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About Ian

Trying to live a preparedness lifestyle, developing new skills to help me strive for that better life. This will serve as a memoir for myself and my family, friends and anyone who is interested as we take this crooked path towards an infinite destination.

Being Prepared

It’s the motto of the Scouts and is nothing new, most people are usually prepared to some degree, whether it be as simple as carrying a jack in the boot of your car or saving into a pension fund, or … Continue reading

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The Bee Diaries – The Hive Build

Having purchased my first batch of equipment discussed in ” A start to the Bee keeping venture”, one of my first tasks is to build the hive, this isn’t always required, but I took the lower cost option of buying … Continue reading

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The Bee Diaries – A start to the Bee keeping venture

The idea of bee keeping for me is a new one, it wasn’t something that I had ever considered before, The idea behind wanting to do it stems from my increasing years and prepper interests, by this I mean, looking … Continue reading

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Wildlife Tracking with Black Bear Bushcraft

The weather was more than ideal on the 7th March 2015 at Highnam Woods on the outskirts of Gloucester, temperatures of around 14oC, dry and sunny with light winds. The weather up to this point had been wet so soft … Continue reading

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Navigation

Just started to read Lyle Brotherton’s Ultimate Navigation Manual – about 20% through at the moment and its looking to becoming a bit of a navigation bible. The Book

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