Solo Wild Camping Alone | Fear of The Unknown.
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2020
- Wild camping and backpacking alone can be enjoyable and fun, but for many wild camping or backpacking alone fills them with dread. The thought of being alone in the woods or on the mountains alone in the dark might seem like a scary proposition.
It does take time to get adjusted to camping on your own and becoming accustomed to the sights and sounds of nature. Many scary sounds and noises during the night can seem terrifying at first until you realise what they actually are. Sometimes the simplest sounds around you can make your mind and fear levels go into overdrive.
In this video I give you my thoughts on solo camping as well as some of the more unusual things I have experienced. If you have a similar or interesting stories to share or advice for people solo camping alone for the first time then please share and post in the comments below.
The Ochil Hills are a long range of steeply sided, round topped hills, stretching 25 miles from the Firth of Tay to Stirling.
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This topic is the most common reason people won't go camping. We'll done
My own weird ánd scary experience when I was hiking on my own: during a three day hike I got in the middle of storm Ciara somewhere in Belgium, I struggled in the dark pinning my tent just behind a empty building, but after a few hours rest a dog was waking me up barking outside while his boss shines his or her flashlight for minutes at my tent...I hold my breath ánd my knife 😬...luckely after a while dog and boss went on leaving me and my tent untouched...
I've seen a similar orb while fishing in a chain of man-made ponds at night. It landed in the pond furthest away from me and as if that wasn't frightening enough, fizzed its way through the small canals joining the ponds together. It came through several ponds before bursting into pieces of plasma looking flame. Enough to make me call it a night.
Some kind of ball lightning is my best guess.
Your tale of the earthquake related orb reminds me of a documentary I saw about the Hessdalen lights which describes a similar phenomenon.
I guess it would be scaring to hear the music of your video in the night while camping alone at this location... 😂😂😂
Just last week I was backpacking in the Hoosier National Forest (Indiana, USA). No tent, just a tarp open on three sides. A bit after going to bed I awaken to a REALLY bright light, it looks like a camper's lantern not more than 100 yards distant! What the... When I check my watch, I'm like WHEW... that's no lantern, that's the moon rising over the eastern horizon, waning gibbous so VERY bright. I went back to sleep. This is why campers need to know the times of sun and moon rise and set.
I have never camped solo overnight but the closest thing I have to relate to it is fishing solo in the dark.
For many years I used to fish alone down the river often till 2am, the only issues I ever had were from people drinking and walking along the riverbank behind me. This has happened quite a few times in the pitch black but in many ways the pitch black is your friend because no-one knows you are there until you make a sound. I've seen myself just freezing on the spot and people walking past behind me oblivious that I am actually there.
I have always done this because one does not know how a group of people on alcohol or other drugs might respond to meeting a solo fisherman at 2am on the river bank.
Great training for solo night camping.
Since we Culled any Wildlife that could possibly harm us apart from The Adder, Large Deer, Bulls, Dogs (packs) Humans are our biggest threat. I personally feel safer the further away from People i am, would rather be in a Huge Dense Forest at midnight than Anywhere in a Big City at Anytime
I had been camping once and the weather was really rough when I went to bed, wind howling and rain coming down but during the night the wind eased off and the rain stopped. I was awoken at about 4:30am by a really sudden loud and strange noise that I had to investigate. I soon found out that I was not as alone as I thought I was. A couple had pitched their tent in a little ravine near by out of line of sight and also assumed that they were completely alone because they were having sex and making the craziest loud noises that they could. In the morning they soon found out that they were not as alone as they thought they were when they walked past my tent on their way back to their car as I was sitting enjoying my breakfast 😂
Would love to have seen there faces when they realised, lol. Atb
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The overwhelming source of the terrors is our own minds. Strange noises, unfamiliar sights in the half-light, to which our minds add large dollops of imagination...
There's another manifestation too, and it's happened to me twice in 20 years. A sudden onset of a totally encompassing sense of depression, despair, fear, hopelessness, from which it's impossible to escape. It feels like something physically gripping you. On the first occasion I didn't understand what was happening and I thought I was going mad, but after half an hour the feeling simply evaporated. Years later it happened again but I was able to recognise it, sit down, and wait for it to go. The probable explanation is that being alone in the wilds can act as a trigger for the release of pent-up rubbish in our minds, some of which can be negative.
