FeralSheryl said:See, see, my mate isn't the only one to experience Hedgehog alarm.
The sound of Hedgehogs rutting just outside your tent is one you will never forget... I still get flashbacks LOL
Greywolf
i feel very daft...
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The sound of Hedgehogs rutting just outside your tent is one you will never forget... I still get flashbacks LOL
Greywolf
I still clearly remember my first time outside alone as a youngster. I'd brought several comics to read by torchlight inside my tent. 2000AD was fine, The Hulk was fine, Spiderman was fine.
Dracula was a big mistake.........
Danzo
Dracula was a big mistake.........
Danzo
Getting nervous when you are sat alone in the dark in unfamiliar surroundings is normal, so I too would recommend a spot you are very familiar with such as a garden. I personally am lucky in that I can sleep soundly anywhere, but looking back it wasn't always like this and it has probably come with spending a lot of time camping on my own as a youngster (being an only child was probably partly the reason).
In my summer school holidays I would often spend 4+ weeks camping out on a friends farm where I helped out all holidays, usually sleeping in the open with a piece of plastic to hand if it started raining.
I find making sure I'm comfortable and "cosy", all wrapped up in my bag, makes me relax and try to think logically when you hear a noise the chances are its not an axe wielding manic or a sabre toothed tiger, more likely a rabbit going about its business .
On a final point if you were an axe wielding manic the last place you would be looking for someone to scare would be in the middle of a wood at 3am
Andrew
Ps let us know how you get !
In my summer school holidays I would often spend 4+ weeks camping out on a friends farm where I helped out all holidays, usually sleeping in the open with a piece of plastic to hand if it started raining.
I find making sure I'm comfortable and "cosy", all wrapped up in my bag, makes me relax and try to think logically when you hear a noise the chances are its not an axe wielding manic or a sabre toothed tiger, more likely a rabbit going about its business
.On a final point if you were an axe wielding manic the last place you would be looking for someone to scare would be in the middle of a wood at 3am
Andrew
Ps let us know how you get !
How about looking at it in a slightly different manner,
During your holidays, sleep during the day and go for a walk in the woods at night. Perhaps start off with an evening walk as its getting dark, a few days later during the dead of the night and another just before it gets light. That way you'll be learning about what happens through the darkness hours without having to take it all in at once. I'd want to be sure that the place is not frequented by "undesireables" and is relatively safe, you should also know the "lay of the land" by day so as not to get totally freaked when it gets dark. If you can find things to do as well (watching foxes, badgers etc) the cause of some of the more alarming noises will be obvious before they can cause panic.
ATB
Ogri the trog
During your holidays, sleep during the day and go for a walk in the woods at night. Perhaps start off with an evening walk as its getting dark, a few days later during the dead of the night and another just before it gets light. That way you'll be learning about what happens through the darkness hours without having to take it all in at once. I'd want to be sure that the place is not frequented by "undesireables" and is relatively safe, you should also know the "lay of the land" by day so as not to get totally freaked when it gets dark. If you can find things to do as well (watching foxes, badgers etc) the cause of some of the more alarming noises will be obvious before they can cause panic.
ATB
Ogri the trog
Some great advice has already been given, not sure if I can add anything that could help
Stay safe and remember you are there to enjoy yourself, its no fun if you are sat in a huddle filling your sleeping bag at every noise.
Greywolf
Stay safe and remember you are there to enjoy yourself, its no fun if you are sat in a huddle filling your sleeping bag at every noise.
Greywolf
This can happen... I've seen rabbits bolt at the sound of a loud grunting snore beforestormy said:
Lots of good advise here. When I started camping out it was with my parents, as I got older I had my own small tent next to theirs. I kept moving it further away to show my "independance" but I always knew they were near-by. As I got older I started going by my self. Many times I took my dog...but he was a Rhodesian Ridgeback and took up most of the tent...he also grunted, snorred and ran in his sleep which tends to keep you awake
Now I have a son he comes out with me. He wants to stay out by himself and spends time out in the garden. He hasn't managed a full night yet but there's no rush, he'll get there in his own time.
What I have found to be the most scary thing when I'm out by my self is my own imagination. It's easy to make a shadow in to a manic bear...a rustle becomes a wolf creeping up on you...a twig snapping is some one coming to get you. A quick flash of a torch soon shows there's nothing there. Before I go to sleep I always do a quick "once round" the camp making sure every thing is OK and then I usually settle quite quickly. A good book always helps...but as mentioned above...Dracula may not be the bast book
Now I have a son he comes out with me. He wants to stay out by himself and spends time out in the garden. He hasn't managed a full night yet but there's no rush, he'll get there in his own time.
What I have found to be the most scary thing when I'm out by my self is my own imagination. It's easy to make a shadow in to a manic bear...a rustle becomes a wolf creeping up on you...a twig snapping is some one coming to get you. A quick flash of a torch soon shows there's nothing there. Before I go to sleep I always do a quick "once round" the camp making sure every thing is OK and then I usually settle quite quickly. A good book always helps...but as mentioned above...Dracula may not be the bast book
Have them in Cheshire, every time the cubs camp out!Not Bob said:You have wolves and bears in Kidderminster!
Not Bob said:You have wolves and bears in Kidderminster!
If only...we have THE BOOGEY MAN here...he's a lot worse
Wolves in Kiddi? What Bliss.Not Bob said:You have wolves and bears in Kidderminster!
Hold the bus I'm on my way!
how do jack, saddly mate it's safer out in the wild's than on the streets now a days, i've found that if you take a small radio with you when bivving it helps carm the nerves, I suggest a wind up one then you don't have to mess about with batteries in the dark. Happy campin.
Jack when I lived in Canada a native friend of mine once told me how he taught hi grandchildren not to be scared of the prarie at night. The children well aware of the fact that buffalo, coyote and wolves roamed about were afraid and the old man said to them that they should remember that in the dark the 'bad ones' can not see them any more than they can see the 'bad ones', this he said was the great spirits gift to man because in so doing he equalised the playing field.
His grand kids then understood and were no longer frightened.
For many people in our modern, noisy and crowded world being alone is scary and add to that the dark it is a nightmare thing but in our country no animals exist to hurt you and all the 'bad people' like the parasites they are live in the cities so really your safer in the woods than anywhere else.
His grand kids then understood and were no longer frightened.
For many people in our modern, noisy and crowded world being alone is scary and add to that the dark it is a nightmare thing but in our country no animals exist to hurt you and all the 'bad people' like the parasites they are live in the cities so really your safer in the woods than anywhere else.
My biggest fear when sleeping out in the woods is meeting a Mad man with an Axe!!!
Hang on a minute!!
I am a mad man with an Axe Now that is a scary thought.
Hang on a minute!!
I am a mad man with an Axe
Now that is a scary thought.
