FOOD LIST & Drinking Water Tap Locations

(South Downs Way)

Few villages and shops are passed en route:

 Birling Gap (pub); Alfriston (shops+pubs); Devil's Dyke (pub); YHA Truleigh Hill (members only - right on route); Amberley+Houghton (short diversion - sm.shop+pubs, cafe and bistro - good luck!); Queen Elizabeth CP (cafe); Exton (no shop? pub); The Milburys (pub)

 

Portion

 Size

grams

* No.  Cont- ainers

grams

Totals

grams

Alpen* 47 4   188
Tea bags 3.5 10   35
Eggs 60 1   60
Sosmix 30 2   60
Ryvita 10 12   120
Marg. 3 12 24 60
Honey* 6 3 24 42
Coffee 15 4   60
Biscuits 30 3   90
Cheese 30 3   90
Dinner* 100 1   100
Gas* 7 13 96 187
GlucoseTabs* 51 2 pks   102
      27 27
      27 27
Total    1248

 

To provide 3 breakfasts and 3 lunches, (*) indicates extra included as emergency food.

Alpen mix: 35 cereal / 10 dried milk / 2 oat bran (grams)

Coffee mix: 1 coffee / 2 dried milk / 1 sugar (teaspoons)

Sosmix: I usually remove some of solid vegetable oil particles. Dried mushrooms can be added or even dried bacon pieces previously picked from instant soup mix. Rehydrate overnight.

In addition to the above, I used YHA Truleigh Hill - dinner (supper!) and breakfast. Missed shop in Amberley and missed planned slap up dinner in Amberley also!

Consider Olive oil or prepacked spread portions in hot weather!

3 course 'cooked' breakfast: A good breakfast sets you up! Put enough water on to heat for hot drink (add extra for instant oat cereal or warm muesli mix if desired - winter use). Crack egg into sm. sandwich bag - (egg cooks quicker without shell - scramble by squeezing bag - carefully!) - dried mush. can be added for texture. Put egg bag and Sosmix bag (flatten Sosmix to aid 'cooking') into pan. Start cereal course (if cold). When water hot enough - boiling wastes heavy gas - use sm. amount for cereal if hot desired - make hot drink in pan keeping egg bag etc. to continue cooking until cereal course over. Enjoy scrambled egg and bacon or 'sausage', seasoned to taste, with crisp bread. Finish with more crisp bread and honey (high carb.) and drink.

 

DRINKING WATER TAP LOCATIONS

   (East to West with Grid Ref.)

  • Itford Farm (between A26 crossing and Railway Station) - TQ433055
  • Saddlescombe - TQ272115
  • Truleigh Hill YHA - TQ220105
  • A283 next to River Adur - TQ197093
  • By A24 crossing - TQ119119
  • A286 crossing near Hill Barn - SU875166
  • Queen Elizabeth Country Park (Visitor Centre) - SU718184
  • The Milbury's (to front RH side of pub) - SU569245