Ah, it seems the sheep rule, the camper vans multiply like rabbits, and the views are so stunning they’ll have you questioning your life choices mid-turn! Sounds like your wild camping adventures are part zen retreat, part battle of wits with the midges and the mystery of the invisible trailer. I admire your commitment, the old Disco 3 is looking as good as ever, and I personally can’t wait for the next instalment - assuming you survive any late season midge attacks! 😄🚙
@@SirMossalot_Paul ah the life choices do get questioned, but I suppose if they are not questioned then they are all but doomed to be wrong. Paul thank you for the encouragement and appreciation. It means a lot. I am not a man of one interest, and so I have no interest in making videos about only one interest, so you may have to wait a little through the boating adventures before another camping video appears, but it will appear. This type of camping is just so damn easy, and pays such a big return in the head that I will be guaranteed to be doing another and another, midges or no midges. When else would a man get time to question his choices.
How cool looking is your Dad! 🤩 The winter foraging for camp spots are no doubt a lot easier for you….not too many M50 absconders out that time of year! Wonderful drone footage, in car shots and narration as ever Robin. Your ‘to the camera narration’ was fab too and didn’t go unnoticed!! 😎 Amazing how your first wild camp experience didn’t scare you off for life!! 😮 You certainly got 2 for the price of 1 on this trip. Impressive granola and coffee to accompany those western views also! 🏆🎉 A lovely watch!!
@@VISTATREKKER That was wonderful Robin! Thanks for sharing the link - what an incredibly patient and labour intensive process that’s involved…fast fashion it’s not!! 🙃 What an idyllic home life it looked, all of you taking part in the creation. My claim to shame is that I failed woodwork for the Inter back in the day - went on to do Engineering in college then 🤭 Your father (and mother) have been raised further in my ‘very cool’ rankings!! 🏆😎
Hi Robin. Just making a mental note to not set up the tent at the bottom of country lanes 🤣. You certainly get that beast into some tight spaces and fly the drone at the same time. I guess its not true what they say about us !! Lovely drone shots and time lapses. All the best
@@Andrew......... thank you as always for watching and for supportive comments Andrew. Yes you might notice my ‘leave no trace’ visual confirmation check as I left the first camp there and I can confirm there was definitely no tent under where I had parked fortunately 😂 The time lapses are like fishing. You never really know what you’ll get but I love the way they tell the story non the less. Ah yes the myth that men cannot multi task. Sure we can manage heaps of tasks all at once just as long as none of them talk 😄
Fantastic vid as normal... So hoping you hit the 1k soon, you need to start earning for these videos! I also noticed a lot of campers not only in nice camp spot but small car parking spot to access beaches. I was going to a swim last week to a small spot and 4 campers were there on the side of a road with everything thrown out like tables chairs grills etc. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it is a shame. Those apps became prominent during COVID and it made people lazy. They should take time explore an area and reach out to friends and family like your network camping. Would you put a tint on the windows? Mine has factory tinting and it makes a huge difference to privacy in the back, but suppose you almost miss the view unless pointed at it, you can still see out but more at dusk time it's hard. And the Clare laughed when she saw you ALSO had the same Crocs as me 🤣🤣🤣
@@WestCorkWander once you’ve served your genetic purpose its absolutely fine to live out your days in unattractive crocs 😂 these are my mountaineering crocs. I haven’t bothered with a tint, I guess if it’s only me privacy is not an issue. If there’s more of us I’m up in the tent. I like spying out at the stars or seeing if a camera is getting the dawn. The vans are everywhere, it does feel it’s reaching saturation but then it’s a saturation of people living life well so I try to embrace it, in my own ‘I’ll go in the cold if you’re all here now’ kind of way. I guess the 1000 subscribers is not far away but I don’t play the algorithm. My watch hours are low. My subject matter is too broad, boaters get sent camping videos and visa versa, pretty soon the algorithm goes cold on my efforts, but it’s okay, I do it for the love of it. Editing what I want to edit is the magic. I’m trying not to give that up for editing what will earn instead. At the end of the day the analytics still teach me how to do this well even if it’s only a thousand views and that’s what I want to learn. Thanks for watching and for your support as ever. The community of sharing and helpful irish UA-camrs is something I have become very glad to be a part of.
@@VISTATREKKER I'm only learning myself, there are things you can do, but you do sell out yourself in a way to get the UA-cam success. We've decided to grow slow and steady and for the most part we are ourselves. We do however try to get a good title and thumbnail. We use vid IQ as that has a good analysis tool. Another good technique is to find a video with a high view to subscribers ratio and simply copy their title. Your video will most likely be presented after that. We've done that twice with good results, we don't do it too often but every third video we do put effort in for new audience capture and the other 2 we do something dramatic for our own subscribers. Mr beast has great advice for how to Garner attention. It's a balance between being authentic and doing all the things other people do to grow. The balance is within and your channel is epic and will be super, don't change too much to chase algorithm growth. Mr beast says just make 100 videos with each one slightly better and then we can talk. We took that to heart and learned so so much... Like we were only 1500 in March!