I've heard others report this phenomenon too, and my message is that if it strikes, try not to worry. It will soon pass. I suspect that in some weird way we don't understand, it's good for us.
Thanks for sharing Dave. Atb
@kai kito I'm sorry but you have the better of me there. What are Krankies?
Or some kind of dark spiritual entity which roam around in the wilderness from time to time. They come and go and look for people to prey on.
Wow
@@tenminutetokyo2643 Ha, that's not helping ;o)
Squirrels crashing through the canopy sound exactly like zombies closing in on your hammock, which of course you can't get out of quickly. So you move onto one man tent camping then make the mistake of watching the Blair witch project the night before you go. Single malt helps me a lot 😁
Idea for a film there about killer squirrels attacking campers ;) Bit like the Black Sheep film. Atb
Quite right, the only evil spirits at your campsite should be that cheap, blended whisky someone got you as a gift once 😝😜🥃
Junebugs in the leaves sound like the undead sneaking up on you. Always getting closer...
The wailing cries of the undead whilst forest camping always freaks me out.... 😉😁😁
Thats deer & foxes, but yes they can sound like the undead or babies being murdered
@@AndysEastCoastAdventures 😱😱😱😱😱😁👍
@@AndysEastCoastAdventures it’s true!!!
I know it's a bugger
Great video, glad to have watched this. I camped with my buddy in South-Central Ontario and was woken up to the sound of a woman screaming in agony beside the tent. My buddy was completely asleep throughout the entirety of it, (we drank a bit), however I'm a light sleeper, and woke up to it immediately. I briefly explain it in a video, but it really showed me how vast Ontario is, and that at any moment, a large predator animal might cross paths with you (the animal turned out to be a 'Canada Lynx', there's many videos on their spine chilling screams on RUclips). This is a reality you must embrace if you live in Ontario. I think it was a very rare, and beautiful occurrence that has made me fall deep in love with the randomness of the wilderness. It was honestly the single most terrifying thing that has EVER happened in my life, not going to lie.
Great stuff. Just checked out some Canada Lynx videos and that would put the fear of god into you if you did'nt know. Atb
I camped in January up on the Lakeland fells. The wind was coming down from the surrounding hills in long bursts. As I fell asleep I could hear a woman singing gently in the breeze. I found it quite relaxing.
Here in North America there are ample reasons to be nervous: more dangerous animals than the UK, true wilderness miles from help, more cryptids and paranormal phenomena...we know about the Cairngorms and the tales that come out of the Highlands, so there's scary places everywhere for campers. You speak sensibly and practically as a solo adventurer and I raise my glass to you, sir!!
When I lived in U.K, few times in teens camped with friends and was always spooked by dark. Now I’m in Canada and camp a fair bit. As you say, way more to fear here with bears, cougars etc. Think if I was back in U.K I would sleep outside like a baby now 😆
I was once hiking alone in the Highlands when I heard the weirdest sound, rather like a hyena laughing. I'm a keen naturalist so know almost all the animals and birds you might come across in the UK and the sounds they make and it was none of these, so I became a bit spooked. Not long after, I descended a ravine and saw another hiker ascending. As we passed, I said to the guy "did you hear that strange unworldly sound?". He paused for a moment and then said "oh, I'm sorry, I think that was me". He was listening to a comedy programme on BBC radio through headphones as he was stomping about in the middle of nowhere, cackling in mirth like some demented wild beast!
A real scary sound is the noise a grizzly bear makes when he rips your tent apart in the middle of the night or when you have no floor in your tent and a rattle snake crawls in to keep warm.
Hammock a foot above the ground and you hear the snuffling and shuffling of Mr. Porcupine.
I sleep through thunderstorms and was raised in the countryside for many years and as a youth went off camping regularly - most weekends in the summer holidays. I'm more troubled by slugs, snails and other wee beasties. As a Pagan the great outdoors is my church and refreshes me and teaches me things I need to know. I don't fear the dark. I now live in North East Lancashire, Pendle and love the open moors. I'm not keen on towns or large gatherings of humans, I prefer nature.Once as a youth I woke up with a fox sleeping on the side of my tent and I tried not to disturb him as much as I could, once he left i did, but i treasure that privileged occurrence.
