On Sunday afternoon Matt and I headed to London Victoria to get a coach to Bristol. It is the birthday of Matt's good friend, Stef. Stef has chosen to make himself homeless for the month of May (read his blog here). Its an impressive feat, he has a hammock, axe and a cool firelighter thing. The aspect I find more impressive is that his lovely girlfriend Katie has to don a hammock for the night if she wants to see him, which she did for the last 3 nights. What a trooper!
We definitely wanted to stay the night so packed our sleeping bags and tent. My worry with wild camping is that at some point in the night you'll hear someone telling you to move on because it's actually illegal to wild camp or you're on their land (like this time- I didn't mention it but the warden came over in the morning). Thankfully, whilst scouting a good camping spot Stef had come across the farmer that owned the land and been granted permission.
I love the idea of camping in hammocks, you're off the ground, which is warmer and there are no rocks to disturb your sleep. You can put up a cover incase it rains but you are still at one with your surroundings. And there are no foxes next to your head, I hate foxes. Hammocks are definitely on our wish list!
It felt so good to have a break from London, so refreshing. We set up in the dark, so it was only at the impressive time of 9.00 AM, having been woken up by bird song that I unzipped the tent and saw that we were camped on a lovely little patch of bluebells and cow parsley with a view over the river severn.
I hope you had a great bank holiday weekend! I look forward to reading your BEDM posts! As summer approaches I have an insatiable taste for the outdoors. It makes London living a challenge. Anyone want an adventure? xx
I'll go on an adventure with you. there are plenty of green fields near Chester or we actually own a field behind my house in Bournemouth ;-) This sounds like a lovely weekend.
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