Essential supplies

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:07:52 +0000, Gordon Harris <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tim Jackson <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Fran wrote on Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:20:04 -0000....

Quoted message said:

For more
sustained energy you need complex carbohydrate, e.g. bananas
(except they tend not travel well) or biscuits or even
sandwiches, if you think you can stand it. Or you could take
the extreme view and pack a tub of margarine or butter and a
bag of sugar...

Why not include a bag of flour and suitable cooking equipment so you
can stop half way and bake a cake?

ROTFL!

Classic ;-) Don't forget to strap the kitchen sink on as well, so you can
wash up afterwards.

--
If you have nothing to do, don't do it here.

Mail john rather than nospam...

To save weight with your first aid kit you might want to take some cling
film. Get a standard size roll and cut the tube in two. This give you a
really versatile and sterile dressing. You can use it on burns to occlude
air, use it to hold a sterile dressing in place and the handy thing is you
can do away with tape and pins too!! It is great for a sling and
immobilising a break AND IT'S WATERPROOF!!!!!

Found this out on my Walking Group Leaders Award training where it was used
as a support bandage for a twisted ankle.. Now it goes wherever i go on the
hills...oh! and it can be used to keep your sandwiches fresh...OH THE
WONDER!!!!!

"Bill Ridgeway" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I tend to look at the what happens if and would suggest the following -

A basic first aid kit. Mine includes a couple of triangular bandages (so
versatile), a resuci-aid (so necessary), protective gloves and, of course,
plasters. You may never need these items but it's useful to have them
just in case.

A whistle

A compass

A mobile phone (you may be lucky enough to get a signal when wanted in an
emergency)

A full (top and bottom) cagoule. Yes, even in June

An additional layer of clothing (just in case you under estimate the
temperature drop of the higher altitudes)

Have a good time!!

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway

"Rob Overfield" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Given as how I will be doing the 3 Peaks walk in June, can anyone give me
some sensible ideas on what to take in my pack? I'm only used to doing
short 5-10 mile jaunts and would rather ask you experts, rather than rely
on
books.

I'm assuming plenty of water, a good fleece jacket and waterproofs as
standard but what else would be sensible? What would be better for
snacks
en route etc? Dried fruit, or what?

--
Rob Overfield

"Seasons don't fear the reaper, Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain.."

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:21:20 GMT, "Mark Taylor" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| To save weight with your first aid kit you might want to take some cling
| film. Get a standard size roll and cut the tube in two.

Interesting! Have you any idea if 1 or 2 inch widths work OK?

| This give you a
| really versatile and sterile dressing. You can use it on burns

The recommended treatment for burns is lots of water, IME this works
extremely well [1], but that will quickly run out on the hills.

| to occlude
| air, use it to hold a sterile dressing in place and the handy thing is you
| can do away with tape and pins too!! It is great for a sling and
| immobilising a break AND IT'S WATERPROOF!!!!!

[1] I accidentally poured boiling water over my forearm, and immediate
shoved it in a deep jug of cold water. I have seen similar scolds which
too weeks to heal. As I was cooking for the Curry Project, I could not go
to hospital, so I kept filling the jug with cold water. Walking around with
a an arm in a jug must have looked bizarre. After an hour or two the arm
stopped stinging and was only reddened so hospital was not necessary.

--
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
Chair, Bradford Curry Project <[email hidden]>
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/bradfordcurryproject

If you cut the standard width in half you should get it about 5 inches
wide - on the point of running out of water - with the cling film dressing
you can keep the wound sterile whilst using stream water to cool it - pretty
goo hey??

"Dave Fawthrop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:21:20 GMT, "Mark Taylor" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| To save weight with your first aid kit you might want to take some cling
| film. Get a standard size roll and cut the tube in two.

Interesting! Have you any idea if 1 or 2 inch widths work OK?

| This give you a
| really versatile and sterile dressing. You can use it on burns

The recommended treatment for burns is lots of water, IME this works
extremely well [1], but that will quickly run out on the hills.

| to occlude
| air, use it to hold a sterile dressing in place and the handy thing is
you
| can do away with tape and pins too!! It is great for a sling and
| immobilising a break AND IT'S WATERPROOF!!!!!

[1] I accidentally poured boiling water over my forearm, and immediate
shoved it in a deep jug of cold water. I have seen similar scolds which
too weeks to heal. As I was cooking for the Curry Project, I could not
go
to hospital, so I kept filling the jug with cold water. Walking around
with
a an arm in a jug must have looked bizarre. After an hour or two the arm
stopped stinging and was only reddened so hospital was not necessary.

