I would definitely take slow zombies. Then, it would be less effort to run away when outnumbered. And on the subject of "where would you go", if it was just started in my hometown, I would simply leave the UK, hoping that border control were no be letting infected people out. For a weapon, I would settle for a midpoint between a blunt and a sharp by using a croquet mallet with nails hammered through it for extra "bodycrushability".