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Hi, that is the Carradice zipped roll saddle bag. It's a great little bag that is handmade in England 👍

Thanks Gary, glad you enjoyed it. That smock is the Helikon Tex Pilgrim Anorak. I've had it a few years now and definitely recommend. It's proven to be a durable smock, with a useful array of pockets and good options to help ventilate. It's not especially waterproof (it's not advertised as such) but it copes admirably in a shower and has benefitted from some Nikwax cotton proof treatment. Helikon Tex make a nice SAS style jacket in this fabric which has also taken my fancy. I haven't bought though simply because I have this smock. If you're in the UK then you can find them at the Bushcraft Store or Military 1st (I've no affiliation with those companies, just a happy customer!) 👍

Cheers Stuart. I got those meals from B&M's, they do a few different meals and seemed worth a punt 👍

Cheers Lee, I can't believe you've not had a Fray Bentos pie since the 70's! Go on, treat yourself! 👍

Cheers Jimmy, glad you enjoyed it and thanks very much for subscribing 👍

@barneysbimbles brilliant videos mate, I'm off to work for a few hours now but I will definitely be watching your back catalogue when I get home

Thanks matey, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Cheers Des, we'll do a camp there soon. Yep the trails were awful on the walk back 👍

Cheers Lee, can't beat a good Ruby! You can pick them meals up in B&Ms by the way, well worth a punt 👍

@barneysbimbles I will investigate such eating choices when I'm in the vicinity of said store this week 👍👍👍

Hello matey. I really enjoy my Bergen, had it a few years now and used it for days out and camping trips. It's really well made and I love how the pockets are organised. The only thing that I dislike about the bag is the back system. When you're out walking and work up a sweat, the back pad gets really wet and can become a bit uncomfortable. That aside, wouldn't it be good if they made it just a little bit bigger! I have recently been tempted to replace it with a small Savotta pack, but it's a tough call. 👍

@barneysbimbles I use the Ray Mears 90L Leafcutter Bergen for overnights and love it, really love it. I wish there was a smaller version. I found the Helikon Tex 18L Bergen, a perfect alternative. Keep up the good work mate, thanks.

Cool pack 👍

Hi Nobby, thanks for stopping by. I do love a good bimble and a brew!! 👍

Cheers matey and thanks as always for commenting. The camo jacket is made by Arktis and is called the Stowaway shirt. It's a thin showerproof top which is largely designed to be a wind shirt. Arktis are a British company of some repute who supply a lot of kit to the military and civil defence. 👍

@ thanks for replying, I saw that you already had given information in comments so thank you for that again! Been looking into getting a British army pack like yours but they seem to be pretty hard to find but I’ll definitely keep looking. I seem to make a lot of purchases from watching your videos but I consider that a good thing 🤘I already have a Helton-Tex Bergen and I love it and I think you for that

No worries, the Helikon Tex Bergen is a fantastic bit of kit. The Virtus British army patrol pack that you see me using is also relatively difficult to get hold of here in the UK too. I think that's because they're still being issued and I might have gotten lucky! 👍

Cheers John, yep the trails were pretty tough going, but it's all good exercise isn't it! 👍

Cheers Ady and thanks very much for subscribing 👍

Thanks glad you enjoyed it. I really enjoy getting out on these cold days, getting some exercise in and practicing a few skills 👍

Cheers Tim, for me the Bimbles are just a great way to get out there and get some exercise in. Great excuse to 'test' the brew kit too!! 👍

Thanks Ady, glad you enjoyed it. I enjoy using my 3x3 tarp when the weather is really bad, but for some strange reason I do seem to favour a smaller tarp in conjunction with a bivvy bag 👍

Thanks, really glad you enjoyed the video. Wow, that's a decent dumping of snow. We don't really get weather like that here in SE England, but it would be nice to experience it from time to time. Hope you're able to get out and enjoy your time in the woods. The rucksack is the Helikon Tex Bergen. It's a nice little daypack, kind of similar to a small Alice pack. 👍

barneysbimbles…. Thank you for your kind reply. And the information you provided regarding your pack. I do love Bergens, and leaner form of that one looks like it should make for a comfortable carry. I’m going to look into getting one. 👍

Cheers AJ, I really like the tarp, it's well made and lightweight. I find the smaller 2.5x2m works well for me. Not too big and not too small and kind of like a lightweight version of a military basha) 👍

Loved the Tarp, I thought it was a poncho at first. Going to spend the next 5 minutes searching for one 👍

Check them out online at the Bushcraft store or Military 1st 👍

Thanks Roy, I think the Kit Kat is probably more of a chocolate bar than biscuit 🤔 The tarp is the Helikon Tex Supertarp Small, which is a really nice lightweight 2.5x2m tarp. The rucksack is the Helikon Tex Bergen which is a very nice little daypack which can be used for minimal kit camping. (I'm a bit of a Helikon Tex fan!!) And the Camo top is a stowaway shirt by Arktis. It's basically a lightweight wind shirt which is intended to be a mid layer. It's new to me as I only got it at Christmas, but really impressed so far. 👍

