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What do you do in the dark?

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OK, other than watching the fire, cooking or reading a book, what do folks do in the middle of winter when it gets dark at 4pm and sunrise isn't until 8:30am? (hoping for clean answers only lol)

I recently did an overnight and it was pitch dark by 4:30pm. I tended the fire for a while and read and ended up going to bed around 9pm and listened to the sounds of nature and later some music for a while.

Just wondering
 
G1ZmO said:
OK, other than watching the fire, cooking or reading a book, what do folks do in the middle of winter when it gets dark at 4pm and sunrise isn't until 8:30am? (hoping for clean answers only lol)

I recently did an overnight and it was pitch dark by 4:30pm. I tended the fire for a while and read and ended up going to bed around 9pm and listened to the sounds of nature and later some music for a while.

Just wondering
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I might write in my journal, but other than that I simply lie down & listen, watch the forest before me & watch the fire until I fall asleep.
Keith.
 
I do pretty much the same as the rest of you with one exception in that I write poetry either on a notepad or directly into my phone
 
Av never done a solo night before. It’s always been with people so we sit and chat. But a would imagine a would chill and ponder over stuff.
 
mark wilson said:
Av never done a solo night before. It’s always been with people so we sit and chat. But a would imagine a would chill and ponder over stuff.
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Once you get used to not jumping every time things go bump in the night Mark it becomes fun and eventually you'll be relaxed enough in the enviroment to even get a good relaxed sleep
 
Joecole said:
Once you get used to not jumping every time things go bump in the night Mark it becomes fun and eventually you'll be relaxed enough in the enviroment to even get a good relaxed sleep
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It’s not the things that go bump in the night it’s falling out my hammock am worried about :rofl:
 
Joecole said:
Once you get used to not jumping every time things go bump in the night Mark it becomes fun and eventually you'll be relaxed enough in the enviroment to even get a good relaxed sleep
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I recommend that you pay attention to those noises in the night. From personal experience it is not always just the local fauna!
Keith.
 
Keith said:
I recommend that you pay attention to those noises in the night. From personal experience it is not always just the local fauna!
Keith.
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Very true Keith, a wise man does a recce in daylight and an even wiser one chooses a location well off the beaten track
 
Keith said:
I recommend that you pay attention to those noises in the night. From personal experience it is not always just the local fauna!
Keith.
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You are quite right Keith........we have some savage rabbits here in the U.K. :thumbsup::D


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Keith said:
I recommend that you pay attention to those noises in the night. From personal experience it is not always just the local fauna!
Keith.
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I’m intrigued now (genuinely) am rather interested in the unknown Kieth. I won’t ask what you saw as I don’t want to stray this thread any more than what I have lol
 
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