Devils Tor Wild Camping | Beardown Man Dartmoor | Hilleberg Soulo
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Outdoors Inspiration, Shamus McCaffery, sets out for a wild camp on Devils Tor, Dartmoor. With his canine companion, Petra the German Shepherd, he pitches a Hilleberg Soulo and tells us about the Beardown Man, a 4000 year old Bronze Age standing stone. Shamus shares his skills and knowledge on Dartmoor National Park, where he continues to live and work.
Petra is the star of your channel👍
Thank You John 🐶 😊👍 It's the story of my life; being upstaged by a canine companion 😂
Did my first wild camp a couple of weeks ago it was great can't wait to go again and I'm really enjoying your videos cheers
Thank you, that's very much appreciated - Just wait for the rain 👍😊😂
Thanks Shamus another great video. The Beardown Man has got to be my favourite menhir on the moor....well of all the ones I’ve seen so far. Keep up the good work!
You're always welcome and thank you for coming along the last time we visited it 👍👍👍🐶
This really is a top notch channel you’re building here Shamus - look forward to each of your uploads and welcome all the quality advice given. Waiting on Thursday now 👍😀
Hi Gary and thank you, very much appreciated - I honestly enjoy making these videos so much - Thanks again 😊👍🐶
Love the intro shot of Petra, and the drone type shots of the Beardown Man... You are storming with your subscribers due to the work and effort you are putting into your channel. Keep up the momentum and outstanding content.
Thank you, Tom, thank you very much 😊 That's very kind of you.
I hasten to add, for the benefit of Dartmoor enthusiasts, that the 'drone type' images are in fact using a 360 camera on a 2.7m carbon pole (you can see it strapped. to my rucksack) - I have to point this out because the flying of drones isn't permitted with Dartmoor National Park. 👍
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 I was aware that you used the 360 camera but didn't know if you wanted everyone to know one of your secrets to the top notch filming ha ha..
@@TOMHEANEY100 - Haha 😂 Thank you Tom. It's fine, I would rather that, than someone think I was flouting the law 👍 😊🐶
I've never been to Devils Tor but is on my list of places to go. The closest I've been to Devils tor is whistmans wood😁👍
This video popped up on my recommendations. Very glad it did as I really enjoyed watching it. Looks like you and your dog share great adventures. Going to check out some of your other videos now. 👍
Hi Anthony, thank you 😊 I hope you enjoy them and thank you for watching 👍🐶
Hi from Scotland thank you for realy interesting good fun videos to your self and cutie Petraeus stay safe 🙂🙂🙂🙂🥰🥰🥰🥰
Love your vlogs. Inspirational and very interesting. Especially love the history of the areas you camp.
Thank you Mark 👍😊🐶
Another really informative and fun video on what has to be one of the best channels covering Dartmoor. Nice job Shamus! Your approach is spot on. It must take so much time to plan your videos, film, edit etc etc. But they come across brilliantly and I thoroughly enjoy them. Can't wait for the next instalment. I've watched this one a couple of times and just wanted to send you some positive feedback. How about covering some content on walking/hiking boots at some time in the future, I see your boots take quite a beating in the elements, so you must have some good tips and experience to share! Take care Shamus and stay safe. All the best, Pete :)
Hi Pete and thank you 😊 I think footwear deserves a mention, but it has. to be tackled right - ultimately shoes and boots are a very personal fit 😊🐶👍 Thank you again 👍
Cracking vlog Shamus! Just discovered your channel and it's definitely a cut above a lot of Dartmoor interest channels. I have wild camped many times on the North Moor, usually around Fur Tor/ Cut Hill. Did you set off from Holming Beam? Liked and subscribed, now to catch up on your other episodes 👍
Hi Robert, Thank you 😊 - Yes it was a quick dash out the door and out at Holming Beam. I had thought about coming out around Conies Down Tor, but the weather has been wet and it is such a bog-hop around Black Dunghill.
I've always wondered if I would feel too cramped in a Soulo and then I see a guy with a German Shepherd... I need to reevaluate my relation with space 😆
Thank you 😊 I wasn’t sure to start with, but once you get settled into a routine with a tent, then it starts to work for you 👍
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 Yeah I guess you're right about that, great videos btw! 👍
Great video again . Normally when I go wild camping I always forget one thing. Does this happen to you often ? or do you run a checklist each time ?
Hi Steve 😊 Thanks for commenting - I should have a checklist, but I don’t. It’s a great idea, but then I don’t always take the same things and sometimes, if I take this I don’t take that etc etc... I know there was something I forgot recently, but I can’t remember what it was 😂👍
Cracking video Shamus. Very interesting as always. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Shane, good evening and thank you 😊
Excellent video ....enjoy the history lesson especially the Bronze Age part...some much to see
Morning, Kim 🐶 Thank you 😊
Fabulous. The views up there are something else but I would think camping up there would be quite spooky, mind you Petra looks happy enough with it.
