{"id":8450,"date":"2024-08-18T19:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2024-08-20T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:14:52","slug":"a-bivvy-on-the-quiet-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/a-bivvy-on-the-quiet-side\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bivvy on the Quiet Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A hastily-arranged trip up on the Kinder plateau became Friday night’s objective after some text-based back-and-forth with Alex. We met in Edale at 21:30, managed the first couple of kilometres to the bottom of Crowden by moonlight, then donned torches and turned uphill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last time I went up the waterfall step at Crowden it required crampons and an axe<\/a>, but after Alex did a bit of risky traversing over the plunge pool we scrambled up by torchlight and continued on to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I do not have the confidence in my upper body strength to risk a drenching.
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Left: Alex. Right: slimy waterfall.
\u00a9 Haydn Williams 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From there we struck out towards Kinder Gates, on a path I managed to miss completely on my most recent excursion up there. Our approach to navigation was relaxed; the advantage of walking on a plateau is that it’s hard to stray outside a well-defined area without falling off a cliff. And that kind of thing tends to make you start paying attention again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving the uphill of Crowden for the flat of Kinder proper.
\u00a9 Alex Hyde 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My waterproof socks worked well, but perhaps not as well as Alex’s feet, since he decided the best tactic for a boggy crossing of the plateau was to remove shoes and socks entirely. In fairness, the strategy did seem to work pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We soon met the River Kinder and turned to follow it downstream. At the gates we decided to carry on a smidge further and check out the downfall, but a suitably inviting bivvy spot presented itself halfway there and so we decided midnight was probably a sensible time to call it a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting up home under the moonlight. And Alex’s torch beam.
\u00a9 Alex Hyde 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The temperature dropped a surprising amount overnight, and so with everything covered in condensation, and my night disrupted not a little by the forgotten spectre of “bivvy bags get drenched inside within seconds”, we woke early the next morning full of vim and vigour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Impending sunrise from our overnight spot. White bags are full of brash as part of the bare peat restoration project<\/a>.
\u00a9 Alex Hyde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our exit route took us past the Downfall, where we unfortunately had to extinguish one of four disposable barbecues which had been left behind and was still smouldering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atop a fairly dry Downfall.
\u00a9 Alex Hyde 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then moved efficiently over Kinder Low and through the Woolpacks, all the time playing ‘spot the tent’ (final count: 9) and congratulating ourselves on our cunning in finding the quieter side of the plateau for sleeping. As we approached Grindslow Knoll the small inversion in the Hope valley became clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And so, we dropped off the summit and down into Edale, bringing our 11-hour adventure to a close. It turns out the perfect day out is simply a night out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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