Last wild camp of 2018! | Arrowhead with wedge cover tarp configuration
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- So it's my final solo overnighter of 2018 as it's right at the end of December. Been wanting to test this tarp configuration out for a good while.
Thank you very much for all the support throughout 2018 and I wish you all a fantastic Year ahead....Happy New Year! 🎉
Thank you for watching, and all the very best!
Mike
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2nd ridge line to the back corner⛺️🤠👏👏👏👏, hanging accessory line & it helps stop 'sag' if the wind picks up from the back😍‼️ I've used a 'V' shaped ridge setup out from trees & poles in the past for other shapes. Always good to try something new⛺️👏👏👏
Happy new year Mike.
I absolutely love these videos, the time and effort you put in to them really shows through. Great production quality and a calm and reassuring manner.
It feels like we are out in the woods with you.
Keep up the good work, you are doing a fantastic job.
All the best
Jimmy
Hi Jimmy, Happy New Year to you too my friend🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳
Ah mate that's so kind of you to say and it really makes it all worthwhile🤗
I really appreciate you watching, and you give me motivation to keep filming....Thank you so much🌳🕊🌳
Here's wishing you all the very best🤗
Mike
My 2nd watch tonight from your channel , fantastic as always Mike, loved the sound of the deer in the forest never heard it before quite therapeutic I must say, and your stories and outlook on life is a breath of fresh air.take care and long may these wild camps continue. Thank you vic.
Hi Vic, hey good to hear from you mate👍🏻
It's amazing just how much noise they can kick up, especially around dusk.
Thank you Vic, hope you have a super weekend my good friend
All the very best to you and yours
Mike
Same to you..we do look out for you when we are out and about...I've been looking for new spots and found some and hopefully will camp soon. .have a great year to you and your family.🌵🌴🌳🌲🌱🍂.
Hi Toni, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Ah it'll happen I'm sure we'll spot each other at some time or other👍🏻😊
Cool to hear you've found some new locations Toni🌳🌳👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
I look forward to seeing you out wild camping very soon.
Take care and all the very best
Mike
I was right there with you Mike. Such a beautiful location and you managed to remain undetected by the hi-viz vest brigade. I really like that tarp configuration and your tried and tested sleep system. Very creative and practical. I use a second ridge line under the tarp from time to time to provide hanging space and like you to hang a lantern. I tend to do this when I hammock camp and it works great. I was back in the mountains yesterday above Llanthony Priory, not a breath of wind or breeze, so still and quiet. I didn't feel the urge to film. It was a total recharge. It would be great to team up for a camp Mike perhaps at my permission woodland near Hereford. The invite is always there 👍😊. Wishing you and those you love and all your subscribers a great 2019. Paul 😊
Hi Paul, thank you very much my friend you're always so very kind in what you say about my vids and I really appreciate it🤗🌳🌳🌳Glad you like the tarp set up and secondary ridgeline with prusik lantern holder.
Hey great to hear you got out my friend, yeah it's not always ideal to film everything is it...Sometimes we need time purely to ourselves and not have to worry about talking to cameras on tripods etc etc.
Ah thank you...I'd love to join you, it'll be my 1st permission and in all honesty I'll find it quite a novelty to start with. Hey you're most welcome to join me at any time, we shall definately have to sort a good old wild camp out between us.
Thank you again for watching and your kind words Paul🤗🌳🌳🌳
Have a super weekend
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Always a treat to watch and a pleasure to comment Mike. You always capture your experience in a way that resonates with me; your connection with and appreciation of nature shines through. Yes, I have put filming on hold now for my last handful of trips out but I am sure that normal service will be resumed soon. The trangia burner is still going strong 👍 I will get back to you regarding a camp out. There is another woodland near Craven Arms that I have permission to use so another option. Watch this space mate. Have a great weekend Mike 👍😊
Right at the end of the night Mike. Catch up tomorrow. Look forward to it. Mark
Hi Mark, my vid uploads can be at any time of day or night... It's typically 2 am in the morning😂
Have a good day and I Hope you like the vid whenever Gou get chance to watch my friend. I do have your vids to catch up with, and I look forward to doing so
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman I don't think I've ever seen it so still Mike. Enjoyed all the way right through to your chili sausages. Getting there was a real mellow tour of camp tarp config lantern and all. I think your tarp was cracking. A mix of a good few knots. Good craft I'd say. I agree treat others how you would like to be treated and you can't go wrong. Peaceful Mike that was peaceful. A good sign for the year ahead. All the best. Mark
Great work Mike. I'm rewatching your videos one by one..... so relaxing. Your philosophy makes a lot of sense.
