Whilst in Kenya back in 1981 myself and another guy was on a routine drive from our bush camp back to our base when we lost a wheel on our Land Rover in the middle of the bush. It was only then we realised we had no kit with us and only one water bottle. Although we were miles from anywhere it is amazing how many people appeared from out of the bush over the next hour and within a couple of hours the Kenyan Army had turned up to recover us back to one of their camps. We were very lucky it could have been a very different story.

We had broke the rules and that experience galvanised me to never go anywhere without survival equipment, spear water and personal kit.

It is when you are going about routine activities when things like this happen so it is a good idea to be prepared.