I know some of you will want to keep your very best trick firmly up your sleeve but how about sharing some mountain marathon tricks of the trade to make our passage through the hills this weekend a little more comfortable.

My two for starters are :-

- take a pork pie and a sachet of brown sauce as a special 'real food' treat to scoff whilst you're preparing your pot noodles. It's just what the body needs (assuming you're not a veggie) after a day in the hills eating sugar.

- take 2 plastic bags to wear over your dry socks inside your wet shoes while you squelch around the overnight camp looking for the loo.