Have You Considered This?

My personal belief is that after shtf, modern technology will soon wear out or run out, then anyone who is not prepared for this will be thrown into a stone age lifestyle. But consider what would happen if you you were prepared for this by equipping & training yourself in 18th century style. In this case your standard of living would not drop below this level.

There are 18th century living history groups worldwide, including the UK. These groups are family oriented, they hold camp-outs & Rendezvous. Their activities can include: Camping & open fire cooking, construction of primitive shelters, historical trekking using only 18th century equipment, period crafts & skills, period living skills & much more. Groups such as Greens Rangers in the UK cover all the above plus training in military tactics & weapons training.

Living History groups & activities are not something that the average person thinks about, many are not even aware it exists. But if you are really serious about survival, & you know that you will have to "Bug-Out" if TSHTF, then you owe it to yourself & your family to consider this Living History training option. These groups & their activities are not only educational, but they are also a lot of fun for ALL the family.

Joining one of these groups is a great way to make friends & meet like minded people. These people, & indeed these groups, stand the very best chance of surviving any shtf situation that you can reasonably be expected to survive.

 

I agree, any date pre 19th century but post stone age would supply a comfortable lifestyle. I don't know where you live, but there is no problem with flintlock guns in the UK, Australia or America. Germany hold Rendezvous as do other European countries. Greens Rangers are in the UK.
Keith.
Greens Rangers UK. Note the flintlock guns.

 

Well you are well set up with the Viking era I am sure, & you should have flint & steel for making fire. No one else there will be as prepared as you are, seeing as they are all in the same boat as far as firearms are concerned.
Regards, Keith.

 

Keep a low profile & get out of Dodge. You should be fine.
Keith.

 

Good one, sounds as if you are well prepared.
Keith.

 

Well let's face it, even if nothing happens we have had some fun in living history along the way
Keith.

 

been looking for Greens Rangers in the UK but all I can find is a WW2 reinactment group not an 18th century one.

 

technology will disappear because post SHTF it wont have the infrastructure and the manufacturing base to maintain it.

 

personally not a lot, this laptop which was a cheap one(I also run a British prepper forum) and a basic Nokia(no camera) phone which stays in my pocket most of the time and is only used for emergencies(not many of those), I would be quite happy(to quote Yul Brynner in "the magnificent seven") to throw them in the water bucket and ride out!!

 

i don't prep tech, my post SHTF plans don't require it. i'm going for a simple, basic lifestyle- one that I have lived before.

 

my personal opinion is that without mains power everything will have to be done by hand, i.e. physical labour, some solar and wind power may be available for the short term but without access to a spare parts manufacturing base even this will be short lived.

 

yeah but they had the infrastructure to keep it all running, post SHTF we wont.

 

the one thing you have to remember is that when past civilisations collapsed the technology was so basic, the survivors could access their daily needs themselves and just wait for "civilisation" to reassert itself-no matter how long that took, we are so reliant on technology these days that the majority of the population would be unable to do the same.

 

I have contacted Xander Green asking him for another contact address other than Facebook. I will post it if they have one. Meanwhile this is the Facebook contact for the group: Greens Rangers UK https://www.facebook.com/groups/177988055601175/
Keith.

 

I can see your point Thanez, & I agree. There will be a lot of people who have no wish to go back to what we have now. Greed for more wealth & power is destroying our environment.
Keith.

 

There will be technology that could be used short term. Electricity may be generated for as long as the equipment lasts. But then as lonewolf says, a person would need more technology to repair these items. Blacksmiths these days are far & few between, some will make progress & they will train others, but I think progress will be slow & not widespread. It will start with individuals doing for themselves, not a major public project.
Keith.

 

Apparently Greens Rangers are now a part of New France Old England. This is a well established re-enactment group. Public Reenactment is not my cup of tea, but apparently you can contact Greens Rangers & be a part of their group. The NFOE web address is: http://www.nfoe.org.uk/NFOE/Contact.html
Their Facebook address is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177988055601175/
Keith.

 

i'm not so much interested in the battle side of reinactments, but I would like to see more of the living history camps, how the ordinary person lived day to day.
had an interesting conversation with a couple of people doing just this at an event not far from here last year, friend was involved that's how I got to know about it.

 

we as a society have become technically advanced but we have also become technology dependant, which wont go well when SHTF.

 

Same here, I am not into re-enacting at all. Most re-enacting is military. It is the day to day living skills that interest me most. Not that re-enactors don't do the skills in camp, but that is not their main interest & function so they tend to scimp on this part.
Keith.

 

I think you are right Thanez, but a lot will depend on the situation. In some cases cities & towns will be a dangerous place to be. Living in a wilderness/country area you will have to choose between keeping a low profile or constructing a defence structure. Will living in a house/cabin in the country be safe? Can you protect yourself & what you have? The best we can do right now is prepare for what we THINK might come. IF something happens, then we will do the best we can with what we have. It could go either way.
Keith.

 

it dosent matter what you are building, you will need both the raw materials and the knowledge, if you cannot make spare parts-everything will break down at some point- then its a non starter.
I don't have an engineering degree so I will content myself with a simple, somewhat primitive , life getting up when it gets light and going to bed when it gets dark, I will have plenty of other things to do without worrying about electricity.