Carried on regardless to my chosen spot on top of Catherine's Down, just near the Hoy Monument. It was built by a Michael Hoy and sadly not to celebrate Sir Chris's achievements.Michael Hoy, a successful Russian merchant, had the monument erected to commemorate the visit to Britain, in 1814, of ‘His Imperial Majesty Alexander the 1st, Emperor of all the Russias’
I'd noted that as I climbed up the down
that I was riding into a cloud and the wind was getting stronger.
I manged to find a flat spot under a tree and in a slight depression so out of the wind. In my bag in no time and lights off as I was very close to the path, but in reality no one was going to come past there in the dark.
I was awakened in the night by the odd spot of rain landing on my face, Ralph panicked and retreated to the safety of a dry bag. Sadly it's a 1 litre bag so no room for me. It was only very light so despite the fact my bivi isn't waterproof I wasn't overly worried. A bit of damp won't actually hurt a down quilt and it would need to be raining much harder before I would have to get up and seek shelter. Actually slept through to the alarm, usually the morning daylight wakes me up. Still a bit misty but not as bad as the night before.
This spot is actually well concealed which shows how easy it is to hide away. This is looking back and the bike and bag are still there. The little path doesn't go anywhere, except to my bed.
That's another square ticked off, 4 to go. Two are easy and two are a bit harder due to lack of bivi spots.
Packed up and on my way to work by 06:30 and in the office for just after 07:30. Finally, my BAMs wouldn't be complete without
Spotted on the ride in.
Sean and Ralph BAMS 8/8 for this year and I think 28 in a row?
My third time there in less than a year. Hmm. Must try harder, yes, but they were three different shelters - flat tarp, Gatewood cape, hammock.
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