Training Saturday

John and David came to Iain's on Saturday for some rigorous pre match training. The idea was to tackle a bit of tent work and work through some Navigation exercises and focus on some safety aspects of the cookset, as John has somehow managed to find himself 'very busy' for the last couple of training sessions. Anticiption was high.

There was a couple of hours detailed and rigorous debate, and, having invested in some new equipment on a recent training recce down to the West Country Iain filled his new 'cider mug' with a pint of Weston's Best. John started with a Cobra and was joined shortly (no pun intended) after by Dave. The trio moved swiftly onto some '04 Chablis, a magnum of 1998 La Croix-Canon, Canon Fronsac, a bottle of South African Shiraz and some '04 Haut Brion. IW showed his skill on the cookset by producing fried Haloumi with Salsa Verde, Stuffed loin and confit of lamb. Tarte Tatin and Cardomom icecream was washed down with some Italian Vin Santo and a bottle of Tokaji. Having drunk ourselves round most of Europe, we retired at 0130 for some rest and reflection.

Lessons learned from the weekend:

The cookset showed itself to be very versatile and practical. David will have a job to keep up with Iain's culinery efforts, especially as it may be a big ask for him to drag an AGA. We may have to scale down our gastronomic expectation with two MSR burners and a metal pot.

Having thought that we would be booze free, it was decided that we may need to take a 'little something'. Just for special events....Of course, for practical reasons, we decided it will have to be quite strong in order that it doesn't freeze....;-)