You say that enamel bowl doesn't have handles, but it does. It has two latches that, with two sticks THROUGH the latches from opposite sides, can make very good handles indeed.Wash it and the lid very well, and keep it for the next time. Thanks for the video. Jon
You should do a challenge where you have 5 minutes inside your house to grab everything unprepared, simulating an emergency situation, and you have to survive for 24 hours with just what you grabbed. That seems like a good challenge.
Challenge? Grab some water, go out, walk around for 24 hours. You'll be a bit tired, but that's about it. (Unless you're in terrible weather, like just around freezing rain).
Not cheating at all using the firebowl. So, found it interesting. Hope you don't mind me giving my take on it..cooking the beans first would have given you another cooking pot. Duct tape a bottle lid to a stick would have given you a small spoon. The biggest thing, I think buying a roll of black bin bags was the thing most needed. Duct tape a couple to your tarp to make it bigger. Fill a couple with dry leaves and tape them shut. Keep the bugs inside lol.. Makes a good browse bag. This type of challenge, bin bags and Duct tape should be default items. Waterproof clothing by the way too.
These challenges are interesting because you show different ways to solve basic camping problems. Most of us will have better items of equipment at home. So much can just be borrowed from our Mum's kitchen drawers. So many of us already have put together starter kits that will function well for many years. My TAKEAWAY: read the labels carefully. Buy pure water and the right size tarp. Take a 'right sized' pot and lid from home.
@@ASBO_LUTELYUm no conclusion would be the summary of something you said. Take away means that someone got something from something you did or said. If you said X+y+z=a Your conclusion would be a summary of your argument of why that is If I read what you said my takeaway would be x+y+z=a because of…
@@RichWoods23 One of the guys I watch did just that. He got some blanket/quilts and made them into his tent, pots for cooking and he managed to find a jerry can for his water. He did this in the middle of a Canadian winter. You never know what he'll do next.
You are impressed with the brightness of the head lamp while I am impressed it worked out of the packet... better poundland experience than I've ever had 😂
A cheap vs expensive challenge to see which bushcraft items are better depending on the expense, would be fun to see and help other armature campers like myself 👍
You could add to this challenge by going back to the store and seeing how much you would have spend to have a "comfortable" night, like a decent size tarp and a spoon.
For those who want to try a survival challenge like this one and would like to avoid any accidental spills/burns when cooking/boiling 1st solution, dig a hole, place your fire bowl in the hole, light fire, place green sticks (green sticks dont burn that fast) across hole, like a grate. Tie string across pot loops/latches then you can put pot of water upon grate for cooking. Place 2 sticks or 1 half of Y branch between string and pot, for easy lifting once water is at a boil or use sticks for side handles. 2nd solution, have a tri pod set up over fire to boil water. Either one shall work and would prevent tip over problems or burns. Good job.
Poundland started in the west Midlands as a shop called "Steves Discount Market " in the King's Square shopping centre in West Bromwich...just thought id throw that bit of trivia in
I got one of those headlamps from Poundland and to be fair they're pretty good. Poundland is still a place where you either get amazing value or pure junk.
Great video! One small suggestion. If you are ever in the same situation again without a spoon or fork you could use two short straight sticks as chop sticks. They work surprisingly well
The Tarp, most bushcrafters ignore the Shower Curtain section for their tarp. At one point the Dollar Trees [US] carried a heavy weight shower curtain that is 5 feet by 6 feet... a decent sized tarp. You could have used the duct tape, to make your tarp a little larger, as well. The little 'toggles' that closed your pot, I would have run a stick through them to make a handle for the pot. Or, the string could have been used as a handle, but not the best. I would also have made a simple sheath for the scissors with the duct tape. Another fun episode, thanks for attempting it. ANOTHER FAVORITE CHALLENGE IN THE US, IS TO GO TO A THRIFT SHOP/RESALE SHOP TO FIND YOUR CAMPING GEAR.
I thought he could've wrapped a couple fingers in duct tape and lifted the pot off, supported with scissors. Definitely could have utilized more string there. Would have liked to have seen him open the can of beans... (with the scissors??)
As a suggestion you could have filled the bag with leaves for a pillow. Dug a very shallow dakots hole (with sticks only) to make a permanent over night fire (plus using bigger logs over the hole you can place the camping tin on top to boil) We did this in the middle of Wales in January! Apart from that good job!
With a small tarp, I think it would have been much easier to find a fallen log to use as one side of the shelter and make it more of a low profile bivy set-up.
One good thing about poundland is the torches lol. I converted one small but really bright torch with a small rechargeable lipo out of a vape, that i can now charge during the day with a solar panel!
I used to work in a Poudland a couple years back. It's sometimes pretty interesting...and horrifying, what you can find. I was in a smaller one but it's good to consider the seasonal stock rotation. When all the summer products come out you can even find bungie cords and other kinds of cooking pots. This is also great at showing that if you've got a pretty secure area, you don't really need all that much for a night out.
In those weather conditions l would sleep on the tarp. Though l like the concept of getting 10 or more binbags for the same price. Thanks for the ideas about cooking the beans first and then using the tins as cooking pots. (Might use the money spent on the cooking pot on cutlery instead!)
