Harvesting local Fatwood - A rainy day walk in the New Forest!
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Join me in the search for fatwood! A rainy day hike amongst the pine trees out on the local New Forest heathland.
See more pics on my Instagram: / hiking_with_rosy
Music in this video:
'Timeless' - by Lauren Duski
'The Woods' - by Silent Partner
Well found mark, that last tree sure came up with the goods!
Thanks for sharing
Ash 🏕
Thanks Ash. Yeah I went out there with no idea if I’d find any really, so that was an excellent surprise! 😊
- ATB, Mark 👍
Well I've been educated! You could certainly see the wood saturated with the resin! Lovely footage of the heathlands as well. Very enjoyable and informative! All the best - Martin
Thanks Martin! It was a fun day out for me and I had no idea if I would even find any so was a nice surprise when I did.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
- ATB, Mark 👍
Nice , a successful search for Fatwood, lets light it up .
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised! Had no idea if I would even find any TBH. In the end found loads and good quality too! 🔥
- ATB, Mark 👍
A really great and original video Mark. Interesting and informative! Such good quality fat wood! Thanks for sharing - Ben
Thanks Ben! Glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun one to make! - ATB, Mark 👍
Interesting and informative...thanks for sharing.
Thanks Derek. Glad you found it interesting.
- ATB, Mark 👍
Actually you did a good job explaining fatwood however every time you're saw bent when you were cutting I cringed waiting for it to break. 😄. 🇺🇲🤠
Thanks! Yeah that saw is crap! 😂
Luckily that pine wood is so soft you could prob cut through it with a kitchen knife!
Thanks for watching! 👍🇬🇧🤠
Can't beat a bit of fatwood 👍 Get yourself a Bacho Laplander 👌
You’re right Lee. I have other saws, but space is limited in that bag. It did alright really for a Lidl’s special! 😁
Hello! 🙂👍❤ I really enjoyed watching. I'll be sharing your video with others so they can get some good tips, too. Hope you have a good day!
Thanks very much! I’m glad you enjoyed it and that’s great that you will be sharing it!
All the best, Mark 👍
Great vid Mark, good info there🤠👏👏👏
Hey Billy! Haven't heard from you for a while. I was thinking about you the other day and hoping you were alright done there! 😁
I really enjoyed going out looking for fatwood. I've used it loads of times but only stuff I've bought so it was fun going hunting for my own locally. I had no idea if I'd even find any so this vid could have been an epic fail but found some really good stuff. Also an area close to home I've never really explored. So all good!
- ATB, Mark 👍
Y'did well 👍🔥. Apparently exposed roots can be good too- especially the ones crossing paths - where they're always getting trodden on or scuffed 👍.
Hi Mark 👋🏻I’m behind in my RUclips videos 😂 I’m so intrigued with fat wood, I’d love to find some one day. Great video! 👍🏼 looks like you hit the jackpot 🌲
Hi Lynda. No worries. I never seem to catch up - too many videos, too little time! 😂
It was one of those things where I really had no idea what to expect, could so easily been a #fail video! Was an amazed when I found some! 😄👍
I right enjoyed watching that. Thank You for sharing. Please tell us you're going to show us the processing and field test. Where you were looks amazing. atb.
Thanks Trevor! I did have a little go with some of it when I got home and it burned well. It was still tipping down though so will do a proper vid later.
- ATB, Mark 👍
Love fatwood lol
I’ll have to come down and have a meet up, I’m over in Pompey, spent many a year camping around Aldridge Hill outside Brokenhurst
When I was in the scouts years ago we camped at Ferny Crofts. It’s a site owned by the Scouts near Brockenhurst.
I think the New Forest is ideal for scouts really coz there’s such a lot of open land to hike over.
When we’re allowed out again we’ll arrange something if you want to come over for a hike.
Just watched your intro vid. I know exactly what you mean about using the stuff you learnt in the Scouts all the time. Feels the same to me.
- ATB, Mark 👍
Great video bud... had to watch this one after seeing your fatwood in the other video haha. Not sure how I missed it in any case.... good job mate 👍🏻
Thanks. Yeah seems to be good stuff! 👍
Nice pitch stick, I'm not so lucky for a similar branch. PT
Thanks, yeah I definitely struck the mother lode with that tree! 😊👍
I have a question...does fatwood have a best-before date, does it expire? Why I ask is that I have cut many branches off a pine tree from the front yard and I have all the thicker branches standing outside against a corner of the house...so I guess it is more concentrated the closer the cut is to the trunk...hmmm...you learn something new every day...thanks so much!
I don’t know for sure but I imagine it would slowly disappear as it dries out.
I think the process for fatwood being created in the first place is that a branch dies or breaks off, but the tree is still pumping sap up the main trunk and so that sap goes out into the broken branch and then instead of going on out into thinner branches and leaves it hits a dead end, and so builds up.
That’s my theory anyway! I have no idea reallly! 😄
Interesting video as always 👍..
We have a caravan not too far away on the coast near New Milton. Looks like your not too far from us?
Thanks. Yeah I’m up the top of the Forest, so not that far. There’s a lot of pine like that all over isn’t there? Over towards Bournemouth too.
Glad you enjoyed the vid - ATB, Mark 👍
@@hikingwithrosy Nice one. Yeah theres lots of pine along that coast from us down to Bournemouth isn't there.. I want to get a few camps in when lock down ends. Plenty of little tracks off into the forest between us and Lyndhurst.
Hopefully we'll be allowed out again very soon 🤞..
Keep up the great vids. They are very good 👍
Nice 1 mate...... no hip flask today????
Haha! Don’t you worry mate. As you will remember, there are many pockets in that respirator bag, and one of them always contains a tot - just for emergencies. 😄👍
@@hikingwithrosy everyday is a emergency
Wow the smaller branches have so much more! I suppose maybe they’ve been dead longer? I didn’t know about fat wood before watching this video, so do you just chop it up small to use to get a fire going? Or does it have to be really thin like you said with a flint and steel. Also, if this was filmed today I was probably a few minutes away from you on a walk!
Hi Beth, not sure why the smaller branches have more. Might be like you say due to time or might be something more subtle than that.
When you buy fatwood it comes in short fairly thick pieces, then you can easily split it or shave it to the size you want. You can just use it as kindling, so split to thinner bits and light with a match or lighter, or you can shave it and light with a spark if you want to go full on bushcrafty! 😄. It burns slowly so more like an ordinary firelighter you would buy than a random twig.
I actually filmed this last Sunday. I’ve noticed a lot more people out in the Forest at the moment, especially at weekends. Have you noticed that? Where abouts roughly were you walking?
@@hikingwithrosy i see i see, thanks for the advice I reckon I might go out and forage some soon!
Since the first lockdown I saw a huge increase of people but I think with the third it’s gone down a little bit. But I haven’t been getting out there as much as I use to so hard to say!
I was near Blackhill Rd if you know where that is, but I reckon anywhere there are pines you’ll be in with a chance! 😊