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Lol - get a motorised golf trolley ...
I have one, brilliant. It worked well, carried the tripod, sarnies and flask of coffee, oh, and the tripod, cameras and a bunch of lenses and batteries.
I have tried several motorised and pushed trollies of one sort or another. Of one occasion I commandeered (borrowed without asking!) a garden centre trolly at Muncaster Castle gardens, which has an outstanding collection of Frank Kingdon-Ward Rhododendrons, to carry all my gear for the day while I explored the extensive grounds. I was making good progress until I reached the North terrace, where the gardeners were trimming an extremely thorny hedge, I managed to puncture two quite large balloon type tyres as I tried to avoid the clippings. I was totally knackered when I finally managed to drag (it was then impossible to push) the now heavy and unwieldily trolly back to the garden centre and park it inconspicuously among it's friends.
Since then I have tried to find soft cushion tyres which don't need inflating. Hard, solid tyres create way too much vibration for the cameras in my opinion on gravel and hard paths. I still don't have a perfect solution.
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Robert.