As corona virus mayhem starts to set in and there are reports of panic food buying and stockpiling, I’m beginning to think there may have been some sense in “ ‘im outdoors’ “ obsessive hoarding of unused emergency expedition and deployment ration packs which he has been allocated over the years. Perhaps I have been a little churlish in constantly moaning about them taking up a large proportion of my pantry and regularly threatening to take them to the dump.