Rain not snow
walking
Aviemore
Having arrived in Aviemore this morning and unpacked, I went for a short walk even though it was raining. I headed out towards the Logging Path to find that parts of the woods where I regularly walk are flooded.
Thurnham Hall
We went for a short walk this morning around the grounds of Thurnham Hall.
Thurnham Hall is a great place to stay – the villa we have is well equipped and the facilities on site are excellent. The only downside is the complete lack of free wifi to the accommodation – you can buy wifi access via Swisscom – a quick search of my blog will show you what I think of this service, which has never worked for me. So be careful when you see “free wifi” in the Diamond Resorts advertising, you can get free wifi in the bar (probably), but in your flat or villa for comfortable, available internet access you will be expected to pay Swisscom.
Sunday morning walk
I got out for an early morning walk today – rather then heading towards the Witham, I went out through the village, across the fields towards Waddington.
I packed my breakfast, some of the cold roast pork, from last night’s dinner, crackers, some dried mango and pineapple. I took my meths stove, titanium mug and lid and brewed some fresh coffee when I stopped. The dried fruit was something new I was trying – I bought it because it looked the right size and weight for breakfast when I am backpacking.
The label said it had nothing added, so the pineapple and mango bits looked a little odd, were very dry, but tasted great. So it looks like breakfasts in future will be Pop Tarts and Bear Fruit.
I found a wall to sit on – and because it was damp and cold, my hat was useful insulation
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Another photo from yesterday
Having posted a work photo for photo of the day, I thought I would go back and post one of the images from yesterday’s walk that I did not use on the blog.
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Walking
Having set the alarm early enough today to go out and photograph a sunrise, it was overcast.
I found a good place to stop for breakfast by the River Witham.
Pop Tarts
When looking online to see what other people do for backpacking gear and food, I see many US backpackers eating “Pop Tarts” for breakfast – when I was in Tesco on Friday they had them for sale in their “American section”, so I ought I would try them out.
First thing to get over was the price – £3.50 for eight Pop Tarts. They are invidually packed in twos which makes them ideal for portion control. On the packaging it says they should be cooked in a toaster or microwave, I am sure none of the lightweight backpacker I have seen using them, carries either of these items so I assumed they could be eaten cold – however I ate one at home yesterday to check.
Pop Tarts are a soft pastry with a soft sweet filling.
I had the other this morning with some tea and it was fine, more filling than the breakfast biscuits I have been recently using when backpacking. They are however very sweet and probably not nutritionally great, but I am not planning to eat them continuously – some dried or fresh fruit would help with this. Another issue for some people is that ithey may contain genetically engineered soya.
The packaging makes this a good backpacking food for me, two pastries in a a sealed plastic wrapper, but because Pop Tarts are soft I will have to take care not to crush them in my backpack. Even though they are relatively expensive compared to breakfast biscuits I think I will be using them for variety in my menus.