--
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
Chair, Bradford Curry Project <[email hidden]>
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/bradfordcurryproject

In article <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

1lb minced beef
4 cups oats
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
salt & pepper
quantity of short pastry

Roll out pastry. Mix ingredients. Fill botton half of pastry and cover
with top half. Bake at mark 6 for 35 mins approx. Serve cold. Lovely.

FRAN - LOOK AWAY NOW !
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Tim Jackson
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Why not include a bag of flour and suitable cooking equipment so you
can stop half way and bake a cake?

.........or stop one quarter they way and bake half a cake :-) :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Mark,

"1001 things to do with cling film" sounds like an interesting title for a
book - although, possibly off subject for this NG!

Regards.

Bill

"Mark Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

To save weight with your first aid kit you might want to take some cling
film. Get a standard size roll and cut the tube in two. This give you a
really versatile and sterile dressing. You can use it on burns to occlude
air, use it to hold a sterile dressing in place and the handy thing is you
can do away with tape and pins too!! It is great for a sling and
immobilising a break AND IT'S WATERPROOF!!!!!

Found this out on my Walking Group Leaders Award training where it was
used as a support bandage for a twisted ankle.. Now it goes wherever i go
on the hills...oh! and it can be used to keep your sandwiches fresh...OH
THE WONDER!!!!!

"Bill Ridgeway" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I tend to look at the what happens if and would suggest the following -

A basic first aid kit. Mine includes a couple of triangular bandages (so
versatile), a resuci-aid (so necessary), protective gloves and, of
course, plasters. You may never need these items but it's useful to have
them just in case.

A whistle

A compass

A mobile phone (you may be lucky enough to get a signal when wanted in an
emergency)

A full (top and bottom) cagoule. Yes, even in June

An additional layer of clothing (just in case you under estimate the
temperature drop of the higher altitudes)

Have a good time!!

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway

"Rob Overfield" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Given as how I will be doing the 3 Peaks walk in June, can anyone give
me
some sensible ideas on what to take in my pack? I'm only used to doing
short 5-10 mile jaunts and would rather ask you experts, rather than
rely on
books.

I'm assuming plenty of water, a good fleece jacket and waterproofs as
standard but what else would be sensible? What would be better for
snacks
en route etc? Dried fruit, or what?

--
Rob Overfield

"Seasons don't fear the reaper, Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain.."

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

1lb minced beef
4 cups oats
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
salt & pepper
quantity of short pastry

Roll out pastry. Mix ingredients. Fill botton half of pastry and cover
with top half. Bake at mark 6 for 35 mins approx. Serve cold. Lovely.

FRAN - LOOK AWAY NOW !

Ehwot? What have I missed? Apart from reading the first bit
as 11 lb instead of 1 lb, that is... Tell you what though, a
man who can cook is worth several who can't.
--
If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

Fran said:

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

1lb minced beef
4 cups oats
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
salt & pepper
quantity of short pastry

Roll out pastry. Mix ingredients. Fill botton half of pastry and cover
with top half. Bake at mark 6 for 35 mins approx. Serve cold. Lovely.

FRAN - LOOK AWAY NOW !

Ehwot? What have I missed? Apart from reading the first bit
as 11 lb instead of 1 lb, that is... Tell you what though, a
man who can cook is worth several who can't.

My pastry isn't at all bad, but my bread gets eaten within seconds (-:

--

R
o
o
n
e
y

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Tell you what though, a

Quoted message said:

man who can cook is worth several who can't.

My pastry isn't at all bad, but my bread gets eaten within seconds (-:

My attempts at hot cross buns one year turned into the most
amazing dwarf bread ever. Pity really, we threw it out when
we moved house. We should have kept it and varnished it and
put it on a display shelf somewhere.
--
If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

1lb minced beef
4 cups oats
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
salt & pepper
quantity of short pastry

Roll out pastry. Mix ingredients. Fill botton half of pastry and cover
with top half. Bake at mark 6 for 35 mins approx. Serve cold. Lovely.

I must admit I love a cold minced beef pie, so long as it's very lean
beef.
--
Gordon Harris

Gordon Harris said:

Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

1lb minced beef
4 cups oats
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
salt & pepper
quantity of short pastry

Roll out pastry. Mix ingredients. Fill botton half of pastry and cover
with top half. Bake at mark 6 for 35 mins approx. Serve cold. Lovely.

I must admit I love a cold minced beef pie, so long as it's very lean
beef.

This is where the oats come in. Besides altering the flavour, they
absorb fat - this pie is very dry.

--

R
o
o
n
e
y