Well, I managed to get myself back out for another night but this time I kind of forced myself into using the bivvy bag. A week or so earlier I had conspired to trip myself up at work and went down like a sack of spuds at pretty much a full run, tripping over my own tripwire, sigh. Anyhow, tieing up a ridgeline seemed to out of the question so rather than hammock and tarp the bivvy should be easy, right?
Was a bit of a risk of drizzle though so I still needed to cover my head, well, I'd planned to use the DD Magic Carpet as head cover last time, so thought I give it a go.
Lifting the ancient cheap Regatta pack wasn't too uncomfortable and getting up the hill wasn't too bad so I set about setting up in the same spot I first started camping out. Plenty of flat space and easily accessible, that'll do! The self inflating mat, bivvy and sleeping bag took about 7 minutes to set up, hmmm, that's way quicker than I do a hammock! The mini tarp took about the same which left me time to investigate the potential a Trangia mini has when presented with steak, onions and mushrooms. A great amount of potential!
By now it was getting pretty dark and I was aching so the battle to get comfy was on. I won't pretend it was the best night ever but it was no worse that in my bed at home and the view I awoke to, of clear sky and dawn slowly creeping up was just beautiful.
Black pudding and mushrooms proved a great filling for a couple of muffins whilst a coffee in the Trangia mini pan (you knew I'd forget something, well, it was a cup this time...) made a very satisfying breakfast. I was too incapacitated to do much whilst there so it was time to pack up and wander back down the hill to get home.
May have only been an extended meal break with my aches but still very satisfying. The mini tarp was much better than I hoped and using the Trangia mini for proper food is going really rather well. Anyhow, thanks for reading all this and if you fancy watching what it was like, feel free to hit the link. Be warned though, it's another 40 minutes of me waffling on about tripping myself up, nearly covering my bivvy and mat in cider and talking about the kit (which to be fair I did get asked about last time).
See you next time!
Chris.
https://youtu.be/9a0-fNpL_Nw
Was a bit of a risk of drizzle though so I still needed to cover my head, well, I'd planned to use the DD Magic Carpet as head cover last time, so thought I give it a go.
Lifting the ancient cheap Regatta pack wasn't too uncomfortable and getting up the hill wasn't too bad so I set about setting up in the same spot I first started camping out. Plenty of flat space and easily accessible, that'll do! The self inflating mat, bivvy and sleeping bag took about 7 minutes to set up, hmmm, that's way quicker than I do a hammock! The mini tarp took about the same which left me time to investigate the potential a Trangia mini has when presented with steak, onions and mushrooms. A great amount of potential!
By now it was getting pretty dark and I was aching so the battle to get comfy was on. I won't pretend it was the best night ever but it was no worse that in my bed at home and the view I awoke to, of clear sky and dawn slowly creeping up was just beautiful.
Black pudding and mushrooms proved a great filling for a couple of muffins whilst a coffee in the Trangia mini pan (you knew I'd forget something, well, it was a cup this time...) made a very satisfying breakfast. I was too incapacitated to do much whilst there so it was time to pack up and wander back down the hill to get home.
May have only been an extended meal break with my aches but still very satisfying. The mini tarp was much better than I hoped and using the Trangia mini for proper food is going really rather well. Anyhow, thanks for reading all this and if you fancy watching what it was like, feel free to hit the link. Be warned though, it's another 40 minutes of me waffling on about tripping myself up, nearly covering my bivvy and mat in cider and talking about the kit (which to be fair I did get asked about last time).
See you next time!
Chris.
https://youtu.be/9a0-fNpL_Nw
