3 Day Hike & Wild Camp in The Black Mountains | Abergavenny to Hay on Wye | Hilleberg Enan | No Talk
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- An unseasonably warm spell in early May saw me hiking 25 miles along the length of The Black Mountains in Wales over 3 days, wild camping on the way. I start in Abergavenny, and end in Hay on Wye.
Selected Kit List :
(Please note I bought all of this kit myself, but I do not necessarily recommend all of it just because I used it in this video...)
Osprey Kestrel 38l Rucksack
Hilleberg Enan Tent
Mountain Equipment Helium 600 Down Sleeping Bag
Thermarest NeoAir XtLite Sleeping Pad
Sea to Summit Pillow
Thermarest Z Seat Sit Pad
Petzl Tikka Head Torch
Ledlenser ML4 LED Lantern
Flextail Mini Pump
MSR Pocket Rocket Stove
Cascade Wild UL Folding Table
Altra Lone Peak Trail Running Shoes
Sony A7C II Camera
4 x Lenses
Stereo Mic (hotshoe compatible)
Tripod
Great stuff😊. Thanks for recording your trip and sharing too. 👍🏼
All the messing with cameras is well worth it when I get nice comments. Thank you!
Lovely film! Very relaxing. Love your Enan!
Thank you! It’s a great little tent 👍
Absolutely wonderful
Cheers boss 👍
Absolutely brilliant scenery my friend!
It's great part of the country for sure. Thank you for the watch and comment! 👍
Hi and a great camp in a great location
Don’t know how I have missed these last few videos
I will get them watched
Cheers Adrian
Cheers Adrian! Glad you enjoyed sir. ATB. Rich
Lovely wild edit Rich. Worked really well. Very well captured that moment with the ponies running and the first night astro shot too. Hope all well and thanks.
Ben
Thanks Ben. It's a lovely part of the world, and the ponies really give it some extra character. All good here thanks - I hope training is going well for the big one! Cheers matey. Rich 👍
Hi Rich, hope all is well. Wonderfully filmed as always. Looked like a really nice walk amidst some glorious weather.
All the best 👍
Cheers Barney! Was some amazing scenery but day 2 was definitely more like type 2 fun due to hot weather, a heavy pack, not a great deal of water and being an old knacker! I kept dreaming of sitting under an umbrella in a beer garden with a cold pint… cheers for watching pal 👍
Watched it with headphones on Rich and the sound was excellent. Birdsong almost all of the way through. The last time I was up on Sugarloaf, it was a tad breezy 😂. The weather looked stunning throughout, in contrast to just a couple of weeks ago. Enjoyed it as always. Best wishes Jiffy 👍🏻
Despite the few solid days of fairly baking heat the path was still very boggy in places - I dread to think what it must have been like before that! And yep the skylarks were going nuts from about 4am until 10pm, I didn't realise quite how loud and persistent they were until editing the vid! Thanks Jiffy mate, always appreciate your time and comments 👍🏴
Like the look of the black mountains, not been there yet, will afto get it on the list, nice vid👍
Thanks! I hope you’ll love the area as much as I did 👍
Thanks for the video, and the effort in making it. You had good weather. You must buy a larger hip flask 👍👍
Haha I had a 6oz one for night one (I did have a pint before setting off mind) and the bigger 8oz one for night 2. It was probably about right given the heat, sweat and water situation! But yeah, I wish Nalgene did a perfect 70cl size (and maybe a 35 too) for bottles of wine or spirits... Thanks for watching and commenting!
Lovely relaxing vid mate. Glad the weather held out for you! And fair play for using public transport 👏 All the best, Andy
Thanks Andy. I much prefer public transport but I'm still reeling from the cost of this one, it was ridiculous😬. Could have flown abroad for much cheaper - we really need to sort it out in this country!
