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Yes, it's good to be prepared.

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yay a thread for us girlies!! i dont have a bag when i go exploring, i like to have as little as possible on me so i can do a quick runner if i need to, sooooo in my zip up pockets i usually carry : tobacco, skins, recreational pharmaceuticals :) my ipod for videos, my normal nothin special camera, a couple of lighters, ..... can guarantee one will either get dropped in water or lost!!! oh and a torch..... im not a bag person full stop.... its all about the pockets :)
 
I am so glad I found this thread, I would never have thought of taking all that.

For what we are planing tomorrow, I will be wearing my walking boots, jeans, and appropriate wet weather gear. (Wales for you!)
We will be taking the car, water will go in there long, but I don't think we will be out for too long (good job it's local)

Hubby has charged the torches and lamps, we have the maps and stuff. Phone will be taken for pics but that's about it.

If we were planning an all-dayer we'd definitely pack what everyone else does. Chances are, I won't be able to get to see the inside, so I will be in the surrounding area with spawn and hound, explaining the history and teaching her to climb trees! :mrgreen:
 
I taaaaaakkeee...a headtorch and spare batteries, camera, spare camera batteries and lenses (of course), tripod, and a bottle of water. I should probably take a small medical kit but I never do!
 
Do people really take their toddlers??!! I would be terrified of doing that in case got hurt etc altho i do take my sulky teenagers if it's somewhere i consider fairly safe. I wouldnt take the 7 year old.
Clothing - good trainers, full length trousers, tshirt, hoodie, coat, scruffy stuff as often get ripped
I am on public transport then on foot so usually have street atlas and printed out googlemaps with me
also LED Lenser p7, camera (nowt fancy, I can't afford it!), spare batteries, purse and phone,and sort of a multitool thing that doesnt come out unless a door closes behind me and i use it to open it again
 
I take my boyfriend, pug dog Yogi, torches, cameras, mobile phone and wear what ever suits the weather but wear good hardy boots as I nearly lost my foot once as it went through a pain of glass. I was only wearing woolly knitted boots at the time. I could have bled to death! Little lesson for me that was... :)
 
I have separate bags for different occasions so in the one for exploring i have 3 compartments:

1 - Plasters, antiseptic wipes, book (i always go out with a book),spare jumper/cardie

2 - zip compartment - digital camera, film camera, spare film, batteries, purse, keys, ciggies, ipod, glasses, hair pins, torch

3- as much food/drink as i can stuff in there and small pack of tissues.

I'm a walking accident so i always need first aid and i get cranky if i have no food. honestly im 21 and I sound like a child! ahahahahahah

My clothes are just what i dont care what happens to them and of course my trusty boots!

L x
 
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