We are back home now after another scorching night and day.
Its been a very pleasant trip and i will put the photos on when i have time to download them.
Although the day that we wanted to do Bowfell and the Crinkles didn't come off we still enjoyed the walks we did.
We tried out the new Optimus crux stove and i was very surprised with it's performance. More on this to come.
We enjoyed the Mug shots for lunch which were recommended by Gibson, his very good blog is here. So thanks for that Gibson we will be getting more.
One of the best new things we tried was the Real Turmat dehydrated food. I must agree with Alan Sloman, his very good blog is here, that the Wolfish casserole is number 1 and closely followed by the Game casserole.
But to be fair they are all very nice. They are a bit pricey but worth it in taste.
Next to our pitch in Seathwaite, came 2 chaps who were getting fit and gear testing for the Saunders marathon. They had purchased the new Vaude Power Lizard. I had a good look at it and i was surprised to see that it had equally as much floor space as our own Odyssee winter. It weighs in at 1Kilo.
Both chaps were taller than me, i guess one was close to 6ft and the other about 5ft 9. They said it was great and better than the Laser comp.
The pegs looked poor and would pull out quite easy in strong wind, i would guess. They may be ok for comps but i think i would change them for backpacking even though it might add a little extra weight.
I will certainly be interested to read any reviews that have been written by any one using the Lizard on the current TGO challenge.
The first few days of our walk was also a try out of Sheila's new blogging phone. The HTC Desire.
As you can read, the blogs posted ok but the spelling was a bit poor as was the punctuation. I could go back in now and edit the posts but i am going to leave them so that we can laugh at them later.
She just needs to get the hang of the keyboard and adding photos. It is certainly a smart piece of kit and the camera quality is fantastic.
Right, now to get the washing machine loaded.
There were quite a few Lizards on the Challenge this year - so pop over to the Challenge Message Board and ask about them - people there are (generally) a helpful bunch.
ReplyDeleteThe Real Turmat meals are brilliant, aren't they?
:-)
Alan, i will do that, Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI admit that i have now converted to Turmat.
Sheila has started eating them at home. Says they are better than my cooking. Cheek!