Just by chance on Thursday 17th. we went to Settle and with the winter fuel allowance bought in double our usual smokeless fuel quantity.
Which with tamping down gave us a full fuel bunker and x2 buckets by the stove (room fire,hot water,and central heating). That night it snowed, and several times during the next week. With living on a hill, and not being on the salt/gritter route the van didn't move until Monday 28th.
With us being of a "store cupboard" mentality i.e. if we use something regularly we buy in bulk and keep a stock in :- propane,paraffin,candles,soap,toothpaste,flour,butter,cheese,tinned stuff,honey,sugar,salt,bog roll,wine,beer,etc.When we see any offers buy one get one free we stock up and this paid dividends with being snowed in, not only was the local bus off but with the pavements not cleared it was hard work down to our village but scenic across the fields to the next.
I'd bought the folding golf trolley in a charity shop months ago with the idea of converting it to take a kit bag for green lane expeditions so with a quick bit of shed bodging I set off with a brew kit and a small folding camp chair as the support frame for the haversack to get some fresh vegetables
The trolley works a treat and will certainly get used as a gear haul on some overnight expeditions
We've managed to get out the last couple of days but with more bad weather forecast the store cupboard looks as though it may come in again, sit by the fire candles lit cork pulled !
cheers all Danny
Which with tamping down gave us a full fuel bunker and x2 buckets by the stove (room fire,hot water,and central heating). That night it snowed, and several times during the next week. With living on a hill, and not being on the salt/gritter route the van didn't move until Monday 28th.
With us being of a "store cupboard" mentality i.e. if we use something regularly we buy in bulk and keep a stock in :- propane,paraffin,candles,soap,toothpaste,flour,butter,cheese,tinned stuff,honey,sugar,salt,bog roll,wine,beer,etc.When we see any offers buy one get one free we stock up and this paid dividends with being snowed in, not only was the local bus off but with the pavements not cleared it was hard work down to our village but scenic across the fields to the next.
I'd bought the folding golf trolley in a charity shop months ago with the idea of converting it to take a kit bag for green lane expeditions so with a quick bit of shed bodging I set off with a brew kit and a small folding camp chair as the support frame for the haversack to get some fresh vegetables
The trolley works a treat and will certainly get used as a gear haul on some overnight expeditions
We've managed to get out the last couple of days but with more bad weather forecast the store cupboard looks as though it may come in again, sit by the fire candles lit cork pulled !
cheers all Danny
