Good day to you! I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan. I am enjoying camping,touring and upload video. This is so nice adventure video! Awesome! Have a nice day my friend!
lesson learned :-P Cold at night are one of the worst thing when camping. Never mind hunger, cold is far worse :-) This was really enjoyble to watch. Thank you, ride safe
I've just ordered a DD hammock (and an under quilt!). I'm lucky enough to live in Scotland so I'll get a few trial runs in before heading to Norway in June. Can't wait to try it out!
Nice! I’ve had had a few hammocks come and go since this video but I still have my DD hammock, the best there is in my opinion. Good luck for your trip mate 👍
Cool, bet you had a superten in the shed. 😁👍 steak looked yummy. When I go with hammock I always have the winter sleeping bag with me and if it is spring or autumn I bring a sheep skinn as well to put in the bottom of hammock. Recognize the chilly back without it. Cheer's mate!
Cheers Mattias! Yeah I really needed the hammock under blanket, it's amazing how much heat escapes from underneath. I think sleeping on the ground would've been warmer. I used an Icelandic sheepskin during last winter in the hammock......sooooo warm 👍
I went up the exact same track as you only two weeks ago and thought the same that it wasn’t worth setting up and ended up overnighting in the small car park at the end of the raiders road. Small world and exciting to see that someone has been exactly where I have it’s a wonderful place to spend a night.
Hi, I looked at camping in the car park as well, if I was in my truck that's where I would've stayed I reckon. I think the Carrick Forest Drive has better options for camping, but you're right, it's such a great place!
Keep them beers cool, loop some paracord around the necks and throw them in that loch.... That’ll keep them cold. Great channel, wonderful videos dude. Thank you !
Never slept in a hammock. I dont like to feel restricted and I roll from side to side in bed. Obviously I dont know if this would be an issue. I have been tempted by the hoop bivi and a tarp. Very impressed with the Firebox and how it cooked that steak, probably the knack is waiting for the coals to be right. Smashing short video thank you for sharing.
Cheers Graham! Hammock camping is definitely an acquired taste, Tris hates it pretty much for the same reasons you mentioned so she's not interested in coming with me anymore. I guess a bivi and tarp setup is probably more comfortable and versatile for most people. Yeah the Firebox is great 👍.
Only just come across your channel. Great lifestyle you and your mrs live. One tip you might not have thought about is survival bivvy bag and foil blanket takes up no space in your bike but will make your ass a lot warmer without your underquilt. Looking forward to more viewing 👍🏼
Stephan Jenkins Cheers Stephan! Yeah I might give that a go, the under blanket works well but it’s bulky. My pack is 75L but is almost full with my winter hammock camping kit.
Overland and Outdoors I don’t ride but know a lad from down in Newcastle who does it was him who said to me about the blizzard bag bivvy as a form of keeping cosy with practically no room taken up. Worth a wee go. Happy hammocking 👍🏼
Stumbled across your channel on the 3rd hammock episode and was fascinated, thought ‘Man after my own heart’ so subbed, now I find your a bike man as well, 👍 have always been camping, but all my stuff has been geared to fit motorcycles, am only now seeing the benefit of wild camping, hence looking into a DD Tarp, like the easy attitude, so must start playing catch-up on your vids, take care, stay safe, 😃👍
Cheers Cliff! Wild camping is definitely the way to go, especially if you're looking for real tranquility. The DD tarps are also great, you do lose some of the comfort of a tent but it's a much better experience 👍 Ride safe mate.
Just stumbled on this vid. Thanks! It’s great! By the way, if you ever get caught without an underquilt again, pull your gear sling up against the bottom of your hammock and stick your jacket/spare clothing inside that instead of compressing it under your body in the hammock; it sometimes works. I’m in the tropics, but it still gets ‘cold’ in the wee hours over here (by cold, I mean a chilly 20 degrees Centigrade: which IS chilly after you’ve acclimatized!). Another tip I’ve heard of but not tried, is to lower the tarp edges almost to the ground (to trap more heat/stop underdrafts) and lay hot rocks, heated in the fire, on the ground under your hammock. Signing up to your channel.
