Choose your own adventure..

[mountainm]

Bootlace to make bow drill.

UNTILL i found a good way to calibrate my watch, I would assume I woke up at the same time I do every day, due to my internal body clock. A guestimate is better than nothing.

Doesn't the wood have to be really really dry for that?

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

go down hill, find a river follow the river and you surely find people- bear grylls.

 

[Will Bowden]

You wake up in a wood in the middle of nowhere. There are no discernable footpaths and you can hear no traffic noise. The ground is wet after what seems to be a weeks worth of rain and the drizzle is constant. The snowdrops are peeping out the ground and the sky is overcast. The sun is hidden behind dull grey clouds.

You are wearing a stout pair of walking boots with a thick pair of hiking socks, a pair jeans with a leather belt, a cotton white T-shirt under a cheap long sleeve top with a fleece zipped into a gortex raincoat. On your head you have a baseball cap. You are cold and starting to get wet.

A quick search of your pockets reveals a kit kat, a wallet (containing 2 credit cards, one £5 note, 3 pound coins and a fifty pence piece) A set of house keys and a car key.

On your wrist you have a watch. It has stopped, but it still works - it's kinetic and needs a good shake to get it going again.

You have a pair of glasses tucked into your chest pocket.

Their is a small 30l rucksack at your feet inside is 0.5 litres of water in a 1l sigg bottle, a can of coke and some ham sandwiches wrapped in foil.

The terrain is boggy in places, the trees are mostly birch with the odd ash, oak and occasional holly.

What now?

First I'd swear loudly at the fact I'd obviously lost another flaming knife, then I'd be impressed that I'd managed to get so drunk I'd fallen asleep in a wood somewhere but still had some money left. Next up I'd whistle for the dog assuming she'd wandered off.

I think I'd find a river next and follow it, downstream obviously, gathering useful things as I went...

Will

 

[naefearjustbeer]

go down hill, find a river follow the river and you surely find people- bear grylls.

You forgot to mention jump off of any waterfalls you may find and swim down rapids.

 

[SMARTY]

I think I would go back to sleep, and hope that the next time I woke up I would be back in the real world. Must go....my Imaginary friend is at the door.

 

[Harry The Camper]

I'd ask myself "What would Bear do?", then I'd do the exact opposite and come out in one peice!

My sentements exactly!

 

[Ruvio]

I live in England...I'd walk a mile in any direction and find a town/village

 

[MSkiba]

Doesn't the wood have to be really really dry for that?

Good point. I'd find some semi thin dry stuff, put it in my pocket for use later that day.

 

[hog]

You are in Britain, why look for a water source, there is bound to be a pub full of people about 10 minutes from where you are.

 

[Home Guard]

Any suggestion to weather the terrain is flat or hilly, rocky or sandy soil, etc?

 

[John Fenna]

Worry madly about whos clothing I have - and where mine is!
Goretex?
Fleece?
Jeans?
Certainly not mine!
Perhaps I should check for name labels - if I find anything other than" St Michaels" it should give me a clue...
After that - relax - this is my idea of a holiday!
I have enough food and drink to last me the day and bimbling around I should easily find water (Indian well if nowt else) and some nettles etc to eat...
The can or glasses will give me a cutting edge until I find better or grind the key on a rock, can build a bowdrill set (might take time to find dry standing though - tinder from the birchbark), foil cooking pot to boil water, debris shelter from fallen wood etc under a nice thick hollybush
Find South from the watch or shadow sticks and think about moving out as I get bored with nettle soup after a couple of days....

 

[Highbinder]

I'd take off all my clothes, smear mud across myself and make a rudimentary spear. Once 'suitably attired' it would be the simple case of tracking the foul beast that had given me roofies and left me in the woods..

 

[Everything Mac]

I'd be thoroughly annoyed with myself for not packing my usual kit?

As for packing a can of coke well I would be doubly annoyed as I'm allergic to the stuff!



Plan? well I'd certainly consider climbing a tree to have a look for my car, which I can only assume is near by.

drive home.

complain about it all on BCUK

Andy

 

[bojit]

I would press the unlock button on the car key and listen for the beep, then just walk to the car and drive home.Simples!

Craig..........