[Closed] So you're lost in the wilderness...

the wilds are somewhere near Bridgend

how long would it take to walk to bridgend?

about 45 mins.

a week tops.

But why couldn't you just walk out to the nearest town?

You don't know Bridgend is there.

That's just a geographical pointer. 🙄

not too long........the smell wafting from all the chippy's and curry houses would drive me to surrender 😀

I dunno. Am I in the UK?

I'd like to think I could figure out how to trap rabbits, not sure how I'd manage foraging through the winter though.

How hard would it be to trap rabbits?

Would you strip bark from the copse of trees to form some kind of trap mechanism - or chase after the little blighters with a rock?

I dunno. Am I in the UK?

Yeah, you're near Bridgend - but you can't see Bridgend and you don't know it's there.

Do I have to fight off the Welsh mutant hordes while I am foraging and getting frisky with rabbits?

Given that there's no hope of rescue, that means no humans, no humans mean animals won't be scared of humans, so just walk up to the rabbit and kick its head in.

@Molgrips you planning on trapping them to pet and for company or to eat 😯 😉

I thought you were vegan, or is that somebody else on here?

Wait until night and head in the direction of the glow in the clouds?

vegans, aint they from outer space?

Do I get a book and luxury?

And Kirsty Young?

Wait until night and head in the direction of the glow in the clouds?

The Irish Sea has been described by Greenpeace as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world with some "eight million litres of nuclear waste" discharged into it each day from Sellafield reprocessing plants, contaminating seawater, sediments and marine life

Wait until night and head in the direction of the glow in the clouds?

Nah, you're too far away for that.

As far as you're concerned, Bridgend might as well not exist.

So...

I figure use the knife to hack branches from the copse of trees, make arrows with those, then chew bark until it becomes a nice stringy mass, suitable for making into string, chop off a longer branch, BINGO, bow and arrow. Must be a nice cow or two hanging around. Those things could keep you going for ages.

I'm no Ray Mears but I reckon a couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem. 😀

As far as you're concerned, Bridgend might as well not exist.

As far as I'm concerned it doesn't. Where is it anyway? Somewhere tropical?

Can I ask how I got to the wildnerness? And just how do I plug in a record player to play me 8 discs anyway?

vegans, aint they from outer space?

Yeah. You've got to be careful of their poetry.

Pick up knife
Cut wood
Whittle Ray Mears from Cut Wood
Use Ray Mears

WIN!

Just to clarify, if your walking away from Bridgend, are you heading towards the Rhondda?

If so, i'd imagine this would have the potential to drastically increase the time within the 'death zone'

Fresh water = fish. I'd go fishing. I'm fairly sure I could lash up some sort of fishing tackle.
Autumn = Blackberries and apples

Sure a fire would be possible if I could find dry kindling

That's a start....

The fire might be tricky as it's raining and now source of flame other than some kind of Ray Mears thing with sticks and stringy bark.

Would there be any shops nearby? Perhaps for matches ro one of those disposable BBQs, although that might be tricky if you have no money.

I thought you were vegan

No, I think that's MidlandTrailquestGraham and a few others.

Spruce roots for cordage btw, they are ready made and should be available in the western Valleys and Vale of Glamorgan area.

The fire might be tricky as it's raining

Nah, just look for a burning car. Use the resources available to you.

Or failing that, the birch tree is your friend.

I think I'd get by just fine.
But within a few days I'd of sussed the area well enough to know there's civilisation nearby and worked out a way to utilise it.

Some Welsh water is a bit ropey, so I'd boil it off and filter it through charcoal before using, but as it rains loads, is make use of rain water.

Rabbits, I might make use of barbed wire to catch some, but would probably work on finding some wire and make a snare or two.

It's winter so a good supply of wood needs to be gathered and kept dry.

Foraging wouldn't be to bad, fungi, nuts, fruit can all be harvested.

However, its the UK,

Can I ask how I got to the wildnerness?

Actually, that's a pretty tragic story.

