Solo winter camping | Tarp with doors - Chrysalis configuration
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hi, well finally im out again and wow, how ive been needing to get out and do another overnighter!
In this video im visiting one of my favourite winter camp locations armed with a 4x4 tarp and hammock. A lovely fresh morning and everything has a fine dusting of frost as i make my way into the private woodlands.
It's great to have you join me, and i thank you very much for watching. You all are appreciated and i wish you all the very best that life has to offer.
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Mike
Music - By Josh Woodward
*With a whimper
*My favourite regret
*The nest
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I've been watching your videos when I go to bed for the last few weeks, and they've been so helpful in helping me relax and tone down my anxieties, especially with present circumstances around the world. I've also shared them with friends that are getting a similar benefit from watching. Your videos remind me that better times are around the corner. Thank you very much for taking us with you on your wild camps. 👍
Hi there, ah my friend its awesome to hear that you've found some peace in my video's, its one of the main reasons I do them...Yes you're right better times are round the corner as dark times can only last so long. What lovely words from you thank you, believe me you are so very much appreciated. I look to the blue skies above and find that they give lots of comfort, nearly as much as the woodlands do..There's always beauty to be found even when we're not able to be where we want. I'm sure wherever you are right now there's something that can bring comfort and peace to your kind soul. Amazing the positive energy that can be transferred to the mind and body, I often listen to Spotify or UA-cam to rainfall in woodlands forestry/ sounds of nature to ease my anxiety etc.
Hopefully I'll be out doing a little video on a very local woodland walk within the next few days, basically just to say hello and share the woodland serenity.
Thank you for watching, stay safe and well
All the very best
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Mike
The look on your face says it all....Tidy set up and a grand looking spot for a camp out too. Cracking video and you certainly got the weather for it. Great stuff, cheers 👍
Hi Robert, Ah thank you so much🤗 I was hoping for snow or at the very least some rain...Oh well maybe next time heheh.
Lovely comment from your good self.
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
Another great great vid mike,
Your vids have really encouraged me to get out, did first solo 2 weeks ago, encouraged by your vids, genuely go with a mate, but me n dog went, it was mega, going again weekend, thanks for your encouragement mike, keep them coming.
Regards
Lee
Hi Lee, thats awesome to hear mate so glad to hear ive had some influence on you getting out wild camping...It really is a life changing thing isnt it👍🏻Ah lovely Lee, hey please let me know how you get on this weekend and what set up you used🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
I really appreciate you watching and your kind words mate🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Really motivates me to keep filming.
Have a super day and all the very best
Mike
That's an ingenious little setup Mike, lots of room. Very cool. Ideal for not being seen because of the many angles, like the old dizzle camo on battleships in ww1. , That's what stands out about a tarp from a distance, the long straight lines, this setup fixes that.
Hey hi, im pleased you like the set up👍🏻Was lovely inside out the elements and so very spacious
I really appreciate you watching and your lovely comments.....🤗Thank you
All the very best
Mike
Great to see you out again Mike, very enjoyable video, thanks for sharing it, see you again soon I hope 👍
Hi Mick, ah thank you mate...Im super pleased that you enjoyed watching.
Yes see you very soon indeed👍🏻🌳🌳
All the very best to you Mick
Mike
Always a pleasure to see you out mate thanks for taking us along. ATB Paul 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Paul, thank you very much sir...Its always a pleasure to hear from you my friend. Thank you very much for watching
Have a super evening
Mike
There are only so many sunrises and sunsets in your lifetime, I like to greet the sun as much as possible and always say goodbye Twilight is the most magical time of day,
Hi, 👋🏻😊👋🏻🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
Thats very true about there are only so many sunrises and sunsets👍🏻...I do the same as you my friend. Yes twilight almost pauses time for a few moments, the calm and stillness is almost deafening if that makes any sense heheh.
Thanks for subbing Mike.
wow it relaxes me only by seeing the peacefulness in the Woodlands
Hi, you just cant beat the tranquillity of a woodland.
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I noticed you're back! Look forward to watching your vid later on 🕊
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman it's TRUE...I live in the suburbs and everywhere you look is green so I love it
@@greekgirl2294 Lovely, lucky Greek Girl👍🏻
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I have never seen that tarp configuration, excellent!!
Hi there, ah thank you very much👍🏻😊
It really is so very spacious and obviously does a great job in protecting you from the elelments. The only downside (not that it really is a downside) is I personally wouldn't use this config in high winds.
