I loaded up the bike (less the curious pannier that got away), did some cycling and camped out in my new tent.

I plan to do plenty of training/equipment testing prior to leaving for the Arctic.  On this first run I

1) Couldn't open my tinned soup

2) Bent both can opening attachments on my pen knife

3) Had problems with my gears (and had to come back sooner than planned)

4) Realised finding a quiet camping spot isn't so easy

5) Forgot my cutlery, so eat boiled rice with the saucepan lid