Thought id add a few photos from a recent night of wild camping that i did with a friend of mine. We decided to do this now just before the temperatures drop off and the weather deteriorates for winter.
We set off from my lovely abode around 17:00 in the evening knowing that roughly where we were intending to go would take around a 30 minute walk. The intention was to pitch our sleeping quarters *our tent in simpler terms lol* and get a fire going before dark which was estimated at around 18:10.
We set up and had a nice and relatively warm night greeted by a lovely crisp autumn morning. After having some stew *diced potatoes, corned beef, carrots etc* and some tomato soup at around 20:00 we started to settle in for the night ahead.
Waking up in the morning at around 07:00 was great as the early morning dew was being just burnt off by the rising sun and the early morning animals were out. Fire was started again and some early morning beverages made before packing up camp at around 09:00 for the walk back home.
Hope you enjoy and bare with me as i'm new here.
My friend making sure the fire keeps going to cook our stew
Attempt at an arty shot of the fire and pot, just shows how dark it really was
The fire and pot again
Our abode for the evening erected in around 15 minutes
The abode again from another angle
Early morning mallards on the nearest river
Looking back through the trees to camp in the morning
Again looking to camp, note the proximity to what i thought may either be a fox hole or a rabbit run
An image that was worth camping to wake up to
Another lovely image as we opened up the tent with the sun rising through the trees.
Hope you enjoyed them.
P.S. Just an FYI before it's mentioned. The fire and fire bed was created by digging a small hole about 2 inches deep by 8 inches long and wide, then lined with rocks and a perforated foil tin placed on top. The fire was contained within this perforated foil tin and wood placed over the top to keep some separation between the bottom of the pot and the fire itself. Cross braces were lashed together as can be seen to use for hanging our cups over for warming drinks and all non natural substances removed and placed in bins on our departure.
Daniel
We set off from my lovely abode around 17:00 in the evening knowing that roughly where we were intending to go would take around a 30 minute walk. The intention was to pitch our sleeping quarters *our tent in simpler terms lol* and get a fire going before dark which was estimated at around 18:10.
We set up and had a nice and relatively warm night greeted by a lovely crisp autumn morning. After having some stew *diced potatoes, corned beef, carrots etc* and some tomato soup at around 20:00 we started to settle in for the night ahead.
Waking up in the morning at around 07:00 was great as the early morning dew was being just burnt off by the rising sun and the early morning animals were out. Fire was started again and some early morning beverages made before packing up camp at around 09:00 for the walk back home.
Hope you enjoy and bare with me as i'm new here.
My friend making sure the fire keeps going to cook our stew
Attempt at an arty shot of the fire and pot, just shows how dark it really was
The fire and pot again
Our abode for the evening erected in around 15 minutes
The abode again from another angle
Early morning mallards on the nearest river
Looking back through the trees to camp in the morning
Again looking to camp, note the proximity to what i thought may either be a fox hole or a rabbit run
An image that was worth camping to wake up to
Another lovely image as we opened up the tent with the sun rising through the trees.
Hope you enjoyed them.
P.S. Just an FYI before it's mentioned. The fire and fire bed was created by digging a small hole about 2 inches deep by 8 inches long and wide, then lined with rocks and a perforated foil tin placed on top. The fire was contained within this perforated foil tin and wood placed over the top to keep some separation between the bottom of the pot and the fire itself. Cross braces were lashed together as can be seen to use for hanging our cups over for warming drinks and all non natural substances removed and placed in bins on our departure.
Daniel
