Great to see you back out, Trev. You can still camp at both Roos Tor and Great Mis Tor even when live firing is taking place. The flags are on these tors because they're prominent landmarks and denote that firing is taking place in Merrivale Range; the actual boundary runs to the north of these tors.
Ah, thats good to know, Max. I guess if I'd have had my map with me I may have notice that myself. Anyway, great to hear from you. How's your book sales going?
I went there for my first solo wild camping in UK this summer, thanks to your recommendation 👍🏻 Great 3 days. Managed to go camping 6 times this year so far 😁 Great video as usual 👍🏻
I was the same with my thermarest, I had OEX mats, trekology mats etc and in the end I got the thermarest and its an eye watering game changer.. but now I have forgotten the price I love the thing its like sleeping in a radiator
Cheers, sir. Was great to finally get out again. The tent is a good size, although I had the insta360 set up, made the tent interior look like a corridor lol.
I absolutely love my Taiji 2, I've had it over a year now and camped all through last winter with it. You're right though Trev, the full solid inner really does make it a warm tent. I've done some mods to mine if you wanna check them out? 👍
Yea, seems a great tent, Gaz. Hopefully not too long til im next out in it. I shall have to have a watch if your video when I get a minute or two. Cheers mate.
how you feeling about that Taiji 2 now xD thanks to your vid Gaz I'm going to opt for the cloud peak 2. The full inner is the only down side on the cloud peak 2 over the taiji but that third pole on the CP2 seems to give it just a little more strength in high winds.
@@Pogo-A-Gogo yeah I'm not gonna be using it in high winds anymore! 🤣 although I may try and mod it and add a third pole. I'll still use it for winter lowland/woodland camps because it's the warmest tent I've owned!!!
COR! That looked just like a negative reality inversion didn't it??? 🤣 Showing our age there Trev🤣 Made me laugh: You're sat there, in a tent, in the wind and rain watching a film, when you could be warm at home, as I am now... and yet I'm sat here envious that I'm not out there tonight. We must be crazy.
Awesome stone formations! We have the prehistoric dolmen burial grounds here in Drenthe, Netherlands. No camping allowed in the wee wild nature unfortunately. Some nature camp grounds though. Cheers for another great video!
Thats a shame about the camping Laura - but there are talks that Dartmoor may go the same way yet. Theres a court case running at the moment. Fingers crossed it goes through unscaved. Thanks for watching!
Great to see you out, out Trev; in the trusted SoN gales and torrential rain 😊! Sorry for slamming my car door as I drove up to Kings Tor, and was that your foot LoL 😂! At least you hadn't Trev'd anything up top man 😂! We've all missed these videos Trev and can't believe it's been that long since your last solo camp. Take it easy bud, cheers Pete 👍
that zig zag wind shield thing Trev , chuck a couple of spare tent pegs in the bag with it to stop the middle flapping about , "fking thing!!" , great to see ya out and about going solo again
Hey Trev! Cracking video looks like you had fun! Made us chuckle 🤣 We’ve found when you plug the usb c from the volta into the media mod port when the GoPro is already on, it kills the mic jack on the media mod (we use Rode mics). It seems the GoPro defaults to it’s internal mic on the actual GoPro not even the mic on the media mod. We have to do a power cycle on the GoPro after plugging or unplugging the volta or we have no sound from external mics/media mod! It’s caught us out a few times! Onwards and upwards 👍
That sounds a bit of a nuisance, I'll have to watch what happens with it and keep an eye on the footage as I go. Cheers for the heads up and thanks for watching!
Yea, shame but I never really was bothered to go down the go pro route, just not a lot choice for decent mid priced camcorders anymore since the rest of the world decided gopros are the way forwards 😭
I absolutely love Dartmoor, hoping to get back there soon for another multi-night solo adventure… I’ve not been there since the amazing hot/dry summer we had this year, so I only have rose tinted memory’s of camping on various Tors down there lol. The best way to double peg is to “back-stake” using the cord on the first peg! 👍🏻 Are you aware that they are trying to put a stop to ‘wild camping’ on Dartmoor, some very wealthy land owner is dragging it through the high-courts as we speak!.. If and when, then we all need to get together for a “mass protest camp”.. I’d really hate to see them outlaw it on Dartmoor!! ⛺️ Even though it’s 250 miles away from where I live, I’m very fond of the place and the memory’s I’ve built up having had several trips down there this year, and I’d like to have many more adventures to come down there in the South! I have a real soft spot for all the pony’s too, they just make the place all the more special to be..
