Of course, what you carry will depend on what you use the car for -and where you are heading to - but given I'm partial to the occasional UK tour, my checklist is:
- Lightweight waterproof over trousers and top. I have these and they roll up really quite small. Used them a few times in emergencies.
- Spare fuses and print out of the fuse board from the manual. I'm sure most people carry spare fuses, but there ain't no diagram on the fuse board if you need to find the dead fuse that is stopping your starter motor from kicking in...
- A can of tyre weld - the type that won't destroy your tyre beyond repair.
- A few heavy duty zip ties - as long as possible.
- Print out of insurance details - hopefully never needed.
- USB phone charger cable and adaptor for the car's 'spare outlet', if you have one.
- Spare hat and gloves.
- Emergency £20 note. You know, the purple one that is going to be replaced soon and I'll forget all about it and it will become worthless.
- Locking wheel nut key - if you've nut locked your wheels.
- 10mm and 13mm spanner and a 4mm allen key - covers most of the car.
- Couple of microfibre towels.
- Me Nan's phone number - in case I'm ever passing; she hates surprises, but makes a cracking cuppa.
- A waterproof bag to pack it all up in. Water can get into the bonnetboot, especially when hosing the car down.
In my daily I also have jump leads, first aid kit, litre of water, some dried up wet wipes, a handful of nappy bags, 13 pens that don't work anymore, a flare gun, intravenous rabies shot and 1/2 lb of cocaine just in case, but I didn't want to get silly with the Nomad...
Have I missed anything? Now's the time to write out my Christmas list...