I’ve been watching and enjoying your antics for a few years now and I’ve never been disappointed, this video is awesome and I always look forward to the next adventure. Best regards as always from Lloyd somewhere across the pond in Ontario Canada.
@@TAOutdoors I hope all is well with your Dad as he is a blast to watch as well , I’m a Dad of three wonderful young men ( 26-38-and 40 ) and we always enjoy our times together in the woods .
String with a small stick tied on each end as a toggle. Then lower the sticks thru the bails on the pot and a larger stick to stabilize. That might have worked.
Brilliant video!, as someone who works for poundland and whom is also interested in off grid living I found this to be a absolutely fascinating video!!, thank you!! 😁👍👍
Overnights in the woods whether on the cheap, a pallet wood cabin, or another bush shelter are where you shine! Keep this type of content coming! Cheers from Wisconsin in the USA.
When I can't go camping I like to spend the night in the conservatory on the couch with the door open and put an 8 hour storm video on youtube. Does help to stop the itch if I can't actually get out there.
Imagine going for a little stroll with your family and finding some random guy sleeping under a little tarp 😂😂 surprised you didn’t wake up with some loose change on your blanket 😂
Not hard to imagine actually, see it all the time. This one homeless guy made himself a literal fortress out of tonnes of branches and tarps in a forest by a roundabout I frequented.
This is a really good suggestion. Maybe set your budget but then allow yourself four visits over a month as a sort of `Russian roulette’ to see if you strike it lucky on a random LIDL theme or crash and burn with £20’s worth of tea towels, Tupperware and children’s colouring books.
as soon as i saw the tarp i was wondering if you had clocked the size! I've bought a few of those poundland tarps but i mainly use them for lining the boot of the car or to throw on wet grass to give somewhere dry to sit or put gear to keep it off the wet ground.
After the first 24h, I wonder what you would need to do to survive another 24 hours to make 48, then another 48, etc. It might be like an interesting look at progression from survival to comfort.
I wonder if it were such a disaster that I was alone in the countryside only equipped for 24 / 48 hours what would the plan be for the rest of my life and, more importantly would it be worth the bother?
Mike your folding fire pit is actually a steamer. Normally you would put in a pot, add water below metal level , put veggies or rice on top close lid and heat to steam.😊
@@dustbc9094 you put water inside of it and put the veggies in the water you then close it and put it over the fire the water heats up and turns to steam witch then cooks the vegetables
I’m in Edinburgh and I got the little tin to store all my mini screwdrivers, glue and just all the little tools to do quick fix jobs. I also have the tarp for sheltering my bike. So it’s good to know that if I fancied a little camping trip then I already have everything I need
Realy liked this trip out. Ive had similar cock ups with wet fires too. Its awesome that you left it in the video too. Says a lot for your character especially with the large following you have. Done well considering the flavoured water too. Top marks Mike 👌🏻
i think one of these challenges with a more specific goal would be fun, like people are saying thrift store/charity shop, i think combine that with the idea of setting up a shelter you think would last you long term in terms of comfortability.
not gonna lie, i think that tarp would be a half decent ground sheet to go under my 1 man tent. I'd like to see a £50-£100 Go Outdoors challenge or something. Basically buying the cheapest stuff possible from a camping shop and seeing how good it is. maybe for 48hrs instead as the gear *should* be a bit more capable and comfortable
They're fine as ground sheets. Pretty sure they used to sell them as ground sheets. They don't last long though, they get torn after a while. I've had tons of them in different colours from Poundland that I'd use for emergency back up, without taking much space. Good additional layer for most things.
Gah. I went into Poundland last tuesday to do exactly this, and got very few of these items. Luck of the draw, I think. Amazing headlamp. I'm blinking the dots from my eyes. It would be very helpful if you could do a sensibly-priced 72hour challenge. Without cheating. LOL
the pot is great, i use mine as a bowl for making porridge in, its a great container and pot, did some test boilings in and after about 8 full boils the enamel was coming off, but a leatherman or universal pot grabber works great to lift it, and the lid does help boil time. for pound makes a good survival kit tin that can boil much better than altoids or tobacco tin. But that torch! awesome
"Tonight on TA Outddors! Watch Mike continue his journey on his path to inevitably become his father as he reminisces about the glory days of Poundland!" Obviously, kidding. Loving the content as always. And to those who might give you crap about bringing a safe means of building a fire, they can go pound sand because they've clearly missed the entire message behind this channel. Also, happy Father's Day to you and the old man.
My two points would be - 1 make a list of essentials and don't forget it. 2 don't rush your shopping trip 😉. Looking forward to your next challenge, as someone else said Charity shop, Wilko or B&M. You could limit spend to your or your dads age. ps could you have filled the shopping bag full of leaves as a pillow? don't think ticks going to get through that plastic.
Hey Mike, a fun little video. Next time, grab some children's crayons with paper wrappers. They make an excellent candle and firestarter. Oh, and 5 people here groaned when you tried to pick up the pot. A couple long sticks with a hook carved into the ends would have made a good handle for the pot. A smart gent by the name of Pullen showed me that years ago.
