Awesome shelters made! I do worry about them eventually rotting though. Im guessing these are just temporary structures. Also, all that pile of old bush clippings etc.. will you be using all that stuff to make homemade compost!? Dude if i had that land i would be making a TON of compost to grow my own food. You could makeshift some huge greenhouse/pollytunnel on that land. I very much look forward to watching the updates. Not sure if you are into growing stuff.. but once you start its kinda hard to stop, especially seeing as things can be done organicly, and just helps the environment in general.
I used to be guardian of 8 acres of woodland in Scotland with the same vision as you but getting planning permission is notoriously hard ..and usually its only given if the land is your source of income like making charcoal ...and then there is the 28 day stay rule too..but you can put a structure on it if it's for tools to maintain the land... Good luck with your planning application, I hope you succeed, but be prepared for disappointment... on the other hand there are a fair few people that do it without permission in ecohouses/round houses made from the materials off the land, while crossing their fingers if you know what I mean ..so its doable if you are careful 😁
Nice bodge, I have a couple of suggestions to make them a bit stronger if you're interested. Triangles are your structural friend, I would add at least one diagonal brace to each face if you get my meaning. Add two guy lines to any vertical poles forming triangles, they might be useful on some of the horizontal "beams" too. Any loose flappy tarp edges can be tied down - find 20mm'ish diameter stones and fold the tarp around it and tie a knot around the rock and down to a stake in the ground. Also useful if any of the grommets/eyelets get pulled out. Buy 100m roll of paracord 550, damn handy stuff. Good luck, have a cracking Hogmanay and New Year.
Thanks for the advice, I’ve taken it onboard 👍🏼 the shelters worked great and if I need to build anymore in the future this will all come in handy. Have a lovely New Year 😁
a skeletal framework over the top of the tarps can be effective in holding in and locking down the tarps... thats worked well in the past... make sure of good tie down points at either end of the ribs and where possible at the points where the ribs cross over oneanother... you're doing great... happy new year darlings and live your dreams xxc
Great to see how you both go about getting started on your adventure. Yes, at the end of the project you will be able to make a list of the things you've done well and not so well, but right now to are still very much in the early learning mode. Getting things under a cover which only needs to stand up for 2 days is a great first step, but later on a bit more of a wind break might be a useful addition to protect you under the shelter whilst you dine. Some people might choose to buy a garden gazebo, but more eco-friendly people might like to use what they have to harvest from the land. No criticism on my part as it's your choice as to how you progress with your project. Either way, it's fascinating to see you making progress towards your dream home. Will keep watching with interest and best wishes.
Sont know how far back you are with your videos . Not sure if they would survive a strong winter storm. But best of luck with them . Your plot of land is beautiful .❤
A lovely bit of bush craft ! Very satisfying even if it doesn’t last forever. There’s so much to learn from just giving it a go & using what’s available in the bush. Well done!,,
Wee tip, you've got a ready made cooking shelf, think about using the flat surface in the second shelter, it'll be a bit safer, less chance of your tarp melting.....
You should have dug post holes for the branches, trying to rest some medium sized rocks against them doesn't do a lot unfortunately, OK for a temporary shelter but you might have some issues if/when the wind picks up
If we were allowed to stay on the land then I would agree but like I said in the video we just needed something temporary because of the rain forecast and we took the shelters down when we left 👍🏼
@@gedreillyhomestead6926in the United Kingdom if you buy land that doesn't already have a house etc on the land you need to get planning permission to build on you land otherwise you can only stay on your land for 28days per year
Happy New year to you both😀 Your shelters look great but hope it doesn't snow too much or your shelters will be flats..... keep up the excellent content 👍
you remind me of me when I was young, and when I purchased 30 acres of forest on a semi remote island. I lived in a tent and cleared a house site,, I wasted alot of time, energy and money too, phaffing around on things that didnt really matter, What mattered was clearing the land and getting a house / cabin on it..
All in good time my friend. So far I haven’t wasted any time or money! We had a lovely couple of weeks on our land before heading back south and the time spent clearing the old dwelling and finding the services is all for planning purposes 👍🏼
I did much the same with a house in France. Numerous trips down and doing jobs that always took 10x longer than I thought they would, and very little to show for the time, effort, and expense. In the early days I was too caught up in the romantic adventure. When reality dawned I realised that getting builders in was the only way to get it done. A digger and a professional operator can do the job of 50 men in a day. It still took ten years to get it to a liveable state, and it took me another 6 months living there to get the interior completed with a bathroom, kitchen, and complete decorating. 6am-11pm in 35C every single day was back breaking. Lol.
