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An unusual Remembrance Sunday, normally spent with a few mates but today it was a recce in the woods. I went back to the mystery steel object from a previous post and had a more detailed look at it in good light.
The small bolts had at one time almost certainly been fixings for legs, and the spacing made it highly likely that the mystery dome was as Mike had suggested in my first post, a Brazier or some kind of old fire bowl.
Confident that I was not about to be sent into orbit in a cloud of smoke, I gently pressed on it with my walking stick...and the thing practically disintegrated !!
A close look shows one of the two handles at 12 o'clock...Mike wins first prize...
The wood took a battering during the winds of last week,quite a few trees down,these two across the paths.
Eaten away inside by boring insects, the Trunk full of powdered wood.
This one came over the fence from the Farmer's field and displayed some well developed Bracket Funghi on the trunk.
All this excitement !! Brew time and a chance to test my new.." I wonder if? " project...
If the cardboard cup is designed to hold and retain heat when full of Noodles,then it might retain heat if used as a Cosy...Plus I'll boost it with some Kitchen Foil...
Success! 20 minutes + from boiling to just about safe/ hot to sip. I'd guess it's good keeping the drink hot for half an hour easily. It doesn't get squashed in the Bergan either because the plastic mug stows inside. Mark 2 will be lined with foil baking tray material rather than the thin kitchen foil...Once I've scoffed some more Noodles that is...
The only hiccup of the day was Wasps ! In the second week of November and the little striped gits made a Bee line...well a Wasp line..for me sarnies...
The small bolts had at one time almost certainly been fixings for legs, and the spacing made it highly likely that the mystery dome was as Mike had suggested in my first post, a Brazier or some kind of old fire bowl.
Confident that I was not about to be sent into orbit in a cloud of smoke, I gently pressed on it with my walking stick...and the thing practically disintegrated !!
A close look shows one of the two handles at 12 o'clock...Mike wins first prize...
The wood took a battering during the winds of last week,quite a few trees down,these two across the paths.
Eaten away inside by boring insects, the Trunk full of powdered wood.
This one came over the fence from the Farmer's field and displayed some well developed Bracket Funghi on the trunk.
All this excitement !! Brew time and a chance to test my new.." I wonder if? " project...
If the cardboard cup is designed to hold and retain heat when full of Noodles,then it might retain heat if used as a Cosy...Plus I'll boost it with some Kitchen Foil...
Success! 20 minutes + from boiling to just about safe/ hot to sip. I'd guess it's good keeping the drink hot for half an hour easily. It doesn't get squashed in the Bergan either because the plastic mug stows inside. Mark 2 will be lined with foil baking tray material rather than the thin kitchen foil...Once I've scoffed some more Noodles that is...
The only hiccup of the day was Wasps ! In the second week of November and the little striped gits made a Bee line...well a Wasp line..for me sarnies...
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