Although I live in London, I don't go walking much in Britain because food, accomodation and transport are so expensive (and not very good).
But I hope to go walking on Exmoor in Sept and I shall be away from shops for a while (5 days?).
I have no problem with this in most of Europe. Am just back from the Cevennes in France, where was walking away from any shops or villages for over a week. There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
Was very interested in the discussion about pack weight. I'm afraid I was carrying 16 or 17 kilos, inc water/food. But very difficult to avoid. Temp down to freezing with immense winds at times.
What would the panel suggest to carry on Exmoor as food for five days? Bought locally.
> There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, > hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
decent bread isnt hard to find. dont know about sourdough. Cheese carrots apples and dreied apricots are all commonly avaialabe so eat the same as usual. -- Mike::::::::: remove clothing to email
Lazarus Cooke wrote: > Although I live in London, I don't go walking much in Britain because > food, accomodation and transport are so expensive (and not very good).
> But I hope to go walking on Exmoor in Sept and I shall be away from > shops for a while (5 days?).
> I have no problem with this in most of Europe. Am just back from the > Cevennes in France, where was walking away from any shops or villages > for over a week. There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, > hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
> Was very interested in the discussion about pack weight. I'm afraid I > was carrying 16 or 17 kilos, inc water/food. But very difficult to > avoid. Temp down to freezing with immense winds at times.
> What would the panel suggest to carry on Exmoor as food for five days? > Bought locally.
> pip pip
> Lazarus
Much the same as you carried in France, if you are OK with the pack weight.
At this time of year fruit (especially the early apple varieties) and vegetables are fresh and good: carry enough of the softer stuff (like plums - the real soft fruit season is at it's height now and will be over by then) for the first two days, and apples and carrots for the remainder. You should be able to top up the frsh fruit and veg along the way from farm shops and the like, depending on your route. England offers some of the best apples in the world, and has still a huge variety to choose from: far more than France! Start here and explore 1882 varieties! > http://www.brogdale.org/nfc_plants1.php?plantid=7 (OK, I'm biased - I live very close to the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale!)
Sourdough bread and saucisson are readily available in the larger supermarkets and could be purchased before you go. England doesn't go in for that style of saussage or bread, and we don't have a bread that is firm enough to withstand packing like this, so a decent supermarket version of a continental style bread may be your best bet.
For hard cheese you could try the goat again, or try some of our English hard cheeses that keep well, such as a good farmhouse cheddar (cut from a proper cheese, with rind on, not a supermarket brick!). There are some extremely good hard cheeses made here in the UK. Keep in mind that while sheep and goat cheeses are not unknown here, and the country produces some superb examples of hard cheese of both sorts, cows milk cheese is much more common. Here are just a few English cheeses to explore: > http://www.teddingtoncheese.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
You have time between now and your trip to explore them and discover something you like that will travel well in your pack.
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> For hard cheese you could try the goat again, or try some of our English > hard cheeses that keep well, such as a good farmhouse cheddar (cut from > a proper cheese, with rind on, not a supermarket brick!). There are > some extremely good hard cheeses made here in the UK
including lots of goats nowadays. -- Mike::::::::: remove clothing to email
Lazarus Cooke wrote: > Although I live in London, I don't go walking much in Britain because > food, accomodation and transport are so expensive (and not very good).
> But I hope to go walking on Exmoor in Sept and I shall be away from > shops for a while (5 days?).
> I have no problem with this in most of Europe. Am just back from the > Cevennes in France, where was walking away from any shops or villages > for over a week. There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, > hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
> Was very interested in the discussion about pack weight. I'm afraid I > was carrying 16 or 17 kilos, inc water/food. But very difficult to > avoid. Temp down to freezing with immense winds at times.
> What would the panel suggest to carry on Exmoor as food for five days? > Bought locally.
> pip pip
> Lazarus
Salami, saucisson, goat's cheese, carrots, apples & dried apricots what are these strange and exotic things of which you speak that we in Britain have never heard of?
As you're in London the answer is obvious.
Toddle along to Fortnum & Mason, they've been supplying food for expeditions all over the world since 1707, a few days on Exmoor should be a doddle for them. ;o)
Lazarus Cooke wrote: > Although I live in London, I don't go walking much in Britain because > food, accomodation and transport are so expensive (and not very good).
> But I hope to go walking on Exmoor in Sept and I shall be away from > shops for a while (5 days?).
> I have no problem with this in most of Europe. Am just back from the > Cevennes in France, where was walking away from any shops or villages > for over a week. There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, > hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
> Was very interested in the discussion about pack weight. I'm afraid I > was carrying 16 or 17 kilos, inc water/food. But very difficult to > avoid. Temp down to freezing with immense winds at times.
> What would the panel suggest to carry on Exmoor as food for five days? > Bought locally.
I agree that the UK is very expensive, but in my many trips there, I've often had enjoyable experiences with the food.
While perhaps not quite an absolute foodie's paradise as some parts of France, Italy or Spain, I've always found good (to very good) local produce to take with over several days. Keep your eyes open for small town shops, butchers & bakers as well as farms selling their produce directly: You might be surprised! There is a kind of skill involved in being able to sniff-out the good food in strange places... :-)
BTW: I will soon be carrying 20 (or more) kilos there...
> Although I live in London, I don't go walking much in Britain because > food, accomodation and transport are so expensive (and not very good).
> But I hope to go walking on Exmoor in Sept and I shall be away from > shops for a while (5 days?).
> I have no problem with this in most of Europe. Am just back from the > Cevennes in France, where was walking away from any shops or villages > for over a week. There I'd carry sourdough bread, salame/saucisson, > hard goat's cheese, carrots, apples, dried apricots.
> Was very interested in the discussion about pack weight. I'm afraid I > was carrying 16 or 17 kilos, inc water/food. But very difficult to > avoid. Temp down to freezing with immense winds at times.
> What would the panel suggest to carry on Exmoor as food for five days? > Bought locally.
I dont think you'd struggle to find places to buy food on Exmoor. I cant think of anywhere where you could walk for a day and not pass a shop, pub or hotel. As I mentioned in the other thread, we've oftne used the dehydraeted food if we didnt want to carry a lot but wanted something good and filling - if you can keep your bottom under control, the dehydrated soya mince packets are very good too. Also the mattesons cooked sausage ixed with a cook-in sauce, some water and rice makes a very good meal.