Went for a walk there after your recommendation the other day. Was a much nicer day! May well even be camping there next weekend with my 7yo son. Hopefully will cross paths one day!
Really enjoyed this Trev. Do love the Kings Tor area, the history of it fascinates me, I did wonder when I started watching it if it might be spooky! Maybe the sound of train doors being shut!
Looks like a canny tent Trevor it held up well in that crappie weather I always have strange dreams when out camping especially in New locations atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Yea was a good little tent. Looking forward to more adventures in it soon. Think that we have a mechanism in us from our wild days when we roamed and migrated that we still carry with us that when we settled in a new location our minds stay alert to the surroundings for the first few nights. Also, out dreams are more vivid when we are in shallow sleep. I always find it interesting what our brains throw at us in that senior conscious state. Cheers for watching, mate!
Great new video Trev! I really like the tent, except the colour. Way to neon for my taste. But in Germany we have a saying: Nem geschenktem Gaul schaut man nicht ins maul. Maybe someone will understand the meaning 😄
We have the same saying here too... I'd never look a gift horse in the mouth! I don't fuss much about the colour, to be honest, but not sure if they do darker, earthier colours or not. Sure they will before too long, they did with lanshan after a while
Hi Peter, the large is a little less (470g's to the UL80's 560g). The R value though is much better - the UL80 always required a secondary mat in colder times which obviously takes up more pack at more weight - the Thermarest is amazing - you can feel it kicking heat back at you. Also it packs down to the size of a pack-a-mac. I wish I'd got mine sooner!
I’ve enjoyed watching your videos for a few years now Trev, watched you use many different types of bags, tents, lots of equipment! Can I ask what would be your ideal equipment list for an overnight camp in autumn? Shelter, sleep system, cook system and luxuries??!! ⛺️ Kind regards Rob.
Just to be clear….I’m not after a shopping list! 😂, just what would be your preferred gear list!… just for shits and giggles! and what size bag would you hope to pack it all in?!!
I think my favourite set up at present for autumn / winter would be 3FUL Gear Taiji 2 tent, naturehike snowbird sleeping bag, light tor sleeping bag, naturehike stove and ccokset.
Just found your channel - Good stuff!!! I really appreciate your humor, and I literally laughed out loud when you mentioned "ripping open the chocolate packet with such ferocity..." We've all been there! Looking forward to watching your other videos, and I hope I get a chance to experience that lovely weather and terrain in the UK one of these days!
Great vid . Good to see you out hiking and camping 😊. Weather looked ruff good test for the new tent . And great to watch because I have just bought one and not tested yet . But feel confident it will be ok this winter up on the North Yorkshire moors after watching this vid
I have the Tiaji2, it won't let you down. It did take me a while to figure out how to get the best from the tensioning system.... tension the tent at the corners, after it up but BEFORE you peg it... 👍👍, game changer.
Hey trev ! Glad u managed to get out 4 a solo camp ! It’s always good to see u , someone with personality! Regarding your issue with that gas cover screen blowing over , I noticed it has little eyelets on either side,it’s not rocket science to push some strong wire through those eyes & into the ground to stablelize the screen on both sides !
Hi, I share your love of Dartmoor, I have a theory of the stone circles, I've studied Art for many years and symbolism is a key factor. So I think the stones represent the various tribes or groups, which are unified, hence the circle The stone rows could represent the ancestors from their past. Just an idea.
At 4:39 that's Pila Brook - notoriously hard to cross, usually better not taking a direct route from the road to King's Tor - there's a footbridge over on the way to Hucken tor from Merrivale, and obviously the Foggintor track avoids it too!
Crossing the stream after rain around Kings tor can be so frustrating as it seems doable but then, like you said, don’t want to risk losing your stuff… or your fiancé like I almost did! Great vid Trev.
Great vid Trev, nice to see you out on your tod again.Pretty much the exact spot I pitched last time I was at King’s! It’s one of my fave Tors to camp on.