Nice channel. Until you get planning permission, sure nothing can be permanent. Think id have used the tarpaulin, all 5 metres of it, to build something around the car. Sure, you need to move the car for supplies, but a semi permanent - big logs in the ground - structure which you can park besides. An earlier comment mentioned a shed, when legally possible, as big as you can afford. Respects x
Not sure if I missed it; did you talk about which way the wind predominantly whips through there is there is a storm? That would be a major concern to your shelters.
@@livinginkevlar pleased to hear. I was up at six this morning to make sure my chicken coop was ok. I wouldn’t be sleeping a wink on your land! 😆 Happy New Year Cam and Rachael
Well, those shelters may not be perfect, but you are learning on the job, and they serve the purpose, seem practical for what you want, so well done! I bet they make a good difference to your lives right now. Sales now on, maybe a moveable shed might be useful too? Just a thought. You are definitely moving forward and making progress. I can’t wait to see the well discovery. Are you allowed to cut down trees if required on your land and do you intend to? I understand if you don’t answer that, as you have not made up your mind yet 😀😀
They did great thank you and came in very useful! We are allowed to chop down trees on our land, they are not protected and not native to the land either however we do love the trees and until the cause a problem and need removing they will be staying 😁
I don't understand why with snow and rain on the way you have not bought a proper tent or small second hand caravan it's Scotland.you could store things underneath. If you get sick you can't work😢 so please think about what you are doing. I love what you are doing I did a similar thing when younger. Going to enjoy watching are we still watching the first video s.
We are not staying on the land for very long because we are not allowed due to Scottish laws. We have a very nice motorhome already but it needs a new MOT plus some mechanical work to get it back on the road so we decided to use the truck and the roof tent which is a perfectly good tent by the way. We enjoyed every minute whilst we stayed there even if we are cold.
@ oh okay this is new information 🥰 also understand about Scottish Law. I was only thinking about full on wind and rain taking out your makeshift tents and losing your tools. And also getting sick while there.
Brilliant video Cam. You were definitely in your element building the tarp cover. Nice job. Hats off to you Both for staying in the tent. Hard core 💪 Happy New Year to You Both, bring on 2025 Love and Big Hugs ❤❤
Interesting that you need planning permission to occupy the land. Over here , as the site already has a existing building and septic, you could occupy the land as you are “ renovating” the existing building .😁
@@livinginkevlar Australia. Comment was a bit tongue in cheek. You have the original plan that says “house or dwelling” and you have a ground slab. Sounds like grounds for a renovation.😂
I get the feeling you were being offered one there. You’ll need to understand the Scottish way of words . You’re both doing great with your project , can’t wait to see your progress as you continue 😊
I'm guessing you'll not be back until NY. Good thing too, sub-zero weather, 50+mph winds, snow. Quote of the day, "Let's throw a tarp over this bitch!" Very Hollywood. :P
Why dont you get a small shed. It will always be useful & this tarp stuff is complete 💩 As is cutting tarp in half, just double it 🌬🌬🌬. So far winter has been mild, read up on hypothermia. 🐕🐕❄️❄️
We only stayed on the land for 7 more days and we left nothing on the land so a shed would be pointless at this stage where a tarp is more useful and cheaper, with that being said I wasn’t prepared to fork out for another tarp so cutting it in half was the best option and both shelters worked perfectly even when it snowed in November and dropped to -8 when all of this was filmed! 👍🏼👍🏼 ❄️ ❄️
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Awesome shelters made! I do worry about them eventually rotting though. Im guessing these are just temporary structures.
Also, all that pile of old bush clippings etc.. will you be using all that stuff to make homemade compost!?
Dude if i had that land i would be making a TON of compost to grow my own food.
You could makeshift some huge greenhouse/pollytunnel on that land.
I very much look forward to watching the updates.
Not sure if you are into growing stuff.. but once you start its kinda hard to stop, especially seeing as things can be done organicly, and just helps the environment in general.
Ha! Lookin pretty fancaay there😅 that's going to be so much fun. Good job. I cant wait. Happy Hogmanay !🎉❤
I used to be guardian of 8 acres of woodland in Scotland with the same vision as you but getting planning permission is notoriously hard ..and usually its only given if the land is your source of income like making charcoal ...and then there is the 28 day stay rule too..but you can put a structure on it if it's for tools to maintain the land... Good luck with your planning application, I hope you succeed, but be prepared for disappointment... on the other hand there are a fair few people that do it without permission in ecohouses/round houses made from the materials off the land, while crossing their fingers if you know what I mean ..so its doable if you are careful 😁
Have a look on lydar mapping over your land and it should show up what's previously been on your land ..just an idea ..
