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[Scythe13]

Another very good question. Looks like you're thinking along the same lines as I am.

I live just outside Bristol, but work can have be anywhere from Reading to Swansea, to the bottom of Cornwall. So I can be well over 100 miles from home. Which is a concerning issue.

One thing that I have is a fully stocked 5 day provisioned light GHB, sat in the car. Journeying home to bug in will not be the most comfortable experience every, but I don't need it to be. I just need to survive in good health and be able to get home.

My 5 day GHB has:
2 ponchos
1 lot of tent pegs
3 litres of water
a Freeloader Nano, with iphone and Blackberry cables
a load of water purifier tablets
a compass
a set of thermals
couple of knives
small FAK (first aid kit)
a couple of lighters
a few tampons (good tinder)
A couple of dust masks
a load of chocolate and beef jerky
electrolite mixes/energy drink powder
and a book on foraging

I also have a pair of trail running shoes attached to the outside of the pack. I intend to add a multi tool to this, as well as kevlar lined gloves.

In the boot of my car I also have a change of clothes, and currently my snowboarding gear (clothing, and boots. Snowboard is at home).

So lets say I'm in Penzance, and I need to get back to Bristol (185 miles shortest road distance)......on no, what's that happening, poop is hitting the air conditioning!!! The poo just hit the fan. I have to get home. If I can drive my car, I'll drive it all the way back. If my car is immobile due to an EMP or something like that, I'll get my bags and start walking. I know it will take me just below 2 weeks. I have enough food for 5 days. So I'll be rationing my food, and looting shops, or maybe buying things as of and when I can. But I should be able to get enough food to last me a couple of days, even if it is dustbin shopping, or looting. Then it's a case of keeping my moral up as I walk home.

Other than that, I don't know what else to say.

I'll be avoiding the roads, but sticking relatively near to them. The signs offer a great guide for those that don't know the area. Obviously I'll be avoiding the big towns and cities. However, the smaller sites will be ideal for a bit of loot shopping. So I'll be weighing up each place as I get to it.

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All in all, I'd say, check your distance from home, your personal fitness level, then work on things from there. Would you be able to get up and walk 20 miles a day, for 2 weeks? Personally I plan on travelling about 25 miles, then making a small lean to, a pretty little fire, and hunkering down for the night, for the first few days.

After about a week, people will be getting hungry, thirsty, and very dangerous! That will be when I won't have time to set up a small lean to type site, so it will be poncho tent time. I'll be keeping to the woods, following the compass in a North East direction. The reason I say I'll start off by build the lean to's is because I want something comfortable for the first few nights. A lean to allows a good little fire, and will keep me pretty snug. The poncho's are a melting hazard, so they will be used much later in the journey, then things get bad.

Oh also, I forgot to say, I have 2 mylar space blankets in my GHB as well. I'll be lining the lean to's with this to help keep me nice and warm at night.

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Oh yeah, and a load of mints and little pick me ups as well. Like Pro Plus, in the GHB.

I'm sat here thinking if there's anything else I missed.

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And a torch with spare batteries.

There will probably be more.