Woodland solo overnighter | 'A' Frame with enclosed back-tarp configuration
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Finally it's time to get out and do another overnighter! A lovely warm day considering it's still winter, i make my way through beautiful private woodlands that are showing the early signs of spring. I set out with a 3x3 tarp etc and had no particular set up in mind, just all the gear required to ensure a comfortable wild camp.
Thank you for joining me, I do hope you enjoy watching....Here's wishing you all the very best
Mike 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
Music - By Josh Woodward
1 Intro/Outro- Learn to fly
2- Little tom cat (Instrumental version)
3- Border blaster (Instrumental version)
All by Josh Woodward. Free download: joshwoodward.com/
I'm the same Mike. I love hearing the rain tapping on the tent fabric, and the wind in the trees/flapping on the tent . So relaxing to hear when you're snug in your bag wrapped up warm 🙂
Hi Dan, yes mate nothing beats it...So comforting, I often listen to playlists on Spotify, of rainfall on a tent or tarp just to get to sleep...Simply mesmerising.
Hope you're doing well mate, great to hear from you
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman great minds mate I listen to those too. Amazing how they can relax you just listening to them isn't it.
Not too bad thanks Mike. Just recovering from COVID but doing ok. Hope things are good with you my friend. ATB Dan 👍
What a beautiful place and again thank you for letting me join you, keep them coming Mike. Take care Vic
Hi Vic, thank you mate you're most welcome...Good of you to join me👍🏻
All the very best Vic
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Mike
Thanks, I enjoyed hanging out with you.
Hi Jahulath, hey you're most welcome my friend, a real pleasure in knowing you enjoyed the video🤗🌳🌳🌳
Thank you👍🏻😊👍🏻
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Mike
I remember as a kid watching so many war movies where I would be saying to the tv 'wait a minute that's an AK47 how could they have that in nineteen forty one? ', or such like, and I remember thinking it would be great to have tv that could hear you. .....and now we have RUclips, and we can do just that, Thanks Mike for being so interactive with your audience.
Hi there, yes mate i used say " he's shooting that gun and not reloaded it once!" Another one.." where's the recoil!?"
Yup RUclips is an interesting place
All the very best
Mike
Always good to see you out n about Mike. ATB Paul 👍🏻
Hi Paul, thank you very much for watching I really appreciate your support my friend 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
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All the very best
Mike
Hi mike stumbled across your channel & I have to say what a find, love your calm style & beautiful filmography a joy to watch my friend. My Grandad was from the Black Country before he ended up in London after demob from ww2 his father was a miner & his brother was a glass blower, true Black Country trades I believe. When we moved down to Kent we lived a five min walk from a large woodland & that was where as a 6 year old he introduced me to the wonders of Mother Nature. We would walk for miles and camp under an old canvas tarp with a couple of old army blankets ( I can still feel the itch of them now ) roaring fire and storytelling of his youth in forests of his youth. I got back into wild camping 2 years ago aged 50 & all the memory’s flood back every time I’m out. Apologies for all the waffle I just wanted to say thank you for the time you take to make these videos I really appreciate the hard work put into posting these up.you jogged some fond memories of a man who made me who I am today, thanks again & stay safe out there
Hi Guy,👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you so very much my friend🤗
Really cool to hear your Grandad was a Black Country man...Oh yes some definate black country trades there! I was a glass cutter and worked for Stuart Crystal, Royal Doulton etc etc. Wow mate you have some really wonderful memories with your lovely Grandad. Those memories definately had a marvellous impact on your life and its in your blood and always shall be👍🏻 My grandparents did much the same with me, camping mainly but the love and appreciation of mother nature and her woodlands and forestry were always there.
Im super pleased you got back to wild camping, the older we get there's always a way we can adjust how we camp to suit. Just because we're all getting older doesnt mean our connection with the woods has to be any less🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳 personally in years to come I'll most likely resort back to day wild camping and lighten the load lol. Tbh a day camp, or just sitting in the woods for a few hours can be just as good for us as a full blown overnighter. In just getting away, that reset button gets pressed within us all the same.
Lovely to talk to you Guy, and i thank you very much for watching and most of all I thank you for sharing your wonderful memories with me🤗
All the very best
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Mike
Black Country Woodsman thanks for the kind words mike. I am just starting to do a bit of research into the family & hope to retrace a few of his footsteps in the future, it would be good to see where I really come from as always felt a bit fish out of water down here. Stay safe & keep up the good work many thanks Guy
You're most welcome Guy, and the thank you goes to you 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Happy family tree hunting, please let me know how you get on👍🏻
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What a great spot. I like the enclosed end to the tarp.
Hi there 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you my friend, it has to be my most favourite location and good for wild camping in all seasons.
Thank you👍🏻 yes its a really nice set up for winter/spring....Well a good all rounder i guess👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Mike
Great to see you out again. Hope all is well,
Hi there, thank you mate thats much appreciated 🤗🌳🌳🌳🌳Yeah thank you I've managed to get rid of the flu at last👍🏻😁
Thank you very much for watching and commenting....
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All the very best
Mike
Finally, I’ve been able to watch your latest wild camp and once again its another smorgasbord of beautiful scenery, hypnotising narrative and bacon butties! I do love the longer vids as it draws you in, you forget all about your troubles and for the 30 minutes or so we’re right there in the woods with you until you let us go, then it’s like that feeling after watching a movie and as you walk out the cinema and reality hits you again. Awesome stuff Mike. ATB Jason.
Hi Jason, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Heheh! Aw thank you so very much matey, hardly a movie but just a guy thats sick of the rat race and escapes it at every given opportunity
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You're so very kind and I thank you for watching...Hey I've got to have a catch up on your awesome channel. Right thats tomorrow evenings viewing sorted! 👍🏻
Thanks again
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All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman mate I know what you mean. I've been in a deep funk these past couple of weeks and it has taken all my strength to climb out of it. Sunday I managed to finally motivate myself and get out on the bike and hit the dirt, it was awesome and my mojo was restored, for now. I'll be doing a video on that this week. All the very best. Jason.
Hi Jason, oh no my friend im sorry to hear that things have been hard lately for you...Pleased to hear you muscled your way through, thats awesome to hear! 🤗🌳🌳🌳👍🏻Things always smooth out over time
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All the very best
Mike
Black Country Woodsman guess it’s my age, lol.