A gorgeous blonde pilot knocked on your office door this morning and asked if you'd like to see what the skies above Bridgend looked like. She nudged and she winked, so naturally you looked at your day's workload, shrugged, smiled enigmatically at the pilot and followed her outside, where her biplane was waiting. 'That's convenient', you thought as she gave you the eye. So off you flew. It seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

Suddenly, 1,500 feet above the Rondda, the blonde pilot coughed and said 'sweet cheeks I don't feel so good' before slumping down in her seat and drooling. With the plane nose-diving, you do what any red-blooded STWer would do - jump out of the plane and hope TJ wasn't right all along about the non-existence of God.

Fortunately, you landed on molgrips' rabbits. No harm done. All the equipment mentioned ^^^^ fell out of the plane, so the game's not quite lost.

As you were.

I think I'd get by just fine.
But within a few days I'd of sussed the area well enough to know there's civilisation nearby and worked out a way to utilise it.

Some Welsh water is a bit ropey, so I'd boil it off and filter it through charcoal before using, but as it rains loads, is make use of rain water.

Rabbits, I might make use of barbed wire to catch some, but would probably work on finding some wire and make a snare or two.

It's winter so a good supply of wood needs to be gathered and kept dry.

Foraging wouldn't be to bad, fungi, nuts, fruit can all be harvested.

However, its the UK, therefore its just a matter of getting mobile, and being self sufficient on the move, till you find help.(if that's what you need).

Did you also fall through a time warp into prehistoric Britain? That would explain why you can't just walk to the shops.

Did you also fall through a time warp into prehistoric Britain? That would explain why you can't just walk to the shops.

This whole Bridgend pedantry thing is missing the point.

Okay, let's say Neath.

walk west, you'll get somewhere

You could have specified the time-warp, that'd have got the point across without pedantry.

Okay, time-warp it is!

Okay, let's say Neath.

Towards Swansea or Merthyr Tydfil?

How far back does it go? Cos if it's iron age, there'd still be help fairly nearby, and you might even get by with your schoolboy Welsh. We could specify say, Neolithic or earlier, but post ice-age maybe. There'd certainly be more game around.

Til my insulin runs out I guess. Otherwise I'd be doing OK.

what would be the furthest you could walk in a straight line in the UK without coming across a road or a town?

How far back does it go?

That's what i was wondering. According to Wikipedia, there's been a roman settlement in Neath since 70AD, so there's bound to be some help. I reckon you could make a bit of money with the swiss army knife as the Romans would love that.

Their swords were pretty rudimentary, so incorporating a fish descaler would be useful, and the screwdriver could come in handy for servicing chariots etc.

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what would be the furthest you could walk in a straight line in the UK without coming across a road or a town?

No, you have decided to stay in one place, coz it's cold and raining. That was your choice. Live with it. 😀

Now, what's your first move: rabbits, fish, a stray cow?

A sheep...we're in Wales.

Okay, but are you Ray Mears enough to catch said sheep, incapacitate the beast and - ahem - do what must be done?

Plus side is you'd have a jumper when you were done - top survival choice, that.

The water source is massively helpful as you can go for ages (weeks) without food assuming you carry a half decent amount of fat (I do).

But the quality of life would be poor unless one can secure some quality nutrition. Again, the water source is helpful because it may attract edible animals and support nutritional rich plants. But not having the knowledge and skills to exploit that, I would probably not live that well or long.

I bet Ray Mears is just desperate for a global catastrophe.

fresh water and shelter you say.

i would likely just sit on my arse, sipping water and carving little garden gnomes from the wood supply, till i was rescued by japanese tourists.

Not sure how many stabs of the swiss army knife would be required, those knives are pretty small...but yeah I'd kill it if i was hungry.

I've never really trusted Ray Mears...no one can be that fat living on just bark and nuts.

And you're right a nice jumper too...although full of holes after stabbing the sheep to death.

Ok.

Let me get this right.

So I'm stuck in 70AD Neath.

I thnk I'd top myself..

I'd have to think hard about which I'd prefer out of 70 AD Neath or 2012 AD Neath 🙂

Well.. if I were allowed to roam a bit, I'd head for one of the Ogwr streams higher up as there'd be trout, which can be caught easily without a line or hook.

I'd also try rabbits. But there weren't any of those in neolithic times, so I'd have to look for other eatables. Beavers perhaps.