Get what you say mate. Pendle is meant to be an interesting place with all it's old ghosts and witches?. Atb
Thanks for inviting us along, Ray. I enjoyed that.
Not the wild life I’m worried about- it’s people. Thanks for sharing; great content as always 👍
Thanks for watching. Atb
Foxes mating sounds are seriously unnerving if you've never heard them before
Yeh, vixen calls are a peach in the middle of a wood in the dark. Atb
Indeed. Qhen you know what they are though it's reassuring.
Absolutely terrifying!!!
Thought a woman was being raped first time I heard it 😓
So is the sound of my bloody neighbours mating !
Lovely stuff, thanks for this. As someone who is still building up the equipment and courage to wild camp, this certainly helped!
Sure you will have the courage to give it a go. After a few trips you will wonder what all the fuss was about. Atb
Murray's description of the orb sighting brought me up in Goose pimples. I have seem the same 'bimbling' ball of light but at quite close quarters on a pitch dark night at the bottom of steep valley in the pennines in Yorkshire in the 1980's. I watched it for about 10 minutes 'bimbling' down the valley towards me, the top of the valley silhouetted behind. The ball of light stopped almost on top of a 33kv wooden electricity transmission pylon. It seemed to drop to the ground before lifting up and bimbling off behind a woodland. My hair (I had some then) felt like it was standing on end! I was a young man and was very illogically scared and agitated for a number of days. The phenomena was well documented in that part of the world, with multiple sightings and sometimes broad daylight by multiple witnesses. It was called the mystery '(heli) copter'. As you mentioned, people explained a link between pressure on crystalline gritstone rocks and piezo electricity, creating a type of 'ball lightening'.
Thanks for sharing and it is defo weird to see. Atb
I'm an ex infantryman of 10 years . Spent most of my life outdoors but this was always with my mates inside and outside of the military. I only recently started to solo wildcamp and I have to say I was put on edge and felt a bit of fear. I wasn't used to it and I don't think I am yet. I do know I get more pleasure from doing this than I do of being scared. So I pursue it and love it.
Great stuff and glad you are enjoying it. It is a weird thing to get used to and you wouldn't initially think it would bother you. You get used to it :) Atb
@@RS.Outdoors I honestly think you should have a series on the BBC. It would be a great show. Please keep them coming and I hope you don’t feel any pressure to provide content all the time. The quality you have right now is lasting me ages. Thank you for doing this.
Great video. Thanks so much for your honesty. Keep on sharing please and stay safe!
Thank you! Will do!
Woodland camping in the worst; there's always a snapping twig somewhere.
Yep, have to say it's not one my favourite place to camp solo. Atb
Thats mostly squirrels, they have a uncanny knack of dropping pine nuts on your tent as well. Deer & foxes mating calls are thre worst, sounds like babies being murdered!
Oh my goodness this reminds me of when I camped out in the Amazon... literal bits of dead tree or whole branches occasionally drop several meters and crash onto the ground and the weirdest sounding animals screech or go snuffling by..!
I once woke to the feeling that there was some presence there. On opening my eyes a long grey face peered down at me in the silence. As you say, imagination going wild. It was in fact one of my two collies looking forward to its early morning walk !!
Good to hear from you again.
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Oh wow! Great stuff and Atb.
I had that feeling once and looked up to a grizzly bear in my face. I yelled and it took off. The local bear dogs then chased it into the forest. I went back to sleep and 10 minutes later a large animal jumped on my tent. It was the bear dogs returning.
Worthy of a subscription for sure, well done Renegade! I have solo camped off a motorcycle many many times. I fear no animal or cryptids but do respect them. People on the other hand are the problem 99.9% of the time. Being rather large and exceptionally ugly usually keeps the people at bay.
Away from all the madness that's going on, thanks mate
Fantastic video Ray, a perfect "beginners" guide to psychologically surviving those first few outings, great sound recordings too. Nice one.
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Wonderful uplifting video, slow paced, relaxed and true. Great to have audio examples of some of the beasts found on Scotland’s hills. Thanks so much for doing this one.
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Such a reassuring video, nice, thank you
Glad it was helpful! Atb
Mate, that was a fantastic view!
You have a great style of presenting Ray and your editing is first class, no jarring music, very peaceful and entertaining.
