Wednesday 30 May 2012

The Trail - Counting Crows

You maybe thinking what is he babbling on about now.
Well i'll do my best to explain.
Setting yourself off to sleep in a tent is not the easiest of tasks, esp when you haven't got 12" walls to reduce the noise levels from outside and a thermostat to adjust the heating.
The paper thin extremities of a tent lets you hear everything, and I mean everything, from the gentle rumble of the cars on the distant road, to the sound of what appears to be a bear knawing on its own arm from the tent next to you. So unless you have eardefenders on (earplugs don't work) you could be in for a inconsistent sleep pattern.
Once off in the land of nod though, it still isn't plain sailing from there. It gets to about 4am when the birds start singing their morning songs, and that can be quite threaputic, but they are swiftly interupted by the delightful scream of crows to which echos in the surrounding hills. This is not so much an alarm call but a constant annoyance to which you have no snooze button.
I shall leave it there for this insight of "The Trail"
Updates to follow :-)







6 comments:

  1. Uh oh! Well only 2 more sleeps to go anyway!

    Take it easy today and looking forward to seeing you all for a beer on Friday :-) enjoy!

    Love becky xxxxxx

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  2. I guess Andrew you have had the delight of sleeping next to Holyoak ;-) LOL

    Enjoy your day and help the oldies out.

    Dawn x

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  3. I think from the 'who snores' discussion last night, it must be Richard in the next door tent!!!

    Have a lovely day today, looking forward to the next instalment on the blog.

    Love to you all
    Kate
    xxxxxx

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  4. Willowford is one of my favourite picnic spots.

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    1. Amanda Holyoak30 May 2012 at 19:32

      I can see why looking at the photographs. Beautiful scenery.

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  5. Amanda Holyoak30 May 2012 at 18:01

    Dawn and Kate - you beat me to it, that was exactly what I was going to say!

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