Prepping stuff: UK beach holiday/cottage

[BlackeyedSusan]

What random shit preppers board stuff would you take away with you? (I'm having an autistic meltdown about holiday packing and can't think I've lost last year's list that I added the stuff we forgot to!)

Two teens, (m+f) one woman all autistic

I have a first aid kit...but what would you add to a standard one?

Have reusable hand warmers
Solar lantern. (Used for sitting at football training in the dark!)

One head torch(3 in car)
Foot pump

I take a small radio and power banks

Have a "hospital bag" packed in the boot .

Is this stuff to bring on a holiday or to live there?

Take on holiday, so for car break downs, electric off, random shit that might happen on holiday and is a disaster for autistic teens...but only needs t o be managed for a day or so.

I always take a sharp knife, potato peeler and tin opener...

Things we needed so far:
Lamp/torch no streetlights
Foot pump/pressure gauge to inflate car tyre (puncture)
Hi Viz jacket/reflectors/torch walking down road at dusk/dark.
Mini first aid kit.
Dry bag.
Dry phone pouches.

Things I took and have previously used:
Mini pharmacy (over the counter meds/prescription meds)

Might have been useful if space:
Folding step stool.

Extra pair of goggles as one sunk...

Head torch each.

I consider myself to be a prepared person but apart from the first aid stuff / otc medicines I'd not have brought any of that!

I'd have managed with a phone torch if it was pitch black.

Tyre pump saved us £120 .

By inflating tyre and driving to a garage to get it fixed rather than the mobile garage guy.

Going with the car, I tend to have similar to OP (although I have a can of "reinflate" stuff (which I know ruins the tyre but gets you home) rather than a pressure yoke for the tyre, and we have a proper spare tyre also.

My normal car kit has a pair of work gloves, Swiss Army knife, work torch, handwarmers (reusable), clean cloth as a rag, few cable ties, couple of mini bags of jellies and small bottles of water, mini 1st aid kit. Lives in the car all the time.

My self-catering box has increased over time and with things bought while away SC'ing! Small sharp knife, peeler, corkscrew, tin opener, wooden spoon (just 1), mini chopping board, handful of clippers, handful of pegs, string, matches/cigarette lighter (no smokers), 3 tealights, 100ml squeeze bottle of wash up liquid (usually enough for 4-5 days), 2/3 each of dishwasher tabs and laundry capsules, 2 bin liners, 2 j cloths, wash up brush and a scrubby sponge. And pack of cards.

And I have a relatively decent 1st aid kit from going on Cub Scout hikes that I throw in a bag as well. Along with a couple of microfibres towels as we do a lot of swimming/surfing.

I also throw in a couple of board games, couple of books and some paper/colouring pencils to allow quiet time and expressive time if needed.

My self catering box is a 22l box that isn't full, my car kit is in a small Stanley toolbox, and the other bits probably take up 1 tote bag at most all together. So it's not loads.

If flying for SC - I will throw the most important bits into a large ziploc in my case which takes up the same space as a hairstraighteners.

"Things I have bought on holiday" is quite a long list!

It's a pain in the arse if you are over an hour round trip from a supermarket with autistic kids. And sometimes the supermarket is not that large either!

We take a brew kit with us comprising a jet boil style stove, mugs, fuel cylinder, tea/coffee/hot water, small flask with milk for the day, packing into an old change bag), mainly to dislodge a few rounds of £15 tea/coffee stops for the family, but with the fringe benefit that, if your accommodation has a power cut and is remote, then you can still make a brew and cook an improvised meal. (This was us on our recent holiday.)

When camping, we take folding solar panels and power banks, which keeps our phones operational.

I keep meaning to bring one of my cast iron pans with me on holiday - so many places provide small / scratched 'non-stick' frying pans which aren't usable, but have so far failed to do this. I should learn from you and make a list of all the things which it would have been good to have and optimise our packing for future holidays.

Ha, I take an egg pan...smallish cheap non stick frying pan. We like eggs not stuck to the bottom of the pan! Need a spatula too. They often provide metal only!

The brew kit is a good idea. Need a small version. The car is jammed full. Ds gets through a lot of clothes.

Might get folding solar panels. We have power banks we take anyway.

Matches were not on my list...

We did have a solar lantern which we used extensively and was better than a phone torch.

Any safe foods/snacks your teens eat that will tide you over if you can't find it in local supermarket

The year we ran out of square weetbiscs has made sure we never forget these!