An August camp with Dean

Meeting like minded folk is one of the pleasures of social media. Chrissie and have been in touch with Dean for a while now and he recently contacted us with a view to having a camp together. Fortuitously, I was just arranging to squeeze in a night out to keep up with my self imposed wild-camp-every-month-of-the-year challenge.

So it is that Dean and I are setting out late on Thursday afternoon.

It's utterly idyllic weather. Dry, not too warm, sunny. What more could you ask for? Good company? Tick!

We dine outside our tents. Dean enjoys photographing and videoing and we chew the fat on a wide variety of subjects before retiring, well after sunset.

It's a cool, clear night and we rise to the most beautiful morning. Our early walk back to Hayfield is wonderfully quiet and peaceful.

This view of Hayfield, the village where we're lucky enough to live, from the lower slopes of Kinder, is one I've never noticed before despite walking this area for years.

The most delightful of short trips. Thanks Dean. Here's to more.