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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s. james" data-source="post: 1492126" data-attributes="member: 21133">Something similar happened to me in ...(edit: just thought I'd take the place name out so as not to upset the good people of ...?... !) It happened in NI anyway.Came down off the mountains after a nights camping (and birding) absolutely drenched, complete with back-pack and carrying my wee dog who sometimes takes notions not to walk. I'd wrapped the dog up in a blanket-type thing cos she was freezing and it was still pishing down. Was waiting for a lift when two old boys walk past... one nods in my direction and the other says audibly, "Bloody foreigners." Made me smile, I said nothing!And also agree that countryside is much safer than towns, because there's very rarely anybody wandering about. I do a lot of very early morning birding and I feel a lot safer in remote areas than in urban or sub-urban parks/reserves.However if you do happen to run into a madman in a remote forest- then you're in trouble- maybe that's where the worry is!</blockquote>