Wane Of Summer Wild Camp | Polymath Products Phantom Stove
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- All set for another overnighter in beautiful local woodlands. For this stealth wild camp im using mainly military surplus that include:
British army DPM basha : Dutch army hooped bivi bag : Swedish LK 35 pack : BCB crusader cup.
The 'wane of summer' is evident within the woodlands, as it's now late September. Flora rich with an abundance of berries, and leaves showing signs of the autumn to come...
Today I look forward to trying out a new stove, the Phantom by Polymath Products. This is not a review or a promotion in any way shape or form. This is purely a 'look at' and first impressions of the burner... I look forward to using the stove, and in seeing how it stands up to the test of time out in the field.
Most importantly of all...Its all about getting out from the rat race, and the hectic lifestyles we are all forced to live today... To be able to relax and reset in mother natures garden is a magical thing.
Thank you for watching, and thank you also for the subs.
Here's wishing you all the very best life has to offer
Mike🌳🌳🌳
Music - By Josh Woodward
Intro and outro: Cherry
Track number two: Branches
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Perfect end to a busy week, a new video from my favourite wild camper! Awesome video Mike, beautifully shot and edited. Really enjoyed this. What a fantastic spot you got there. Hope you’re keeping well. ATB my friend. Jason.
Hi Jason👋🏻 aw thank you very much indeed! I'm flattered... You're so very kind🌳🌳👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Hey I look forward to your next upload... You have two great channels
Have a super weekend Jason
Atvb to you and yours
Mike
Hi Mark. New to the channel and subbed. Very relaxing video. I love the DPM tarp and the Dutch bivi, great bits of kit. That table is a cracking idea ! I'm gonna try that one out on my next outing to the bush. You are right, there is nothing like getting out and back to nature. Cheers from Australia. Lee.
Hi Lee, ah thanks mate cant beat good old army surplus for a stealthy wild camp. The table is quite an old idea and I'm sure the first time I saw the idea was on a cool channel called something like 'areallybigmonkey1' something like that anyway lol.
Hey thank you very much for the sub, I'll pop over to your channel and happily sub you back👍🏻
Happy wild camping Lee
Have a good week
Atvb
Mike
A little stealth camping, nice camp. Thanks and take care.
Hi Quinn, can't beat a stealth camp👍🏻 thank you very much for watching you and your comments are very much appreciated.
I need to catch up on your awesome channel
Atvb
Mike
Nice video. Beautiful place and nice stove. Greetings and wish you a great weekend. Like 38.
Hi Greg, thank you my friend😊really nice of you to say and I appreciate your lovely comments.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a good week ahead
Atvb
Mike
Another awesome video mate! Makes me want to get out! Loved the set up and a great shot of the robbin by your bivi in the morning. Thanks for sharing. Cheers 👍👍
Hi Rick, Hahah Cheers mate....Yeah I'm the same when I watch yours...Makes you crave the great outdoors.. Ah yes I think it was Mr Robins camp and I was the guest! Lol
Thanks for watching Rick,
Have a super weekend and I always look forward to watching your next wild camp.
Atvb
Mike 🌳🌳🌳
What a lovely spot you've found there, Another great video too! I feel like bacon now though... ;-)
Hi Jason, ah thank you mate....They certainly take a lot of searching for, always enjoy doing a good recce👍🏻
Hahah! Hope you had sone bacon my friend...Nom nom lovely👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you for watching and commenting Jason
Have a good week
Atvb
Mike
Another great video Mike. Beautiful place for relax. Thumbs up "79". Greetings and wish you a happy new week.
Hi 79, thank you very much and thank you for watching👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Have a lovely peaceful week
Atvb
Mike
Great video again mate thanks for sharing soon be winter...
Take care
Roo
Hi Roo, thank you my friend that very nice of you to say and much appreciated 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Can't wait to winter camp!
Atvb to you
Mike
Always enjoy your vids mate. Thanks for taking us along. ATB Paul 👍🏻🍻
Hi Paul, thank you my friend that's really nice of you to say. I really appreciate your kind words mate.
Thank you for watching
Here's wishing you a fantastic weekend
Atvb to you
🌳🌳Mike🌳🌳
You are definitely one with the woods always enjoy your videos
Hi Jim, 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much mate, I always appreciate you watching my vids 🤗
Take care and all the very best to you Sir
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Mike
Another excellent video.
Hi, thank you very much👍🏻😊👍🏻 glad you enjoyed watching,
Here's wishing you a good week
Atvb
Mike
Awesome as always Mike, good to see you out and about once again :)
Hi Paul, hey thank you very much my friend...Thank you for watching.