Situational awareness & Bacon sandwiches. You're the man. I have the same tarp & now I have a new way to set it up. The problem around here is the Rattle Snakes, Black Widows & Scorpions. TAKE CARE..
My blood came from England Mike. I'm really enjoying binge watching your videos today, even though the sun is shining & over 50 degrees outside. I'll get some work done tomorrow. You mentioned in one of your videos you like the military gear, me too.
Love it. So chilled..
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much, I really appreciate you watching...Yeah thats what its all about, getting away from the grind and relaxing. Just cant beat it👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
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All the very best
Mike
Top top fella, an insparation to others, well done.
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much indeed🤗 I really appreciate you watching and your kind words. You make it all worthwhile
Have a lovely weekend my friend
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All the very best
Mike
Awesome set up, food looks so yummy ^_^ nom nom lol. I loves outdoor food, cooking food outside always seem much better then, having food at home.What a lovely bit of woodland too. Brilliant video, thanks for sharing your time out👍😊✌
Hi Krissy👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Hey its funny isn't it just how much better food tastes outdoors! Especially in a woodland🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much, I really appreciate you watching 🤗
All the very best to you Krissy
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Mike
It's that cabin fever Mike. We begin climbing the walls and nature calls. I'm a poet and I don't know it. Ha ha! I love that table you bring out - I might try that. Good time out bro - beautiful and bountiful morning. Mark
Hi Mark👋🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Heheh! Love it! 👍🏻🤣👍🏻
Hey yes the tables saved my back and knees i tell ya! 👍🏻 It's an idea that i got from Paul Bisseker, you can even buy an aluminium version that straps to the tree. An old idea but a great one especially if you suffer from back probs
Lovely to hear from you Mark and thank you for watching as its much appreciated my friend.
Have a lovely evening
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All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman I can see the sense in that Mike. I stretch a lot - save your knees and back I say. But I will look for that version you speak of - recommended for hiking being aluminium. A pleasure to watch.....
I've never seen you create so much tension in a film Mike.
I blame it on that ridgeline.
After that introduction we settled down into the bedtime story mode you are so good at. When you wafted the smellyvision bacon aroma over I tried to catch it. Seriously. Such is the relaxed atmosphere you create.
Well done and thanks for what you do.
Atb, Tim
Heheh! Hi Tim, hey ive only just realised how much 'tension' there is in the viddy hahahaha! 😉😁🤣😂🤣👍🏻
Ah thank you mate, hey you'd be most welcome to a bacon sandwich or two at camp mate....
Thank you very much for watching and as always your kind words
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Have a great evening Tim👍🏻😊👍🏻
All the very best
Mike
Hello Mike, finally i found some time to watch this video. Awesome Setup for a tarp! I like the Dpm pattern, its almost invisible in the spring Forrest. All in all a nice Video! All the best for you, hoping you get well soon!
Cheers bro!
Hi there, superb! I'm pleased you enjoyed watching and your kind words mean so much to me🤗
I'm pretty much fixed now thanks mate 👍🏻😃👍🏻
Thanks again🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
All the very best to you
Mike
You talk a lot of sense Mike, situational awareness is often labelled as paranoia by some. And managers not having people skills is so true, I think it was Tolkien who wrote something along the lines of “those who seek to boss other men are the least qualified for it....”
Fun times in the woods. Chilled👍👍
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Its great to hear that you think along the same lines as I do my friend....I love that quote ' Those who seek to boss other men are the least qualified for it' brilliant mate👍🏻 Such a shame that its not what you know but who you know that gets these sorts of people into a cushy life. Always grinds my gears as its no different nowadays as it was hundreds of years ago...Its the 'them and us' mentality and the rich have always looked out for their own and the common man has always been downtrodden, and thats just how these sorts of people want it. It all starts in the playground where you get 'clicks' developing, groups of kids separating themselves from others purely through snobbery. 'Clicks' are even evident within the bushcraft community and thats a damn shame.. But hey people shall be people and thats just plain shitty isn't it. This world is a broken place only for one reason, People.
I believe we are all in the process of being dumbed down and made easier to control so situational awareness needs to be talked about and pushed out there👍🏻
Sorry I got a little carried away there lol,
I thank you very much for watching and your kind words Scott
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All the very best
Mike
True, sadly I avoid people in my outdoors pursuits....work and the hustle bustle gives me sufficient access to other humans and “bosses” to not need company most other times😬 except the missus of course.
Hope you get out again soon Mike 👍
You Sir sound very much like myself👍🏻
Take care
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Very nice video Mike so relaxing thank you very nice set up by the way!
Hi Robert, thank you mate that's really kind of you to say👍🏻🤗🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and here's wishing you a great weekend
All the very best
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Mike
Lovely video and place
Good one as always Mike.
Hi Jim-Bob, ah thank you mate thats really nice of you to say...
Have a cracking evening fella
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All the very best
Mike
Another great video and lots of useful information. I like the tarp, blends in well. I brought one if those ground sheets and mine was awful, leaked like a sieve so I had to bin it. I need to get out on a solo again. Cheers, thanks for sharing.
Hi Rick, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Cheers matey👍🏻 yeah my IPK is thin where its been folded over the years but surprisingly it didnt let any moisture through, it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts heheh!
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Mike
Your love and respect for the wilderness speaks volumes about the kind of man you are. I thank you so much for sharing my friend....you sound just like me, that's exactly what I do. After serving 22 years in the military your perspective changes after you've seen the worst of humanity......
Keith
The Alabama Bushcrafter
Hi Keith, ah my friend such lovely words...I cannot thank you enough for such kindness🤗
Ah you're ex military, you have my full respect Sir👍🏻Yes wow you guys are the real deal, same as our military over here. Yeah you get to see things the eyes should never have to see,and so many with ptsd etc, terrible suffering.
My father is ex military so i guess i get my situational awareness and preparedness from him.
I need to have a catch up on your awesome channel 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best to you Keith
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Mike
Excellent video as usual very nice location lived in England for 4 1/2 years but never got to enjoy any of the woods while I was there
Hi Jim, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Ah thank you very much for watching and your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed watching👍🏻
Ah thats a shame my friend, is there any woodlands or forestry near where you live now Jim?
