No Breakfast Outside Tiday
It is not the weather this morning to sit outside and enjoy that first cup of tea.
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Inverness
River Ness
I think the girl serving in the Cafe liked Jeremy – I do not think she could have got any more marshmallows into his hot chocolate. (Hidden Gem Cafe – near Inverness Bus Station.)
Caledonian Canal
Highflight Secondhand Bookshop
It was Bill, the owner of the Highflight bookshop who recommended us to visit the Highland Aviation Museum – so we went back and had a look at his books.
He specialises in books about aviation and nearly half the store is taken up by these – however he also has a good selection of general books, and second hand novels ideal for the holiday maker who wants something to read whilst away.
JSC bought a Harry Potter Book (why?!) but I bought this:
When I was at junior school my Dad used to read these, therefore so did I and if you are a certain age I am sure you did too!
Highflight
Aviation and General Second Hand Books
5 Castlebank House
Dingwall
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Peach Tea
Whilst shopping in Lidl we came across this instant fruit tea.
I am always looking for things to add to the brew kit and peach tea sounded good. Back at the campsite we tried it and both of us liked it, Jeremy especially like the idea that it could be added to cold water.
The instructions said use five tea spoons (20g) we used two heaped mini sporks in a mug and that was fine.
I packed about six mugs worth in this 100ml nalgene bottle (I’ll weigh it when I get home).
Electrical Power from Walking
Here is the solution for charging your smartphone when wild camping and hiking away from the grid.
It is not on the market yet but watch out fir the boots with gortex, vibram and a USB socket!
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Early Morning Cromarty Firth
Took a walk down to Ferry Point early this morning.
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Found! WiFi in Dingwall
Since arriving at Dingwall campsite, last weekend we have been thinking about finding a WiFi cafe – there was not an obvious one in Dingwall and we went to a cafe in Ullapool where we got WiFi last year but they no longer offered a free connection. It is not so important as I have a really good 3G data deal from T-Mobile but WiFi mean’s catching up on some TV via BBC iPlayer and JSC wanted to FaceBook with his friends.
The Camping and Caravan Club sites have WiFi but when I looked into this in the past it was not very good value, especially when compared to my data bundle.
I went into Dingwall this afternoon and after buying some award winning black pudding from the local butchers I went to Grants Café Deli, in the High Street, where I got a cappuccino and they had a free 30 minutes of WiFi – however it was a BT Openzone access point, so I logged on using my account and had nearly an hour online. I watched Click, edited the blog, logged into a client’s server to check a problem out and updated eight apps on my iPhone.
The opening times at Grants are good; Mon to Wed 9am – 6pm, Thurs to Sat 9am – 8pm and Sun 10am – 4pm, as many Dingwall cafes stop serving at 4pm.
I got back to the site and put my iPhone in flight mode to charge it in the car, whilst we cooked and ate our award winning black pudding – which also got our seal of approval! After tea I got my phone out to update the blog and when I turned it on, the WiFi was still enabled and I have discovered there is a BT Openzone access point within range of us here – and I am now wondering if this is also part of the C and CC Site WiFi which means there would have been WiFi at Dunbar as well! I just never thought to check or ask because of previous costs and my current 3G deal. I will check in future.
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