Thank you very much for watching it's really appreciated
Have a good day and all the very best
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Mike
Mike, it's great to see you out where you so belong, in a fantastic woodland. You are so in tune with your surroundings it's a privilege to share your adventure my friend. Atvb, Michael
Hi Michael, hey thank you mate...Its equally always good to see you out enjoying where you clearly belong also my friend.
Thank you very much for watching, always enjoy your uploads- UA-cam and instagram 🌳🌳🕊🌳🌳
Have a lovely evening
All the very best
Mike
Great video Mike, I really look forward to every one of your uploads. Awesome setup, that’s the best use of a 4x4 I’ve seen, now I know what to do with mine. When you called the woods Hollywoods I thought they were located somewhere in Hollywood Birmingham lol. There are some woods near the Lickey Hills I think that my grandparents would take me and my sister as kids, great memories. Your intro and logo are looking super good mate. Awesome job, awesome video. Take care. Your friend Jason.
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Ah mate thats kind of you to say, hey i look forward to seeing you use the 'Chrysalis' set up...That would be awesome!
Hollywood Birmingham heheh! Ah the Lickey hills, yes! I used to go there with my parents and grandparents the same! Wow you've brought back some good mems...Really cool to think you your good self and your grandparents were doing the same....How cool
Ah thank you Jason im glad you like the new logo (and intro/outro), the old one was just too busy.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words as always mate...
Looking forward to your part2 !!!!
All the very best from the Black Country
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Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman how cool we did covered the same ground as kids hehe 😀 Part Two should be up later tonight Aus time. No bikes, just camping and Bush walks 👍. Bestest regards, Jason.
Crazy isn't it Jason, tbh i fully understand why you went to new horizons as this country has gone down the toilet.
Look forward to watching, ive been looking out for your part2
Take care
Mike
Fantastic set up with the tarp & hammock Mike. You always capture the best sunsets in videos. I really think I need to get a UCO candle lantern, it looks super cozy at night, rather than torchlight. It's a pity that a lot of English Woodlands are in private hands. Anyhow keep stealth camping and thanks for bringing us along. Cheers Lee.
Hi Lee, hey thank you very much mate thats really nice of you to say👍🏻🌳🌳🌳Ah yes Lee the UCO candle lantern is fantastic, instantly turning any tarp or tent set up into a far more homely feeling place with that ambient glow.
Yes my friend, its the minority that ruin it for the majority, and also the wealthy denying the common man of access to the beautiful woodlands that all respectful folk should have the right to enjoy.
Thank you very much for watching Lee, lovely comment👍🏻
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All the very best
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Mike
Hi mike, clever idea using the tarp like that, never seen a set up quite like like it. Great to see you out enjoying nature, looking forward to the next one..take care, atvb chris👍
Hi Chris, thanks matey that means a lot to me 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳 Yeah the tarp set up is very good, definately not the most stealthy of options but good practise non the less lol.
Lovely to hear from you Chris, maybe you'll upload soon? I look forward to your next instalment mate.
Thank you again
Say i said hi to your Mrs please, take care both...
All the very best
Mike
The quality of this video was spot on. I had to play it through a few times to properly appreciate your efforts with clarity and choices in the background music. The video fade through the tent was genius. Much respect from across the pond.
Hi Dan, oh thank you so much🤗 how lovely of you to say....Im really made up with your kind words sir. You've made my day- week -month!
I cannot thank you enough Dan you make it all worth while.
Here's wishing you all the very best
Take care
Mike
Thanks for sharing your trip and joy with us.
Hi, thank you for your time watching and commenting. Really is appreciated
All the very best
Mike
The 4x4 tarp makes a great shelter. At my age I might even consider the 5x5 since most of my woods adventures are accomplished thanks to an old "quad" so weight isn't so much a problem, I often put up one of the cheap plastic tarps when I'm working on firewood. Keeps both me and the quad dry.I like your little table idea; think I'll work on a variation of that. As always I enjoy your videos and contemplative respect for the woods. Thank you! Our access to woods and relative freedom make stealth less relevant but people don't respect nature as they should.
Hi there Frank, ah cool i used a cheap plastic tarp for years and they definately 'get the job done'
Thank you mate the table isn't my idea, i find i use it more and more as it saves my back and knees alot of aching heheh👍🏻
It's lovely to hear that you enjoy my video's 🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
Yes you have the right to roam as here in England i do not, such a shame...What with the wealthy buying up the land and erecting fencing around our beautiful woodlands, and displaying threatening signs of prosecution if entered. Also as you mention, there's an awful lot of disrespect towards our beautiful countryside by fly tippers and people leaving their litter where they've camped. Such a shame the minority ruin it for the majority, and well as for the wealthy....They do as they please and look after their own, just how they deny us good folk of the right to roam in our beautiful woodlands is sickening.
