My GHB (long post better put the kettle on)

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Hi Guys,
Haven’t posted in a while, thought I’d share one of my recent projects. This is my GHB which I currently carry everywhere: Dog walks, kid walks, work and play. It weighs in at 10kg so not exactly light but very doable. I chose a Hazard 4 Rocket as a platform because I liked the sling strap and the bag’s ability to be swung around to your front without being taken off; this is also handy if you have to jump in a vehicle quick (though not if you’re driving, then you would have to take it off!) It’s not a cheap bag (mine was £110) but six months of spending £20 less per month in the pub and it was mine!
I have designed my bag to keep me going for 24hrs just to get me home. This is by no means a BOB, I want this to get me back to the OH if the vehicle broke down, roads shut etc etc. I wanted the bag to have essentials online because of space and therefore it’s not luxurious but I think it would do for 24hrs in the British Climate.
Everyone likes a good list so here goes and by the by this is my first attempt at photo sharing so hope you can all see enough.

PROTECTION
• British Army Basha sheet
• Bungee Cords
• One side IR reflective tarp (to line my hammock and keep the heat in)
• Hammock
• Cord
• Tent pegs
• Gelert Ultracompact 1 Season Sleeping Bag (now this only goes to minus 4, but as I said, this is just to keep me alive, not in luxury!)

FOOD etc
• 3 Boil in the bag meals (Can be eaten cold or decanted and heated through)
• 2 litres water
• Brew kit (Tea Coffee Sugar, just realised I’ve forgotten powdered milk)
• Hexamine Stove plus pack of spare blocks (I looked into mini stoves and the like but for size and practicality I don’t think you can beat a good old hexy Plus it fits in the billy can)
• Billy Can
• KFS set

FAK etc
• FAK
• Tooth brush
• Tooth paste
• Universal Soap
• Dioralyte (works for general rehydration not just for the sqits)

MISC STUFF
• MS2000 Strobe (Signaling)
• Cyalume Stick
• Maglite torch (with red filter)
• Baofeng Radio (Signaling)
• Spare Antenna for said radio
• Folding Saw (Bahco)
• Folding Knife
• Small Monocular
• Mini roll of tape
• Survival tin (contents following Lofty Wiseman’s list)
• Leathermen Supertool

That’s about it. In the bag is also any mapping of the area I know I’ll be in (Ordnance Survey of course). My Casio has a Compass on it and thus has never been “off”)Also like most of us, I am my mobile’s slave and carry that too.
Anyways, hope this was useful to all hands, both veteran and new and of course opinions welcome.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Waterproof jacket and trousers?

High viz vest or the like if forced to walk along main road?

Just a suggestion

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Waterproof jacket and trousers?

High viz vest or the like if forced to walk along main road?

Just a suggestion

Now on the shopping list with the powdered milk cheers mate

[J23]

Hi Guys,
Haven’t posted in a while, thought I’d share one of my recent projects. This is my GHB which I currently carry everywhere: Dog walks, kid walks, work and play. It weighs in at 10kg so not exactly light but very doable. I chose a Hazard 4 Rocket as a platform because I liked the sling strap and the bag’s ability to be swung around to your front without being taken off; this is also handy if you have to jump in a vehicle quick (though not if you’re driving, then you would have to take it off!) It’s not a cheap bag (mine was £110) but six months of spending £20 less per month in the pub and it was mine!
I have designed my bag to keep me going for 24hrs just to get me home. This is by no means a BOB, I want this to get me back to the OH if the vehicle broke down, roads shut etc etc. I wanted the bag to have essentials online because of space and therefore it’s not luxurious but I think it would do for 24hrs in the British Climate.
Everyone likes a good list so here goes and by the by this is my first attempt at photo sharing so hope you can all see enough.

PROTECTION
• British Army Basha sheet
• Bungee Cords
• One side IR reflective tarp (to line my hammock and keep the heat in)
• Hammock
• Cord
• Tent pegs
• Gelert Ultracompact 1 Season Sleeping Bag (now this only goes to minus 4, but as I said, this is just to keep me alive, not in luxury!)

FOOD etc
• 3 Boil in the bag meals (Can be eaten cold or decanted and heated through)
• 2 litres water
• Brew kit (Tea Coffee Sugar, just realised I’ve forgotten powdered milk)
• Hexamine Stove plus pack of spare blocks (I looked into mini stoves and the like but for size and practicality I don’t think you can beat a good old hexy Plus it fits in the billy can)
• Billy Can
• KFS set

FAK etc
• FAK
• Tooth brush
• Tooth paste
• Universal Soap
• Dioralyte (works for general rehydration not just for the sqits)

MISC STUFF
• MS2000 Strobe (Signaling)
• Cyalume Stick
• Maglite torch (with red filter)
• Baofeng Radio (Signaling)
• Spare Antenna for said radio
• Folding Saw (Bahco)
• Folding Knife
• Small Monocular
• Mini roll of tape
• Survival tin (contents following Lofty Wiseman’s list)
• Leathermen Supertool

That’s about it. In the bag is also any mapping of the area I know I’ll be in (Ordnance Survey of course). My Casio has a Compass on it and thus has never been “off”)Also like most of us, I am my mobile’s slave and carry that too.
Anyways, hope this was useful to all hands, both veteran and new and of course opinions welcome.