I think your shelter looks ace mate you’ve done a smashing job of it 🙌 your smashing it keep it up ✌️
It's a bodge. But it's an unplanned, practical, and functional bodge so better than all the rubbish YT normally shows! Fun episode :)
Make it up as you go along is what I was going for! 😂 glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
It may have been a bodge but it was a real, honest piece of work. I did think cutting the tarp before starting was a bit daft, but daft is life 😂
Nice bodge, I have a couple of suggestions to make them a bit stronger if you're interested.
Triangles are your structural friend, I would add at least one diagonal brace to each face if you get my meaning.
Add two guy lines to any vertical poles forming triangles, they might be useful on some of the horizontal "beams" too.
Any loose flappy tarp edges can be tied down - find 20mm'ish diameter stones and fold the tarp around it and tie a knot around the rock and down to a stake in the ground. Also useful if any of the grommets/eyelets get pulled out.
Buy 100m roll of paracord 550, damn handy stuff.
Good luck, have a cracking Hogmanay and New Year.
Thanks for the advice, I’ve taken it onboard 👍🏼 the shelters worked great and if I need to build anymore in the future this will all come in handy.
Have a lovely New Year 😁
Just glorious. Happy New Year to the four of you 😇😇❤❤🙏🙏
Happy new year!! 🥳
a skeletal framework over the top of the tarps can be effective in holding in and locking down the tarps... thats worked well in the past... make sure of good tie down points at either end of the ribs and where possible at the points where the ribs cross over oneanother... you're doing great... happy new year darlings and live your dreams xxc
Thanks for the advice 👍🏼 Happy New Year to you 😁
String is strong, twine is fine but zip ties are bloody strong and handy for making shelters. 😉
Very true!
Put some pallets down to keep storage dry. Good work.
Great idea, cheers 👍🏼
Happy New Year! Looking forward to seeing what you do in 2025. All the best to you both.
Happy new year! 🥳
Nice job. You would fit right in a “ Alone” episode.
Love that show!
Great to see how you both go about getting started on your adventure. Yes, at the end of the project you will be able to make a list of the things you've done well and not so well, but right now to are still very much in the early learning mode. Getting things under a cover which only needs to stand up for 2 days is a great first step, but later on a bit more of a wind break might be a useful addition to protect you under the shelter whilst you dine. Some people might choose to buy a garden gazebo, but more eco-friendly people might like to use what they have to harvest from the land. No criticism on my part as it's your choice as to how you progress with your project. Either way, it's fascinating to see you making progress towards your dream home. Will keep watching with interest and best wishes.
I’m glad you’re enjoying following along, I’m sure I will make many more “mistakes” along the way that people will not understand.
Got to say I e been following and I love it all. Hope it all goes your way
I’m glad you have enjoyed it so far, plenty more to come 😁
Sont know how far back you are with your videos . Not sure if they would survive a strong winter storm. But best of luck with them . Your plot of land is beautiful .❤
Thank you! The footage was filmed back in November and the shelters worked perfectly even with rain and heavy snow 👍🏼
Really enjoying your vids and progress. Hoping everything goes well for you guys 👍
Thanks so much! 😁
A lovely bit of bush craft ! Very satisfying even if it doesn’t last forever. There’s so much to learn from just giving it a go & using what’s available in the bush. Well done!,,
Nothing ventured, nothing gained…now I have two tarps 😄
Happy Hogmanay and New Year 🎉. Looking forward to watching your progress in 2025. So happy for you both. ❤❤
Thank you, we can’t wait to share it with you.
Happy Hogmanay 🥳
@@livinginkevlar Thank you x
Wee tip, you've got a ready made cooking shelf, think about using the flat surface in the second shelter, it'll be a bit safer, less chance of your tarp melting.....
We had a tripod cooking grill to cook on and a fire pit to keep it off the ground. The shelters worked great and didn’t melt 👍🏼
Really enjoyed this video you two are living the dream the camp fire tarp looks great atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it and the tarp over the fire made the evening meals a bit more cosy 😁
Keep going guys, it’s going to be awesome.
Thank you 😁
Good work! The Tarp Shelters look great and do the job! Excited to see if the well is where you think it is, all the best.
