well mine anyway is complacency and operating on autopilot. As usual before going to bed last night I ran through the mental checklist, back door locked, front door locked, alarm on dog in the dining room. Imagine my horror when I was awoken at 1 AM with my dog going nuts and sloped downstairs to find the front door open. A neighbour came over and told me they had watched a young guy try every door handle in the street, including theirs, (they were still up). When he tried mine and the door opened he went inside, I had some stranger with bad intentions in my house!! Luckily my best friend happens to be a 10 1/2 stone Dogue de Bordeaux and even though he was the other side of a door his barking did enough to scare the guy off. The whole thing got me thinking. How much of my preparations are based on the assumption that I have the right survival gear, that I know how to use it and even that it still works? Needless to say I have had the kick in the pants needed to check my gear, sharpen my skills and get my fitness levels through the roof. And I'm going to feed my dog treats until he gets fat
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