Night Out : Crafter Fisherman and the Hillbilly

My brother (Bevan), mate (Dave) and I made plans to get out into the woods for the night, so we planned to meet up and head into the woods for 2 pm, but due to some delays we never made it in until gone 4 pm meaning we had to set-up in the fading light. 

This is where practice makes perfect and I was able to set-up for the night with relative ease, thankfully the weather held up we all got our shelter up in the dry. 

Once settled we started gathering firewood for the night, it had been raining on and off for most of the week so pretty much everything was wet.  Once we had gathered what we required for the night and some dry tinder I started the fire using some potassium permanganate and glycerine.

The ground was soaking and Dave had soaked his boots though and we had the pleasure of him carefully  drying them over the fire.

The night was pretty warm, so the fire was kept a nice manageable size, enough to cook our dinners and keep us warm.

From about midnight it rained pretty much none stop until 6am, but we all reamained dry under the fantastic DD tarps.

Bev under DD XL tarp

Dave under DD 3x3 Tarp

My DD Superligth Tarp

We had driven into the woods in Bevan's truck, to get to our camp site, thankfully this meant we did not need to walk out in the now even more soaked ground.

We all had to leave early due to family commitments, so once packed up we cleared up the site to leave no trace.

Another good night out with family and friends and already can not wait to get out again.