Hope your having a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
Great video as always, beautiful location and nice set-up👍Breakfast looked very tasty, Thanks for sharing, look forward to the next one, ATVB to you Paula & Adrian😊🌲👍
Looks and sounds great, thanks for sharing!! Thumbs UP 😊👍
Hi, hey thank you for stopping by and watching my friend...Very much appreciated
Wishing you a good week
Atvb
Mike
As always a awesome video Mike,keep them coming...
Hi Gavin, that's nice of you to say my friend...Thank you so much for watching and your support👍🏻 You are very much appreciated Gavin
Have a good week and all the very best
Mike 🌳🌳👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Aaaah a Black Country Woodsman video pops up .....all is well with the world. Still watching 😊👍
Hi Paul, haha!
Hey thank you for watching...I hope you enjoyed the rest lol
I have to have a catch up on your channel.
Have a great weekend Paul
Atvb to you and yours
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Thank you Mike. What a setting that is. A man tuned in to who he is and nature. As thought provoking as always Mike. Boredom...there is always a chance Mike of it if we lose our appreciation of nature and the simple things as feeling the need to be ''doing'' things can mask the true essence of the moment, the now. Just the sound of rain on the tarp is bliss but only if we are tuned in. So many people I know live as if being busy is a badge of honour...the busier they are the more complete and important they feel in the machine world bless them lol. An appreciation of nature is inherent in all of us. It is being obscured and buried under the ''stuff'' of life but always there waiting to be rediscovered. I really like the new stove, the simplicity of your set up and that table Mike....a flat service is a real help and invaluable. A superb watch and listen as always my friend. Have a great week. Paul :)
I forgot to say Mike...it was great to see the Robin. They are truly wonderful little birds. Always a joy to have them for company :)
A man tuned in to who he is and nature. As thought provoking as always Mike. Boredom...there is always a chance Mike of it if we lose our appreciation of nature and the simple things as feeling the need to be ''doing'' things can mask the true essence of the moment, the now. Just the sound of rain on the tarp is bliss but only if we are tuned in. So many people I know live as if being busy is a badge of honour...the busier they are the more complete and important they feel in the machine world bless them lol. An appreciation of nature is inherent in all of us. It is being obscured and buried under the ''stuff'' of life but always there waiting to be rediscovered. I really like the new stove, the simplicity of your set up and that table Mike. A superb watch and listen as always my friend. Have a great week. Paul :)
Wow Paul a very indepth and very very wise words indeed. I love your explanation/aproach and views. Love the' being busy' as it's absolutely spot on! I'm not so sure about the appreciation of nature being inherent in us All, I do love the idea and it's always a good thing to try and see the best in people but the more I think about this the more I personally believe that some people are completely devoid of any connection with nature. Same as I personally believe that some are born of pure evil and it's in built to be that way.
Glad you liked the stove Paul, it's a real bargain and all it needs now is the test of time...I think the carbon felt shall perish, hope I'm wrong lol....Cooked all that bacon and eggs on one burner full of meths
Thank you for watching
Awesome to hear from you as always Paul
Have a great week too
Atvb to you and yours
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Always a pleasure Mike to watch, listen, comment and share our thoughts. I understand where you are coming from regarding nature and a persons appreciation of it and interaction with it. I feel that we are born in to this world with a natural attachment to the world and nature but that this doesn't get chance to develop due to social conditioning, technology, parents not in tune with it themselves so that appreciation doesn't have chance to develop and nature then is often seen as 'alien' because it is not a part of the machine/technological world. There is no balance. I can remember the time before the internet and now have a foot in both worlds as I was always out entertaining myself in nature and still am. The youngsters growing up today laugh at me when I tell them that there was a world before the internet. They cannot compare and contrast bless them. When exposed to the natural world kids who have previously had no interaction with it will, in my experience embrace it and grow to appreciate it and want to interact more with it over time if given the opportunity and often choose a walk outside rather than sit inside on the X Box if given the choice and an adult takes the time (those that are not too 'busy' that is lol) to nurture their interest. Not all kiss mind you lol. Why are people evil and are they born that way is a conversation we can have one day during a woodland camp 👍😉😊
Hi Paul, yeah I fully agree and we are just part of one machine...We are just tiny individual parts to a never ending machine, when we look at a colony of ants we really are no different but could be so much more if it were not for the opression of authority and the true rulers of this world.
Time has been, and is being taken away from us, as I remember a time where for example the man of the household could support the family. Now in these times both man and woman have to work full time just to scrape by. But then we are told through media that 'we've never had it so good' all lies propaganda, fake news and false leaders. Rich rule the world and shall always look after their own, crazy to think there's a working poor class...I mean wtf! If you work why the hell can't these people afford to live instead of just being an existance. Greed of the rich and a wealth in possessions, materalistic gains instead of of true wealth in health, loved ones and the natural beauty in this world. I always feel at heart that the people are purposely kept in their own little bubbles and made to think that they have a say in how things are run but in reality it's all very much far from our control. You and I know there is no need for poverty, starvation... A vast majority of illness, and diseases are curable but still continue to take lives. Out dated stabalizer medications are still being used rather than an actual cure. All about the profits in the pharmaceutical industries.
