grenfell wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:57 am
Just musing some thoughts on this subject. Has anyone considered some sort of lightweight hand cart?
We have both a hunting cart (replaced pneumatic wheels for rubber ones) and a sledge they get utilized for many things other than what they were purchased for, versatile pieces of kit to have on hand.
Good link to an interesting article. Thanks.
I've got plans to make a cart using two bike wheels. I've got all the bits I need , just need the time to actually put it together. The idea of a cart seems to be one that gets overlooked especially one that can be attached to a pushbike , I was also looking at a single wheel design specifically for bikes.
I re-enact and carry a load of gear in the van and trailer but there are a couple of members who don't have transport but get to events quite frequently. Long distance is largely by train and bus but a certain amount is on foot. They use a combination of rucksack and lightweight sack truck and are in effect pretty much practicing what we are talking about here.
Baby trailer with stroller bits
40kg payload
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If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
HK06 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:15 pm
Ah yes I’ve seen this!
But I always figured it would not protect against the British winter cold as well as a wool blanket… but I am happy to be corrected
Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:32 pm
Look at the snugpac xl jungle blanket ...
All depends on how far and how long you are bugging out for. 12 Kilos was my load out for an attempt on a 2100 mile hike with 4 days of food and carrying 2 litres of water. I had kit and clothing totalling over £2000 but it was all top grade and lightweight.
Ressuplying/caching food along your bug out route maybe possible before needing to bug out
Was told once " Cheap, Hard wearing, Lightweight......pick two"
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
I can see the logic of geocatching , hiding supplies along the way but can't help thinking it's also a bit of a conundrum as well. It does involve a fair bit of forward planning which implies that one is perhaps more aware than the general public and that raises the question of why not bug out earlier perhaps in a vehicle while the roads are clearer. I'm not knocking anyone for planning to bug out on foot but I do see it as a last resort type of thing , it is after all.pretty much the most limiting and slowest way to escape.
Burying stuff is ok if it's not far, but I reckon you can't be sure where you'd be evacuating to, so it is risky to bury stuff far from where you live. It's not something I plan on doing.
I do have routes and places planned, but the authorities might tell us to go somewhere specific.
Yes seems to me that while the idea sounds good it has a number of drawbacks. Firstly it's expensive especially if say three potential routes are planned means automatically two thirds of the stash is lost. There's also the problem of actually finding a decent safe place to stash in the right place. Even then it might get discovered or access might become difficult or impossible. It's not something I've planned to do either.
You can always have a cache hidden close to home incase you need to evacuate without a BOB,
and another at your chosen BOL to top up your kit when you get there, neither would be wasted.
Peter wrote: ↑Wed Oct 08, 2025 10:40 pm
You can always have a cache hidden close to home incase you need to evacuate without a BOB,
and another at your chosen BOL to top up your kit when you get there, neither would be wasted.
There you go....
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