@@SummitOrNothing Surprised you haven't! Yeah it really is a great location. Plus Foggintor is incredible just to walk around so that's always a plus when I head there. I'm gonna head to Four Winds next time i'm down myself, as it looks to be an ideal central point for some amazing spots
Showing your age Trev ‘negative reality inversion’ from the Young Ones if I remember correctly. Thought I was the only one that used that phrase😀 With the GoPro you could have also used ‘even the machinery is hassling me’
Good to see you out and about and that the tent worked well. Myabe consider getting a geological book to describe the rock formations and a moblile weather station to add more to your great videos. As a humorous aside, your packing capabilities show you should be an expert in dealing with fitted sheets and getting a duvet into a duvet cover. All the best as ever Phil Sharp
investing in a new tent soon and its torn between the taiji 2 and the wild country helm 2, both have what i want, inner and outer pitch at once. nice to see you back out in the wild trev, keep on keeping on :)
Yes, that does make all the difference when putting up a tent. I'm quite chuffed with the taiji, but hear that the helm is a well made tent too. Cheers for watching
You pitched the same place I did on my first Dartmoor camp :) there's a wicked spot round the back and one to the left when you look from 4 winds, I'll send you a pin drop mate 🤙
To be honest, I usually (inadvertently) camp during a full moon, and its like daylight all night. This was quite the shock for me this time. Cheers for watching!
@@SummitOrNothing sometimes we just get brain fog. Something else I thought of while on a camp I just came back off today, my walking shoes were damp so I got some of those hand warmers you can get from Poundland and stuffed them in um and they were bone dry in the morning.
Well, I did have to sign up online to purchase it and to get it at a cheaper cost! Bit cheeky really, but not a very good camera considering its supposed to be designed for action.
Many issues with GoPro 9 and 10. Doubt I'll get the 11. Plenty of other action cameras on the market that I'll look into. It's terrible to pay $400-$600 USD for an item that malfunctions or gives up the ghost within months.
I've often wondered actually. Not that I go too close, as I tend to give it a wide berth (why wouldn't you !) But the firing range flags... can you go right up to them? Just not inside like a boundary? Or does it mean keep clear?
When the flags are up you are advised not to cross over the range boundary line, whixh is marked out with red and white poles, and red triangles on the map.
Rewatching this as it came up on autoplay.... it came to me, I use that windbreaker, it flaps like fuck too. I got two skewers with open loops at the top. I pin them into two corners and use the end ones like normal. Job done, it doesn't even move.
Strange how it gets called Wild camping now, we used to call it camping, jump on a bus or train at random with my mates we'd end up in the Peak District, Pennines, Rivington Pike, Pennine/Lancashire moors wherever the fancy took us. No gas cookers, small fire, no lights, just a hand torch, blankets instead of sleeping bags. Wild? 4* 😉
Hi Trev I had a dream a vampire with its mouth wide open and its fangs dripping with blood was shaking my tarp and loudly hissing at me but I awoke to a flapping tarp but no vampire thank duck 😮 scary times lol when your in the middle of a forest by your self 😂
I do like the space in that tent Trev. This time your erection looked pro 😂.Can't remember dreams whilst wild camping but probably do. I usually fall asleep within about 20 mins but occassionally wake up a couple of times in the night, either because I'm a bit chilly or need a drink or a wiz, which I never do at home. I think the longest I've ever woke lasted about an hour tops.
Try reaching out to StezStix Fix? On youtube He has a go at repairing all sorts of electronics, he may not fix your camcorder but don't hurt to try if no one else will do it🤷♂️
🙂🙂🙂😊Always look forward to watching your vids! Keep up the excellent work mate.
Cheers! Was great to finally get out for another solo camp. And thanks again for the tent. I think it may become my new favourite!
Great to see you back out, Trev. You can still camp at both Roos Tor and Great Mis Tor even when live firing is taking place. The flags are on these tors because they're prominent landmarks and denote that firing is taking place in Merrivale Range; the actual boundary runs to the north of these tors.
Ah, thats good to know, Max. I guess if I'd have had my map with me I may have notice that myself. Anyway, great to hear from you. How's your book sales going?