Would like to see you in Snowdonia or the Lake District.
Hi mate, hey thank you so very much...Always nice to hear when someone else likes me sharing my thoughts whilst out there, it's such a big part of why I wild camp- to think things through. Glad you find my video's relaxing as that's another major reason I make them👍😊👍🌳🌳
Mate I'd love to visit Snowdonia & the Lakes at some point, as long as I'm in a woodland I'm happy as camping in wide open spaces has never really appealed to me personally.
Thank you for taking time to watch and comment, you are really appreciated
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All the very best
Mike
Beautiful forest and very picturesque trail. Greetings my friend and wish you a great Sunday. Like98.
Hi Greg, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you my friend, I'm really pleased you enjoyed watching🤗
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Mike
Lovely spot for an overnighter, thanks for sharing with us. Cheers!
Hi there, thank you very much...Can't wait to get back out there again my friend.
I really appreciate you watching and your kind words....Thank you
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All the very best
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Mike
And plenty more wild camping in 2019 😊 super video. 👍🏼 Beautiful 👌🏼 🌍
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you so much, I really appreciate you watching and such a lovely comment🤗
Thank you again....Here's wishing you a fantastic 2019 my friend 🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳
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All the very best
Mike
Wow a lovely place for honey moon
Hi there, hey now that's a great idea👍🏻
Thank you so very much for all these comments...You're a diamond 💎👍
Take care
Mike
Slightly less HOT sauce next time dude 🤣🤣🤣 you looked in discomfort Mike LOL. Fantastic sounds of the forest. Love your adjustable candle lantern. A very enjoyable watch Mike. Thanks for taking the time to edit and upload this. Lee
Hi Lee, haha I made that stuff the night before and added a chilli extract called 'da bomb' no kidding I was shaking with the waves of pain hahaha!
So glad you enjoyed watching my friend 🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment Lee
All the very best to you and your loved one's
Mike
Mike, that was a superb way to see out your wild camping year! Those woods are awesome mate and your set up, as always, shows great respect to mother nature. The Deer barking was the icing on the cake! Thanks for taking me along my friend. Atvb, Michael
Hi Mike, Thank you very much mate that's really nice of you to say🤗🌳🌳
Yes it was really lucky to hear that and there was plenty of it! The deer must have been going on for around half an hour.
Thank you for watching, and also thank you for all your lovely comments...They truly mean a lot to me🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳
Look forward to watching your next instalment Mike...
All the very best
Mike
Nice video Mike, mulled wine looked good, great to hear the muntjac barking. Looking forward to the next one, regards Dave
Hi David, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thanks mate that's really kind of you to say, I'm pleased you enjoyed watching
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All the very best David
Mike
So lovely to see you out again... and in such a beautiful woodland. You are the king of taut tarp! And you really managed to show us a lot of gear tips. Do appreciate it. It’s great to see your subscribers scoot past 1.3k. Hopefully this encourages you to share even more camps with us in 2019! All the very best to you and yours from the Oregon coast
Hi there, thank you very much indeed🤗 I really appreciate you watching and your kind words my friend👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
You've made my day, and thank you yes for giving me the motivation👍🏻
All the very best to you and your loved one's for 2019
Thank you again🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Mike
A awesome video! Really enjoyed this as always. A lovely woodland there, im jealous lol. Thanks for taking us along with you 👍🌳🌳
Hi Rick, 👋🏻😁🌳🌳🌳 ah cheers mate very kind of you to say 🤗 Its a right trek into there but worth it. Really hilly and tough going terrain lol, by the time i'd got there I was knackered! You're more than welcome up here at any time mate.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Rick
All the very best
Mike
Epic set up mate. Im slowly working my way through all your videos 2 years later during Lockdown 3 Jan 2021! Great work mate, brilliant to see you enjoying the freedom and space.
Super setup that and allowed you hands free ingress and egress through the woods. All the best for 2019 and may your channel continue to grow - congratulations on surpassing the 1.3k subscriber mark Mucka.
