This Is What It's All About!Thought you might be interested in a typical 2 night wild camping walk from my 2 month Lake District trip.
Started at "base camp" near Keswick:
The smaller thing was an attempt at a simple bivi shelter, cut from an old tent. It didn't get used beyond this set up
Great views from this camp site though.
The walk started along the foot of Walla and Falcon Crags:
And on to Ashness Bridge:
And view back to Skiddaw:
From there, it was on to Watendlath, and then the climb up to Greenup Edge, past Blea Tarn:
It got really boggy here, and I shipped a couple of bootfulls. A tiring slog with full kit on my back, plus 2 days worth of food.
Helvellyn from atop Greenup Edge:
So evening was drawing on, and I'm getting really tired. Then I lost the path and wanted to find a place to stop for the night. Wandered over to the right; nope, only steep drops to the valley below. Ok, stop & think. This was where the mountain navigation course I'd done the previous weekend came in handy. Managed to identify where I was on the map, and used contours and features to pinpoint a likely place for camp. It showed some flat-ish areas, and a stream, so I'd have a water source for brews and cooking. Walked on a compass bearing and amazed myself when I hit on almost exactly the point I'd chosen!