SAS Survival Handbook

[hyperD]

I would like to feast on at least one MP. I don't mind from which party. But it will be a great BBQ.

[The Spartan]

Fortunately I used to teach skill at arms, fieldcraft and survival skills so I'd hope I'd fair OK.

Plus I always have my trusty crossbow in case of emergency, it's better for not attracting attention to yourself like on the Walking Dead

[OwlHoot]

The most important aspect though is attitude. If you approach the end of civilisation with an attitude of "Yay! I never have to work for those tulipers again!" then you're far more likely to survive than if you have an attitude of "We're doooooomed!"

Well that's Suity flipped then!

[MyUserName]

What has all this to do with a glorified spreadsheet tool?

Hardly a polite way to talk about SASGuru!

[suityou01]

Well that's Suity flipped then!

Yip

[Pondlife]

I have several melee weapons and am highly trained in their use as well as in hand to hand combat. Although these skills are admittedly less useful when you are being shot at.

We also have prepared 'go' bags with emergency stuff in the car and house and things like torches strategically placed around the house.

Bring it on!

Fortunately I used to teach skill at arms, fieldcraft and survival skills so I'd hope I'd fair OK.

Plus I always have my trusty crossbow in case of emergency, it's better for not attracting attention to yourself like on the Walking Dead

What is it with you valley boys and weaponry?

[mudskipper]

I can knit

[The Spartan]

What is it with you valley boys and weaponry?

Hahaha you've got to be able to look after yourself in these parts

[MyUserName]

What is it with you valley boys and weaponry?

Have you ever been to the valleys?!??!

[OwlHoot]

During my army career, we did an escape and evasion course as part of a leadership course, much like the one RAF pilots have to take. ...

But there's a huge potential extra factor that doesn't take account of - fallout.

In most of the UK after a nuclear exchange, to avoid an inevitable and horrible death you and dependents and pets couldn't spend any time outdoors and you certainly couldn't ingest any food or water collected outdoors, or animals that had, for at least two or three weeks.

Maybe the fallout would be lower in some western parts, with a south westerly wind from the Atlantic. But even there you'd have fallout from the US, not to mention one or two possible nukes over the naval base in Plymouth, the GCHQ site in Cornwall, and a few other sites dotted around. (There's probably a map online somewhere, showing all possible or probable targets.)