No beds, more birdsong: why outdoor sleep can make for better slumber which continues after you return home.
I am not a great sleeper. Not terrible, but patchy at best. I’m all too familiar with the long, dark hours when there’s nothing for it but to readjust my eye mask and resist the urge to pass the time in the glow of my TikTok feed.
Despite this, I’ve attempted a night here and there in some challenging places. I’ve pitched tents in Scottish snowstorms and Amazonian downpours, on damp Swedish islands and damper Glastonbury fields. Strange noises and hard ground usually meant sleep didn’t come easily, and my tent now languishes at the back of a cupboard.
According to research though, if I want to get a better night’s sleep, I’d do well to get back into camping.
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