Been hiding for too long, time to say Hi

[Arwen Thebard]

Hi All,

Ive been reading and learning in the background for quite a while now and thought its about time to finaly jump in and say Hi to you guys and gals.

Ive been learning skills and building my knowledge for a few years now, practice and patience being my natural instinct, I will never get things perfect but just doing the best I can. I spent many years living on a smallholding, vertually off grid, so many of the skills I have come from that time.

Im now in a small coastal village location in the UK, but close to a city (20mins drive) and my personal situation now demands that I stay put rather than bug out when a crisis comes.

My main interest now is learning how to build a small group of like minded thinkers around me. The dangers of "coming out" and being known as the local nutty prepper are all too obvious, but the advantages of having an established local community to work with are a strong pull.

Im reading back through many of the archived forum threads and articles, but I know that there is no definitive way to get this sort of thing going. Balancing the risks versus the potential reward is my constant conflict.

Do I take the red pill and go for it??????

Ive even thought about offering to run a local class and see who turns up?

Any ideas greatly apprecaited, especially from others in a similar situation or those who have already done it.

Cheers for now all.

Arwen