WILDCAMPING IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. HILLEBERG SOULO WRECKED BY STORM FORCE WINDS
Channel: Andy Wardle
Date: 2022-07-24

#wildcamping #storms #backpacking #lakedistrict 
andyward1000@yahoo.co.uk 
IT STARTED WELL. ALBEIT RAINY, WE GOT TOLD BY WATER BOARD RANGERS NOT TO CAMP AT THE RIGG AREA SO WE HEADED UP TO SMALLWATER, THE FORECAST WAS RAIN AND WIND ALL NIGHT, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT SHELTERING AMONG THE ROCKS AS WE KNEW THE AREA. I SHOULD HAVE USED DELTA PEGS ON MY GUYLINES BUT I DIDNT, SO THE BACK ONES GOT PULLED OUT AND CONSEQUENTLY SNAPPED THE MIDDLE POLE, I WENT INTO DAMAGE LIMITATION MODE AND PACKED THE TENT AWAY. THEN HEADED DOWN IN THE DARK WITH THE HEADTORCH ON FULL, I KNOW THIS AREA WELL SO HAD NO ISSUES GOING DOWN IN THE DARK. JUST TAKE CARE OUT THERE AND GUY YOUR LINES TIGHT AND SECURE. ITS A HARSH LESSON AND I GOT COMPLACENT.. IN NO WAY WOULD I BLAME THE TENT. IT WAS 100 % MY FAULT, THE OTHER 2 TENTS WERE FINE AS THEY WERE GUYED OUT PROPERLY.. I LEFT IT TOO LATE AND PAID THE PRICE.. 
AS AN EXPERIENCED WILDCAMPER THIS DIDNT REALLY PHASE ME IM JUST ANNOYED AT MYSELF.. FOR SUCH A ROOKIE ERROR.. NEXT TIME SOMETHING DIFFERENT HOPEFULLY.. AND NO WIND..