Worrow our mon, 👋🏻😁🌳🌳🌳 thank you, that's really very kind of you to say. Yes the set up was really easy to do and I'll be using that again👍🏻🌳🌳
Thank you very much🤗 and all the very best for 2019 to you your loved one's and may your channel also carry on growing. I have noticed you've uploaded and I look forward to watching that whilst avin me tea👍🏻
Thank you once again my friend
Take care
Mike
Nice camp, happy new year.
Hi Toni, thank you very much for watching...Here's wishing you and your family all the very best for 2019
Hope to see you soon 👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Mike
Brilliant as always , looked so beautiful and peaceful there xxx
Hi my Karen 🌳🌳🦉💚🦉🌳🌳
Thank you, your hat was superb...So very warm and even though you were not with me, you very much were in my mind the whole time xxx
Love you always 🌳🌳🌳🌳
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Mike🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
@@BlackCountryWoodsman love you always too, forever and always Xxxx
Another cracking video. Beautiful setting
Hi Paul, hey thank you very much my friend🤗🌳🌳🌳 That's one of my favourite camp locations, very peaceful.
Lovely of you watch and comment Paul👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a lovely evening
All the very best
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Mike
Superb as always Mike. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Martyn, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thanks mate👍🏻 i really appreciate you watching and commenting, it means a lot to me......
Have a super evening
Mike
love your tarp setups pal, sorry for not being in touch recently but been a bit busy. Catching up on some of your vids and as always they are always so enjoyable. We will sort an adventure out soon matey, take care for now
Hey no worries Steve, its always good to hear from you my friend. Yes mate we'll sort a camp out👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and I look forward to catching up on your awesome channel
All the very best
Mike
Hi Mike! Happy New Year to you and yours and thanks for yet another great video 👍 It was much appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed. Just thought I would throw in a bit of advice for you to take or leave it!! My opinion on the new “lighter” shades of camo is that they are first class in semi-arid/arid environments, good in spring and late summer in the U.K. but are a bit of a failure in late autumn/winter, just to light and they stand out like a tick on a dogs bum (you get the meaning!!) when you showed us round your camp even from a distance the tarp stood out like a beacon, yet the bivi bag was hardly noticeable from the dark earth. You are right the camo netting would have helped to take the shine off the tarp and of course you know those woods better than anybody here on the tube, but my humble opinion is in the shade of pine woods in the U.K. the best camo by far is the older DPM. Case in point, 3 blokes walking up a hedge line in winter 2 in the new style army field jackets, stood out like a sore thumb, the last bloke in old DPM could hardly been seen ! This is by no means any sort of criticism just an old soldiers observation! Once again great video. ATB Clive from deepest Dorset
Hi Clive, same to you my good friend and thank you so much for watching.... Yeah I noticed on several occasions that the multicam on that tarp almost glows light green! You Sir are exactly right in what you say, I think in all honesty that just a O.D green tarp would have been far more effective that day. Yes the tarp stood out, I knew that this would be an issue as i'd been to that location several times before. The reason I wasn't too worried was the fact that from off the trails the woodland is practically pitch black, and in all honesty the only thing that would give me away would have been a fire. Where smoke and of couse the fire itself would be an instant give away. No chance of a Dakota fire pit/ hole there to hide a fire as the grounds all root and rock. Yes DPM is the go to camo for us here and I do own a basha in it. I wanted to cover the 'arrowhead wedge with cover' config that day and ideally I need a square tarp. So really I had just the Multicam to work with, not ideal I know and believe me Clive I value your opinion very very highly as you are an ex soldier....I have the utmost respect for you sir and you sharing your superb knowledge on this matter with me👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Hey my favourite camo for our woodlands has to be German military flectarn, wow it blends in so well, it's a close second with DPM. I've been looking out for a square tarp 3x3 that's in flecktarn and in all honesty I can't find one that's of good quality.
Thank you again Clive for watching, I'm really pleased you enjoyed. Most of all your comment is superb and very helpful.
May you have a lovely weekend and a superb 2019 all the very best
Take care
Mike 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Fantastic again chap. All the best for 2019.
Hi Paul, thank you mate👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Was a great overnighter and can't wait for the next.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words....
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead Paul 🌳🌳👍🏻🕊👍🏻🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Nice place for camping. Hot dish in the wood tasty so good. Cool video and trip. like'128. Best wishes in New Year.
