camping food

29 March 2014 / Camping, General, Photography, Travel / camping, camping food, coffee, England, Photos 2014, tea

Camping Food

I am going camping next weekend, probably to the Peak District. The plan is to get a cooked breakfast on the way, spend the day walking and taking photographs then onto a campsite for the night. I am not backpacking with this food, it is a car based trip.

As I am away next week on business I am sorting the gear and camping food this weekend. Packed in the bag above is the evening meal, breakfast and the extras! Not shown in the photo is trail food for the Saturday and some apples.

Trail Food

I am going the add a banana or apple to this – and I am planning to get my Alpkit Kraku stove out along the way to make the 2-in-1 coffee. Hygiene is essential when camping and walking, hence the hand wipe and napkin.

Evening meal

Once the tent is up I am having soup and crackers.

Chicken Chow Mein is a microwave meal from the supermarket. I am going to empty the contents of both packs into my Alpkit MiTiMug, heat, stir and eat. Instant custard for dessert.

Extras

There are tea bags and dried milk in the red neoprene pouch.

The two 60ml Nalgene bottles contain fresh ground coffee and dried milk. If fresh milk is available at the campsite I shall buy some.

Some of the mint chocolate is going to be broken up and added to the hot instant custard.

The breakfast biscuits are for having with my early morning tea whilst still in my sleeping bag.

Breakfast

I am going to mix the jam and dried fruit into the porridge – which can be made with either dried or fresh milk. The yogurt flakes I will eat with fresh coffee.

I am heading home after breakfast so no lunch.

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Breakfast in bed

14 September 2013 / Camping, Travel / camping, camping food, England, Peak District

Hayfield Camping and Caravan Club Site

Rather than go to the Lake District we decided to head for the Peak District and Hayfield.

It was raining when we put the tents up but a short, after dinner, walk to the Sportsman Inn solved that problem.

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Camping in the Peak District pt2

26 April 2013 / Camping, Travel / backpacking food, camping, camping food, England, tea

I had just finished eating my dinner, whilst sitting outside, when there were a few raindrops. By the time I had got my gear inside the tent and had the door closed it was hailing hard.

I had per-packed food this evening, Salmon Moroccan style, with crackers and custard for dessert.

with a mug of tea as well – of course

The food was very good and I will be using these John West lunches on future backpacking trips. They weigh more than noodles but on wild camping trips I will not need to carry any water to rehydrate the meal so saving weight there.

the view from my tent after the hail

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Backpacking to Woodhall Spa pt1

6 April 2013 / Backpacking, Camping, Lincolnshire / camping food, lightweight backpacking, lightweight backpacking food

The weather looks spring like this weekend – so I have packed my bag and set off to camp at Woodhall Spa. It was not an early start so I got a lift to Bardney.

the starting point in Bardney

It is a cool day and promises to freeze tonight but I am depending on my new down sleeping bag and winter long underwear to keep me warm enough.

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Coffee

19 August 2012 / Camping, Outdoor Gear / camping food, coffee, tea

Here is the first brew of camp coffee this trip. Put the ground coffee in the Crusader mug and boil – use a plastic tea strainer to remove most of them when pouring it into the mug.

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The Walk Back

7 May 2012 / Backpacking, Camping, Lincolnshire, Photography, Walking / backpacking, camping food, Photos 2012, tea

I only plan a short walk today as I have to get back to the office to sort out a data back up issue for a client.

It was a bright sunny start to the day, so after tea whilst still in my sleeping bag, it was breakfast outside by the lake.

The titanium mug with lid kept the early morning bugs out of the tea water – I put it on the beaker afterwards to keep them out of the tea.

Breakfast was cereal bars and tea – Diana bought me something different – Apple and Oat bar made by “The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys”, they were very good and I will be using them again.

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BBC News – Scott’s Antarctic diet: Stewed penguin and champagne

29 March 2012 / Camping, General / camping food, hiking food

BBC News – Scott’s Antarctic diet: Stewed penguin and champagne.

The BBC have an interesting article about Scott’s expedition to the South Pole examining the food they ate.

I do not walk in such extreme conditions as they did – but getting the menu right on even a short trip will add to the enjoyment of the walk. One thing my son and I have been discussing for our planned Southern Upland Way walk is carrying/buying on route some fresh fruit – so we are now exploring other people’s blogs for their experiences on the walk, to see what they did.

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