Thank you 😁 I’m looking forward to showing you the next video because it’s a interesting one that’s for sure 👍🏼
Well done you two,keep your eyes open for the old midden,bets there will be plenty artefacts in it.Happy new year too you both.🥃
So far no old midden has been found 🤞🏼 Happy New year 🥳
You should have dug post holes for the branches, trying to rest some medium sized rocks against them doesn't do a lot unfortunately, OK for a temporary shelter but you might have some issues if/when the wind picks up
As I said in the video it was only temporary and we took them down when we left, overall they worked perfectly 👍🏼
Think I would have invested in a shed as temporary living/sleeping accomodation while getting organised.
If we were allowed to stay on the land then I would agree but like I said in the video we just needed something temporary because of the rain forecast and we took the shelters down when we left 👍🏼
@livinginkevlar Sorry, but didn't you buy this piece of land? So I don't understand being "allowed to stay" ⁉️
Do I remember ye saying ye can stay on the land when you get yer build permission?
@@gedreillyhomestead6926in the United Kingdom if you buy land that doesn't already have a house etc on the land you need to get planning permission to build on you land otherwise you can only stay on your land for 28days per year
If you are near Inverness and need tools or ironmongery try Macgregors or HIS (highland industrial supplies) they usually have everything.
Awesome I will look into them. Inverness is our nearest city 👍🏼
I'm in Moray so I have used them for years. Not always the cheapest but carry a lot of stock.
Happy new year guys and keep videos coming,will help with the RUclips algorithm.
Happy new year!! 🥳 plenty more to come 👍🏼
Well done in following yours dreams guys, out of interest what area of Scotland is this?
Despite being novice you did a fantastic job with the canvas. Looking forward to seeing your progress in 2025...❤❤❤happy new year to you both....
Thank you very much, plenty more to come in 2025 😁
Happy new year 🥳
Good video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
@@livinginkevlar Can't wait to see how things progress on the site.
Happy New year to you both😀
Your shelters look great but hope it doesn't snow too much or your shelters will be flats.....
keep up the excellent content 👍
It did snow a lot! Even I was surprised they stayed up 😂
@@livinginkevlar Pleased for you, looking forward to the next episode.
you remind me of me when I was young, and when I purchased 30 acres of forest on a semi remote island. I lived in a tent and cleared a house site,, I wasted alot of time, energy and money too, phaffing around on things that didnt really matter, What mattered was clearing the land and getting a house / cabin on it..
All in good time my friend. So far I haven’t wasted any time or money! We had a lovely couple of weeks on our land before heading back south and the time spent clearing the old dwelling and finding the services is all for planning purposes 👍🏼
I did much the same with a house in France. Numerous trips down and doing jobs that always took 10x longer than I thought they would, and very little to show for the time, effort, and expense. In the early days I was too caught up in the romantic adventure. When reality dawned I realised that getting builders in was the only way to get it done. A digger and a professional operator can do the job of 50 men in a day. It still took ten years to get it to a liveable state, and it took me another 6 months living there to get the interior completed with a bathroom, kitchen, and complete decorating. 6am-11pm in 35C every single day was back breaking. Lol.
Awsome video as always guys 😁🪵👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Happy New Year guys !
Happy new year! 🥳
“What if the rain comes in this way?” ………”We’re f*cked” 🤣👏🏻
It’s conversations like this that keep us all watching. 😁
😂 I’m glad people get my humour!
Tarp and Fire Embers don't go well lol
Trust me it will become perforated quickly, but good job
We did get a few holes but overall it worked great 👍🏼
@livinginkevlar was a disaster for me, hence the comment, doing great work, look forward to seeing the Well
Grand job sir
Thank you 👍🏼
Could I suggest using Paracord which is reusable and stretches also giving flexibility
Nice channel.
Until you get planning permission, sure nothing can be permanent.
Think id have used the tarpaulin, all 5 metres of it, to build something around the car. Sure, you need to move the car for supplies, but a semi permanent - big logs in the ground - structure which you can park besides.
An earlier comment mentioned a shed, when legally possible, as big as you can afford.
Respects x
I’ll be building a workshop on the land so plenty of storage in the future 👍🏼
throw the tarp over the cairn and over the fence, chuck your tools under there, ha ha too late now
And get some loppers, save all that sawing!
Fern makes great compost, under a tarp
Another great use for a tarp 😁
Not sure if I missed it; did you talk about which way the wind predominantly whips through there is there is a storm? That would be a major concern to your shelters.