All the very best
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman some private woods 5 minutes away that I will be looking at when the weather gets warmer - 18 right now
Oh fantastic!...Great to hear you have some right on your doorstep👍🏻
Oh my now thats COLD!...
Take care Jim👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Oh this is the Star Tarp by the way. I've set it up with Poles and no ridgeline. You peg it out and put a pole in middle and a pole at front and you get exactly what you have here, sans paracord. Obviously the way you've done it here has much more room. Basically a Palace. Atb.
Hi there, ah yes I know of the star config that you mention...Very similar isnt it, like you say mate there's plenty of room so much so it'd be comfortable for two under there👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Mike
I hope I'm not boring you mike rambling on about my story to you in the comments, but It's a side effect of your own style, that you make me [and I'm sure I'm not alone] feel like I know you. One of the reasons I haven't posted yet is I'm looking for my style, You have a wonderful style, Your inviting and seem to be a very broad minded and liberal kind of guy and this come s out in your style. I am a lifelong singer songwriter, and I have spent my life studying 'the world of entertainment, I went to live in Hollywood in 99 and stayed for ten years, and I meet a lot of top entertainers, whose minds I picked, I have had conversations with my own heros, people like Harry Dean Stanton and Stevie Nicks and loads of others, and from what I have learned I have to tell you, you have real star quality, you present yourself really well and it comes accross in your shows. There are others here on youtube who are very professional looking and have all the gear and sponsors, but they don't have your style, and charisma. If I were you [I hope you don't mind my humble advice] What happens to all creative people is they run out of subjects to write about, One way around this is to always have a pen and pad nearby and as a thought runs through your mind [no matter how small] write it down, sit and write a list of things you could post about, I really believe that of all the people I watch here on You Tube, you have by far the most potential to be making your living from youtube alone, and maybe some sponsors. ... I hope you don't mind me saying, but I firmly believe you have to grab the tiger by the tail, and I really think it is the best of all worlds to make your living doing the thing you love the most, and whether you realise it or not, Your a filmmaker Mike and a damned good one at that, Hope this inspires you in some small way mate, personally I really enjoy your work and think you have top style, all the best mate. Here's to growing your channel. all the best.
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Oh my what wonderful words....I'm taken aback and overwhelmed (in a good way😊) by your comment/s Sir🤗..Im just all about taking you along with me when im wild camping, to be able to share the absolute beauty of each woodland is a complete pleasure. I'm just a common/ regular guy that feels the need to share what I feel when out there, you know there's nothing quite like it...Regeneration & respite In the arms of mother nature's house, there is far less pain and thoughts are so much clearer. Echoes from a far more simplistic and natural way of life are still felt out there in that connection that mankind is slowly losing.
Oh wow you've had/ have an amazing life having chatted to such amazing people, one of my all time favourite bands Fleetwood Mac 🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
I have no style that i know of? Its just plain old me, being me....I have no hidden agendas, I just need to pass the 'connection' on. Many of us that watch these type of vids still have that connection but i fear the majority of the population is disconnecting or disconnected. I almost feel mankind is being led astray on purpose, we are being led down a path of deception and propaganda, into a materialistic, greedy cold hearted broken world. Sorry for that, maybe a little too deep! 🤣
So nice of you to say I could earn a living from doing this, but in all honesty I could never take money from something I believe should never involve money.
You sir have truly touched my heart and I cannot thank you enough, what you've done is given me motivation beyond belief and to me thats more than winning the lottery a hundred fold.
Thank you so much,🌳 you are a good friend🌳
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All the very best
🤗Bless you🤗
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Come on Mike, you know that you want to be the next Timothy Spall. LOL.
I spotted these talents first, hands off, I'm his Agent. LOL.
Barry!😀 Heheh! Oooooh noooooooooo! 😂🤣😂
Hi Paul, mate ive badly sprained my ankle so my next video shall be slighly delayed😔 Just set me back a couple of weeks mate👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Thank you for being concerned 🤗
Hope you're doing well
All the very best
Mike
Your comment about management! Shit dude, I thought I was watching myself. Jobs for the boys, non-existent people skills and becoming a manager without knowledge of the role your staff are performing absolutely boils my piss.
On a positive note, the stand up cook station is a stroke of genius!
Hi there, yes mate the whole system is an absolute joke...If your face fits then your face fits, the 'them and us' mentality is stronger than ever within the workplace.
Ah thank you about the stand, that's an old idea that's been covered by a few youtube channels over the years. It's even possible to get a aluminium version that straps to the tree👍
Great to hear from you, thank you for watching and I hope you are having a nice weekend
Mike
Awesome video! Great views of the beautiful woods and thank you for taking the time to go over the tarp set up in such detail. I have literally just ordered a dd tarp and frontline hammock and just found this video recommended. Despite being somewhat interested in hammock camping, I am much more looking forward to trying out tarp setups on the floor, with the hammock just being a bug net bivvy sort of thing. Will be trying this setup for sure, thanks alot.
Hi there, ah thank you so very much my friend I really appreciate you watching and your kind words 🤗🌳🌳🌳
Awesome! Im pleased to hear you've treated yourself to a tarp and hammock👍🏻Ah yes Im the same as you, love to try as many different configurations as possible with a tarp. Always great to practise our tarpology! 👍🏻😀🌳🌳🌳🌳Hey using the frontline as a bug net bivi is really cool.
Thank you again for watching and you've made my day by being so kind🤗
All the very best
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Mike
Cracking camp out Mike, obviously I misheard you when you said you were forty eight,thirty two at most other than that I heard everything you said clearly, cannot beat a bacon butty outside,even if it's just in the garden,superb 👍
Hi Phil, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Heheh! Ah bless you my friend...Oh how i wish! 🤣😂🤣👍🏻
I agree...Everything is better when bacon is involved!🌳🌳 😁🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching
Have a lovely evening Phil
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All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman honestly mike,i thought you were having a laugh,I'm seven years older than you an could pass for your dad easily 😁😁😁 keep bathing in that virgin milk or whatever it is you do😁
Hi Phil, heheh😂😉Hey im sure you still look very much a young whipper snapper! Bathing in virgin milk!!! Bwhaaahaaahaaa! Sounds bloody kinky to me matey!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
Awesome man. And I can relate to your thoughts on awareness. Keep well man.
