Another useful tip from me here.
In winter, you should ALWAYS take with you two things.
1. Some way of making a hot drink. A thermos does NOT count, as this will run out.
2. Some kind of shelter, even if it is just a tarp. This is of vital importance, especially in the hills, where there is little vegetation to make one from.
If the weather turns, and you are stranded, you may be faced with the prospect of a night on the hills in **** weather. Without shelter you are doomed to death within hours. Without a hot drink you will most likely get hypothermia, and be dead by the morning if it is cold enough. I never go into the countryside without these two life-savers, summer or winter, even if I'm going somewhere close to civilization, like snowdon or kinder. This post shows you why, http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?p=152039#post152039 . Even if you think you now the area, you can still get cut off. No amount of local knowledge will get you through a blizzard if it is bad enough to pin you to the side of a mountain.
So, 1. Stove for hot drinks, 2. Shelter.
Simple.
In winter, you should ALWAYS take with you two things.
1. Some way of making a hot drink. A thermos does NOT count, as this will run out.
2. Some kind of shelter, even if it is just a tarp. This is of vital importance, especially in the hills, where there is little vegetation to make one from.
If the weather turns, and you are stranded, you may be faced with the prospect of a night on the hills in **** weather. Without shelter you are doomed to death within hours. Without a hot drink you will most likely get hypothermia, and be dead by the morning if it is cold enough. I never go into the countryside without these two life-savers, summer or winter, even if I'm going somewhere close to civilization, like snowdon or kinder. This post shows you why, http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?p=152039#post152039 . Even if you think you now the area, you can still get cut off. No amount of local knowledge will get you through a blizzard if it is bad enough to pin you to the side of a mountain.
So, 1. Stove for hot drinks, 2. Shelter.
Simple.