Barbed Wire

[BeardyMan]

Went for a wander yesterday round some local woodland. My friend knows the area well, so he took the lead and I followed with the dog. We came to a barbed wire fence, no problem, we'll be through that in no time. It didn't even look that sharp. My friend scrambled through first, then the dog went under and chucked my gear over too. I attempted to climb between the strands. Unfortunately at 6'2" I'm a little bit too big to fit through the gap as well as my friend. The result was that I got stuck in it! Ripped my trousers twice - once right near my knackers and the second across my arse cheek. In the pathetic struggle to free myself I also got my shirt hooked and ripped my skin too, leaving a nice 6 inch slash on my right hip.

So what looked like a 2 minute job turned into a bit of an ordeal, for me anyway. My friend was great help, he kept my gear out of the mud the whole time

So, the moral of the story is, if you're bugging out and come across a barbed wire fence - cut your way through it!