I'd love a wild camp with you Paul, plenty to talk about lol...
Have a brill weekend
Mike
Another great, enjoyable video Mike, thank you!
Hi there 👍🏻😊👍🏻Thank you very much and thank you for watching glad, you liked it 🌳🌳😊🌳🌳
Have a good day my friend
All the very best
Mike
Mike, watching this video was pure pleasure from start to finish mate! Your thinking about nature always shows great wisdom and understanding to the point at which you become one with it. A bacon and eggs breakfast cooked on that fantastic little stove really rounded the trip off to perfection and then you were upstaged by a friendly Robin.... you really could not write it!
Thankyou so much for sharing it all with us. Atvb, Michael
Hi Michael, mate thank you😊 I feel we are so very similar in the way we feel about the great outdoors, and mother nature in general. I love your aproach and can tell in your videos you speak from the heart. 👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Ah thanks that stove is really good for a tenner, cooked all the bacon and eggs on one burner full of meths.
Ah yes Mr Robin was around the whole time hahaha! I think it was his camp and I was guest.
Aw thank you Michael, so very kind of you to say and it's very much appreciated my friend.
Have a super weekend and I hope you get to go out to your lovely woodlands
Wishing you all the very best.
Thanks for watching
Mike
Another great video, you have made me feel in love with it all , love you xxx
Hi Karen, aw thank you🤗😍
Well you're welcome to come along at any time...A pleasure having you at camp.
Love you always xXx
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An utterly beautiful film Mike, felt I was there in the poetic rhythm of the rain and forest. I do believe you are a meths veteran as an ideal clean and silent fuel, and yes the sound of rain is a contemplative energy that even better tan a bed time story. A superb production, loved it mate. Atb. Harry.
Hi Harry, cheers my friend...You always say such nice things and I really appreciate you watching. I've been so busy lately, but I look forward to catching up on your awesome channel as with a few others...
Have a lovely week my fellow wild camper
Atvb
Mike
nice video mate
Another excellent video!! Love to watch them keep them coming you are so relaxing respect!!!
Hi Robert, ah thanks my friend🤗It's lovely to know you enjoy the vids, thank you👍🏻
Plenty of vids coming up
Thank you very much for watching
Have a lovely evening
All the very best
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Mike
Such a wonderful peaceful wild camp. Even the birdie thought so! Couldn't believe how close s/he came to you and wasn't even disturbed when you were talking. I've been feeding a feral cat for months now and he still insists on keeping a barrier between me and him. And all I want is a little snuggle and pet! lol This has been a strange week... but a friend is coming on Friday and we plan to camp at my favorite national forest campground. Another chance to sleep in my hammock in the old forest with the sound of surf and the fog horns. I'm so looking forward to it! All the best from the Oregon coast, Diana
PS I thought that table looked familiar! Love that Georgia boy. I've been meaning to recommend Erik Normark's UA-cam videos to you, if you haven't already found him. He goes out in Sweden and Norway, all four seasons, and does some gorgeous videos. I think you'll enjoy them.
Hi, ah thank you very much....Lol Mr Robin was around camp pretty much the whole time, I think I was the guest and it was his camp! That's cool, give it a little more time and the cat shall be a good friend...Being feral I guess it's gonna take a good while but definately worth it. Sorry to hear you've had a strange week, I hope whatever's caused the problems subsides super quick👍🏻Wow Awesome! Great to hear you're getting out there with your mate, just can't beat a good hammock hang. The sound of surf and fog horns makes me want to join you! Wow
Ah yeah the tables an old one, quite a few channels have covered it. I do suffer with my back on and off so I decided on bringing to camp....Glad I did lol
Ah Erik, yes someone's mentioned his channel before. I've watched a couple of his videos, yes they are lovely to watch. ...They seem to be in the style of ASMR SUPER relaxing.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting, always great to hear from you.
Atvb
Mike
nice stove,never seen one of those ones.....i would never get bored of camping out and would live full time in a tent if i could,better than being stuck indoors...love the little Robin we had one around the tent in the wood in the week.and yes my dog cocked his leg up the tent as usual ha ha.nice camp you had.
Hi Toby, yeah the stove is relatively new or so I believe. It does do a great job, bacon and eggs on one burner full of meths, that did surprise me tbh. Yeah you're like me it's in your blood, part of who you are. Yeah there's nothing worse than being all cooped up in a stuffy house, gets very depressing lol. Ah yes Mr Robin was around camp pretty much the whole time, I think I was the guest and it was his camp! Lol Ah did you lovely, they wait for us to disturb the soil so they can get at the bugs, yum yum Hahah.
