Micro adventure – Dove Dale

Location: Dove Dale – Derbyshire/Staffordshire Distance: 16.4km Date: July 2015 Kit: Solo Tarp (BPL.co.uk) Third Micro Adventure My third Micro Adventure and possibly one of my last for a short while as I await the imminent arrival of my baby daughter. I got in touch with a friend of mine Dean Read to see if he fancied a MicroAdventure somewhere in Derbyshire/Staffordshire. His suggestion was to head to Dove Dale as its about equal distance for us to travel to and not too far given the time constraint for a mid week camp. Phone thrown in the draw, laptop slammed shut I …

Micro Wild Camp: Robins Wood

​Location: Robins Wood Derbyshire Distance: 6km Date: April 2015 Kit: DD Super light Hammock and DD 3×3 Tarp Time for another Micro Wild camp, this time to test the new DD Hammocks Superlight hammock. Woodland being a major prerequisite I starting scanning Google Earth for a suitable wood that was not too far away from home, fairly large and away from civilisation. Robins Wood is a Forestry Commission managed woodland with a mixture of pine and broadleaf with many cycle paths and bridleways crossing it. Tim and I parked at the nearby village of Ticknall and followed a footpath north for a couple …

Micro Wild Camp: Foremark Reservoir

​Location: Foremark Reservoir Derbyshire Distance: 5km Date: February 2015 Kit: Alpkit Hunka Bivvy and DD 3×3 Tarp The first #Microwildcamp! Although this was the tenth wild camp this didn’t follow the usual format of a long walk>wild camp>long walk, instead I wanted to try out a MicroAdventure. This is something Alastair Humphreys has invented which you can read all about (here). The general concept of a MicroAdventure follows these rules: ​1. It must be overnight, 5pm-9am (opposite to the working day) ​2. Cover a reasonable distance e.g. more than you’d typically walk to your local shops …ok we didn’t manage …