Having had the pleasure of being stranded on the M62 for 6 hours a few years ago ( in a Defender !) I am in the habit of keeping a large plastic box with an emergency kit in it for winter it gets swapped into whicher car I am using


so in the boot

Hi viz " motorway" gortex site coat ( works issue ) + Fleece mid layer
Wooly Hat
Scarf+Gloves
walking boots + socks
Over trousers
Full size plastic snow shovel + small steel trenchwork shovel
5000kg tow strop + 2 x D shackles (pull or be pulled )
Sleeping Bag
2x self heating ration packs
2x Mars bar
2x lucozade
2 x water
2x self heating hot choc drink.

this is in addition to the normal bag with first aid kit torches etc, It might seem extreme but if I get stuck in the Pennines it might be in for a long night and the above could make the difference between a miserable night and an inconvenient one 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

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oops double post 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

I am always kitted out in Gore-Tex clothing, boots and gloves, then in my car:

Fold away steel shovel
2012 Phillips Road Maps of Britain, Derbyshire and Peak District
TomTom Sat Nav
Manx telecom roaming mobile phone
In car charges for above phone and iphone 4
6D Cell Maglite
5 Million Candlepower Lantern
Orange high vis Peak 4x4 jacket
Various snacks and drink

And let's not forget the car has Avon Ranger Ice winter tyres with 'Patented Snow Groove'  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Great advice guys:

Not sure I would trust myself with all that chocolate, I would have to pack chocolate free cereal bars to have any chance of having them left for when they were needed!  Black FL2
L200 Warrior

I normally carry a wallet and a phone oh and some car keys, under the boot floor there is a cheap torch with built in first aid kit( dont ask) At work
At home

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Heineken

assorted snacks (Mars bars, crisps, mints)
water
daily fill a flask with tea
High viz coat
high viz over trousers
woolly hat
gloves
thermal undies/socks
scraper
deicer
tomtom
map
mobile phone charger
foil blanket
toilet roll

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I have a pair of ski gloves, woolly hat and a half mile walk home from the office if the weather did get that bad

Should really get a pair of my goretex shoes in there too, leather sole work shoes are not the best in snow  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

goretex is no good when there is salt around

Map, mobile, torch, a duster and first aid kit..

Duster Then I realised I have one too

First Aid kit
Flo vest
Tow Rope
Bottled Water
Mobile

landy19840 wrote:

goretex is no good when there is salt around

 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Salt ruins the water proofing on goretex

All of the above. Although, having spent a whole night on the M11. I now include toilet roll, Johnsons 'botty wipes' and thick socks.
You may wish to include. Firenze Red XS TD4 01/2013 . Averaging 1800 miles per month. My 5th Freelander in 11 years. Devotee?

I keep a tardis in the boot then if I need help Doctorman can charge to the rescue  At work
At home

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