October bivvy

[summittoppler]

Yes it was getting to the end of the month again so the pressure was on to get out and bag the tenth one. I decided on the area around Llyn Alwen as its been a very long time since I was there. After parking at Llyn Aled Isaf, I made my way through the heavy wind assisted showers to the first bit of off road. It was sign posted as a bridleway as there was a picture of a horse rider, however, if I wasn't on the fat bike then it would have been a tough walk through the tussocky grass.
From there on it was a case of just following my nose on the fire roads. As the day was coming to an end it was time to start looking for a sheltered spot to spend the night. After three or four dead ends I found the perfect spot just of the track overlooking the dam at Alwen in a pine forest. The floor was dry and more importantly so was the wood as the camp fire gave me some thing to do as the evening went dark.
I had the comfiest, warmest and best nights sleep of the bivvy trips this year. I'm not sure if it was the hip flask or the soft pine needles I was sleeping on but I slept very well.
After a dry night under the tarp it was time to meander a bit more along the forest tracks. This time the rain was horizontal with the very strong winds driving it. After a few tough miles it was back to the car and I've just got the cold ones left............

A few pics and a video (as always)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWWl_I3oeGI&list=UUWJfPO69s5ZZ7SKht099rPQ

[smithy]

Nice 1 Jeff, thats the biggest Tarp iv'e ever seen, if your hip flask was as big as your tarp
no wonder you had a good kip

[summittoppler]

For the fourth month running I've got a mention on FAT-bike.com (yes it really does exist)

fat-bike.com/2014/10/fat-video-tuesday-%e2%99%a6-2/

[Tarbo]

Good write up Jeff, rather impressed you've kept it going throughout the year too. Well done

Maybe one day I'll get out and join you, obviously next summer

Looking forward to next month's now.