Food ranks highly in anyone’s prepping activities and while I have rotating food stocks, I wanted to look at some longer term storage for raw ingredients as a further backstop should the SHTF. I decided to try some Mylar bags… Continue Reading →
I am planning a more general post about water preps shortly but as this project was just completed, I thought I’d post about it now…… I was recently looking to add a water butt to my garden but then I… Continue Reading →
A recent thread on the UK Preppers forum highlighted the perils of choosing a poor location for your bug out location (BOL). This a particular issue here in the UK when compared to the USA as I mentioned in my… Continue Reading →
When people think of prepping, they automatically think of the USA. This is because there has long been a culture of prepping there, more so in some states than others. It has been the subject of most of the media… Continue Reading →
Information Prepping is just as important as equipment and supplies prepping. An important part of this information is that in a SHTF situation, whether you are bugging in or bugging out, it is vital that you know your local area. … Continue Reading →
A shower is something we all take for granted and I can see a number of scenarios where that luxury wouldn’t be available. With that in mind, I’ve just added a Hozelock 4-in-1 PortaShower to my prepping gear. It’s a… Continue Reading →
A quick video showing how to make 5 emergency candles out of household items (cheese wax, butter candle, tuna can oil burner, wax crayon, orange and olive oil burner).
I have been looking for a small keyring torch to go on my car/house keys. I’ve tried the cheap and cheerful ‘squeeze’ type ones powered by a small coin battery but they are only usable to a very limited brightness… Continue Reading →
I wanted to put a basic preps kit in my wife’s car, which being only small (a Citroen DS3) doesn’t have a great usable boot space to begin with without leaving a holdall or rucksack in there permanently. That combined… Continue Reading →
I have been experiencing an enforced lull in my prepping activities, on both the research and practical fronts. Work pressure and planning a significant home development have both pushed my prepping to the back burner. This is not something I… Continue Reading →
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