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Building the Library: New Prepping Book Additions – Apr 19

I have been adding additional books to my prepper library since the last update.  I thought it was time to post an update. This time there are books on self-sufficency, survival, water treatment, composting and one on nuclear war survival…. Continue Reading →

Covert Prepping: A Secret Supply Mission

I prep in secret. My wife knows nothing about by prepping and any discussion of prepping quickly decends into “why do they do that, there’s no need?!”. This is equally true whenever I have attempted to suggest that we keep… Continue Reading →

Adults keep saying, we owe it to the young people to give them hope. But I don’t want your hope, I don’t want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic.
Greta Thunberg, CLimate change activist

Check Your Batteries: A Charge Is Not Always Enough!

Check your batteries everyone…. I mean it, check you batteries.  I have just had an issue with my default ‘backdoor’ torch, a Nitecore EC4SW. The torch is a nice, well made model with 2150 lumens of output from a pair… Continue Reading →

Prepping Fail: Life Takes Over

Has it really been four months since my last post? It has…… prepping fail…. My second lull in prepping activity has been longer than my first but I am not to concerned.  For one thing I was better prepared this… Continue Reading →

Is Prepping Selfish?

I have seen some discussion recently about why preppers only prep for themselves and questioning why we all believe that in the event of a significant incident, and in particular in a SHTF situation, society will melt down and the… Continue Reading →

Stranded in Snow in Your Vehicle: What to do and How to Prepare.

The press is regularly pushing predictions about an upcoming ‘Snowmageddon’ and ‘Killer Freeze’. It is easy, particularly here in the UK where our weather is never the worst of its kind, to just ignore them or even laugh them off. … Continue Reading →

Building the Library: New Prepping Book Additions – Dec 17

Another small batch of books added to my prepper library before the end of the year.  This time more focussed on self-sustainability and all in physical for apart from the one on vertical gardening. Previous posts about the library can… Continue Reading →

The Walking Dead is ……. Dead

The Walking Dead has always been my kind of TV.  Apocalyptic, zombies, survival, end of days kind of stuff.  Having watched from the very beginning, laboured through those farm episodes and put up with Negan as long as I could,… Continue Reading →

Building a Prepper Library: Knowledge When it’s Needed

You may have noticed my recent posts about building my prepper library.  I have been meaning to write about why I feel it’s so important to have such a library, in both physical and digital formats wherever possible. In the… Continue Reading →

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