It finally stopped raining! For all the waking hours since we pitched the tent on Saturday it has rained, soft rain, hard rain, drizzle you name it, we had it! But at about 8am this morning it stopped.
We have spent the morning exploring the coast and stopped for lunch down by the Forth, at Ferry Ness, sitting in front of some World War II beach tank defences.
We also tried some Polish pate for lunch, chicken and tomato, it was very good and so I have added it to my hiking food list. A can of this and two packs of Italian crackers would make a good sized snack for lunch or with noodles an evening meal.
I am away on holiday, I drove to Scotland this morning with my son Jeremy. We did a Geocache on the way up near St Abbs and had a short walk along the the coast path before heading up to the Dunbar Camping and Caravan Club site near Dunbar.
The above is a view south towards St Abbs.
However getting away was a bit of a rush – thanks to the “tech support” at U***** (more of that story later when I have time to write it up). In the rush I have left my sleeping mat behind – thanks U*****.
(You are not going to get the ADSL tech support story yet as my client has decided the best place for him to sort this issue is to take them to court.)
Better luck was on our side when it came to pitching the tent. We had just got the fly sheet up when the first spots of rain came along. It is a pitch the outer first tent, so we hurried and managed to get the inner up and all the equipment in before the heavier rain came along. I am now sitting in the tent, listening to the rain, drinking tea! Excellent.
We bought something different, from the supermarket, for breakfast last week.
When the packet was opened I realised the chunks would make a great smack for walking. They are bite sized and the mix of caramel and peanuts are very tasty and the oats should pack some slow release energy. Eat too many of them and they can be a bit dry – but they are breakfast cereals meant for milk.
Because it was good weather this morning, Mark from The Little Frog Group, used his alternative transport to get to our business meeting.
I’m not a motorcycle enthusiast, so I cannot tell you what it is, but it is old and Mark restored it to it’s current condition – when he first got the bike it was a bit of a wreck! So if you know someone who has a pet “restoration” project that has stalled then give the Little Frog Group a call and see if they can help (details in the side bar).
update – Mark has subsequently told me it is a BSA A7.
I have another trip planned for a couple of weeks time in Scotland. I plan to walk from Grantown-on-Spey to Charlestown-of-Aberlour with an overnight stop at Cragganmore, following the Speyside Way. The family are staying in Aviemore at the Scandinavian Village for a week in August so I will desert them, get a bus to Grantown and then get picked up the following day. My son and I will be camping for the week before and week after the family week – so I will only need to take the backpack with me to enable me to overnight as I will have the other equipment with me.
When I started looking for a campsite somewhere between the two towns I discovered there was a free site at Cragganmore – just to be sure we are going to take a drive out to check what the site is like before I commit to stay there.
Food
Today we were stocking up on some camp supplies and so I also have stocked up on some backpacking supplies.
Following the trip the other weekend I needed to add to the food I am taking
“No fridge” salami snacks
Crackers – eight portion packs of Italian Crackers (I will probably carry four packs)
Nutella portion pack – a bit expensive but convenient and can be used with a pack of crackers.
Extra bag of cashew nuts
Backpacking Food
Tomorrow I am going to pick up some dried banana flakes, from the market in the Lincoln, for trail snacks.
Fuel
I will be carrying two 100ml bottles of meths, one bottle will cover the evening meal and breakfast, the other will be for hot drinks during the day – I’m on holiday so I expect to stop several times. I will also pack two solid fuel tablets for spare fuel.
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