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
I live on the edge of the country with fields on one side of my house so I am used to night-time sound. Cows lowing when they are disturbed, sheep, the tawny owl in the sycamore trees at the end of the garden, foxes screaming at eachother in the spring. On the other hand I find the constant night-time buzz of a city disturbing.
Thank you for the sound clips. Some animals make no sound at all. Wild camping in Glen Affric, I left my rubbish bag just outside the tent. Next morning it had disappeared without trace. A human snooping around in the middle of the night would have woken me up, but not a badger or a fox.
Great stuff thanks for sharing. Atb
Great vid mate thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, Atb.
lovely film! thank you so much for doing it ..
Glad you enjoyed it! Atb
Beautifully made video! Good audios, very nice views, and even the night images are perfect. Solo wild camping is great, I love it too.
Glad you enjoyed it! Atb
Awesome video!
Thank you.
Take care,
Steve. 👍👍
Thanks 👍
Hey - so very well done. Professional, honest and inspirational. Many thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Camping in woodland or a forest can really play on the mind after dark. Hearing the creeking of trees and wind howling, like a distant train approaching, can be unsettling at times. It still amazes me how quickly the light and safety of a campfire disappears in dense forest only a few yards away! Great video and a new sub. Many thanks 👍
Many thanks for watching and the sub. Atb
Another brilliant wild camping share thank you 🙏🔥🏴💜
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
I did my first wild camp for years by Burnmoor Lodge in the Lake District last weekend. Having been reading up on the old Corpse Road from Wasdale Head to Boot and the associated ghost stories beforehand, which went right by where I was camping, I didn't have the easiest nights sleep. As you say, sheep and bits of grass rubbing against the flysheet in the dark definitely make it sound like there's someone - or something - outside.
All good fun in hindsight!
Great stuff and hope you get out lots more. As I said the more often you go out the easier it gets. Atb
I loved this video. I lived near there as a kid. Lovely scenery
Cool video mate, thanks for sharing. I always enjoy camping alone, despite some weird noises it's part of nature
Glad you enjoyed. Atb
Definitely had a few experiences at night in the middle of nowhere, good way of getting a quick cardio workout in lol
Nice one Ray. I too remember reading the James Herbert books.
Good author Atb
Subscribed awesome video
Thank you for this video! Really great to hear your advice on it as I’m very anxious about my first few solo camps. Although, the grey man and pebble story is terrifying! Subscribed!
You can do it! Don't get put off and it will be fine. Atb
Subscribed to your channel thanks for sharing
Cool video Ray. I run the Kilpatrick Hills FB page and they are very similar to the Ochils. Having the occasional Snipe take off walking in the darkness can certainly startle you!
Yep they sure can. Same walking about in the Gorms and a bunch of Ptarmigan make themselves know :) Atb.
Aye Ray, you and Murray come on..... that'll be the wild haggis 😄
Stay safe
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Could be ;) Atb
The thing that unsettles me is teenagers coming across my camp in the woods and messing with my tent whilst I am inside or a landowner finding me.
The spookier the better. Love wild camping. I've had the deer right outside my tent all night roaring. Loved it. Barrie
Very cool. Atb
The scariest thing I sometimes hear when camping is an alarm to get up, lol.
Excellent video as usual. 👍 Getting into the best time of the year for camping right now. Cool and listening to the stags at night.. 🦌
Sure are. Atb
You are very lucky to be so close to this beautiful nature. And your video’s are a big inspiration. Much respect from the Netherlands!
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
Such a beautiful spot!
Great video buddy, really enjoyed it. Many thanks..... Jack.
Thanks 👍
Another smashing video Ray. As always you make nature the star of the show. In mid September I walked the Dava Way from Grantown to Forres. The weather held so I continued along the Moray Coast Trail to Cullen. I camped for three nights along the way, my final night being in Lossiemouth woods, adjacent to the old WW2 gun emplacements, just behind the ruined barrack block building. I think a barn owl was nesting in there - it's high pitched shriek sounded like someone being brutally murdered in a 70's Hammer House of Horror. It took a while getting off to sleep that night!
