Reflection
Photos 2014
Sunday Sunrise
Not the most spectacular sunrise, but I was out early enough today, walking along the Water Rail Way (7.44am) for the sunrise. The clouds were the most interesting element of this shot.
Washingborough
I used my Sierra Cup with a lid this week to boil the water for my tea.
The lid was a success, it took two minutes to boil the water and the lid sat on the cup OK. No flies in the water. Keeping the lid on the tea also helped to keep it warm longer.
This is a good addition to my outdoor kit, next week I am going to cook in it.
Do you know that the iPhone dictionary does not recognise the word “lid”, substituting “kid” instead. This can lead to some interesting sentences if you do not notice Apple’s substitution!
REI Sierra cup and lid
I recently got an REI Sierra cup with a folding handle from the USA. It is a great, compact cup to take camping, but I was interested in getting a lid for it to add to the functionality and to keep the flies out of my tea.
I have had two lids made for me, one for my MSR titanium mug and the other for my Crusader mug.
I may get a custom lid made later, but for now I was looking for a purchased option.
The Sierra cup lid, because of the folding handle, needed to be an internal lid with no lip, or have a notch cut out of the lip for the handle. So what I needed was really just a metal disk with a hole for a handle drilled in it. On searching online I realised that the base from a cake tin with a removable base would be ideal, although I could not find one small enough in a UK shop. With that as a plan, I decided to visit some of the local kitchenware shops and in the second one, I went to, I found exactly what I needed.
This is the removable base from a 12cm cake tin, from The Range, with a hole for a wing nut and bolt.
REI Sierra Cup with a homemade lid
The lid sits neatly inside the cup rim as though it was made for it. Having a lid will make it more fuel efficient if I use the Sierra cup to boil water in. I am forward to testing it this weekend on a day walk on Sunday – I will boil the water for my tea break in it.
One small point: I had to use a file to smooth out a few sharp edges on the handle ends where the metal had been flattened to stop it pulling out.
This is not ultra lightweight backpacking kit but it is something I will be taking camping.
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