Nope I didn’t mention it but we didn’t have any strong winds on the land 👍🏼
@@livinginkevlar pleased to hear. I was up at six this morning to make sure my chicken coop was ok. I wouldn’t be sleeping a wink on your land! 😆
Happy New Year Cam and Rachael
Get a blade for the strimmer 😊
I do have one and I’ve use it in previous videos, not sure why I didn’t put it on 🤔
Well, those shelters may not be perfect, but you are learning on the job, and they serve the purpose, seem practical for what you want, so well done! I bet they make a good difference to your lives right now. Sales now on, maybe a moveable shed might be useful too? Just a thought. You are definitely moving forward and making progress. I can’t wait to see the well discovery. Are you allowed to cut down trees if required on your land and do you intend to? I understand if you don’t answer that, as you have not made up your mind yet 😀😀
They did great thank you and came in very useful! We are allowed to chop down trees on our land, they are not protected and not native to the land either however we do love the trees and until the cause a problem and need removing they will be staying 😁
You need an extra set of hands buddy.
Irwin quick grips should do the trick.
I have about 6 of them but didn’t bring them with us unfortunately.
Where did you find that weird cover version of Lazy? I can only imagine what Ritchie would say…. Anyway, all the best to you both!
I use epidemic sounds for my music 👍🏼
I don't understand why with snow and rain on the way you have not bought a proper tent or small second hand caravan it's Scotland.you could store things underneath. If you get sick you can't work😢 so please think about what you are doing. I love what you are doing I did a similar thing when younger. Going to enjoy watching are we still watching the first video s.
We are not staying on the land for very long because we are not allowed due to Scottish laws. We have a very nice motorhome already but it needs a new MOT plus some mechanical work to get it back on the road so we decided to use the truck and the roof tent which is a perfectly good tent by the way. We enjoyed every minute whilst we stayed there even if we are cold.
@ oh okay this is new information 🥰 also understand about Scottish Law. I was only thinking about full on wind and rain taking out your makeshift tents and losing your tools. And also getting sick while there.
Brilliant video Cam. You were definitely in your element building the tarp cover. Nice job. Hats off to you Both for staying in the tent. Hard core 💪 Happy New Year to You Both, bring on 2025 Love and Big Hugs ❤❤
yeah!
Enjoy ☺️
Interesting that you need planning permission to occupy the land. Over here , as the site already has a existing building and septic, you could occupy the land as you are “ renovating” the existing building .😁
Yeah unfortunately I don’t think you could “renovate” our old dwelling 😂 Mother Nature look it back. Where are you from?
@@livinginkevlar Australia. Comment was a bit tongue in cheek. You have the original plan that says “house or dwelling” and you have a ground slab. Sounds like grounds for a renovation.😂
£40 for that tarp?? 😮
I know! 😂
What's your thinking on a small shed????
Pointless at this stage and a container might be on the land next year temporarily till the workshop is built 👍🏼
I get the feeling you were being offered one there. You’ll need to understand the Scottish way of words . You’re both doing great with your project , can’t wait to see your progress as you continue 😊
Make the shelter FIRST then present the tarp and cut to suit exactly what you built .
I’ve kind of leant from my mistake already but thanks for the comment 😂
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Cannot wait till you start throwing out hour long videos mate 😂😂
I’ll see what I can do 😂 maybe next year when we are back on the land 👍🏼
@livinginkevlar least you took down your shelters before you left the wind is absolutely wild up here this weekend
I'm guessing you'll not be back until NY. Good thing too, sub-zero weather, 50+mph winds, snow.
Quote of the day, "Let's throw a tarp over this bitch!" Very Hollywood. :P
We will be back early in the year to get started, lots to do! And this time we will be bringing the fleet of vehicles to make life a little easier.
@@livinginkevlar Good move, that place was crying out for a jet ski!
See r think about pallettes
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Sorry my friend, but cutting that tarpaulin in half was a terrible idea. You need the excess to chanel the rain water away from the shelter.
Silly mistake but the shelter actually worked great 👍🏼
Chainsaw oils a waste of money, cheap cooking oil is much the same viscosity and works just the same, plus is kinder environmentally.
So I’ve been told in previous comments, I’ll use cooking oil in future 👍🏼
Why dont you get a small shed. It will always be useful & this tarp stuff is complete 💩
As is cutting tarp in half, just double it 🌬🌬🌬. So far winter has been mild, read up on hypothermia. 🐕🐕❄️❄️
We only stayed on the land for 7 more days and we left nothing on the land so a shed would be pointless at this stage where a tarp is more useful and cheaper, with that being said I wasn’t prepared to fork out for another tarp so cutting it in half was the best option and both shelters worked perfectly even when it snowed in November and dropped to -8 when all of this was filmed!
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