Walking
Following a Father’s Day breakfast of egg, bacon, toast and fresh coffee, prepared for me by Jeremy, I had a couple of hours walking across the fields.
coffee
Backpacking to Woodhall Spa – Photographs
Here are some of the photographs from my weekend walk to Woodhall Spa.
Overnight Backpacking Trip to Woodhall Spa
I have some new gear for this trip, a smaller (lighter) sleeping bag and sleeping mat which means my 50l Golite Jam backpack is now not full when I pack it for just an overnight walk. See my current overnight backpacking kit list here.
some of my route was along the Viking Way
sunset at Woodhall Spa Campsite
The weather forecast was showing a freezing night – and it was.
frost covered tent
The cold weather gave a great sunrise and it did not last long – it was getting warmer by the time I had my second coffee of the morning. The new down sleeping bag kept me warmer than the one I was using last year and the Alpkit mat is very comfortable.
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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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Cambridge Services
It is a late night photo today – I was working in Lincoln this morning but had business in Grays this evening. So I drove down this afternoon and I am on my way back home tonight and I had not taken today’s picture. So this was grabbed during a quick stop for a coffee.
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The Coffee Pot
I walked into Aviemore today and The Coffee Pot cafe is a good place to get out of the snow with its wood stove.
Some snow video
Today was not a good day for walking – so other than going into Aviemore for a coffee, I have watched Stargate and Cowboy Bebop videos and the snow through the patio windows.
Viking Way
We had a plan today to walk a couple of miles along the Viking Way and take some photographs. However the weather fixed those plans.
So as with other walking trips it included coffee and cakes.
We did get out and walk a little around the start of the Viking Way.
…and a wet group shot!
