Monday morning for me this week will start at 4am as i rise, wash and head over to my friends for 5am, the official start of our trip into the wilderness.
We will drive nearly 500 miles north into Scotland to Mallaig. From there we hope to be in time for the ferry over to Inverie on the Knoydart Peninsular, mainland Britain’s last wilderness.
From there who knows We plan to hike across, find a nice spot in a wood on the northern coastline of the peninsular where we can build camp, enjoy the wilderness and perhaps even do a little fishing.
We plan to exercise our bushcraft skills and although not packing a tent, we will be taking hammocks to sleep in unless it is as cold as it was last week where we may find it better to dig snow holes.
For my friend Dave it is an extension of the kind of weekends we find ourselves on in the summer. He will be practicing his axe skills, carving stuff, fishing, hunting and general camp craft. For me i also want to enjoy the wilds of Scotland but in addition, I am keen to see if i can blog, record and capture the great outdoors by using solar power and the no doubt limited cell phone coverage.
If you dont here from me on Twitter or through my normal channels for a week, its because there is no mobile signal at all. Although not traveling too light, there was no room for a satellite modem as i wanted to make sure we had enough food and whiskey.
If you dont hear from us for longer than ten days.. Expect to hear a story about how two stupid bushcrafters misjudged the weather and perished in the wilds of Scotland.
That said.. there will be a video diary shot along the way so the news should have more than enough decent footage.
For those interested in the kit I will be taking, i have tagged a flickr photo below.
Before you say.. “The fools.. they will surely perish out there.” I must tell you that i’ve packed a Handpresso coffee machine.. I refuse to perish without caffeine in my blood.
Please don’t email or call unless it’s important. If i can get a mobile signal i will most likely be blogging via Twitter. You can find me on http://www.twitter.com/documentally
“I’m just going outside; I may be away some time.” ~ Captain L.E.G Oats
UPDATE:
Here are some of the videos from the trip.. https://vimeo.com/album/143572
The fully loaded pack is linked here.. http://skitch.com/documentally/4qbg/wilderness-2.0
Have an amazing time – really envious of you! Make sure you capture everything!
The things people will do for NavLoPoMo !
Your a Braver Man that I , Gunga Din.
See you in a week.
You’ll be wanting to drop the ‘e’ from ‘whiskey’ around these parts 🙂
been following your picture updates on Twitter – looks like an absolutely amazing trip – how did you get such good weather in Scotland?!
i was watching ya twitpic updates all week while you were away and i realised how far we have come in technology because of it. The ability to be hyperconnected with people we know and care about and just know “that they are ok” is incredibly valuable.
Great photos on flickr. Hope you got a lot out of it, the surroundings looked absolutely stunning. You so have to host outdoorCAMP. 🙂