Lovely to hear about you and your dog wild camping, yes with that quad a 5x5 is no issue at all👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
Have a super weekend Frank, happy wild camping 🌳🌳👍🏻😊🐶🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Great set up chap. Thanks for sharing again Mike 👍
Hi Paul, so very roomy but not the most stealthy of tarp configs...Just needed to try this one out and im glad i did👍🏻Thank you very much for watching mate 🌳🌳😊🌳🌳
Have a good day
All the very best
Mike
Great post Mike, all the best.
Hi there, thank you my good friend...
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Take care
Mike
That was a great setup for the hammock and great thoughts. The video production was very fine too.
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much indeed👍🏻
Lovely comment 🤗It means a lot to me my friend, thank you very much for watching
Have a super day
All the very best
Mike
Glad you enjoyed your woodland chillout, you seemed thrilled to be out of your work prison.
Hi Jules, Oh yes its great to get away from such unnatural surroundings.
Hope you are well, lovely to hear from you
Thank you for watching
All the very best to you and Rich
Mike x
Great setup Mike nice to see you again hope your well 👍
Hi Daniel, glad you liked the set up my friend...So very spacious!
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words mate, i really appreciate it🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
All the very best to you Daniel
Mike
There are only so many sunsets and sunrises in your life, I like to greet them both I'm so lucky that my house has a little door in my bedroom at the end of my bed and it faces east and for most of the year I keep it open all the time it opens on to a little balcony and so even when I'm home I get to watch the sun rise from my bed.
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Very true! Hey great idea that, very lucky also to be able to rest in bed and see the sun rising...How magical👍🏻
I love just how strong a bond you have with nature, its great to hear as so many people are becoming more and more disconnected...Well mankind as a whole is drifting further and further away which is disastrous not only for us but for the planet too.
Hope you've had a nice evening
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Take care
Mike
Yes I'm lucky to have what I do with my little door. I don't get out camping as much as I would like, because of various things, but at least I still get to walk in my local woods which I love every day, I will put some posts from there soon as it's all I can do at present, I'm just trying to save for an sd card, but being as broke as I am it's taking a while, so thank you for helping me get out vicariously through your great posts Mike, thank you.
Another great video, when you are out there it certainly clears your head.i hope it encourages others to do the same, very proud of you as always .love you loads xxx
Hi Karen, thank you....Love you loads n loads...Im very proud of you too, cant wait to see you 💘 xxx
I like your peaceful videos a lot. Thank you very much
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Thank you very much indeed, i really appreciate you watching and your kind words 🤗
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All the very best
Mike
That tar really does look great
Hi mate, yes the tarp is very good 👍 especially for the price....Just be wary that DD's quality control isn't always the best from my personal experience, but I know that if you have any issues with items they'll sort it out.
Take care
Mike
Great setup with the tarp totally around the hammock- going to give that a go next time I’m out with the guys wild camping 🏕 👍🌲🌲🌲🌲
Hi Mark, thank you very much mate.. Yes i dont think you'll be disappointed in the set up...Very homely indeed
Have a great time on your wild camp my friend 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best
Mike
I used to live in Hollywood for ten years the wildlife over there is great I had so many cool interactions with coyotes, tranchulas, black widows, possums and raccoons among others, I miss me' old life,
Ah yes I remember you telling me about your days in Hollywood.👍🏻..Wow yes I can only imagine how wonderful those experiences were.
I bet you do! Hey I would too...Main thing is you've got those memories forever, so many people wish they'd done those things and never get to.
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Mike
Great video.Looks very nice.Enjoyed it a lot !!!!
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Thank you very much indeed...and thank you for watching its very much appreciated
All the very best
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Mike
Great setup 👌👍
Hi Gary, thank you mate i really appreciate you watching🤗
All the very best
Mike
That's a really nice set up Mike and very original.
Aw thank you very much🤗🌳🌳🌳🌳
Its certainly very capable of keeping the weather out. Very spacious, but not the most stealthy of set ups
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best
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Mike
Good morning Mike have a nice day../Thailand
Hi there👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳 Good morning to you too 🤗 Thank you for watching and commenting my friend.
All the very best from the heart of England...👍🏻The Black Country👍🏻
All the very best
Mike
Thanks for a cracking video, that's a great set up with tons of space.
Hi Robert, thanks mate...Yes there's loads of space inside, usually my kit can tend to get in the way but with this set up there's no worries about that lol.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best
Mike
Glad to see you back out Mike and thanks for taking us along. Some beautiful shots there and lots of sounds of wildlife, I swear I thought I heard a buzzard whilst you were sitting on your hammock.
