I grew up in the middle of nowhere, back when if you were lucky you might find a corner shop open for an hour on Sunday morning with the nearest shop a half an hours walk away.
We used to get power cuts, snowed in etc.. so whilst my parents would cry at the idea of being preppers we spent a fair bit of time living like the rest of the world was shut and I picked up the habit of always being prepared for the lights to go out and the only food for a few days to be what was in the cupboard.
I was a big fan of The Wombles & The Good Life.
A month or so ago, I gave in & bought a pressure canner from the states as I've wanted one for years (they sent me 2 by mistake, so I'm now doubly prepared!) and was scouring the internet looking for uk recipies etc.. on using it & somehow ended up here.
Most of the information about using canners seemed to be on prepper sites in the states.
So, I was reading around the site as it looked interesting when I suddenly realised I have pretty much spent my whole life on the verge of being a prepper.
I've always carried a month worth of food and picked up odd skills which would, on reflection, be pretty useful if the SHTF.
Not really for a zombie apocalypse kind of situation, but for the hard times & big brother govt we pretty much have now.
I've been thinking a lot lately about how much more freedom to just live we had when I was a kid, compared to the way children today are growing up I suppose I'm prepping for everyday life and the (in my opinion likely) possibility that it gets worse.
I never want to have to rely on a food bank.
So, having realised who I am is best described as a prepper I'm now looking into it a bit more because it makes sense to me.
I don't see life in the uk improving any time soon.
I'm finding the whole where to start a bit overwhelming at present.
Never did find a good uk site about using a pressure canner though so if anyone knows of one please post me a link.
so much to be found on here, very useful indeed. Members are very helpful if you have questions and there is always someone who will help. 
