If the times comes I have never considered myself a “prepper.” I don't have an underground bunker. I'm not preparing for the collapse of civilisation. And I certainly don't spend my evenings calculating how many tins of beans I need to survive the apocalypse. But I do believe in being prepared. There is a big difference. Living in the countryside has gradually changed the way I think about emergencies. We have power cuts. We get severe storms. We live with the possibility of