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Paleo – Part 2 – So Far, So Good

Back in June I published details of my change to a Paleo diet that I started officially in March 2016. As the title states so far, so good! In this short update I wanted to go over some of my … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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The Friendly Swede – Beta Product Testing

Prepare 2 Survive are please  to announce their association with The Friendly Swede as Beta Product tester and evaluators. “The Friendly Swede’s success story began in 2011, when John Lundqvist took a chance trying to set up a new business. … Continue reading

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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles

One of the prepping activities this year will be to explore the remote areas of Snowdonia (Wales, UK), and to wild camp there. Leading up to this I want to produce several short blogs looking into the preparation for this … Continue reading

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PSA Prostate – the follow up

A few weeks ago I reported on the PSA test for Prostate to help raise awareness. My results came back abnormal, this wasn’t something that I was expecting and to be honest was a little scary. However the fact that … Continue reading

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Anti-Prepping – Refusal to prepare

I have shamelessly used an article from the Internet which is quite outrageous and politically incorrect satire; please take it as it is meant. Why shouldn’t anti-preppers have lists, too? After all, they are going to need to learn a … Continue reading

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Pace Counter Beads

The purpose of the Pace Counter beads is to provide a distance measurement when travelling by foot. The image shows one that I have made, on this design there are 4 beads in the top section of the lanyard and … Continue reading

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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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