The things you miss when they are gone

Get out on those flats with a 9 weight and chase a Golden Trev, that'll wake you up smokey!

Not to mention they get Sails at the right time of year in shallow water.

Sweet, you're more than prepped then, it would be lovely get a nice big greenback, that would go like stink.

Love that you have a winston, I have a 6# Boron IIIsx, favourite rod!

Hope you get stuck in

I'll never have the patience for fly fishing but always find it interesting to hear people talk about it - weird

It's been some years since I last had a break in a holiday home and that was with a friend with a fully equipped mobile home converted from a school bus so we lacked for little but I do hear you over missing the little things that you don't even think about that you have at home.

I have two modes of traveling, something my jobs make me rather frequently undertake.

If I'm going for just a few nights then I have a rather optimised backpack that has been around the world with me more times than I want to remember. It's not some huge hiker thing either, just an indestructible Targus light pack with a lot of pockets. If I'm to need something smart to wear I add a suit carrier and that's it. between restaurants and hotel laundry not much else required.

For longer trips I tire of restaurants rather quickly so usually stay in self-service apartments. for that I have two small "suitcases" that I add to the backpack, one is actually a B4 bag. The B4 has all my personal needs covered, the other small wheely bag has the bits and pieces needed to cook for myself in style with only ingredients picked up locally. It does included some herbs and spices and utensils that an apartment is unlikely to have but nothing for actually cooking on and nothing that customs and security will throw a fit over. (I do still get odd looks with the herbs and spices, they are in a sealed multi-compartment pill box, the sort someone on a lot of meds uses, instant drug smuggler to the customs folks )

The wheely tends to go out 3/4s empty but comes back instead carrying the stuff you typically pick up on a trip.

Tools, well, apartments are pretty good but never seem to have a veg peeler that works so one of those, a set of measuring spoons that get rare use, a cooking thermometer, a ladle and a portable gas torch that uses a disposable cigarette lighter for fuel. That last is really useful, apartment stoves never light properly and the ladies get the giggles when you whip up and caramelise some creme brulee I do usually chuck in a recipe book, depends where I'm going or if just to jog the memory, but always soft cover.

That aside there is not much you can't do if pushed to it with a good Swiss Army knife and a Leatherman

That's about as close to camping/holiday homes as I get these days

The ingredients are the fun part of the trip, find out where the local markets are and hit a supermarket. Cost a few bucks but a lot less than restaurants and get to buy some stuff never seen at home.

That's the kit for trips that go beyond a week, longest I think has been a little over a month in Cleveland but the backpack and suit carrier alone took me around the world in 17 days five years back with stopovers in three US cities, London and a state function in Kuala Lumpur. Never again but it was fun at the time

My friends and family just shake their heads, it's the nature of what I do though, five days or so in the US, Asia or the UK not including travel time is not uncommon.

Cheers

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