Ah the tent got christened again! 👍🏻🤣
Bless him💦💦🏕
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Have a superb weekend, say hi to your mom.
Atvb
Mike
Another smashing video! Can't wait for your winter camps later in the upcoming months. Cheers mate!
Aw thank you😊 Nor me! The winter camps are my favourites!!! The colder and more challenging the camp the better👍🏻
Thank you for watching and commenting my friend, you are very much appreciated.
Here's wishing you a good week ahead
Atvb
Mike🌳🌳🌳
Cheers bonny lad
Great vid mate nice to see you hope all is well 👍
Hi Daniel, thank you my friend I'm glad you enjoyed watching, all is good thank you mate...Super to hear from you as always
Have a great weekend Daniel
Atvb
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Thanks Mike where abouts are you from in the Midlands I'm from the Tamworth area ? Looking to find some places to camp cheers mate 👍
Hi Daniel, I'm from Wombourne close to kingswinford and Sedgley. Ah Tamworth yes I know it quite well👍🏻
Hey sounds great to me my friend, I always use Google earth to search out new places.
Happy wild camping Daniel 🌳👍🏻🌳
Let me know how you get on please mate
Take care
Stunning Camp Mate Cheers
Hi Mark, thank you mate i really appreciate you watching👍🏻😊🌳🌳
All the very best
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Mike
Cracking video mate nice fuel stove nothing better than a night out in the woods love it me every week if I can atb jimmy 😎 😎
Hi Jimmy, thank you mate really appreciate you watching....Yeah that stove is great (So far so good) and was amazed it managed to cook all the bacon and eggs on one burner full of meths! Pretty good for a tenner.
Lol yes I know exactly how you feel Jimmy I'm the same..
Thank you again
Have a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
I don't think you''ll ever get bored Mike for the simple reason it's where you're meant to be - you're attuned to nature as we fellow campers are to. Let's face it we love the rain - anyone who complains about it just doesn't get it. Free bath indeed! I really liked the simple a frame old skool military set up. Reminds me of Aldershot! Nice test for the evening - serenaded by the dapple of rain. You couldn't get better in that Jungle setting. I gotta say I liked that Table. That was a good one. All the very best. Mark
Hi Mark, yes mate you're right...Its in our blood, either it is or isn't....I touched on this beforehand as I'm sure you have, getting the children out there amongst nature is vital to the future of this planet. I'm afraid it's being cast aside by parents, school and not covered anywhere nearly as much as it should be by all the platforms of media
Yeah the rain is good for the spirit/soul or whatever we choose to name it.
Ah thanks Mark, yeah thought I'd go old school with the military gear, as it's the first bits of kit I bought years ago...Shows we don't need the most expensive of gear to be able to overnighter and be comfortable.
Thanks mate, that table is a back and knee saver! Lol
Hey thank you very much for watching and commenting
Hope you've had a great weekend
Mike
As you hint Mike I think nature can be encouraged to course through us from an early age. Yes, what do we do mate with this consumer machine that wants to suck everyone in? The earth needs us maaan. Show them somehow that the rain is good - can destroy to. It won't ruin that old skool gear though...ha ha!
Love sleeping in the rain, or just kicking back under the tarp.
Yeah we are water - the rain feels natural.
Really good video; woodland looks lovely, proper peaceful and tranquil. You and the camp blend in very well, good old DPM! Good shots and editing, enjoyed watching, many thanks for sharing 👍
Hi Gilllian, thank you very much! 😊🌳🌳🌳Yes it's a really nice little woodland there, top of a hill and well hidden away. Yes I'm a fan of the DPM too, that and flectarn👍🏻
I really appreciate you watching and your kind words Gillian.
Many thanks for watching....
Have a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
Wonderful place like hevan
Hi mate, yes a place full of peaceful beauty
Thank you for watching
All the very best
Mike
Its friday, just finished work,and the black Country Woodsman has uploaded a new video, nice..🖒. seriously mike, loved this video. You look right at home in the great outdoors. Stunning video mate as always, will watch it again tonight with the wife..Thanks for sharing these video's. Take care mate, atvb.Chris & Ann🖒🖒🖒
Hi Chris, Lol! 😂🤣👍🏻 Cheers mate it's really nice of you to say that, and I equally love your videos. Hey in saying that shall you be doing any more? Hope so as I really do miss your uploads matey.
Thanks again and say I said hi to your Ann, and I wish you both a lovely chilled out weekend👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
All the very best to you both
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Cheers mike. Hope to do some vids soon mate, just busy at the moment . atvb, chris 🖒
Cool I look forward to watching Chris,
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Brilliant Mike, I have the same stove, worth the money for the wind shield alone.thanks mate 👍
Hi Lenord, thank you mate🤗 Yes it is, and it's near on impossible to purchase the stove nowadays.
