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I assembled my new bit of kit from Pete at Two Tree Crafts
who built me a new ‘Mi’ camping chair. This is a very sturdy
and well-engineered chair that breaks down into parts
which are stored in one neat bag for canoe tripping. It can
be strapped securely beneath the yoke or thwart. It is a well
made chair and it fitted my oversized frame well.
Over the day the camping peninsular was
filling up not only with enough tents and
camping gear to give anyone and everyone
‘kit envy’ but also with canoes of every shape
and size. You name it, it was probably there;
wood/canvas, wood strip canoes, Royalex,
composites; canoes of all designs and sizes.
We were only ‘half camping’ so in the evening headed off to
the nice campsite restaurant for a beer and schnitzel, which
were excellent. The temperature was plummeting so the
frontier stove was lit and the tent warmed - we dived into
bed listening to music whilst the fire burned down.
Thursday morning dawned with a frost but it was dry. The
airbed had sprung a leak so we headed out to Frankenburg
for a replacement and to get some logs. We also found a very
good ice cream parlour and being the law, we went in and
partook. We were successful with the air bed search but the
cold snap had caught everyone out and there were no logs
for sale anywhere so for the next few days I fuelled the stove
with a mix of the wood which I had brought and barbeque
charcoal which all worked well. The tent was really warm and
we would cook Camembert cheese on the stove and wash it
down with a glass or two of wine.
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