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Two candles helped to warm the tent and also gave light to prepare the evening meal, water had been obtained in my canvas carrier from a convenient stream before darkness. Then a warm sponge down and so to bed by 10pm. I remember slipping into the sleeping bag, with my woolly cap on my head, leaving the candles lit while I filled in a few words on my nightly crossword. Next moment (or so it seemed) it was daylight, I hadn’t moved an inch, cap still on, candles burnt out (very dangerous), but what startled me was the howling wind shaking the tent.