Solo Backpacking Along the South Downs Way - 100 Miles in 4 Days (Part 3)

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in southern England. The trail runs for 100 miles (160 km) from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Sussex, with about 4,150 meters of ascent and descent. Join me as I witness some beautiful skies, meet some inspirational people and try to navigate yet another heatwave. Part 4 will be out soon so if you're not already subscribed please consider subscribing and hitting the bell icon to receive updates on future uploads. Or don't mate, I'll still be here for you regardless and I send you nowt but love! Namastay hydrated and be kind to yourself.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 296

  • @HazeOutdoors
    @HazeOutdoors  Рік тому +116

    Massive thanks to everyone who's followed so far! The 4th and final part will be out next Sunday mate. Do you guys have any decent hikes you'd like to see me attempt? Thanks again, I really do appreciate you watching.

    • @REH-p9r
      @REH-p9r Рік тому +1

      Will you do any munros in Scotland mate? Can imagine the sunsets/sunrises! Few medics as well

    • @junctionfilms6348
      @junctionfilms6348 Рік тому +1

      the early part of the Downs, westside, there is trails about 5/10 mile north of that official way, that are much more in woodland and so forth, might not be fastest but less rambling through arable fields and so on.

    • @macstyle2012
      @macstyle2012 Рік тому +5

      Pennine Way and South west coast path (all of it from Poole to Minehead)

    • @a.y.t.a.s.494
      @a.y.t.a.s.494 Рік тому +4

      I read the ‘salt path’. Would love to see you walk the north Devon and Cornwall coast path.

    • @jezmarsh9221
      @jezmarsh9221 Рік тому +4

      The South West Coast Path. I did it in six years, a week off work every year. You could do the same, week off when you can

  • @Have2havefaith
    @Have2havefaith Рік тому +6

    you are an inspiration and you have inspired me more than you know. I’ve been watching your videos for around 6 months now, and I am now obsessed with camping. The only problem is, I now don’t enjoy siting at home and watching Netflix. Thank you for inspiring me and others, if I never watched your videos, I wouldn’t have woke up. You have reminded people to connect to theirs true nature. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 😊😊

  • @clare1379
    @clare1379 Рік тому +6

    Forget a roast with Yorkshire puddings….this is what Sundays are all about 😊

  • @andreasweber7828
    @andreasweber7828 Рік тому +8

    Was doing the Nibelungen Trail near to my home town in Germany during same heat wave and wearing a straw hat. And that was a game changer for me. Will never forget the first night out and staring for hours at stars and thousands of fireflies around me. Never seen so many at once in my life

  • @rozmcgarry7688
    @rozmcgarry7688 Рік тому

    Medic! few electrolites and perhaps a cuddle - that'll sort 'em out! 🤣🤣🤣 Total classic Hazy! 👨‍⚕🐍

  • @TheMackemMountaineer
    @TheMackemMountaineer Рік тому

    🤣🤣🤣 absolutely decked at the cow pat and ghost cows moooowahhhhh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @tonyblundal5763
    @tonyblundal5763 Рік тому

    Nothing wrong with low hanging comedy fruit Lol. Pretty sure the cow was thinking outside the box. Great Vlog, thanks.

  • @MattGriffiths81
    @MattGriffiths81 Рік тому +1

    Oh my god. I didn't realise how invested I was until I saw that IPA and realised my mouth was watering for you 😂
    Looking forward to tomorrow's coffee, thanks for the spoiler during map-time! ;)

  • @kathybramley5609
    @kathybramley5609 Рік тому

    On to the delights of coffee and things you can't really remember!!

  • @christycochran4591
    @christycochran4591 Рік тому +1

    Always get that sunscreen on your ears! So many times people who work outside end up avoiding their ears and have challenges with skin cancer. Make sure you take care of your cute ears!

  • @bobdrane5224
    @bobdrane5224 7 днів тому

    You deserved that beer mate,well done

  • @howler6490
    @howler6490 Рік тому +1

    Get a brake cable and use that to make gaiter "straps"...leave the coating on, take it off...depends on you.
    I used that to hold gaiters on my big mountain boots...worked a treat.

  • @maximusjoseppi5904
    @maximusjoseppi5904 Рік тому

    The ghosts of cows joke was actually 10/10 laugh out loud

  • @arronmadgwick1507
    @arronmadgwick1507 Рік тому +6

    I remember doing the South Downs Way with my 2 cousins in 2010. Turned into a 100 mile pub crawl 😂 awesome memories. Top job mate!

