What have done towards your prep?

[Scythe13]

Thanks NR, the compassion is appreciated. The wrist is feeling much better now haha.

Today, I have managed to miss the opening times at the post office place to pick my parcel up. Need to go back on Monday.

AlyBear came round and we went on a walk to feed the squirrels. Well, as Mike rightly pointed out...what an excuse for some exercise! Grab the new Ultra-Light styled backpack, and let's get a-walking. It wasn't a massive walk, but I think I may have been on the bad end of a comedown (drugs are bad. Don't do drugs....or certain exercise enhancing pills. Not speed, but not far off. A couple of weeks on them and you hit a heavy comedown). So the squirrel feeding fun part was cut short. However, there was a BEAST of a rain storm. AlyBear swears there was hail, but I didn't think so. It was the perfect excuse to get out my hefting poncho and keep nice and dry!!! AlyBear laughed at the poncho, and then wished she had one. I offered her my spare (oh yes, my BOB is equiped with extra gear for more than just me) but she thought it looked uncool.

AlyBear's view of what is and is not uncool is insane! It's a huge camo poncho! Nobody can see you when you're wearing camo clothing, so nobody can see you to laugh at you!!! Silly woman.

I did learn one very good lesson though. I need gaiters to keep everything, lower than the poncho, dry. My shoes doubled up as a good system to hold water. Who needs a water bottle when you have shoes. Back to the Vibrams.

AlyBear did show a reasonable level of preparedness-know-how. She had an umbrella.....that she forgot about until half way through the rain.

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Oh, and we've cracked open the Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops (that I was planning on saving for a post SHTF treat). The best before date on them is over in 2014! November 19th, 2014 to be accurate.

Just a thought, but they'll be a wonderful moral boost a few days, weeks, month, (maybe years?) into a disaster.