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much indeed👍🏻
Have a super weekend my friend
All the very best
Mike
Thats a nice set-up Mike, going to have to try that one. 👍
Hi Jim Bob, thanks mate....It's pretty much ideal for winter tarping
Thank you very much for watching and commenting
All the very best
Mike
I really enjoyed this Mike,I used that set up myself I use bungees instead of a ridgeline, I've also found you can have a small fire under the peak out of the rain with no issues, obviously now I've said it next time I do it'll get burned 😄 onwards and upwards for 2019 👍
Hi Phil, ah great to hear you use the arrow head👍🏻 I've never personally used bungies and yeah it'd make for a super quick deployment/ set up.
Ah that's cool to hear, I'll have to place a small campfire under the wedge cover now you've said you were ok from embers...Thank you for watching and your kind words, also thank you for your advise it's much appreciated mate
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Wishing you a great year ahead Phil
All the very best
Mike
I can't claim to trying the fire out first,no doubt hundreds have done it,I saw it on RUclips somewhere so gave it a go,I've always been ok with it,not sure if I'd do it when it was blowing a hoolie tho,give it a go and if it it does burn then it wasn't me who said try it 😎😁👍
I hope twenty nineteen will be a great year for you and your channel Mike, all the best mate.
Hi my friend, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much that's lovely of you 🤗
Here's wishing you and your loved one's a fantastic year ahead
All the very best 🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Mike
Another cracking camp mate, learnt a lot as always, and really got a sense of the whole experience. All the best for the New Year.
Hi mate👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
I'm really pleased that you like the vid👍🏻
Thank you my friend 🤗
Here's wishing you all the very best for the new year also....🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Happy New Year 🥳 certainly master of tarp set ups
Hi mate, haha! I try my best.. Thank you very much you're very kind🤗
Here's wishing you a fantastic 2019
Thank you for watching and commenting Andy
All the very best
Mike
Looked like a great night manI ! Cheers on this one nice looking set up nice and relaxed ! Take care brother
Hi Tom, hey thank you very much!
Thank you very much for watching Tom.
Was a real nice camp & can't wait for the next
All the very best to you and yours
Mike
Another great video Mike, lovely chilled and relaxed. Happy new year amigo to you and family. Take care and I’ll look forward to seeing you in 2019 👍😎 atb
Hi Paul, thank you mate...Thats what it's all about, just to zone out and relax👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Happy New to Year to you and your loved one's my friend.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Paul
All the very best 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Mike
Nice one Mike👍 Nice tarp setup! That mulled wine looked nice! Thanks for sharing bud. Have a great year atvb bounda!
Hi Bounda, 👋🏻😊👋🏻🌳🌳
Ah thanks mate, oh yes the wine was really very nice, just one of those smaller bottles...Basically just a cup full.
Here's wishing you and your loved one's a fantastic year ahead mate
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
Chill as per :) Like the candle lamp on the extra ridgeline with prussic 👍 Cheers 🍹
Hi Caroline, glad you liked the video and I had such a good time until eating that chilli sauce! 😲😉
Thank you very much for watching and as always your kind words.
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman yeah, that chilli sauce didn't look so chill 😱 When i saw the amount of sauce i was like... Noooo thanks 😂 You're a braver man than I! Not that I'm a man but ya know what i mean 😀
Great idea with the second Ridge line and candle slider. Happy new years to you and yours. Thanks for sharing
Hi Patrick, 👋🏻😊 Thank you so very much my friend.... I'm super glad you enjoyed watching...
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Thanks again and here's wishing you a fantastic 2019 🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Hi mike greetings from holland
I have been sick and i found your channel and subt.i like your how you do things.its the same as i do on camping trips(its illegaal over here so always stealth camping)
Al the best in the new year and keep doing what you do.
Hi Rob,👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Mate I'm sorry to hear you've not been well...