@@SummitOrNothing sales started off great but have slipped a little. Hopefully they'll pick up again in time for Christmas!
brill video top marks another winner
Thanks mike
I went there for my first solo wild camping in UK this summer, thanks to your recommendation 👍🏻 Great 3 days.
Managed to go camping 6 times this year so far 😁
Great video as usual 👍🏻
Great video, love the humour, just my style, down to earth and practical keep going love it
Cheers John! Plenty more where that came from. Hope you've subbed! Thanks for watching.
Lots of snacks!! That’s one of the reasons I love a camp.. always pack good snacks 👏👌
Yea - settle down under canvas - in from the rain and wind with a good film and plenty of schnacks! Yeeeaaaassss!
I was the same with my thermarest, I had OEX mats, trekology mats etc and in the end I got the thermarest and its an eye watering game changer.. but now I have forgotten the price I love the thing its like sleeping in a radiator
Exactly, mate. Wish I'd done it so much sooner. All those sleepless uncomfortable nights!
haha smashed it trev mate hey your right about them maggie noodles i had them once on a camp and they burn ye mouth off 🤤and loving the tent
Great to see you out on the moor again Trev, I wish I lived closer to Dartmoor its a fabulous place to camp. Cheers mate.
Yea, I'm lucky to live so close, but time not distance has been the hindrance this past year. Life takes over. Cheers for watching!
Pitched it like an absolute pro this time🤘😎
Its gonna get easier and easier!
Awesome as always 👏 😎 ATB Paul
Cheers Paul! Great to hear from you, hope you're keeping well!
@@SummitOrNothing All good thanks Trev , hope u are too 😁
Another classic vid.... Cheers Trev... looks a great tent to film in, one angle u had made it look huge
Cheers, sir. Was great to finally get out again. The tent is a good size, although I had the insta360 set up, made the tent interior look like a corridor lol.
Yas! been a while! good to see you back out Trev!
Hope it was worth the wait!
Now that was a good test of the tent
It certainly was
Brill stiff Trev miss your videos but understand why there not as frequent, thanks for the upload
Thanks. Hoping to get back in the swing of it throughout the winter
I absolutely love my Taiji 2, I've had it over a year now and camped all through last winter with it. You're right though Trev, the full solid inner really does make it a warm tent.
I've done some mods to mine if you wanna check them out? 👍
I'm trying to get hold of a 4 season inner.. 👍
Yea, seems a great tent, Gaz. Hopefully not too long til im next out in it. I shall have to have a watch if your video when I get a minute or two. Cheers mate.
love it too and me and wife fit in with loads of room to spare,
how you feeling about that Taiji 2 now xD
thanks to your vid Gaz I'm going to opt for the cloud peak 2. The full inner is the only down side on the cloud peak 2 over the taiji but that third pole on the CP2 seems to give it just a little more strength in high winds.
@@Pogo-A-Gogo yeah I'm not gonna be using it in high winds anymore! 🤣 although I may try and mod it and add a third pole. I'll still use it for winter lowland/woodland camps because it's the warmest tent I've owned!!!
Great video. I enjoyed watching it.
Thanks very much. Glad that you enjoyed it cheers!
nice one Trev good ten is this ill stick with mine for a few years i think ,good to see you out mi may be that way next week myself
Cheers Tom
COR! That looked just like a negative reality inversion didn't it??? 🤣 Showing our age there Trev🤣
Made me laugh: You're sat there, in a tent, in the wind and rain watching a film, when you could be warm at home, as I am now... and yet I'm sat here envious that I'm not out there tonight. We must be crazy.
🤣🤣 yea, how very true. Always enjoy these rough camps, and when I get home I always wish I was out again. Cheers for watching, Matt!
Awesome stone formations! We have the prehistoric dolmen burial grounds here in Drenthe, Netherlands. No camping allowed in the wee wild nature unfortunately. Some nature camp grounds though.
Cheers for another great video!
Thats a shame about the camping Laura - but there are talks that Dartmoor may go the same way yet. Theres a court case running at the moment. Fingers crossed it goes through unscaved. Thanks for watching!
