Hi from the South of the UK

JohnRio · Post by **JohnRio** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:52 am

Hi, I'm JohnRio,

Have always had thoughts re. prepping and have always put bits and bobs aside. It helps that I lived in a caravan for two winters and on a boat for three, so I'm pretty handy and know how to build a fire etc.

Recently started to get a bit more serious about prepping, what with the obvious crisis building momentum, I'm expecting SHTF in the next year or two. At least as bad as the hyperinflation and instability of the 30s.

Cool to find a UK site re. prepping, I look forward to reading and sharing knowledge

Post by **pseudonym** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:42 am

Hello and welcome.

preppingsu · Post by **preppingsu** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:39 am

welcome. We're a friendly bunch...hope you find what you're looking for on here. If not, just ask and someone will point you in the right direction.

Post by **diamond lil** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:42 am

Hi

- think living in a caravan in winter would be horrible, but good experience.

JohnRio · Post by **JohnRio** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:49 pm

diamond lil wrote:Hi - think living in a caravan in winter would be horrible, but good experience.

Wasn't all that bad. They were two relatively mild winters (didn't get below -4'C) and I tore out a seat, built a hearthplace and fitted my wee pot-bellied stove and burnt wood and coal in it all winter long!

Also, I was in my late twenties then. Body could take a lot more grief. I'm forty now, not so much.

Living on the boat I had a Rayburn for heat. Winters '07/'08, and '08/'09 went ok. And then we had the dreadful (for the south) winter of '09 /'10. Nights of -15'C, and three months of snow. After that I sold the boat and went to Spain for a winter to recharge!

Rosesandtea · Post by **Rosesandtea** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:52 pm

Hi and welcome.

Post by **diamond lil** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:09 pm

Yea I can see that a boat in Spain would be a totally different kettle of fish !

JohnRio · Post by **JohnRio** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:43 pm

diamond lil wrote: Yea I can see that a boat in Spain would be a totally different kettle of fish !

Ah, no I sold the boat to pay for my Spanish trip. (There's a massive import tax on boats coming into Spain, plus there's no network of suitable waterways to river-gypsy around on the cheap like there is in England).

JohnRio · Post by **JohnRio** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:44 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

maxilaura · Post by **maxilaura** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:54 pm

Hello and welcome

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