Im pleased you enjoyed the video's, ah you have the same laws over there then. It's totally unfair and the minority ruin it for the majority when they litter the woodlands. Also a disgrace that the wealthy can buy up the land and stick a fence round it warning of prosecution if entered! It's a good job we both enjoy stealth wild camping my friend🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words as they are much appreciated 🤗
Here's wishing you a speedy recovery from your illness, and all the very best for 2019
Take care
Mike
An utterly beautiful film Mike, could smell, feel and hear the forest, liked your chair and wisdom, your love of the wild came over, wishing you well my friend for the year ahead. Atb, Harry
Hi Harry, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
Ah thank you mate that's lovely of you to say🤗.....I appreciate you watching and your kind words.🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Here's wishing you and your loved one's a fantastic year ahead
Mike
Hi Mike, as always great video mate. Love your channel & calming videos 👍🏻.
ATVB for 2019 to you & your family. Many thanks for sharing mate, cheers.............👍🏻🏕🌲🌳🔥🇬🇧
Hi there 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳 Ah thank you very much that's really kind of you to say, and much appreciated 🤗🕊
All the very best to you and your family for 2019 and many years to come👍🏻
🌳😊Many thanks for your lovely comment 👍🏻😊🌳
Mike
Cracking video mate nice setup great location happy new year mate atvb jimmy 😎 😎
Hi Jimmy, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Glad you enjoyed watching my friend
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead. 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
All the very best Jimmy
Mike
Happy New Year Mike and all the best for 2019 and many more years to come. Love to see more about your trips, allways a joy and I learn a lot from you as a woodsman.
Hi my friend, thank you very much for watching means a lot to me👍🏻😊👍🏻
...and thank you for such a lovely comment🤗
Here's wishing you and your loved one's a fantastic year ahead👍🏻
All the very best
Mike
Cracking video, cracking set up, look forward to seeing more in the new year. All the best and a happy new year to you and yours
Hi Rich, ah cheers mucka that's kind of you to say...
Thank you 🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
All the very best to you and your loved one's 👍🏻
Mike
Nice one Mike I enjoyed that mate. Happy new year to ya and here's to more camps this year. ATB Paul 👍🏻🍻
Hi Paul, 🌳🌳🌳👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much👍🏻 I'm pleased you enjoyed watching the vid mate... Can't wait to get back out there again.
Thanks again and here's wishing you a happy New Year 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Hi Mike Happy new year mate nice to see you back bud !!!
Hi Daniel, 👋🏻😁🌳🌳🌳thank you for watching..You're very much appreciated my friend
Happy New Year! 🎉
All the very best
Mike
Another top video Mike. Cheers for the candle lantern idea connected with the para chord, really liked that. I’m off out tomorrow for a woodland overnighter with another fellow RUclipsr but I think I’d struggle with the lantern idea cause I’m in the Lavvu but will be using it come summer 👍
Hi there, thank you my friend👍🏻😊👍🏻
Ah you're most welcome and I'm glad that you'll be using it come the warmer months👍🏻🌳🌳🌳 Ah I hope you have a fantastic wild camp! I love my lavvu and haven't used it for quite some time...
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words mate
Here's wishing you and your loved one's all the very best
Mike
Cracking video Mike! Beautiful spot there, your camps are so relaxed and chilled out. Liked the new configuration and that secondary line for the candle was very clever, also cooking alcohol with alcohol was very meta lol. All the best for 2019 and I'm already looking forward to your next camp :)
Hi Vin, 🌳🌳🌳👋🏻😊👋🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you my mate🤗 I'm really pleased you enjoyed the chilled out vids👍🏻
Hahaha! Yes cooking alcohol with alcohol is rather bizarre isn't it haha! I never thought about that! 👍🏻😲👍🏻🤣
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead Vin
All the very best
Mike
Nice one great video
Hi James, thank you very much indeed! 🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
All the very best
Mike
Smashing video Mike, Happy New Year to you!
Hi there,👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you, I'm really pleased you enjoyed watching my friend 🤗
Happy New Year to you
All the very best
Mike
Great video- thanks for taking us along. Liked and subbed your channel 👍
Hi Mark, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Ah thank you so very much my friend, I really appreciate it....
Have a lovely evening
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Mike
Awesome as always mate. Glad to see you in the hooped bivi again. Breaking out the lavvu with tent stove in Feb. Should be interesting. Don't have a smoke detector. 😆
Hi Carl, thanks mate its a great bivi bag and even better without the hoop for me personally.
Haha! I look forward to seeing you out in your lavvu with your homemade tent stove mate. From what I've seen of it, it's a beaut👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching mate👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman never need thank me mate it's a good watch, and I haven't tried my bivi without the hoop maybe I should.
