Camping

[andybesy]

I met a lovely couple... it was before the site normally opened and so the owners asked some regulars to show me around... since i was travelling alone kindly invited me to hangout round the camp fire with them on the friday night and so i naturally took them to the pub saturday night. Nicest people I've met in a long time got on well and like to think we'll remain friends. And they even got engaged! Still that's what happens if you buy enough rounds 

I cooked fresh fish one night, fried in lemon juice and served with new potatoes with butter and parsley. The cooking side is/was one of my big questions and so it's been fun to gain a bit of confidence. I'm really getting in to this camping... I knew I liked the outdoors due to childhood camping but the friendly/community feel from other campers was a nice surprise Reminded me of bike community.

Looking forward to the wild camping but think I need another test as still learning:

• Need a better mattress.
  
• Love the Coleman stove (it's fun) but not sure I can carry enough fuel and it's availability doesn't seem great
  
• Happy to buy fresh food daily so storage less of an issue, but you still end up buying big loads of stuff that won't keep (butter, etc) seems wasteful
  
• Sleeping bag good (it was 3 degress fri night and i was fine) but maybe a more compact alternative for summer months
  

Oddly woke up with two whippets in my tend Sun morning  :eek