Urban Survival Kit...philosophy

[Highlander]

The hills that I walk my dogs in is an area of hundreds of square miles of nothing but open country where the weather could kill, bogs that you can dispear in,... in short a dangerous place,...so I have thought long and hard about taking with me what I think is the most important items that can be carried easily, my dogs normaly have back packs,... but its what I always carry thats of interest here

I realise that the kit might have to be different for an urban situation,..

I am never without the following.

An emergency shelter, its made of a material simular to a space blanket, has tie down cords and shaped like the old style ridge tents,... its folded into a packet no bigger that a pipe smokers bacci pouch.

A knife,... not a Rambo type at all, just a simple good quality locking penknife,..in my case its a stockmans knife.

A meal,... a packet of boiled sweets,.. not to be mocked, there is a good reason why boiled sweets are in Military ration packs,...and a fruit drink, a small packet drink the size of a packet of cigs

A phone

Map and compass,...all carried in the pockets of a good jacket

....and most important of all,... Knowledge,... if you know where you are,.. where you are going,..... how you will get there, ...and what to do if you cant,... then you are a prepper