@@SummitOrNothing You're more than welcome! I really enjoy Summit videos ! Entertaining, informative, funny and great views and video editing
Great to see you out, out Trev; in the trusted SoN gales and torrential rain 😊! Sorry for slamming my car door as I drove up to Kings Tor, and was that your foot LoL 😂! At least you hadn't Trev'd anything up top man 😂! We've all missed these videos Trev and can't believe it's been that long since your last solo camp. Take it easy bud, cheers Pete 👍
Hahah... so it was you, Pete! Lol. Was good getting back out, thanks. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for watching!
Out of all that gear the Tiny Pump is the best bit!
Whod have thought thay such a tiny thing would make such a massive difference. Love mine!
@@SummitOrNothing That’s what she said! 👀🤣
that zig zag wind shield thing Trev , chuck a couple of spare tent pegs in the bag with it to stop the middle flapping about , "fking thing!!"
, great to see ya out and about going solo again
Good tip cheers
So good to see you back out on a solo wild camp mate!!
Cheers sir. Twas good to get back out!
@@SummitOrNothing you’re welcome pal, looking forward to the next 1 🤙🏼
Great wild camping video
Thanks Rob!
Nice one Trev
Great to see you back out mate.
Tent looks good too.
Atb Graham
Cheers Graham. Yea, so far so good. Not a bad bit of kit. Thanks for watching!
Bloody clever tip for putting your mattress away - never crossed my mind to do that! 👏🏻👏🏻
Glad to help, James!
Hey Trev! Cracking video looks like you had fun! Made us chuckle 🤣
We’ve found when you plug the usb c from the volta into the media mod port when the GoPro is already on, it kills the mic jack on the media mod (we use Rode mics). It seems the GoPro defaults to it’s internal mic on the actual GoPro not even the mic on the media mod.
We have to do a power cycle on the GoPro after plugging or unplugging the volta or we have no sound from external mics/media mod! It’s caught us out a few times!
Onwards and upwards 👍
That sounds a bit of a nuisance, I'll have to watch what happens with it and keep an eye on the footage as I go. Cheers for the heads up and thanks for watching!
I spent a couple night at the base of kings tor just before you cross over the river. Absolutely loved it. Another great video as always
Yea, sensible to keep down out the wind I reckon. Cheers
Crazy wind, strange sleep/dreams. Late October. Sounds like the pixies were up to mischief lol
🤣🤣🤣 that's probably it, Tammie
Thanks Trev
Thank you Jane
Another crackin, entertaining video Trev👍. Got my eye on one of these tents myself. ⛺️👍
Yea, decent tent, Phil. Looking forward to getting out in it again!
Good to see you back out out trev 👍👍👍
Cheers Pete. Was good to get out at last! Hope you enjoy the video
Had exactly the same shizzle with exact same GoPro set up. Great when they work....
Pain in the rear when they throw a wobbler.
Yea, shame but I never really was bothered to go down the go pro route, just not a lot choice for decent mid priced camcorders anymore since the rest of the world decided gopros are the way forwards 😭
Nice to see you out on a solo camp agatrev and a great video as airways 😁👍
Cheers Mike! Thanks for watching. Glad that you enjoyed it!
Lookup a Featherstone tent. I have 2 of them and have been rock solid in storms!
OK, Paul, I'll dig around for them. Cheers!
Very Nice
Thanks
I absolutely love Dartmoor, hoping to get back there soon for another multi-night solo adventure…
I’ve not been there since the amazing hot/dry summer we had this year, so I only have rose tinted memory’s of camping on various Tors down there lol.
The best way to double peg is to “back-stake” using the cord on the first peg! 👍🏻
Are you aware that they are trying to put a stop to ‘wild camping’ on Dartmoor, some very wealthy land owner is dragging it through the high-courts as we speak!.. If and when, then we all need to get together for a “mass protest camp”..
I’d really hate to see them outlaw it on Dartmoor!! ⛺️
Even though it’s 250 miles away from where I live, I’m very fond of the place and the memory’s I’ve built up having had several trips down there this year, and I’d like to have many more adventures to come down there in the South!
I have a real soft spot for all the pony’s too, they just make the place all the more special to be..
Went for a walk there after your recommendation the other day. Was a much nicer day! May well even be camping there next weekend with my 7yo son. Hopefully will cross paths one day!
Ypu never know, Neil. Hope you and your boy enjoy your camp! Cheers!