Fairplay Mike - people survive like this all the time on even slender budgets (if any). I guess the difference is that you have done it by choice, but still, respect for actually doing it and putting theory into practice and maybe giving people ideas for low cost solutions. In practical terms, you could have used the cardboard and carrier bag as insulation under your fleece and the plastic packaging as a really effective firelighter but a great practical breakdown of the kit. In terms of ideas, maybe try and do this for longer term with the same kit...? All the best, Andy
I was thinking the whole time you were talking about the water 'well yeah it would be a bit cloying and annoying but flavoured water for 24 hours is OK'. Then I remembered the pasta just as you brought it into shot. 😂
This is your best to date for me, though I have not been watching much of your films in recent months, I've often thought of homeless people and how and where they or we can survive with very limited means. Also many of us have selected and purchased an item in haste without looking at it properly?😂Nice to see a practical, experienced man like you being the same as the rest of us! Thank you Mike👍
I used to take my daughters camping from 2-12 or so. Now they’re 22 and 25. Hate camping, but LOVE what they still call ‘camping pasta’! Our 3 year old grandson gets to eat ‘camping pasta’ now too!!
Really interesting, thanks! Watching this reminds me of when I went to QD to find things to make a survival kit for my partners birthday. I had had open heart surgery just a couple of weeks before so couldn’t walk far or visit more than one shop, so I had to get really inventive. I had so much fun putting it together and he said it was one of the best gifts he has received. He still uses bits out of it still and it’s been 5 years. Thanks for reminding me of that 😊
Great episode! that water i find is incredibly sweet, i definitely agree everything seems to have doubled in price and sometimes in poundland you pay slightly more as they'd rather just round it upto £1.
"I've been whittling away with my scissors for half an hourr..." Very interesting video. Thank you. I once bought one of those $1 4' x 6' "loose weave" tarps from Dollar Tree about a hundred yers ago. It was such loose weave that I sprayed it with glue and stuck a survival blanket on it
Fab video! ❤ Maybe somewhere like a Homebase challenge/hardware store. Food and drink might be a bit of a challenge mind... or maybe Ikea? Thanks for sharing 😊
I have never done any survival stuff but one of the things on my list would have been bin bags and duct tape: to make a tarp and also a matress/ pillow with a bin bag full of leaves... any thoughts from people who have been out there?
I tried duct taping table cloths together to do that, they looked waterproof and perfect for the job but didn't stick together as easily as I hoped. The light wind more or less destroyed the tent I tried to make out of them so there was no way I was going to sleep in it overnight.
Honestly I can just see bin bags being a pain, they have an annoying clingy material, you could easily rip them on a stick putting them on the floor, deadfall would tear right through them onto you, plus if it rained you would get no sleep because of the noise. I'd rather have 3 tarps than 50 bin bags. You could also make a simple bushcraft bed with branches and debris. The poncho idea is good tho. I have a poncho that can also be used as an emergency 2x3 tarp or a groundsheet
@@rhythmrida last time i looked cardboard and news papers are not waterproof, its rained here for the past 5 week ,you keep the soggy pulp il stick with the liner
Seems like a large cardboard box might make for a better shelter. New idea: Large cardboard box challenge. (Could even be many smaller boxes taped together). Could still cover the box with a tarp, shower curtain or plastic garbage bags for water proofing.
Great challenge - some thoughts - cold soaking the pasta from the moment you arrived and then simply heating it in the fire might work. The cardboard inner might have been better used under your upper body as a thermal layer and the lighter packaging and/or string used as tinder.
Had loads of problems with ticks on southwest scotland. Someone told me due to deers not being hunted in numbers during the pandemic theres more food for the ticks so they had a better breeding time over 2 years. Awesome video by the way love a budget camping session 😀
Makes sense, they're everywhere atm and they're really small so it seems they're reproducing more than they used to. I imagine little things as well like grass not being tended gave them free reign of their habitat
Added to my playlist of dollar store survival challenges. I have to chuckle at the bravado of rushing through and not reading the labels before you bought LMAO well done, realistic to how many would do it actually :)
I'd like to see what you consider the least expensive setup to do a reasonably comfortable camping weekend (or 24 hours). Obviously, you need a bigger tarp (or a cheap tent), something more comfortable than a blanket (such as a cheap inflatable air mattress used for a beach) etc.
I think the little side flaps are intended to use with one of those elivated cooking setups, you can take sticks, make a tripod and use metal wire or curved sticks to create a suspended rig, might have even been able to swap out the twine for the wire for similar cost
All the mistakes you made are real life mistakes…same as I would make! Watching you make do with what you had on-hand was/is inspiring. I barked out with laughter over the water and then the tarp. YUP…I would have made the same mistakes!!
There’s too much BS on RUclips of people editing out their mistakes. Better to be genuine and show how to overcome/adapt to things going wrong. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
The tin is a tiffin yin for carrying food not cooking the anamel comes off it got hot into the food...I've used poundshop head torches for years there brilliant
If i was doing this for just a night, I would not bother with pasta that needs boiling in a pan 😂 I’d be surviving on crisps and biscuits, and maybe beans lol. Great video I enjoyed watching that. The water accident was pretty funny ngl
great vid, thanks. I love poundland, they have some good little bits in there. The tin you used to boil water is a "tiffin" tin I've seen them in there. I've often wondred about a survival challage based on their goods, thanks for making it happen.
