Solo Camping | Hooped Bivi | Camp Fire Cooking
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2019
- Camping alone in a small wooded area between 2 farms set in the beautiful County of Hampshire in the south of England.
I took a bivi and tarp on this trip, and cooked some nice food over the camp fire that I lit with char cloth and jute twine.
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Music taken from the UA-cam library
Thank you indeed. Really enjoyable. Glad that I found your channel
Hey Jeremy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. thanks for watching : )
No problem Dan. Gives me an incentive to take no notice of age...just do it
exactly my friend : )
Dan, as ever a pleasure to watch. Thinking back I can see how far you have come, along with your channel, to be one of the best wildcamp/bushcraft/not too hippy places to find real honest info and ideas on you tube. Your natural way of teaching, along with your humour make your films unmissable. So, top marks on the grub, steak pots and onion always a winner. As far as I am aware "real Scottish porridge" is made with water anyway, so making it with milk is probably considered a bit girlie......😮 ATB Dave
Haha.. I’d hate to be known as ‘a bit girlie’ 😂😂
Thanks Dave, I really appreciate the kind comments and support you’ve always shown 😊👍
Nice wee set up buddy looked a great night to be out
cheers mate : )
It looks like a Dutch army bivibag. I had one of those for 2 years instead of a tent, in the worst of rains and I really like it.
one of my biggest worries as an urban stealth camper is someone tripping and landing on top of you if using the dutchy one, but i can see the low profile use of it being very stealthy in some of my situations. maybe one day, thanks for commenting regaring their usefullness in heavy rain
@@BushmanAOD I slept even in city parks with it, one time even near the eiffeltower, and I had never a problem. Just be smart about the place you are gonna stealthcamp I guess.
it is a dutch army bivi, I'm not fully sold on it yet.. I prefer just sleeping under a tarp. but its ok for something different. and I've only slept in it a couple of times, I'm sure it will grow on me : )
@bushmanAOD it does blend in really well, you could loose it if you wandered off : )
@@CampLifeBushcraft Yeah I sleep under a tarp more and more. I like the light pack and the real outside feel of it. But the bivi was great travelling around for 2 years
AWESOME video again! Lovely place with excellent footage. 👍👍
Thank you, your kind comments and support are very much appreciated 😊👍
@@CampLifeBushcraft You got it 👍
Started watching your videos a few weeks ago and almost through the catalog. Enjoying every minute.
Thanks so much, 😊😊
Thank you friend 👍
thanks for taking the time to watch : )
Nice to see you again. Always enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks bud
Absolutely awesome!
Thanks for sharing Dan.
Happy Easter to you and your family. Take care mate, Steve. 👍👍
Thanks Steve, Happy Easter 🐣
Today is a great day. I had my first bike ride since my accident last September and now a new video from you. Looking forward to spending my Friday evening watching. Thanks.
Cheers Mark, glad you're on the mend mate : )
Great channel. One of the best on UA-cam.
Thank you Oscar, thats very kind.
I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a nice comment.
ATB
Dan
Nice one Dan. Lovely area and a restful camp.
Thanks Donald, it was really nice.
Thanks for watching 👍
Looking good. Doesn’t get any better than steak and sweet potatoes 🍠. Keep em coming
thanks Oz, it was pretty tasty.
I appreciate you watching mate.
ATB Dan
Nice video I’m a tree dweller myself but love being outdoors regardless of the sleeping arrangements. The cooking and the bushcraft skills is what I enjoy the most
I tried a hammock, but it was not for me, way prefer the dirt : )
great video really enjoyed
Thank you George : )
Sweet, I like the longer vids. Glad the new sleeping bag was warm. I'm a fan of military surplus but technical is always better than tactical. Looking forward to the Normandy trip atb Just.
Thanks just, I prefer the military bag too if truth be told, it’s just so big and heavy!
I really appreciate your support and kind comments mate.
I’ve just come back from a really cool trip with Tink, next couple of videos are going to be good ones I hope 😁👍
Nice one mate love he Dutch vivid bag awesome bit of kit
Thanks bud 👍
The nice thing about watching your videos is your enjoyment to practice Bushcraft & Research ways to improve, BRAVO-CB3
Thank you sir, you kind comments and support are always appreciated 😊
Dan that was fantastic love the longer vids,you have a great sense of humour and your never afraid to try different things (Choco-Orange explosion cake thingy) had me laughing. ATB Kev.
ha, thanks Kev, yeah not the best thing ever but with 2 oranges it would be grand : )
Awsome entertainment ! Love your humour very much ;-) Happy Easter to you and your family ! Greetings from Austria, Gaby
Hey Gaby, I’m glad you
Liked it, thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment.
