Here is lunch – left over egg fried rice from last night.
And because it is Christmas – a mince pie with my coffee.
Now I have to walk back to the car at Widemouth Bay.
This is the view from my lunch stop Read More »
There is no chance today to get out for a walk – I have collected some twigs and sticks, dried them out and was going to test my twig stove with them today, soot, smoke everything. But there is too much rain.
I have been reading a John Hedgecoe photography book, all film no digital it is that old, but it is still relevant, just looking at his photos helps with mine.
I wanted to expand my black and white techniques and manipulating contrast. Here is one of the results.
The Silverstone comes from an iOS camera app filter.
The route I took today was out near Kirkby Green.
I found a spot out of the wind – after the rain stopped – for lunch. Tinned mushroom soup, buttered sourdough bread and coffee. The smoke was because I used some hexamine solid fuel tablets to heat the soup and water, but once I used them I remembered why they we still in my fuel box several years after I had bought them.
Compared to the Fire Dragon gel fuel the hexamine tablets gave off pungent fumes and left a sooty residue on the mugs and stove. OK for a standby, lasts forever, fuel but not for everyday use anymore. The British Army used it for years and the first outdoors stove I bought when I was at school, from the military surplus department in Millers of Grays, was an army folding cooker which included eight large blocks of hexamine.
Although I had to work yesterday and this morning – today is officially my last day off.
I thought a walk along the disused Sleaford Canal and coffee in the autumn sun was a good plan for the day.
One useful bit of kit I do not mention is the fold-up stool. The steel and canvas construction is strong and it comes with a canvas sleeve that makes it easier to pack. It is heavier than an aluminium equivalent but this stool is more compact and stronger.
Having a comfortable seat for my breaks, easily makes up for the extra weight carried.
Last day of my leave Read More »
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