Sounds like a great walk apart from the barn owl, lol. Atb
I've always said there is nothing really that can hurt you in Britain other than people. I did have a very strange and scary experience about 20 years ago, not wild camping but night fishing for specimen carp on a lake near an old Abbey in Newport Pagnell near Milton Keynes. I was the only one on the lake. It was a fairly quiet night, summer, not much in the way of wind. About 2am I was woken up by sudden violent shaking on my bivvy (and when I say bivvy, I mean a fairly hefty carp fishing tent/erect shelter, rather than a bivvy bag or anything). Bolt upright, I sat there half asleep trying to understand what had just happened. It stopped as quickly as it started. I eventually found the courage to put my head out of the bivvy. No one and nothing around, and I know absolutely I was the only person on the lake, as it was gated and locked. I found it so unsettling I packed up and went home. I don't believe in the supernatural, but I can't explain what happened.
Great story mate and thanks for sharing. Atb
Fabulous to see you enjoying my local hills Ray...the Ochils may lack the grandness of the hills to the North but they have given me countless many adventures over the last ten years in all seasons.. so thanks for that...atb
Absolutely. Atb
Just got back from a 3 night wild camp in Norfolk on a 60 mile hike. I always find it hard to sleep the first night, the the slightest noise you get a massive adrenaline rush which takes hours to leave your bloodstream. My first night I had every critter pass by my tent from fox to Badger, rabbit and rat. The last straw were the rutting deer, coming within 20ft bellowing at the top of thier voices in the pitch black night. In the morning on the trail I bumped into a dog walker who said a lady had been attacked by a stag the day before. The next night I found somewhere enclosed by a fence.. Slept like a baby.
Really enjoyed this video, I’ve always wanted to solo wild camp but lacked the courage to do it. Will definitely give it a go at some point. Thanks for sharing your experience 👍🏻
You should! Atb
Enjoyed your vid Ray, as ever. I must say your bird and animal impressions were brilliant! (only joking) Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do! Atb
Excellent again Ray, Love solo camping I wouldnt have it any other way, Thankfully after years of working during the night, I use the darkness to my advantage and thrive in it now, so much happens under the cover of darkness that you wouldnt see in daylight. I bought a night owl sight to use in darkness & love lying on my side on top of my sleeping bag with the tent flap open observing nature go about its business under the cover of darkness. Brilliant.
Thanks mate. That sounds like great fun and did think about a trail cam at one point to setup outside the tent whilst I slept to capture what nature was up to. Atb
Great Video Ray.
I'll always remember my first solo many years ago. The mind plays tricks. I was in Sutherland and in dead of night I was hearing a jingle from my local radio station 'Radio Forth' (no way ForthFM had reception at Loch Assynt). Had many other weird goings on too but you are right....get your head down and sleep through it.
Well Done mate 👏
Thanks for watching mate and glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Another spellbinding video Ray , your topic paradoxically got me thinking you would be a brilliant companion to anyone too nervous to venture out solo backpacking . Warm natured , interesting and knowlegable . Reminicent of my late cycling companion who i dearly miss but have learnt so much from. Best wishes .
Thank you kindly. Atb
Learning the sounds is so good to take away the fear of the unknown. Thanks for sharing the examples. My strangest experience was being surrounded by wild dear as I unknowingly camped next to a waterhole 👍🇬🇧😄
Thanks for watching Tripper, Atb.
Great video, thank you. I’d love to go wild camping on my own but I do have these fears, that’s why I think I’m better off living it vicariously through people like you.
Nah, just get out and give it a go. Not as bad as you think. Atb
I was once wilderness camping with a church group for a week in the high Sierra Nevada mountains in California. About 7 of us decided to hike the trail to the peak in the middle of the night. Amazing place, old growth forest with enormous Ponderosa pines and a galactic view of the stars at that elevation. Anyways, we were many miles up the trail, far from our camp and we heard women's laughter coming from the ravine on the right side of the trail. It wasn't an auditory illusion from the river noise, it was quite distinct and we all heard it. The laughter seemed to float around and echo. It was from an area that was inaccessible. There were no trails on the other side of the river which was rocky and rough and at the bottom of a narrow ravine. This was around 2 or 3 AM in the morning in total high elevation mountain wilderness far from civilization. We called out hello and then it was silent and then more laughter. It was eerie but not creepy laughter so we weren't terrified. Later when we reached the peak we saw two orange orbs float up and down around that same ravine. We just chalked it up to nature spirits or faeries or something like that. Very strange and witnessed by all 7 of us.
Amazing, thanks for sharing. Atb
When you start chalking things up to faeries then you need to have a word with yourself.
