First Post Introduction

[ukprepperlife]

Hi All

I'm a new member to the forum, but not a new prepper. I've always liked to be fairly self-sufficient in everything I do, and prepping fits fairly naturally with that.

My prepping started many years ago as a teen who loved the outdoors. With the aid of a couple of books (SAS Survival Guide always a favourite), I taught myself a lot of bushcraft and survival skills. I was always the one who had the first aid kit, swiss army knife, duct tape etc whenever my friends needed anything and that developed into becoming a fully fledged prepper.

I like to think of prepping as being organised and ready for anything, rather than focussing on a massive apocalypse. Having said that though, I think that starting small and gradually building up supplies, kit, knowledge and experience over the years mean that I'm ready for most things!

I enjoy writing about prepping, and have a website where I publish articles about prepping and survival skills. I do it more for my enjoyment, but I'd like to hope that it helps someone too.

Looking forward to getting to know some like minded people through this forum.

[itsybitsy]

Hello and welcome to our community.

I'm sure you've already read the rules, but just as general reminder, we don't allow any advertising on our forum.

[jennyjj01]

Hi All

I'm a new member to the forum, but not a new prepper.
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I enjoy writing about prepping, and have a website where I publish articles about prepping and survival skills. I do it more for my enjoyment, but I'd like to hope that it helps someone too.

Looking forward to getting to know some like minded people through this forum.

Hi, and welcome to the forum. I look forward to reading your contributions here.
You'll no doubt notice a leaning here towards bugging in and dealing with events far more mundane than TEOTWAWKI, though that does seem to be a hot topic more recently.

[Arzosah]

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you have a good depth of knowledge already.

Interesting about duct tape ... I'll be using some over the weekend, repairing the lid of my wheelie bin it blew over in the storms and it's letting water in. And it's still covered in saharan dust, but we won't talk about that

Hope you find stuff on here that's useful.

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

[Smudge]

Howdy

[ukprepperlife]

Hi all and thank you for the welcomes Looking forward to getting to talk to you more.

I'm sure you've already read the rules, but just as general reminder, we don't allow any advertising on our forum.

Yes I read the rules, I'm not here to promote my website, just mentioned it as it's part of my prepping interests

Interesting about duct tape ... I'll be using some over the weekend, repairing the lid of my wheelie bin it blew over in the storms and it's letting water in. And it's still covered in saharan dust, but we won't talk about that

Duct tape, one of my favourite tools for almost anything

You'll no doubt notice a leaning here towards bugging in and dealing with events far more mundane than TEOTWAWKI, though that does seem to be a hot topic more recently.

haha I'm definitely more on the mundane side of prepping, but it's good to be aware of ideas for anything!

[ukprepperlife]

Also, not ignoring PMs, I just can't reply yet as I'm new here I think!

[Jerseyspud]

Duct tape fixes everything

I go through alot at work

[Sammy]

Hello and welcome from a fellow "Newbie". Last time I used duct tape was in the bedroom. Handy stuff