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Yes Carl, it's definately far less restrictive now for me as I tend to toss and turn in my sleep and that hoop just made things awkward. They are great kit but not the most spacious of bivi, mines the larger size also.
Have a great day matey
Mike
Happy new year Mike nice set up best wishes for 2019 God bless
Hi Andy, thank you my friend and Happy New Year 🤗🌳🌳
All the very best to your 2019 God bless you too
Happy new year Mike too you your lass and family mate have a gudn bud 😉 love the tarp set up going to try that one in next few weeks when a can next get out can't wait lol. If you ever travel this far north we will go camping enjoyed the camp and your food looked bloody lovely haha 😉 all the best Liam louisaleigh and the ginger ninja 😂
Hi Liam, 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Happy New Year to you, Louisaleigh and the ginger ninja plus all the rest of your family mate...
Ah thanks, it's a great config and so easy to do. Let me know how you get on please👍🏻
I'd love to go camping with you Liam, it'd be awesome!👍🏻😊👍🏻 How far up north are you exactly? My mother's family all come from Scotland and even Skye.
Hope you all had a great Christmas my friend
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words as always 🌳🌳👍🏻😁
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Morpeth Northumberland Mike village called north Broomhill not far from the borders.
Ah beautiful place! Gorgeous countryside....Lucky man👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳
Happy New year mike, nice video, thanks
Hi Mick, thank you mate for watching👍🏻😊...Happy New Year to you too my friend
All the very best
Mike
Great video.Thanks a lot !!!!
Hi there 🌳🌳👋🏻😊👋🏻🌳🌳
Glad you enjoyed watching my friend, means a lot to me👍🏻Thank you🤗
Here's wishing you all the very best
Mike
You welcome.ATB Soren
Really enjoyed your video bud,and your configuration for your basha great, just the ticket to go with a bivvy, gunna give that a go, and I look forward to your coming videos this year,
Hi Harry, 👍🏻😊thank you so much my friend...Yes the tarp config worked really well🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead Harry
All the very best
Mike
Got to tell you this..I went wild camping tonight but not long after pitching the tent I heard twigs cracking and Toby kept looking about and i felt uneasy and then my mom came and told me there was a man hiding in the trees hiding his face around the corner from camp so I packed up quick and armed myself with half a thick fibreglass tent pole because we was going the way the man was but he'd gone and got home safe.don't know what he was doing but it was very creepy. Hope you're ok.
Hi Toni,
Oh no! I'm so glad you're ok......Im guessing it's just some curious person that caught sight of you some how and couldn't resist having a nosey. I'm glad your mom saw this person too! I'm pretty sure he meant you no harm, but you definately did the right thing in arming yourself and getting out of there Toni. If you think about it most people would probably keep well away if they saw someone camping in the woods, or so I believe anyway.
I'm so pleased you're away and safe, maybe you'd give that location a miss from now on.
You take care, and say I said hi to your mom please🤗
All the very best
Mike
Brilliant setup Mike!!!....Happy New Year my friend, beautiful location for sure, great tunes and another well done offering!!! wish i had your talent with a video camera...Cheers!...atvb...woods
Hi Woods🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Happy New Year my friend!
Ah thank you so much, that's lovely of you to say🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead Woods
All the very best
Mike
Nice peaceful video mike, always a pleasure to watch. Had a laugh at your face with the chilly lol...
Hope you have a great new year, see you on the next one, atvb chris👍
Hi Chris, thanks mate its always great to hear from you and I'm always greatful of you watching the vids👍🏻🌳🌳🌳 Ah yeah lol that chilli sauce was enhanced by some chilli extract called ' The bomb' no kidding mate...The stuff nearly made my head combust! Hahaha won't do that again!!!!
Hope you and your Mrs had a lovely Christmas and 2019 is an awesome one for you and all your family.
Looking forward to your next vid...
All the very best
Mike
YAAAHHHHH, best way to start the day, as always best vids on youtube, thank you for sharing
Hi Chris👋🏻😁🌳🌳🌳🌳Oh man that's so sweet of you🤗 I'm pleased you like the vids and you sir you motivate me to continue....A massive thank you
All the very best
Mike
Never to late for me to watch a vid! Haha. Great trip and setup. Have a great 2019 Mike. Atb Paul.