Thank you for watching Lenord
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All the very best
Mike
I've had a week from hell and this upload is very much appreciated, it's just what I needed. The stove looks good, I'm using a carbon felt wicked Fancy Feast stove at the moment and it works very well too.
Hi mate, hey I'm really sorry to hear you've had such a bad time my friend. Ah the fancy feast now that rings a bell... I'm sure I watched a review on that years back, by some one called hyram cook? (my spelling of the guys channel is most likely wrong lol) Or something like that. Cool stove... Yes the Phantoms felt is carbon based also.
Hey here's wishing you a fantastic weekend, I'm sure whatever you're going through shall pass, and all shall be good for you mate.
Take care ...Wishing you a great weekend
Thank you for watching and commenting it means a lot to me
Atvb
Mike
Thanks for the reply Mike. My wife broke her hip on Monday but she has had it pinned back together and today they let her come home so things are looking much better now :)
It was indeed Hiram Cook videos that made me make and try a fancy feast stove. It was invented by Colaradocamper iirc.
Thank you for your good wishes and I hope you have a good one too. Your vids are so relaxing to watch and I always look forward to the next one. As someone commented I never fast forward :)
Leuk dat de Roodborst even langs kwam vliegen bij je Bushcraft Kamp in het bos
Hi Tony, thank you very much for watching. I'm sorry my friend I do not understand what you've text.
Hope you've had a good day
Atvb 🌳🌳🖐🏻😊🖐🏻🌳🌳
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman (Google translate converts it to):
"Nice that the Robin was flying by at your Bushcraft Camp in the woods." Cheers
Hi there, ah thank you very much for that🤗 Very kind of you I really appreciate it👍🏻😁🌳🌳🌳
Here's wishing you a lovely evening
All the very best 🌳🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳🌳
Mike
Hi Tony, a good friend translated your comment into English for me...
Yes the robin was there throughout, tbh I think it was his camp and not mine, I was the guest! Heheh
Thank you very much my friend
All the very best
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Mike
Loved this from start to finish. I think you're a bit of a poet on the sly.... Loving your mate the robin who keeps photobombing! And as a new subscriber, looking forward to learning about that ace tree trunk table - what a top idea. Keep 'em coming brother!
Hi Rich, Hahah I do tend to slurr my words together somewhat👍🏻🤣 Thank you, that's the first time anyone's said that to me mate. Ah yes Mr Robin was around camp continually, infact I think it was his camp and I was the guest!😂 Thank you for your sub Rich it's really kind of you. Ah the table is quite an old idea that I got reminded about by a person called Paul Bisseker or something along those lines, I do give credit to Paul in one of my earlier vids. There's a few channels that have done this sort of thing before so I don't want to take claim that it's my idea...Hey I believe you can buy an aluminum type version that's on a bracket and ratchet strap also.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Rich
All the very best
Mike
Priceless mate....that's FUNtastic 👌🏼
Hi there, thank you very much 🤗🌳🌳
Glad you enjoyed watching
All the very best
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman keep it awesome Mike. Greetings from Hong Kong. -Joel
Hi Joel, 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thank you so much my friend, wow beautiful Hong Kong🤗
Well here's wishing you a lovely evening...
All the very best from England
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Take care
Mike
got me thinking about that wee stove i like the idea of the felt to soak up the meths...atb
Hi John, cool little stove that just about cooked all that bacon and eggs on one burner full of meths. Very surprised to be honest, a cool little stove that's a good price...Just need to see how it stands up to the test of time
Have a great weekend John
Atvb
Mike
I was WAITING for your next upload - I think this was your best video so far and when I clicked on it here in BULGARIA it was already very late after Midnight and I thought, can I stay awake for another hour to watch this - YES, I did, fantastic editing showing the natural status of English Forestry to the extent that I could feel myself walking beside you,
Not so sure though that the British Army Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) works best as it was designed for campaigns in Central Europe - personally, I prefer the German Flecktarn camo - I just think that it blends in better, but it is personal choice. Nice work and waiting for the next upload. I watch a LOT of UA-cam and YOU like myself, have great content, but got our titles wrong - IF YOU had called yourself Black Country SURVIVAL then, you would have 7000 subscribers minimum by now - it is all about the click bait.
Plus, you are a Bushcrafter, whatever that means - just get out there as you do and enjoy yourself. BTW - you didn't do a 360.
Hi, thank you so very much indeed my friend! Your lovely words are very much appreciated 😊🌳🌳🌳Lovely to hear that you felt you were at camp with me, believe me you'd have been made most welcome👍🏻
Yeah I see what you mean about DPM but I do find it blends far better than the MTP one that I have. I'm the same as you, flectarn is my favourite camo and yes it blends in that little better than DPM👍🏻 Hey I was wondering if there's an actual flectarn basha? Or even a good quality tarp in flectarn? I'll have to do some research my friend. I realised flectarn was so effective when I first had the German army (twin poncho) pup tent.