  • @pootlingalong8928
    @pootlingalong8928 Рік тому +1

    Did the SDW in 1982. With a pack pony carrying all my gear. Happy memories! Thank you for these cracking videos - makes me want to do another hike - carrying my gear myself!
    👍🏻🙂

  • @andybanjo7530
    @andybanjo7530 Рік тому

    Awesome mate. Sleeping under the stars on glorious summer nights 👌🏻. I was right there with ya!….in a separate sleeping bag of course 😅

  • @coolkitty2075
    @coolkitty2075 Рік тому

    Its beautiful down south, but I still like the heather and dry stone walls x

  • @sarkybugger5009
    @sarkybugger5009 Рік тому

    The sun always shines down here in t'south, Hazey lad. That's why the beer is so bloody expensive, to keep the rabble away 😁
    Not many streams or ponds on the downs, due to them being made of porous chalk. The ones there are, generally dry out in summer.
    Crack on!

  • @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord
    @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord Рік тому +16

    Loving watching your sub count raise slowly but surely, dude. I’m guessing your dedication to these hikes is helping a lot. 💪

  • @BettySwollocks13
    @BettySwollocks13 Рік тому +2

    You have no idea mate, but you do me the world of good- thanks pal.

  • @charlesperry1051
    @charlesperry1051 Рік тому +2

    I am in the US but I love watching your videos. I hope to do a walking holiday in the UK some time. I have done three treks at Philmont in the US. It is a Boy Scouts camp in the mountains of northern New Mexico. You want hot? Go there. Indian Writings camp (been there three times) has always been well over 100 F! I live near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Here, lack of water is not the issue, it is humidity and rain. But I love hiking. Love getting out there. Love your content. One day I will hope a jet and hike in the UK.

  • @willstonvelo8100
    @willstonvelo8100 Рік тому

    Eh up Hazy, that's funny you went past my bivi tree😁✌🍻 all best Willston Velo

  • @allancunningham6019
    @allancunningham6019 Рік тому

    Bramble vodka slushy... Great video again thanks for sharing 👍😀

  • @djdurksta9502
    @djdurksta9502 Рік тому +1

    Paul, I love your content, you are an inspiration. thanks for giving your time.

  • @bikegeist
    @bikegeist Рік тому +2

    Brilliant stuff. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us while doing all this.

  • @markm1630
    @markm1630 Рік тому +6

    You never disappoint, always great to watch. Looking forward to next week already

  • @spike7752
    @spike7752 Рік тому

    Love the video mate, give yourself a "pat on the back" 🤪😂

  • @maurice5992
    @maurice5992 Рік тому +2

    Walked the Pennine Way this summer, planning to walk the SDW sometime next year, so I'm really enjoying watching this series of films. I can highly recommend the PW, tough going in places but sublime scenery. Great vlog as always, Hazey, looking forward to the final part.

  • @stephenjohnwylde5955
    @stephenjohnwylde5955 Рік тому +1

    Well done mate,I'm homeless and have been living out 33yrs,I'm impressed with ya kit bag,tarp and bivvy is the one,I've got army basher,heavy but never let me down,winter challenges the soul but I never complained my home's on ma back,rain macks always pose a problem but thats an ongoing hassle,sawyer squeeze and twig stove has made life easier,anyway woffling on ,keep vids coming,cheers!!!.🌈🤸🤸🌞🌜🇬🇧

  • @cros420
    @cros420 Рік тому +2

    Big Up Haze ya a walkin Warrior Jah Bless stay Ital Salut de France 🇫🇷 🇪🇹 🇯🇲

  • @donalobroin1775
    @donalobroin1775 Рік тому

    Look at those cows 16:55 making homemade sun cream and making sure their pal has those hard-to-teach bits well covered, such comradery.

  • @RaP22
    @RaP22 Рік тому

    I’m been planning to do this route soon, as I grew up in worthing just of South Downs route and visit my old home.

  • @Chronickle
    @Chronickle Рік тому +2

    Hazy epic as always. You couldn’t do it in one go but the Welsh coastal path you would love. You could break into sections. Beautiful scenery, great pubs and loads of stunning beaches for dunking and sleeping.

