Coffee makers
Traditional Turkish and modern hi-tech – Christmas presents.
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More photos from my recent trip to Devon and Cornwall
Widemouth Bay
Raven’s Beak
Woodford Bridge Country Club
Woodford Bridge
South West Coast Path
The Storm Tower Bude – Variations on a theme
Dinner
Holsworthy Woods
Dartmoor
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South West Coast Path walk
I parked in the same place I did on Saturday and walked north(ish) towards Bude – taking as many opportunities as possible to make images.
The light was particularly good as the weather was overcast – so no hard shadows but it did mean the distance was a bit hazy.
First order is the day was find somewhere for breakfast with a great view. With this is mind I found an out of the way drop in the cliff down to a spot – out of the wind but where the main sound was the crash of the waves.
The plastic box is an up-cycled cake box. Breakfast was home baked wholemeal bread with cheese spread and homemade plum jam. Of course I brewed fresh coffee.
The biscuits (Oreo’s and breakfast biscuits), apple and fried rice is for lunch or snacks. In the box is also milk, curtesy of the hotel, a vegetable stock cube and soy sauce.
On the way out
The Storm Tower
Bude
On the way back
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Walking today
The route I took today was out near Kirkby Green.
I found a spot out of the wind – after the rain stopped – for lunch. Tinned mushroom soup, buttered sourdough bread and coffee. The smoke was because I used some hexamine solid fuel tablets to heat the soup and water, but once I used them I remembered why they we still in my fuel box several years after I had bought them.
Compared to the Fire Dragon gel fuel the hexamine tablets gave off pungent fumes and left a sooty residue on the mugs and stove. OK for a standby, lasts forever, fuel but not for everyday use anymore. The British Army used it for years and the first outdoors stove I bought when I was at school, from the military surplus department in Millers of Grays, was an army folding cooker which included eight large blocks of hexamine.
Last day of my leave
Although I had to work yesterday and this morning – today is officially my last day off.
I thought a walk along the disused Sleaford Canal and coffee in the autumn sun was a good plan for the day.
One useful bit of kit I do not mention is the fold-up stool. The steel and canvas construction is strong and it comes with a canvas sleeve that makes it easier to pack. It is heavier than an aluminium equivalent but this stool is more compact and stronger.
Having a comfortable seat for my breaks, easily makes up for the extra weight carried.
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Walking along the River Slea
Just like last week I walked along the River Slea, with a haversack load and made coffee but this time I went in the other direction from the car park.
The wind shield I made earlier this week was a success.
No coffee bags this week – I packed a titanium Sierra cup and I used the drip method.
So I tried the other section of the path but to be honest it is not as interesting as walking through the woods last week.
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