Prepping

In the event of a disaster or any kind of natural or manmade catastrophe likely to last longer than a week or so, do you plan to stay put in your own home or head off to somewhere that seems safer? Given that exceedingly few people are likely to have a purpose built “safe space” available, the choice is going to be between staying in a more or less urban environment or … [Read more...] about Difference between Urban and Rural Prepping

“The British and the Americans are two great peoples divided by a common tongue” famously wrote the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. To the English mind, the stereotypical American is brasher, bolder, brassier, and altogether louder than the stiffly upper-lipped Englishman. Is anything like that distinction apparent in our respective approaches to … [Read more...] about What Is The Difference Between Prepping In The UK And The US?

They might be bandied about in the same breath by some people but is there a difference between Prepping and Survival? What are those differences? Or are they to all intents and purposes the two sides of pretty much the same coin? Let’s take a closer look. Prepper or Survivalist? For many of the proponents on both sides of the divide, the Prepper v. Survivalist … [Read more...] about What Is The Difference Between Prepping and Survival?

If 2020 has taught us one thing it is that disasters – manmade or otherwise – have the capacity for upending everything we previously took for granted. Some of that disruption may be inconvenient – like a temporary shortage of your favourite foods – or can be serious enough to become a matter of life or death. Thankfully, whether the crisis is big or small, temporary or … [Read more...] about What is Prepping And Preparedness?