[QUOTE 3428492, member: 76"]After some faffing, I did this on Saturday night. It was great, just me in my sleeping bag and bivvi bag, a (very large) mug of Gluewhein and a tarp. The star show around midnight was amazing, the owls were bloody noisy though. I will certainly be doing another in the very near future. Pictures of mine and loads of other microadventures at
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It's bloomin' great when you get out and do it
Winter is a good time for it, less wee beasties and people about. You can have the countryside all to yourself when it's cold. I suppose that's great if you're a miserable git, like me
There's a pitch I use often in Wales, it's about six humongous pine trees with nothing around them but heather for miles. Everytime I've stayed there, the owls have kept me awake. It's amazing how loud a twit, twoo, screech and scream is, especially at around 2.30am. Good alarm call but not good for clean under crackers
I've also discovered black grouse make weird noises too, they're also close to that pitch. They tend to make dawn racket.
Take a hip flask with a nice tipple, you'll soon hear nothing but your own snoring!