nandbytes

I personally use a Feisol CT3342 which is a really light 3 section tripod with really good stability and leg sections with large diameter. It's also rather tall without a centre column that makes it even better for stability. IMO perfect travel tripod for such uses. Its hard to source in the UK unless you are willing to pay crazy money thanks to import charges from EU. But if you are patient you might eventually be able to find one on ebay etc for £200-250-ish (or CT3442 which is roughly the same but with 4 section and folds smaller).