Preparedness for when

Perplexed_Pineapple

Love the lists of what people are keeping in their cars, some really good ideas there. Since it's show and tell time, and I was getting my car BOB out anyway to revise the seasonal items as spring approaches, this is what I've been carrying around:
1 60L rucksack, bugging out for the use of (I figure it's a good idea to keep in the car, then I'll still have some basics if the house burns down or similar).
Two large orange "survival bags", good for signalling potentially and keeping out the worst of the weather. Could be used to collect water in a solar still arrangement.
1 camping tarp to use as a windbreak.
Spare clothing (for me since I mostly drive distances alone, if all the family going along would have a separate bag for them - don't worry about short trips locally) - assuming I would be wearing some basic clothes there is an additional sweater (wool, still keeps you warm when wet unlike most synthetics), themal undies, light waterproof jacket. Walking boots and gaiters. Spare socks (nothing worse than walking in wet socks).
Trangia stove, litre of fuel (bio-ethanol).
Flask of water, tea, coffee.
Snack bars and mint cake
Two small LED torches. Magnetic LED lamp.
Folding saw (the Bahco Laplander one).
Multitool. Firesteel. Compass. Local OS maps.
Spare specs. Bungee cords. Paracord.

Carried separately in the car: 6 cell maglite. First aid kit. Jump leads. Hi-vis waistcoat. Sunglasses. Road maps. 5L diesel. More water. Screenwash. Cigarette lighter charging thing (USB and plug socket). Cigarette lighter airpump for tyres. Telescopic wheel brace. Jack.
Large blanket.

There are still things I'd like to add (especially to the first aid kit) but I'm pretty happy with that as a basic kit

ALIBOBSY

siegemode wrote: »

Things we have in the car


Glove Box
Bag of salt, peppers and sugars, straws, stir sticks and serviettes from Mcds. Also some chip forks.

Large pack of value wet wipes and assorted anti bacterial wipes and small bottle of antibacterial hand wash (no water needed)

Value nappy bags (great rubbish bags etc)

Tissues

Selection of plastic cutlery

Medium Swiss army penknife

Multi tool gadget thingy 10 in 1

2 x pens

2 x pencil

Spare sunglasses

Crystals, tigers eye, malachite, citrine and turquoise

Compact makeup kit

Mini Vaseline

Small pk of plasters

Safety pins and small sewing kit

Waterproof matches

Boiled sweets

Spare torch with small strip light and red flashing light


Door Pockets in both sides


Small notebook

AA book and stuff

Emergency torch/seatbelt cutter/window breaker

Packet of Tissues

Small bottle/tube of sun cream

Hand moisturiser

spongey thing for wiping windows

Small pot of face moisturiser (my side only)

dash board cleaning wipes



Middle compartments


4 x individual wrapped flapjacks

4 x individual wrapped cerael bars

1 Bag of mint imperials

1 tube of glucose tablets

1 pk of throat sweets

1 pk of paracetemol

1 pk pro plus

tyre pressure and tread gauge

pen, pencil and highlighter

2 foil blankets

Compass

Sunglasses for OH

Duster

Beer towel

And a few other bibs and bobs that could be useful



Also in the car with us


2 cushions and 2 fleece blankets

2 large uk road maps

Emergency phone charger

Spare walking stick, inhaler and reading glasses for OH

Always travel with a couple of bottles of water

Small float for parking or roadside stalls etc



In the Boot

Plastic box 1

Large old towel and bath mat

Yellow vests

Warning triangle

waterproofs

Kitchen roll

Blanket


Plastic box 2

Picnic blanket

Assorted paper plates, cups and plastic cutlery

2 trays

Chopping board

Tub containing various metal cutlery and serated knife

Salt and pepper mill

tranga stove

Also tucked in the boot,

A flight bag size first aid kit with added extras

Folding spade

Folding crates x 2

Spare jacket and treky type boots for both of us

Bottle of screen wash

De icer in the winter

I'm sure I've forgotten to list one or two things, but I do like to be prepared !
We like our picnics out and I like to prepare stuff fresh, picked up locally where ever we go and so always take a small cool bag and ice packs on days out. In the winter we take a couple of flasks of soup or coffee (especially on long trips).