I also agree about the click bait thing, yes black country survival or survivalist would make for far more subs! Quite sad isn't it that it's all about the click bait for some.
I'm not too sure about labeling myself as a bushcrafter. I'm more about wild camping in and on non permissioned woodland/forestry. But yes I can see what you mean, as what I do does come under the 'bushcraft title...I guess lol.
Yes it's all about getting out there, love the colder months and can't wait to maybe someday do a full on storm camp. Obviously using all precautions and camping as safely as possible in such violent weather.
Yeah I did the 360 but altered it in editing. It's the part of the vid where I start panning the woods and break it up into sections, where you see me reach out and hold a mountain ash branch that's in fruit etc etc
Lovely of you to watch and comment, I really do appreciate your input 👍🏻👍🏻
Look forward to having a catch up on your channel
Have a good week
Atvb
Mike
Bliss 😴🌧🌙👌
Hi there, it certainly is my friend...Oh the next wild camp can't come quickly enough!
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Thank you for checking out my video's, really appreciated.
All the very best
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Your videos always make me happy and chilled out and you deserve millions of subs as your such an awesome Soul and of course make The Best Videos.....Thank you🌟👌⭐👍🌳🌲🌳🌲
Hi there, hey thank you... It makes it all worth while with your comments of pure kindness...
The subs are nice, but it's not about that. It's all about sharing the wonders of our Woodlands and appreciating (respecting) mother nature and then whatever's been on my mind at the time of filming lol.
Thank you, but you're the awesome soul not me.
Hope you're having a lovely evening
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman your a very humble man who is at one with mother earth very cool indeed🌟👌⭐👍
@@moonchild9178 Thank you, and so are you
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Great video my friend , nice camp and set up indeed ! cool stove and good food ,looks like you enjoyed yourself !
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Hi John, thank you very much 😊I really appreciate you watching, and so kind of you to say my friend.
Here's wishing you a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
Never bored of the rain bro never bored of camping
Been wild camping for 31 years bro lol went the other day luvit 8)
Hi there, it's an amazing thing isn't it rainfall on a tarp or tent...So very calming and relaxing🌳🌧👍🏻😊🌳🌳
Yes it's in our blood, something that needs no encouragement...Its just part of who we are 👍🏻Always great to hear of someone else that appreciates it the same
Thank you very much for watching and I hope you're having a great weekend
All the very best
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Mike
Black Country Woodsman lol certainly it’s bru you on insta bru?
Hi mate, yes I'm on Instagram...Are you?
nice one bud .keep the vids coming ..
Hi mate, thank you very much for watching....Its always great to get out there isn't it.
Here's wishing you a great weekend
Take care and all the very best
Mike 🌳🌳🌳
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Happy days. I'm out next weekend I'll post vids on here .
Happy days indeed! I look forward to watching mate...
Have a good un 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Another great video.
Thank you especially for the lesson on that plant, it was interesting to learn that it was a pest. On winter solstice 2018, I was looking for a camp site in a woodland in the dark and got to a huge patch of these (Im pretty sure it was them from the leaf shape). First struggled trying to get through them and then when i realized it was hopeless as they continued forever, struggled to get back out of them. They were so dense that I got battered by the time i got out haha.
Also nice little stove, especially liked the half sized windshield, as theyre usully way too tall, but it is sold out everywhere haha.
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Hey you're most welcome, yeah rhododendron is very invasive especially by river banks im sure the plant originates from Asia. Heheh! Yes my friend they are a complete nightmare to climb through the branches and roots👍🏻Really hard going. But also ideal for year round cover being evergreen, offers valuable coverage from prying eyes when wild camping👍🏻😊👍🏻
Ah thank you mate, yeah a nice little compact stove that weighs practically nothing...Wow they've sold out? Hopefully they'll re-stock as its very good for the money.
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words, its really kind of you.
All the very best to you and yours
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Black Country Woodsman haha yeah thats it the rhododendron, I did not dare try to spell that just from hearing you say it haha. Now that youve brought them to my attention im seeing them all over my old footage as i edit it.
But yeah i can see how they would be great cover, that time I got stuck in them, they were the only green thing in that part of the woods as it was December and all other trees were very tall so even the pines did not provide any greenery on the forest floor.
Yeah i hope they have not discontinued the stove, as it is sold out everywhere i find it listed.
You are so much braver than me Mike, I am still pussying out of stealthing alone so worried about getting caught. And the confrontation. Love your vids as always mate. Super.
Hi Carl....Nah mate im not particularly brave, in all truth i get a buzz out of the risk. I really dont worry too much, I just assess how stealthy I need to be in the given woodland, obviously winter time I'm more inclined to ground dwell as the flora has died right back and haven't got the coverage I'd have in warmer months (that's why I love evergreen bushes/trees)
What's the worst they could do other than tell you to get off the land?