Really enjoyed this video man, the local accent made it all the more real for me. I’ve made the same mistake myself at least once every year (usually first camp in Spring) and frozen my nuts off.
You’re not alone... I think we all do this, think a nice day equals a snuggly warm night. Lost track of the times I’ve cursed and effed and jeffed at 0300 in the morning !!!!!!!!
Ah man, that's such bad luck, If I had a pound thinking its so warm in the day time, forgetting how the temperatures can drop at night out in the wild. I now have both the DD under quilt and SnugPak. The the SnugPak is excellent value. You can easily mix and match with them. When using both together in in the coldest nights, I was well toasty :) look forward to more vids
Cheers Gary! yeah I get frustrated at myself, every summer I wake up shivering but never seem to learn the lesson! The SnugPak quilt looks good, I currently have the DD Jura II sleeping bag which has worked well in the winter but it's still a hassle to get in and out even with the centre zip. 👍
Same thing happened to me on my first ever overnight camp in France under a tarp. I just totally underestimated how cold it would feel and it was 55 degrees at night! Great video though.
Cheers! Yeah it's heat loss from underneath that gets you, I've slept in the hammock in February with the under blanket and a DD 4 season sleeping bag, I was so warm I didn't need to zip the bag up! On this trip it was 15 degrees at night but I could really feel the cold 😕.
Where you are is 20mins from my house, im heading out to a nearby bit i know with a friend on Wednesday, to show her how to set up her new DD Hamock and tarp, i hammock camp when im on the bike to (V-Strom 650) also you have a few bits of kit the same as me, fire wind guard etc
Cheers Pete, I was on the Raiders Road. If you put it into Google maps you’ll find it, there’s also the Carrick Forest Drive a few miles north which is also a good route. Both are open between April and October I believe 👍
You ALWAYS want to have something to insulate the hammock from below, best would be a proper down underquilt. 3 big luggage boxes for an overnight camp - thats lots of space to not take proper insulation. If its too warm you can always vent, if its too cold you will always be miserable.
Looking good there by the loch. Would a 4x4 be permissible through the gates? First time for me too in a hammock at the weekend, in many years, down at Tyningham. Must make more of an effort to get out in it.
Yes. We did one of these forest roads last year - you pay a small fee to drive the road. There are several places to pull off the road around the loch 👍🏼
@@oceansoverland You can get onto it from the A762, next to Bennan Cottage, it's £2 for a parking ticket. The main car park is at Otters Pool along the route but there are 'no overnight parking' signs there, but there's plenty of small lay-by's as Mark says with no signs. I think the better route is the Carrick Forest Drive, if you put 'Stinchar Bridge' into google maps you'll see the start of the route heading east, the road takes you to Loch Doon which in my experience has always been rammed full of wild campers on summer weekends, but I've camped on the forest drive with the Hilux before with no problems.
Cheers Neil. I like the Super Tenere, it's a bit agricultural and heavy but it's a great long distance touring bike, especially two-up with luggage etc. The only issues I've had so far in 7 years of ownership is that both fork seals have failed 👍🏻.
Cheers! I'm English, where wild camping is also prohibited! I always tend to head to Scotland these days as it's not too far from me and the Galloway area avoids the mass tourism in summer. It would be worth a trip out on the ferry from Belfast to do some camping in the area 👍
Love this, dont suppose you have a grid reference of were you camped? To get to the forest do you have to come anti clockwise round loch doon or is there a way south of loch Doon? Thanks, love this.
