Going "Off The Grid"

[bussnapperwm]

After watching Hunted on Channel 4, it has made me think about what it must be like, going off the Grid.

Has anyone on here tried it?

If so, what was your experience of it, how did you feel, how did your friends or relatives cope with you being off the grid?

 

[NSEFAN]

going off the National Grid

Going without mains power in order to save money? Electricity is just about doable in the summer months, but good luck in the winter!

 

[bussnapperwm]

Going without mains power in order to save money? Electricity is just about doable in the summer months, but good luck in the winter!

I meant to say going "off the grid". Damm auto correct

 

[johntea]

Interesting story - once I was doing some work in a underground tunnel area in a building so no mobile signal - I had told my boss but he must have forgotten as I was travelling home that night I had a missed call on my phone from the police to say I had been reported as missing and to get in touch as soon as possible!

 

[najaB]

Has anyone on here tried it?

If they have then they wouldn't be able to answer!

 

[whhistle]

I've often thought it would be fairly easy to use the railway to an advantage.

Buy a ticket from Leeds to London. Get on a service to Sheffield but get off, wait an hour out of the station (do some walking around), get on another train, get off, do the same thing.
The Hunters may expect you to be on an East Coast service, but by the time they've got the CCTV from the train/stations and matched it all up, you could be well in London by then.

As for going off grid - no, haven't tried it and probably won't.
The closest I have is when I'm off work and have a duvet day!

 

[AlterEgo]

I've often thought it would be fairly easy to use the railway to an advantage.

Buy a ticket from Leeds to London. Get on a service to Sheffield but get off, wait an hour out of the station (do some walking around), get on another train, get off, do the same thing.
The Hunters may expect you to be on an East Coast service, but by the time they've got the CCTV from the train/stations and matched it all up, you could be well in London by then.

As for going off grid - no, haven't tried it and probably won't.
The closest I have is when I'm off work and have a duvet day!

Careful with the analogy, as you might get a revenue block at Sheffield insisting you may not break your journey on a walk-up ticket.

 

[krus_aragon]

A week's holiday on Bardsey Island is the closest I've come. There's no mains electricity, and the house we stayed in had a few gas lamps, a gas oven, and a gas fridge(!). There was also some strobed night-time lighting from the lighthouse. (Some year-round residents have solar-panel power systems set up.)

Mobile phone reception on the island is particularly poor: you've got a choice of walking to the far end of the island or climbing to the summit of the (small) mountain, depending on your carrier. I just switched my phone off for the week instead. In decades past, residents used a pair of signal lamps to keep in touch with the mainland: useful when the sea's too rough for sailing.

 

[DanTrain]

Careful with the analogy, as you might get a revenue block at Sheffield insisting you may not break your journey on a walk-up ticket.

Unlikely at Sheffield, and if so just dive on a pacer - pay on the train!

If I were to do this, I’d just quickly but some outdoor equipment, tinned food and head off into the woods. So much easier than trying to evade CCTV, as they wouldn’t find it too hard to track you on public transport I don’t think , whereas I reckon I could spend a good while in the woods with a sleeping bag, idealy with a low-key conveniance store nearby.