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Post by saeward on Sept 11, 2015 18:26:04 GMT
What sort of location do you think would suit our purposes for a temporary "bug-out" scenario? Some of my suggestions might be: - Obviously, some fresh running water.
- High ground with some form of shelter from the elements
- More than one entrance/exit.
- Preferably near a wood for firewood and hunting. Even golf courses or parks when they are no longer being used could provide adequate hunting ground post SHTF.
I was actually thinking, the best sites are actually castles. I know it sounds ridiculous, but bear with me.
Perfect place I feel is Old Sarum castle for instance near Salisbury. Massive ditches and banks give at least some protection from attacks except from the main entrance, but given an emergency situation you could potentially run down the banks the other way if you were overwhelmed. Its high up on a hill, yet ruins provide some protection from the wind if you're sleeping in tents. There's also 360 degree views of the surrounding area, natural streams nearby, access to roads and also an airfield less than a mile away if we had some way of utilizing that also.
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Post by Raven on Sept 14, 2015 16:23:54 GMT
Do you mean for a 'test' run of our equipment or when SHTF? To be honest, a castle sounds pretty good for a place to go to, but then wouldn't that attract others also?
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Post by hereward on Sept 14, 2015 19:53:22 GMT
That place has been on my mind as well, but as Oathsworn has mentioned, it would be an obvious place for others, perhaps who are out to take what we have, if there are to many of them, overwhelming us would be a problem, depending on our numbers, and how quick we can all bug out, remember while have our Kin to think of not simply ourselves, and how many of us can still move as fast as we use too??
The less agile of us would slow the younger one's down.....
Just pointing out obvious negative points, there are positive points to the place, if there are enough of us to hold the place, then making it our working base would be possible, with some added defences, but it all depends on numbers.. In a SHTF scenario, numbers count, lone wolves would be easy targets. There would be the obvious roving gangs of Opportunists, thugs, and the likes plus those immigrants who haven't already headed for the coast-le exists, as most will, but you will still have those few who are opportunists in normal times, who go for weaker less aggressive Tribes/Packs, so perhaps somewhere further North? Off the obvious beaten tracks??
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2015 22:07:30 GMT
It's a good question !
One kind of area I favour is a woodland or forest area.
If you think about OPSEC one of the easiest way of getting caught out is by campfire smoke.
In a forest it is not to hard to dissipate smoke during the day, at night a fire is gonna be seen unless it's in a shelter wherever you are !
Also, the list I put out there for my woodland bug-out kit was missing two bits of kit that will serve well the security of any gathered folk, my 2 metre & 70 CMs hand-held radios.
Say what you like about the tidily-winks, they make one of these radios for £20. I have the extended life battery which cost another £10 and I can hit a 2 metre repeater at 37 miles from me. That repeater does not employ a preamp so I am making that trip into it with a pure simplex radio signal.
Now obviously I am a licenced Amateur but if and when the SHTF the rules of Amateur radio bands will go out the window, just think if a group had 8 of these radios with extended life batteries what area we could keep secure within a woodland or forest location.
I have two further radios which I use as base rigs, both can be powered from our leisure batteries and solar rig. The UV-5R hand-held radios with extended life batteries can also be recharged from our/a solar rig.
This forum is young, let's gather for a while and criss-cross the membership to find the centreground, from there we can work out what's the best RV and BOL for the future.
What you think ?
Bri
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Post by Raven on Sept 15, 2015 7:22:04 GMT
The concept of having patrol squads with those radio's is something I like. Woodland, castle or field - I still think for security measures communication and the use of those radio's is something to be considered. Also for those who go hunting, they'll be able to report intel back to the camp.
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Post by hereward on Sept 15, 2015 7:37:16 GMT
Two-way Radios are a must in any survival situation for security purposes and warnings..
Does anyone know of any old Mott and Bailey Castles in the open land, with thick woodland and clean water, streams or rivers close by? That can be refortified??
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Post by Raven on Sept 15, 2015 8:45:16 GMT
If push really came to shove, the group could always look into building their own fort/stronghold.
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Post by hereward on Sept 15, 2015 11:36:49 GMT
If push really came to shove, the group could always look into building their own fort/stronghold. Making use of any Historical site, Hill Forts, Mott & Bailey Sites, there are many such sites up and down England, that can easily be modified for settlement/defensive purposes mate.. |
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