| 341 Securing your pack all the firmer to your shoulders you push Pallenten onwards. In the gathering dusk you will need to find a safe camp for the night, preferably one that is as close as possible to the foothills. You are sure that there is an old homestead about a half hour's ride ahead. It will be an excellent place to spend the night, you only have to find it before it gets too dark. With the last glimmers of daylight fading in the west you reach a series of low, crumbling stone walls that fence off a number of small paddocks. At the centre of these paddocks is the homestead you are looking for. Made almost completely of granite blocks and slate roofing it is a solid structure, one which will serve as a safe camp for the night. Overhead the sky is beginning to cloud once more. The few stars that have awakened with the demise of daylight are covered quickly by an overcast that brings with it further strong winds. Leading Pallenten inside you find the main living area in the front of the house has recently been used by other travellers. A makeshift firepit has been dug in the centre of the room and a ring of rocks placed around its edge. Moving Pallenten over to the side of the house farthest from the door, you get ready for the night. With the rising moan of the wind outside the night closes in. In the gloom of the evening you organise your equipment for your stay.
| Do you wish to light a fire? If so turn to section 319. If you would rather not light a fire turn to section 354.
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