As the title says
I got to the site early on Friday and spent a bit of time clearing blowdown from the paths and communal area after the recent gales, repaired my broken gear support tripod, pitched the soaking 'chute and set out my bed to dry - the gales had tipped up my storage system and filled it with water ... which was now ice!
The ice on my bed never fully melted over the weekend which meant my bed was a little chill... Stewart, Chris and Nick joined me on Fri PM and most of the day was spent sorting out the fire in anticipation of a cold night - which it certainly was!
Ice formed inside my tarp and the clearing nearby was totally white with frost, while waterbottles froze and my coffee filter froze solid.
It was still freezing hard at Noon.
Roly and Wendy joined us on Saturday and Dunx dropped in for a visit and most of us had a walk hunting up Birch Polypore and other fun stuff, checking activity around the badger setts and then sorting yet more fire wood.
Sat night was a lot warmer than fri night but there was still a good frost
I got to the site early on Friday and spent a bit of time clearing blowdown from the paths and communal area after the recent gales, repaired my broken gear support tripod, pitched the soaking 'chute and set out my bed to dry - the gales had tipped up my storage system and filled it with water ... which was now ice!
The ice on my bed never fully melted over the weekend which meant my bed was a little chill... Stewart, Chris and Nick joined me on Fri PM and most of the day was spent sorting out the fire in anticipation of a cold night - which it certainly was!
Ice formed inside my tarp and the clearing nearby was totally white with frost, while waterbottles froze and my coffee filter froze solid.
It was still freezing hard at Noon.
Roly and Wendy joined us on Saturday and Dunx dropped in for a visit and most of us had a walk hunting up Birch Polypore and other fun stuff, checking activity around the badger setts and then sorting yet more fire wood.
Sat night was a lot warmer than fri night but there was still a good frost