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Well, back to the 1970s then guys. I survived, and thrived. So it's no big deal. Bills can wait..they will have to. Just make sure you can get water, and proccess it for drinking, have some back up tinned food, enjoy the ice on the inside of your windows, and get stuck into some crafting time.

Thank you Jared. I knew I wasn't making it up! :)

It was in my newsreel a week or so ago. It was an article from a science source..not a daily newspaper feed. I didn't go into it any further, or take notes as I didn't think I'd be mentioning it anywhere, at the time. I only have payg phone, so can't afford to spend hours online checking...

I feel that the most likely event is some form of grid down, no power, no Internet, either through an update gone wrong as happened earlier this year, or a massive hacking operation by a bad actor, or a solar flare. The weather has affected farming, so food is going to be scarcer and more...

Found a teeny baby peg loom in the charity shop for a mere two quid. It's missing a couple or three pegs, but they are easy enough to make with a bit of doweling cut to size. I can still use it without the full quota of pegs. Only good for wall hangings, scarfs, or small bags. It's only about a...

When I knew I needed to sell my big bike, I kept putting it off through sentimentality. I realy didn't want to part with it, but I knew it needed to go. I left it for a couple of years, by the time I came to sell it, it needed so much work, I had to cut the price from £6,000 to £3,500.( I should...

In my humble opinion, I'd just clean it out, tidy the garden and put it on the market as is. What you might consider worth getting planning for, the eventual buyer may not want to go ahead with, so it's a waste of time effort and money. It will be their house, and they will do what they want...

Slow and sticky, ie pauses mid load, here in the southwest. Someone needs to put a shilling in the meter!:)

Vango and robens are my go to brands for tents. My robens fairbanks is my favourite small tent, but its not for backpacking!

I have a vango alpha 300, which I took down to her today. We put it up in the garden and she loved the space, but wasn't Impressed by the inner first, then flysheet construction. Still, we found one online for a measly £63, so that's what she is going for. I thought the helvellyn would be the...

I've given up waiting for the ark , got an inflatable canoe instead! Thanks for sending me so much rain. My water barrel was thirsty,....butt ..its fine now, so I'm sending some of the rain back to you. Actualy today was dry, warm and I managed to get some of the washing out for a few hours...

It's wet again. Actualy on flood alert for our local river. Had to paddle into town today to go and get the milk. Its foul out there.! The washing is dripping over the bath as it can't go outside, and I'm trying to learn how to crochet, as I can't get on with finishing tidying the garden. I...

Talking of leaves, when my son was about that age, we would collect leaves and make leaf art on the paths. Usualy mandala like circles, each layer was a different colour. It was great fun, instilling artistic values and leaving something beautiful for others to look at. Even at two, telling the...

That's stag gering, I had no idea they could use modern tech so easily. :)

I'll phone you later But it will cost you...I'm not cheap, ....very deer in fact. ;) I'll get me coat...

Luckily there is a main road, several fields, and a river between us. I'm the other side of a steep river valley. It's not safe in the woods at night with the rutting stags so locals don't hang about in there, even during the day at this time of year. Though a chap I know who lives on the other...

Oops, do you think he was being a bit bad mouthed? Naughty old stag.! I'll keep out of the woods for the next few weeks just in case. :)

Don't be too hard on him. It's his way and it works for him, though I tend to hang towels on a radiator airer that are dead cheap. They hook over the radiator and you hang the towels on that, which means the radiator is not working so hard to heat the room as more warm air is released into the...

Lovely sunny day today, so did a bit of tidying in the garden. Two bin liners of rubbish for the tip, as I've no more composting room. The tardis lid is just resting on top of it and won't click into place. So it's the tip for the rest. Sorted out all my plastic plant pots and have a bagful for...

Oh deer, I hope not! :)