Hi Mike, I was on the Raiders Road here. There are two ways to get on to it; from the north the road starts at the bottom of Loch Bradan just where the river dee leaves the loch on the A712. You can also get onto the road just north of Mossdale on the A762 at the other end. I camped on the edge of Stroan Loch. The Carrick Forest Drive heads south from the end Loch Doon which is another great road, they can both be linked up with a run on the tarmac via Newton Stewart. 👍
Cheers mate! The bike jacket is Triumph Steve McQueen international six day trials special edition and the waterproof is just a £20 Regatta job from Go Outdoors or somewhere. Just had a quick look on eBay for the Triumph jacket, some one is selling it for £130 used, I bought mine new for £70, although that was in 2012 👍. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-STEVE-MCQUEEN-INTERNATIONAL-SIX-DAYS-TRAIL-MOTORCYCLE-JACKET-SIZE-UK-42/274252475634?hash=item3fdab8acf2:g:v9AAAOSwGBpd5m9e
Cheers! I usually have a quick scout on google earth for an area that looks to have potential, then turn up and see what I can find. Usually can't go wrong in Scotland though 👍
Cheers Kyle! It's the Firebox Stove, I bought it from here - www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/folding-firebox-campfire-stove-gen-2---brilliant-camping-wood-stove---loads-of-options-available-12574-p.asp
Cheers Neil, the jacket is a special edition Steve McQueen six day trials jacket. I managed to buy it from the triumph outlet store in 2015 for about £65. They seem to sell for around £200 second hand on eBay though 😳. It’s a great jacket though, although it’s getting a bit tight for me these days.
Good day to you!
I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan.
I am enjoying camping,touring and upload video.
This is so nice adventure video!
Awesome!
Have a nice day my friend!
Thanks! Ride safe buddy 👍👍
You might consider a portable electric bear fence when predators abound. A compact 2.4 lbs for huge peace of mind.
It's in the UK. We don't have anything that would prey on humans.
How this guy and his mrs only have 2k subs boggles the mind there vids are brilliant
Cheers Richard! It's a slow growing channel 🤣
I agree! Top adv channel.
Richard Brabbs they must have heard you, 4.8K subs now.
* their vids.
@@gbwildlifeuk8269 Right. I just subscribed ! Great content every time 👏
lesson learned :-P Cold at night are one of the worst thing when camping. Never mind hunger, cold is far worse :-) This was really enjoyble to watch. Thank you, ride safe
Cheers Thomas! 👍
Amazing trip, I love this video
Great vid Man! Many thanks for posting. You've inspired me to give it a go myself!
Thanks mate! Have a great trip 👍
A great camp, nice bike too, you’ve got some nice toys
Isle of Wight Bushcraft Cheers 👍. All a man needs is a pick up truck, a motorcycle and some camping gear!
awsome video and nice short trip. thanks for sharing
Cheers! 👍
Great vid mate.... awesome looking camp cooker (and camp site) 🤠👍
Thanks mate! 👍
Awesome place s you camp ... cheers Chris & Sam
It’s all about adventure and foooood ;) !!! Great video !
Cheers Sebski 👍
And cold beers!
Finally the reached my favourite destination ..MotoCamping..❤️All time Fav..
Pure freedom!
Thanks for sharing.
Atb.
Take care, Steve. 👍👍🍻
steve outdoors uk cheers Steve! 👍
good effort , nothing worse than being cold at night though. the bike looks cool .
Cheers Fred!
Good video mate!!
Thanks Mike 👍
Yes another good video and I’m also heading up that track Thursday
Cheers Richard, hope the weather isn't too bad for you! 👍
I've just ordered a DD hammock (and an under quilt!). I'm lucky enough to live in Scotland so I'll get a few trial runs in before heading to Norway in June. Can't wait to try it out!
Nice! I’ve had had a few hammocks come and go since this video but I still have my DD hammock, the best there is in my opinion. Good luck for your trip mate 👍
well done! I do the same thing in the USA with my firebox, motorcycle and hammock!
Cheers! 👍
Cool, bet you had a superten in the shed. 😁👍 steak looked yummy. When I go with hammock I always have the winter sleeping bag with me and if it is spring or autumn I bring a sheep skinn as well to put in the bottom of hammock. Recognize the chilly back without it. Cheer's mate!
Cheers Mattias! Yeah I really needed the hammock under blanket, it's amazing how much heat escapes from underneath. I think sleeping on the ground would've been warmer. I used an Icelandic sheepskin during last winter in the hammock......sooooo warm 👍
@@Adventure-Outdoors Even Vikings needs to sweep their bodies with sheepskins with fashion ☝️😁💪
I went up the exact same track as you only two weeks ago and thought the same that it wasn’t worth setting up and ended up overnighting in the small car park at the end of the raiders road. Small world and exciting to see that someone has been exactly where I have it’s a wonderful place to spend a night.