Hi Paul, I'm super glad you liked the video my friend 👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you again 🤗
Here's wishing you a fantastic 2019
All the very best to you and your loved one's
Mike
Love the channel!
(We used to play mw2 w/ modding back in the day)
Cheers
Hi👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Oh my! Wow thank you!!!!🤗
Hahah Ir0n_M0nKiEy_ 😁that's me!
Hey what was your gamer tag my friend? Wow it's a while back...Used to love hosting.
Thank you very much, it means a lot.
Here's wishing all the very best for 2019
Take care Mohammad 🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Mike
Yo Mike,Your best vid great way to end the year.All the best.
Hi Gavin, 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Ah thanks my friend that's lovely of you to say! 🤗 Means a lot to me...Much appreciated👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Gavin👍🏻😊👍🏻
Here's wishing you a fantastic year ahead
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman yo Mike what got you in to the outdoors? You can see in the vids you enyoy so much, such a genuine guy. For me I can be local or a far I always come back with a smile. Keep the vids coming Mike
Hi Gavin, well as a child I spent most of my time in woodlands and meadowlands by a riverside...It was literally at the bottom of my street, all I had to do was climb a barbwire fence and I was there. This is where my playground was until I was eleven years old then I moved to the Black Country. I always have loved wild camping (and traditional)and used to do it with my grandparents bless them💚 My mother's side of the family come from Scotland and the isle of Skye...Its definately in my blood! Lol
I've always been a bit of a loner and the older I get the more I'm at ease with this, life has shown me that it's ok to be slightly different Hahah! I have always found I'm at my happiest when in a woodland, of course I have those people that I love and they are very few. But those that I do love I keep very close, and I love them very dearly Indeed. 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
So that's an insight to my past and present..
I hope I haven't bored you lol...
How about you Gavin, what's your past and present?
@@BlackCountryWoodsman yo Mike as kids we spent many a day in the peak District and 4 years living near Rugeley spent time in cannock chase, chase water and the canals.Coming back to Yorkshire the same peak District. Later in life I got into windsurfing got a van made it into a bit of a camper spent many a time away got out of the rat race (simple life from 1996).Enjoyed the camping side more than the windsurfing so packed it in. Now Iam happy sat in a wood be it in the peak District or like last Saturday in a small wood next to the slip road and the motorway....Cup of tea and a bacon sandwich in the outdoors doesn't get any better for me...Take care Mike look forward to your next vid..
Nice Video Cheers Mate
Hi Mark, glad you enjoyed watching my friend thank you🌳🌳🌳 🤗🌳🌳🌳
All the very best to you mate
Mike
I decided to just go home because I wasn't sure if he was hiding somewhere else and watching and I'm not sure why he was hiding his face and hiding behind a tree or what was in his Sainsbury bag..don't know what his motive was but I wouldn't of liked to of settled down in the tent for the night knowing about him.think I'll stick with my usual wood. Safety first I think especially female with a small jack Russell x Pug. One to remember anyway lol.
Very strange, you definately made the right decision👍🏻 I once had a similar incident....I was packing my gear away and I could just sense I was being watched from behind. So I turned round and slowly looked across and through the woodland. All of a sudden I saw a dog and a hand reach out from behind a tree and pull the dog out of sight. That was freaky as it was way off any path and the dog would have been in discomfort as the brambles were particularly bad in those woods.
To cut the story short I stopped wild camping at that location. Shame because I was particularly fond of that place, but decided it's just not worth going back as I could never fully relax there again. I always get a buzz out of the risk of possibly being caught, but sometimes things are just too weird and best avoided. If the guys seen you once guaranteed he'll more than likely be there again.
Good talking to you Toni, and yeah you'll definately never forget that one!
Take care
Awesome video Mike, amazing how you convey the sense of peace and tranquillity through your filming, superb. Love the simplicity of your set up, you make it look so effortless, jealous. Just come back from an overnighter myself, video coming shortly. We're planning on coming over to UK (Worcester/Birmingham) to visit family mid 2019 would be great to catch up mate and do something :) Hope you and your loved ones had a great xmas and new year! ATVB2U42019 Jason.
