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#littlemonsters, Brew kit, Camping/hiking gear, Cooksets, hiking/backpacking/camping, life, the universe, and everything, outdoors

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #8

I thought I’d start this post with the latest photos of Ace at a recent vets appointment.

Ace at the vets

I’ve also update the previous post with a new photo of his paw healing. That post will be the one stop place documenting his recovery.

Yesterday was another lovely warm spring day.

So I used my Firebox Nano with the Trangia burner to make a cuppa of British Army tea. This was the ideal opportunity to try out the brand new Firebox titanium box pot.

Trying the new titanium box pot from Firebox

I don’t remember seeing pots this shape before. It kinda works. Pouring water is much easier using one of the corners. There is even an oven stone for it. But I’m sure I’ll talk more about this in a future post along with the 5” Firebox stove that came with it in the post.

Naturally I like to give the little monsters the chance to chill in the “garden” and enjoy being outside.

So I dug out my camp chair and sat outside with them. Tarp hat on of course to protect me from the harsh sun.

This time next month that shed will be gone.
Dolly and Diogo enjoying the spring sun

Finally…

Dolly sleeping on my lap

Other on going morning projects

Brew kit, ccg/tcg, Cooksets, hiking/backpacking/camping, LCG, life, the universe, and everything, Marvel Champions, netrunner, outdoors, TI, Twilight Imperium 4

As I wait for the final handful of bits for the 3D printed insert that allows me to combine the base game and A Prophecy of Kings into one box. I have also combined the bits from the four codexes that FFG did. They kindly included the cards in the Thunders Edge expansion.

I also sent the pdfs of the codexes off to a printers along with the “latest” rules reference. I splashed out for colour printing.

I’ve also revisited organising my Marvel Champions collection. In reality I need another storage case. There are just way too many cards.

Like TI4 I’ve sent off the pdf of the latest rules reference to be printed in colour. Sadly it wasn’t at the same time but a week later.

Just like Marvel Champions I need a new bigger case to hold my card pool (oh that sounds so pretentious). However I did make sure the runner and corp learning decks were back to the initial state, and the additional cards separate. So they are all ready to go if by any chance I get some one remotely interested in learning Netrunner. I also reset the original FFG core set decks to a different runner and Corp so that they can also be used for beginner games.

Now this next bit of the post is a straight copy and paste of what I shared on the Fire Maple Facebook page this morning. It’s also why this blog hardly gets read. Posts are all over the place.

Morning! Decided to make my first coffee of the day using my Fire Maple Lotus Titanium Solid Fuel Stove and Keith titanium canteen cup.
I usually use and store this stove with my Trangia mini mess tins, it fits perfectly inside that.
The pour over was a MERMOO YILAN Collapsible Pour Over Coffee Dripper Cone off Amazon.
Only draw back of this cone is you can’t see how full the cup underneath is without lifting it.

If I can give Fire Maple some feedback on this stove (which I love by the way) in the UK we can’t legally use the intended solid fuel with it. Ideally I’d love to see those base slots go so we can use the BCB fire dragon blocks with it. Currently I have to use a little foil mod to stop the fire dragon fuel melting out of the slots or use a meths burner of some kind (which I currently do)

Back garden brew

Brew kit, Camping/hiking gear, Cooksets

Yesterday morning while waiting for some homemade sausage rolls to cook I decided to play with a brew kit I put together and make a coffee.

For early February it was rather pleasant with the sun out, and barely a breeze.

The brew kit I had put together uses a Camping Moon pear shaped canvas mini bag (purchased off that AliExpress place) to hold everything. Well almost the mug (in this case a Kupilka 21 classic cup) is external.

Inside is a Trangia 27 aluminium kettle, which is 600ml capacity if I remember correctly.

Trangia with a preheater attached, and a cross stand. Trangia Aluminium Kettle 27.
Trangia triangle with a pan stand,
Kupilka 21 Classic Cup

Inside the kettle is the Trangia stove itself and a preheater attached to it. Plus some sachets of coffee, whitener, and sugar.

In the bottom of the case is stored a Trangia Triangle and an official pan stand plus a cross stand.

This is a nice relatively compact brew kit, granted the cup is external, and it needs a folding spork/spoon adding. Which will easily fit inside. Plus fuel not in the Trangia is also stored external. Which I prefer.

I used my ferro rod to ignite the Trangia. Typical it was at this moment that a slight breeze decided to make itself known. Although the meths ignited the breeze however slight was enough to blow out the flame.

After four attempts with the same result I was beginning to regret using the cross stand over the triangle. But fifth time the charm.

The breeze had disappeared.

Even though this wasn’t the peace and quiet of the middle of nowhere or a woods. It still had a restful affect. The change of pace. The break from routine. The waiting for the water to boil.

Sometimes you just need to slow down.