YOU FORGOT ABOUT CONDOMS

[pseudonym]

Very nice indeed, thanks for sharing.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I've got these
http://m.gooutdoors.co.uk/regatta-mens- ... et-p287518

http://m.gooutdoors.co.uk/packaway-pack ... rs-p131340

From memory I paid £8 for the jacket and £6 for the trousers so shop about


They are not a £200 goretex jacket and trousers but they do the job... Say your car breaks down on the motorway in the rain and you end up sat on the embankment waiting for the AA. Or you get a heavy downpour walking the dog.....


I'd opt for a class 3 high Vis vest As they have sleeves and reflective tape on both arms Better for say directing traffic or ground to air body signalling

That said I was once stood on the centre line of a A road just before a blind bend Where a motorcyclists had gone under a HGV In high vis trousers and coat in day light the first car drove straight past me braked hard and backed up as he hadn't seen me! Lucky his wife had Or he would have piled into the Good Samaritans who like me had stopped to help

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YOU FORGOT ABOUT CONDOMS

1x condom in the survival tin which means I can either carry up to a litre of water or I'm prepared for an impromptu, al fresco bunk-up

[Devonian]

It always amazing me when I see these posts and this is not having a go at the OP, but surely with what is listed/shown as the contents, you could mount a mini expedition and in fairness to the OP, this list is fairly minimal compared to many I've seen

We all live in the UK, not the harshness of Alaska or the hazards of a rain forest, and in this case Area 3 (Surrey, Sussex and Kent!)

The GHB's are designed to get you home and as per the OP to support you for say 24 hrs on that journey.

In that situation if I was anywhere in the UK my main concerns would be suitable footwear; Water proof clothing/spare fleece, bottled water/snacks and money - in fact all the things I would already be carrying around with me anyway, plus always have a knife/torch and a few other bits in my pockets.

If we actually stop for a moment and think about what we are planning for........

How many people would fall into the situation of living in lets say Hertfordshire (just for arguments sake - but can apply to almost anywhere in the UK); and who then may work in or travel to London/Birmingham/Northants/Oxford/Bristol (etc etc)? And then how many of them would really need to set up camp and live like Huckleberry Finn for 24 hours whilst getting from A to B?

If you are in an urban area (which is almost certainly the case) there will be plenty far better shelters around which can be utilised. If you are in a rural area, well again, there will still be plenty of better shelters available ie: barns, sheds, stables, villages, churches, bridges! etc

And anyway if the intention is to be home within 24hrs, you would simply keep moving for as long as you could, maybe just hunkering down for a couple of hours kip in a doorway/church yard/under a tree/under a bridge etc etc is all you need before you get going again - do you really want to be getting the Lapland out and constructing your camp in the woods?

As for food, keep it simple! Protein bars/muesli bars/boiled sweets/bottled water - you don't want to be faffing around trying to get water boiled and meals prepared as we are only talking about getting home within say 12-24hours. How many of us regularly/occasionally go for this length of time without eating a proper meal??

Just my thoughts and as stated at the beginning of the post, this is not a direct criticism of the op, but a general observation on many similar GHB threads that I have read and never commented on.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I tailor my ghb depending on the time of year in winter I Cary a similar kit to the op yet late spring to early autumn I Cary next to nothing I work 10 miles for home by road and could walk it in 2 to 3 hours

Seen plenty of people stuck overnight on motorways and the like so my winter kit is my car bug in till morning asess /await rescue/ walk out bag

This time of year a 24 hr ration pack with us heater bags 2l of water and some waterproofs and a sol bivvy bag on top of my edc

[J23]

It always amazing me when I see these posts and this is not having a go at the OP, but surely with what is listed/shown as the contents, you could mount a mini expedition and in fairness to the OP, this list is fairly minimal compared to many I've seen

We all live in the UK, not the harshness of Alaska or the hazards of a rain forest, and in this case Area 3 (Surrey, Sussex and Kent!)

The GHB's are designed to get you home and as per the OP to support you for say 24 hrs on that journey.

In that situation if I was anywhere in the UK my main concerns would be suitable footwear; Water proof clothing/spare fleece, bottled water/snacks and money - in fact all the things I would already be carrying around with me anyway, plus always have a knife/torch and a few other bits in my pockets.

If we actually stop for a moment and think about what we are planning for........

How many people would fall into the situation of living in lets say Hertfordshire (just for arguments sake - but can apply to almost anywhere in the UK); and who then may work in or travel to London/Birmingham/Northants/Oxford/Bristol (etc etc)? And then how many of them would really need to set up camp and live like Huckleberry Finn for 24 hours whilst getting from A to B?

If you are in an urban area (which is almost certainly the case) there will be plenty far better shelters around which can be utilised. If you are in a rural area, well again, there will still be plenty of better shelters available ie: barns, sheds, stables, villages, churches, bridges! etc

And anyway if the intention is to be home within 24hrs, you would simply keep moving for as long as you could, maybe just hunkering down for a couple of hours kip in a doorway/church yard/under a tree/under a bridge etc etc is all you need before you get going again - do you really want to be getting the Lapland out and constructing your camp in the woods?

As for food, keep it simple! Protein bars/muesli bars/boiled sweets/bottled water - you don't want to be faffing around trying to get water boiled and meals prepared as we are only talking about getting home within say 12-24hours. How many of us regularly/occasionally go for this length of time without eating a proper meal??

Just my thoughts and as stated at the beginning of the post, this is not a direct criticism of the op, but a general observation on many similar GHB threads that I have read and never commented on.

you ruined another dreamer. you dragged guy back to earth