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British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by downut »

jstanley wrote: post #4

Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.

Uhh no don't oh dear I guess I must:

Two lightly toasted slices of NOT white bread, lightly apply very good mayo 1/8 lb of good smoked ham sliced very thin 1 large dill pickle sliced fairly thin

...aaannnnddd a bunch of ruffles potato chips.

Assemble a thin layer of ham, then pile the pickle slices in a second layer, add another ham layer, then pile the chips as the next layer, and add a final thin ham layer to insulate the chips from the top bread slice mayo layer

Eat quickly. Probably need two hands. Likely need to stop walking. There will be crunching noises. I'm not ashamed to admit I've been addicted for 50 years.

Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by buggeryorkshire »

meheleventyone wrote: post #9
lebski88 wrote: post #6

I do think they're right that the footpaths and rights of way are underappreciated here. Whilst I would appreciate a proper right to roam, it would be more about being able to legally wild camp. In terms of actually getting to places there aren't that many interesting places that aren't already accessible. There's barely a field around my house that isn't crossed by a footpath. There are a loads of fantastic long wal…

Scotland is great for that with the right to roam also extending to wild camping. One of my best memories is wild camping the West Highland Way.

Did that a couple of months ago, was amazing! Apart from the midges..

Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by laurencerowe »

gambiting wrote: post #3
retrac98 wrote: post #2

Isn’t Lakeland a shop?

I was going to say - Lakeland to me as a Brit is a store, lake district sounds way more proper.

For us the shorthand term was always 'The Lakes'. I never really heard anyone use the term Lakeland, though there is a South Lakeland District Council so maybe some people do.

Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by [deleted] »

meheleventyone wrote: post #9
lebski88 wrote: post #6

I do think they're right that the footpaths and rights of way are underappreciated here. Whilst I would appreciate a proper right to roam, it would be more about being able to legally wild camp. In terms of actually getting to places there aren't that many interesting places that aren't already accessible. There's barely a field around my house that isn't crossed by a footpath. There are a loads of fantastic long wal…

Scotland is great for that with the right to roam also extending to wild camping. One of my best memories is wild camping the West Highland Way.

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Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by Kon-Peki »

sg47 wrote: post #16
jen729w wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if we’re on the front page of HN discussing sandwiches, bring it on. 1. Toast one side only of two slices of fresh white bread. 2. Construct a sandwich with the untoasted sides facing out. 3. Inside the sandwich place mushed banana and a sprinkle of sugar. As you bite through you get soft, crunch, soft, crunch, soft. It’s a thing of beauty. Another weird combo is crispy bacon and marmalade. In regular toasted br…

You need good bread for that. Store-bought bread in the US is quite bad.

My local Walmart has about 100 different breads in the bread section - too much for a single aisle.

Even the Aldi, known for having just a single option for everything, has about 15 different breads.

I'm sorry if your options are bad, but don't claim that the entire US sucks.

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Post by noneeeed »

This made me chuckle:

"And of course the many high-school students doing Duke of Edinburgh’s Award hikes, often with looks of total dejection and sadness, and certainly with much stink, but always with an impressive commitment."

Been there, done that, got the blisters. Totally worth it looking back, got me into walkin, but not sure I understood it at the time.

Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by noneeeed »

lebski88 wrote: post #6

I do think they're right that the footpaths and rights of way are underappreciated here. Whilst I would appreciate a proper right to roam, it would be more about being able to legally wild camp. In terms of actually getting to places there aren't that many interesting places that aren't already accessible. There's barely a field around my house that isn't crossed by a footpath. There are a loads of fantastic long wal…

The footpaths and Ordinance Survey maps. Combining those with the fact that most of the UK can be walked by a moderately fit and healthy person is kind of special.

Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast

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Post by zabzonk »

zeristor wrote: post #18
jstanley wrote: post #4

Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.

Wait until you see a chip butty then. Urk: I’ve gone from “Chip buttie” to “chip butty”, I’m not a fan, I’ve had to correct my spelling twice, but I’m not trying to sneak my spelling corrections past anyone.

"butty" is correct, at least according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty (and me)
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