An Englishman's home is his castle.

The saying “And Englishman's home is his castle.” has existed for centuries. Until recently, I thought of it as a metaphor, a figure of speech if you will. But on August 4th 2009 I moved to an unheard of village in the middle of nowhere. The population is estimated at around 40- but most of the houses here are second homes for people to escape their hectic lives. My house is the very last in the village; after my house, there are some fields belonging to my neighbour and a back-road surrounded by dense woodland.
Anyway, back to the saying, the house I moved to is a converted 400 year old barn. For reasons I do not understand, the house is upside down, the bedrooms and 2 of the bathrooms are downstairs while the Living rooms, Kitchen, other bathroom and dining room are upstairs. This makes it ideal for a class 1 or 2 outbreak, smash up the staircase and live off our stockpiles.

The stockpiles are described in my very first plan, basically, rice, pasta, pancake mix and syrup. As for water, we have lots of water containers lying around, the idea would be to fill them as soon as we here and ration them, 1.5 litres a day each should be enough to drink, and water for sanitation can e stored in the kitchen sink, bath and tumble dryer resivour(It's a condenser dryer which stores the water out of clothes until you empty it.) Also, we have plenty of alcohol based antibacterial hand gel.

Great, so that's low level threats sorted- but what about an all out zombie war? Well that's where the saying comes in. As I said earlier, the house is a 400 year old barn; it is made of good old fashioned stone. The walls are a mighty 4 feet thick – I can take pictures for proof-just say the word. I don't know what the hell kinda cow this place was built to hold, but it can easily keep some half rotten corpses out.
THAT STILL LEAVES US WITH A PROBLEM, LONG TERM SURVIVAL.
Don't worry, I've got it covered. I don't want to reveal too much about my location, but I can tell you It's not too far from Shap summit, which often records some of the highest rainfall in britain. The roof slopes downwards towards the back , where it would be very simple to fit a large plastic container to catch water and a pipe to run it inside the house.. The house is on a farm, as you would expect from a barn- so there are many sheep and cows. Personally, I don't eat meat, but I think in a zombie apocalypse I could get over it. There is also a vegetable garden out back, with tomato plants in the green house, carrots and strawberries(I know fruits) growing beside it. That should be long-term survival covered. On top of the structure of the house to protect us, I have 9 friends planning on surviving with me 1 of them has 16 liscenced fire arms, which should keep us covered. Also, we are a creative group. Growing up in a bad place, you learn that anything on the street has weapon potential. So the house is already full of potential weapons, golf clubs cricket bat, bass guitar, kitchen knives and so on.
Fuels will be no problem, we have around 50 000pints of diesel on the farm, and we have woodland all around. The few electricals we will need can all be run from a solar briefcase and leisure battery. These electricals will basically be communication and lighting goodies.

I am expecting the apocalypse to be maximum damage, so no mains electricity, no way of travelling on the roads and around 50million zombie cases in the UK within 12 months.

So, the way I see it we will simply be existing- it's no life that's for sure. To keep us from going mad and killing each other, we will be living like monks. A simple life, little or no temptation and of course a hope that God will spare us.
There is of course the final possibility, what if the house and weapons aren't enough to keep the zombies at bay? Well, then we run, gather what we can in a rucksack each and head for the hills, they won't be hard to get to, the lowest point above sea level near me is around 800 feet.

Summary
House points:
1.main living area is upstairs not down
2.The walls are an incredible 4 feet thick
3.the roof is angled to send rainwater to the back, it would be easy to capture water on this path
4.It is located in hills and woodland-zombie proof terrain
5.It is surrounded by farm animals and fruit/vegetable growing facilities
6.The village has a tiny population , and the nearest town with a population of just 2000 is nearly 20 miles away

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it.

Feel free to offer any advice or criticism you feel necessary...