>>641789I live in North Wales and I got stuck in the snow a few years back after bouncing off a wall- it took hours for someone to be able to get me out of where I was, so now in the winter I go prepared. in light of the recent flooding ( were they had to open up a refuge centre for people cut off at certain parts of my island) I feel pretty damn vindicated now
Our car has what we call the 'breakdown box' it's a 40ltr plastic tubs with a lid that live on the back seat
inside we have
Jump leads,
A little compressor for tyres,
Lanterns, and a few of glow sticks
Bottles of water, 3 x 2ltr
Tyre weld,
Blankets, and a woobie poncho liner
A gas stove( obv with fuel), kettle,a stainless MSR cookset 3 flexi folding cups, plastic bowls and sporks
Food (packets of noodles, a can of soup, some jerky, 3-in-1 coffee, a 60ml Nalgene of olive oil, a packet of knock off Snickers, and some of that super concentrated cordial in a little bottle)
1st aid kit, a beefed up AMK Ultralight & Watertight 0.5 ( has mylar blankets ect)
Waterproofs, jacket and trousers (for me and wife) and those slip over your shoes mini crampon things
Spare charging gear for phones,
A folding shovel (MilSurp)
10M of 2000kg breaking strain rope (the blue nasty stuff) ( not actually in the box, loose in the boot)
Tyre boards ( for snow, or soggy ground)
A fresh roll of duct tape,
A few random Clipper lighters
A spare walking stick for me,
A pack of wetwipes
Several thick black bin bags
3, £10 notes taped to the inner lid of the box in resealable sandwich bags
A set of spare clothes each, and an extra set of underwear plus toilettes and 72 hours worth of my medication ( in a holdall )
A full 5ltr can of petrol+ funnel (loose in boot)
The idea being that if we can't get ourselves out of a fix, we can at least be comfortable (potentially overnight) if I had to wait for someone go get to us in the winter, or we got stuck somewhere. We try to keep the car at least 1/2 full with fuel too.