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Thank you very much 🤗....Its good to hear you also think along the same lines as I do. People are so focused on their own immediate little worlds that many do not realise whats going on around them, easy targets.
Glad you like the video mate
Thank you very much for watching👍🏻
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All the very best
Mike
used the ipk when in army as an op a 4 man team would live in it for up to 10 days .. ... we used to dig a 6ft fire trench and the spoil from the trench would be placed on top of the ipk and cammed up .... it was very strong that it would survive artillery/mortar round ..... ; very relaxing vids well done
Hi Pete, wow fantastic to hear of your own personal experiences sir👍🏻, i can only imagine just how awful it'd be to have four of you good men and expect you to live underneath for up to ten days! 😲
The rubber coating on mine has started to break down where its been folded up in storage over the years, mind you it did a great job and didn't let moisture through👍🏻Just how long it'll last i dont know 😊
Thank you very much for watching and your awesome comment is much appreciated my friend. Most of all a massive respect goes to you sir for being in the forces👍🏻
Thank you again, all the very best Pete
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Mike
Lovely woodland, kit dialed in, hot cuppa, bacon sarnies, suns out and sleep with the rain. Perfect camp mate. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers Lee
Hi Lee, was a lovely camp mate...They all are in all honesty, just being able to get away from all the hustle and bustle is superb 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Glad you liked the video Lee
Thank you very much for watching...
All the very best
Mike
This looked wicked and can’t wait till dad takes up out for a night in the lavvu or cam tarp thx for the comments on my other video aswell thx
Hi Riley👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you mate👍🏻Awesome! Yeah you'll have a super time with your dad, hey I love the spoon he gave me🤗
Look forward to seeing you and your dad's vids
Thank you very much for watching and
all the very best
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Mike
Nice to see another video of yours Mike, I really enjoy them. If you have Morrisons near you try Spoilt Pig bacon, cooks really clean and doesn't seem to have half the crap in it as other brands.
Hi there, hey thank you very much I'll definately try some of that 'spoilt pig' bacon👍🏻Im going to pop to my local Morrison's over the weekend and pick up a couple of packs mate👍🏻😊👍🏻
So glad you enjoyed watching my friend 🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Have a smashing weekend
All the very best
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Mike
It's the simple things in life that I find the most pleasurable, like solitude, bacon and listening to the rain on the outside of my tent...😀
Great stuff... Cheers 👍
Hi Robert, great minds think alike!
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Thank you very much for watching and your kind words.
Have a great evening mate
All the very best
Mike
Hi Mike, those IPK sheets are pretty indestructible, that's what I use as a ground sheet too. The pegs look really cool but I haven't found a use for them yet, and the cord is really strong, pity it's white, but useful nonetheless, I have heard squaddies say they dye the line and use it for boot laces, seemingly. all the best mate, always good to see you, I'm still dithering about trying to make a video, But I'll get there one day, all the best mate.
Hi there, IPK's are great aren't they👍🏻 yeah I had the pegs and cordage too but have no real use for them as all i wanted was a nice new ground sheet😁 Thats cool about the cordage being used as laces! I can imagine this as anything and everything had multi uses👍🏻 Nothing finer than improvisation, such a wonderful thing.
Hey the pleasure is all mine my good friend🤗 Im so lucky to have you watch my vids and put such lovely comments, I thank you dearly🌳 🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Hey I'd love to see a vid from you👍🏻When you're ready, you're ready....
All the very best to you Sir
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Mike
Awesome 😎
Hi Grant, 👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳Im glad you like the video, thank you very much for watching
Have a nice evening
All the very best
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After waiting all day to watch this it's been an absolute privilege Mike! Your understanding of our natural places and deep empathy with them enables you to take us right in there with you. As you said "...I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be..." me too! This fuels my motivation to see you out there soon my friend enjoying all mother nature has to give our mind, spirit and wellbeing. Atvb, Michael
Hi Michael, hey thank you so much for your kind words....You always say such lovely things and you Sir are greatly appreciated by me🤗🌳🌳🌳
I hope you are rested and relaxed as you start your treatment my friend, you are on my mind alot🌳🌳🤗 Before you know it your treatment shall be over.
Those beautiful woods of yours are with you always Michael. No matter where you may be shut your eyes and you are instantly back there with the serene green and dappled golden sunshine☀️🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching
Have a lovely evening Michael
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Mike
Perfectly camp
Hi there, thank you so much, it means a lot to me that you enjoyed watching.
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Here's wishing you all the very best,
Take care
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My pleasure Mike
Nailed it again. Great post, wonderfully shot, excellent commentary. U know what tops it off, a Black Country blokes perspective. golden 👏👏
Hi there 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
Aw thank you so much, such kind words...I really appreciate you watching my friend, it truly does mean a lot 🤗
Have a lovely weekend and I wish you all the very best
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Great video as usual. I too sit with my back against the wall. Really appreciate your time teaching the tarp set ups. Thanks for sharing
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Its great to hear that you do the same mate, always pays to step back and look at the whole picture of whats going on...Rather than just conscious of our own individual worlds.
Thank you very much for watching Patrick, i really appreciate your kind words my friend
Have a great evening
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Mike
Awesome Camp Good Stuff Mate
Hi Mark, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much mate its really appreciated 🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
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All the very best
Mike
Awesome as always mike, love that tarp set-up used it myself once by accident then several times since, found it nice and warm but still open to see out. Only thing I wasn't keen on was only one exit. Lol.
Hi Carl, its cool to hear you got the same set up by accident mate...Tbh i think this is how many of the lesser know configs get created, just purely by accident. Lets face it all the set ups that are possible have been done by now, there's only so much we can do and all the rest are very slight variations of each other. Good old tarpology!!!! 👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳🌳
Glad you like the video mate, I thank you very much.🤗🌳🌳🌳🌳
Have a great weekend
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman absolutely tarpology 101. A book for you to be writing... 😂
Do you use a gimbal mate, your camera movement is so smooth?
Oh crap I didn't include my leave no trace shot in my recent vid.
Heheh! 👍🏻🤣👍🏻I know you respect the woods matey...