Ah thanks mate, glad you enjoyed watching👍🏻
Have a super weekend
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman well that is or maybe they would come and kick you about if there was several. We were approached by some travellers once who warned us we better not be metal detecting their patch. We weren't obviously. But that was a bit weird
Lol, I'm more than equipped should things get out of hand, but in all honesty where I do overnighters it's a nightmare to get to. Very unlikely I'd get unwanted guests, you've watched too many horror flicks! Lol
Was your camp easy to walk into?
@@BlackCountryWoodsman yes mate it was like a national park. Problem with have here in Norfolk is a lot of the woodlands that are closed to the public are used for game pens and are patrolled every night by game keepers. So have to go to public woods.
Ah I see yeah, it's so very difficult to find locations isn't it...I spend hours looking I'm sure you're the same
Great video and camp.
I've just got a Polymath stove and look forward to using it.
Cheers
i think video is brilliant Mick might even be the best one yet,stove was fantastic and i will try one now ive seen this,dont really like the sound of gas anyway...cheers for shareing
Hi Mal, thank you mate 👍🏻😁👍🏻🌳🌳
I've had a few people say that polymath no longer stock that stove, shame as it's really very good. I'm no fan of gas myself Mal, each to their own I guess and of course it all depends on where you may want to cook.
Thank you very much for watching my vids my friend
All the very best
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Mike
Another good video Mike. Thank you. You have got me looking at buying one of the Phantom stoves using it for a while and even doing a review my self.
Hi there, thank you my friend....Yes a cool little stove especially for the price. Ah I look forward to watching your review, I just need to see how it stands up to the test of time. That carbon felt may be the one part of the stove that could perish....Interesting.
Thank you again for watching
Have a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
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Hi Martina, hey thank you for watching😊I'm glad you liked it👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
Mike
Wicked as always mate keep it yer I'll keep watching and commenting I know it put a smile on your face when u get a comment I know it does on my videos
Hi Paul, thank you😊 and thank you for watching... Yes it certainly does!
I need to catch up on your awesome channel
Take care and all the very best
Mike
Black Country Woodsman THANKYOU for calling it awesome 😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Mike, that stove is like the one I made out of a shoe polish tin, it was an experiment that did work but it used a ton of fuel, interested to see how it performs for you I like it though. I'm regretting getting rid of my LK50 now :-( seeing your LK35 I miss it, great idea for the pack rest. My DD 3x3 hasn't been rained on yet, I'm out with Rick next weekend so kinda hoping to christen it... can't beat rain on a tarp noise. Did u train that robin? LOL he totally photo bombed your wake up shot. That breakfast :-) Cheers Mike, enjoyed this one a lot, I never fast forward. Lee
Hi Lee, yeah it's similar isn't it..Shall be interesting to see how it stands up to the test of time. I'm not one for reviews and don't believe in reviewing gear that's not been used at least for a good 12 months out in the field. This was just a 'close look at' initial thoughts. Was really impressed when it managed to cook my bacon and eggs on only one cap full of fuel👍🏻
Ah yes That Lk 35 or 50 I always thought the lk 50 was a myth? But mate yeah they are so good as you know. When you gave it away I thought it was super generous of you mate! Lovely thing to do, but I knew you may regret in doing so ...eek...Your a good soul....Oh well, easy enough to get your hands on a 35 just a bloody pain sewing those pouches on. Luckily there are several seamstresses at my work! Lol
I'm surprised it hasn't rained for you while camping yet mate...Yeah it's fantastic and takes camp to the next dimension in my opinion. Just obviously filming is a complete pain in it .
Ah lol Mr Robin, he was around camp pretty much the whole time! He even came up to my boots as I was eating. I think it was his camp and I was the guest! lol
Thank you for watching Lee and the kind words. I have one of your awesome vids to watch, looking forward to it mate
Thanks again
Here's wishing you a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
Stove: since 1983 only gasoline stoves used. Started with Optimus 8r. Then msr whisperlite..... Alcohol not everywhere ., have to go to special shop, bad parking and so.... Car gas is! Bigger group... Coleman twin burner.
Hi Gert, cool that you've stuck to gasoline stoves since 1983 !!!
We all have our own individual preferences on what gear we use. I've always been a massive fan of meths/ alcohol burners.