Yep that was fun! 👏 Not a survival challenge but I always find myself wondering why you are yet to bless your woods with a treehouse or hide, I think that it would be something I could not resist? 😁 Great post 👏 Like deployed 👍
Yeah, I remember back when they first started introducing items for more than a quid. Was one of those fancy tins of Christmasy biscuits. Cost £5. £5! Thought it was a fluke, a one off for the season. Apparently they just kept introducing more and more items that cost many pounds, and sometimes half £1.50, as with your scissors. :D
I have to confess to being a poundland addict. My wife knows that I can't walk past and have to go in. I have had this condition for over 20 years. 😵💫
I have to say Mike I prefer camping and bushcraft videos where there is a lot of talking, not overly keen on silence and just watching someone chop wood.I With that in mind I really enjoyed this one, big thumbs up.
Hi Great video. The little pot you bought, I git one drilled a hole in the lid for a char cloth tin, the clips are now on my Zebra Billy can as handle locks.
Poundland items are awesome compared to Dollar Store items. I think your content is great. I like that a hardened outdoors person, and a person with a nominal outdoor skill benifit from watching them. I have seen skills that i have used my whole life, and new ones. I really enjoy the pallet cabin, and building also. Fire bowl is awesome..also will leave less trace..great idea. Thank you. Stay safe out there.
Appreciate your humor as you have the oops moments. Made me chuckle. My husband is always horrified when people sleep on the ground. He's afraid of spiders. Between his being appalled and you being Oops, it was a fun video.
i.e. don't ever, ever go camping with poundland gear...having watched a load of your vids with great reverence, this one had me laughing throughout, it's like an episode of the inbetweeners...thank you for posting...! Brilliant...
LoL this has to be the funniest thing I've seen in AGES! *Firstly, the items purchased, then the additional fire bowl, then the extinguished fire accident, then the duct tape fire starter... it just keeps giving 😅
Watch the DIY store Survival Challenge next: ruclips.net/video/Nz61YCUx13c/видео.htmlsi=noOHgybN12Dup3xG
Could've made a basket handle for the pot using duct tape or some of the cordage 😅
I tried surviving for 24h in Poundland as well, but they always kept throwing me out.
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You say that enamel bowl doesn't have handles, but it does. It has two latches that, with two sticks THROUGH the latches from opposite sides, can make very good handles indeed.Wash it and the lid very well, and keep it for the next time. Thanks for the video. Jon
You should do a challenge where you have 5 minutes inside your house to grab everything unprepared, simulating an emergency situation, and you have to survive for 24 hours with just what you grabbed. That seems like a good challenge.
Unless there’s a packed bugout bag, then he’d have time to grab that and some food out of the fridge, leading to a very comfortable camp.
Too easy for anyone with a bug-out bag, but I like it. :P
Challenge? Grab some water, go out, walk around for 24 hours. You'll be a bit tired, but that's about it. (Unless you're in terrible weather, like just around freezing rain).
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"24 hrs in the forest/wilderness" not in the neighborhood 😂
@@xionix4 Must unpack bug out bag and spread it around the house, hehe.
Not cheating at all using the firebowl.
So, found it interesting.
Hope you don't mind me giving my take on it..cooking the beans first would have given you another cooking pot.
Duct tape a bottle lid to a stick would have given you a small spoon.
The biggest thing, I think buying a roll of black bin bags was the thing most needed.
Duct tape a couple to your tarp to make it bigger.
Fill a couple with dry leaves and tape them shut. Keep the bugs inside lol.. Makes a good browse bag.
This type of challenge, bin bags and Duct tape should be default items. Waterproof clothing by the way too.
You can make a fair waterproof Gilet with a decent bin-bag. And, a waterproof kilt, too.
All good suggestions 👍
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Maybe put a stone in the middle of the fire to stand the pot on
Underwater flash light camp in a zorb
These challenges are interesting because you show different ways to solve basic camping problems. Most of us will have better items of equipment at home. So much can just be borrowed from our Mum's kitchen drawers. So many of us already have put together starter kits that will function well for many years. My TAKEAWAY: read the labels carefully. Buy pure water and the right size tarp. Take a 'right sized' pot and lid from home.
Thanks James 👍🏻
Im starting a bug out bag
I think you mean conclusion but American's never were any good at English.
Ray Mears mentioned his earliest camping involved using a metal biscuit tin as a cookpot....
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Your conclusion would be a summary of your argument of why that is
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Regarding the fire bowl - Every inch of our woodlands needs to be cared for and respected. Totally on board with this bit of "cheating".
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I often notice guys in my local woods with Poundland carrier bags, nice to see it's catching on!
Absolutely creased at the water, and then your face when you saw the tarp 🤣🤣🤣
How about a charity shop survival challenge, where you find the things you need in charity shops.
Make a tent from old ladies' cardigans and start a fire with a half-completed crossword book.
That's what I did in Uni, plenty of old crockery to be had in charity shops.
@@RichWoods23 One of the guys I watch did just that. He got some blanket/quilts and made them into his tent, pots for cooking and he managed to find a jerry can for his water. He did this in the middle of a Canadian winter. You never know what he'll do next.
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You could do that in different locations with same budget. compare them.
You are impressed with the brightness of the head lamp while I am impressed it worked out of the packet... better poundland experience than I've ever had 😂
"I might as well roll myself up and cry myself to sleep" classic line. Loved the vid, thanks Mike.
