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I just slept on top of or inside a bivi. I don't know statistically if this is true, but it honestly felt like the chance of rain was zero. I wouldn't recommend taking a tent either, the ground was rocky and sandy so you'd be lucky to get it pitched. Temperature wise I think you're better being over kitted for something semi remote like AMR vs TCR where you can get away with nothing if you wanted and sleep in hotels.
rj-
yeah that's a v good point – and thanks for the heads up on the ground. I've not bivvied before, so I picked up a Big Agnes thing to do the fly-only pitch thinking it was freestanding but I don't think I'd get away without pegs in reality. Picked up a cheapie bivvy bag that arrived this week so I'll go for some practice nights soon and get a taste for the slugs
jackbepablo
Were you tent or bivvy? I'm sort of hoping that because its October this time the ground will have been warmed a bit. Avg temperature is allegedly a few degrees higher compared to Feb, but equally I'm hoping that I'll like doing this stuff and do more of it, which will likely only be colder so not much point buying a load of really warm weather stuff...