A cast photo, for the new Star Wars movie, has been released today showing R2-D2 in a crate.
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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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I am going camping next weekend, probably to the Peak District. The plan is to get a cooked breakfast on the way, spend the day walking and taking photographs then onto a campsite for the night. I am not backpacking with this food, it is a car based trip.
As I am away next week on business I am sorting the gear and camping food this weekend. Packed in the bag above is the evening meal, breakfast and the extras! Not shown in the photo is trail food for the Saturday and some apples.
Trail Food
I am going the add a banana or apple to this – and I am planning to get my Alpkit Kraku stove out along the way to make the 2-in-1 coffee. Hygiene is essential when camping and walking, hence the hand wipe and napkin.
Evening meal
Once the tent is up I am having soup and crackers.
Chicken Chow Mein is a microwave meal from the supermarket. I am going to empty the contents of both packs into my Alpkit MiTiMug, heat, stir and eat. Instant custard for dessert.
Extras
There are tea bags and dried milk in the red neoprene pouch.
The two 60ml Nalgene bottles contain fresh ground coffee and dried milk. If fresh milk is available at the campsite I shall buy some.
Some of the mint chocolate is going to be broken up and added to the hot instant custard.
The breakfast biscuits are for having with my early morning tea whilst still in my sleeping bag.
Breakfast
I am going to mix the jam and dried fruit into the porridge – which can be made with either dried or fresh milk. The yogurt flakes I will eat with fresh coffee.
I am heading home after breakfast so no lunch.
The new iPhone bracket I had ordered from Square Jellyfish the US, arrived this morning.
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The bracket from Square Jellyfish, holds my iPhone securely on the small tripod above. It can be rotated for both horizontal and vertical shots.
This is the second device I have bought to hold an iPhone onto a tripod. The first one only fitted on my previous iPhone 4. This one is universal, so it does not matter if Apple changes the size of the iPhone 6, I will be very unlucky if they make it bigger than this bracket will cope with. (See the Square Jellyfish website for the specifications – it is called a Spring Tripod Mount.)
I use the above mini tripod, strapped onto a walking pole when walking, converting it into an effective monopod. The Velcro strap is quite long so it is possible to use it fixed to a fence post, branch or some other pole.
I have a soft plastic case on my iPhone (in the photo above) which gives excellent protection when I am using it outdoors and everyday. If I had bought an iPhone 5 specific bracket it would not have fitted because of this case – and not having a case is not an option when using my phone when camping and backpacking. So I was looking for a universal tripod solution.
I had been looking for several months before finding this Square Jellyfish spring tripod mount – I eventually found it because it showed up on Pintrest.
Weights
Here are the all important weights for when I am lightweight backpacking:
Pocket tripod 47g
Square Jellyfish Spring Tripod Mount 43g
Details of my 2014 Backpack Gear and Backpacking Gear itemised spreadsheet
The photos today were taken using my iPad Mini.
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Richard and I went to a new camping shop, here in Lincoln yesterday. Where we saw some useful gear, he looked at a new lighter down sleeping bag and I looked at a weekender tent for Diana and myself. We also saw some more eccentric “backpacking gear”.
An inflatable sofa for that extra bit of comfort. And if your pack gets to heavy with this extra comfort.
I have been working today in the office – so my best photo opportunity was Rexy looking down on me from the top of a cupboard.
The cat was out all night so now she is catching up with her sleep, on an armchair in the living room.
