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Been slowly tickling away at winter preps Lads now got a down coat and winter ski jacket plus staplolettes and a pair of winter snow boots.... I treated myself to a snukpak jacket for £5 charity shop bargain £95 ISH retail like new... Plus some army softy trousers .. Got some more packs of supermark...

Grabbed a couple of "supermarket" packs of logs for the outdoor oven if we need to use it got a few packs already but a few more won't hurt.... Will get the chop saw out at some point and chop them to size ready rather than struggle on a cold winters night with the bow saw

Peter wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 11:36 pm (the old C206).

I remember those been a quid a cartridge I have a few got a Lidl stove and lantern that use them .

I did a shot gun approach to cooking got a stove of each type then shtf if I run short what ever might be available gas wise I can make use of it

Screenshot_20261003-140209.png Topped up LPG stocks 11.5kg of gas for 24 quid Beauty of the refillable bottles is I can top them up even if half full to full where as calor or other exchange bottles you'd be loosing the half in the tank when you swap to a new full bottle The Yellow one is a similar...

Added 112 batteries to my on line order 50 AAA 50 AA And 12x D cells That should keep us going for a while :lol: where do you get your batteries Andy? I usually use Battery Station for Duracell/Energiser but if there's somewhere cheaper for the same quality... That was battery station was cheaper t...

Added 112 batteries to my on line order

50 AAA

50 AA

And 12x D cells

That should keep us going for a while

Wife's car just had a pre autumn check over nothing major (all) lights, tyre pressures, checked tread depths, battery load tested, cleaned the windows and wiper blades, levels checked and topped up, started adding winter -10°C mix screenwash instead of summer stuff, ready for the onslaught of dark n...

Bathroom light pull cord broke - from inside the rose. Tried to put my new front bike tyre on. I got the wheel off, and tyre pulled away from the rim on one side, but I could not do that second side! Best I could do was maybe 3mm for a few inches, then it would snap back! After half an hour of swea...

When you see the government advice to have. "First aid kit" then you see the kits in Boots / savers / generic pharmacy/ home bargains.. you'd be better off with a blue roll and some electricians tape :lol: talk about a false sense of security the case is the best bit :tinfoil Incidentally...

Thanks everyone, my foot is fine just a straight row of very red dots where the liquid went through my boot eyelets. As someone else mentioned when I told colleagues what had happened they could not believe that I carry burns dressings in my home first aid kit. When you see the government advice to...