  • @davidorchin5239
    @davidorchin5239 Рік тому +1

    Man from your steak challenge however long ago that was iv been watching you man. Just wanted u to know man . From your northern mounk drip till you're east to west trip man . You have NO idea how much you and your challenge means to me man. Thank you man. 🤙

  • @mattbrooking2146
    @mattbrooking2146 Рік тому +1

    The chickens were Guinea Fowl 😊👍🏼

  • @ТУРИСТ-АВАНТЮРИСТ

    Great adventure, beautiful landscapes and views, I recently started documenting my adventures myself, I love this direction. Good luck on your adventures. Greetings from a Belarusian tourist!

  • @zenbten3789
    @zenbten3789 Рік тому

    Howl goo! Another superb vid mate, definitely cant do you for it.

  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth9673 Рік тому

    Your small knife looks fine...better than Amazon. It has an MC logo. I'm off to search it out!

  • @anthonydunne295
    @anthonydunne295 Рік тому

    Great stuff, Devi’s dyke is my favourite an the WHA on Truly hill.. been their many a time….)

  • @pault5724
    @pault5724 Рік тому +1

    For a grown man I laughed way too much at the cow that'd been shat on 🤣, great video as always Hazey

  • @urbanAngler_Bigfoot
    @urbanAngler_Bigfoot Рік тому

    I had a bad experience in the 1970s with Mugwort! While I was asleep a few plants surrounded me and threatened me to grow an Agamemnon beard or I would be for it! Sometimes I shave it off in summer, but tend to keep away from Daisy fields, until it has grown back!

  • @alangauld6079
    @alangauld6079 Рік тому

    For these heatwave walks you could take a leaf from the US PCT and CDT walkers that carry a folding umbrella for shade...
    But I'm really enjoying this yomp. I've visited these areas on holiday as a tourist but this is making me consider hiking it, something very different from my usual Scottish haunts.

  • @NTLife
    @NTLife Рік тому +1

    Another cracking video as always. Solution to the gator problem I learnt some years ago doing my ML, replace them with curtain wires/springs, you know, like your mum used to hang the net curtains on. 😉

  • @Have2havefaith
    @Have2havefaith Рік тому +2

    You are a legend ❤

  • @plemas1
    @plemas1 Рік тому

    The most memorable part for me was when a chinook hovered over me twice for about 30 seconds in pitch black on that river bank just by that bridge in amberley.. I thought Jesus they’re really cracking down on wild camping in these parts!! 😂

  • @williamt2718
    @williamt2718 Рік тому

    Super deee duper as always…. Have you looked at the ‘Southern Upland Way’ 200 miles coast to coast just over the border in scottyland….

  • @yvonnebailey9973
    @yvonnebailey9973 Рік тому +1

    Going great so far,well done. See you next week for part 4. Take care.

  • @maidenwigan
    @maidenwigan Рік тому +1

    Much love ❤️ from Wigan Hazey, therapeutic as ever,can’t wait for the next one.👍

  • @tonyhare8961
    @tonyhare8961 Рік тому +1

    Pemblokeshire Coastal Path (see what I did there Hazo) has your name all over it - 186 miles of coastal beauty and we know you like a nice coast!! Sound effort on the SDW - so far!!

  • @thill5255
    @thill5255 Рік тому

    Well just spot on as always - intrigued by your ‘for the love of Jah’ comment Hazy rather than saying for the love of God

  • @kingrafa3938
    @kingrafa3938 Рік тому +2

    Yay part 3 is here 👍

  • @jokeogh9939
    @jokeogh9939 Рік тому

    You crack me up Hazey. I was harsh on you in a previous video for going out in a heatwave without loads of water. It's only cause we care about you xx. I was willing you to have a lager at that hostel. 😂

  • @mikebennett6713aceadventures
    @mikebennett6713aceadventures Рік тому +1

    Another great one as always. Needed this today. Thank you my friend.

  • @Hankydoodle1
    @Hankydoodle1 Рік тому

    Love this video. You deserve a pat on the back🤣

  • @mcebe
    @mcebe Рік тому +1

    Yes mate. Been looking forward to watching this to warm the cockles before I head out to meet tonight's clients for a ghost walk.

    • @HazeOutdoors
      @HazeOutdoors  Рік тому +1

      Have a great walk mate! sounds fun

    • @neilyoung4525
      @neilyoung4525 Рік тому +2

      Is that were you plan a walk and don't turn up? 🤔 😬

  • @willadams6217
    @willadams6217 Рік тому

    Just replace those gaiter straps with a bit of dyneema cord. I use the same gaiters but with dyneema, it lasts ages even over sharp rocks.

