What Preps are you doing this week? Part 7.

[peejay]

How about a bunch of bottle sling knots in paracord? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrkrd-5kAE

[Yorkshire Andy]

How about a bunch of bottle sling knots in paracord? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTrkrd-5kAE

Cheers just thinking about a multi level things plus beer as if Mrs a can't get a morning brew I might as well skip the idea and dig myself a grave might need a bigger pipe but I like the bottle sling idea

[Bosworth]

Picked up a "camping" fridge in Lidl (£40) my other one had got a bit rattle in the fan bearings old ones gone to work for my pack up / drinks rather than using the communal fridge ATM ..

It's an extension / overspill and camping trips it cools to 20 degrees below ambient temperature which unless it's bonkers warm in the cool of the pantry / glory hole / bomb site of dumped crap it will cope well

Also cleared a shelf of crap in there to the bin

So I've got some more overspill tin / shelf stable food space to fill at the weekend

I just got a similar one. Works really well, although not tested in the wild. Only disappointment is that although it is 12v it draws too much power to run from a lithium battery pack with a usb-to-12v adapter.

Not a biggie but I don’t have a deep cycle battery to hand and wouldn’t fancy lugging one to the beach / picnic even if I did.

Anybody had any luck getting such a think to work off a standard battery pack?

[diamond lil]

Well I finally did something about the heating. We're really struggling with the coal - sooner or later one of us is going to break an ankle or worse on the back step, hauling coal in and ash out twice a day. So I bought this Calor gas heater.
Not my pic, got from google.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Well I finally did something about the heating. We're really struggling with the coal - sooner or later one of us is going to break an ankle or worse on the back step, hauling coal in and ash out twice a day. So I bought this Calor gas heater.
Not my pic, got from google.

Nice

Now look up your local gas suppliers locally we have Flo gas and energas which are about 2/3rd the price of calor energas don't even charge a bottle deposit.. you might need to change the regulator tho calor is 21mm and other butane brands are 20mm clip fittings (from memory size wise I know one is a mm bigger than the other regulators are £8 ISH plus £1 for a new jubilee clip
Get yourself a decent carbon monoxide alarm just in case and watch the condensation

[Yorkshire Andy]

Calor is 21

I was right

[diamond lil]

Yep. we use Propane for the cooker and switched to Flogas and found it cheaper, plus the guy actually turns up when he says he will I asked the seller to fit it with the Flogas regulator. And the HA put in an alarm because we use coal . So all sorted.
Erm - apart from the fact that we haven't got any gas yet. Cos we run out of money.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Done the wife's cambelt today next up 2 new tyres on it as the back are perishing

Added bonus fresh coolant ready for winter

[Yorkshire Andy]

dont know if anyone uses farm foods but i called in there saturday to pick up some burgers and buns for our youngest sons birthday bbq (was only us there)and noticed an offer of a case of 12 tins of hot dog sausages for £5.99 and with a bbe date of may 2023,so a shelf life of 3yrs i grabbed 2 cases of them,kids eat them and wife puts them in salads might try and get another 2 cases this week to top the supplies up ready for the winter...

We love Farm Foods. Will check that out.

They've also got large sacks 3 & 5kg of pasta and rice along with 12pack slabs of tomatoes along marvel milk powder (not the best date but it will get used )

Bulk 5l bleach and Washing up liquid containers at the right sort of money

[Rusty74]

dont know if anyone uses farm foods but i called in there saturday to pick up some burgers and buns for our youngest sons birthday bbq (was only us there)and noticed an offer of a case of 12 tins of hot dog sausages for £5.99 and with a bbe date of may 2023,so a shelf life of 3yrs i grabbed 2 cases of them,kids eat them and wife puts them in salads might try and get another 2 cases this week to top the supplies up ready for the winter...

We love Farm Foods. Will check that out.

They've also got large sacks 3 & 5kg of pasta and rice along with 12pack slabs of tomatoes along marvel milk powder (not the best date but it will get used )

Bulk 5l bleach and Washing up liquid containers at the right sort of money

called there today at our local store to get some of the mega box jaffa cakes for the kids but all gone,so grabbed another 2 cases of hot dog sausages and a case each of 12 pot noodles curry,chicken and beef and tomato,seen the bleach and washing up liquid so had 2 each of them as well kids where gutted there was no jaffa cakes though lol,missed the bags of pasta though,still got money off vouchers so will call again this week after work...