Whats Do You Miss Most When Not Out in The Bush?

[hawsome34]

The one thing I miss more than anything is














SPACE

 

[outdoorcode]

I miss the sounds and smells but I also miss not having to look at the time, I have often been laying reading a book next to the fire and decided to go to sleep, glanced at the time and its 2am or 3am ... but it doesn't matter ....

Andrew

 

[Brian Curnel]

I miss the freedom, the wildness, the serenity

 

[Burt]

I miss the space, the peace and that fantastic feeling of being outside, not trapped indoors.

 

[monkey_pork]

For me, it's probably the absence of human sounds I miss the most, being outside often isn't very quiet at all (lots and lots of corvids locally for example), but those sounds are just part of being outdoors. Like the sound of the sea breaking, or the wind through trees (or badgers grubbing about in the middle of the night doing badger stuff, no more than a few meters from your bivi)...

These sounds are not intrusive tho', unlike traffic rumble, idiot cellular phones, and just that general density of noise you get around lots of people.

Actually, now as I think about it, I don't like the homogenous and controlled environment of being in an urban area either, all tarmac, street lighting (!), inside everywhere strives to feel the same, the same temperature all year, nasty artificial and overbearing scents, horrid flat lighting, disconnection from the weather systems, grime, stickyness ... Oh, I could go on about this for hours (but I won't, as I'm sure you probably all feel the same way).

 

[william#]

At around 3, sometimes 4 in the morning there is a period when every single living creature, no matter where you are (ok, maybe not every single one, but at least the noisy ones), is sleeping. At this point there is absolutely not a single sound in the forest. This lasts for all of fifteen minutes at most, and is the most precious of moments in anyones life - to totally immerse yourself in the seemingly massive volume of total silence. It was said that silence is golden, but I disagree. SIlence is worth immeasurably more than gold, and if i lost it from my life i would be a lesser man.

That is what I miss most.

i know the bit
yes thats the other thing missing those subtle sites and sounds those moments when the world seems to alter slightly as you become aware of being aware

 

[Adrian M]

Time !




Adrian M

 

[Daniel Edwards]

I miss accidently coming accross animals while walking around, it's an experience which you can neither find nor re-create anywhere else.

 

[locum76]

when im in the city i miss the sky.

 

[Lord Farquhar]

Peace both inner and outer

 

[capacious]

I miss accidently coming accross animals while walking around, it's an experience which you can neither find nor re-create anywhere else.

The only time i have accidentily come across wild animals is when walking home from my girlfriends in the wee hours of the morning. I came across a badger , a tawny owl and i was stood no more than 6' away from a vixen as she rummaged around in the rubbish for about half and hour. All this in Hazel Grove, a crappy, hideous, built up area in South Manchester!!!!!

(I've also seen king fishers, herons and trout in Hazel Grove. MADNESS!!!!)

 

[Klenchblaize]

Whats Do You Miss Most When Not Out In The Bush?

Others have pretty much covered all bases so let me tell you what I miss least:

The gut-twisting realisation, when I fire-up the Landrover for the journey home, that I'll probably never find myself in the woods long enough to truly experience the oneness with nature I feel is to be had. Yes, there have been many times when I've thougt I was close but in truth I am still very much in a second "Meadow" of consciousness and some considerable way from the Holy Grail that is the "Third".

Or something like that anyway!

Cheers

K