Really enjoyed this Trev. Do love the Kings Tor area, the history of it fascinates me, I did wonder when I started watching it if it might be spooky! Maybe the sound of train doors being shut!
Yea, it was quite an unsettling camp up here.
Looks like a canny tent Trevor it held up well in that crappie weather I always have strange dreams when out camping especially in New locations atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Yea was a good little tent. Looking forward to more adventures in it soon. Think that we have a mechanism in us from our wild days when we roamed and migrated that we still carry with us that when we settled in a new location our minds stay alert to the surroundings for the first few nights. Also, out dreams are more vivid when we are in shallow sleep. I always find it interesting what our brains throw at us in that senior conscious state. Cheers for watching, mate!
legend
Negative reality inversion 🤣 sound like a Nolan film!
🤣🤣🤣
Great new video Trev! I really like the tent, except the colour. Way to neon for my taste. But in Germany we have a saying: Nem geschenktem Gaul schaut man nicht ins maul. Maybe someone will understand the meaning 😄
We have the same saying here too... I'd never look a gift horse in the mouth! I don't fuss much about the colour, to be honest, but not sure if they do darker, earthier colours or not. Sure they will before too long, they did with lanshan after a while
Hi trev, loved the video as usual. Is that ultra light mat much lighter than the ul80.
Hi Peter, the large is a little less (470g's to the UL80's 560g). The R value though is much better - the UL80 always required a secondary mat in colder times which obviously takes up more pack at more weight - the Thermarest is amazing - you can feel it kicking heat back at you. Also it packs down to the size of a pack-a-mac. I wish I'd got mine sooner!
Hi Trev, I had the same problem with the stove wind breaker. I made it more of a concertina shape and pinned the ends job done mate
Cheers Mike. Sound advice. Will try that out next time thanks
I’ve enjoyed watching your videos for a few years now Trev, watched you use many different types of bags, tents, lots of equipment! Can I ask what would be your ideal equipment list for an overnight camp in autumn? Shelter, sleep system, cook system and luxuries??!! ⛺️
Kind regards
Rob.
Just to be clear….I’m not after a shopping list! 😂, just what would be your preferred gear list!… just for shits and giggles! and what size bag would you hope to pack it all in?!!
I think my favourite set up at present for autumn / winter would be 3FUL Gear Taiji 2 tent, naturehike snowbird sleeping bag, light tor sleeping bag, naturehike stove and ccokset.
great to see you back and great video ,even better for us viewers when its stormy and wet lol
🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, you guys love to see me struggle lol. Cheers for watching!
Just found your channel - Good stuff!!! I really appreciate your humor, and I literally laughed out loud when you mentioned "ripping open the chocolate packet with such ferocity..." We've all been there! Looking forward to watching your other videos, and I hope I get a chance to experience that lovely weather and terrain in the UK one of these days!
Thanks mate... glad you enjoyed the video (6months ago🤦♂️)🤣🤣
Nice one Trev looks like a great tent .
Cheers Jason. Yea, so far, really happy with it.
Great vid . Good to see you out hiking and camping 😊.
Weather looked ruff good test for the new tent . And great to watch because I have just bought one and not tested yet . But feel confident it will be ok this winter up on the North Yorkshire moors after watching this vid
Yea it seems really good. I'm sure you'll enjoy it! Cheers for watching!
Love the vids mate been watching you for years . And well done for going out in that bad weather . Respect 💪
I have the Tiaji2, it won't let you down. It did take me a while to figure out how to get the best from the tensioning system.... tension the tent at the corners, after it up but BEFORE you peg it... 👍👍, game changer.
Thanks for the tips, Garth. I'll have to have have a look into that next time. Cheers!
Superbe 👍
Thank you!
Hey trev ! Glad u managed to get out 4 a solo camp ! It’s always good to see u , someone with personality!
Regarding your issue with that gas cover screen blowing over , I noticed it has little eyelets on either side,it’s not rocket science to push some strong wire through those eyes & into the ground to stablelize the screen on both sides !
Great tip cheers
Hi, I share your love of Dartmoor, I have a theory of the stone circles, I've studied Art for many years and symbolism is a key factor. So I think the stones represent the various tribes or groups, which are unified, hence the circle The stone rows could represent the ancestors from their past. Just an idea.
