What happens if whatever emergency you face, you cant go home, where presumably all you stockpiled food, fuel etc is?
It might not be the end of civilization, but I'm pretty sure it will feel like that to you at the time. Floods, fire, or even an outbreak of the Rage virus http://28dayslater.wikia.com/wiki/Rage_Virus may make it impossible to stay at home.
In this case you'll need to leave and "head for the hills!" as they say in the cowboy films, while in truth "the hills" may just be a relatives front room, or a local B&B.
You may be gone for a while, you might be back within a few days, there will probably be no telling during the initial emergency.
As you know from reading my other blog posts, I have what I call my Bug Out bag, this is basically a backpack filled with camping gear, a little food, and a few tools. My "INCH" bag is pretty much the same. In fact it IS the same, with the addition of a few extra days or food, medication and full size packets of hygiene supplies like baby wipes and liquid soap.
What I'd do, assuming I had enough warning, is to grab my bug out bag, and the satchels that make up the difference.
All this fits in a small satchel, An ex army Respirator pouch. My food of choice is the fuzion freeze dried foods, and these are packaged in a waterproof paper bag, though to cook them I prefer to put them in a pan with the required amount of water and heat them up over the stove, just to make them less crunchy for about 10 mins.
So anyway, back to the bag, it has everything I'd need to get by outside, but with spare cloths and full wash kit if I manage to get somewhere inside.
I can give you all a full rundown of my kit if you would like, but I dont want to insult anyones intelligence, so I'll just put a list of links to places I have bought key items from.
Dry foods https://www.fuizionfreezedriedfood.com/default.aspx
Axe http://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-hickory-handle-felling-axe-26/60988
Lakeland bushcraft (Bahco Folding saw) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bahco-Laplander-Folding-Saw-396LAP/dp/B0001IX7OW/ref=?ie=UTF8&m=A1FCUPX3X1793A
Webtex (Bungees, Survival kit, fire starter KFS Set, Basha) http://www.web-tex.co.uk
Solo Stove http://www.solostove.com/
Go Outdoors (cloths, socks etc) http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk
Outside (Osprey Rucksack) http://www.outside.co.uk/
Anchor surplus (respirator pouch) http://www.anchorsupplies.com/
Cotswold outdoors (Primus ETA Power Pot) www.cotswoldoutdoor.com
Tesco (led Head light and torch) http://www.tesco.com/direct/rolson-9-led-torch/212-5329.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=212-5329
Alp Kit (Sleeping bag and bivi bag) http://www.alpkit.com/
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