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Stuff you should carry with you:

Notice the whip and the spray - any old fool can make and use those....the spray contains water and citronella essential oil...the whip is made of a shoelace, some old rope and a bit of broom handle...
The horn - A quality hunting horn is difficult to come by and more difficult to blow, but is VERY effective...so practice, y'all....
Maps - Quite steep at six quid a time, but invaluable in the field...they can tell you where you are, where the hunt are likely to go, and at the end of the day, where the nearest pub/cop shop is...
Mobile phone -Signals permitting, these in combination with a map are the key to effective sabbing..people in the transport need to know where both you and the hunt are...plus you might fancy a takeaway...
So to food and money - both sabs and sabs' cars need fuel, so make sure you have the means for both...plus money is always handy for lots of things...
Finally, get a trendy bag to put it all in...pockets are cool, but after a period of running stuff tends to rub in places where you don't want that kind of rubbing...so get a bag...if you're a closet SAS dude (not me, honest) buy an army pouch...equally good are the pouch belts that lowe alpine and karrimor etc do...or even a bum-bag off the market

Extras

If you happen to be well off or lucky or run a successful (ethically orientated, non-exploitative, fairly-traded) drugs,porn or gun-running operation you may be able to bring along the following items:

A camera - ok, so you may own camera and not be one of the aforementioned (ahem) 'businesspeople'...cameras are brilliant for gathering evidence of hunt cruelty, trespass and violence...they are remarkably good at preventing the latter, as are...
Camcorders - 'you've bin framed' footage of a farm-boy wielding an axe-handle is always welcomed by sabs..it shows the hunt up for what they are (a bunch of violent scum) and often the threat of a camera stops 'em in their tracks...
any cool toys like GPS, night sights, bugging equipment, large armoured vehicles are gratefully received...whoops, i'm off on the SAS thing again....bloody 'ultimate force'..it's ross kemp's fault...

Coming soon - what you should wear out sabbing.

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