Thank you … it is a beautiful place to camp 😊👍
Awesome channel Shamus and Petra is a stunning dog. Compulsive viewing 👍👍 Simon
Thank you Simon, I appreciate that 😊👍🐶
Another great video Shamus, thank you. You deserve the rapid rise in Subscribers. Here's to many more.... Cheers!! (what was in the hip flask you added to the hot chocolate?)
Thank you, Brad 😊 That was Shackleton blended malt - Thanks for reminding me, I might just have one now - 🥃 cheers
Another great video, the heart stopped for a moment when Petra jumped the barbed wire ! The coffee looked good, might have to get some for my next wild camp on 30th. Planning on the Chilterns near the River Thames.
Hi Michael, yes, mine stopped too... She can climb that stile quite easily and normally does. The coffee really was very nice. I hope you have a great outing at the Chilterns, let is know how you get on 😊🐶👍
P.S. Apologies that i keep spelling your name wrong, Shamus.
Hi Elizabeth, that’s perfectly okay - I have an Anglicised spelling 😊🐶
Not the colour tent I'd think of for a wild camp but there again you were on Dartmoor and wild camping is okay there. Nice to hear people who have knowledge of the places they go or share what they're learning as they go too; Petra is a lovely lady, what a born star. I've had German and Belgian Shepherds in the past, great dogs. I've not had a dog for some years now but I think I did I might go for a Jack Russell or something as lively and a similar size. Good luck for those going for the stove, I think I have quite enough now.
Bowland Forrest for me last week and it was a bit wild but that's whole point for me. I shall be out again (allegedly) - being in tier 3 now - I'm not sure it would be approved by the authorities, but i can't get or spread any virus when I'm nowhere near any other person for at least a mile. I have been on Dartmoor for a long time, I think I was wearing a heavy Bergen last time. Stay safe.
Thank you, Mark - to date I have been an advocate of green tents. To be honest, the reason I have this one is because I will be making videos throughout the wet and misty winter and red just adds a bit of colour to grey, cloudy, wet skies and grey granite. Wishing you well during your tier 3 episode - stay safe 👍😊🐶 woof from Petra.
Found your channel a few weeks back I'm loving it keep up the great vids 🍻
Hi Michael, thank you 😊 very much appreciated 👍
Great video mate, I have to agree base camp foods are great. Have a good week, looking forward to Thursdays video. Joe.
Hi Joe, and thank you very much - 😊👍🐶
Thank god other people understand the importance of upland peat bogs. If the townies have their way they will replant all the peat bogs in the Cambrians with trees in the belief they can carry on living as they do - at the expense of a diverse habitat.
Thanks for taking the time to view 😊 They are so important, the trouble is, unless we tell folk they won't know 👍
Your videos are of outstanding production value and your presentation and story telling is captivating! I hope you get more subscribers you deserve it! Please keep up the great content.
Hi Dominic. Thank you very much😊 I really appreciate that 👍🐶
Another fab video thanks for sharing it. Interesting about the moss usage during the war !
Thank you, Stuart 😊 I’m glad you liked it 👍
Thanks again for another great video .👌👏👏👏🙏
Hi Andy, and thank you again for watching 🐶🐾👍
Lovely part of the moor and another great video. Petra really is a lovely dog :)
ATB, Dave
Hi Dave - thank you ... and woof from Petra 😊🐶 - You're right, it is a nice part of the moor with Sheeps Tor standing out like an Island 👍
Fascinating stuff... You're a fountain of interesting facts and general info. I've learned things about peat bogs I never knew before, such as their role in CO2 (I just thought they were a wet nuisance!). Also about the bronze age stones etc... Thank you. Perhaps sometimes you could put in a little map in a link so I can study your route? That bridge at the beginning, for example, I've never seen that before, and it looked difficult to find a way across that bleak featureless Moor.
Thank you Peter, I'm working on map inclusion - most maps are copyright, so I need to ensure I do it in the right way. Then little bridge is well known, it is marked as FB (foot bridge) on Ordnance Survey maps. Peat bogs really are an important resource, who'd have thought it? But they are. All the very best and thank you for watching 😊👍🐶
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 I'm hooked! Can't wait for the spring and longer days when I can try it for myself!
G'day from queensland Australia.
I do a mix of frozen veggies & rice / noodles mixed with T.V.P. Just add water.
Noodles have a sauce & powdered sachet mix in a packet.
Gerard.
