Ayvat

We wake to wonderful sunshine on our beautiful mountain pass and a long descent ahead. Not a bad start to a day.
The scenery is mountainous and pretty. We are on small back roads through backwater villages which seem mainly populated with older people. There are many small passes and we are working hard.
We descend to cross a much bigger road and then are back on smaller roads. Its more populated and feels poorer.
There is an art to wild camping. Its usually best to start looking about an hour before you need to stop. Today we hang on a little too long hoping that the next pass will do. It doesn’t. We carry on, running completely out of steam we struggle up another steep pass. A storm is moving in fast and we are out of options and time. On rough and muddy ground by the cemetery seems the best we can manage. The first squall strikes just as we get the tent out and its a battle to get the tent secured.
Finally we are inside and drying off. We make life a bit easier and opt for a picnic dinner in the tent.Read more