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Coffee and cake by the lake on arrival at Woodhall Spa Camping and Caravan Club site. I had my usual pitch in the space between the road and the lake and among the trees. There is now a bench nearby which is useful – it saves always sitting on the ground.
Photos from my Woodhall Spa Weekend Read More »
I took the opportunity to walk to Woodhall Spa today and camp overnight even though the weather forecast was predicting interesting weather.
I walked through three thunder storms of which this one, during my break for lunch, was the most intense. It was close with the thunder rolling on sounding like a jet engine and plenty of rain. But it only lasted twenty minutes and by the time I reached the camp site at least I had dried out.
The wardens at the Camping and Caravan Club site at Woodhall Spa were as welcoming as ever. The site was full – there is a WWII event on in the village this weekend – but they still had space down by the lake for my one man backpacking tent. They even gave me enough milk for a couple of mugs of tea as they had sold out of 1pint bottles.
lunch spot on Memory Map
The weather at lunch time Read More »
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.
Lunch – Spires and Steeples walk Read More »
X marks the spot where the tents were pitched.
Sunset on the Norfolk coast
1953 flood level – Kings Lynn
Letterbox in the window
Sunday Breakfast at the campsite
We had a great pitch out of the way, in among the tress, and only a short walk from the water and the facilities. There was plenty of room to pitch two hike tents and leave the car a short distance away, out of the way.
The rain was really heavy first thing Saturday (thunder, lightening and flooding roads) but by the time we had spent an hour and a half in a coffee shop in Hunstanton and then driven back to Kings Lynn the weather had completely changed.
Although the rain was extreme for the first part of Saturday the camp site drained really quickly so we were not camping in mud.
Photos from my camping trip to Sandringham Camping and Caravan Club Site Read More »
No rain clouds this morning, just blue skies. We are pitched near to the edge of the campsite and the woods, so the sun rose through the trees.
Here is the traditional shot of me making my early morning tea – it was such a nice morning I got up and sat out side.
Tea – Sunday morning Read More »
It was nice weather when I got up this morning but as I was making my coffee, the thunder started and in the end I had my breakfast in the tent, whilst the rain beat down.
The rain stopped long enough for us to pack away but by the time we came to leave the site it was raining again. Change of plan, coffee in Hunstanton out of the rain.
