My plans for January were to travel and record in the Northern reaches of the Sahara desert, among other interesting places. Unfortunately, due to worrying developments I had to cancel everything and find a last-minute destination for a week-long recording trip. After checking the weather forecast I decided to travel to Romania where plenty of snow was to fall.

Time was limited so as soon as I landed I got in my hire car and drove to a well-forested stretch of hills that I had been to before. Unfortunately I was greeted by heavy snow and serious wind. I decided to at least go out for a recce, joined by my girlfriend. After a bit of driving and a lot of hiking in the snow, we were almost at the spot where I had recorded Owls before.