No gas?

[Geordie_Rob]

Meg, keep an eye out in the summer for calor gas type heaters. Everyone (stupidly in my opinion) sells them cheap in the summer, seemingly forgetting winter is just around the corner. I bought mine with a full sized gas bottle around 1/2 full for £25. I went to the local tip & exchanged £10 for another empty (back hander so not every tip worker will do it) which I exchanged to a full bottle for another £30. I always keep 1 full bottle in stock plus the 1 in the heater. When it runs out I change them over & get the empty exchanged for a full 1 as soon as funds allow. If push comes to shove & they do turn mains gas off, try & live & sleep all in 1 room only. It'll save heating a whole house/flat.

Another 1 to look out for at car boot sales is camping gaz bottles & a cheap camping stove. I have a double burner & grill type stove & 4 of the camping gaz bottles. With those 2 things you'll have heating & cooking covered for a small while. Also utilise simple things like hot water bottles, tea light candles (inside a lantern available from the £1 shops or home-made for safety).

I'm relatively new to prepping aswell & if I went out & bought everything at once, well actually I just couldn't afford to. Think baby steps. 1 thing at a time. Before you know it, you will have amassed quite a stockpile of gear.