OK, here's a question...
To where do all the different flavours of prepper actually bug out?
I know you have your EDC bag and your Emergency bag and your Get Home Bag and your Bug Out Bag and all these other bags all full of junk and stuff... but where do you think you'll actually go, especially in the UK where you really can't hide anywhere for long... and where any stash or hideout you might build will have been vandalised by "urban youth", ****** in by the homeless, skunked by druggies and **** in by hippy squatters...
Well, I'll try to answer.
In this area of the country we are quite fortunate that there are some quite remote areas I can get to. I have different grades - some I can walk to, some I can cycle to and some I can drive to. Obviously I can take more stuff in the car and I can take more stuff on the bike than walking. It really depends on the bug out situation as to what I'll bug out with. I even have combo bug out locations where I could drive the car, stash some gear and abandon the car and walk to somewhere even more remote. Timing would be very important - you don't want to be hitting the road the same time as everyone else if you are driving for example. Also, the locations vary between second homes, rigid shelters or just remote areas where you'd need to build your own shelter (take a tent, tarp etc). I do visit all these locations regularly so I know if one wont be suitable due to recent discovery etc, but that rarely happens - none of my bug out locations are areas where they will be "been vandalised by "urban youth", ****** in by the homeless, skunked by druggies and **** in by hippy squatters" as you have put it.
It also depends on what you are bugging out for. Is it to escape some temporary issues - i.e. localised civil disturbance or a short term specific threat to you or your family? Is it a medium term issue, i.e. an armed insurrection but one that will only be short lived and stability resumed shortly? Or is it a proper breakdown of society, i.e. war/invasion and essential infrastructure has been destroyed etc? That all influences on where you go (and how you get there) and what and how much you take (including whether you bug out as a family or on your own etc).
Does that help?