PGs camper van

[Pete Grey]

Plugs and sockets have arrived not fitted yet, a few other jobs to be done before we start camping, mainly checking everything out and a good clean. I have however been running the engine regularly and checking tyre pressures over the winter.

I’ve mentioned before we try to keep our preps in plastic crates where possible, reasons are, they stack so it keeps everything together, easy to check contents and if we need to bug out it’s quick and easy to load up the camper.

For bugging out the plan is as follows.

We’ve got two crates of canned food, usual stuff, corned beef, stewed steak, chicken breast, tuna in oil, sausage and also some canned vegetables and canned fruit.

Dry foods are one crate with flour, rice, pasta, oats, lnstant mashed potatoe, peas, beans, dried milk and some herbs and spices. There is also a brewing bucket full of packets of soup, pot rice and pot noodle snacks, cereal bars etc.

Next crate is meds, OTC medicines, first aid requisites ( there is also a comprehensive first aid kit in each vehicle), latex gloves, aprons, scalpels, wound irrigation syringes, dressing tweezers, hydrogen peroxide and methylated spirit.

We also have a crate with kitchen and household items that would make life easier to manage long term. Extra pots and pans, jugs, funnels, thin bleach ( bulk water sterilisation), oasis tablets, laundry detergent, candles and cleaning materials stuffed in any available place.

We have a crate with tools ( apart from the vehicles tool kit ) a bow saw, spade, axe, crow bar, work gloves, claw hammer, screw drivers, pliers, nails, screws, nut/bolts, two tarps, bailing wire, rope. We also have spare gas regulators, both screw on and snap-fit for both propane and butane, incase we “find” any full gas bottles on a foraging trip.

Then there is a crate of extra clothing.

We have another two propane bottles, two water jerrycans ( empty- we know where to get water at our BOL ), a fuel jerrycan ( 20 litres ), the second leisure battery and the folding solar panel.

Finally there is the faraday cage ( metal dustbin ) with a sw radio, the walkie talkies, the cb radio, rechargeable batteries with a solar charger, some led torches, the inverter, a battery charger (mains-incase power is available), blood pressure monitor, tens machine, and a 12volt usb charger, then some cable and a box of fuses and assorted connectors.

And weapons.......

It will all fit in the camper, i have a “loading list” made up ready and we should be loaded and on the road in about half an hour.

That’s the plan.