Always love your lovely video from malaysia
Hi mike amazing video👍
Hi there, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much indeed🤗
I really appreciate you watching and your kind words👍🏻
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Hi Mike, was watching that with my morning cuppa, interesting about the 360 I do that, I am constantly scanning my surroundings, I scan people too in bars mainly cos I hate been around drunktards lol. You looked cosy in there with your little lamp, love the rain on a tent. I went out the other day, bought a Lixada bronze stove, been thinking about setting up the tarp you got me, found myself a nice little spot. Enjoyed that. x
Hi Jules, hey lovely to hear from you🤗🌳🌳🌳🌳 I knew you'd be of the same way, funny isn't it that you can sometimes just tell that someone else also looks from the '3rd person perspective' 360° awareness and preparedness 👍🏻
Oh lovely, lixada do a good range of stoves dont they.. Im pleased to hear you want to use the tarp Jules, the more you muck around with them the easier it gets.
I'll have to check your channel out for the vid👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman Yeh cos there are some right weirdos round by us, saw a guy in the park just now, its chucking it down with rain right and he was laying on a park bench checking his phone! Ive only used the Lixada once, its hard to set up in local woods, 1. For looking like a weirdo down an out myself and 2. Getting seen as they arent very big woods, I did find a great private wood in one of my latest videos. Cheers!
Lovely video buddy 👍🏻
Hi matey👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much indeed....Really appreciate you watching
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Mike
New subscriber. Really enjoy your videos. All the best from Virginia.
Hi Michael and Heather👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much🤗 It's really kind of you to say and very much appreciated.👍🏻
All the very best from England
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Well that pre-dawn viewing set me up for the day and I'm now thinking about a 'Half a Pig Sandwich' with Red Sauce of course - good fittle that Our Kid! Super video Mucka. Hope that you got the 6 long aluminium pegs with the IPK. Back in my day, the IPK was meant to be your Nuclear, Biological Chemical (NBC) overhead protection. You would dig yourself a grave, use Wrigley tin revetted to stop the sides caving in on you, stake out the 6 pre-threaded pegs, lay on the tarp and cover with soil - can't remember how deep, but perhaps as much as 2 feet. One end would open so you could breath, but along with your personal NBC suit you were supposed to be able to survive the initial Nuclear Blast and Heat and again, if memory serves me right, we were meant to live, fight and survive in that damp grave for 2 weeks!! I think I will order myself a few if they're only around a Fiver. I have a JCB so can dig a few graves, just in case!
Hi there Mucka! 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Hey you know if you'd of been at camp, that you would have had the the other half of the pig on your sandwich mate👍🏻😊Some fantastic and very detailed info there my friend on the IPK thank you🤗 Yeah ive seen a couple of youtube vids on the individual protection kit and its amazing just what was expected of soldiers to do to survive with this rubberized sheet! Up to four men in a trench for as long as ten days... Wow
Mines in okish condition, but the rubber has deteriorated where its been folded in storage over the years. Mind you its still waterproof and didnt let any moisture through on that overnighter. It'll be interesting to see just how long it lasts me.
Heheh! Thats it dig your own trench and set the IPK up, it'd make for a good video actually👍🏻
Yeah i was supplied with the full kit, theres a pic on my vid of what was in the kit, even down to the illustrations in how to rig the IPK
Lovely of you to watch and comment matey, its really appreciated 🤗🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
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Mike
Hello, beautiful views again and always wise words from you.i always like how you do the leave no trace at the end as it proves you leave no rubbish etc where you have camped , love you loads xxx
Hi Karen, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳💚Thank you love you loads n loads ....Cant wait till you join me on a camp again
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Great vid mike. I really like that you do different tarp setups & take us through how you did them. For people like me that are new to wild camping with tarps it’s helps us to learn 👍 thanks for sharing
Hi there, aw thank you very much indeed my friend...Im happy ive been of some help👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching...and here's wishing you a life time full of wonderful wild camps
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All the very best
Mike
Love the set up, something I’m going to try with my BA basha, Fantastic bits of kit the Dutch bivi! I need to get one again I stupidly sold it a while back because I didn’t have the confidence to camp by myself. It’s funny I never actually thought about using it just as a bivi without poles though! Liked and subbed mate!
Hi Ricky, wow its going to be a snug one with a basha👍🏻 Hey please let me know how you get on 👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Yeah the hooped bivi is far far better without any hoop or hoops in my opinion, they just restrict movement and if you're like me I toss and turn in my sleep, so that darn hoop is very annoying.. They make a fantastic big bivi just on their own with no need for that saft hoop heheh!
Hey happy hunting, im sure you'll pick up a decent dutch hoopless bivi without too much searching.
Thank you very much for watching and the sub, I really appreciate it 🤗🌳🌳🌳
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Mike
A cracking film Mike, buetifully edited, beats regular TV anytime, an amazing woodland retreat you have there such a tonic to the inner spirit, your adventures are therapy. all the best bud.
Hi Harry, thank you my friend...Always lovely to hear from you 🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
Really pleased you enjoyed watching mate.
Thank you once again, i really appreciate your kind words
All the very best
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I love that eddit, the shot coming down from the sky, to the trees, to the tarp, through the camo. to you, very creative, top cinematography mate.
Hi there friend🌳👋🏻😊👋🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you🤗 lovely to hear that you like the editing, I do like to add a little bit now and again...But i try not to over do it🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳
Take care
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Great video as always matey
Hi Steve, thank you mate i really appreciate you watching🤗🌳🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a lovely peaceful evening Steven
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Yes a great vid mate, must admit though if I could eat bread I would have had the fat left over mopped up as dippin on my beacon sandwich lol. Like the tarp, nice bit of kit
Another great vid Mike, you're the king of tarp set ups, the rear of that looked like a limpet. The IPK makes a very good durable groundsheet and the guys that got me onto them said that after setting up the whole kit in an exercise an NCO would test it by driving a landrover over it.
