The weather today…
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Camping
Coffee
Here is the first brew of camp coffee this trip. Put the ground coffee in the Crusader mug and boil – use a plastic tea strainer to remove most of them when pouring it into the mug.
Dingwall
Following a phone call from the site warden at Dingwall Campsite we were up early at Aviemore, cleaned and packed up and got to Dingwall Campsite before 10am. It is 11.30am, sunny, and the tent is up and sorted out.
I have got the Crusader Stove on to make tea, updating the blog and listening to the noise from the football stadium!
The reason for getting here early and the noise is that Ross County Football Club is now in the Scottish Premier League and is playing Celtic at home today – this means road closures around the stadium which shares the road with the campsite. We were early but I was still challenged by two stewards (nicely) before I got to the site. With the Celtic fans arriving early the road is now closed. Hence the phone call from the warden to advise us to get here early or later.
As you can see from the Memory Map screen shot it is close – the marker is very accurate for where I am sitting writing this.
New Equipment
When I was in Wales the other week I bought a drinking tube kit for my roll up, 1l Platypus bottle. I have a Camelbak water bladder but I have had trouble with it going mouldy between trips – even though I have a Camelbak cleaning kit and hanger, which I use and I take care when drying it out. I now store the Camelbak with water in it and the air squeezed out. On the other hand I I have had no trouble with the roll up Platypus bottle – again I take care to dry it out before storing it away. The drinking tube kit will convert any Platypus roll up bottle into a bladder system – I can use it as a drinking system whilst on the trail and easily use it as a water bottle at the campsite.
Next month I am planning a wild camping trip to The Old Man of Coniston – when I will need to carry the water I will need for overnight – so I have bought another Platypus, a 2l version for extra water storage.
Here it is stored in my GoLite Jam backpack.
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Dunbar Campsite
The Camping and Caravan Site at Dunbar is right on the coast and has excellent views across the Firth of Forth towards Bass Rock and is well placed for spectacular sunsets.
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This morning is still dry and is sunny as well!
