Hello from Devon

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kh6
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Hello from Devon

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Hi all,

I have been lurking for some time. I live in South Devon Dartmoor National Park. I have been prepping for some time now with bulk food purchases, a water filtration system, setting my garden up for some sort of aquaponics system (not yet finished) and I have been buying silver regularly.

We recently had some nasty snow in Devon for about 3 days, and within 2 days there was literally no food on the shelves of shops. It made me realise how precarious everything is and that a World War or nasty weather could really make things desperate.

It would be good to hear from other people down in the Devonshire area.

Thanks,
Kh6
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Hello and welcome to the Forum. :)
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Deeps
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Welcome to the forum, I hope you find plenty useful stuff on here.
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Welcome - those kinds of things are definitely the first things to prep for, good for you.

As to connecting IRL with others - keep on posting, people don't usually set things up straight away. I hope you find the forum useful.
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korolev
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Hello and welcome. 20 years ago I got a job in Exeter and moved to Kinsgsteignton. 3 years later I got a better job and moved back.
Still got family and friends down there and am thinking about moving there when I retire (well, the wife is, I want to move to Crete)
kh6
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korolev wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 7:50 pm Hello and welcome. 20 years ago I got a job in Exeter and moved to Kinsgsteignton. 3 years later I got a better job and moved back.
Still got family and friends down there and am thinking about moving there when I retire (well, the wife is, I want to move to Crete)

I literally live about a 10 minutes drive from Kingsteignton, it's an amazing part of the world Devon. Although I would prefer Crete. ;)
kh6
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Thanks for the warm welcome all! I've got a lot to learn and not much time to learn it, so here goes.
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Plymtom
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I'm down in the corner in Plymouth, but I go out to play near Newton Abbot regularly, I'm not too worried about WW3 TBH, bad weather is a concern as you say, but for most if us a little preparation gets us through it, the trick is being sufficiently stocked to not have to go out at all, luckily the way the weather fell my essentials shopping fell the day before the panic that the beast from the east created and before the rush on round two, the shelves were emptying and you could feel the desperation of some people.
I wasn't worried I could make bread, use powdered milk, and leave the car on the doorstep and walk to town to do anything which had to be done ( not that it did ) living in a city has mostly cons for a prepper, but there are one or two pros.
So how long are you going to prep for bad weather for two weeks, a month? If next winter goes the same way I take it this year taught you where your shortcomings were?
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Least that new road past Newton abbot makes traffic flow better ;)

Ohhh trago mills ;)
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Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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korolev
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 7:41 am Least that new road past Newton abbot makes traffic flow better ;)

Ohhh trago mills ;)
I used to think I was working class (single parent mum, struggled to make ends meet), then I went to Trago Mills....