Good stuff ray birds sounds great man 👍⛺️
Thanks 👍
Nice video and what a beautiful location 👻
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Sir just found your channel no nonsense just clean talking, look forward to seeing your next post many thanks
Thanks and welcome. Atb
Wow..nice...
First rate video very inspiring, I used to do a lot of night fishing across the Country and i can relate to some of the noises that are referred to, imagination can run riot at times.
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Awesome video ! I remember my first night in the woods, getting nervous at each sound... 😂
You and me both! Atb
Nice video brother, subscribed.
Thanks and welcome. Atb
Great video, I definitely want to get out and do a solo hike some time soon!
It is all good and hope you get the chance soon. Atb
Really enjoyed that. Lovely to have a local camp sometimes huh.
It really is! Atb
You're making me seriously miss Scotland. The magical feel of the land has never left me, and as beautiful as it looks where I now live (Canada) the feeling just isn't here for me.
Scotland might just be my future home. Thank you for your beautiful videos:)
It is an amazing place. Thanks for watching. Atb
Going solo is one of my favorites. Just for 1 or 2 nights. It's all about the spot you choose to pitch. Just subscribed. Great channel. Although I'm hugely jealous, not many choices in the south east for a proper wild night out.
Thanks for the sub! Was working and living down south for a good while there in Plymouth. Really lucky up here with where we can go. Atb
Really enjoyed this. A good subject to discuss. I am certainly going to do discuss this on my next camp out - crediting your good self and this video of course! Even the most hardened wildcampers amongst us must have woke with a start at some point to a strange noise just outside the tent! But invariably, as you say, it's our imagination running wild in most cases! Just subbed - all the best - Adam
Awesome, thank you! Atb
Great video and beautiful locale, have always wanted to see wild Scotland. Scariest night camping - just below the Continental Divide in Montana had a big horn sheep jam its head into the open door on the tent looking for a handout well after dark; scared the living daylights out of me....cheers from America, keep the camping video coming.
Glad you enjoyed it. Great story and would scare the daylights out of me as well. thanks for watching from over the pond, Atb
I really loved this film,soooo relaxing, made me wish I was out in the middle of nowhere in my tent, I have no weird experiences to tell, thankfully.Have to say that I am very impressed by your black grouse, ptarmigan and red dear impressions,lol.Looking forward to more of your excellent films and the Ochill hills look great, never been myself but look well worth an explore.
Thanks Colin, just forgot to add my Fox Vixen scream. Atb
The Staffordshire moorlands gave me a strange fright one summer in the early hours of morning. Awoken by the sound of children playing in a playground it really did frighten me to death.Looking outwards over the moors & seeing nothing in the dark no lights just the moon with many bright stars around.The sounds fading away in minutes is one that i will never forget or will I ever have an explanation.Still to this day the sound haunts me wondering what it could have been,I've never returned to camp in that spot again nor do I think I ever-will.
Amazing story. I would be so tempted to go back for a camp :) Atb
Go for it
Definitely shrooms 🌝
Great video, thanks! I guess it happened only once that I spent a night alone in the wild, it was a bivy without a tent in the north-east of France (Vosges).
Ray I loved this video, such an unusual topic but for many so very relevant, helpful and important. Will be showing this to my mountain camping partner who has worried in the past (my 5 year old son). Nice video brother. 🙏👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this. Perfect landscape for a wild camp. The way you discuss the strange noises problem of solo camping, is very reassuring. I love the idea of solo camping but I seldom do it and I think it is because ofthe perculiar existential angst that rises up as the dark closes in and the nocturnal creatures begin their wanderings. If there's a companion in the vicinity, even if they're some distance away, I take all the scrapings and patterings in my stride. But alone it's a different matter. Mind you, here in Southern Finland, where there are occasional sitings of bears and a small pack of wolves passing through from time to time, I suppose one is forgiven the odd frisson of unease! Though it's the ticks that are the real danger in the warmer weather🙂. Enjoying your videos. Subscribed.
Glad you enjoyed it and you have an amazing place yourself to explore. Atb
Couple of the bothies I’ve been in I swear are haunted . The grey man is true I had the worst night camping there ruined tent and 70 mile an hour winds felt like a giant ! Great vid .
Oh wow! Atb
Great channel, I had my supper on a mountain in Wales with a wee mouse on the summit of mountain on my wild camp.
