Finally - Lovely Night Sleep In The Van

(Originally Posted on 15th May 2018 - on my own website)

Had my fourth night sleeping in the van and second night of stealth camping. Best nights sleep so far. I tend to be a light sleeper and normally stir at least once a night. Last night I hit the sack about midnight. Fell to sleep within 20 minutes. Next I woke up and looked at my phone and the time was 3:55am. Turned over and went back to sleep. Next thing I knew I was awakened by my alarm at 7:00am! A bit late for my liking as I could already hear cars passing me as people were leaving for work. I will aim for 6:30am in future.

Drove off to a country lay by and parked as I packed up the van for day mode. The lay by is next to a small fairly quiet playing field – which was empty. So I took the opportunity to walk around the field and enjoy the morning sun. Think I will try to make this a regular routine – of course if it is pouring hard with rain I probably wont want to be walking around on wet grass which will be walked straight back into the van.