How far to Navigate to your BOL?

[Skvez]

This is sort-of navigation related in terms of understanding how far you will have to navigate to get from your day-to-day home to your Bug Out Location.

[grumpy old man]

i live in the country with a good geo location from most problem, but just in case i have a few scatter points with stuff there. i also have a close bol that is with in walking distance if need be, and if that fails plans for a 200miler out of the way.
failing to prepare is preparing to fail and perfect planing pevents poor perfomance always stick in my head.

[Skean Dhude]

Thats what I call planning. A plan A, B, C and D

[Lord T]

Bugging in but still looking to bug out if I can find somewhere suitable.

[grumpy old man]

my wife keeps telling me not to be over the top with caution it might never happen
i keep telling her the answer is in the might part i would hate to find out i waste a chance.
like they say make hay when the sun shines as i doesn't too aften here lol.

[Skean Dhude]

Good philosophy. It is one I follow too.

Live but put away a bit for just in case.

[Brian]

Where I live on the south coast it is so ridiculously over populated that finding a suitable BOL is quite a challenge. Bug-in is my preference but I don't think it is practical as, a) my house and garden are not secure enough to withstand a determined onslaught with too dodgy boundaries and too much window area, and b) my location is too close to a major city from which visitors could be expected.
I'm hoping to move home shortly and these concerns are going to play an important part of the selection.
Brian

[Skean Dhude]

Brian,

I think that is a wise decision. Even if nothing happens your quality of life will improve anyway.

Myself I'm looking for a place not far from where I am now with a bit of land.

[Brian]

Finding land without a whopping great bag of cash on hand is like finding hen's teeth down here, but my location search includes renting adjacent land. Still a challenge, but possible, and when TSHTF who will be looking at contract law and land use restrictions anyway.
Brian

[Skvez]

my location search includes renting <snip> when TSHTF who will be looking at contract law and land use restrictions anyway.

The original owner of the land presumably, they may well want to re-negociate the deal, possibly by taking 50% of what you produce on the land or something. That's unfortunate but it still leaves you with 50% more than it will leave someone without any land (rented or otherwise).