bothered to wait for the tablets to take affect, so must be my cast iron guts. I will confess to being a little "loose" in the bowels on Monday (but didn't feel ill with it) but I always get that after drinking lots of carbo drink (5-6 litres of maxim over the weekend).

Results so far:

15 responses (including partners)

12 with no shits (73%) 3 with (27%)

7 northerners (48%) 4 Southerners (26%) 4 others (26%)

1 boiled (7%) 9 used tablets (60%) 4 did both (26%) and 1 filtered and used tablets(7%)

Of those that got the shits 2 were northerners and 1 "other" (north midlands)

Of those that didn't 5 were northerners, four were southerners and three were "other".

Of the 3 with shits, all used puritabs and 1 boiled as well.

Of those who escaped 1 boiled, 10 used puritabs, and 1 of those also filtered.

So to conclude, so far it doesn't seem to matter what preventative measures you used or what part of the Country you hail from! but the "soft" southerners don't seem to be so soft after all. Perhaps after a larger sample the results may change....watch this space!

And who guessed that I'm sitting here at work, waiting for a Council meeting to start at 7.30 and bored out of my skull!

At least our TAXES have gone to a good use.
Well done Tony.

Tony
I could have provided you with a larger sample on Monday - could have used my waste products as hydraulic fluid for me leaking Hope Mini. So, yes I had the afforementioned problem, I (and all known relatives) from north of Kendal, but then we did drink straight from the river, untreated in any way. Somebody will now jump to the conclusion that northeners are thick! I came on here hoping to join in a "wasn't it a great event type vibe". I think of the aftermath on Monday as free colonic irrigation!
Well done John and team, a great event with a pretty wilderness feel.

1)No
2)South
3)Puritabs

1)No
2)North
3)See below

boiled water on Saturday for Noodle frenzy but
Sunday morning took 3 bottles worth from stream and drank them during Sunday morning. No probs.

Andy

Well done for spotting the "larger sample" pun! it was originally unintentional and I only spotted it when previewing the post. Couldn't resist leaving it in though!

Did anyone else produce a "large sample" on Monday morning???

PS: Pathfinder General please be assured your taxes are safe, I am currently on my lunchbreak and yesterday was taking a break from work to eat a "delicious" microwaved ready meal prior to three hours of sitting listening to local politicians bickering at each other. Isn't democracy wonderful!!!

Here's a thought Tony instead of sitting there listen to a load of bollox,faint illness and get out on your bike!(won't hold it against you,IT'S for a good course).