We always took two minute noodles, sachets of hot chocolate, crackers, those continental pasta sauce and rice a riso style things, miso soup, muesli bars and crackers, surprise peas, Deb mashed potato, trail mix, chocolate, anything that comes in a sachet so the rubbish packs down light but never a jar or a tin.

Fresh foods that travel well enough to be edible after three or four days include mushrooms, apples, carrots and the cheapest cheese you can find (coon or cracker barrel). Boiled eggs travel well too, at least in cooler months. Tofu and tempeh burgers and prepacked vege burgers are also great.

You need two days more food than the time you plan to stay on the track – if you are doing it in six days, take eight days’ food.