Hi, I looked at camping in the car park as well, if I was in my truck that's where I would've stayed I reckon. I think the Carrick Forest Drive has better options for camping, but you're right, it's such a great place!
Great job with the video. Subscribed!
SWAPNIL PANCHAL Cheers! 👍
Keep them beers cool, loop some paracord around the necks and throw them in that loch....
That’ll keep them cold.
Great channel, wonderful videos dude.
Thank you !
Cheers Matt! 👍
another great video. superp filming
Cheers Nell 👍
Estrella damn is great!! Cool vid
Juanito Noquiere Quelencuentren Cheers! Can’t beat a cold Estrella, one of my favourite beers 👍
Just found your channel mate - great video and superb editing. Subscribed.
Bonny Trippler Cheers mate! 👍
Never slept in a hammock. I dont like to feel restricted and I roll from side to side in bed. Obviously I dont know if this would be an issue. I have been tempted by the hoop bivi and a tarp. Very impressed with the Firebox and how it cooked that steak, probably the knack is waiting for the coals to be right. Smashing short video thank you for sharing.
Cheers Graham! Hammock camping is definitely an acquired taste, Tris hates it pretty much for the same reasons you mentioned so she's not interested in coming with me anymore. I guess a bivi and tarp setup is probably more comfortable and versatile for most people. Yeah the Firebox is great 👍.
Great video, mate! Love seeing how motocamping is done across the pond B-)
Cheers! We have very limited options here in the UK unfortunately, and it never stops raining 😂👍.
Loved that video. Just found your channel. Keep them coming please
Cheers Lyndsey 👍
Only just come across your channel. Great lifestyle you and your mrs live. One tip you might not have thought about is survival bivvy bag and foil blanket takes up no space in your bike but will make your ass a lot warmer without your underquilt. Looking forward to more viewing 👍🏼
Stephan Jenkins Cheers Stephan! Yeah I might give that a go, the under blanket works well but it’s bulky. My pack is 75L but is almost full with my winter hammock camping kit.
Overland and Outdoors I don’t ride but know a lad from down in Newcastle who does it was him who said to me about the blizzard bag bivvy as a form of keeping cosy with practically no room taken up. Worth a wee go. Happy hammocking 👍🏼
Stumbled across your channel on the 3rd hammock episode and was fascinated, thought ‘Man after my own heart’ so subbed, now I find your a bike man as well, 👍 have always been camping, but all my stuff has been geared to fit motorcycles, am only now seeing the benefit of wild camping, hence looking into a DD Tarp, like the easy attitude, so must start playing catch-up on your vids, take care, stay safe, 😃👍
Cheers Cliff! Wild camping is definitely the way to go, especially if you're looking for real tranquility. The DD tarps are also great, you do lose some of the comfort of a tent but it's a much better experience 👍 Ride safe mate.
I live in Finland & I've made the same mistake. It's nice & warm during the day. But, the nights can be blooming cold.
Take care
It's a mistake you only make once! Must be great living in Finland, it's a place I hope to visit in the next few years 👍
Great video and channel👍🏍💨💨
Just stumbled on this vid. Thanks! It’s great!
By the way, if you ever get caught without an underquilt again, pull your gear sling up against the bottom of your hammock and stick your jacket/spare clothing inside that instead of compressing it under your body in the hammock; it sometimes works.
I’m in the tropics, but it still gets ‘cold’ in the wee hours over here (by cold, I mean a chilly 20 degrees Centigrade: which IS chilly after you’ve acclimatized!).
Another tip I’ve heard of but not tried, is to lower the tarp edges almost to the ground (to trap more heat/stop underdrafts) and lay hot rocks, heated in the fire, on the ground under your hammock.
Signing up to your channel.
Cheers Jonathan, that's some good advice! Swinging in a hammock in the tropics sounds like fun 👍.
Really enjoyed this video man, the local accent made it all the more real for me. I’ve made the same mistake myself at least once every year (usually first camp in Spring) and frozen my nuts off.
Cheers! 😂👍
You’re not alone...
I think we all do this, think a nice day equals a snuggly warm night.
Lost track of the times I’ve cursed and effed and jeffed at 0300 in the morning !!!!!!!!
