After every expedition comes the boring bit, cleaning and sorting kit and the task was made a lot easier by acres of sunshine and a large vehicle called Stan who volunteered to be a clothes horse.
Naturally the dogs decided they could help too and the tail end on Arfur dog can be seen sticking out the back of the truck while his front end is in the food store. Ace heading over to help exacerbate any potential theft.
After packing it all away, doing a fairly long days paid work and then finding yours truly was home alone the rash decision was made to pack a sack and go and camp on top of the Bonsai Mountain. Looking a the gathering storm this was perhaps not the best idea ever but it seemed like a good one at the time.
Packed with everything one person would need for one night the unfeasibly heavy pack was carted uphill for 1.1 miles.
Nature treated us to some warning signs of things to coma along the way and these were duly ignored. Us being me and Mrs Bear.
On the summit the light took on a weird hue and the wind picked up so yours truly decided to sit on a rock with a can of ice cold guiness and contemplate the good things in life.
Mrs Bear felt the same but without the benefit of one of Irelands finest exports. At this point it would be good to post pictures of the ensuing storm, he torrents of pleasingly warm rain and the immense bolts of lightening arcing across the sky.
Unfortunately I cant load videos of the this as I lack the techno skills, But believe me it was amazing and called to question the sanity of being the highest life form for a few miles clutching a metal can or wearing a rucksack with a metal frying pan in it. So after 2 hours getting wet we pulled the eject handle and wandered back in the dark to HQ for a safer meal and comfortable bed.
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