Thanks guys....
Without getting into the extriemes of "prepping" per se' Let me put it this way... It's more than just a little prudent to take precautions against intrusion by creatures of the human kind.
Not so much if one is pitched in an established resort, but more so when camping solo...
I'm sure you have seen the pics of my pitch, being a 5x5m army tent... Thast's pretty hard to be called "stealth camping", and therefore the primary security aspect is remaining undetected.
I rely primarily on 2 security multipliers, one being one very wide awake mutt <Scruffy> and the other is to span a trip wire connected to a hooter, and rely on the premise that invasions of campers are opportunistic rather than targeted, and with opportunistic invasions, the intruder will rather avoid confrontation if they are aware that you are aware of their presence.
The trip wire I span +- 50m (if posssable) all around my pitch, and have a powerful Cree tactical torch which gives me the ability to locate the intruder at night. I span the trip about 700mm off the ground to allow for smaller game to pass under, and remove it completely at first light, so thas if a "visior"comes along it is not obvious.
But there are other measures I take... call it camp behaviour.... I never sleep in a sleeping bag, always under the bag, so when I buy a bag it must zip all the way open. I also never sleep with my head at the dorr of my tent / camper, alway's the other way round. I never leave mess kit available, such as a knives... Little things like that, I think count for a lot.
Also, I'm fully aware of self-defence multipliers and where they are... My spade next to my cat-hole toilet.... My baton on the rigt side of the entrance to my tent, and so on....
I'm not paranoid, it's just OUR environment <as regards other people> is not the same as where you lot live, and it's just being prudent. (I think Bopdude would agree and perhaps expound?)
In the days <back in the late 70 - 80's> when I used to hike / backpack, I also used to rely on not being detected as my primary security tactic, but these days my öutdoorsing" has changed quite a lot, and I'm more inclined to set a bigger base camp for longer periods.
One of my other interests is dog training, and used to train Dobermans. <love the breed> So following from that, I've been training my little mutt in protection / agility & obedience....
Nothing like having a little dog hanging from your christmas tree decorations to create a tactical advantage....
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Hell I could probibly brew up a cuppa, have a sip or two of tea before I get involved...
Anyway, here are a few photo's of my mutt & my trip wire...