Yep, it was! On the moors no less, without a tree to be seen! Those who watched my last trip out will know I was promising (to myself as much as anyone else) that I would branch out, no more camping within a short walk of home (I know, I'm lucky!) and commiting to finding a view.
Well, the view was excellent on the way up the hill, but getting to the hill was a little fraught. A later than desired start (yes, a common theme returns), a need to find some meths or equivalent, some Vango bio-ethanol spirit stuff, and forgetting my coat for a potentially sub zero camp was... interesting. Still, I hit the moor proper just as the sun was setting so had to fairly rapidly get a shelter to stay warm enough. No coat also meant cooking within said shelter, with predictable results. Condensation a gogo! Still, I'd brought the bivvy bag, so my sleeping bag was fine with the odd brush against damp tarp.
My dream of a timelapse of the sunset was kind of fulfilled (fully automated version on a compact camera) but sunrise, well, the heavy fog/cloud scuppered that, and really kept the chill on, so breakfast was prepared in the tarp tent as well. And what a breakfast! I am calling it a sweet raisin bannock, but it is basically our drop scone mix, made up with water, and some raisins added. Cooked over the Trangia Mini, in the frypan, but with the pan over it forming a basic oven it was simply amazing! It tasted twice as good as it looked, and it looked awesome!!!
The cool temps made a brisk pack up the order of the day once bannock and coffee were finished and I returned to the car for the 50 minute drive home. Told you I had been brave ;-)
Anyhow, I had a great evening, the beginnings of a bit of a walk in and some proper wild camping. Apart from the cooking skills being transferrable and a bit of tarpology it wasn't really a bushcraft trip, but it's a trip I'll learn from and improve my prep and execution for next time.
As usual, if you fancy watching along, hit the link, and I'll now jump on my phone to add the pictures, so if you are reading this and there are no pic's, sorry! They will be here soon. Thanks for stopping by to read about the trip.
Chris.
Well, the view was excellent on the way up the hill, but getting to the hill was a little fraught. A later than desired start (yes, a common theme returns), a need to find some meths or equivalent, some Vango bio-ethanol spirit stuff, and forgetting my coat for a potentially sub zero camp was... interesting. Still, I hit the moor proper just as the sun was setting so had to fairly rapidly get a shelter to stay warm enough. No coat also meant cooking within said shelter, with predictable results. Condensation a gogo! Still, I'd brought the bivvy bag, so my sleeping bag was fine with the odd brush against damp tarp.
My dream of a timelapse of the sunset was kind of fulfilled (fully automated version on a compact camera) but sunrise, well, the heavy fog/cloud scuppered that, and really kept the chill on, so breakfast was prepared in the tarp tent as well. And what a breakfast! I am calling it a sweet raisin bannock, but it is basically our drop scone mix, made up with water, and some raisins added. Cooked over the Trangia Mini, in the frypan, but with the pan over it forming a basic oven it was simply amazing! It tasted twice as good as it looked, and it looked awesome!!!
The cool temps made a brisk pack up the order of the day once bannock and coffee were finished and I returned to the car for the 50 minute drive home. Told you I had been brave ;-)
Anyhow, I had a great evening, the beginnings of a bit of a walk in and some proper wild camping. Apart from the cooking skills being transferrable and a bit of tarpology it wasn't really a bushcraft trip, but it's a trip I'll learn from and improve my prep and execution for next time.
As usual, if you fancy watching along, hit the link, and I'll now jump on my phone to add the pictures, so if you are reading this and there are no pic's, sorry! They will be here soon. Thanks for stopping by to read about the trip.
Chris.
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