Great vid Trev 👍 . How are you finding the GoPro? Are you using it as your main camera for your videos now?
It's a great image but does fail far too frequently.
At 4:39 that's Pila Brook - notoriously hard to cross, usually better not taking a direct route from the road to King's Tor - there's a footbridge over on the way to Hucken tor from Merrivale, and obviously the Foggintor track avoids it too!
Ah, that would be easier then. Cheers for that!
Crossing the stream after rain around Kings tor can be so frustrating as it seems doable but then, like you said, don’t want to risk losing your stuff… or your fiancé like I almost did! Great vid Trev.
🤣🤣 yea, its a real tricky little stream
Great vid Trev, nice to see you out on your tod again.Pretty much the exact spot I pitched last time I was at King’s! It’s one of my fave Tors to camp on.
Yea, it certainly was a great tor to pitch on... not too far of a stomp either. Don't know why I haven't made it out there before
@@SummitOrNothing Surprised you haven't! Yeah it really is a great location. Plus Foggintor is incredible just to walk around so that's always a plus when I head there. I'm gonna head to Four Winds next time i'm down myself, as it looks to be an ideal central point for some amazing spots
the tent did very well in 45mph winds, i did have my doubts to begin with, great vid trev
Yea it did good. I think I was oit of the worst of it, to be fair, but still stayed up and dry. Cheers for watching!
Showing your age Trev ‘negative reality inversion’ from the Young Ones if I remember correctly. Thought I was the only one that used that phrase😀 With the GoPro you could have also used ‘even the machinery is hassling me’
Hahah... yea a product of the 80s lol
Good to see you out and about and that the tent worked well. Myabe consider getting a geological book to describe the rock formations and a moblile weather station to add more to your great videos.
As a humorous aside, your packing capabilities show you should be an expert in dealing with fitted sheets and getting a duvet into a duvet cover.
All the best as ever
Phil Sharp
Haha... yea, I can make beds like nobody else lol. Was good to get out again, and really happy with the tent. Thanks for watching!
When using gas I much prefer a remote bottle stove like yours, yes more choice in bottle size and far more stable.
Yea, I have used it everytime for pretty much the entire last year. Good bit of kit.
Top Tip Trev - break up the noodles in the bag before you open them and you won't lose any. It was a life changing moment for me when I first did it 😄
Good tip cheers
investing in a new tent soon and its torn between the taiji 2 and the wild country helm 2, both have what i want, inner and outer pitch at once. nice to see you back out in the wild trev, keep on keeping on :)
Yes, that does make all the difference when putting up a tent. I'm quite chuffed with the taiji, but hear that the helm is a well made tent too. Cheers for watching
I've camped on Kings tor loads,its a cracker.And the views out to Plymouth are fantastic.
Great video mate.
P.S. hows the doggo doing?
Thanks Chris! Dog is settling in well, not 100% on his recall yet but getting much better
Love kings tor, always a spot to get out of the worst of the wind.
I'd like my ashes scattered there one day.
Yea was a great spot. Not entirely sure why I haven't got up there for a camp before.
@@SummitOrNothing my trips to there generally started after a few beers in Princetown though 🍺👍
If the stove wind break is moving I put a couple of tent pegs inside.
Yea, thats not a bad shout. Cheers mate!
You pitched the same place I did on my first Dartmoor camp :) there's a wicked spot round the back and one to the left when you look from 4 winds, I'll send you a pin drop mate 🤙
Awesome, mate. Yea, its definitely a tor I'll look back on for sure. Cheers matey!
Have you tried looking at CEX for a used camcorder worth checking, looks like a decent tent
Yes, I keep an eye on CEX. Bought one in fact, but sent it back, it was a few models older than my old one but nowhere near as good.
What's your comparison with the Naturehike Cloud Peak 2?
That's the tent I have.
They look quite similar.
Only spent one night in the taiji 2 but I'm already swaying towards it.
Great review Trev, how was it for condensation?
There was no moisture in the tent in the morning as far as I was aware, Russell.
I know what you mean about the total darkness! A few times I've turned my light off in my tent and it shocked me how pitch black it was!
