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| Puddings 3112 Member Since: 05 Dec 2020 Location: Down South Posts: 49  |
While I have had my fair share of series, defender, discovery (2,3 &4) and RR temper tantrums, I have generally found myself stuck on journeys over the years because of either people further up the road (and resulting traffic jam) or road blockages such as tree fall or flooding.
First thing for me is that all my cars are on a minimum of all season tyres from Mid -October to usually around Easter (sometimes a little later if we have a late cold snap) which usually cope with all but the very worst snowfall in the UK - generally the vehicle will beach before the grip runs out. On my standard road car, Mich Cross Climate 2, on the 90 it is on KM3s because of needing to get through muddy forest trails at this time of year. I have tools appropriate for the car in each vehicle including knowing where my towing eye is for the commuting car plus high vis, strobes, first aid kits (inc foil blankets), mix of hats, gloves, fleeces, waterproofs and welly boots in each car plus sleeping backs/alpine duvet jackets ( try to avoid sharing between both because it will always be in the wrong car). In the 90 I also have a selection of tow ropes, strops, shovels, winch kit and other useful recovery tools if I need to help out although most are ironically used more in the British summer for getting people out of country fair muddy field carparks when the inevitable down pour has happened The big thing for me is to always have an emergency grab bag in a vehicle containing water, mini gas stove with a full canister, metal cup/pot for boiling, 2 pot noodles, soup sachets, hot chocolate, cereal bars, spoon, 2 lighters, foil blanket and a pacamac. If I am stuck on any road or in worst case, have to abandon the car ( I have had a car fire in the past), I can grab it to have something to keep me going until i get to move again. Good to see that with a little snow this weekend, the press coverage was filled with people moaning about how they had nothing, there were cold, they were not rescued quick enough, going hungry etc (see the news from this weekend as an example) - it was forecast days in advance and yet they did not have the sense to prepare with even water and snacks. |
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3rd Dec 2023 10:39pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092  
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Yes I laughed at that, on the news on Saturday, some family had tried to drive from Kent up to somewhere waay up which was all snowed in.
Then crying and moaning that "no-one" has come to offer assistance/food/chai latte nor to tell them what was going on... I guess all the white stuff falling from the sky wasn't enough of a hint for them. |
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4th Dec 2023 6:51am |
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| JPE Member Since: 19 Nov 2018 Location: South West England Posts: 335 
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My all year round special emergency kit:
- stove - kettle - water - fork - bombay bad boy pot noodle What more could anyone possibly need (except perhaps a backup pot noodle)? |
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4th Dec 2023 7:09am |
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| TexasRover Member Since: 24 Nov 2022 Location: Paris Posts: 1052  
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Not much mention of a phone charger battery, or if you have a USB fitted, the correct USB cable(s) to charge (all) the phone(s) in the car.
Also you travel with 6 year old daughter, the latest My Little Pony downloaded in case you loose connectivity (the horror!) |
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4th Dec 2023 10:43am |
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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3372
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A sledge.
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4th Dec 2023 11:10am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3750
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Loving the Bombay bad boy....
I will add this and a stove in our kit  |
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4th Dec 2023 11:22am |
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