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by Nurseandy
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 184
Views: 14195

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Wee reminder of importance of dry socks in your BOB - went for my weekly wild camp bivvy and somewhat randomly forgot to take spare socks. True to form I stood in a bog and got boot & sock soaked through. Had to put (frozen) wet socks on in the morning, not a biggy, car was only a couple of mile...
by Nurseandy
Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: New Member
Replies: 11
Views: 929

Re: New Member

Hi Norfolk prepper, handy exercise with a baby is to get a backpack baby carrier and walk places, basically you're rucking with a baby instead of 40lb of kit. Baby loves it too.
The baby backpacks cost a fortune new but often come up on marketplace/ebay etc.
by Nurseandy
Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Snow.......
Replies: 8
Views: 877

Re: Snow.......

If I (and family) are at home not a problem - woodburner with ample wood. Gas hob with year+ worth of propane, gas cabinet heater with two bottles, stored water (plus could melt snow on hob), ~ months worth of food but worryingly only about a weeks worth of wine 😉 If I'm at work not so good, often w...
by Nurseandy
Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: N.H.S. views and experiences
Replies: 44
Views: 3729

Re: N.H.S. views and experiences

I've just had a phone call with dermatology about a skin lesion that bleeds in sunlight - I've been the waiting list for 24 weeks, only another 67 to go! True story. Thankfully I know a dermatology specialist nurse and numerous doctors and no one thinks it's malignant so no stress but it'd be unfunn...
by Nurseandy
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: NRG-5 rations or freeze dried rations?
Replies: 31
Views: 2132

Re: NRG-5 rations or freeze dried rations?

As others have said these freeze dried foods have their place, I’m thinking of getting some of the MREs that are about 800 calories each to chuck in my edc rucksack and back of the car for emergencies, having to abandon my car with the snow in Ambleside and Windermere last weekend showed me how fas...
by Nurseandy
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:16 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99382

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

We had some tesco flour from 2020 that we've just used for (ahem) croissants of all things. It was kept in its original packaging in a closed plastic tub in the garden shed. Hadn't clumped like yours though. In a sort of prepping oneupmanship shortly after getting married in 2000 I went through the...
by Nurseandy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99382

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

We had some tesco flour from 2020 that we've just used for (ahem) croissants of all things. It was kept in its original packaging in a closed plastic tub in the garden shed. Hadn't clumped like yours though.
by Nurseandy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Winter car kit
Replies: 12
Views: 1359

Re: Winter car kit

My car kit throughout the year consists of waterproofs, blanket, cooking kit & food, water, some tools, torches. Always keep fuel above half full.
In winter I add a 10kg bucket of grit, shovel, snow chains & sleeping bag and swap the all season tyres for winter tyres.
by Nurseandy
Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99382

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

Winter wheels with snow tyres fitted to car this morning, 18yo son fitted two, I did the other two with 16yo daughters watching on and they'll be driving next year so they get to swap them back in the spring.
by Nurseandy
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:12 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: House fire
Replies: 37
Views: 3315

Re: House fire

Scary sh1te! Good job you were home.