energy snacks and after caching stuff

[+smstext]

Just curious to what energy snacks cachers use and if any after caching drinks/food?

[+Palujia]

We try to look for caches near Pubs - I wonder why !!!

[+drsolly]

Just curious to what energy snacks cachers use and if any after caching drinks/food?

 

Coffee and a bun.

[+reddeeps]

flapjack, as it doesnt melt.

[+Gralorn]

In the Rucksack .....Small flask of coffee (no sugar) and a banana ! ........................... Simples!

[+speakers-corner]

This depends on where we are Caching.

 

Countryside - Full picknick (me doing the carring)

Town - Cafe for coffee and cake.

[+Lime Candy]

Cereal bars and squash (summer) or coffee (winter).

 

Pub stop for a late lunch is a firm favourite too.

[+The Book Of Shadows]

Hazel's bacon butties

[+Pharisee]

A couple o' pints of London Pride and a packet of crisps.

[+The Flying Boots]

Our favourites whilst actually caching vary. At the moment I'm into pickled beetroot sandwiches but next week it might be peanut butter and jam, then the week after that possibly cheese and chutney. Tea in a flask always.

After a hard day's caching our favourite food is a chinese takeaway picked up on the way home so I don't have to cook and can get straight on with logging.

[+MartyBartfast]

If I'm going to be out for a while I usually take a chorizo (cured/smoked sausage), if you choose the right type (with plenty of FAT) you can chew on the same mouthfull for half a mile

[+little-miss-naughty]

geobars perfect reward for finding the cache.

 

lmn

[+FantasyRaider]

A bottle of Red Wine ..... (but only when i get home!)

A bottle of blue powerade while caching ...(But only because it turns my tongue blue!)

[+Simply Paul]

M&S Yum Yums, thanks to LadySolly

A great sugar rush at the end of a long day out so I stay awake as I drive the doc home.

[Ephemeral Moment]

I've not gone geocaching often enough to set preferences, but when I go walking usually take a Nakd bar, some trail mix and lots of water

 

Another thing I quite enjoy is a tupperware full of sushi very tasty indead

[+nevryan]

Bag of mixed nuts and rasins always goes down well along with some nutty type cereal bar, as for drinks usually water.

[+The Chaos Crew]

If I'm going to be out for a while I usually take a chorizo (cured/smoked sausage), if you choose the right type (with plenty of FAT) you can chew on the same mouthfull for half a mile

 

ewwwww

 

*looks for a puking Signal smiley - no luck*

[+smstext]

winter we carry a couple of twirl bars and nature valleys oat bars. summer time we just carry sainsburys flapjacks from the bakery and the nature valley oat bars. lots of cold water in summer, a flask of coffee in winter.

[+HazelS]

... we carry .... nature valleys oat bars.

 

I too carry Nature Valley bars and usually a banana or two.... to drink, a nice flask of boiling water and a bag of teabags, along with my little flask of milk, so I can make brews a-plenty!

 

Sorry Wizie - I no longer make Bacon Butties!!!

[+currykev]

Water and more water.

Food is always available one way or another in the South East parts.

Pubs, cafes, garages, chippies and mobile vans selling bacon butties, are prominent.

[+Geocass&Andy750x]

Another vote for the Nature Valley Bars from us The fruit and nut ones in particular. Best cereal bars ever Also bagels are good for energy, I do a fair bit of running and multi-grain bagels were always recommended as a great pre-race or pre-long run snack as they are packed with carbs.

[+sTeamTraen]

After the Mega, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned tablet yet. That stuff has more kilojoules per cubic inch than petrol.

[+drsolly]

Yum yums.

[+Team Edwards UK]

we take jelly babies for the quick sugar energy boost, plus their lovely

[+Border Caz]

Pick up curry and chips on the way home after a hard days caching. Can't be bothered to cook, and need to replace the fat I've lost.

[+Jonovich]

CHOCOLATE!

 

Any type except Hersheys! (another failed attempt at finding a pukeing emoticon)

 

J

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[+nevryan]

Peanut tracker bars and a bag of mixed nuts and raisins and if it is going to be a long day then a Ginsters Cornish pasty. All backed up by good old water

[Copepod]

Something to which I give a considerable amount of thought - having type 1 diabetes gives me the perfect opportunity to injest high carbohydrate snacks when hiking / cycling / adventure racing etc, although I try to reduce insulin as well to avoid needing too much. I tend to favour foods that can tolerate being kept in rucksack or trouser or jacket pocket for days / weeks / months. Eg cheap jelly babies or midget gems repacked in ziplock bags, Scottish tablet bars, muesli bars, homemade flapjack, squeezy pouches of fruit pulp / dairy / jelly etc. Chocolate, especially any with caramel fillings are best eaten at home, straight from fridge, not melted or tooth-breakingly hard out in the field. Sports gel pouches are far too sweet and big for me, although I do carry them if given free at a race. Also, really enjoy pub food, sandwiches, sausage rolls, peanuts, bananas, apples etc.

