When we moved here 3 years ago we wanted to get into a more traditional way of living. We wanted to grow some of our own vegetables, make more of our own food, hunt our own meat and generally learn what were new skills to us, even if they are the old skills to others. This is a record of some of the things we have tried, and our sucesses (and failures) as we continue our journey of finding out new stuff...

Monday, 31 May 2010

Camping it up on Dartmoor!

With the nice weather we've been having, it seemed like a good idea to get out on Dartmoor and enjoy the outdoors life, unconstrained by tents and excess baggage. So grabbing a tarp, a bivi bag and sleeping bag (and in my case my self inflating mattress!) we headed off for a night of peace and quiet in the tranquility of the country.

The evening was gorgeous, the views clear and the air warm.


We walked into the moor and set up camp.












Having cooked dinner, we settled into our sleeping bags and sipped tea as the sun set






Everything was perfect. Until 1am when this happened! Apparently they occur about once a month, but since you can hear it for miles (and there was no way to sleep through it!) we ended up packing up and walking off at 2.30am. Back home for 4am and a long lie-in!

The best laid plans eh...?
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  1. Callies Cottage3 June 2010 at 09:42

    Oh my goodness- I wasnt expecting you to say that had happened!I thought you were going to say you were set upon by hungry bovines or something!
    Hope you enjoyed your lie in...
    Cally

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  2. Jon Mac12 October 2010 at 08:37

    Sounds like our old neighbour. We had to move away too. I hope something is done about this disturbance...J

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