Hi Vin, thank you mate🤗I just practise as much as i can. This one is great for winter/ spring camping👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳🌳Limpet! I like that! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yes the IPK makes for an ideal ground sheet, mine is very thin where its sat folded for years but never let moisture through. Wow mate lol now thats really cool👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Vin
Have a lovely evening
All the very best
Mike
Cool set-up Mike..that bacon butty had my mouth watering haha!!! Atb Rob :-)
Hi Rob, if you'd have been there you could of had as many bacon sandwiches as you wanted my friend
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Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Nice one Mike..Atb my friend :-)
Cheers👍🏻Have a great weekend Rob
Good to see you Mike, was a little surprised not to see an over nighter from you last month when we had all that snow. Glad you're well :)
Hi Lloyd, mate I'd be out there in a shot if there had been snow that actually stuck and didnt melt the second it touched the ground. Quite sad really as here (Wolverhampton area) has had next to no snow when the rest of the country has seen plenty! 👍🏻😦👍🏻
Hope you managed to get out yourself and enjoy it matey
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Mike
Great video I use the ipk for ground sheets very tough and decent price
Hi Robert, thank you mate...Yes the IPK is really good if you can get hold of one thats not too thin where its been folded. Not sure if mine shall last too long lol, shall have to wait and see👍🏻😁
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Have a great day
All the very best
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Mike
Great set up there mate i have done a couple of nights under my tarp never thought about setting my dutch army bivi up under it till i seen hooped bivi camper do it might try this out some time my self keep the videos coming mate atb stuart
Hi Stuart, ah cool mate i look forward to seeing you tarp your Dutch army tent....Yeah mate the A frame with enclosed back is great for winter/spring woodland camping
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best Stuart
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I have used the Ipk Germany 80s good bit of kit love the video 7th 8
Hi Hugh, cool to hear my friend...My IPK is pretty aged and a fair amount of the rubber coating is crumbling away slowly, so I'm not sure how much longer it'll last me. I'll have to find a replacement at some point.
Thank you, great to hear you enjoyed watching, it's really appreciated
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Mike
A great trip out buddy.. Loving the tree table. great idea. cheers.
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much, the tree table isn't my own idea. Its one thats been around for sometime, it originates from a product that was originally aluminium and strapped to the tree and had a fold out foot to support it. I got the idea from a channel called something along the lines of Paul Bisseker bushcraft👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching
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Mike
Really good video as always mate,always look forward to watching,thanks for all your hard work 👍😎
Hi Lenord, ah thank you very much🤗 Such a lovely comment...It really does make it all worthwhile my friend👍🏻
The thank you goes to you sir for taking time to watch🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
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Hey Mike, nice set up, funny you say about being aware of your surroundings, I do a similar thing when in the city especially London or raving & taking flights, always know where your quickest exit is as you never know when you will need to escape.. 3rd person view is an excellent description. Peaceful, educational viddy as always mate. "Beer Can" sandwich lush 😁 Great to get the rain Mike, in all the wild camps I've done I haven't had overnight rain once!! So no tucked up in bed sounds 😫 Cheers mate. Lee
Beer can sandwich! Irie!
Hi Lee, its cool to hear that others are very similar (you included)and look at the whole picture of whats going on around themselves rather than just their own little immediate bubble. Urban environments have always been a pet hate for me personally. Im glad you keep your eyes peeled mate👍🏻
Beer can! Sounds Jamaican heheh!
Wow no rain on an overnight wild camp! Better get that one sorted then fella👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Have a lovely evening Lee
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman to be said in a Geordie accent.. I know your not a Geordie..."I wanna Beer Can Sandwich ya naa"
Lol no matter how i say it, it sounds Jamaican! 🙃🤣👍🏻
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Ha Ha.. you know what it sounds like in your head though... that's how I was saying it.
Great video Mike, liked your setup and interesting listening to you philosophising!
Hi David, im super pleased you liked the video...Thank you my friend it means alot to me
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Mike
Really nice video releaxin 👍
Hi Wayn👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you mate nothing better than pitching camp, and then just zoning out and relaxing...🌳🌳🌳All's good within the woods👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching
Have a nice evening, and all the very best
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Mike
Hi mike, nice and relaxing video mate. like the tarp enclosed at the back, great idea. love your chats mate, think we get wiser as we get older, and think about not only the great time we might have, but also about what if something goes wrong?.Always good to have a plan...Hope you make a full recovery from the flu, and will see you on the next one.Take care mate, atvb chris👍
Hi Chris, 👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Ah thank you very much indeed my friend...Was a smashing time out amongst the serene green.
Yes Chris, the older we get the more we realise that the world aint always what its portrayed to be.
As always its lovely to hear from you Chris and i appreciate you very much
Hope you and your lady have a great evening mate
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Thank you for watching
All the very best
Mike
Hey new sub here. I dig the couple of videos i have been able to watch and you are in some beautiful woodlands. I don;t get to do over nighters anymore so I enjoy watching other people get too lol
Hey there, thank you very much for indeed it's really appreciated....Hey I love your channel name, reminds me of a song 'meet me where the crow don't fly' by the awesome Water tower bucket boys'.
Sorry to hear you dont get to overnight anymore my friend, hey its a pleasure to have you watch👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for the sub🤗
All the very best
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman I have never heard of that group I will have to check them out. It's okay that i do not get to do overnighters. I have disabled kids and I am a single dad now. It is an even trade off lol.
@@BlackCountryWoodsman oh man! They are some straight up bluegrass! Love it!
@@The_Crow_Flies Heheh, cool band aren't they👍🏻Glad you liked them.
Have a super day
Mike
Oh by the way that is a nice configuration for the tarp I'm going to try that next time
Hi, yes i highly recommend this tarp config especially for winter/spring camping.
Hey please let me know how you get on with the 'A' frame with enclosed back 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Take care
Mike
Really enjoyable video again Michael, nice set up but your doing something wrong, your not the first to do it either chap. It's brown sauce on a bacon sarnie 👍
Hi Paul, heheheh! 👍🏻😂👍🏻 mate its bacon.... You cant go wrong!
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
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Mike
Been a minute since I've had some me time , I best think of somewhere nice and treat myself. Cheers mate.
Hi mate, hey thank you very much for watching 👍🏻
Yeah it's been a while since you uploaded, cool i look forward to watching you and of course that beautiful bike of yours👍🏻
Happy wild camping Pikey👍🏻😁👍🏻
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Was about to go to bed but had to go make a bacon sarnie... :) thanks for letting us join you on yer journeys... you make a shit day not shit.
Hi Caroline, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Hey ya can't beat a good bacon sarnie, im sorry you'd had a bad day😕
But its lovely to hear you enjoyed your 'half a pig' sandwich too, and that made your day a little better🤗 You'd have been most welcome to mine at camp👍🏻
Here's wishing all your days ahead to be fantastic ones Caroline.
