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A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« on: 09 April 2011, 10:47:39 »
I wanted to get some miles under my arse belt on the bike, as I have a couple of big trips in next few months. So while weather was nice and following on from thread other day, on Thursday I decided to go over to Church Stretton / Long Mynd area to get some decent miles done in one day.

I wanted to try and cook some camping meal packs in my jetboil which I had not done yet, I tried soup mix in water before, worked fine, but messy!

After a late start I found myself a spot to park up and start cooking:





This was meal I chose:



Added water first to see what level would need to be with pouch in the jet boil....



I sparked it up, got it boiling, popped pouch in and left it for 8 mins.



It actually turned out very nice!



Needed a bit of bread to pad it out, but slow release energy worked well, I could live on them, which is what I would need to do on my trip(s)

Peace was soiled by one of them sport tractors, impressive driving through Narrow gap!



Also another chance to run the bullet camera, as this time it was fully charged, and I wanted to test charging it on the go. It performed really well, I recorded my whole run back with storage space and battery to spare.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuO6z8kycQM[/media]

(looks a bit better in full size: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuO6z8kycQM)
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #1 on: 09 April 2011, 10:57:43 »
Nice part of the world.  :y

Not sure about the breakfast though, seems a lot of effort, think i'd just pack some sandwiches!

Camera works well, impressive quality
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #2 on: 09 April 2011, 11:05:09 »
kin ell - take a banana - lot of fannying about for some dodgy looking hot dog and beans  ;D ;D
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #3 on: 09 April 2011, 11:05:50 »
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Nice part of the world.  :y

Not sure about the breakfast though, seems a lot of effort, think i'd just pack some sandwiches!

Camera works well, impressive quality

Yeah, I'd have found a greasy spoon, personally. :y
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #4 on: 09 April 2011, 11:10:40 »
Regarding Food.....

1) I'm on a budget, greasy spoon on way up, but cannot afford one every day
2) Doubt i'll find a greasy spoon in Scotland when I want one too..
3) Banana maybe for lunch, but come on, Scotland? Rain? Cold? Err Hot Food? Yes please!  ;)
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #5 on: 09 April 2011, 11:18:23 »
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Regarding Food.....

1) I'm on a budget, greasy spoon on way up, but cannot afford one every day
2) Doubt i'll find a greasy spoon in Scotland when I want one too..
3) Banana maybe for lunch, but come on, Scotland? Rain? Cold? Err Hot Food? Yes please!  ;)

strap the banana to the exhaust for 5 mins?  ;) ;D
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #6 on: 09 April 2011, 11:22:10 »
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Regarding Food.....

1) I'm on a budget, greasy spoon on way up, but cannot afford one every day
2) Doubt i'll find a greasy spoon in Scotland when I want one too..
3) Banana maybe for lunch, but come on, Scotland? Rain? Cold? Err Hot Food? Yes please!  ;)

strap the banana to the exhaust for 5 mins?  ;) ;D

Think i'll stick to the beans and iffy hot dog!  ;D ;D


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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #7 on: 09 April 2011, 11:24:10 »
 ;D ;D ;D

just a suggestion  :y
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #8 on: 09 April 2011, 11:32:48 »
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;D ;D ;D

just a suggestion  :y

Joking aside a banana is a good idea  :y

Not something I considered, and if i see them at a Petrol station as they are often built with supermarkets these days, tis a good idea   :y

This test was to see what those meals were like, could i live on them for dinner / snacks. These things have to be tested  :)
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #9 on: 09 April 2011, 11:41:19 »
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;D ;D ;D

just a suggestion  :y

Joking aside a banana is a good idea  :y

Not something I considered, and if i see them at a Petrol station as they are often built with supermarkets these days, tis a good idea   :y

This test was to see what those meals were like, could i live on them for dinner / snacks. These things have to be tested  :)

Come on tunnie thought you were a student once over surely you could live on less than that ;D ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 09 April 2011, 11:43:53 »
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;D ;D ;D

just a suggestion  :y

Joking aside a banana is a good idea  :y

Not something I considered, and if i see them at a Petrol station as they are often built with supermarkets these days, tis a good idea   :y

This test was to see what those meals were like, could i live on them for dinner / snacks. These things have to be tested  :)

Come on tunnie thought you were a student once over surely you could live on less than that ;D ;D

Pot noodles are too big to store on the bike  ;D  :D
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #11 on: 09 April 2011, 12:24:51 »
i used to go over the long mynd quite often.... in the 7.5t lorry we used at comet cause they always had 1 delivery 1 side and then sumat in church stretton...my drivers mate made his last will and testament on the way down the 1 year when it was snowing and foggy and all he could see was the edge..... i tried to get him to upload the video he made off his phone to youtube..... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #12 on: 09 April 2011, 13:35:28 »
Splendid thread. 8-) very enjoyable. :y

I continue to be impressed by the video camera. :-*
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Re: A little bimble over to Church Stretton
« Reply #13 on: 09 April 2011, 18:00:36 »
Just spotted the price on the food packet.  :o
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« Reply #14 on: 09 April 2011, 18:03:23 »
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Just spotted the price on the food packet.  :o

About as cheap as they get  :(

I did wonder about getting some canned food which is a hell of a lot cheaper and bag it up, but its mess & hassle.
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