Very cool! Atb
New sub! I have camped many places in Canada, for decades, but still not tent camped alone!! 😉🇨🇦
Welcome aboard! Atb
Very interesting vlog oh and Domain is a class book my fav book by him that and Portent oh and the Fog wish they made a films about these books.
Maybe one day!
i love it on my own. its a total different experience and you relax more
Totally agree! Atb
Subscribed 👍 love these type of wild camp vids, You've done a good one here! To many People wait to long in life to do this, There is always some reason or excuse. I always head for cover, usually a wood where I can stealth camp with minimal stuff, usually a basher, hammock, and or a Bivvey bag and a trekker kelly kettle. The sounds the woods can scare you though!!!
Awesome, thank you! Atb
Some good content in this video. I just spent the whole week wild camping in Glencoe... on the first night up in the woods, a red deer stag actually roared so loud that it woke me up... sounded like a proper wild beast... was a first for me.
The by far weirdest outdoor experience for me personally was last year, when some mates and I were out on a road trip along the east coast. One night we did a wild camp in a forest near Stonehaven. We arrived there at sunset and manged to get our tent pitched just before it got dark, near to another solo camper who already had his camp fire going. The guy greeted us and seemed very friendly at first. It was a horrible night in general - heavy rain showers the whole night, and we had camped underneath some tall trees right in the middle of the forest... so we had branches and sticks falling down on us the whole time. At maybe 3am/4am, I swore that I heard foot steps around our tent. My mates knocked it off at first and said it was just the sound of the sticks and the rain... but I kept listening, and it turned out that I was right - the guy was actually circulating our tent!! One of my friends even felt a hand touch his elbow as the guy was sliding along the tent... I assume he was looking to see if we had any belongings stored at the sides, where he could cut through the tent with a knife or razor blade and commit theft.
At some stage he stopped and shined his flashlight straight into our tent - for one moment I could see his shadow when he was putting on his torch... horror film type of stuff. We asked him what he was doing, he then mentioned the bad weather and asked us if we were coming out. We told him to go away... imagine being out in the woods on your own, and something like this happens to you in the middle of the night... what a nightmare!! At least it was the three of us and he was on his own... I assume that the guy must have been on some type of drugs to be honest.
Since then I always have a flashlight right next to me when I go to sleep, which is set it to SOS mode in case I need it... it should fend off most neds and other scum who are trying to mess around with your camp. You won't have these type of problems up the hills or mountains however.
Hell of an experience that to go through. However have met a few weird foiks like that whilst at a few bothies. As you say I do try and get away from normal locations and top of mountain is ideal ;) Glad it didn't put you off for the future. Atb
I remember going to the Tormaukin Inn before it started calling itself pedantically a 'hotel' in the late 80's I think, it had a great wee tiny bar with a fireplace for a drink before you went into the restaurant for a meal ... then they renovated and expanded, enough said.... that's the things in life that scare me, they call them 'improvements' lol
Wild camping alone is awesome , freaky at times but always memorable .
I thought you were going to tell us Frazer's story of the "Auld Empty Barn".
Can't beat a walk up the ochils. It's our local hills the kids love them. Just need to get them out for the night 🙂.
Epic campspot. Hell Yeah.
Thanks, ATB.
I was camping in the Purbeck’s in Dorset summer of 2019, Using a Dutch army bivvy bag, camping on the cliffs near a place called dancing ledge, I had experience very similar than one you had with lights in the sky jumping around not like any satellite or plane or stars... then Suddenly the lights stopped and then just shot up into the sky and disappeared ...very strange .
Brilliant RUclips channel keep up the good work 👍🏻
Great story Philip and thanks for watching. Atb
We're Scottish and we usually carry knives. Ain't nothing silly enough to bother us at night and in the middle of nowhere 😂👍
years ago I took my son on his first camping trip. Nice and simple, we camped next to the dam at the Loch Lednock reservoir. At some point during the wee hours my son woke me up saying he could hear noises outside. I reassured him he was imagining it/ being outside was magnifying the sound of insects, etc. He took ages to settle, and it was only the next morning that the massive trail of deer scat suggested that he had, in fact heard noises outside the tent. Never misses a chance to remind me of that.
Great stuff mate. Atb
Good job buddy
Thanks 👍 Atb