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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 mikhailfranco »

glenngillen wrote: post #51
Kon-Peki wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You've just reminded me of a German colleague who moved to the US that was asked in his first week "How are you enjoying things? What have you found surprising?" and replied with "Shopping has been difficult because I don't recognise most of the brands or products. The supermarket has like 100 different types of bread, except as best I can tell it's actually just the 1 type of bread in 100 different shapes. Also it's…

Yes, American bread is far too sweet - mostly HFCS, but even molasses make an appearance.

Let them eat cake.

P.S. But I do like the sourdough and rye bread (uncommon in UK).

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

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Post by mikhailfranco »

tuatoru wrote: post #37

In Branston Pickle, the third word, "Relish", is silent. So silent that it is omitted from the label.

I prefer the old Pan Yan Pickle, but it went out of production more then 20 years ago. It has more fruit (apples, sultanas) and a Madras-style curry sauce. So more like a chutney than a pickle or a relish (i.e. Indian origin or influence).

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

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Post by pmyteh »

OJFord wrote: post #56
pmyteh wrote: post #38

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It's quite normal to stay in pubs and B&Bs doing the Coast to Coast - that's how my wife and I did it for our honeymoon. Wild camping is not lawful on any(?) part of the route, and organised camp sites are relatively scarce for most of it. Plus it's a pretty unusual through hike. It goes through three national parks, but it's nowhere wilderness and you're never more than about 10 route miles from a village. Resupply…

Globally unusual do you mean? I can't imagine where in England that would not be true.

Yeah, globally. Most long distance hikes seem to be a few hundred miles of mostly majestic wilderness, while the C2C is an unusually lovely and varied walk strung together from local footpaths...

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

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Post by gambiting »

glenngillen wrote: post #51
Kon-Peki wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You've just reminded me of a German colleague who moved to the US that was asked in his first week "How are you enjoying things? What have you found surprising?" and replied with "Shopping has been difficult because I don't recognise most of the brands or products. The supermarket has like 100 different types of bread, except as best I can tell it's actually just the 1 type of bread in 100 different shapes. Also it's…

I mean it's the same in the UK - there are probably 30+ different types of bread in any supermarket, but it's all the same. It has the same shape, same taste, just different bakery that makes it.

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

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Post by RamblingCTO »

RamblingCTO wrote: post #60
noneeeed wrote: post #26

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.

Is walkin' the british slang for hiking?

Why are you downvoting me for an honest question? I've seen it a bunch of times being used in a place where I would've used hiking and I'd love to hear more. People these days ...

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

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Post by sw104 »

RamblingCTO wrote: post #67
RamblingCTO wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is walkin' the british slang for hiking?

Why are you downvoting me for an honest question? I've seen it a bunch of times being used in a place where I would've used hiking and I'd love to hear more. People these days ...

Don't know why you're being downvoted. Walkin' isn't really slang but most people use walking/hiking interchangeably.

Hiking is just more official/more serious, like 'running' as opposed to 'jogging'.

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

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Post by jpsouth »

RamblingCTO wrote: post #67
RamblingCTO wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is walkin' the british slang for hiking?

Why are you downvoting me for an honest question? I've seen it a bunch of times being used in a place where I would've used hiking and I'd love to hear more. People these days ...

To answer your question, no, it isn’t. It’s ‘walking’ with the ‘g’ omitted, presumably as that’s how the poster would speak in person (lots of British people, myself included, would say ‘walkin’ depending on their dialect/accent).

A hike is a long walk, but while you hike, you are walking.

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

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Post by OJFord »

pmyteh wrote: post #64
OJFord wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Globally unusual do you mean? I can't imagine where in England that would not be true.

Yeah, globally. Most long distance hikes seem to be a few hundred miles of mostly majestic wilderness, while the C2C is an unusually lovely and varied walk strung together from local footpaths...

It's a small and densely populated country. Twice the population of Canada over a fourtieth of the area. Scotland has a places a bit more like 'majestic wilderness', so that goes even more so for England.

If you want a pub walk though, no better place in the world!

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