@@WestCorkWander ya I can’t even read my latest thumbnail on the phone here 😅 planning to change it over the next day or two, that’ll be a day or two too late of course 😂 Thanks for the insight. I do find it interesting. You guys have stormed the arena. It’s impressive. Great to watch your progress. I like your observations on balance too. You’ve got to mind your subscribers, but some of your titles are so catchy it’s hard not to bight the hook even though you know it’s a hook 😂 I like the hundred videos idea. That means I can just keep plugging on with the edits I want to edit or with the angles or adventures I want to show for another year or two. Keep working on camera skills and things. So far it’s taken me three years to get to 42 videos 🐌 😅 all a labour of love though. It’s a long time too though, at least three sets of crocks in that time just to put perspective on it 😂
@@billy1680 thank you, it’s been a while, working too much and spending what time is left with the kids while they were off left little time for this hobby.
I loved this so much. I just got my license to drive here in Ireland (not to worry.... I don't tow any invisible trailers and I've been driving for nearly 40 years even though it was elsewhere). I'm very much a fan of the public transit opportunities here but still am looking forward to the occasional poking around of the places in between that you can only do with a vehicle. Thanks for the video.
@@robinferguson8911 hey Robin thanks for the feedback. Delighted you enjoyed the video. It’s a very simple thing to just head off for a drive with a sleeping bag and a little stove but I find huge freedom in it, even in the midst of normal busy family life and the responsibilities with it. Genuinely appreciate your feedback. Putting these videos together helps me figure out a lot of things in life, and one of those things is that it’s worth doing more of these type of micro adventures.
@@colm_obrien buy as little as possible, do as much as you can. Finding spots is the hard part. On my own I just wing it. With the kids I decided to ask among my friends to find places. This has been remarkably successful. Half the people in this country are related to someone with a farm or with land. This is what I mean by ‘Network Camping’
Just subscribed to your channel it’s unbelievable I love it
@@castrolgtx5064 welcome and thank you for the feedback. Genuinely appreciated.
Ah, it seems the sheep rule, the camper vans multiply like rabbits, and the views are so stunning they’ll have you questioning your life choices mid-turn! Sounds like your wild camping adventures are part zen retreat, part battle of wits with the midges and the mystery of the invisible trailer. I admire your commitment, the old Disco 3 is looking as good as ever, and I personally can’t wait for the next instalment - assuming you survive any late season midge attacks! 😄🚙
@@SirMossalot_Paul ah the life choices do get questioned, but I suppose if they are not questioned then they are all but doomed to be wrong.
Paul thank you for the encouragement and appreciation. It means a lot. I am not a man of one interest, and so I have no interest in making videos about only one interest, so you may have to wait a little through the boating adventures before another camping video appears, but it will appear. This type of camping is just so damn easy, and pays such a big return in the head that I will be guaranteed to be doing another and another, midges or no midges. When else would a man get time to question his choices.
@@VISTATREKKER Who said I don't like the boating adventures?? All of the those are good and fun to watch but I'm less qualified to comment on them :-)
@@SirMossalot_Paulwell thank you again, you are then my ultimate subscriber Paul 🙏
Another brilliant film Robin yes those apps have ruined a lot of my camping gems but not to many camping this time of year.
@@dannyanderson7025 off peak is the new peak opportunity.
Thanks for the comment and feedback as always Danny.
How cool looking is your Dad! 🤩 The winter foraging for camp spots are no doubt a lot easier for you….not too many M50 absconders out that time of year! Wonderful drone footage, in car shots and narration as ever Robin. Your ‘to the camera narration’ was fab too and didn’t go unnoticed!! 😎 Amazing how your first wild camp experience didn’t scare you off for life!! 😮 You certainly got 2 for the price of 1 on this trip. Impressive granola and coffee to accompany those western views also! 🏆🎉 A lovely watch!!
@@VISTATREKKER That was wonderful Robin! Thanks for sharing the link - what an incredibly patient and labour intensive process that’s involved…fast fashion it’s not!! 🙃 What an idyllic home life it looked, all of you taking part in the creation. My claim to shame is that I failed woodwork for the Inter back in the day - went on to do Engineering in college then 🤭 Your father (and mother) have been raised further in my ‘very cool’ rankings!! 🏆😎
It was a good time. It didn’t last but doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You’re an early bird Miriam ⏰
My excuse is I’m on standby 😴
@@VISTATREKKER Ha! My excuse is hormones and a hungry cat! 😂
Well it’s a fine morning for it, bon appetite mr Cat.
Hi Robin.
Just making a mental note to not set up the tent at the bottom of country lanes 🤣. You certainly get that beast into some tight spaces and fly the drone at the same time. I guess its not true what they say about us !! Lovely drone shots and time lapses. All the best
@@Andrew......... thank you as always for watching and for supportive comments Andrew. Yes you might notice my ‘leave no trace’ visual confirmation check as I left the first camp there and I can confirm there was definitely no tent under where I had parked fortunately 😂
The time lapses are like fishing. You never really know what you’ll get but I love the way they tell the story non the less.
