Camping Adventure

The day after the 10km run we headed out into the hills for a camping expedition. We were all heavy laden with everything we needed for an over night trip. We started out in Bakewell and after a leisurely lunch finally hit the hills. We only really hiked a few miles down Lathkill Dale and up to Haddon Grove Farm Campsite. Things livened up a bit when Parag took an alternative route through Low Wood (the wood of death) on the opposite bank of the river. As you can see by Sneha's worried face Parag almost died on a few occasions. I was convinced he'd broken a leg when we saw his rollmat laden backpack with limbs flailing, tumble down the hill through the undergrowth. He survived to tell the tale, but Dan turned out worse off with a gash to the leg from a barbed wire fence trying to rescue Parag.




My main concern with camping was the worry that Amy wouldn't sleep all night in the tent. But how wrong we were. She slept snug and soundly all night despite the persistant rain and the sound of me rustling in the the survial bag because I was freezing to death in my inadequate sleeping bag.



Back on the road again. We only hiked as far as Youlgreave and met up with Heman for some light refreshment. Sneha and I dumped our bags and Dan carried Amy and we headed back to Bakewell.



I was quite impressed we survived. The funny thing is, we picked to camp at the beginning of the week as it was forcast to be warmest time. However, as I'm sure you all know the rest of the Easter week turned out to be glorious. We seemed to get the only rain of the week! Oh well, at least we know we can survive in adverse conditions!