Ah man, that's such bad luck, If I had a pound thinking its so warm in the day time, forgetting how the temperatures can drop at night out in the wild. I now have both the DD under quilt and SnugPak. The the SnugPak is excellent value. You can easily mix and match with them. When using both together in in the coldest nights, I was well toasty :) look forward to more vids
Cheers Gary! yeah I get frustrated at myself, every summer I wake up shivering but never seem to learn the lesson! The SnugPak quilt looks good, I currently have the DD Jura II sleeping bag which has worked well in the winter but it's still a hassle to get in and out even with the centre zip. 👍
Cool video camp out :-) Definitely enjoying your videos :-)
I ran into the same issue Moto-camping. Under the hammock bivy is a must in cooler weather. I learned the hard way also ;)
So did i, ever since i line my hammock with sleeping mat
Very good video
Thanks mate 👍
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👍 Great video
Cheers! 👍
Same thing happened to me on my first ever overnight camp in France under a tarp. I just totally underestimated how cold it would feel and it was 55 degrees at night! Great video though.
Cheers! Yeah it's heat loss from underneath that gets you, I've slept in the hammock in February with the under blanket and a DD 4 season sleeping bag, I was so warm I didn't need to zip the bag up! On this trip it was 15 degrees at night but I could really feel the cold 😕.
Where you are is 20mins from my house, im heading out to a nearby bit i know with a friend on Wednesday, to show her how to set up her new DD Hamock and tarp, i hammock camp when im on the bike to (V-Strom 650) also you have a few bits of kit the same as me, fire wind guard etc
Nice one Garry, you're lucky to live near such a great area! Best of luck mate 👍
Steak and tranquility and a Yamaha S10 👍🏍
It's all a man needs! 👍
Nice Video best regards Enno
Cheers Enno! Your roof top tent set-up looks good 👍.
Awesome Video as always mate me and my mate glenn camping at glenn trool where you hammock camped i found a peg did you lose one mate atb stuart
Cheers Stuart! Yeah that was my peg! 🤣👍
My dad used to say “the wise man takes his great coat”
Maravilha de aventura.
Amo tudo isso.
Parabéns pelo vídeo.
Já me inscrevi
Can I ask where about you where? If no, no problem. Great video love it
Cheers Pete, I was on the Raiders Road. If you put it into Google maps you’ll find it, there’s also the Carrick Forest Drive a few miles north which is also a good route. Both are open between April and October I believe 👍
@@Adventure-Outdoors cheers for that stay safe and sunny side up 👍
You ALWAYS want to have something to insulate the hammock from below, best would be a proper down underquilt. 3 big luggage boxes for an overnight camp - thats lots of space to not take proper insulation. If its too warm you can always vent, if its too cold you will always be miserable.
Looking good there by the loch. Would a 4x4 be permissible through the gates? First time for me too in a hammock at the weekend, in many years, down at Tyningham. Must make more of an effort to get out in it.
Yes. We did one of these forest roads last year - you pay a small fee to drive the road. There are several places to pull off the road around the loch 👍🏼
@@discovering_adventures thanks for the info, will need to look into that to see where you enter and pay.
@@oceansoverland You can get onto it from the A762, next to Bennan Cottage, it's £2 for a parking ticket. The main car park is at Otters Pool along the route but there are 'no overnight parking' signs there, but there's plenty of small lay-by's as Mark says with no signs. I think the better route is the Carrick Forest Drive, if you put 'Stinchar Bridge' into google maps you'll see the start of the route heading east, the road takes you to Loch Doon which in my experience has always been rammed full of wild campers on summer weekends, but I've camped on the forest drive with the Hilux before with no problems.
Good vid, seen a lot of your stuff. Wondered what your view is on the Super Tenere, thinking of getting one 👍🏻
Cheers Neil. I like the Super Tenere, it's a bit agricultural and heavy but it's a great long distance touring bike, especially two-up with luggage etc. The only issues I've had so far in 7 years of ownership is that both fork seals have failed 👍🏻.
