Essential stuff to have in your camping kit

[Cowsham]

I carry enough for the first nights meal handy if I'll be arriving after the shops are shut and if there's a microwave at the campsite, then next day I'll do the shopping for ping stuff to throw in the tent for the next two or three days or whatever my stay at that place is.

I do carry one food -- my jumbo oats porridge with salt already mixed in but it's very light and only need water and a microwave to prepare. Separated into little freezer bags portions so no measuring just split the bag into bowl, water , 2min mw, and I'm ready to ride.

[Sweep]

Microwave!

[Cowsham]

Microwave!

Yes it's a great new invention especially the solar powered ones for cycle touring.

https://youtu.be/jNBJmj_lsio

[st599_uk]

A "tee-ei" I bought in Hamburg and proper leaf tea.
A groundsheet/picnic blanket made from that lightweight stuff festivals make wristbands from.
Colman's mustard for flavouring bland food and dealing with cramp.
4m of 1.5mm dynema.
Premade sandwich bags with oats and dried milk - add water and boil in the bag

[Bmblbzzz]

I think it's tea ball in English or tea infuser.

[Jdsk]

Yes, but tea egg is more picturesque.

: - )

Jonathan

[mumbojumbo]

A mirror is useful
1.watch for approaching bears from behind
2.signalling for help
3.slaying mythical creatures
4.shaving and make up
5.inpecting bottom if sore
6.on bike
7.starting fire

[Cowsham]

A "tee-ei" I bought in Hamburg and proper leaf tea.
A groundsheet/picnic blanket made from that lightweight stuff festivals make wristbands from.
Colman's mustard for flavouring bland food and dealing with cramp.
4m of 1.5mm dynema.
Premade sandwich bags with oats and dried milk - add water and boil in the bag

Mustard for cramp? What do you do with it and does it involve Mumbo's mirror to apply it?

[Jdsk]

You eat it!

Widely believed, TTBOMK no evidence of effectiveness, and I don't think that there are any published studies...

,,, unlike pickle juice, where there's (at least) one, and quinine where there's lots.

Jonathan

[andrew_s]

A "tee-ei" I bought in Hamburg and proper leaf tea.

Does it make you feel a bit smug when you read of the lengths coffee drinkers go to for their campsite fix?
It does me

[st599_uk]

https://www.health.harvard.edu/bone-and ... -sufferers

The mustard was recommended to me by a rugby coach 25 years ago. It does seem to work for me. Quite a few athletes use pickle juice for similar reasons.

To quote Harvard Medical:
"In recent years scientists have determined that the motor neurons become overactive during cramping and are exploring ways to dampen the excessive response." And:
"Scientists think the foods might stimulate ion channels in the mouth, esophagus, and stomach to send signals to the central nervous system that inactivate overexcited neurons."

[st599_uk]

A "tee-ei" I bought in Hamburg and proper leaf tea.

Does it make you feel a bit smug when you read of the lengths coffee drinkers go to for their campsite fix?
It does me

Yeah, plus tea is infinitely superior.

[pjclinch]

A "tee-ei" I bought in Hamburg and proper leaf tea.

Does it make you feel a bit smug when you read of the lengths coffee drinkers go to for their campsite fix?
It does me

Yeah, plus tea is infinitely superior.

Tea is at least easier to get over the threshold of drinkable.
I mainly drink tea when I have a cold which messes with my sense of smell, but with good leaf tea it's hard to go wrong. It's traditional in the UK to over-brew it to make it too bitter, necessitating milk to take the edge off, but even that's drinkable if decidedly sub-par.

Rather than a tea ball/egg I have German tea socks which work fine and pack flat.

Pete.

[Oldjohnw]

I use this:

https://www.peacewiththewild.co.uk/prod ... -strainer/

Had it for years and it works for both tea and coffee. Every now and then I soak it for several hours in lemon juice, bicarbonate of soda and white wine vinegar and it comes out as new after a bit of elbow grease.

[Vorpal]

I think PG Tips bags, or at least certain boxes of PG Tips bags, are now paper not plastic.

PG Tips do not have plastic in them. They are also removing the plastic from their packaging, though that is still in process.
https://www.pgtips.co.uk/sustainability.html
I saw something on the telly a few days ago where an independent lab tested different tea brands for the plastic in the tea bags. PG Tips & Pukka were the best. Twinings was the worst. They also did Yorkshire, Tetleys & a few others, though I don't remember the other brands.