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Hector MacDonald Monument and Lunch

23 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / coffee, Photos 2012, Scotland

Who was Hector MacDonald? He is the Scots solider shown on the label of a bottle of Camp Coffee – and he came from near Dingwall.

this is from the Hector MacDonald exhibit in the Dingwall Museum

For more info see here.

There is a monument to him on a hill above Dingwall – we walked up there today.

Dingwall on the way up

The Monument

Jeremy cooked lunch today – from scratch.

Pork with herb gravy and carrots – served with Italian bread, and it was delicious.

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Eilean Donan Castle

22 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / coffee, Photos 2012, Scotland

The outlook for the day was showers, heavy at times, so we decided to go to Eilean Donan Castle – as it was indoors.

The journey was right across Scotland to the west coast – using roads that cut through some amazing scenery – unfortunately the weather stopped us taking any photos of the journey.

Coffee stop at Achnasheen – the cafe is right by the station, both are in the middle of nowhere!

The road and railway are very close most of the way to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Eilean Donan Castle

It was quite dark and stormy when we got there.

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19 August 2012 / Camping, Outdoor Gear / camping food, coffee, tea

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.

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Walk to Potterhanworth Wood

5 August 2012 / Lincolnshire, Outdoor Gear, Photography, Red, Walking / coffee, outdoor gear, Photos 2012, walking

I went for a short walk across the fields to Potterhanworth Woods – taking a short break there for some coffee before heading home and beating the thunder storm.

It was a chance to photograph the last of the poppies as they fade away and the fields before they are harvested.

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St Andrew’s Church Potterhanworth

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No backpack or stove today – I took a flask and instant coffee in a Molle water bottle case on a shoulder strap and carried the essential waterproof jacket in the back pocket on my Rohan vest. I had plastic sheet to sit on, which when rolled up slipped into the Molle loops.

I tried some Kenco Millicano coffee today – in individual sachets – and it was OK, even Richard who is “particular” about his coffee thought it was alright.

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Wet Weather

18 July 2012 / Lincolnshire, Photography / coffee, Photos 2012

There was a heavy cloudburst here in Lincoln today, just as I was going to walk out to the car. So I went back for a second coffee.

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Whilst drinking coffee

14 July 2012 / Photography, Travel / coffee, Edinburgh, Photos 2012, WordCampUK, WordPress

The Scottish National Gallery.

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Brecon Beacons 4

24 June 2012 / Camping, Outdoor Gear, Photography, Travel, Walking / camping, coffee, lightweight camping, tea, Wales, walking

It was a wet start to the day so I made my early morning tea inside the tent using the MSR gas stove.

Before lighting the stove I checked it was placed where it would not wobble and I opened and tied back the inner tent door. I lit the stove with the valve open only just enough the give a very low gas flow, so it did not flare and only turned it up enough for the flame to be under my mug and not raging up the sides. Even on this low flame it took just over two minutes to boil a mug of water.

Rhandirmwyn Campsite

By the time we got out of our tents and had breakfast, which included fresh brewed coffee, the rain had stopped and the day promised to get brighter.

Towy Valley

Llyn Brianne Hydropower Station, Dam and Reservoir

Brecon

On the journey down we had terrible coffee at a motorway service station – so on the way home we stopped in a layby and brewed fresh coffee for ourselves.

And then we went home.

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