Backpacking to Woodhall Spa pt3
Just finishing making a mug of tea as the sunsets.
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Backpacking to Woodhall Spa pt2
Today’s photo.
What a difference a bit of sun shine makes!
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Backpacking to Woodhall Spa pt1
The weather looks spring like this weekend – so I have packed my bag and set off to camp at Woodhall Spa. It was not an early start so I got a lift to Bardney.
the starting point in Bardney
It is a cool day and promises to freeze tonight but I am depending on my new down sleeping bag and winter long underwear to keep me warm enough.
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Backpacking food for a weekend
Although my plans for this weekend have been changed by the weather – I had already packed my backpacking food for the trip.
The original plan was to have lunch in Coniston and then walk up the Old Man of Coniston and find somewhere to camp out for the night. We would be back in Coniston for lunch on Sunday.
Backpacking Food
This menu is for a short weekend and suits my appetite – you should consider your food needs and the terrain you are travelling through when planning your menus.
Trail snacks
Food for during the day. We were planning to stop and make a hot drink on the way up at Low Water.
- Dried cranberries
- High cocoa chocolate
- Boiled sweets
- 2 in 1 coffee sachet
Evening meal
It takes just over a litre of water to make up all the components of the backpacking food in the evening meal.
- Cup a soup with crackers
- Tin of tuna with tomato sauce and crackers (if I was hungry I can eat these on the trail)
- Mug noodles with spiced seed sprinkles
- Chinese hot sesame dessert
- Cappuccino
Breakfast
Tea and biscuits in bed first.
- Breakfast biscuits and jam
- Crackers and marmalade
- Dried fruit
- Fresh ground coffee (this is not shown in the photo – I carry it in a small Nalgene pot)
Extras
- Black coffee sachet
- Hot chocolate sachet
- Sugar packets
- Chrysanthemum honey tea – can be drunk hot or cold
- Packet of tissue, hand wipe and rubbish bag
- Backpacking brew kit – tea for the weekend
backpacking food packed – the brew kit is not in this bag – the cranberries go in my pocket
Water
I was planning to carry my Travel Tap bottle and a 1l roll up Platypus bottle. At the start of the walk I would have about 300ml in the Platypus – and the plan was to fill all my bottles using the Travel Tap at Low Water before continuing up to the summit. This should be enough water for the wild camp. On the way down I would collect some more water if required.
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Spring weather
Richard, Richard and I had plans this weekend to go camping and walking in the Lake District, but it looks like the weather will change the plans. Snow and freezing nights.
Camping next week
It has been a wet day here in Lincolnshire so that put a stop to a planned walk. I also had some work to catch up on.
However I am planning a camping trip for next weekend, so I have taken some time today to sort through my gear.
As part of my ongoing project to keep my camping gear lightweight I have changed my sleeping mat for a much lighter and smaller Alpkit Numo air mattress. The photo shows the difference in size and the weight saving is about 500g.
You can download a spread sheet that lists the weight of my backpacking gear from the free download page.
Backpacking Cooking Equipment
Lightweight backpacking cooking equipment
Today’s photo, of my backpacking cooking equipment, is an illustration for a booklet I am writing about backpacking food. This is my lightweight backpacking cooking equipment I use regularly when backpacking and lightweight camping. I often carry it when I head out to work on a Friday, where I think I will have time in the afternoon when I am finished to go out in the countryside somewhere for a walk and a mug of tea.
It is based around a titanium mug with a lid that I use both as a mug and a cooking pot and a multi-fuel titanium stove. Most of the items will pack in a small stuff sack.
When backpacking the kit goes in an outside rucksack pocket so it is easy to get to for using on the trail.
For a full description if this kit, including the latest updates I have made – backpacking cooking gear.
This article and kit has been updated several times since I wrote this. Must most up to date lightweight backpacking cookset can be found here, with the weights spreadsheet here.
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