Brass Monkey Biv, at left, was built by the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association and is in a fine location. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

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Shaun Barnett uncovers five shelters best shared with a very good friend

What is shaped like a dog kennel, built on stilts and best occupied only with a good friend? Bivs, bivvies or bivouacs – whatever you like to call them – are miniature versions of huts, many of them constructed during the deer-culling era more than 50 years ago. Some are so small that you can […]
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