Thanks Amanda, the Deer have become a more common sight in my local woodland and strangely you do see the odd white Fallow Deer 👍

Absolutely 👍

Cheers Stu, it was a difficult yet rewarding challenge 👍

Cheers matey, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Gotta love a bit of truck camping too 👍

Cheers Mark, yes definitely some lessons learnt for next time 👍

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it 👍

@barneysbimbles 👍🙂

That's the Goal Zero Lighthouse Micro, great little lantern 👍

@@barneysbimbles thank you. I ordered one

Indeed, fire is critical to this way of camping without any sleeping kit. I definitely could have done with a bigger shelter to store some wood, but was restricted by the space that I had available in my Haversack. Many thanks for watching and commenting, I shall look at doing a video on the lessons learnt 👍

Cheers matey, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Cheers Tim, I was like a sloth on the sofa when I returned from that camp! You need to be careful up the woods, lots of strange folk wandering around! 👍

@ I don’t blame you at all good sir 😁👍🏼 Hahaha, there certainly are and they always seem to be where we want to go 🤣

Cheers Simon, you really gotta work that bannock!! 👍

Cheers matey, glad you enjoyed it. Funnily enough I was thinking of Giles a bit on this camp. You're right there are definitely some similarities, and that dude is pretty hardcore doing what he does. But I'd suggest Giles had some elements that made life a little easier. He had the canvas groundsheet and sheepskin to sleep on. But crucially he had the Canvas Plash Palatka shelter which meant that he could have his fire bowl nice and close and inside his shelter protected from the elements. He definitely wouldn't need as big a fire nor the amount of fuel to keep him warm through the night. I'm not committing to it just yet, but am seriously thinking of doing a Giles style camp when we meet up next month with the canvas kit and sheepskin 👍

@barneysbimbles ah yes he did have those couple of comforts. And a onesie thing he put on too sometimes I just remembered. I really love the plash but it's so bloody small. Just a bit more bigger and I'd use it all the time. I did extend one but it wasn't the greatest join and ended up weighing a ton 😂 good on you if you do mate. Look forward to it sir 👍

Thanks Tony, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Hi, that was Descattys and you'll find a link to his video in the description box 👍

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Cheers Des, definitely a camp to remember 👍

Cheers John, it was definitely a challenge to remember! 👍

Old school is the best school! Hey hope you're well and I'm really glad you enjoyed it 👍

Cheers Jimmy, really glad you enjoyed it and that it has got you thinking about doing something similar. I thoroughly recommend it and I recall you did do some minimal kit last year with the webbing kit. The Haversack challenge got us all thinking though because we all knew that it meant we wouldn't have room for any sleep kit and that was a massive game changer. All the best, just about to dip in to your latest video 👍

Cheers matey, really glad you enjoyed it. Good shout about putting the stakes at either end of the shelter, I had some fire wood piled up at each end, but some sort of screen would have definitely helped. On reflection (and after a decent night's sleep) it was a fun and rewarding challenge and I'd consider doing it again next year. You learn a lot about yourself and it's great fun planning your kit for the challenge too. I tried to follow Dave Canterbury 5C's methodology as that seemed to ensure I had all bases covered. 👍

Cheers matey 👍

Nice one Lee, I'll hook you up with some fancy biscuits in Feb 👍

Cheers Lee, appreciate that and thanks very much for the abundance of commentary and sticking around for the full slog! This video does seem to have captured people's attention because the average watch time is double the norm for my vids! But I'll be damned if I'm making minimal kit videos like this every month! 👍

@@barneysbimbles Go on 👍🤣

Pokey/Tickling sticks are a highly underrated camp multi tools 👍

I knew I'd get at least one comment on this!! 😂

@@barneysbimbles 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was fairly lenient with my reply TBF

That sounds like an interesting challenge, will look into it. You can't beat cooking sausages on sticks though, it never fails to cast my mind back toy days in the Scouts. Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Lee the observant banana botherer!! You can't get enough of them can you sir!! 🍌

@barneysbimbles 🤣🤣🤣

Cheers Chris, I'm really glad we went through with this harebrained idea. Challenging and somewhat uncomfortable, but extremely rewarding all at the same time 👍

Hi Rich, happy new year to you sir. Glad you enjoyed the video, I was quite jaded yesterday, but a good night's sleep and a spot of editing brings on the type 2 fun! Might even do it again next winter! It really helps you realise what you really need to enjoy a simple wild camping. I'd thoroughly recommend undertaking some sort of challenge though to help develop skills, campcraft etc. One simple challenge that I like to do quite regularly is to try and light a fire using only the tinder materials that you can gather on the day. 👍

Cheers Rich, it's good to do these sorts of challenges in the winter, keeps you on your toes! Not sure about a pocket challenge, we did discuss doing a Smock camping challenge though but that might be a step too far. Will perhaps look to do something again next winter. 👍