How long would you last?

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Good point Midnight,

We've got water-in and liquid/toilet waste-out covered, but not wrapping, tins etc. Over a period of months these will build up to considerable volumes.

If simply in quarantine lock-down, all combustible material would go through the wood burner, while tins would be crushed and buried.

If in full lay-low lock-down, burning of refuse, noise created flattening cans and even the burying process itself would all create problems.

Re unwelcome visitors, this would be an especially delicate issue, especially during a quarantine lock down while rule of law persisted. Warning signs on access points, combined with increased physical deterrents (barbed wire, dogs in the garden etc.)

Another consideration is our cats: In a quarantine lock down they'd have to be kept in the house until the all-clear was certain. If for any reason any of them got outdoors and wandered off the property they would for sure go walk about around neighbouring houses, and rubbish heaps. Sadly this would require their extermination I think. That's a bit of a dilemma as I'd expect that there would at the same time be an increase in the population of rodents, the cntrol of which is the precise reason for keeping the cats in the first place.