Planning a one night solo camp on Sunday weather looks dry and above 10°C. I’ve got a small 2 person tent but thinking of buying a solo tent or perhaps a bivvy instead Elan - Lightweight, Waterproof Hooped Bivvy Bag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6RZL7xw26U
Anyone else been on a solo camp, what lessons did you learn?
The noises at night aren’t monsters. Most of the time
That a hooped bivvy in October is miserable.
Oh sheet
They mostly come at night….mostly.
I did some camping in a small tent in September. Technically a 2 man but it would have been a squeeze with anyone else. I stayed at campsites, although only basic ones, with toilets, hot water, and in most cases power available for charging devices.
Despite the uncharacteristic heat at the beginning of September, it still got pretty cold at night. Particularly on the clear nights, it was OK when overcast. My sleeping bag is more spec’d for compactness than cold, I took thermals to sleep in and glad I did.
Heavy dew in the mornings too. Was either packing up wet, or had to wait for the sun to dry things. Would think that would be a problem in a bivvy, how do you keep dry at night if you are touching the canvas?
Isn’t there a thread for this?
Where you lunatics can talk about shitting in buckets to your hearts content?
A chap I worked with a long long time ago got into this a few years back and did some blog posts about it. His blog is here microadventure | Jason Webber Blog and you may find some inspiration or ideas from some of his posts.
I believe he doesn’t even bother with a tent - just a mat and a sleeping bag!
Good luck.
Anymore cheek 
and I’ll ask in the vaporfly thread which shoe is best for shitting in 
i don’t mind a bivvi bag when it gets cold but prefer a small tent when raining so i can sit in it whilst cooking…
it’s a fab way to travel, but pick your camping spots carefully…
edited to add…take ALL your crap with you until you can dispose of it…
I’d just stick with the tent you have. That or use a bivi bag/tarp. As Buzz said, condensation is bad this time of year, so unless you use a gore tex hooped bivi you could get wet; plus you’ll have no admin room when it does rain however much £ you splash on one.
No idea if it’s any good but I spotted this whilst window shopping…
I’ve a Terra Nova Laser Comp 1.5 person tent which is ace. Deep discount from their seconds store online (but I can’t spot what is “seconds” about it).
Tried a bivvi for a few nights once… decided it was a clear skies summer only option. If there’s no midgies. 
Pretty sure I will be Bivvying in a coupe of weeks; unless they bring some big canvas tents along. At least I get paid ‘extra’ for it, although eqpt choices limited to green.
Thanks, I’ll stick with my current gear for Sunday and see how I get on. Hopefully I find a decent spot to pitch.
@funkin thanks for sharing, my mate gave me the idea after he read into microadventures. His first attempt at wild camping he didn’t sleep due to the cold!
My snugpak goretex bivvy is still going strong after 20 years. Best bit of Gucci kit I purchased at the time
They’re definitely worth looking into. I turned an invite to a wedding in Ireland into an epic. Cycled to Heathrow, put the bike in a bag, just about got through security in my lycra, landed in Dublin, built the bike by the taxi rank and cycled 100km up the west coast of Ireland to get a shave and change into my groomsman’s suit. However I wasn’t convinced with wild camping and airbnb and hotels.com make a roof over your head cheap as chips.
I assume your clobber was forwarded to Ireland by someone else; or did you bike pack a suit?!
I think the groom had the suits delivered for all the groomsmen anyway, so yeah.