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There is a certain matter of luck to it as well. If you succumb to a bad infection or viral disease and there is no help, no amount of prepping will save you. Essentially survival is about communities not about individuals. I think communities are becoming less resilient because the younger...

Guess it is time to go back to the old CB as a stand by. The question is, does anyone still monitor the emergency channels and you would still need to get out to someone with a working landline or cell phone to relay the call. I guess it will take some major event before this country ever takes...

The old telephone system was powered at about 50 volts I believe. It worked independently of your household electricity connection and generally being on a seperate supply worked when the power didn't so you could phone out for any emergency. VOIP or voice over internet protocol is what this is...

Do not despise the snake for having no horns for who is to say it will not become a dragon :)

Prepping has got a very bad name, learning how to be resilient on the other hand is something useful, I have seen some garbage on social media recently about cooking with tea lights when you have a power outage, never mind the old chestnut with the flower pots. I expect most of us have more than...

What bothers me is that the UK is not up to it, we do not even have enough sailors to man the inadequate number of ships we have. We have invested in a nuclear deterrant that clearly does not deter anything. I am too old to fight but if I had to I would.

Call it what you will, I distinguish between duc(k/t) tape and gaffer tape, which to me is the tape used for electrical jobs. In any case so far as it goes I prefer the gorilla tape brand as being the most useful for sundry bushcraft repairs to clothing, tarps etc.

I have arthritis and if I stopped every time something causes pain I would not do anything at all, on the other hand I do need to take notice of it and rest my joints more often which sometimes means spending a completely idle day to recover. One problem which is self imposed is gripping things...

Had a similar problem with a berghaus, right near the valve and could not get a conventional rubber patch to stick. I used duct tape in the end.

Roycroft is definately a good idea. You can go a long way with the concept, I have steam bent mine to contour with my back, and I can strap all manner of things to it.

I had to knock over a hanging tree about a week ago. It involved the co-operation of a neighbour as it was overhanging his fence, but all it took was to saw away the branch that was holding it in place and give it a bit of a push as it had lost it's roots. It fell with a crash, just glancing the...

I have fairly recently discovered Swedish surplus and I have to say in this weather it really is the dogs doodahs.

Anbody heard of this company or wearing any of their products? They came up in my facebook feed and I looked at their website and I have to say their trousers look impressive given as I cannot find any Swedish surplus in my size. They are not cheap but applying the Vimes boots theory they could...

The sword lobby is on our case. https://www.matt-easton.co.uk/uk-curved-sword-law. I am pretty sure that the Government will find it impossible to ban agricultural tools even if they technically fall foul of the silly law. I suspect machetes will cease to exist in name only to pop up as "grass...

Golf trolley from a local charity shop. At £5 I couldn't resist as I am not getting any younger.

That is the point, if they do not know you have been, they will never know, unless of course you leave a trail of pistachios.

I do not really own my land even though I have fenced it off and stuck keep off signs all over it. One guy who I had been fencing out took objection the other day to the orange plastic fencing I was using and gave me some green fencing instead. He said he likes the view and the orange spoils it...

If you have anything like my luck with inflateables you'll need one.

You really cannot do it unless you are smoking a pipe.

Pretty much the same pattern as mine but without the hole, and probably twice as thick.