A cheap vs expensive challenge to see which bushcraft items are better depending on the expense, would be fun to see and help other armature campers like myself 👍
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You could add to this challenge by going back to the store and seeing how much you would have spend to have a "comfortable" night, like a decent size tarp and a spoon.
For those who want to try a survival challenge like this one and would like to avoid any accidental spills/burns when cooking/boiling
1st solution, dig a hole, place your fire bowl in the hole, light fire, place green sticks (green sticks dont burn that fast) across hole, like a grate. Tie string across pot loops/latches then you can put pot of water upon grate for cooking. Place 2 sticks or 1 half of Y branch between string and pot, for easy lifting once water is at a boil or use sticks for side handles. 2nd solution, have a tri pod set up over fire to boil water. Either one shall work and would prevent tip over problems or burns. Good job.
That torch is insane! For £1.50, that’s really good! Great video Mike!
Poundland started in the west Midlands as a shop called "Steves Discount Market " in the King's Square shopping centre in West Bromwich...just thought id throw that bit of trivia in
I got one of those headlamps from Poundland and to be fair they're pretty good. Poundland is still a place where you either get amazing value or pure junk.
Great video! One small suggestion. If you are ever in the same situation again without a spoon or fork you could use two short straight sticks as chop sticks. They work surprisingly well
The Tarp, most bushcrafters ignore the Shower Curtain section for their tarp. At one point the Dollar Trees [US] carried a heavy weight shower curtain that is 5 feet by 6 feet... a decent sized tarp. You could have used the duct tape, to make your tarp a little larger, as well.
The little 'toggles' that closed your pot, I would have run a stick through them to make a handle for the pot. Or, the string could have been used as a handle, but not the best.
I would also have made a simple sheath for the scissors with the duct tape.
Another fun episode, thanks for attempting it.
ANOTHER FAVORITE CHALLENGE IN THE US, IS TO GO TO A THRIFT SHOP/RESALE SHOP TO FIND YOUR CAMPING GEAR.
Shower curtain tarps is an amazing idea
I thought he could've wrapped a couple fingers in duct tape and lifted the pot off, supported with scissors. Definitely could have utilized more string there. Would have liked to have seen him open the can of beans... (with the scissors??)
As a suggestion you could have filled the bag with leaves for a pillow.
Dug a very shallow dakots hole (with sticks only) to make a permanent over night fire (plus using bigger logs over the hole you can place the camping tin on top to boil)
We did this in the middle of Wales in January!
Apart from that good job!
This video was great! Watching things go wrong, your humor, made it extrememly relatable. Keep them coming. We enjoy these videos
I knew things would go wrong soon as I bought the items! 😂 but thank you, appreciate it 👍🏻
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Great video...
A tip you could’ve cut up that water bottle to make a spoon for food burn the ends a little to stiffen up the plastic and it works good
With a small tarp, I think it would have been much easier to find a fallen log to use as one side of the shelter and make it more of a low profile bivy set-up.
One good thing about poundland is the torches lol. I converted one small but really bright torch with a small rechargeable lipo out of a vape, that i can now charge during the day with a solar panel!
I used to work in a Poudland a couple years back. It's sometimes pretty interesting...and horrifying, what you can find. I was in a smaller one but it's good to consider the seasonal stock rotation. When all the summer products come out you can even find bungie cords and other kinds of cooking pots.
This is also great at showing that if you've got a pretty secure area, you don't really need all that much for a night out.
In those weather conditions l would sleep on the tarp. Though l like the concept of getting 10 or more binbags for the same price.
Thanks for the ideas about cooking the beans first and then using the tins as cooking pots. (Might use the money spent on the cooking pot on cutlery instead!)
I’ve been watching and enjoying your antics for a few years now and I’ve never been disappointed, this video is awesome and I always look forward to the next adventure. Best regards as always from Lloyd somewhere across the pond in Ontario Canada.
Cheers!!
@@TAOutdoors I hope all is well with your Dad as he is a blast to watch as well , I’m a Dad of three wonderful young men ( 26-38-and 40 ) and we always enjoy our times together in the woods .
String with a small stick tied on each end as a toggle. Then lower the sticks thru the bails on the pot and a larger stick to stabilize. That might have worked.
Brilliant video!, as someone who works for poundland and whom is also interested in off grid living I found this to be a absolutely fascinating video!!, thank you!! 😁👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Overnights in the woods whether on the cheap, a pallet wood cabin, or another bush shelter are where you shine! Keep this type of content coming! Cheers from Wisconsin in the USA.
When I can't go camping I like to spend the night in the conservatory on the couch with the door open and put an 8 hour storm video on youtube. Does help to stop the itch if I can't actually get out there.
Imagine going for a little stroll with your family and finding some random guy sleeping under a little tarp 😂😂 surprised you didn’t wake up with some loose change on your blanket 😂
Not hard to imagine actually, see it all the time. This one homeless guy made himself a literal fortress out of tonnes of branches and tarps in a forest by a roundabout I frequented.
Middle class comeback 😂and reaction 😂. Was youre dad a tool maker aswell sarah
That fire bowl thing is really cool. And a safety first attitude definitely doesn't take away from the video or challenge. 12:00
You should do a LIDL one next as they have random camping stuff fairly cheap
That's an excellent idea 👍
This is a really good suggestion. Maybe set your budget but then allow yourself four visits over a month as a sort of `Russian roulette’ to see if you strike it lucky on a random LIDL theme or crash and burn with £20’s worth of tea towels, Tupperware and children’s colouring books.