  • @richardlowes1176
    @richardlowes1176 Рік тому

    Love Sunday evenings. Waited all day for this…feet up, a glass malt and Hazo 🍺🍺

  • @sidgreensides6709
    @sidgreensides6709 Рік тому

    Humaa.... You are forgiven...heatstroke...hee..hee..hee..Your do,ing brill..always fantastic to watch..Sid

  • @rosewoodsam
    @rosewoodsam Рік тому

    nice one Hazey you deserve a beer and an umbrella hat, if anyone can pull off that look, its you! go go gadget!

  • @Zimmerframe-Tramper
    @Zimmerframe-Tramper Рік тому +1

    Hi Hazy, I’d love to see you walk The Camino from Saint Jean Pied de Porte over the Pyrenees to Finisterre then North to Muxia and back to finish in Santiago. I struggled over it in 2018 but you’d piss it 👍

  • @greggnoble5139
    @greggnoble5139 Рік тому

    Good video roll on the next

  • @REH-p9r
    @REH-p9r Рік тому +7

    Anyone want to listen to my idea for a Haze board game? Pick your haze board game piece (haze with poles, haze with lollipop lady hat on, haze in his duds, haze on an electric bike). Roll the dice to move round the board. Various trails leading across rivers, up hills or through the snow. Land on a Medic! Square and you have to pick up a Medic! Card, revealing potential hazards like camping on a cliff edge which initially seems ideal but in the middle of the night you nearly get blown off - move back 2 spaces. Every 4th square is a pub - grab a Northern Monk (the players literally have to drink a can of Faith). Once you go around the board you have to pick up a Map Damon card. First player to collect 4 Map Damon cards wins!

    • @HazeOutdoors
      @HazeOutdoors  Рік тому +2

      Best comment award goes to you mate! Take a bow my friend x

    • @REH-p9r
      @REH-p9r Рік тому

      @@HazeOutdoors we can talk royalties later 😂😂😂

    • @justinsaint6786
      @justinsaint6786 Рік тому +1

      Love this idea 😀👍🏼

    • @nseight
      @nseight Рік тому

      :-) *

  • @rh645
    @rh645 Рік тому +1

    loving this series fella! such entertaining craic and inspiring to get me arse outdoors in my spare time, cheers!

  • @elizabethberry4838
    @elizabethberry4838 Рік тому

    Epic adventures. Live the fact that your so honest with yourself and us good on you mate. The south downs is a good hike lived in the sussex area for yrs so enjiy. Cabt wait fir your next adventure. Keep safe

  • @louisemitch1
    @louisemitch1 Рік тому

    Trip down memory lane for me. I walked SDW last year. Glad you found Truleigh Hill YHA - I spent a comfortable night there with cooked breakfast the next morning. ❤

  • @houchingpu
    @houchingpu Рік тому

    Pat on the back ! Had me in stitches 😂 brilliant stuff 😎

  • @chrisc4636
    @chrisc4636 Рік тому

    Love a sunday night when haze comes on, my go to just before kip ready for work in morning,keep it up mate your doing great 👍🏻

  • @nicksmith9217
    @nicksmith9217 Рік тому

    Thanks bro, you brightened up my lonely night again. Appreciate it.

  • @jameswilson6717
    @jameswilson6717 Рік тому

    Nice bud it’s still fighting the good fight pal.All the very best 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Adventures_with_Sog
    @Adventures_with_Sog Рік тому

    Ey up me duck.
    As per, really enjoyed this me owd cocka and those guys were legends 👣🤙

  • @hedgerowsandzeros
    @hedgerowsandzeros Рік тому

    Baking hot 💥 Map time featuring "Fulking Hill" 😆👍

  • @Fran-or3lt
    @Fran-or3lt Рік тому

    Looking forward to the next episode of “cant remember…cant do me for it” 😂😂

  • @ktb6979
    @ktb6979 Рік тому

    I'm looking forward watching to the final part... although I don't want it to end 😔
    - I walked a wee bit of the Southern Upland Way 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the summer just to camp near Killintringan Lighthouse on my voyage of self discovery... I mostly discovered that I didn't enjoy humphing 14kg of kit 😆🤦‍♀️
    (mostly clothes.. unfortunately I run very cold & needed the full shebang inc down trousers when it dropped to a baltic 15C overnight 🥶 🙈)

  • @thebikepackingadventurer
    @thebikepackingadventurer Рік тому

    South Downs is well worked out. Great water fountains everywhere like no other route.

