I must have been looking peaky or that the diet i'm on was getting me down as herself took me off shopping yesterday. we hit Tamarack Outdoors over Garstang way and since we were coming back past Blackburn we picked up the dragon fire blocks she had pre ordered and a few other bits. Both places had some sale stuff so we got a good haul.
The Bugaboo square frying pan was 7 quid down from 40 and will go nicely on the wide burner Primus gas stove I picked up new in a charity shop a few years back. The Ortlieb first aid kit I mainly got for the excellent waterproof case, I needed a pocket size kit and it will make a great base for that,
She indulged me with a new Soto pocket torch as it has a refillable insert lighter, my old one wasn't functioning brilliantly on the gas lighters I can get in the UK and I cant find anyone in the UK who sells the corect disposable or the twin pack of refillable Soto sell. I could get a pair from Germany but they wanted nearly 15 pounds in postage. I emailed the distributor in the US to see who they had sold to in the UK but I've not heard back yet. Unfortunately their website shop said US customers only.
She also insisted on me getting the official MK 2 Evernew meths stove trivet despite its ludicrous price, It would seam my outrage at the ally copy I made melting stuck in her memory.
The Vargo spork I got as Id seen a simple but useful mod on You tube where the wire spring on the carabiner was removed and the resulting hook used as a lid lifter on bush pots etc.
In the past Ive always carried tins for food and balked at the cost of the boil in the bag and freeze dried camping food. I though Id give them a try anyway. Herself is threatening to get some Mylar bags for the vacuum sealer thingy I got her and make some up from stuff bought at the weigh and save who sell dried onion etc. We tried something similar in ziplocks 25 years back but the available fake meat was pretty horrible and Id hope its come on a lot since then.
Once its dried off im off to test burn some stuff, Roll on the Fireant arriving!
ATB
Tom