And the thing with Lidl is depending when you go you never know necessarily what they are going to be stocking 😅
I got their rock trail camping shower and it's pretty great for so cheap.
@@Wilma5532 I got a hi gear solar shower for my van was only £10 works amazing too
Yes mate! Been suggesting this one to you for years! My next suggestion is middle aisle of lidle survival challenga haha
as soon as i saw the tarp i was wondering if you had clocked the size! I've bought a few of those poundland tarps but i mainly use them for lining the boot of the car or to throw on wet grass to give somewhere dry to sit or put gear to keep it off the wet ground.
Tip for a tarpaulin equivalent, check out shower curtains. Great video, this special water is so me. 😅
The fact that he can just go to a cheap store and make this of it is amazing! I loved the whole thing. Please do more of this in the future.
He could have done a lot better. and with less.
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Watch a bunch of survival challenges like this one and YOU will be able to do it to, pal. 😉 I tell, you, it's an amazing experience
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After the first 24h, I wonder what you would need to do to survive another 24 hours to make 48, then another 48, etc. It might be like an interesting look at progression from survival to comfort.
That’d be interesting!
Double the food and triple the water haha
I agree but more calories please
Source of food, water, shelter improvement, etc. I'd wager.
I wonder if it were such a disaster that I was alone in the countryside only equipped for 24 / 48 hours what would the plan be for the rest of my life and, more importantly would it be worth the bother?
Mike your folding fire pit is actually a steamer. Normally you would put in a pot, add water below metal level , put veggies or rice on top close lid and heat to steam.😊
This is not the first time that I have seen them used as a windscreen/firepit in a camping scenario.
My mum's steamer had holes in it and no legs but it was very similar
I mean it dose the job that he needed it for so it dosnt really matter what it's actually used for
It's definitely not a steamer, without any holes it will not allowed any steam through to the veggies
@@dustbc9094 you put water inside of it and put the veggies in the water you then close it and put it over the fire the water heats up and turns to steam witch then cooks the vegetables
I’m in Edinburgh and I got the little tin to store all my mini screwdrivers, glue and just all the little tools to do quick fix jobs. I also have the tarp for sheltering my bike. So it’s good to know that if I fancied a little camping trip then I already have everything I need
Realy liked this trip out. Ive had similar cock ups with wet fires too. Its awesome that you left it in the video too. Says a lot for your character especially with the large following you have. Done well considering the flavoured water too. Top marks Mike 👌🏻
i think one of these challenges with a more specific goal would be fun, like people are saying thrift store/charity shop, i think combine that with the idea of setting up a shelter you think would last you long term in terms of comfortability.
not gonna lie, i think that tarp would be a half decent ground sheet to go under my 1 man tent. I'd like to see a £50-£100 Go Outdoors challenge or something. Basically buying the cheapest stuff possible from a camping shop and seeing how good it is. maybe for 48hrs instead as the gear *should* be a bit more capable and comfortable
I got one to make a ground sheet for my phoxx 1, it does the job
He did a 100£ Amazon prime challenge already if you haven't seen it
They're fine as ground sheets. Pretty sure they used to sell them as ground sheets. They don't last long though, they get torn after a while. I've had tons of them in different colours from Poundland that I'd use for emergency back up, without taking much space. Good additional layer for most things.
I bought a dark green one from the camping section in Poundland a few weeks ago. I always use a tarp under my tent.
This was fun to watch. And the setbacks of Poundland definitely made it more fun to watch
I wonder if you could visit a town with lots of charity shops and see if you can source stuff for another 24 hr challenge?
Gah. I went into Poundland last tuesday to do exactly this, and got very few of these items. Luck of the draw, I think. Amazing headlamp. I'm blinking the dots from my eyes. It would be very helpful if you could do a sensibly-priced 72hour challenge. Without cheating. LOL
the pot is great, i use mine as a bowl for making porridge in, its a great container and pot, did some test boilings in and after about 8 full boils the enamel was coming off, but a leatherman or universal pot grabber works great to lift it, and the lid does help boil time. for pound makes a good survival kit tin that can boil much better than altoids or tobacco tin. But that torch! awesome
"Tonight on TA Outddors! Watch Mike continue his journey on his path to inevitably become his father as he reminisces about the glory days of Poundland!"
Obviously, kidding. Loving the content as always. And to those who might give you crap about bringing a safe means of building a fire, they can go pound sand because they've clearly missed the entire message behind this channel. Also, happy Father's Day to you and the old man.
My two points would be -
1 make a list of essentials and don't forget it.
2 don't rush your shopping trip 😉.
Looking forward to your next challenge, as someone else said Charity shop, Wilko or B&M. You could limit spend to your or your dads age.
ps could you have filled the shopping bag full of leaves as a pillow? don't think ticks going to get through that plastic.
Hey Mike, a fun little video. Next time, grab some children's crayons with paper wrappers. They make an excellent candle and firestarter. Oh, and 5 people here groaned when you tried to pick up the pot. A couple long sticks with a hook carved into the ends would have made a good handle for the pot. A smart gent by the name of Pullen showed me that years ago.
