Veryan Campsite pt1
Sausage and Mash for dinner – cooked and eaten outside in brilliant sunshine – but we did need jumpers!
me cooking it
Jeremy eating it
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Camping
Camping in Cornwall
Today is the first day of Jeremy’s and my annual Autumn Half-term camping trip to Veryan Campsite in Cornwall.
We travelled down overnight to arrive in St Austell for breakfast. It was cold but sunny but by the time we came to walk around the town it had started to warm up.
St Austell
The campsite is quite near the coast – so when we came to put the tents up the wind had picked up a bit – but the sun was out and it was still warm!
Rather than bringing our two-person tent, we are using two one-man tents as practice for a backpacking trip we are planning for next summer. This has meant reorganising the menu to being mainly “add boiling water”, backpacking food as we have limited indoor space to cook in. In addition we are storing the food and cooking gear in the car rather than in the tent.
As it gets dark early in October (and even earlier this year as the clocks change tomorrow) we bring a small laptop PC with us which we watch DVDs on, whilst sitting in the back of the car – so not having the two-person tent living area is not such an issue in the evening.
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The Lake District pt3
Back to Lincoln today, but there was time for a quick trip to Bowness and Lake Windermere.
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The Lake District pt2
This is the Backpacker’s Hut at the campsite – somewhere to cook and eat out of the weather.
There’s a stone circle on the site.
Another sunset in the Lake District.
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The Lake District pt1
We got to Kendal at about 3pm – a bit late for a cooked breakfast – but fine for a homemade cheese scone and tea.
We are camping at the Windermere Camping and Caravan Club site – which is between Kendal and Windermere. We got the tents up – and then had a short walk to catch some of the colours in the sky.
We cooked and ate our dinner in the Backpackers Hut and whilst in there there was a hail downpour.
Dinner noodles with smoked sausage and fresh tomatoes with tomato and chilli sauce.
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More photos from The Old Man of Coniston
Here are a few more images from my weekend wild camping trip.
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Old Man of Coniston pt3 – Sunday
I set my alarm for the sunrise – but when I looked out it was cloudy and misty – so I went back to bed and brewed some coffee.
The way back
Finished
Check this link for Richard’s words and photos from the trip.
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