Ah yes the myth that men cannot multi task. Sure we can manage heaps of tasks all at once just as long as none of them talk 😄
Fantastic vid as normal... So hoping you hit the 1k soon, you need to start earning for these videos!
I also noticed a lot of campers not only in nice camp spot but small car parking spot to access beaches. I was going to a swim last week to a small spot and 4 campers were there on the side of a road with everything thrown out like tables chairs grills etc. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it is a shame. Those apps became prominent during COVID and it made people lazy. They should take time explore an area and reach out to friends and family like your network camping. Would you put a tint on the windows? Mine has factory tinting and it makes a huge difference to privacy in the back, but suppose you almost miss the view unless pointed at it, you can still see out but more at dusk time it's hard. And the Clare laughed when she saw you ALSO had the same Crocs as me 🤣🤣🤣
@@WestCorkWander once you’ve served your genetic purpose its absolutely fine to live out your days in unattractive crocs 😂 these are my mountaineering crocs.
I haven’t bothered with a tint, I guess if it’s only me privacy is not an issue. If there’s more of us I’m up in the tent. I like spying out at the stars or seeing if a camera is getting the dawn.
The vans are everywhere, it does feel it’s reaching saturation but then it’s a saturation of people living life well so I try to embrace it, in my own ‘I’ll go in the cold if you’re all here now’ kind of way.
I guess the 1000 subscribers is not far away but I don’t play the algorithm. My watch hours are low. My subject matter is too broad, boaters get sent camping videos and visa versa, pretty soon the algorithm goes cold on my efforts, but it’s okay, I do it for the love of it. Editing what I want to edit is the magic. I’m trying not to give that up for editing what will earn instead. At the end of the day the analytics still teach me how to do this well even if it’s only a thousand views and that’s what I want to learn.
Thanks for watching and for your support as ever. The community of sharing and helpful irish UA-camrs is something I have become very glad to be a part of.
@@VISTATREKKER I'm only learning myself, there are things you can do, but you do sell out yourself in a way to get the UA-cam success. We've decided to grow slow and steady and for the most part we are ourselves. We do however try to get a good title and thumbnail. We use vid IQ as that has a good analysis tool. Another good technique is to find a video with a high view to subscribers ratio and simply copy their title. Your video will most likely be presented after that. We've done that twice with good results, we don't do it too often but every third video we do put effort in for new audience capture and the other 2 we do something dramatic for our own subscribers. Mr beast has great advice for how to Garner attention. It's a balance between being authentic and doing all the things other people do to grow. The balance is within and your channel is epic and will be super, don't change too much to chase algorithm growth. Mr beast says just make 100 videos with each one slightly better and then we can talk. We took that to heart and learned so so much... Like we were only 1500 in March!
@@WestCorkWander ya I can’t even read my latest thumbnail on the phone here 😅 planning to change it over the next day or two, that’ll be a day or two too late of course 😂
Thanks for the insight. I do find it interesting. You guys have stormed the arena. It’s impressive. Great to watch your progress. I like your observations on balance too. You’ve got to mind your subscribers, but some of your titles are so catchy it’s hard not to bight the hook even though you know it’s a hook 😂
I like the hundred videos idea. That means I can just keep plugging on with the edits I want to edit or with the angles or adventures I want to show for another year or two. Keep working on camera skills and things. So far it’s taken me three years to get to 42 videos 🐌 😅 all a labour of love though. It’s a long time too though, at least three sets of crocks in that time just to put perspective on it 😂
New thumbnail duly delivered two days late as promised (since I wasn’t called off standby😄)
@@VISTATREKKER nice one, there is nothing perfect, just takes endless tweaking till you are content!
I look forward to these👍👍👍
@@billy1680 thank you, it’s been a while, working too much and spending what time is left with the kids while they were off left little time for this hobby.
I loved this so much. I just got my license to drive here in Ireland (not to worry.... I don't tow any invisible trailers and I've been driving for nearly 40 years even though it was elsewhere). I'm very much a fan of the public transit opportunities here but still am looking forward to the occasional poking around of the places in between that you can only do with a vehicle. Thanks for the video.
@@robinferguson8911 hey Robin thanks for the feedback. Delighted you enjoyed the video. It’s a very simple thing to just head off for a drive with a sleeping bag and a little stove but I find huge freedom in it, even in the midst of normal busy family life and the responsibilities with it.
Genuinely appreciate your feedback. Putting these videos together helps me figure out a lot of things in life, and one of those things is that it’s worth doing more of these type of micro adventures.
Any tips for an overland newbie in Ireland?
@@colm_obrien buy as little as possible, do as much as you can.
Finding spots is the hard part. On my own I just wing it. With the kids I decided to ask among my friends to find places. This has been remarkably successful. Half the people in this country are related to someone with a farm or with land. This is what I mean by ‘Network Camping’
Also have a look at episode 12 & 14. They go through the legalities and tips for vehicle based beach camping here.