By: Blonde Two
It looks like my midsummer bivvi plans have been scuppered by the arrival of some very unwelcome visitors at work and the consequently very long days. I know that the days are supposed to be long at the moment but it would be nice to spend a little bit of them at home or out walking.
I shall have to have my midsummer adventure a bit late – if you think about it, that would be quite a Blonde thing to do. Is it possible to get lost in a calendar as well as getting lost finding search and rescue teams? Who would save you if you were lost in a calendar – maybe Doctor Who?
The good news is that I have borrowed a bivvi bag so all I have to do now is find a time to use it. My week isn’t going to get any less busy and this weekend, we have promised Six-Foot-Blonde that we will go up North to Todmorden to visit him for his birthday (down here in Devon, everywhere apart from Cornwall is either Up-Country or Up-North).
We are stopping at my Mum’s in Malvern on the way so I suppose I could upset the Malvern Hills Conservators by sneaking up there for a quick one (no comment on whether or not I ever sneaked up there for a quick one in my youth!) Or maybe Six-Foot-Blonde has a garden in Up-North-Land.
I will have a think about it – it is a shame really because the weather is just fine and dandy right now. I promise that I will let you know
when I finally get the bivvi session in, and I will include lots of pictures. In the meantime, I am sitting on my bed writing tomorrow’s blog post watching the sunset over Haytor. Work may be truly horrid at the moment but it is only for a few days and when I look towards Dartmoor, I can see that despite the Two Blonde’s own bit of midsummer madness, all is still right with the world.
Go on, bivvy the Melvins! I did it after a Mountaineering Club uni dinner and dance (BBQ on the top – walking bottoms, posh tops) on the 21st of June. It was amazing – great view of Hay Bluff if you sleep facing west…
Wow not a bad view to work to – doesn’t it make you just want to scream and run off and hide amongst it and re-emerge when all the madness has gone!!!!
Of course you would never do that as a complete team player, but it must be tempting!
Getting lost in a calendar – now that sounds good! It could be my Birthday as often (or not) as I wanted. Every day would be a weekend. Dentist appointments would always be yesterday. The possibilities are endless!
… yes and walks on Dartmoor could be whenever and for as long as we wanted them to be!