High Dam – Lake District
Before heading up to our campsite we had a walk through the forest up to High Dam.
We also stopped for lunch – here is the pie I mentioned in yesterday’s post.
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Travel
Backpacking Fuel – Broughton-in-Furness
We stopped off in Broughton-in-Furness looking for a café, whilst driving between between High Dam and Black Combe, where we were going to wild camp.
A quick fuel stop before we start walking
We found an excellent one on the square in the village, which served just what we were looking for, a cream tea. The scones, although not quite what Richard expected, were delicious, and the jam was homemade.
The Square Café, Broughton-in-Furness
Here is a link to their web site, so you can find it:
The Square Cafe, Bed and Breakfast and Gallery
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Backpacking Food – “Star Wars” Camping Trip
Backpacking Food
I am off to the Lake District with friends tomorrow for an overnight wild camp. The following is the backpacking food I will be taking.
As we are planning to wild camp where this is no water available, it means that all the water I think I will need I will have to carry in. This menu is designed reduce my water needs to drinks only – no dehydrated food. I am planning to carry 2l of water up into the hills.
The plan is to day hike, on Saturday, down to one of the lakes. Then go back to the car, restock with water, pick up our main packs and head off to our camp site later in the afternoon.
Lunch Saturday
Extra to this I am going to buy a Sausage Pie from the village shop when we leave and add a banana. The plastic bag is for the rubbish and the “hint of lemon” is a hand wipe.
Saturday Dinner
The bread is Warburtons Brown Sandwich Thins, which are pre-sliced. I shall probably eat the granola bar with my first mug of tea at the campsite before the tent goes up.
Sunday Breakfast
Extra Food
Just in case I am a bit more hungry than I expect – I am planning to have the chocolate breakfast biscuits with my early morning tea, whilst I am still in my sleeping bag, admiring the view.
Drinks and extras
The small Nalgene bottle contains dry milk powder. The Chrysanthemen Honey Tea, which I get from a local Asian Supermarket, can be dissolved in either hot or cold water.
There are two items not shown:
I have a 60ml Nalgene bottle of fresh ground Costa Coffee and I my Brew Kit.
Why “Star Wars”?
Sunday is May the Fourth.
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Bridge over the Trent
I was working in Newark again today. So before going to the client’s I walked down to this bridge to get my “photo of the day”.
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Newark Castle
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Newark Castle
I was setting a network up today, for a client in Newark. As the office was near to the river and the castle it was a good opportunity to go out after the job was finished, to get the “photo of the day”.
I took a variety of shots, both normal and HDR to try and balance out the heavy shadows. But I chose this shot of Newark Castle and the river, taken using the Apple camera app and HDR. The boat was in just the right place to balance out the dark shadows in the bottom left hand corner.
Bath
Here are a few photographs from my business trip to Bath earlier this week.
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I saw something similar to this in Glasgow at the start of the West Highland Way.
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Thimble Mill and Widcombe Lock
King’s Bath
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“Pay on the Nail”
Camping Food
Camping Food
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.