What Preps are you doing this week? Part 4

[Arzosah]

Jamesey, thats horrendous! At least its possible to stay hydrated ... given how painful, and how incapacitating they are, prevention is a good thing to learn about

**research topic coming right up, I'm away at the moment**

[Jamesey1981]

Thanks everyone, I'll certainly be visiting the clinic when I get my appointment, they'll want to check that it can come out on it's own or if it needs smashing up.

I do drink a lot of water these days, hopefully that'll stave them off in future, apparently magnesium helps prevent them, but I already eat lots of stuff with magnesium in it so it hasn't helped so far, or maybe it has and it would have been bigger otherwise, either way I'll wait until I've been to see the specialist and do what they say rather than trying to muck about in a ham fisted manner.

[MAiwick]

I'm gathering things I've got stashed away in disparate boxes and drawers for my first BOB. Bought one of those presentation folders for emergency documents to put in too. Then I'll buy a bag once I know how much I have to fit!

Also printed off maps of my local area (I've just moved), to do some evening walks. If I spot anything interesting (wild fruit tree, rabbit holes, hedgerow resource) I'll mark it off on the map.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I'm gathering things I've got stashed away in disparate boxes and drawers for my first BOB. Bought one of those presentation folders for emergency documents to put in too. Then I'll buy a bag once I know how much I have to fit!

Also printed off maps of my local area (I've just moved), to do some evening walks. If I spot anything interesting (wild fruit tree, rabbit holes, hedgerow resource) I'll mark it off on the map.

Local hotels / hostels / pubs / campsites

As most bug outs are due to things like house fires / local flooding no need to get a tarp up if there's a travelloge 5 miles down the road

[Deeps]

I had a blonde moment today, I'm still not quite sure how it happened (maybe a senior moment too) but got off a bus without my mobile phone. Realised straight away and as it was at a park & ride I went and spoke to the staff who rang ahead, long story short, I was fortunate enough to get the phone back 20 minutes later. Because I was out for the day I had my 'get home bag' which I have a spare (old and crappy) phone in. I was able to ring the missus to tell her what had happened but it was a lesson, I'm thinking of moving the spare phone to a wee pocket organiser as I don't always have the rucksack (once a week usually). I quite like the idea of having two phones too, people might think I'm a drug dealer or a pimp.

[General DeGaulle]

My local supermarket is selling off barbecue lighting fluid at 80 eurocents a litre. The stuff is basically parrafin. Thought I'd buy a dozen bottles... May be useful to see if the Brit supermarkets are doing the same, or selling of the charcoal too.

[Brambles]

Canned some Chicken thighs today, another stack for the store cupboard.

I have been keeping an eye on charcoal and fluid too, but it hasn't gone down here yet.

[PreppingPingu]

I am doing what I do every few months when I log back onto this website after a few months' absence: re focussing. That means re-looking at my kitchen cupboards, ensuring they are full to the point of barely shutting their doors, and checking my extra supplies stored elsewhere in the house. Also, as I do at this time of year, re check my candles, matches and batteries ready for winter's darker and shorter days. I am planning a few foraging walks for wild apples, brambles, rosehips and anything else I find too in the next few days for making jellies and syrups. I love autumn! My favourite time of the year.

[Deeps]

I am doing what I do every few months when I log back onto this website after a few months' absence: re focussing. That means re-looking at my kitchen cupboards, ensuring they are full to the point of barely shutting their doors, and checking my extra supplies stored elsewhere in the house. Also, as I do at this time of year, re check my candles, matches and batteries ready for winter's darker and shorter days. I am planning a few foraging walks for wild apples, brambles, rosehips and anything else I find too in the next few days for making jellies and syrups. I love autumn! My favourite time of the year.

Sounds perfectly reasonable Pingu, its just vaguely depressing that we've crept back into autumn, we seem to have missed summer. Our apples are starting to look good and there's a row of trees by us that has a load of hazelnuts still to bloom.

I've invested in some better tweezers, I've got some in different packs but I grabbed a pair to get a tick off a dog and for the fine work they weren't the best so I'm giving a couple of different sets from Boots a go. They were pretty cheap, about a couple quid each and I've been inspired by a set Her Maj has.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I am doing what I do every few months when I log back onto this website after a few months' absence: re focussing. That means re-looking at my kitchen cupboards, ensuring they are full to the point of barely shutting their doors, and checking my extra supplies stored elsewhere in the house. Also, as I do at this time of year, re check my candles, matches and batteries ready for winter's darker and shorter days. I am planning a few foraging walks for wild apples, brambles, rosehips and anything else I find too in the next few days for making jellies and syrups. I love autumn! My favourite time of the year.

Sounds perfectly reasonable Pingu, its just vaguely depressing that we've crept back into autumn, we seem to have missed summer. Our apples are starting to look good and there's a row of trees by us that has a load of hazelnuts still to bloom.

I've invested in some better tweezers, I've got some in different packs but I grabbed a pair to get a tick off a dog and for the fine work they weren't the best so I'm giving a couple of different sets from Boots a go. They were pretty cheap, about a couple quid each and I've been inspired by a set Her Maj has.

AHH you have a tick;)

Tweezers risk leaving the mouth parts embedded.