To be honest, I usually (inadvertently) camp during a full moon, and its like daylight all night. This was quite the shock for me this time. Cheers for watching!
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Hi Trev, I use my spare pegs to keep my Stove windbreak upright, it's great swapping tips and ideas. #ianstewartoutdoors
That's a great tip, cheers. I had spare pegs on me too! Why didn't I think of that!
@@SummitOrNothing sometimes we just get brain fog. Something else I thought of while on a camp I just came back off today, my walking shoes were damp so I got some of those hand warmers you can get from Poundland and stuffed them in um and they were bone dry in the morning.
I know nothing about GoPro, but I read at the time they were new that you needed a wifi contract to use em??
Well, I did have to sign up online to purchase it and to get it at a cheaper cost! Bit cheeky really, but not a very good camera considering its supposed to be designed for action.
A mere drizzle!
Yea, wasn't much rain, got quite windy though
Any issues with leaks? All seam taped?
Never had any issues myself
How do u fit your stuff in a 50l? 😂 My sleeping bag takes a third of my 65l!
Well, by strapping the tent to the outside lol. The sleeping bag is a down jacket - it packs down quite a lot!
Many issues with GoPro 9 and 10. Doubt I'll get the 11. Plenty of other action cameras on the market that I'll look into. It's terrible to pay $400-$600 USD for an item that malfunctions or gives up the ghost within months.
Yea, I've always dragged my heals before getting one, still not convinced to be honest.
I've often wondered actually. Not that I go too close, as I tend to give it a wide berth (why wouldn't you !) But the firing range flags... can you go right up to them? Just not inside like a boundary? Or does it mean keep clear?
When the flags are up you are advised not to cross over the range boundary line, whixh is marked out with red and white poles, and red triangles on the map.
@@SummitOrNothing so you can get as close as you want? Ultimately though, sense would dictate you give it a wide berth presumably?
@@southwesterncamper4848 I think thru have people keeping an eye our from range huts. Nath got intercepted when entering once before
bring Naff next time...he loves a good wet windy wildcamp.
Yea, hopefully he'll come out before too long!
Is Kings Tor still in the new camping map permissible area?
No, it appears a massive chunk around Princetown has now fallen victim of the camping ban
@Summit Or Nothing cheers thought so, shame as it is a good standby for short notice/ last minute nights out.
I'm a f_cking d_ckhead🤣love it Trev
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Rewatching this as it came up on autoplay.... it came to me, I use that windbreaker, it flaps like fuck too. I got two skewers with open loops at the top. I pin them into two corners and use the end ones like normal. Job done, it doesn't even move.
Cheers for the tip!
Strange how it gets called Wild camping now, we used to call it camping, jump on a bus or train at random with my mates we'd end up in the Peak District, Pennines, Rivington Pike, Pennine/Lancashire moors wherever the fancy took us. No gas cookers, small fire, no lights, just a hand torch, blankets instead of sleeping bags. Wild? 4* 😉
Yep, camping got rebranded!
Hi Trev I had a dream a vampire with its mouth wide open and its fangs dripping with blood was shaking my tarp and loudly hissing at me but I awoke to a flapping tarp but no vampire thank duck 😮 scary times lol when your in the middle of a forest by your self 😂
Yea, those dreams can get disturbing. Thanks for watching!
Well if yer gonna do a good tent review, that's the way to do it.
Cheers Shaun!
Taj Mahal Trev ?
🤣🤣🤣 as I was editing the video I was sure I was about to say the same thing.
@@SummitOrNothing hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣spot on 👍
I do like the space in that tent Trev. This time your erection looked pro 😂.Can't remember dreams whilst wild camping but probably do. I usually fall asleep within about 20 mins but occassionally wake up a couple of times in the night, either because I'm a bit chilly or need a drink or a wiz, which I never do at home. I think the longest I've ever woke lasted about an hour tops.
Yea, proper proud of my erection, John! 🤣🤣 Sounds like you settle easier than me under canvas. Cheers for watching!
@@SummitOrNothing 😆
Shame about the swearing !
Try reaching out to StezStix Fix? On youtube
He has a go at repairing all sorts of electronics, he may not fix your camcorder but don't hurt to try if no one else will do it🤷♂️
Ah, cheers Dave. I'll have a look thanks.