Thank you for telling me what you prefer, always great to hear what others use😊👍🏻
Hope you had a great Christmas
Here's wishing you a wonderful 2020
Mike
Hi I’m currently off work injured so stumbled across your videos and I really like them and I can’t wait to get out and try some of the stuff could you put links in your videos so we can buy the real stuff if we see it and not accidentally buy something from China cheers keep the good work up 👍
Hi Brian, thank you mate thats nice of you....I'm never one to review gear and leave that well alone, so many channels out there that already do it. What I do is I take a look at something I've purchased myself, and occasionally I'll say what I think of my gear after say a couple of years hard use. If there's anything you like the look of out my vids then just let me know and I'll try my best to send you a link👍🏻
Sorry to hear you're injured Brian, sending you well wishes
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
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Mike
Hi bud, I love the liquid burners, wonder how many burns you would get out of that before having to replace the sponge.
I wish I’d have purchased the steel BCB Crusader cup instead of the black version. The paint started to peel inside the bottom of the cup after only two brews of water. I had to bin it 😞. Anyway great video again pal. I’m just working my way through them all.
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I'm using the burner everytime I wild camp and I believe it should last indefinitely as long as you don't let the fuel fully burn out within the burner. If the carbon pad doesn't fully burn all the meths and retains some moisture it should last years, or so I believe anyway...I look forward to seeing how the little stove stands up to lots of use throughout this coming winter, and shall show on vid if there's any issues that may arise.
Ah yes the BCB crusader cup is exellent, great choice my friend. Ah yes I never purchased the coated version because I'd heard people having the same problems as you.I do hope you can retrieve the cup? ... If you get some wire wool and fully remove the coating within, you won't have the worry of consuming any of the coating. I believe you had the mark 1 version the same as I do? The mark one being stainless steel and mark two being coated aluminium
Glad you enjoyed watching, I hope you enjoy the rest of my videos my friend 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and commenting
Have a good week ahead
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Mike
Black Country Woodsman ahh right Mike I didn’t know that, I heard they do degrade over time, that’s good to know bud.
I’m afraid I binned the BCB, I did try to get wire wool the paint off, even heated it up to soften it but just couldn’t get it all off. I’ll pick a Mk1 up for Christmas 👍. Oh and you too bud, have a great week.
Hi mate, the Mark 1 shouldn't degrade too much as it's heavy duty stainless steel, even if used on the campfire most the time...The Mark2 doesn't look so robust to me, but then again I've never had one or physically held one. Ah so you had the mark2 cup and that's anodized aluminium, that explains why you couldn't remove the coating👍🏻
Yeah mate I'd definately go with the stainless mark1 for Christmas, had mine years and it's as bomb proof now as the day I purchased it.
Always nice to hear from you my friend,👍🏻
Take care
Mike
Black Country Woodsman awesome, the Mk1 is on my Christmas list then, cheers Mike
Hi Mike, only just subscribed to your channel some 2 months ago, I have to do wild and stealth camping along with my nephew, because if you have an open fire then you know someone will report it, I have a lot of forrestry woods my way, and most of them are pine trees, so common sense prevails, I just use my meths stoves most of the time, enjoyed the video, where did you get the little stove from?
Hi there, aw thank you for the sub👍🏻Hey I'm not sure if I'm subbed to you? So I'll head over to your channel and see...If I'm not I'll definately sub you back!😊🌳🌳🌳
Ah that's cool wild camping with your nephew👍🏻🌳🌳🌳 true you have to be so so careful with campfires. If your on non permissioned land like I always am, you have to be so careful not to give your whereabouts away so fire lighting I usually leave till dusk and keep it small. Yeah meths is my preferred fuel also....Hey happy wild camping with your nephew, please let me know how you get on.
Here's a link to where you can get the stove. Plus it's also in Amazon
www.polymathproducts.co.uk/product/phantom-ultralight-stove-and-windshield-set
Just checked, yes I'm subbed to you ...I look forward to having a catch up on your vids👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you for watching and the kind words
Have a great weekend
Atvb
Mike
@Paul Taylor Hi Paul👍🏻😊👍🏻That's really kind of you to say, always enjoy every camp I do but this was a particularly nice one.....Cant beat good old military surplus👍🏻
Thank you again my friend.
Have a great day
All the very best 🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳
Mike
@Paul Taylor Hi Paul, wow......Ive had a reverse osmosis filter myself because I used to keep marine fish.
I do know that we are repeatedly lied to from media, and I've never taken what I've heard or read as gospel. I do believe us as a species is being dumbed down so we are more easy to deceive and manipulate. Ah you're a survivalist, that's so very cool and I understand why you'd want to avoid being on the likes of UA-cam and social media in general. Afterall it's just another way of keeping tabs on us.
Lovely to hear from you Paul.
Hope your evening is a good one
Atvb
Mike
@Paul Taylor Hey no worries my friend I do exactly the same! 👍🏻
Not keen on those smaller burner brackets. Ill stick to my BCB crusader mk2 like the wind
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Hi mate, fair enough... I find them fine for cooking on but it's all personal preference at the end of the day.
Thank you very much for watching and your comment👍🏻
All the very best
Mike
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