Water isnt it amazing how much you can use in a few hours

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This is why getting outdoors and off the grid from time to time is such an important part of preps. Whether it's a simple backpacking trip, camping or travelling by vehicle to a remote area. It demonstrates:
a) How little you actually need
b) How hard it is to get / carry / produce it

A face cloth is one of the best water-saving devices around. With a face cloth and a large mug of water, a man can wet-shave and wash the important places. Sufficient to keep odour and infection at bay. My son and I did this for a few days when crossing the Central Kalahari in Botswana, just as an experiment in how little water we needed. One warning though; don't skimp on hand-washing after personal hygiene.

I think Digger's education plan is excellent!

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(29 May 2013, 08:37)NorthernRaider Wrote: I watched that show in bbc 2 about Autralia that is currently running and they visited a winery ( I thought winery was where grumps like SD were sent) and they said they use over 500 litres of water to make 1 litre of wine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sheesh.

Wow. I didn't see the programme, and I didn't know that. Take a wander down the wine aisle at Tesco's and look at the number of bottles of wine from the "Industrialised Wine Economies", then imagine 500 litres of water for each bottle. Makes you realise how truly f**ked we are!