Thank you very much for watching and I hope you're having a nice weekend
Take care and all the very best
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman thanks Mike :) It wasn't the half a pig sarnie that made my day, but your lovely outdoor, natural, peaceful vibes. Strangely, I've lost my sense of smell, but maaan, i could smell that sarnie :)
When my physical body allows, i will be wild camping for sure. Meanwhile, I'll be watching for your wild excursions for my peace.
Hi Caroline, aw bless you....Hey im sorry to hear you've lost your sense of smell, main thing is you've still got your taste? I hope so anyway!
Have a super sunday, and i do hope your ability to smell returns very soon.
Here's sending peaceful vibes your way👍🏻
All the very best
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman aw thanks Mike :) i don't think my sense of smell is going to return, but i can taste... Maybe not as well as i did but i tasted my bacon sarnie :) I'm having a very nice Sunday thanks... You too :)
Another great vid mike..great location and nice set..not seen how you set up your shelf yet..do you have any of those patches for sale..cant wait for the next vid
Hi Leslie, aw thank you so very much 🤗I really appreciate you watching and your kind words
Ive shown me setting the table up in a previous vid, only trouble is im at a loss to which one it was!! Heheh! Oh my memory or lack of is awful🤣
I've got a couple left and in all honesty I had them made purely for my packs and not to sell. I've actually sold a couple of them and im flattered that anyone would want one! They do look nice though, oops that sounds big headed...I asure you im not👍🏻
Are you on Instagram? Or facebook?
Thank you again 🤗🌳🌳🌳
All the very best to you Leslie
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Mike
Busy sitting doing nowt except munching on half a pig sarnie 👍🏻
Need ALDI Brown sauce for me though.
Heavenly
Hi Michael, hey if you want brown sauce on your half a pig sarnie, then you shall have brown sauce my friend
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Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Have a lovely evening Michael
All the very best
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Mike
Thank You my friend
Very generous of you 👍🏻
24:13 first, great video.
Then about people being more aware of their surroundings and the body language of the persons around them, lifting their heads from the phones/computers. In the past there were people reading (being in their own bubble reading a book about geography, mathematics etc). Maybe now with the smartphone distraction people are more often loosing themselves in reading on their phones (also information amount and speed increased) than in the past with the books. Im only saying people were not being aware all the time about their surroundings, that also happened in the past with books. Now we should not be afraid permanently that a lion can jump from a bush and attack us, or a member of the opposite tribe attacks one and drags him into slavery (kunta kinte style).
Ya cor bait a birra bacon sondwich con ya! Yet again, great spot, top skills, and always interesting words mate. As usual I’ll be nicking half your ideas in future. Starting with that tarp setup.👌
Hi matey, 👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳
Heheh! Lovin yao Black Country textin'
👍🏻🤣👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳 Med me lof mucka😂
Hey you're welcome, i may nick your awesome tarp set up too 👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
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Mike
Its a bacon butty not sandwhich lol.
Great upload thank you very much.
Hi there Damien, heheheh! You're right mate! It certainly is! 😊👍🏻🥓🥪🌳🌳
Thank you for watching, really pleased to hear you enjoyed watching Damien
Wishing you a great weekend
All the very best
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Mike
Hi Michael, great video as always mate. Quick question what’s the thing you had ur cook Stove on? Looks ideal mate. Cheers keep the videos coming mate.
Hi Paul, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you, very nice of you to say my friend🤗
Ah thats just a piece of plywood tied to the tree with some paracord, and supported with a branch underneath. Its an old idea and has been used by a few youtubers in the past, very handy if you suffer with a bad back👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching Paul...Have a super weekend
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Mike
Hang on a moment. I'd only just discovered the funky prepper videos and now the back country woodsman. I'm assuming this is your New handle ?
Hi David, heheh, no mate I'm a wild camper not a prepper, even though I do like the idea of prepping
Atvb mate
Cheers Mike, another brill video. That tarp setup was spot on dude. Would you say the ridges made by you in the tarp were for water run off?
Your right about the time we live in nowadays. I fear for my two boys growing up and the state of our streets what with this knife crime epidemic 😞. Thanks as always for sharing buddy
Hi matey👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
No mate the ridges were purely where i had pulled the tarp out to get the right and tight configuration, yes i guess they'd help with water run off
👍🏻😊👍🏻cool. Very cosy snd ideal for winter/spring camping
Yes my friend we are living in very dark times and it always pays to stop and take in the whole picture of whats going on around us.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words, they mean alot to me my friend
Have a lovely evening
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All the very best
Mike
The one thing everyone in prison has in common is that they were'nt paranoid enough.
Hi mate, 🌳🌳👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳
Thanks for watching
Have a nice day and all the very best
Mike
Hi from a fellow midlander, love the videos if i cant get out myself your videos do it for me. Can i just ask what fleece you use, the thick green one with black inside. Cheers. keep up the good videos.
Hi Jonny, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Its lovely to hear from a fellow midlander and thank you so much for taking time to watch my videos my friend🤗
Yeah sure, the fleece is made by reggatta and was purchased from go outdoors around twelve months ago. Im pretty sure it was around £30-40
Its fantastic and really does keep me lovely and warm.
I've tried to find the same jacket but ive no luck as there's similar but they look way thinner with the fleece lining...While ive been looking I've seen this, its very close to my jacket as far as i can tell that is 👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
www.google.com/shopping/product/15991061046659755588?q=reggatta+olive+mens+thick+fleece+jacket&client=ms-android-samsung&biw=412&bih=652&tbs=cat:5598,pdtr0:938026|938027,pdtr1:966366|966370,vw:g,init_ar:SgVKAwjeK0oKUggIqqA5IKugOUoKUggI3v06IOL9OkoHsgQECJy0IA%3D%3D,ss:44&prmd=sivn&prds=epd:13796858020852713902,paur:ClkAsKraX4sM6QbNmXeNMdQx37tLbcJlJeVD5d64kcq6wCBtlB14WEDZLtPylXsue9Wat8YEoroK55WUaGBsRcT5xbFI06wTVSgbl_VHxiwyIW0wsRrQsOIzqRIZAFPVH73W8LRma1mxmt0XISmWChzJRGsWlQ,cdl:1,prmr:1,cs:1
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Mike
Hi Mike, great video, I've learnt so much with your tarp setup. Where did you get your tarp from?
