Hiawatha
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- St Jean Pied de Port - Finisterra 2017
GR70 France 2018
Via Francigena 2019
From what I have observed Wine appears to be an integral part of the Camino ; at least for some. This raised a few questions , just how do you share a bottle with Camino friends who are not family or significant others ?
There seems to be an abundance of PET bottles available along the Camino , most used for water or sports drink , somehow though drinking wine from a necked bottle is just not cricket .
So , remembering a conference segment on recycling from some years ago I put this together ;
Use any available straight sided PET bottle ,
I used only those things available on the Camino to produce it , as well as making sure I had imbibed of a large glass of red to replicate conditions likely to be encountered .
Cut the neck off the bottle
Leave a ring of approximately 30 mm at the top connected via another 30 mm strip to the base , this will form the cup .
Bend the ring down forming the strip into a cup handle while fitting the ring , formerly at the top to the base of the cup .
The ring will hold the handle into place without any need for glue or other fasteners .
Any sharp edges can be smoothed by running a flame from a lighter or match quickly around the cut edge .
The photos should be self explanatory , this is a way of reusing and reducing waste and gaining a little elegance to life on the road .
If you do make one toast my health please
There seems to be an abundance of PET bottles available along the Camino , most used for water or sports drink , somehow though drinking wine from a necked bottle is just not cricket .
So , remembering a conference segment on recycling from some years ago I put this together ;
Use any available straight sided PET bottle ,
I used only those things available on the Camino to produce it , as well as making sure I had imbibed of a large glass of red to replicate conditions likely to be encountered .
Cut the neck off the bottle
Leave a ring of approximately 30 mm at the top connected via another 30 mm strip to the base , this will form the cup .
Bend the ring down forming the strip into a cup handle while fitting the ring , formerly at the top to the base of the cup .
The ring will hold the handle into place without any need for glue or other fasteners .
Any sharp edges can be smoothed by running a flame from a lighter or match quickly around the cut edge .
The photos should be self explanatory , this is a way of reusing and reducing waste and gaining a little elegance to life on the road .
If you do make one toast my health please
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