Happy Easter to you too.
Dan
Great video Dan thanks for sharing. Atb Stu
Thanks Stu, appreciate that 👍
Happy Easter 🐣
Just found you .first watch !!!!....Enjoyed such a nice relaxing camp....Food looked great...Subbed and will work my way through previous vids....Cheers from Inverness
Hey Ken, I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for subscribing, it’s very much appreciated!
All the best.
Dan 😁👍
A nice relaxing camp Dan :) ATB
thanks mate.
great channel 👍 and nice videos
thank you : )
You should do a video of how you maintain your tools Dan. Id like to see that. (I'm sure alot of people would)
I would but I treat my tools so badly day to day I'd get dogs abuse!
Try next time to put your backpack at inside the foot end of the bivi. It will help to keep the top of the tent of your sleeping bag. So it's more warmer en conform. Free tip
Cheers Humph!
ATB : )
Excellent as usual. Oh apart from one thing they are getting better!!! You have a great eye for camara shots especially with your drone. I was thinking of getting one but will probably crash it hehe.
I must try the orange brownies. My mouth was watering hehe. I am so glad you decided to get a warmer sleeping bag. It did look very snug. You are so good at lighting fires. I am great at lighting them but it is getting the buggers to stay alight long enough to bite the thicker wood hehe. The jute string is a great idea. It has natural oils I think so that is why it takes so well. Will have to add that to my fire lighting poach... Regards
Lindsey
I was impressed with the Jute, if it has oils that makes sense..
fire prep is the key, having everything to hand before lighting is important I feel.
thanks for you support and encouragement Linsey, I really appreciate it.
take care
Dan
good vid again m8
Thanks Jason : )
Looked a nice part of the world, spent a lot of time in Hampshire in the school holidays as a kid, my grandparents lived there. Looked a very comfortable camp. Can definitely recommend Nido Milk Powder if you want a milky porridge or cereal, its really nice compared to the crappy powdered milk thats commonly available in the UK, you have to buy it online or in World Food shops. Hope you are well, great vid.
Thanks mate, yeah I loved the rolling hills, but not so much in the night when I slipped off the sleep mat!
have a good weekend
Dan
😂
Wonderful - so there was the plot twist right at the end - you're escaping the Mother in law!!
always : )
Nice one! Really like the longer videos. More immersive. What was in the drinks can ? ATB
Hardy Tempest, thanks, I’m glad you
Liked it.. the beer was Hyde and wild American IPA 👍
Loved the vid, you may want to add 2 tea spoons of dried milk to the porridge, its what I do and it improves the taste no end :)
thanks for the tip, I quite like it with water myself : )
Need a little bigger tarp! Enjoy your videos. Hello from USA-Arkansas!!!!
the bevy was gortex, so the tarp was only to stop me getting a wet face.. not really necessary tbh.
but all good fun : )
I never peg mine down Dan, you have less room as it's tighter & u can't bend your legs in the night, personal preference though. I always guy out the hoop though. Cool little tarp that.
I considered not pegging it out, I'm still getting used to it tbh. its still not my favourite thing to sleep in.
@@CampLifeBushcraft Yup, I totally get that, took me a while to get used to it.
Dan your really coming into your own here my friend just a suggestion maybe you should think about making whole training videos ! ? Great trip brother I've tried the one man bivys I didn't like it so much take care brother
yeah man I'm not sold on the bivy either, I think I'd still rather just lay under a tarp.. but it's all good fun.
ATB Tom
Dan
AMERICA!!!!!! lol. awesome video again thanks man.
thanks Josh : )
Awesome dude ! That oatmeal seems nice ! :) #Dannesurvive
Thanks Buddy : )
Always chilly in the mornings eh mate? Even in summer... sorry Dan got side tracked and missed your last 15 mins. Just caught up, great viddy mate, a quality solo.
cheers mate.. another long one : )
got a monster trip coming out next.. 3 parter!
@@CampLifeBushcraft 3 parts!! Jeez. Always a tricky one where ya cut the limit... look forward to them.
I spent 2 days and nights in a forest, built a shelter, a bed of leaves, washed in the river.. stig of the dump stuff! it was proper good fun.
About 2 hours total but I’ve put it in 40 minute episodes .. means I can take a break 😁
Hey bud great video again! Still keeping it real 🤘 how long does it take for the steak to cook over the fire?
only a few minutes each side.. depends how you like it.. the coat are as hot a frying pan
You really like burn food my darrrlinggg he he he, that steak is huge
got to make sure its cooked! would want to poison myself!
