Further to my last post, I thought we had seen the last of the snow and last night 100 cars were stuck on Haldon Hill in Exeter spending the night away from family. The thought of getting stuck on the roads in snow in 2009 would not have been at the forefront of my mind had I gone out last night, or been travelling with my daughter. In fact my parents bought her home over Haldon Hill slightly earlier than when this happened.
I read and hear all the time “Make sure your spare tyre is legal, you have a blanket, water etc in your car…” Have I ever really taken that much notice? Being honest no I have not and with a child I should have done, although thinking about it she always have everything she needs in the car! So my task tonight is to ensure our car has everything in there for the possibility of being stuck somewhere, sometime – blankets, water, biscuits, phone charger.
I was talking to colleagues this morning, and one guy even has a portable stove in his car….a bit far maybe, but if I ever get stuck I would want to be near his car!
So my question is this – what would you now ensure you have in your car when going out on a journey?
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….I have stopped thinking about all the things I need to put in the boot, I started to think about creating expandable boot space to fit it all in, and then realised that I need to trade up my bycycle for a campervan. All that brain pain would be necessary if we actually had some of the good stuff. I’ve been staring wishfully out of the windows for hours (my employer is not happy). Sounds like a snowy nightmare for you in the south-west but actually here in the north I’m just very envious that we can’t take the day off to build snowman!….