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2018 Review of the year outdoors - part 1

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2018 Review of the year outdoors - part 1 (of 2) This is a diary post documenting my most notable outdoor trips last year. I will try to include some RPG-relevant comments and gameable ideas! January - Box Hill So picture the scene, I work up the nerve to do a day's walk out of London with a plan to sleep out in a bivvy bag (i.e tentless). After nightfall and a couple of pints at the nearest hostelry I climb the hill under the shadowy and unfamiliar light of my head torch, telling myself regularly that there is nothing out there to get me. Then I round the corner and see this huge beast blocking the path! Wooden Dracolich - mostly harmless It certainly looked to me like some kind of wooden dracolich, or perhaps SCP-682 ... In any case I nearly shat myself, but continued on regardless and actually did get some rest overnight after eventually dropping off to sleep. Achievement unlocked: first night in a bivvy bag somewhere other than a friend's garden. Trave