I thought about wrapping fingers with duct tape to remove the pot... supported with scissors.
Love the fact you're UK based! Would love to do something like this! My new favourite channel!
Get on wild camping mate
I'm guessing you realise, once the tarp was obviously too small, its basically a groundsheet. The shelter needed to be harvested locally.
19:18 had me creasing! 🤣🤣 brilliant vid!
Fairplay Mike - people survive like this all the time on even slender budgets (if any). I guess the difference is that you have done it by choice, but still, respect for actually doing it and putting theory into practice and maybe giving people ideas for low cost solutions. In practical terms, you could have used the cardboard and carrier bag as insulation under your fleece and the plastic packaging as a really effective firelighter but a great practical breakdown of the kit. In terms of ideas, maybe try and do this for longer term with the same kit...? All the best, Andy
This video was great haha. You have inspired me to get out adventuring and to get into camping/wild camping myself. keep up the amazing vidoes
I was thinking the whole time you were talking about the water 'well yeah it would be a bit cloying and annoying but flavoured water for 24 hours is OK'. Then I remembered the pasta just as you brought it into shot. 😂
That was fun! It's amazing what you can do with minimal equipment and on a tight budget. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
This is your best to date for me, though I have not been watching much of your films in recent months, I've often thought of homeless people and how and where they or we can survive with very limited means. Also many of us have selected and purchased an item in haste without looking at it properly?😂Nice to see a practical, experienced man like you being the same as the rest of us! Thank you Mike👍
Two of these small tarps would be nice. One as cover, one as a ground sheet. At present,Tesco are doing 2m X 1m tarps for £1.50 or 2x £2.
I love and appreciate your vids , been watching for a while now and learned so much . This series is going to be awesome!
Thanks so much!
Those clipper lighters are kind of better than bics, since they are refillable and you can replace the flint (like a zippo)
I used to take my daughters camping from 2-12 or so.
Now they’re 22 and 25.
Hate camping, but LOVE what they still call ‘camping pasta’!
Our 3 year old grandson gets to eat ‘camping pasta’ now too!!
Really interesting, thanks! Watching this reminds me of when I went to QD to find things to make a survival kit for my partners birthday. I had had open heart surgery just a couple of weeks before so couldn’t walk far or visit more than one shop, so I had to get really inventive. I had so much fun putting it together and he said it was one of the best gifts he has received. He still uses bits out of it still and it’s been 5 years. Thanks for reminding me of that 😊
Great episode! that water i find is incredibly sweet, i definitely agree everything seems to have doubled in price and sometimes in poundland you pay slightly more as they'd rather just round it upto £1.
"I've been whittling away with my scissors for half an hourr..." Very interesting video. Thank you. I once bought one of those $1 4' x 6' "loose weave" tarps from Dollar Tree about a hundred yers ago. It was such loose weave that I sprayed it with glue and stuck a survival blanket on it
Fab video! ❤ Maybe somewhere like a Homebase challenge/hardware store. Food and drink might be a bit of a challenge mind... or maybe Ikea? Thanks for sharing 😊
I have never done any survival stuff but one of the things on my list would have been bin bags and duct tape: to make a tarp and also a matress/ pillow with a bin bag full of leaves... any thoughts from people who have been out there?
I tried duct taping table cloths together to do that, they looked waterproof and perfect for the job but didn't stick together as easily as I hoped. The light wind more or less destroyed the tent I tried to make out of them so there was no way I was going to sleep in it overnight.
yea he could of swapped the tarp for bin bags,especially if he could of got the thicker bags for wheelie bins used to use binbags for ponchos
Honestly I can just see bin bags being a pain, they have an annoying clingy material, you could easily rip them on a stick putting them on the floor, deadfall would tear right through them onto you, plus if it rained you would get no sleep because of the noise. I'd rather have 3 tarps than 50 bin bags. You could also make a simple bushcraft bed with branches and debris. The poncho idea is good tho. I have a poncho that can also be used as an emergency 2x3 tarp or a groundsheet
Bin bags are more stress than they’re worth. Cardboard and newspaper is cheap if not free and does the same thing better
@@rhythmrida last time i looked cardboard and news papers are not waterproof, its rained here for the past 5 week ,you keep the soggy pulp il stick with the liner
Excellent info. Shows what determination can do. Thanks.
Seems like a large cardboard box might make for a better shelter. New idea: Large cardboard box challenge. (Could even be many smaller boxes taped together). Could still cover the box with a tarp, shower curtain or plastic garbage bags for water proofing.
Do this in a back alley and see how long it is before the cops move you on (points deducted for spending the night in the cells).
@@RichWoods23 Stealth cardboard box challenge? You get caught, you fail.
Great challenge - some thoughts - cold soaking the pasta from the moment you arrived and then simply heating it in the fire might work. The cardboard inner might have been better used under your upper body as a thermal layer and the lighter packaging and/or string used as tinder.
Had loads of problems with ticks on southwest scotland. Someone told me due to deers not being hunted in numbers during the pandemic theres more food for the ticks so they had a better breeding time over 2 years. Awesome video by the way love a budget camping session 😀
Makes sense, they're everywhere atm and they're really small so it seems they're reproducing more than they used to. I imagine little things as well like grass not being tended gave them free reign of their habitat
Growing knock on effects of rural activities being stopped. Pest species are massively on the rise now.