Hopefully this will give others ideas and if I've missed something you'll let me know.

Good list, I only wish we could be that organised, but with 4 kids in and out of the car and OH using the car for work it would be a challenge. I could offer a pile of "mixed carp" from the footwells where the kids sit, usually a mix of empty crisps packets, toys, socks and shoes (don't ask), hairclips and bands. Currently there is also a guitar and gymnastic chalk/kit in the boot, alongside an external hardrive and various PC "gubbins" and tools, plus a box with various spanners, saws, screwdrivers and a drill, last week there was also a sledge hammer and an axe. Now that's what I call going equiped :rotfl:.

Can't even pack up a kit for the boot as its a galaxy that often ends up with the seats being taken out to be used like a van for OH, so no proper boot, and I definately wouldn't get away with any kind of edibles hidden away, can't even manage to keep a packet of polos in there for more than a week . I suppose I could wrap up in a dust sheet if I got desperate.

I do pack up stuff if we go out for the day or on holiday though and we have managed to hide a wind up torch in the glove box and a small first aid kit stashed in a hidden storage panel at the back.

Ali x

short_bird

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

No definitely says 67 on the letter and I was born in whisper 1958
And DH has one as well and he was born the year before me.

Now, that's odd: I went to the site this morning and it said 66 for me and I'm the same year as your DH.

Shropshirelass

Just been doing a bit of research, as needing a holiday emergency kit. Someone here might find this interesting:


http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/06/05/survival-tampon/


Seems to be disagreement on using tampons for puncture wounds, but unravelled they would make satisfactory and sterile dressing.

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Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

Could be used to collect water in a solar still arrangement.

Orange (or indeed any colour) plastic sheeting won't work for a solar still.

Solar stills require clear plastic sheeting.

As for shelter, since you are carrying it in your car, how about an instant up tent?

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Shropshirelass wrote: »

Just been doing a bit of research, as needing a holiday emergency kit. Someone here might find this interesting:

This comment is :rotfl:

“Thinking outside the box” hahahahahaha …..that's priceless!

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I was in £land earlier, and picked up a DVD called Home of The Brave, starring Samuel L Jackson and Jessica Biel.

A quick Google reports it as a flop, but I've never been one to judge a movie by the opinion of others.

If I was, I'd probably never have watched Howard the Duck, which is, IMHO, a brilliant film, starring one of the truly great and talented actresses of our time.

herbily

This page has a little more on proposed changes to pension age:
https://www.gov.uk/changes-state-pension

It says
"The government has proposed that:

• people born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will reach State Pension age between 66 and 67
• people born on or after 6 March 1961 will reach State Pension age when they’re 67 or older

This change hasn’t been approved by Parliament yet."

I'm assuming that means if you're born before 1960, your state pension age is still 66.

Butterfly_Brain

I will phone HMRC tomorrow and see what they are playing at then.

rosiepup2000

Re towing a car being harder than it looks....too many years ago when I was a student my friend's car conked out and he asked me to tow him to a garage. His car was stuck at the bottom of a long, steep drive outside his student house. Neither of us had a proper tow-rope. We tried washing line (!) which for some inexplicable reason snapped as soon as I drove off. In the end I got behind his car and drove up very slowly until I made contact with his bumper and then pushed him up the drive, out onto the road, through at least one junction and quite a way along a main road and into the garage. I was quite proud of the fact that neither of our bumpers got dented too much!


Re the State Pension Age, the Govt wants to bring forward the increase to 67 sooner than previously planned, this page makes it a bit clearer:
https://www.gov.uk/changes-state-pension


Changes to the State Pension age

The government has proposed that:

• people born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will reach State Pension age between 66 and 67
• people born on or after 6 March 1961 will reach State Pension age when they’re 67 or older

This change hasn’t been approved by Parliament yet.


At the moment my SRP age is 66, but if these changes do go through I will be pushed back (again!) to 67...or older (ominous music).


Edited to add - sorry to double post the same info!