Night out in Fife

[warthog1981]

Its been a long long time since Ive had an overnighter on my own and seeing as though it was such a beautiful crisp clear night i decided that id bivy out.
Just up the road from where I stay

walked up to the woods and get set up in the dark got some fire wood cut and got the fire on

Sat watching the fire for a few hours and drinking coffee before turning in for the night

My camp for the night

dodgy picture of me

now you see me now I'm gone

I decided to try my new eVent bivy bag that a friend gave to me
which preformed excellent well pleased with it

heavy frost on the ground

I really should camp out more offten

cheers Russ

 

[MartinK9]

Looking good, thanks for sharing

Oh and you can see your bag - bottom left

 

[Shewie]

Nice one Russ, looks like you picked a good night for it.

You weren't cutting firewood in the dark though were you, we all know using sharps after sundown is a no no

 

[warthog1981]

You weren't cutting firewood in the dark though were you, we all know using sharps after sundown is a no no

Shewie it gets dark here just before 4pm so its very dark by the time I get in from work. So if I want a fire then I have to cut and split my fire wood by head torch light or no campfire you just need to be very careful.


cheers Russ

 

[ol smokey]

Nice Pics Thanks for sharing. Good example of "leave no Trace" Think it was about -5
Very like my local site, But I am not brave enough this weather, what with my age etc.,
The blood flow is slowing down somewhat. especially in the cold.Breathing gets difficult as the temp. goes down. Just have to face the midgies nowadays. Cheers Stuart.

 

[stuart f]

Hi Russ,looks good mate,did you carry the beer crate in with you full,aah that'll be the reason you never felt the cold then

Cheers Stuart.

 

[MagiKelly]

Does this mean you will be a ground dweller on our future trips now?

Glad to see you getting firewood practise in for our December trip. I've been working on some new recipes for us as well.

 

[father jack]

sounds good whare did you go ? there's not much parts of fife to wild camp thats not close to a main road lol

 

[warthog1981]

stuart f nah it was an empty crate that I found at the side of the road and thought it would make a good womb led seat

MagiKelly the short answer is no I was thinking about heading up to Thurso for a few days and wanted to see if the bivy bag was suitable for going with me

 

[warthog1981]

Thanks ol smokey

father jack if you hunt around you can fined places to camp that are at least a bit away from the roads

 

[Toddy]

Looks calm, crisp and incredibly peaceful

So the bivvy bag looks like a winner then ?

It was a beautiful night, me and Tamsin went for a wander about 2am, bitter cold though. I was glad to get back to bed tbh

Thanks for sharing the photos

cheers,
M

 

[Shewie]

Who makes the eVent bivvy then Russ ?

 

[father jack]

Thanks ol smokey

father jack if you hunt around you can fined places to camp that are at least a bit away from the roads

Aye there are some but not much lol

 

[warthog1981]

Who makes the eVent bivvy then Russ ?

http://www.integraldesigns.com/product_detail.cfm?id=776&CFID=1439372&CFTOKEN=21439405

 

[gsfgaz]

nice photo's mate ...

 

[Shewie]

http://www.integraldesigns.com/product_detail.cfm?id=776&CFID=1439372&CFTOKEN=21439405

Very nice looking bit of kit.

 

[topknot]

Hi Russ, looks a good bag, i've just eyeball your green top who made it ?

Cheers Topknot

 

[warthog1981]

Topknot the green top was made by Toddy

cheers Russ

 

[caliban]

Bloody Hell mate! I was cold in my bed with two duvets on last night. That's a lovely top that Toddy made. Is it made from a wool blanket? Very nice.

 

[warthog1981]

caliban it wasn't made from a wool blanket it was made out of some really nice wool that Toddy had

cheers Russ