Great stuff Shamus. I'm planning a couple of nights on Dartmoor next week. What pegs do you use with your Soulo on Dartmoor? I've just used the normal V pegs with my Soulo thus far but have added 4 black label Y pegs to my Enan. Are the V pegs enough on Dartmoor? Its one place I've not yet been to....and it looks pretty damp at the moment :-) Many thanks again
I've just used the standard V pegs to be honest - however ive added some longer tube stakes for wet weather as well. I quite like the original Hilleberg pegs - the flat silver ones, they have a good surface area 😊👍🐶
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 Thanks, I'll just chuck in a few of the bigger Y pegs for peace of mind :-)
Seamus, how do you wade through the water up to your knees? What boots, socks and gaiters have you got? Or you just a hard man and sleep in soggy kit? Please reply I'm really intrigued
Hi Darren, I have been a runner on Dartmoor for decades and to be honest your feet just get wet. I sort of accept that if they get wet, that's the way it is. So at night I wring my socks out and put dry ones on to sleep in. My trousers are lightweight synthetic, they dry quickly. I wear some thermals once I'm in the tent. In the morning I wear my wet gear, after 5 minutes I don't notice it, 1/2 an hour later the heat of my body has generally dried my trousers completely 👍😊🐶
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 thank you for the reply, when I seen petra swimming and you wading through I was wondering how you stayed dry
Thanks for the video again.. would be interested to know your thoughts on head lamps and the little camp light you use if you have a link to a previous Thursdsy video that covers this? Or maybe one for the future now the evenings are drawing in.
Thanks Kevin, head torches are a very important element, the trouble is - there are sooooo many 😊😂 The little lamp I use is called a 'Splashflash' avaialble on Amazon for around £12 - My main torch is a Zebralight H600 w Mk4 👍 and I also carry a Petzl Myo XP - I will probably update this. to a rechargeable light for this winter - I'll ensure I update on a video once I've found a replacement.
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 thanks very much, appreciated!
Nice video. I tweeted out the prize draw for you.
Thank you Rog 👍 Got it this time 🐶😊
Great video mate, what a beautiful dog. Does she fit ok in the soulo, i've got a staffy and want to take him with me on a camp just not sure if he'll be comfortable and he's getting old bless him
Hi Paul, Petra does fit in the Soulo, but in truth there is far more space and comfort in a 2 person tent or my Akto, which she can fit in the vestibule. I have an elderly Rottie, she doesn't come camping - she prefers the sofa 😂👍😊🐶
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 haha thanks mate
These are very good videos to watch and I mainly watch them late at night to help me sleep as I suffer from insomnia due to tinnitus and they help to distract from it until I feel sleepy enough to sleep. I love your words of wisdom!
Regards
Matthew👍
Brilliant video Shamus really enjoyed it your channel one of my current favs
Thank you, Ian. I enjoyed that wild camp, a very good night out 👍😊🐶
Dartmoor is beautiful spend a few wonderful evenings there with the military lolol
Which of your tents do you prefer with a dog companion? Does the Hexpeak get a look in? (which looks ideal with a big porch)
Which Montane jacket is that? (black with red lining) - looks nice.
Hi Martin, the Hex does get a look in, but it's such a phaff to put up at times - The Hilleberg Anjan 2 is a really beautiful tent. 👍😊🐶
Love your camera work Shamus x
HI Dawn, I hope you're staying well and safe 😊👍🐶 Thank you for that, I love making these videos 😁
hi shamus i am not a camper at all but the videos are so relaxing with great locations they just draw you to a better place in these funny old times thanks very much phil.
Love the dog mate 👌👌👌
Hi Matt - Thank you 😊🐶👍
Another goodn mate! Really enjoy hearing about the history of the moors 😁 Would love to see a Thursday video on tents or essentials for winter wildcamping 😬
Hi Greg, I am just holding back on tents to see what the 'lockdown' situation is - it's something I can video whatever the situation so I'm just keeping it in my back pocket for a couple of weeks - but it will be done 👍 - thanks for your support 😊
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 A very good idea. 😁 looking forward to it!
Great again thanks
Hi Gavin 👋 Thanks for watching - much appreciated 😊🐶👍
I love to walk the bogs Shamus and get turned on by the Sphagnum Moss to. Yeah 1 meter of peat is about 1,000 years in time. I like to take a bit from the bottom of a rise and think to myself I am holding 2,000 years of carbon time in my hands and then smell it. Any way, enjoyed that. Mark
Absolutely, Mark 👍 We used to take ice cores from Antarctica - each new depth represents a slice of the earth's atmosphere ... I also look for prehistoric artefacts - just in case 😊
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 far out Shamus. Who is we? And what artefacts have you found?
