Alive
I cannot believe it's been two months since I last posted on here.
To say we'd been busy is a bit of an understatement. I hardly know where to begin. A few days after my last post the electrical grid lost power and a couple of us went out to investigate in a couple of the cars we'd taken at Penrith. We found the problem quickly enough, some of the supplying electricity pylons a couple of miles away had loose cables slapping around in the breeze. Through our binoculars we could see zombies burnt onto the metal of the pylon, where they'd been chewing through the electrical cables - if you remember my earlier post about electricity, you'll understand why they were doing this.
When we got back to Kielder water, we could see we had serious problems. Since the power had gone out, the shamblers had stopped crowding around the electrical substation and had noticed the boat. They'd been howling for a couple of hours and a lot of the faster zombies (the Penrith types, or as we're now calling them, "Clean Zeds") had started gathering around the water's edge. We had to evacuate the boat and get out of the area as quickly as we could. We had three cars and split into rescuing and distraction teams, with the distracting car driving right up to the zeds, honking the horn and drawing away while our boat passengers loaded up into the other waiting vehicles. It took three hours to get our people safe, but we all got out. Then we started driving.
That was a nightmare journey in itself, but I'll get to that later. I don't think I have the strength to start talking to you about that at the moment.
We're now enlisted men, and are serving with the Royal Irish Regiment at Fort George in the Highlands, alongside a couple of hundred other survivors from all over.
Other quick updates... Not heard from delanthear or tiggothy, I'm really hoping they're still alive but by now I've got to wonder if they're not shambling around some deserted town by now. I'm sorry I couldn't save you... Oh balls... can't afford to get all choked up, not now... I've got guard duty in ten minutes and I've got to get ready. Take care, all of you.
To say we'd been busy is a bit of an understatement. I hardly know where to begin. A few days after my last post the electrical grid lost power and a couple of us went out to investigate in a couple of the cars we'd taken at Penrith. We found the problem quickly enough, some of the supplying electricity pylons a couple of miles away had loose cables slapping around in the breeze. Through our binoculars we could see zombies burnt onto the metal of the pylon, where they'd been chewing through the electrical cables - if you remember my earlier post about electricity, you'll understand why they were doing this.
When we got back to Kielder water, we could see we had serious problems. Since the power had gone out, the shamblers had stopped crowding around the electrical substation and had noticed the boat. They'd been howling for a couple of hours and a lot of the faster zombies (the Penrith types, or as we're now calling them, "Clean Zeds") had started gathering around the water's edge. We had to evacuate the boat and get out of the area as quickly as we could. We had three cars and split into rescuing and distraction teams, with the distracting car driving right up to the zeds, honking the horn and drawing away while our boat passengers loaded up into the other waiting vehicles. It took three hours to get our people safe, but we all got out. Then we started driving.
That was a nightmare journey in itself, but I'll get to that later. I don't think I have the strength to start talking to you about that at the moment.
We're now enlisted men, and are serving with the Royal Irish Regiment at Fort George in the Highlands, alongside a couple of hundred other survivors from all over.
Other quick updates... Not heard from delanthear or tiggothy, I'm really hoping they're still alive but by now I've got to wonder if they're not shambling around some deserted town by now. I'm sorry I couldn't save you... Oh balls... can't afford to get all choked up, not now... I've got guard duty in ten minutes and I've got to get ready. Take care, all of you.