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The Bee Diaries – Part 12 -New Bees Please
In Part 11 we alluded to the fact that the colony may be in trouble as we found that the queen had died over winter, the colony, as we dreaded, eventually died off as there was nothing that we could … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Keeping, Uncategorized
Tagged apiary, bee feed, beekeeping, bees, Health, hive, hives
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Wild Camping – The Climb and Camp
It’s always good to get out and test your equipment, and last week I had chance to try out mine in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, Snowdonia. The original plan was for a group of us … Continue reading
Posted in Camping
Tagged Beddgelert, camp stove, Camping, preparedness, Rhyd Ddu, snowdon, Snowdonia, Wild Camping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 5, Equipment
A quick reminder of the basic principles of preparedness, Food, Water, Shelter, Security, Health and Sanitation. We have covered Shelter in the form of clothing, tents and sleeping equipment. In this post we will look at the other equipment, their … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Preparedness
Tagged Camping, FAK, Fire Starter, Health, lowe alpine, preparedness, prepper, trangia, Wild Camping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 4, Sleeping
So far we have looked into tents, hammocks and tarps, plus Footwear, and basic clothing, in this section we can take a closer look at Sleeping as a part of the Shelter principle. The first obvious thing to state is … Continue reading
Posted in Camping
Tagged Bivi, DD, Hammock, preparedness, prepper, Sleeping Bag, Sleeping bag Liners, Wild Camping, wildcamping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 3, clothing layers
Continuing from the last post on Boots and Socks under the preparedness principal of Shelter, working our way up the body looking at clothing layers considered for a wild camp trip in April. I’ve already mentioned clothing layers, the purpose … Continue reading
Posted in Camping
Tagged Base Layer, Gaiters, Goretex, Mid Layer, Over Trousers, Rip Stop, Walking Socks, Waterproof, Wind Proof
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Tick Tock! Thats Another Year Gone
It’s one year since we launched the Prepare to Survive web blog page. Happy to still be posting, and we have a few followers, growing weekly both here, on Twitter and Facebook. Whilst its another year gone I can say … Continue reading
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The Bee Diaries – Part 11 – The Queen is Dead,long live the queen (hopefully)
With the winter months behind us and as we approach the middle of March and spring appears to be coming early, there is still caution for heavy frost but I took the chance to carry out a basic inspection and … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Keeping
Tagged apiary, beekeeping, bees, Brood, dead queen, hive, hive floor, hives, honey, Queen Excluder, queen superseded, spring, winter
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Here we go again…
Due to adverse weather last weekend, our plans for commencing this year’s work were delayed until today. Armed with more equipment than ever before (nappy changing bag bulging with bottles, t… Source: Here we go again…
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The Friendly Swede – Two Lanterns and a Firestarter
The Friendly Swede Collapsible LED Camping Lantern Lamp 2-Pack, with Keychain Fire Starter is £9.99 with free delivery, I did a quick search on the internet and the best price that I came up was £5.49 for one lantern … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Preparedness, Product Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged fire, firestater, lantern, light, The Friendly Swede
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The Friendly Swede – Paracord Survival Bracelet
The XXL Trilobite Extra Beefy Paracord Survival Bracelet with Stainless Steel Black Bow Shackle is designed to be Extra long to fit the larger wrist. Amazon.co.uk Widgets Packaging The bracelet arrives packaged very well in a resealable point … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews
Tagged #thefreindlyswede, bow shackle, paracord, product testing, Survival, trilobite
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