I was planning to hike and camp the Pennine Way around this time but Covi-19 got in the way. I now wonder how I might, or will have to change my 'hiking style' when I get to hike again?
My 'style' of hiking is to walk all day and finish off at a pub or restaurant in the evening. I don't carry any cooking equipment, just one small plastic plate, a small plastic cup, and a lightweight knife, fork, and spoon. During the day I just snack on cold 'finger foods' like nuts, wraps, squeezy cheese, chocolate bars, etc, and I just drink water. If the opportunity presents itself I'll have coffee and cake somewhere, maybe pop into a shop for this and that but essentially I like to eat one main meal a day and that's in the evening. I'm not a 'let's do lunch' man at all!
If pubs, coffee shops, etc are still closed or are no longer in business that will present me with a problem, I assume that the only reliable resource along the route(s) will be small shops like the Co-Op so it suggests that I will have to adapt in a number of ways. So for a start, I can see me carrying my hip flask (or two?) and getting into drinking spirits, beer will just add weight to my carry load.
I'm also thinking that I may have to carry a stove and one or two other cooking utensils, because I know I can't live off 'finger foods' every day. It suggests to me that I'm going to have to acquire some new shopping skills and to buy some new 'stuff.'
Suddenly in my head, Alston springs to mind. I can see me outside the Co-Op there, no pubs open and buying my food and wandering off to a quiet spot to cook it, or wait until I camp for the night and then do it? So it raises a question for me, do people who cook combine their cooking and eating time with their putting up tent time, or is it better to separate one task (cooking and eating, early) from the other (getting tent organised and sleeping, later)?
Have I forgotten anything?