  • @peteraitken6494
    @peteraitken6494 Рік тому

    Brilliant mate well deserved beers for sure been great watching your travels meeting people and cows with shit on their backs 😂😂 never fail to make me laugh awesome trip hazy great guy with a heart of gold take care buddy 👍👌🙏🙏❤️

  • @martincaveney7601
    @martincaveney7601 Рік тому

    Mooooyouoooo - Ghost cows 👻 🐄 🐄 made me laugh. Thanks Hazy, great video as usual.

  • @ricatkins4918
    @ricatkins4918 Рік тому

    Hey Paul, try wrapping your gaiter straps with aluminium tape. ( just to get you through. ) or shrink wrap tube. Just a short term fix.

  • @kathybramley5609
    @kathybramley5609 Рік тому

    I think the birds (posh chickens!) were guinea fowl - the term came to mind so I googled it and they look right.

  • @_MrOcean
    @_MrOcean Рік тому

    So glad you said pat on the back, close one. I almost had to have a word lol

  • @DH-WarRoom
    @DH-WarRoom Рік тому

    How so nice weather!! :D Stuck in rain and wind all week in Ireland..... arghhh

  • @therugbysaundi
    @therugbysaundi Рік тому

    Much better effort on map time today 😂😂

  • @freddyoutdoors
    @freddyoutdoors Рік тому +1

    This was a epic watch love the cow jokes and them charity people are ace hope they made it

  • @Cochise231
    @Cochise231 Рік тому

    Excellent Hike True Beast in all the Heat Enjoying all your trips this summer and getting to see all the Beautiful UK Countryside Thanks for sharing Keep On Keeping On All the Best To you Mate👍👍

  • @sallyfletcher8883
    @sallyfletcher8883 Рік тому

    I love walking down south, it’s beautiful! And that’s coming from a Derbyshire girl x

  • @tenminutetokyo2643
    @tenminutetokyo2643 Рік тому

    That is froogin’ nuts.

  • @lizkent2624
    @lizkent2624 Рік тому

    Looks like you had a great trip! Lots of useful info too.

  • @hazellinajane
    @hazellinajane Рік тому +1

    How about the Southern Upland Way in Scottishland! It's epic af and nowhere near as busy as the others in Scotland. Basically a coast to coast walk through hills and forests

  • @Jonebee7771
    @Jonebee7771 Рік тому

    You have me in histerics with your waffle 🤣👍

  • @David-lp2fv
    @David-lp2fv Рік тому

    Neck oil..one of my favourites. 🍺

  • @willstonvelo8100
    @willstonvelo8100 Рік тому

    Good job you didn't swim in our river it's nasty, about 7ft deep straight off bank, tidal and just up from Upper Beeding is sewage works, paddle in it sometimes ,it's got a right tidal flow😂

  • @BrianthatiscalledBrian
    @BrianthatiscalledBrian Рік тому

    Fulking Hill, Hazy. Great trip. 🙂👍🍺

  • @stucook8622
    @stucook8622 Рік тому

    Thanks for another great video Hazy!....peace 🍺🍄

  • @HAZEYDAZE
    @HAZEYDAZE Рік тому

    Pat On The Back lol

  • @theevanpyle
    @theevanpyle Рік тому +1

    Love this walk mate! Epic!

  • @southcoastoutdoorsuk6301
    @southcoastoutdoorsuk6301 Рік тому

    Brilliant !! Just up the road from me , hitting it tomorrow for a few days , cracking viddy with some stunning views 👍👍

  • @justinsaint6786
    @justinsaint6786 Рік тому +1

    Forget your ipas and your ales mate an ice cold lagers what you want. Next stop ....6 pack of Neck Oil IPA please Landlord 😂🤣😂🤣 🍻. As it's hot you can't do me for it though ..mate !

  • @opieop703
    @opieop703 Рік тому

    Classic

  • @stuarnold8659
    @stuarnold8659 Рік тому

    Ferns a keeper😉😜🙂😊

  • @JasonMcCann841
    @JasonMcCann841 Рік тому

    Those 2 cans hit the spot no doubt. Great trek Hazy!

    • @HazeOutdoors
      @HazeOutdoors  Рік тому

      I could have had more! They really did hit the spot

  • @EventyrsorenDenmark
    @EventyrsorenDenmark Рік тому

    Great to come along on your hike.Really enjoyed it.