Hello there

[Sir Loin]

Hi all,

Although I can see myself being much more of a lurker than a posting giant, I thought I'd better pop in and introduce myself first.

...common courtesy and all that!!


Although I've never actually thought of myself as a 'prepper', having come across this site whilst searching for other stuff, I suppose that in many ways I am!

I'm from a smallish village in Cannock Chase and was brought up from a young age by an ex-RAF dad to have what he called 'commando breakfasts'. He'd finish a night shift at 5 am, pick me up and we'd go into the Chase, find ourselves some water, some sticks and have some Sausage and Beans in an old mess tin. Ace as an 8 year old lad, and something me and my mates built on as young lads. This was one of the main reasons I joined the RAF myself a few years later, and then when I was a little older and realised that there was always a cupboard full of pasta, dried food, compo sausages and other long
life stuff is when I realised I'd better all my sh!t in a sock as it were...

Having read the intro's, I suppose that I'm not really prepping for anything in particular. I'm interested in what could have happened during the Cold War I suppose having spent a chunk of my life in supposed Nuclear proof HAS buildings, but never actually giving a thought to it during the time I was in there during exercise and eating rat packs!!!

Location wise, I'm close to Cannock town itself albeit in a quiet area, and am prepared to 'bug in' as it were, however, I'm also fully ready to 'bug out' and have a good area of the Chase in mind and set ready but things would have to get pretty bad for that I suppose!!

Anyway, enough about me!!

Thanks for having me!

[The Ace of Spades]

Hello. Welcome to UKP.

Ace.

[tigs]

welcome to the forum

[junmist]

Hi welcome

[Plantiejo]

Hello and welcome..

[piglet]

Hello and welcome
I am new here as well.

I am in the west midlands a lot and not so far from the Chase but have never yet visited it...but kinda on my list of things to do.
Another RAF ... Do you know Eskimo...you two should get along well.
Especially if you like worms .....long story...sure he will explain it to you.

enjoy your stay

piglet

[Sir Loin]

Hi all,

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Not yet had chance to get to know anyone on here unfortunately, however, am looking forward to joining in and picking up some good tips. looks like I've got a fair bit of reading to do!!

[Eskimo]

Hi there,

Greetings from Birmingham, West Midlands. I'm just S/E of B'ham. Over by the airport - Got my ticket out a planned if it all goes Pete Tong!

As mentioned by piglet (thanks for the intro piglet) i've got a bit of an RAF background myself. Do you know RAF Cosford by any chance? It's got a really nice Cold War Museum. Great for seeing how the 'other half' used to live when life was relatively simple, far less complicated than what it is now, today.

I should have also mentioned about my other grandparents. My late paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the RAF. Parachute instructor. He met my grandmother who used to pack and repair chutes - and also drove 2 tonne supply trucks! Quite a nice love story really. But best left for another post.

Learned alot from them all. Wish i had the technology i do now to record and preserve all those memories... i just need to ensure that i share mine.