Here’s mine from last weekend’s backpacking trip.
Perfect backpacking lunch; tortillas and squeezy Tartex pate for lunch. From a thread about backpacking food a few months ago.
My own top tip is to add a Yorkie bar for pudding.
Sausage roll. Perfect climbing lunch. If that doesn't fill you up, take 2. Malt loaf for snack.
Leftover takeaway curry in a well buttered (for non-sogginess) flatbread wrap, as long as the leftover curry isn't too gungey/liquidy. Surprisingly lovely stone cold!
> Leftover takeaway curry in a well buttered (for non-sogginess) flatbread wrap, as long as the leftover curry isn't too gungey/liquidy. Surprisingly lovely stone cold!
Butter with curry - thats just wrong!
Leftover curry (or home made curry for this purpose), in plastic container, pack of wraps in bag, make into tasty wrap when on the hill - if windy can be done within bothy bag for comfort.
Curry could also be reheated on stove if carrying one.
Oh, and tie your bootlaces - not together, but make sure tied all the same.
Leftover curried spuds are nice for lunch - don't need to be wrapped in anything, just put a spoon in the box.
(I got the recipe off someone I met on here - proof that you really can find anything on UKC!)
Olive bread, tastes nice and somehow the olives keep it moist and fresh for a couple of days.
Don't underestimate the value of a cool beer after a long route.
On long hot routes, a smaller frozen bottle of water is great, sometimes tied onto harness with cord, cheap, easy, reusable, disposable if needed.
Maryland choc biscuits, even when crumbs and stale after months in the pack. Always welcome.
Its all about food, isn't it?
Stroopwaffels - sort of wafers with caramel. Don't break, edible even when you're parched (Sainsbury's bakery section)
Lucho Delitos boccadillos - guava and coffee - good cycling shops.
Also my cycling foods of choice.
veggie oxos for backpacking. Add to boiling water for lovely warming drink. Use rest of the 'stock' to add to instant mash / rice / pasta for more tasty meal.
Chorizo. A little goes a very long way with aforementioned mash/pasta/rice.
If you butter him up maybe he will clarify...
Remember which boots give you a blister and where. Put on a preventative compeed at the start of the walk.
If using a water bladder when camping, leave in the tent porch and have the drinking tube fed through the door zip (make sure the mouth piece is higher up than the bladder reservoir)
If you camp with a dog, pack a micro-fibre towel. Otherwise you'll find yourself with a damp sleeping bag.
when a long deserved rest you take,
while lying in your sleeping bag ,
make sure it's only wind you break ...
Use your mates Nalgene bottle to piss in at night, not your own. Then just refill with water in the a.m. Gives him a bit of a ‘kick’ to his water and you a belly laugh every time he has a sip. Remember to flatly refuse a sip from him
You have become the butter the joke.
You can't really spread that around after you've left him in the cold.
Don't smother me.
Scotch eggs, two from Aldi for 75p.
A few metres of duct tape wrapped round a credit card in the lid of your day sack. Useful for all sorts of running repairs!
Wouldn’t it be easier to simply flatten a standard reel, instead of faffing with wrapping around a credit card? Cardboard reel isn’t exactly heavy
You used to be able to buy small sections on a flat piece of cardboard, not seen for any for ages though
> Wouldn’t it be easier to simply flatten a standard reel, instead of faffing with wrapping around a credit card?
I wrap mine round a short pencil which can be useful too.
> Stroopwaffels - sort of wafers with caramel. Don't break, edible even when you're parched (Sainsbury's bakery section)
I always think Stroopwaffels sound gloriously Dutch, when I see a packet they remind me of my Dutch friend. 'Strooooop'
A few years ago I became a convert from any old duct tape to Gorilla Tape. Stickier, stronger, longer lasting. I have some wound around my hiking poles just below the handle - works as a bit of extra grip slightly lower on the pole in winter when you have snowy gloves on as well.
Isn't using your credit card a hassle when you need to buy something though or does the contactless work through the duct tape?
The core at the middle of a roll of duct or gaffa tape is quite heavy duty, and you'd only be able to flatten it when the roll is nearly finished. (After which, it would still be quite bulky.)
The gaffa tape in the little box of 'emergency repair' and first-aid gubbins that comes kayaking with me is wrapped around a bic lighter.
Don't buy hexes - they are shit!
Thanks. I confused myself by recalling all the 75% spent rolls i've seen lying around looking flat after being stood on by accident. You are right about the bulk etc.
I wrap spare duct tape around my Nalgene bottle.
And I don't piss in it, or my mates.
Maybe your hexes are cursed
> Don't buy hexes - they are shit!
You're not a winter climber then.
> Stroopwaffels - sort of wafers with caramel
Do they hold a candle to the mighty Tunnocks, though?
> Wouldn’t it be easier to simply flatten a standard reel, instead of faffing with wrapping around a credit card? Cardboard reel isn’t exactly heavy
Cacks up contactless too.
> > Stroopwaffels - sort of wafers with caramel
> Do they hold a candle to the mighty Tunnocks, though?
Good question, well presented! Plain or milk chocolate?
In a hot sweaty pocket - stroopwaffels. Anywhere else, plain choccy Tunnocks, although stroopwaffels do have more structural integrity
Dead on your feet in a Cairngorm blizzard?
Christmas cake, makes you feel like Popeye after his spinach.
> Don't buy hexes - they are shit!
I take it you've never had to bash a seagull!
> Do they hold a candle to the mighty Tunnocks, though?
I don't think you want to hold a candle to your Tunnocks mate, that's just going to get messy.
> A few metres of duct tape wrapped round a credit card in the lid of your day sack. Useful for all sorts of running repairs!
I wrap mine round a 'Swiss Card' (one of those credit-card sized tool kits,
Chris