We got more than we bargained for on our adventure, with a tree falling near our camp, but it left us full of gratitude
I won’t lie: the huge tree toppling over without warning was unsettling.
The evening had been otherwise still, without a breath of wind since before dark. The only other sounds in the valley were the songs of the owls and the frogs, and we were - all four of us - quite literally a mile from anything, the nearest sign of civilisation being a fire trail more than an hour’s walk to the north. Our 11-year-olds were zipped into their sleeping bags already, though not yet asleep. My fellow “adventure mum” and I were just about to call it a night and crawl into our respective tents, when suddenly: a loud SNAP, followed by an enormous rolling crunch from somewhere on the hill above.
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