Camping

Blogging entries have been a little sparce lately - appologies if anyone is out there and cares :-)

W and I went and got a few comping essentials this weekend. We don't want to rough it too much, even if we are only away for a couple of nights. So we bought a nice big tent - we bought it thinking it was ideal for two people, only to find it's classed as a six person tent. Possibly it's aimed toward the seven dwarf market, as six real sized people is a little hopefull.

It's big enough to stand in (a must for our dodgy backs), and will fit the queen size bed we've also bought. The bed is blowup, but comes with a quick fold out base, which lifts it from the floor, and even has built in head board.

We've decided to skip all the cooking / washing gear (other than a small bowl to wash in) - we don't feal they'll be worth all the hastle for such short trips. We can always buy a disposable bar-b-que to cook on.

We did get the essention toilet gear - namely a small shovel.

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It is C's (as in S & C) 50th birthday today, but she had the party yesterday. Just a smallish do at their house. An excellent idea being the food - a DIY stir fry. All the food being layed out for selection. A row of electric woks ready to cook on. Of course an all-you-can-eat buffet is bound to go down well with me...

It's been a stinker of a weekend, so I'm not minding having to work too much. I'm actually enjoying a lot of the work I've currently got on - modern languages, modern hardware, and new code (as opposed to fixing bugs in old stuff).

I guess I'd better got on with that new code now.