I have that head lamp, it's surprisingly good. And the tin, I use mine to store my tinder for starting a fire, keeps it nice and dry
Added to my playlist of dollar store survival challenges. I have to chuckle at the bravado of rushing through and not reading the labels before you bought LMAO well done, realistic to how many would do it actually :)
I'd like to see what you consider the least expensive setup to do a reasonably comfortable camping weekend (or 24 hours). Obviously, you need a bigger tarp (or a cheap tent), something more comfortable than a blanket (such as a cheap inflatable air mattress used for a beach) etc.
OH MY GODDD, the second that water fell my heart sank for you! You stayed so chilled, I'd have been cursing like a navvy! 🤦🏼♀️😄
I think the little side flaps are intended to use with one of those elivated cooking setups, you can take sticks, make a tripod and use metal wire or curved sticks to create a suspended rig, might have even been able to swap out the twine for the wire for similar cost
All the mistakes you made are real life mistakes…same as I would make! Watching you make do with what you had on-hand was/is inspiring. I barked out with laughter over the water and then the tarp. YUP…I would have made the same mistakes!!
There’s too much BS on RUclips of people editing out their mistakes. Better to be genuine and show how to overcome/adapt to things going wrong. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
This was such a fun video. Thanks!
Another brilliant one. Thank you for suffering for our amusement. 😂
Haha cheers! Glad you liked it 👍🏻
@@TAOutdoors Accidentally putting the fire out was definitely a lol moment. No-one saw that coming...
Got a few options....
Sports direct
Dickies
Decathlon
Local supermarket I.e. tesco/ asda/ sainsburys etc.
Pound stretcher
Who’s here before it blows up
Me got here at 16 seconds
Got here when the timer was saying it was released 9 minutes earlier
I got here after a solid 28 minutes, just got let go, I wonder where I’ll be working after it blows up… got 3 interviews, fingers crossed!
Foot
Me!
The tin is a tiffin yin for carrying food not cooking the anamel comes off it got hot into the food...I've used poundshop head torches for years there brilliant
If i was doing this for just a night, I would not bother with pasta that needs boiling in a pan 😂 I’d be surviving on crisps and biscuits, and maybe beans lol. Great video I enjoyed watching that. The water accident was pretty funny ngl
Are you middle class
@chucky2316 no why?
great vid, thanks. I love poundland, they have some good little bits in there. The tin you used to boil water is a "tiffin" tin I've seen them in there. I've often wondred about a survival challage based on their goods, thanks for making it happen.
Yep that was fun! 👏
Not a survival challenge but I always find myself wondering why you are yet to bless your woods with a treehouse or hide, I think that it would be something I could not resist? 😁
Great post 👏
Like deployed 👍
Yeah, I remember back when they first started introducing items for more than a quid. Was one of those fancy tins of Christmasy biscuits. Cost £5. £5! Thought it was a fluke, a one off for the season. Apparently they just kept introducing more and more items that cost many pounds, and sometimes half £1.50, as with your scissors. :D
I love that you made some mistakes and kept it in. Small tarp and the wrong water. Thanks for this. Love your content.
I have to confess to being a poundland addict.
My wife knows that I can't walk past and have to go in.
I have had this condition for over 20 years. 😵💫
I think I would have bought another tinned meal. Cooking that pasta was a faff, but tinned food can be eaten cold straight from the tin.
I have to say Mike I prefer camping and bushcraft videos where there is a lot of talking, not overly keen on silence and just watching someone chop wood.I
With that in mind I really enjoyed this one, big thumbs up.
Hi
Great video.
The little pot you bought, I git one drilled a hole in the lid for a char cloth tin, the clips are now on my Zebra Billy can as handle locks.
Poundland items are awesome compared to Dollar Store items. I think your content is great. I like that a hardened outdoors person, and a person with a nominal outdoor skill benifit from watching them. I have seen skills that i have used my whole life, and new ones. I really enjoy the pallet cabin, and building also. Fire bowl is awesome..also will leave less trace..great idea. Thank you. Stay safe out there.
Appreciate your humor as you have the oops moments. Made me chuckle. My husband is always horrified when people sleep on the ground. He's afraid of spiders. Between his being appalled and you being Oops, it was a fun video.
I'm super scared of spiders but it helps that they are scared of us too, you could also get a mosy net you can put over your head in your doss bag.
It was a joy watching you having fun camping.
I agree that you have to think carefully about the forest and sparks etc so I understand why you brought the fire bowl.
Wonder if you could have used the tarp as a hammock? You would have been off the ground and probably much warmer.
Nice video
i.e. don't ever, ever go camping with poundland gear...having watched a load of your vids with great reverence, this one had me laughing throughout, it's like an episode of the inbetweeners...thank you for posting...! Brilliant...
Love the video because you do the things i would do like buy fruity water , and it still turns out fine , cant wait for the next one
Here, if you buy the Poundland snake bite kit and get bitten it keeps you alive for 25 minutes instead of 20 minutes.
LoL this has to be the funniest thing I've seen in AGES! *Firstly, the items purchased, then the additional fire bowl, then the extinguished fire accident, then the duct tape fire starter... it just keeps giving 😅