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I ended up bailing on this autumn camp, but it was so freakin' beautiful regardless I set up my superlight tarp in the forest- a plow point from a tree, nestled among moss-covered rocks. I loved this lil set-up so much.. I felt so cosy as the rain came down and I settled in my sleeping bag and had my tea. But just as it had gotten dark, I suddenly saw lights moving through the forest. I turned my lights off and waited for them to pass, but they stayed. The lights moved around in one general area, occasionally flashing in my direction, the light passing over my camp. Realistically, they wouldn’t have been able to see me with my lights off from that distance, but they probably already saw my lights earlier and might be wondering if I was still there I waited around for an hour and felt more and more on edge, just sitting in the dark. I would never have been able to sleep now, so I decided to leave. I managed to pack up my entire camp in the pitch back by feel alone, only using dim light when I was ready to leave, to check I hadn’t left anything behind. By now there was a fire blazing along with the lights, but, it was kinda cool to find that I know my gear so well that I can pack away blindly On my womble down through the trees, it was hard to make out the rough paths in the dark, the stars shone through the canopy and there were more lights, in different places. I’m not travelling far from my car at the moment due to my poorly ankle, so I guess I’m more likely to run into others. I kinda take it for granted that I’m alone out there, and it made me nervous to find out that I wasn’t Back at the car, I drove to a quiet layby nearby, made a hot drink and arranged my car bed. Now out in the open, the heavenly display above Landy was absolutely stunning – one of the most beautiful night skies that I’ve ever seen. I slept soundly and deeply for 8 hours and woke to the sun peeping through the autumn foliage before driving home, well rested and, in retrospect, loving my little misadventure. Sometimes it doesn’t go to plan, but that’s ok. I may have hated realising that I wasn’t alone, fearful avenues that my mind goes down when it conjures up the possible dark consequences of running into possibly dark humans alone at night. But as always, once I wake, alive and well I am full of gratitude for it all – I loved so many things about this lil trip Gear List
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Thank you to these amazing artists for producing such great music.. Amos Ever Hadani – Waltz Sentimental DaniHaDani – Change (instrumental) DaniHaDani – Wandering Heart David Morton – An Awakening Julian Cassia – Expansive, Expansive (instrumental) TwinsMusic - Autoreverse All from Artlist & Bensound with license Comments are closed.
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