Missing Petrol stations

[Tarrel]

I wouldn't rely on finding fuel during a bug-out. Many of the scenarios likely to lead to SHTF will also compromise ability to pick up fuel (oil shock, economic collapse, war, grid failure, etc). I always keep the fuel tank full.

When we lived in the South East but had the place in Scotland, it was our intended bug-out location. A tall order, I know, to try to bug out 600 miles, but that was our plan. I always had 60 litres of diesel in three jerries, ready to be loaded into the car at a moment's notice, which, together with the full tank, would have been enough to get us up here with several diversions and back-tracks.

Glad we're up here now and don't have to worry about that sort of journey, but I still keep the tank full.