Looking for a route for my first bivi trip

High or low?
North, South, East or west?
The possibilities are pretty endless!

Did this last year:

Day 1 Ambleside to Boot with the night at Burnmoor Lodge:

Bivvy Spot:
Burnside Lodge (spooky) by Ruby on-one, on Flickr

The morning view:

Having a wee by Ruby on-one, on Flickr

Day 2 Wasdale to Glenridding with the night at Ruthwaite Lodge:

Bivvy spot:

room mate by Ruby on-one, on Flickr

The morning view:

JUMP! by Ruby on-one, on Flickr

To be honest, I wouldn’t plan a route / bivvy places in much detail. Go with a rough plan in mind but take a map and make it up the detail as you go along. In The Lakes you’re rarely more than a couple of hours from civilisation if you suddenly need to bail out or get hungry / thirsty / wet.

Angle Tarn above Patterdale has a lovely little peninsula, which is perfect for camping or bivvying.

Cheers guys I like the idea of the map and see what happens.

Angle Tarn is a cracking spot

STW did a mag feature the other year.

Windermere to Keswick is a good route with plenty of options for high or low and places to camp.

Wast water is a cracking place to wake up.

http://www.selfsupporteduk.net/routes/Lakeland200.html

DSCF3556[1] by Richard Munro, on Flickr

DSCF3559[1] by Richard Munro, on Flickr

my first bivi trip

Depending on your level of experience i’d suggest you have your first outing closer to home. It can be a steep learning curve so if something goes wrong its only a short ride to a warm bath and a big mug of tea.

Otherwise just take the second right, and third left and you be reet 🙂

I’m a bivi virgin so I ll head off from home up the local fells and see what happens.