I walked for a few miles today in the Lincolnshire countryside. The weather was comfortable for walking today, a bit overcast and with a light breeze rather than the full sun baking me whilst I walk!
There was a very convenient bench for a stop for a brew.
It was a good walk and Michael is cooking again for Father’s Day roast pork and Yorkshire puddings, just what I like.
This is an article I wrote last week, but I forgot to post it – here it is, just a little late!
I have a small beaker with a lid in my lightweight cooking kit, for rehydrating food in and to use as a mug when I am using the titanium mug as a cook pot. Unfortunately on my last overnight trip I noticed that a small crack has started to develop in the bottom of the beaker, so I guess it will not be long before it starts leaking. I’d like to find a replacement but it took a some searching to find this beaker, as I wanted one that fitted inside my titanium mug and had a convenient, comfortable drinking lip. I bought this one in Cornwall.
In the mean time I shall use a Light My Fire cup. There was an issue though, can I rehydrate a packet of noodles in it?
Noodles for lunch on my Spires and Steeples walk, last Monday, seemed like a good opportunity for a test.
I had to crush the noodles quite small to get them to fit in the mug – this was easily done in the packet before opening them.
Crushed up, dry, Pork flavoured Japanese noodles (100g).
Adding the water and stirring the stock in had to be done carefully as the mug was brim full.
With the lid on, I left the noodles for about five minutes to soak up all the stock.
Success though, the mug is full but the noodles are completely rehydrated.
There are a couple of good reasons to use this mug:
However:
Conclusion
I think this will make a good addition to my lightweight kit, because of the extra flexibility.
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Last night, following a leisurely dinner at the campsite, we left the washing up and took a short trip out to the coast for the sunset.
As the weather was going to be good yesterday I walked a section of the Lincolnshire, Spires and Steeples walk, from Ruskington to Metheringham. Today I will sit in front of my laptop and do the work for Octagon.
There was a challenge early in the walk to deal with!
I decided to walk back down the path a way, and wait to see if the bull would move from the style. This he eventually did and that was my chance – walking across the field briskly, keeping my eye on the bull the whole way. I also watched the cows with calves to make sure I did not get too close to them.
Usefully there was a warning and some instructions on the other side of the field!
You can click on the above image for a larger version of the instructions.
click on the above image for a larger version
Being that the walk is called “Spires and Steeples” there were many opportunities to photograph the village churches.
Thomas a Becket – Digby
St Clement – Rowston
Holy Cross – Scopwick
St Oswald – Blankney
St Wilfrid – Metheringham
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…start with a cooked breakfast. For a change today it was smoked bacon, American pancakes and syrup.
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I got a few miles in today, walking near Branston.
Unusually, for a Sunday, there was a lot of flight activity from RAF Waddington. Most of which seemed to fly right over me.
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