Store cupboard - in case of emergency

HariboJunkie

westcoastscot wrote: »

Plus we couldn't get to the bigger shops up near Haribo as the road between us is poor at the best of times.

Every cloud has a silver lining. My inlaws couldn't get over for weeks. ;)

People don't realise how easy it is to get cut off up here. One road accident or landslide or fallen tree on the road can close a road and any road closure on the trunk road can mean a diversion of at least a hundred miles. Hence the need for a full fuel tank and a spare can in the back.

westcoastscot

So funny Haribo.
Yes it's a long way round when the road is closed - I try and stay home when the weather is bad, but sometimes you get caught out, and sometimes you just need to get out

mardatha

We were up there one year and the road got closed at Ballachulish bridge. Nightmare!

jpscloud

kittie wrote: »

It is very gusty now in the sw and very warm, something is definitely brewing. My planters are tucked in now and I am actually getting washing done as you have to grab the chances of it drying this month. If you have a little greenhouse then make sure there is something heavy at the bottom, that is what I have been doing today. Good luck to those n of the line

Three loads dry and the fourth is in the machine! Make hay (or dry washing) while the wind blows!:D

Flibsey

I've bought some snow chains for my shoes. the charity shop didn't know what they were lol.

as for store cupboard:
flour (P, SR and Bread... but if I had to choose 1, it'd be P so long as i have some bicarb or baking powder too)
dried egg substitute (found in vegan aisles, hippy shops etc)
UHT milk
dried pulses
dried TVP (textured veg protein, or textured soya protein; meat replacement just in case!)
garlic paste
tinned foods like beans, tomatoes, spaghetti etc.
teabags
cocoa powder
sugar
oil
candles
extra gas cannisters for my emergency camping cooker (in case electric goes off; our cooker and kettle are both electric)
fairy household soap
wind up torch

I'd like a wind up radio too...but that's just the disaster preparation part of me and isn't to be listened to; paranoia!!

OH and i have to wash the blanket we use in the haybox lol.

alex21

wilding_arms wrote: »

Ooh I don't know about that - the last proper storm we had up here (Ardnamurchan) in May there were plenty of trees, and plenty coming down. Doesn't matter how good your walls are when an oak comes down on your roof...

We were going to drive out to the lighthouse to look at the waves that day and turned that car a couple of miles down the road because we'd already had to go round three fallen trees on a single-lane-with-passing road. And I daresay loads of people were surprised by it, not least the fellow whose entire boat, mooring and all, came off and blew up practically into our garden! :eek: :rotfl:

As I say I've been through plenty of hurricanes... nothing to get overanxious about, but nothing to be sniffed at either. It's pretty OS to be prepped, wouldn't you think?

Just saying hi cos you are in Arnamurchan! Spent all all summer hols as a child in Portuairk and they are some of the happiest memories I have.:)

mardatha

Heavy (well torrential) showers here so cant get washing outside

suzybloo

same here mardatha,sun peeps out and then is totally obliterated by big black thunder clouds! No thunder yet but it is so sultry I wouldnt be surprised if it thunders soon.
WIll get organised tomorrow with torches etc which I have stashed away in my winter box, for MOnday - knew early planning would come in handy!
LAst weekend we went up to Loch Tay and Lochearnhead and headed back over the Sma' GLen hoping to cut over to dunkeld, however a crane had fallen off the roadway so ended up with a forty mile detour! THankfully we had plenty fuel, but its amazing how a road of 5 miles can increase considerably!!!

Carolyntia

mardatha wrote: »

Heavy (well torrential) showers here so cant get washing outside

Same here along with sea fog

Red_Doe

Increasing winds and rain here too.