Back in July 2020 myself and my sister Kara, ventured across the water to the Isle of Wight for a very entertaining bike packing/bivving trip around the small island. I figured now, being stuck in Lockdown 3.0 was the perfect opportunity to write up and reminisce on the summer days of 2020 and the time we nearly got trampled by cows in our sleep!!!
Our original plans involved travelling abroad to do some big bike packing adventures on the continent but this became impossible due to C-19 restrictions, meaning the furthest we could get from home was the IoW, we preferred to romanticize our adventure and decided we would effectively be ‘island hopping’ (Portsea island to the IoW!). The general idea was that we would take 3 days to ride on/off-road around the island, get a tan on the many beaches and sleep in the wild. July 17th: Packing up the bikes was our first hurdle, I would be riding my Ridley X-knight CX bike (set-up in a race position mind!) and Kara was on mums Kona ‘Jake the snake’ CX bike. Both fully equipt for off and on road riding but with extra bags on handlebars and saddle, a bit trickier. Having delegated the heavy panniers to Kara to carry and myself simple handlebar bag and very oversized saddlebag, we were ready ( sharing the load equally, well kind of ;) ). We set off to catch the 9am ferry across the solent. The first half of the day was gentle going, we took the roads from Fishbourne to Freshwater bay, a gorgeous beach with crystal clear water looking out across the channel (no sight of Portsmouth, thank goodness) arriving at perfect time for the afternoon heat, the tanning session commenced. At 16:00ish we began heading towards our sleeping spot for the night ,a 90min cycle off-road from Freshwater, where we would make camp at the top of Bridgestone down, incredible for stargazing! However, when we arrived it was covered in thick fog, not ideal, especially when dressed for 20+ degree weather. So instead of sitting in our bivvy bags getting cold, we continued on and ended up heading down the very VERY steep hill we just climbed up to buy an overpriced hot choccy from the local village shop. Worth it? At the time it seemed like a good idea but riding back up a long 15% hill on a bike carrying a tonne of kit and a stomach filled with the most watery hot chocolate, no, no it definitely was not worth it. Thankfully once we got back to our spot the fog had cleared and just in time for sunset. It was one of the most peaceful and beautiful sunsets i've experienced :)))) The serenity didn't last long though, once settled down in our sleeping bags and watching the stars slowly come out into full force (and no nasty light pollution!!) we were just starting to get sleepy when I heard… thud, thud, thud ,thud. I tap Kara as if to say ‘you hear that??’, slowly sitting up to look out over the grassy mound we were sheltering behind to find ...a cow staring straight at me. Not only one cow though, oh no, we had chosen to sleep in effectively a cow field, where at least 20 cows called their home and were now all looking our way. Panicking I tried to squirm out of my bivvy bag to get up and scare them off but ended up looking like a fish out water, I don't know if you've ever tried to get out of a sleeping bag fast, its not easy. Apparently this was quite the spectacle for Kara who was laughing and not helping in the slightest..sisterly love eh? Luckily the cows plodded on not even bothering to take notice ...phew, but left us with the ever growing fear of being trampled on by a cow in our sleep. Many google searches later (Do cows sleep at night? Can cows see in the dark?) we drifted off to sleep not knowing whether we would wake up in the morning covered in cow sh*t... PART 2 of our bivving adventure coming next week; check out the gallery below for some moments we captured along the way. Thanks for reading Amy :) x
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