SPORTS/WALKING
All Weather Clothes & Bags
Walking sticks
Ski poles
Boots
Sandals
Thick socks
Second clothes set
Washing line/pegs/laundry soap
goggles
sunglasses
sun visor
warm hat
light hat
hat elastic and two safety pins and sewing kit
Zips sewn in or safety pinned in
Or security pockets in clothes
bandanna
Scarf
White at night headwear
Visible jacket/ radar device for location in avalanche
Visible swimsuit (not blue or green)
swimhat or attached swimhat
roaming plan/local phone/ power cable, power storage
ELECTRONICS
Mobile phone
Backup phone or send password phone
Extension lead with multiple sockets
Laptop or Ipad with keyboard
Power brick and lead
DOCUMENTS/SECURITY
Contact list at destination
Contact list at home
Emergency numbers, insurance, breakdown cover, medical
Car safety kit
Car overseas requirements (headlamp dimmers etc - check what is needed and allow time to buy online and for delivery)\
Tickets
Passports
Printed hotel bookings (in case of internet failure or phone failure or lost or stolen phone)
Insurance details with family at home (in case you have an accident and they need to bring you home)
Doorbell camera so you can watch for deliveries, burglars, gardeners etc
ENTERTAINMENT
Films or music on phone or laptop, or links if you don't want to fill your phone
Card games
Table games
Tennis racquets and balls, table tennis
Chess and draughts, backgammon, Scrabble etc
Paints and drawing materials and sketchbook
DAY CLOTHES
One outfit for travelling, loose
One outfit for touring
Cover scarf or jacket for churches and temples
Jacket with
EVENING CLOTHES
Smart shoes, socks or tights
Anti-mosquito scarf or jacket and leg covering
COSMETICS
Lipstick,/lip balm,
Eye shadow/ eye drops
Spot cover
Moisturizer
Shampoo and conditoner
Anti mosquito spray
PICNIC/FOOD/DRINK
Sandwich and water for journey
Cup to avoid drinking from shared bottles
Cool box, insulated lunch box, ice pack
Wine saver pouches (brand name Platypreserve)
Two plates, knives, forks, cutter/army knife
Corkscrew/bottle opener tin opener
MEDICATION
Insect repellent
\PILLS - contraceptives/medication/pillbox/prescription
Spectacles/reading glasses/Sunglasses/Goggles/Sighted goggles/Prescription printed and on phone
First Aid kit/plasters, sting relief
USEFUL APPS
Step counter
Calorie counter
Google Maps
Street View
Home address in car satnav and mobile phone
SECURITY
Doorcam to show deliveries whilst you are away
If reporting on your travels, either wait until you get back and save your diary in a Word document to upload later, and/or turn your Facebook to friends/family only - asking immediate family not to comment on your whereabouts in the media
Even if you have a house sitter and dog at home, or home-swaps or lodgers, you don't want strangers and ne'er-do-wells ringing the doorbell or invading the property and alarming your house sitter.
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