Edited April 8, 2011 by Copepod

[+The Patrician]

Beer

[+The QCs]

I tend to take bananas and a few cereal or breakfast bars when I'm out on my own. Little QC eats bananas in his buggy and Big QC (age 6) wont eat anything during a 5 mile walk. We take squash or water with us. If we have the kids with us on a long (5+ miles) then we'll pack a picnic and have that.

[team tisri]

Depends how hard the caching run has been. If it's been a gentle stroll then usually a pint and a pack of crisps in the pub. One pint max, simply because if it's been that sort of stroll the chances are I have to drive home afterwards. If someone else is driving then the one pint limit may not apply

 

If I've been caching by bike then anything from a Snickers bar and can of fizzy to a Snickers bar, couple of bananas, bottle of Lucozade or whatever else seems appropriate. Sometimes I grind salt into black cherry Kool-Aid, to replenish both sugar and salt. I need to find some potassium bicarb so I can chuck that in too... then I could take packets of it with me and replenish my water bottle on the move.

[+Pharisee]

Depends how hard the caching run has been. If it's been a gentle stroll then usually a pint and a pack of crisps in the pub. One pint max, simply because if it's been that sort of stroll the chances are I have to drive home afterwards. If someone else is driving then the one pint limit may not apply

 

If I've been caching by bike then anything from a Snickers bar and can of fizzy to a Snickers bar, couple of bananas, bottle of Lucozade or whatever else seems appropriate. Sometimes I grind salt into black cherry Kool-Aid, to replenish both sugar and salt. I need to find some potassium bicarb so I can chuck that in too... then I could take packets of it with me and replenish my water bottle on the move.

 

Blimey... That all sounds a bit.. err... chemical. I usually settle for a pint of liquid vegetables (London Pride or similar)

[team tisri]

Depends how hard the caching run has been. If it's been a gentle stroll then usually a pint and a pack of crisps in the pub. One pint max, simply because if it's been that sort of stroll the chances are I have to drive home afterwards. If someone else is driving then the one pint limit may not apply

 

If I've been caching by bike then anything from a Snickers bar and can of fizzy to a Snickers bar, couple of bananas, bottle of Lucozade or whatever else seems appropriate. Sometimes I grind salt into black cherry Kool-Aid, to replenish both sugar and salt. I need to find some potassium bicarb so I can chuck that in too... then I could take packets of it with me and replenish my water bottle on the move.

 

Blimey... That all sounds a bit.. err... chemical. I usually settle for a pint of liquid vegetables (London Pride or similar)

 

The chemical stuff is if I've sweat so much I can literally wring it out of my shirt and have been that way for most of the day. Much as I'd prefer the liquid vegetables (love that term by the way!) without the rest I'd be in the mother of all foul moods in the morning!

[+prot1]

easy answer after caching the routine goes as follows

drive home park car

then walk straight to nearest pub

if nice sit in beergarden and invibe a suitable amount of tradishonal ale

after limit reached return home

works for me

[+NattyBooshka]

Hydration is the main thing... So a pub is always good. Technically the food can wait, but if the pub happens to sell food I don't complain. As the only driver in the team, the visit can't be as long as I'd like... But hopefully all that will change soon.

[thepowellfamily2010]

We take sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fruit(including about 5 oranges, as they are my babies favourite food at the mo), dried fruit, nuts, water, yogurt tubes and a cereal bar. If ive made cake or cookies then we ll take some of that too.

[+varnapopcorn]

Small flask of hot boiling water, and hot chocolate already in the cups (8 in a pack from Poundland they also do coffee, soup and tea ) But my daughter quite likes the 3 mins pasta meals that just require boiling water.

[thepowellfamily2010]

The hot chocolate from poundland idea is a great one, ive seen them in there but never thought about taking them geocaching, gonna get some next shopping day!

[+Boggin's Dad]

I have always taken a flask of coffee, no matter what the time of year, but it always started to taste a bit funny, then I was pointed in the direction of sachets of cafe latte, or similar purchasable from any supermarket. Then carry a flask of boiling water, and heypresto, a freshish cup of coffee.

 

If out all day we will take a full packed lunch, particularly like baguettes with sausage or ham or cheese, crisps, and apples. Plus always lots of chocolate

 

On finishing the day, a trip to a local inn, or sometimes we have to go to Pizza Hut, as it is the only way to get Evil StepMother out caching.....

[+wmpastor]

On this side of the pond it's coffee, in the UK, tea.

[+wmpastor]

Try this...and say goodbye to boredom!