Well the bivvying was a great success. Perfect in being able to fit around family so after dinner headed off down to the local coast. Knew we wanted to go on the sea wall but tried to avoid the obvious route onto it so spent a fair bit of time going round fields which appeared to have been driven round by the farmer then baked hard in the sun so was akin to cycling across a giant wash board.
Found a nice quiet area with soft long grass to set up and the moon was so bright it cast shadows meaning torches weren't necessary. Everything set up which took only a handfulof minutes, a couple of beers and then settled down. Not a great night's sleep and my sleeping bag was wet in the bivvy bag but that may have been a combination of me sliding down into it and breathing as well as it getting damp outside as the temperature dropped. I hope that's the case as its a brand new hunka XL, might drop alpkit an email Tuesday though
Up early this morning and loaded the bike while kettle boiled, unfortunately didn't notice the front visitation I'd had till bike was loaded. That changed we headed home and slowly took off the layers as even just after 7 the temperature was rising and heading away from the coast its all (comparatively) uphill
Unfortunately received another visitation in the rear this time from a sharp stone so more faffing but just over an hour home and was lovely that the kids found me drinking a tea when they got up. Also a lovely sunny day for drying all the damp gear. I dont think I'd want to bivvy for too many nights as dampness seemed inevitable but for a quick night get away and ease of pitching and breaking camp it was great.
Was lovely to use my Thorn club tour for its main use and even subject it to some type 2 fun COR and some actually enjoyable COR, maybe that's actually just OR
More mini adventures must happen this year for sure