: )
Nice video. One question, why do you sleep with your knife still attached to your trousers? It was me who asked how you made your porridge:)
I didn't realise I had done that! I normally take it off before sleeping : )
Morning Dan, yeah I know, crazy times to be writing comments but I had to do my nightly triage and couldn't get back to sleep so I thought I'd pop back in for a quick comment ;o)
Like many, I'm, loving the longer vids, as someone already said, it allows you to become emersed and live the moment better, definitely a thumbs up from me.
Now, don't take this the wrong way, it's just friendly advice but, as no one else has seen fit to mention it, I thought I would as this whole thing is about sharing and learning right? So, whatever possessed you to camp under a tree that had quite obviously been shedding branches for some considerable time?
When you first arrived at your site it looked like a mess of fallen branches and debris and I was willing you to move on lol, Just an observation and as I need new specs, I may have got the angle wrong and that mess of deadwood had nothing to do with the tree you were under in which case, my apologies but hey, next time flat land is hard to find, my advice would be move on, some of them branches looked big enough to do a serious injury.
Ok with that bit ouit of the way, I loved the whole exersize and I agree with the person who suggested you making some purely instructional vids, as you know I've been following your progress for some time and the speed at which you have picked things up, gone out there, tried them out and been mostly successful is impressive to say the least. You've also been very honest about your failures which bodes well for a great upcoming tutor, in my humble opinion ;o)
Thanks once again for taking us out there with you mate, I'm really looking forward to the next releases of which you spoke earlier, can't wait. All the best as always, be lucky and on to the next :o)
I'm not so sure about the tutorials, I think the minute you start telling people how they should be doing things it opens the door on looking like a know it all : )
the place I was camping was littered with branches, nobody had been in there for a long time so I think it was an accumulation of branches over a long period, I did check above me and knocked down a branch.. but I felt pretty confident that nothing else was imminently going to fall.
btw I appreciate you getting involved on the post/comment that was critical. I am happy to answer comments and I take criticism on the chin but when ever a comment gets insulting I have a policy of non engagement.
I responded to their previous comment about wood burning but I'm not prepared to have a argument with them.
I had permission to be there and the land owners blessing to have a fire, but I don't need to explain myself to those who just want a fight.
you can't please everyone and I don't see the point in trying, I just do what I do and if people don't like it they don't need to watch : )
ATB
Dan
@@CampLifeBushcraft All noted mate and no worries, I left it for a day and a night but it had rilled me a little, besides, nothing wrong with a bit of Troll baiting from time to time, but not really OK on someone else's channel so I backed off, I'd said what I needed to and anything more would just have got repetitive. Don't worry, I won't make a habit of it lol.
I think easy tutorials at first, like knots for beginners, simple shelter building, that kind of thing would go down great with the multitude of newcomers to the genre because you have such an easy going manner it's so much easier to learn from rather than from someone trying to baffle you with BS just to show how clever they are but hey, I simply endorsed someone else's opinion and I respect your reasons for not wanting to, but don't sell yourself short, you have a talent :o)
ATB
ODJ
Hi Dan, good video enjoyed watching 👍🏻. Did you have permission for that place, as you didn’t seem to be concerned about giving your position away by the amount of smoke given off or the night fire ? Just wondering as you said you were positioned quite close between two farms. Thanks for sharing, ATVB, ............Pete. 🌲🔥🌳🏕🇬🇧👍🏻
Grandad Outdoors .. hey Pete, yes I did have permission, the land is owned by one of the farmers I mentioned.. I had knocked on his door previously and asked if I could camp there. He was happy to let me camp and have a fire, as he doesn’t use that part of his land.
Thanks for watching
Have a good weekend 👍
Dan
Good stuff, but alcohol makes you colder.
cheers mate : )
Great vid bud. If you think the weather here is cold watch Matthew Posa channel. The guy is a loon. lol.
thanks Sean, yeah ive seen some of his stuff, pretty good : )
@@CampLifeBushcraft He's a braver man than me. lol.
Do you have a permission here chap or are you just really brave.... lol
ha, yes had permission, I knocked on the farmers door previously and explained my hobby, he doesn't use that patch of land and was happy to let me in there.
nice guy : )
Nice one mate love he Dutch vivid bag awesome bit of kit
I'm not fully sold on it, its still a bit claustrophobic for me, I still prefer just laying under a tarp : )
Camp Life bushcraft maybe u would get on better with the ironosoheare spelt Wong I know but phone won’t let me tho it in properly