oddest place you've bivvied?

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After a weekend camping with the lads and finishing up in the pub on the Sunday night I staggered down to the local orchard and slept under a tree in just my sleeping bag, I was woken up by an old boy on a ride on lawnmower cutting the grass in a circle around me!
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slept on the beach on Lindisfarne whilst on a paddling trip from Craster. got woken up by noisy seals in the morning. also slept in a plastic road workers hut whilst doing the DOE. 4 of us sat bolt upright with a corner each and no room to put our legs out or up.
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Horton in Ribblesdale railway station after 200km on the yd300 last year. No real shelter, not much sleep. Suffered the next day.
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Not really a bivvy but I stayed in a cabin last night at an old Uranium mine that offers radon baths and the tap water stank of Sulphur. I fully expect to grow an extra head in the following days.
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Once pitched my wee tent in a stone circle...

Sadly not a real one :D if you've been at the cafe/gallery in Torphins you'll know it :D
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MikeOnabike wrote:
Don't know why, but bivving in a cave is a strange experience. Snake/spider fear maybe,
Hmm fairly interested in trying out a 'cave bivi' - specifically the inchnadamph bone caves on the west coast... Must do some research!
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Flight back to uk from Norway was overbooked so we were forced to spend a night in a luxury hotel.
After six weeks hiking and climbing we made full use of the en suite but found it impossible to sleep in the beds so slept on the floor.
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Ive kipped in a few church yards and once in a graveyard. That was a little bit special.
I'm just going outside ...
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