Urban / Stealth Bivvying

[RedLeader]

Get the green and black paint out.

yes i'm up for this too, i have no camo gear tho, but i have a duck catapult !

[Dowser]

yes i'm up for this too, i have no camo gear tho, but i have a duck catapult !

Well... If you haven't got one of these then your not coming 

[RedLeader]

Where'd you get the photo of my 5th form girlfriend?

yes i'm up for this too, i have no camo gear tho, but i have a duck catapult !

Well... If you haven't got one of these then your not coming 

[Hunter]

now that sounds like it could b good fun (can i bring my .22 air rifle lol)

[tweeders]

i'm definitely up for this. might be useful to have a krav maga instructor in your midst in case of the afore-mentioned weirdoes too, lol

[twentyclicks]

Would love to get along to some of these.  Cave Hill has loads of spots... wish I had a hammock 

Need a new bivvy bag also, but could prob get away without if the shelter is ok.

[Nightjar]

 I have camped up cavehill quite a few times. You can park at the top of the upper Cavehill Road quite safely and head straight into the forest.

Sometimes there are others around basically lighting fires and getting pissed so I tend to walk that  bit further for peace and quiet. You really have to watch out for falling trees - there is a lot of standing deadwood which tends to break off suddenly.

[sjh1]

I do a bit of birdwatching and have often thought that the area round Lough Beg (between Bellaghy-Toome Bridge) would be good for staying out in the bivvy bag. It's not urban but is closer to civilisation than the hills hence why I mention it in this thread.

Would have to be spring or summer cos it gets very flooded at other times. In summer its easy to walk out to a number of "islands", raised areas of scrub and trees (Church Island and Coney Island are two), on the west shore of the Lough. Would be secluded and plenty of wood for fires etc. Could also try a bit of birdwatching/fishing.

Note I'm not sure if camping/bivvying/fishing is strictly speaking allowed there, parts of it are a nature reserve.

Check OS map for details.

[RedLeader]

I've been on Church Island by canoe. Outside the ruined church would be an ace spot for a stealth bivvy.

I do a bit of birdwatching and have often thought that the area round Lough Beg (between Bellaghy-Toome Bridge) would be good for staying out in the bivvy bag. It's not urban but is closer to civilisation than the hills hence why I mention it in this thread.

Would have to be spring or summer cos it gets very flooded at other times. In summer its easy to walk out to a number of "islands", raised areas of scrub and trees (Church Island and Coney Island are two), on the west shore of the Lough. Would be secluded and plenty of wood for fires etc. Could also try a bit of birdwatching/fishing.

Note I'm not sure if camping/bivvying/fishing is strictly speaking allowed there, parts of it are a nature reserve.

Check OS map for details.

[Scribble]

We where talking about this in work and we Where thinking about sprucefield roundabout main fact being If hungry we could shoot over to the mcdonalds :-)

Would still like to try cavehill so might be doing that soon

[RedLeader]

The closer to winter it gets the quieter Cave Hill will be. By the time Nov comes around chances are there'll be no tossers about after dark and we can plough up and party on!

We where talking about this in work and we Where thinking about sprucefield roundabout main fact being If hungry we could shoot over to the mcdonalds :-)

Would still like to try cavehill so might be doing that soon