Atb jason
Hi Jason, thank you mate thats great to hear👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Yeah sure, its an Aqua quest 3x3 defender tarp...I got mine from Amazon, pricey and not the lightest of tarps but so well made and with heavy duty materials.
Thank you very much for watching👍🏻 means a lot to me🤗
Have a nice evening Jason
All the very best
Mike 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
Cracking video Mike, been looking at them aqauquest tarps for awhile, look bomb proof, which one was yours, defender ?, cool tarp rig mate, lovely camp cheers craig
Hi Craig, thank you mate 🤗🌳🌳🌳
Yes its the Aqua quest 3x3 defender, brilliant tarp if you dont mind a little extra weight👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best Craig
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Mike
I'm the same always scanning the area for possible threats and dangers 100% should be aware or there surroundings and company that's around them better to be safe then sorry
Hi mate, yes thats exactly it.....You also have the same aproach, look at the whole picture and not just at what is happening within our own small individual worlds. Seeing things from a third person perspective enables us to be aware and prepared for the unexpected.
Thank you very much for watching mate
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All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman when you got kid and that you can't afford to take your eye off the ball gotta keep them safe and no problem man I got my channel started now to
Nice vid pal. Btw what rucksack is that?
Hi there, its a Scottish mountain gear pack otherwise known as the 'leaf cutter' fantastic for winter/early spring overnighters
Thank you very much for watching
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All the very best
Mike
Hi,Iv been watching your videos,I'm interested in stealth camping...
You seem really down to earth,on this video you mentioned the 3 red person view thing..which I resonated with.
May I ask what star sign you are out of curiosity?
Thanks again.
Hi there👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Great to hear that you're interested in 'stealth' wild camping my friend. Thank you 🤗 I just try and be myself and want to share the beauty out there with other like minded people, like your good self👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
I very rarely watch my own videos, I cant remember mentioning 'a three red person thing' I may be wrong though....
Yeah sure my pleasure, im Sagittarius...Yourself?
Thank you very much for watching, I look forward to hearing back from you...
All the very best
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Mike
Black Country Woodsman
Thanks for the reply,yeah you were either a sag or Aquarius,haha...freedom orientated star signs.
Yeah sag are known to be wild horse that no one can tame.
And very travel orientated.
Look forward to watching more of you
Take care ✌️
Hi mate👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Heheh that explains why im so subborn then🤣!
Thank you so very much again for watching, lovely chatting with you👍🏻
Have a nice evening
Take care
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Mike
Great channel bud. Really good videos. I used to do a outdoors/ bushcraft channel. Worcswanderer. Obvs changed my name. Just getting back into it. Thanks for the inspiration. Atb
Hi Mark👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you so much mate that's very kind of you🤗
Cool I look forward to checking your channel out👍🏻
Hey you're welcome, thank you for the motivation.
All the very best
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Mike
Y'know, in the world of entertainment, getting old has usually seen the end of many a career, but that's not true any more, Now with 'youtube fame' you can make your living by being entertaining and age means nothing, forty eight is young these days, and you only grow old if you allow yourself to slide, your not doing that, I ;m only just at the edge of the pool dabbling my toe in the water and I'm fifty three, But I have great stories and so do you, and that's what people like to hear on RUclips.
Dry bread 😲😲😲😲
No mate, red sauce! 👍🏻🤣👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
Needs a little butter 👍
I do enjoy ur vids though 👍👍
Thanks Gary, its really nice to know you enjoy the vids mate...🤗🌳🌳🌳
Take care
Mike
Eek! Yack! Nooooo 😂😉
Hey buddy I just noticed something you look a lot like Mike Ness I don't know if you know him
Hi there, erm the tattooed rocker? Heheh! Poor him😉
Thank you very much for watching my friend it means a lot
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Have a lovely evening
All the very best
Mike
Gud va trist...
Hi there, thank you very much for watching 👍🏻
All the very best
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Mike
No, now I see the difference. My bad.
Sorry mate I'm sporting a few fractures in my lower back. Still mobile though, but am on some serious pain killers and not focussing properly on some details. Infact they make you feel really stoned.🤣
Oh mate I'm sorry to hear this, here's sending you get well wishes
Take care mate
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Cheers mate. I'll be all groovy in about 6 more weeks. Occupational hazard in my line of work.
I don't know how much you bother about nutrition, but do you know that eating fat doesn't put fat on your body? it's sugar that puts fat on your body, so it's your bread that'll make you get fat. personally I'd have the bacon and skip the sandwich....we run on only two types of fuel, sugar or fat. if you get your body used to running on fat rather than carbs it is way healthier it's a process called ketosis. I only eat steak.
Hi there, I've heard of that ketosis diet before but never tried it. I thought by eating a high fat content diet and no sugar your body (blood) would have cholesterol problems and fur up your arteries my friend?. Its all very interesting, oh I like the just eating steak idea! That'd do me just fine👍🏻 I eat a varied diet, a bit of everything in moderation but i do confess to having a sweet tooth heheh! Mind you I love savory too! 😂🤣😂
Its lovely chatting to you, I really enjoy our conversations🤗
All the very best
Mike
The scientists are starting to realise that cholesterol isn't the problem, they now believe cholesterol is good for you, How many inuit die of heart attacks, yet they live solely on fat?, It's interesting that this diet is becoming so popular now, It's just how I naturally have always eaten, I guess if you do your thing and know your right science and the world will catch up eventually. I am a bit of a weirdo, and the reason I eat like this is just because it is what came naturally to me, with most things that people eat, if I try to eat it I gag, so eating steak is just the only think I can stomach, I find with most things I don't like the texture, I'm a bit odd, but it keeps me thin, I don't have the cash to eat steak every day so I go quite often for a few days with nothing, and I really think that is the healthiest thing, To fast regularly, It also makes you really appreciate what blessings you have which I think is important too to keep you grounded. I likewise really enjoy our banter mate, It has been a real pleasure to meet you, all the best mike.
Train to be real men
Hi there my friend...
I just do it to get away from all the hustle and bustle, cant beat getting into the woods away from the rat race.
Thank you for watching 🤗🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike