Camping in Desmond!
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Good to see you made it through the night mate
Cheers bopdude! Got a bit wild early hours but all told wasn't so bad
Glad you are safe, sound & relatively dry Mick. Was thinking about your party last night as the windows were creaking with the pressure of the wind last night. Hope the journey home is a safe one too.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
All home fine now, parts of the road where impassable so had to take a different route and quite a bit of the tyne has burst its banks. I have to feel for the residents of ovingham and other surrounding villages that have been flooded out today
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The trip started unusually for me, in very much a tree dweller but my hammock was out of action so I had to use an old 1 man tent for the trip. No real hardship but very different to what I'm used to. The path was very slippy so we decided to take a different route, not our best decision as the route itself was very difficult going and on steep gradients, after seeing the rising river we decided to retreat to higher ground than our usual site. The valley is on 3 distinct plateaus, we chose to use the middle not the bottom, safety and comfort outweighed the extra effort of gathering water for us. Due to the waterlogged ground and wet fuel, we decided to knock up a quick hobo stove to cook on
and Carl was doing his best Inuit impression to light it with a Ferro rod and birch (he didn't manage unfortunately but we all have to learn!)
Both Jonnie and Carl got into their hammocks early to batton down for the storm, Carl had difficulty being new to hammocks but was soon in and comfortable
But managed eventually
Jonnie had no such drama
The night came and went, and we had one hell of a sunrise.
storm Desmond took its toll on gear and the landscape, we had a few hairy moments during the night with 50-60+mph winds and quite a bit of rain. The stream that usually runs gently alongside the camp, was by this time a fully blown river and had totally submerged our usual spot, good decision to move to higher ground earlier on
Although it did make gathering water easier for a much needed (if slightly murky) brew
We started getting set up to have a small rubbish fire to clean up and Jonnie seems to have taken notice of my "bash it with a rock" battonning technique but started using a log instead!
All chipping in many hands made light work and had a fire in no time
Walking back to the car the damage Desmond had done was clear to see, not least this blocking our path
That was just one of many fallen trees we had seen on the way past, not to mention the river breaching onto what is usually a flat dry plane. Still a great trip and was quite an experience!
and Carl was doing his best Inuit impression to light it with a Ferro rod and birch (he didn't manage unfortunately but we all have to learn!)
Both Jonnie and Carl got into their hammocks early to batton down for the storm, Carl had difficulty being new to hammocks but was soon in and comfortable
But managed eventually
Jonnie had no such drama
The night came and went, and we had one hell of a sunrise.
storm Desmond took its toll on gear and the landscape, we had a few hairy moments during the night with 50-60+mph winds and quite a bit of rain. The stream that usually runs gently alongside the camp, was by this time a fully blown river and had totally submerged our usual spot, good decision to move to higher ground earlier on
Although it did make gathering water easier for a much needed (if slightly murky) brew
We started getting set up to have a small rubbish fire to clean up and Jonnie seems to have taken notice of my "bash it with a rock" battonning technique but started using a log instead!
All chipping in many hands made light work and had a fire in no time
Walking back to the car the damage Desmond had done was clear to see, not least this blocking our path
That was just one of many fallen trees we had seen on the way past, not to mention the river breaching onto what is usually a flat dry plane. Still a great trip and was quite an experience!
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Great write up and pics, of course, looks like a good time had regardless, nice one.
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Cheers bopdude! Good fun was had by all as usual, even if we did all get up to the eyes in mud!
Excellent, good to see someone else was out in the storm. Down here it wasn't so bad, 40k winds with 71kph gusts. Seems you faired slightly better than [thread=136795]I did[/thread].
J
J
a beeped me horn when a passed at about half ten this morn
Didne hear it I'm afraid. We weren't actually as close to the area you're thinking of as I imagined before we left. Not as good as the usual spot but it did the job nicely and kept us dry
