On trend with @Sekwo's two different scenarios, I thought I'd put this one out there. In my mind, this scenario is easily doable by yourself or with others and doesn't take too much preparation. I will admit that the scenario does rely upon you having an overnight pack readily available. OK, here it is......
You are at home during a natural disaster of some kind. Main power and water have been knocked out and there is a lot of damage to local infrastructure. So no power, no phone signal etc. You have waited it out for 3 days in the hope of everything returning to some kind of normal, but the government/local council authority has been overwhelmed and cannot provide anywhere near the amount of assistance required.
With resources becoming dangerously low, and with violent crime rapidly increasing, you decide that staying put is not an option anymore. You decide to move on foot to a relatives home some 50 miles away. You cannot take a vehicle, the local roads are damaged in places and criminal gangs have started hijacking vehicles. Public transport is not available.
You must pack a rucksack and plan a walk of 50 miles to a relatives home outside the disaster area.
What would you take? what would your priorities be? What route would you take?
(I know this scenario is very unlikely to happen in the UK, but play along and have a think how you would do it and write your plan below!)
For me, I would take enough gear to last 3 days, nothing out of the ordinary and a lot of the kit I would take is probably very similar to us all for a lightweight camping trip. The way this scenario would affect me is I would leave at night, to avoid criminals mostly. I live in an urban area and it is about 10km until I get anywhere rural. From then onwards I would travel avoiding population centres, routinely checking my phone for reception, until I arrive at my destination. To do this scenario in real time, I would plan a route to a remote train station some 50 miles away, and get the train home at the end!
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You are at home during a natural disaster of some kind. Main power and water have been knocked out and there is a lot of damage to local infrastructure. So no power, no phone signal etc. You have waited it out for 3 days in the hope of everything returning to some kind of normal, but the government/local council authority has been overwhelmed and cannot provide anywhere near the amount of assistance required.
With resources becoming dangerously low, and with violent crime rapidly increasing, you decide that staying put is not an option anymore. You decide to move on foot to a relatives home some 50 miles away. You cannot take a vehicle, the local roads are damaged in places and criminal gangs have started hijacking vehicles. Public transport is not available.
You must pack a rucksack and plan a walk of 50 miles to a relatives home outside the disaster area.
What would you take? what would your priorities be? What route would you take?
(I know this scenario is very unlikely to happen in the UK, but play along and have a think how you would do it and write your plan below!)
For me, I would take enough gear to last 3 days, nothing out of the ordinary and a lot of the kit I would take is probably very similar to us all for a lightweight camping trip. The way this scenario would affect me is I would leave at night, to avoid criminals mostly. I live in an urban area and it is about 10km until I get anywhere rural. From then onwards I would travel avoiding population centres, routinely checking my phone for reception, until I arrive at my destination. To do this scenario in real time, I would plan a route to a remote train station some 50 miles away, and get the train home at the end!
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