Hi Jason, thank you very much that's really nice of you mate....🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
Ah cool! I can't wait to see your camping video👍🏻
Brilliant to hear that you're coming over my friend, hey that'd be awesome to have a meet up! That's one hell of a journey, it'll be lovely for your family to all get together like that...Awesome 👍🏻
Christmas was lovely thank, nice and quiet ...and I hope you and your family had a great Christmas too🤗
All the very best to you and your loved one's for 2019 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
Thankyou very much for watching and commenting 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Mike
Black Country Woodsman my pleasure as always my friend. 2019 hopefully will be an exciting year 🙏🤞👍💪
Good vid mate. A bit late but happy new year anyway.
Hi mate👋🏻😊 haha! Thank you for watching my friend...Glad you liked the vid👍🏻
Wishing you a belated happy new year
All the very best
Mike
New subscriber Mike. I really enjoy your vids and especially your tarp configs. Wish you would speak a little louder so I could actually hear you.
Hi there, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
I'm glad you like my vids that's really nice of you to say👍🏻
Thank you very much for the sub also...Very much appreciated my friend.
Oh I'm sorry you can't hear me too well, I've taken note and I'll speak a little louder. I do not have an external mic and that could well be part of the reason.
Thank you for watching
All the very best to you for 2019
Mike
great set up excellent vid how did you manage to cook standing up could not figure it out mate
Hi mate, thank you that's really nice of you to say 👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
I used a table that is basically just some ply wood tied to a tree with paracord to hold it up against the tree and a branch to support it from underneath. I've used it in a few of my vids now and makes a nice change to kneeling all the time lol.
I got the idea (reminded about these tables) from another channel a bit back..Paul Bisseker bushcraft or something along those lines was the channel mate.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best
Mike
Go on, have a fire, be a Devil.
I see you've fallen for the crack cocaine of wild camping gear, once you try it you wont leave it at home ever again. The trekology folding chair. i love mine.
Great bit of filming, loving the sound of the roe deer. ok, so its not quite a lion roaring, or a howling wolf. But its the best we've got.
Catch you on the next one.
Gary.
Hi Gary, haha I go by gut instinct and that camp was just too risky, lots of folk on walk abouts.
Yes mate that's the chair, very good aren't they and pack down really well👍🏻 I've had mine for some time now and started taking it on wild camps with me more and more. I think the only time I don't take it is when I'm hammocking it.
Thank you mate, yeah I got lucky as the deer were going at it for about 30 mins...Or so it seemed anyway.. Yeah the sound of deer coupled with owls is the best we have. Magical! 👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Gary, much appreciated
Here's wishing you all the very best
Mike
Tidy little set up, pity about the other human presence... a fire would've been nice.
Cracking video... Cheers 👍
Hi Robert, yes mate the woodland was the busiest I've ever seen.. It's to be expected in the Christmas holidays I guess my friend. The thing that surprised me the most was just how deep into those woods I was, and yet plenty of folk around lol.
Yes a fires a luxury for me when I camp, non of my camps are permissioned so I have to go with gut feeling if I'm to risk it or not.
Glad you enjoyed watching Robert👍🏻😊 thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best to you for the year ahead
Mike
that looked a nice set up, did you have one of those tree table/shelf to cook on?
Hi Lesley, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much🤗
Yes I use a tree table quite a bit nowadays👍🏻 why be kneeling when you can do that instead😊
Thank you for watching Lesley
All the very best
Mike
Very nice video and very nice shelter.
new supporter here and like 132, hoping for your visit.
Hi there, thank you very much my friend that's very kind of you 🤗
Yes I'll check your channel out
All the very best
Mike
I'm going to pick on you not you but you're cooking you burned everything
Hi Al, hahahah! Pick away I have very broad shoulders my friend👍🏻🤣 Yes like i say in the video I do tend to over cook when wild camping as I do not want to get sick whilst out there miles from anywhere....Of course I have a decent first aid kit on me at all times. I'd rather eat very well done food and know that there is definately no chance of sickness or dysentery.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting
All the very best
Mike
😂🤣🤔Tapeworms are common in undercooked pork😧. 🇬🇧😎👍Charred sausages are a very British thing! I love my bacon crispy & my steak almost cremated🔥👏👏👏
Do you have a camera man/woman
Hi there, no my friend its just me out there....
Thank you very much for watching and have a good day 🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Hey William! Heheheh!
🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🤣🌳🌳🌳😉