Camping in The Campsies

Setting off at 5pm with just over an hour of daylight left.

Ishbel & Alastair thank the Gods of Camping when we chance upon a perfect site by complete fluke.

Leaving the car with all the gear.

Silly headgear essential for our gang

Wide open skies in The Campsie Fells.

Tent up as darkness falls...

Fire lit

Staring at the fire while dad cooks the sausages

Sausages cooking

Sausages cooking

Tent well away from the fire

Camp-fire

Camp fire

Ishbel

The Plough hangs in the sky above our camp

A windfarm sits on the skyline and the light-pollution glow of Stirling

Time for hot chocolate & toasting marshmallows

Sparks

Milky Way above the camp

Torch fun with fire smoke

Torch fun with fire smoke

Time to turn in

Reading in the tent with the glow from Glasgow's light pollution

Reading in the tent with the glow from Glasgow's light pollution

Dawn

Dawn

Dawn

Ishbel emerges

"When's breakfast ready Dad?"

Camp

Camp

Camp

Warming by the fire. The dew on the tent froze during the night.

Warming by the fire. The dew on the tent froze during the night.

Warming by the fire. The dew on the tent froze during the night.

Camp

Mucking about with the fire

Big Chief Al offers his peace-grass

Mucking about with the fire

Ish & Al

Smoke signals

Smoke from the fire lingers

Al with hot chocolate

Striking camp

Striking camp

Replacing the stone that had provided our fire-pit. Other than a few stray baked beans and some strings of caramelised marshmallows decking the grass you'd never know we were there...

Replacing the stone that had provided our fire-pit. Other than a few stray baked beans and some strings of caramelised marshmallows decking the grass you'd never know we were there...

Hiking back to the car

Spider webs heavy with dew as we head back to the car