What Preps are you doing this week? Part 7.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Gonna muck my car out today,as we are off to our friend's lovely cottage in Norfolk tomorrow.Because of the Covid,we won't be using the local restaurant and boozer,sadly.Too much faff. We shall,instead,make good use of the lovely garden,barbecue area etc. Be a change of scenery.

Mrs.J said we should take a blanket to sit on the grass.No need,I have a tarp and ' proper' space blanket in the emergency kit. We should take,a first aid kit.No need,there's an extensive one in the car. Charger and cable for Apple devices,no need. Umbrella,no need. You wouldn't even know most of the gear is in the car the way it's stashed!

I'm away next weekend for a week in deepest darkest Devon

On the car front mines the same I have a 2x ammo tins in the boot with "my stuff" few years back Mrs A demanded I took them out the boot when we went away camping...... Within a. Hour of setting up camp ... "Have you got any paracetamol"... No it's in my box.....

I've forgotten my phone charger.... BOX!

She doesn't complain any more about the box in my boot

It's been used as a seat, a step stool to reach the roof box the trolley jack sits nicely on top of it and it's all then ratchet strapped to the cargo lashing points in the boot floor .

[PreppingPingu]

Prep'd in advance for winter and got the boiler serviced now while the weather is still hot and folks aren't thinking about putting the heating on. Glad I did, they discovered a seal that needed replacing. All done now and I won't have to worry about trying to get it squeezed in when everyone else is thinking about it and if we get another lock down this autumn/winter and a basic service goes out the window as they are only dealing with emergencies again

[jansman]

Currently sorting my car kit after a week away. I get on a bit of a mission every so often by getting rid of stuff.I like the boot to be free to carry stuff when needed.Also,I hate having to shunt stuff around when I am loading up to go fishing.You wouldn't know,at a glance,that the car kit consists of :

Golf umbrella
Telescopic hiking pole
2x 1 litre water
6x4 tarpaulin
Plastic bivvi bag
* Proper* space blanket with grommets
2x mylar blankets
Waterproof jacket/ trousers/ hat and gloves
Spare glasses
First aid kit
Old school survival tobacco tin
LED Lenser torch and batteries
Anker power pack and phone cables
Notebook and pen/ pencil
Ready to eat food bars.

And you wouldn't know it was there!

[Rykard]

Currently sorting my car kit after a week away. I get on a bit of a mission every so often by getting rid of stuff.I like the boot to be free to carry stuff when needed.Also,I hate having to shunt stuff around when I am loading up to go fishing.You wouldn't know,at a glance,that the car kit consists of :

Golf umbrella
Telescopic hiking pole
2x 1 litre water
6x4 tarpaulin
Plastic bivvi bag
* Proper* space blanket with grommets
2x mylar blankets
Waterproof jacket/ trousers/ hat and gloves
Spare glasses
First aid kit
Old school survival tobacco tin
LED Lenser torch and batteries
Anker power pack and phone cables
Notebook and pen/ pencil
Ready to eat food bars.

And you wouldn't know it was there!

is this all the boot? would be interested in pics to see how you've organised it.

[diamond lil]

Couple boxes of latex gloves and 6kgs of dried veg this week.

[jansman]

Currently sorting my car kit after a week away. I get on a bit of a mission every so often by getting rid of stuff.I like the boot to be free to carry stuff when needed.Also,I hate having to shunt stuff around when I am loading up to go fishing.You wouldn't know,at a glance,that the car kit consists of :

Golf umbrella
Telescopic hiking pole
2x 1 litre water
6x4 tarpaulin
Plastic bivvi bag
* Proper* space blanket with grommets
2x mylar blankets
Waterproof jacket/ trousers/ hat and gloves
Spare glasses
First aid kit
Old school survival tobacco tin
LED Lenser torch and batteries
Anker power pack and phone cables
Notebook and pen/ pencil
Ready to eat food bars.

And you wouldn't know it was there!

is this all the boot? would be interested in pics to see how you've organised it.

Ha ha! There are two ‘pockets’ in the boot underneath the rear lights. They hold the 2 litres of water, rolled up tarp, bungees and cord. And I forgot to mention the fold away rucksack, that is in there too. Literally at the rear of the boot I stash the hiking pole and golf umbrella. They are conveniently the width of the boot, and tuck into a little fold in the lining at each end. Unless you lean right in, you don’t see them.

At the side of the rear seats are moulded storage spaces. That’s where my waterproofs/ gloves/ hat are stashed. There is still a space in the opposite seat!

At the back of the front seats is a pocket to hold something like a magazine. In one of them is the big, reusable space blanket ( orange one side, silver the other), the plastic bivvi bag and two Mylar blankets. The other pocket is still empty!

The rest of the gear, apart from the hand sanitiser, sunglasses, readers,and escape hammer( in the drivers door) is all in the glove compartment. I forgot to mention a supply of my wife’s design of washable face masks in there too.

I am currently sorting out my ‘ portable’ kit. i.e. one I can chuck in someone else’s motor. As I have mentioned before, I am a fan of the American Survival instructor Cody Lundin. In his book ‘ The art of keeping your ass alive’, he has a survival kit that weighs less than 5lb. That suits me, as I am not a BOB,Run To The Hills survivalist. It is a kit that would be at home in the wilderness or the city. The original list is old now , and there have been a lot of technological changes,but he encourages you to adapt your kit to YOUR needs and your environment . Which is what I am doing at the moment. When I have sorted it, I will do some photos.

[jansman]

Couple boxes of latex gloves and 6kgs of dried veg this week.

That’s a big box of dried veg Lil. Where do you buy such an amount? I am interested.

[diamond lil]

It was 3 x 2kg bags from Wholefoodsonline, they even have 10kg bags presumably for soup kitchens

[jansman]

It was 3 x 2kg bags from Wholefoodsonline, they even have 10kg bags presumably for soup kitchens

I’ll have a look. Thank you.

[Lemne]

It was 3 x 2kg bags from Wholefoodsonline, they even have 10kg bags presumably for soup kitchens

I get a lot from them. What best before was on the dried veg please. There's only 2 of us so don't want to buy too much if it has a short date.