The Book of the Bivvy. Ronald Turnbull

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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      Since his antique Saunders Jetpacker went porous in 1996, Ronald Turnbull has stopped bothering with a tent. He has made eight bivvybag crossings of Scotland coast to coast, and slept without tent on 37 Scottish summits, 30 in the Lake District and 26 elsewhere in the UK. He writes regularly for TGO, Lakeland Walker, Trail and Cumbria magazines and has written several guides for Cicerone: Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, Walking in the Cairngorms, Walking Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Walking Highland Perthshire, Walking in the Southern Uplands, and Not the West Highland Way. Researching his recent Walking the Jurassic Coast involved a bivvybag trip along 110 miles of the Devon/Dorset coast path. He is seen here at Gaping Gill at the end of the Pennine Journey described in Chapter 10.

      Winner of the Outdoor Writers’ Guild’s Award for Excellence – Best Outdoor Book 2001

      The OWG Award judges described the book as ‘Quirky. Entertaining. Funny. Heart warming. Very well researched and stunningly presented.’

      THE BOOK OF THE BIVVY

      by

      Turnbull Ronald

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      JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,

      OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      ©Ronald Turnbull 2001, 2007

      Second edition 2007

      Reprinted 2011, 2015 and 2019 (with updates)

      ISBN-13: 9781849658775

      First edition 2001

      Reprinted 2004

      ISBN-13: 9781852843427

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      DEDICATION

      To the man in Ruigh-Aiteachain bothy who asked: ‘But what happens if it rains?’ I’d walked a long way that day, and it didn’t come out very lucidly. But the answer’s disarmingly simple, and he’ll find it in Chapter 5.

      SAFETY NOTE

      A survival bag or bivvybag, carried as an emergency shelter, is a valuable safety aid. However, when the bivvybag is used in place of a tent on trips through wild country, the margin of safety is reduced. This practice is only recommended to those with hillwalking experience, who understand the use of map and compass and how bad the weather could get. The normal precaution of leaving a timed route-plan with a responsible person is even more important for bivvybag walkers.

      UPDATES TO THIS GUIDE

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/561/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal LA9 7RL.

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      Front cover: Ronald Turnbull at dawn, Snowdon summit (photo: Glyn Jones)

      CONTENTS

      FOREWORD by Julian Miles

      INTRODUCTION

      1 BASIC BIVVY

      Peigne and suffering

      Problems of the polybag

      Plastic bag for pleasure purposes

      Polybag facts

      2 BIVVY HISTORY

      3 THE BREATHABLE BAG

      Five nights in green plastic

      1 Overnight Ochils

      2 Wet Wooler in November

      3 Hoover bag

      4 Man management

      5 Saddle bag

      Time, things and Miguel

      4 MIDLEVEL BAGGERY

      Cave behaviour

      Fallback bag

      Shopping for bags

      5 BUT WHAT IF IT RAINS?

      Wet under thorns in Belfast

      Further suffering

      What if it rains?

      Look after your bivvy and your bivvy will look after you

      The ideal site

      6 ACROSS SCOTLAND BY BAG

      Wetness and weight

      Acharacle to Aberdeenshire

      7 THE ART OF LIGHTWEIGHT LONG-DISTANCE

      Bag and baggage

      Comparative luxury

      The fuel on the hill

      Mountains under the moon

      8 BAG PLANS

      1 Bivvybagging the Wainwrights

      2 Bag and camera

      3 Corbett bagging

      9 BIVVYBAG ROUTES

      1 Sleeping on Skiddaw

      2 Bruce’s Crown

      10 ANOTHER PENNINE JOURNEY

      Re-enacting Wainwright on a walk to the Roman Wall

      11 SUDDEN DEATH AND SHEEP STEALING

      A crossing of Pumlumon Fawr

      AFTERWORD:

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