😂 Never underestimate Scotland mate 👍 🏴
You Scots are lucky! I’m in NI and wild camping here is prohibited 😭 Very nice video 👍🏻
Cheers! I'm English, where wild camping is also prohibited! I always tend to head to Scotland these days as it's not too far from me and the Galloway area avoids the mass tourism in summer. It would be worth a trip out on the ferry from Belfast to do some camping in the area 👍
Overland and Outdoors hey, mate! Thanks very much for your advice 👍🏻 I must definitely try the trip there 🙂 Looks awesome! All the best!
Great, now i know that tent with airmadrass is better
The hammock is really warm with the under blanket, I just didn't bother bringing it as it was so hot during the day 😂👍.
Love this, dont suppose you have a grid reference of were you camped? To get to the forest do you have to come anti clockwise round loch doon or is there a way south of loch Doon? Thanks, love this.
Hi Mike, I was on the Raiders Road here. There are two ways to get on to it; from the north the road starts at the bottom of Loch Bradan just where the river dee leaves the loch on the A712. You can also get onto the road just north of Mossdale on the A762 at the other end. I camped on the edge of Stroan Loch.
The Carrick Forest Drive heads south from the end Loch Doon which is another great road, they can both be linked up with a run on the tarmac via Newton Stewart. 👍
@@Adventure-Outdoors Thank you so much, given me something to aim for post lock down - much appreciated
Do you mind sharing what jacket you’re wearing? Looking for something like that
Hi, it's a Triumph special edition Steve McQueen six day trials jacket. I bought it in 2012 so it's been out of production for ages now unfortunately.
Hi fella, just discovered this film... nice work 👍
Tell me... what bike jacket and waterproof is that?
Cheers mate! The bike jacket is Triumph Steve McQueen international six day trials special edition and the waterproof is just a £20 Regatta job from Go Outdoors or somewhere. Just had a quick look on eBay for the Triumph jacket, some one is selling it for £130 used, I bought mine new for £70, although that was in 2012 👍. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-STEVE-MCQUEEN-INTERNATIONAL-SIX-DAYS-TRAIL-MOTORCYCLE-JACKET-SIZE-UK-42/274252475634?hash=item3fdab8acf2:g:v9AAAOSwGBpd5m9e
@@Adventure-Outdoors Ha! That's service for you 👍
Cheers for the heads up!
Great vid. How do you find these locations?
Cheers! I usually have a quick scout on google earth for an area that looks to have potential, then turn up and see what I can find. Usually can't go wrong in Scotland though 👍
Overland and Outdoors cheers. Heading to Snowdonia and/or Anglesey next week so I’ll give that a try 👍🏻
@@Cheers_dits_207 Good luck! Hope the weather doesn't get too bad 👍
What loch is this?
Just found these videos and they're brilliant. Quick question; what is the make of your fire stove?
Cheers Kyle! It's the Firebox Stove, I bought it from here - www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/folding-firebox-campfire-stove-gen-2---brilliant-camping-wood-stove---loads-of-options-available-12574-p.asp
Kyle Mcarthur clue’s in the title !
What make is your wax bike jacket on this trip? I love it.
Great video. You’ve a new subscriber.
Cheers Neil, the jacket is a special edition Steve McQueen six day trials jacket. I managed to buy it from the triumph outlet store in 2015 for about £65. They seem to sell for around £200 second hand on eBay though 😳. It’s a great jacket though, although it’s getting a bit tight for me these days.
Great vid. I am just getting into hammock camping. Do you have a link for that firebox
Cheers Michael! I bought the firebox from here -www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/folding-firebox-campfire-stove-gen-2---deluxe-kit-45677-p.asp
Cracking video buddy shame about the underblanket just subbed you too
Cheers mate! 👍
Hi bud where were u looks good spot I live in gods country as well be nice to get away y👌thanks jon Andy parker ps I have gs
Jon Parker Hi mate, this was along the Raiders Road in Galloway. They shut the road over winter but open it again in spring 👍
Why do we croatians love scottish people so much? Great meal, i feel hungry now
It is colder at night sleeping near the water than inside protected by the trees of the forest.
Great timing, just put RUclips on as there's nothing on TV and 'ping' your latest adventure uploads 👍🏼
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Cheers Zach! Give it time though 🤣. Although saying that, motorcyclists are generally kind to each other 👍🏍