@@WyeExplorer - In deep peat, so far nothing... A friend found flint arrow heads in in peat I I have found row heads, scrapers and part of a flint knife around Bronze Age sites - Another fried, a farmer has over 3,000 magnificent finds, one of which was believed to be a hand axe of some 20-30,000 years. The 'we' sorry, yes I lived in Antarctica fro a number of years with the British Antarctic Survey.
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 That's far out. So many good finds and equally far out you being part of that team. What an experience.
@@WyeExplorer - Thank you, the thing is around here is that there is no flint, so when you have 'your eye tuned' so to speak - it stands out.
Much as I love dogs and Petra especially... but how do you manage the hairs and dirt on your kit, especially the tent??
I never notice it to be honest Tom, I think dog owners (I have 3) just become blind to dog hair 😂 In respect of dirt I'm okay with that, again its never of a noticeable level - to me anyway 🐶🐶🐶
Great video Shamus
Very informative, that hiliburg looks like a cracking bit of kit.
Really enjoying your channel mate 👍
Now that's really kind of you, thank you. The Hilleberg Soulo is a very robust 4 season tent - certainly does the trick 👍🐶😊
No. Thankyou. Another thoroughly entertaining,informative and enjoyable video. Ian
Wow 🤩 Thank you Ian, praise indeed, I really appreciate that 😊
Another top video and becoming one of my favourite wild camping channels. Shamus you are good but the star of the show for me is Petra.....she is adorable.
Evening, Mark - don't I know it 😂 she is adorable 🐶 Thank you👍
impressive menhir! I loved your video. It must be awesome to camp near one. Here in Spain we have a few, if I dare one day to spend the night close to one. Best regards!
This one is 11ft tall it is beautiful - thank you for commenting 😊
Thank you for another enjoyable adventure. Yes, I know I say it all the time: I love Petra! And of course you too Seamus. That standing stone is beautiful. Honestly I'd be a bit scared to be out there at night, good thing you are not.
Thank you, Elizabeth. It’s very peaceful in the moors at night, there is nothing there to harm anyone so you can literally ‘rest assured’ 🐶😊👍
Really enjoying your channel, I spent the night at that very same spot at the beginning of August and the ground was just as wet then.
ATB Jason
Thank you, Jason 😊 - I have crossed that part once when it was dry... 6 years ago 😂😂😂
Another entertaining and informative video. The wet bogs don't seem to bother you, I wonder if you are planning to talk about footwear and keeping your feet dry.
The bogs don't bother me too much - we could discuss footwear, but after years of running out here, I don't mind the wet feet. It's drying them that's the trick 👍😊🐶 A good quality pair of boots and 'reading the vegetation' is key to a dry foot 😊
Like the historical facts in this video, interesting stuff. I feel enlightened 🙂😁
Thank you, Martin. much appreciated 😊
Really enjoyed this one Shamus. I like the 'have tent will travel' and put it where I like feature ! 🙂 I hope Petra wasn't still in there.
Hi Jonathan, thank you 😊 Re: Petra, you must be joking she weighs 33kgs 😂😂
Another brilliant video, the editing makes it such an easy watch!!
Thank you 🙏🏻 you know I really appreciate that 😊👍
How did you get your Hillburg tent because when I looked they were all sold out?
I have bought 6 Hillebergs over the years - 5 of. them from Taunton Leisure - Thats where I got this one 👍😊🐶
Love all the facts you share. I’d love a Hilleberg too. Currently saving for a Soulo. Seeing Petra, I miss my dog 😢, but reminded of Blue Peter 😎
Thank you 😊 the Hilleberg tents come with a hefty price tag but the quality is superb. And... of course Petra is named after Peter Purves’ dog ... the childhood TV pet dog 🐶
I can't recommend a Soulo enough.. Tom
Crikey sir, that's a bright tent. Let me get my sunglasses.
Yes - it does stand out a bit , doesn't it 😂👍😊
Shamus, what’s that coffee like? Not seen that before!
Hi Stuart - that coffee is is very nice indeed, they have various blends, the bag is a filter and pours a couple of cups 😊👍🐶
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 that looks a coffee lovers solution, I’ve found your supplier, Brazilian or Guatemalan for me! I prefer a bit of body! Far lighter than most other pro solutions
I hadn't realised such things existed - trouble is, I had it at 8pm ... I was up three times for a pee 😂😂😂 Next time, I'm having it in the morning 👍
@@outdoorsinspiration9284 ha ha I know that feeling too! Although not as frequently as you!
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Hi Emma 🐶😊👍
Outdoors Inspiration Hi Shamus and Miss Petra 🥰💖
@@emmaxx2529 - 🐶 woof 🐕 😂
Outdoors Inspiration 🤣🤣🐶💖