Rant over... hope all is good sir! Cheers. Rich
@CottonBud rant appreciated - totally agree. All good here - halfway through a fortnight in the woods. Just made some freestyle 'sconnie cheese bread'. Delicious! Atb mate
Yeah I just saw that on Insta mate, looks lovely! I must admit I’ve just been at the bus stop and the muggy rain with no wind and mild temp made me long for being chilled out under a tarp today - well jel, enjoy sir!
Nice one Rich! You ever thought about taking a couple of your Roland Boutique sound modules with you for a quick jam as the sun sets?
I think the MPC Live may be even better Mark, as it is a full workstation in a rechargeable standalone box! Maybe one day... I would like to do another outdoors hardware music sesh at some point. Thanks for watching! 👍
I love it, I saw your post on the FB group, the mornings are amazing in the mountains, next week I'm going on a 4-day trip to the peak district
Take care 🏕️🧉
Thank you for following the link and taking a look/commenting! I hope you have some luck with the weather too 👍
@@CottonBud Thanks I hope so, although the weather is changeable, with 2 days of rain and 3 days of sunshine
@@WildPawOut That ain't bad going considering The Peak and the weather we've had this year... just stay safe and watch those boggy bits!
@@CottonBud thanks for the tips, I'll be careful
Take care 🏕️🧉
nice to see you out again Rich, superbly done, as always. do you ever wonder when you’re about to take a swig from the old flask whether it should be held edges up (smile) or down (sad)? I’ve become an edges up guy of late. just thought I’d share that with you. 😃 safe travels and be well. 👍🏼✌🏼🖖🏼
Lordy you are right - I've been holding it 'sad' just because of the ergonomics of having ones thumb in the cleft, when really the physics would dictate that 'smile' is more efficient for flow! I can't thank you enough for this info, it's a game changer... Cheers for the watch, comment and top tips TF! 👍
🥃next time I’m out and having a whisky moment I’ll do it “smile style” and think of you. 😀👍🏼✌🏼🖖🏼
Top notch 🏕️👍
Glad you enjoyed. Thank you!
Awesome Stuff ! Ive just been introduced to your chanel by our mutual friend, Jack.
Haha nice one! Butters bringing people together… 😂 And thanks! 👍
Beautiful, I love how you frame those shots. Can I ask you with what camera you captured those trips and what hat you are wearing at 12:03?
Thank you and cheers from Switzerland.
Thank you! The camera is a Sony A7CII body with 4 interchangeable lenses - a wide angle, a zoom, a large aperture prime, and a kit lens. Quite a lot to carry! The hat is a Columbia Bora Bora - a present from a dear friend, it was perfect for these rare sunny days! Cheers from the UK 👍
Love from Pakistan❤
I'm hoping to do this route myself :) Haven't been as far as Hay on Wye yet. Can I ask how you made it back once you finished in Hay on Wye? Did you have a car waiting at the finish point or did you use buses/taxis? Trying to figure out how I can get back to Abergavenny from HoW you see!
Hi! I got a bus from Hay to Hereford, which is one stop along the same train line back home to Crewe. I can’t remember the number of it, but it went from Cardiff to Hereford, via Brecon and Hay. Not sure it stopped at Abergavenny unfortunately… but you can get a train from Hereford to Abergavenny quite easily.
The tourist info place in Hay, right by the bus stop, was worse than useless at providing any info about this bus at all sadly.
@@CottonBud hey thank you! and thanks for the video!
Nice! You timed this well for some good weather. Have you ever considered doing the whole Beacons Way walk Rich? @wildaboutwales did it recently in this video ruclips.net/video/NRFYGK_QDyQ/видео.htmlsi=2caIpNy4L7Img-5I
I'll be all over that video, thanks Joe! I was on the Beacons Way, Offa's Dyke, and Cambrian Way paths at various points. A week long hike sounds like what I should be working towards really, and this may be a great one! Only thing that puts me off a little is the Pen Y Fan bit - whenever I've driven past that car park at the bottom it looks heaving!
Thanks for watching and commenting.