'Getting Home In An Emergency"

[Arzosah]

This is a book on Amazon Kindle. I wrote it I really did. I published it in 2015, when I knew a *lot* less than I do now. I soon intended to do a second edition, unfortunately 2016 was the year from hell for me, and the book got lost in the general chaos.

Now, however, my yen for writing has re-emerged. I play with an apocalyptic novel, but this book is still out there, and it seemed to be useful, so here I am.

It's going to be free from tomorrow, Sunday 11 August 2024, to the following Thursday, the 15th, 5 days in total. This is the original edition, not the update I wanted to do. Frankly, I'd like for people to suggest updates (I'm sure I'll agree with 99%, I haven't re-read it in that time!) - there's new issues, new information, new books, new websites, all sorts of things. When researching, I distinctly remember how difficult it was to find an online map, I'm not kidding, and that's just one example.

So, if you've got a spare hour, download and have a look at a blast from the past don't be too harsh

[GeeGee]

That's brilliant ... Will defo be having a shuftie at that
Well done you!

[Frnc]

Cool. Will have a read. I lived in Bicester for three weeks.

[Arzosah]

You're very welcome - I'll be asking for reviews when I manage to do the second edition

I've just checked on Amazon and it *is* now free. I never quite believe it's going to work, but it does

[itsybitsy]

Ooooh, nice one, Arzosah!

[Arzosah]

Cool. Will have a read. I lived in Bicester for three weeks.

Good stuff! It was a tiny place when I lived there - local money came from the American air force base, not the shopping city!

Ooooh, nice one, Arzosah!

Thanks! I'm promising nothing on the timeline, but now that I have the car, "getting home" is more important than it used to be - for some emergencies, travel by car along main roads can be forbidden, to facilitate the work of the armed forces. Extremely unlikely, but its there. And there are other issues as well - I still do day trips to London on the train, for instance, and if 7/7 happened again https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces ... s-of-2005/ there's a remote chance I could be caught up in it. The British Museum isn't exactly unknown

[Medusa]

Congratulations on being a published author You have some good reviews too! I am going to give this a read, thank you.

[Arzosah]

Congratulations on being a published author You have some good reviews too! I am going to give this a read, thank you.

Thank you Medusa! I'm glad the reviews look good, I was pleased with them for sure. I hope the principles in there are useful - I focussed on London because most people go there at one time or another, even if its to take the train somewhere else, or go to a specialist hospital, whatever. But it should transfer usefully to other cities (I hope! otherwise I've made a real booboo with the structure of the thing ).

[Yorkshire Andy]

According to be Amazon I downloaded it on 31 march 2015 I can't remember reading it I've had a few sleeps since then you mean it's free now

With current events anything is possible

Often wondered how a old forklift truck with a basic diesel engine would survive a emp or similar as that would be me shtf desperate grab I've keys for most plant at work and the onsite fuel tank is gravity fed........ If it drives it'll do it beats walking

Now not road legal but shtf anything goes ... And well not much will stop even a small forklift on the road as I can shift it as long as it's under 3 tonnes

As for yomping home I've a direct route on metal roads which would take me through a small town then across a road bridge over the river and home a bottle neck but can't be avoided as it's the only legal pedestrian crossing point for miles....

SHTF there's the rail bridge about a 3 mile detour but once across it's a 10 minute walk home it is crossable (oh the innocence/ stupidity of teenage years)

probably probably a similar distance cutting the corner off .... Not that the man in the conning tower on the bridge would be happy...

Or risk the M62 motorway bridge which is currently a 30mph limit with one half shut to traffic and it drops me a 2 minute walk from my parents if I hop over a fence but a long climb

Along the route there's several places I could go for help. From a farmer friend to a customer and a family friend ... If I needed shelter there's a family member who's emigrated who's renting his house out but not his garage..... So there's shelter as it's a standard garage door I could be in in less than a minute with no damage if needed and hidden