Hi Vin, thank you very much my friend.....Yes the buzzards were in full force! Always lovely to hear them circling above camp.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Vin
All the very best
Mike
Black country my favorite video
Hi there, hey that's awesome to hear that this is your favourite video, thank you my friend
Here's wishing you a great weekend
Mike
Lovely setup, looked great . Take care Rob
Hi Rob, was really impressed with the Chrysalis set up...Just a shame there was no snow.
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
That is a really dandy set-up. On your advice, I chose to make my first DD Tarp purchase a 3.5 x 3.5. I'm very happy with it. After watching your videos, and a few others, I've discovered I can sort of ad lib my set-ups, depending on the surrounding trees, brush etc. and the weather. I can easily bring both sides all the way to the ground in the event of a blow, or only one side, with the other tied up at various angles with leads to various bushes or trees or to a trekking pole. And the 3.5 x 3.5 is long enough that I can move the outer-most tent stakes in one loop and provide a partial enclosure, while still leaving my DD Frontline XL fully enclosed and with room to move around my hammock with only minimal stoop. Anyway, I would recommend the 3.5 x 3.5 to others.
I'm not sure that was clear at all. lol It's easier to show than describe, isn't it?
Anyway, this Chrysalis set-up, especially with the use of the flexible branch to bring out the sides, is a further improvement on all my messing about. I like it very much. Thank you for sharing.
BTW it looks like we bought the same adjustable orange 'tree huggers'. I like them. They give me a lot of flexibility about how far apart my trees are. More options for hanging spots.
Well, thanks very much for another terrific video. Always a pleasure, my friend
Best wishes from the Oregon Coast
Hi, ah my friend youve got the perfect size tarp👍🏻my next tarp that i purchase shall be a 3.5x3.5 your reasons for getting one are spot on. My main reason for getting one that size is that it enables me to have an 'A'frame style set up over my hammock and have just enough coverage. The 3x3 isnt quite enough coverage in 'A' frame set up over my hammock, that's why you see so many people end up doing the diamond config with their 3x3 purely because it just wont give that little extra cover from rainfall.
I see thats cool that you also have the same tree straps as me, they are so well made and the materials should last a life time. I always make sure i inspect mine a week or so before im due out wild camping, makes for good practise and peace of mind lol. Another thing i do with my straps is i always put mine on the radiators at home, even if they've had no rain i always make sure there's no damp in them before i pack them away👍🏻Im sure you do much the same...
Thank you so much for watching, and btw i love your set up ideas and improvements now you have a 3.5x3.5
Always lovely to hear from you
All the very best from the Black Country England
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Mike
Thanks for pointing, this is a great setup. I like it much!
Greetings from Germany ✌🏼Thom
Hi Thom, im super pleased you enjoyed watching my friend, thankyou...
Take care and all the very best
Mike
Great set up, top post bloke, and by the way it’s all shot really well nice one , Bostin 😁👍
Hi matey, ah thank you very much indeed! 🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳
I really appreciate you watching and your kind words👍🏻
All the very best
Mike
You could have a right shindig in that tarp set up their's that much room Mike. Plenty of space to dream to - the kind of dreams that only your favorite woodland can invoke. As you say eat well and sleep well. And all without them TV's etc. Loving the wild camp - thank you landlord. Ha ha! Take care Mike. All the best. Mark
Hi Mark, its huge! Yes you certainly could have a good ol dance in there lol...
Yeah i think some people should think about when to eat when doing an overnighter rather than the over focus of what to eat, as it makes all the difference to our nights sleep. Such a basic thing seems to get overlooked. You're on the money my friend when you say eat well and sleep well. Its fine to have a later evening meal than we would at home. I thank the landlord and most of all i thank mother nature by leaving no trace, as i know you sir do the same.
Glad you enjoyed watching Mark
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Thank you very much for watching and your comments
All the very best
Mike
Thanks for subbing Mike your such a nice bloke, all the best mate.
Hey my pleasure, its the least I can do my friend... You've always been so kind to me, it means so much...🤗Hey you're the nice bloke👍🏻💯🕊
Hey im loki
I’d kip for 8 hours plus after a bucket of chilli n’all 😂. Top work again Mike, you’ve got a real knack of making us feel part of the camp.
Hi mate, heheh got to eat plenty out there! 😲😉My partner has been calling me greedy lol, I'd say she has a fair point😊 Its all the filming that makes me so hungry 🤣
Thank you very much my friend that means a lot to me.
Have a good day and all the very best
Mike
Such a relaxing 44 min Mike, great to see you out and about, as I must do soon, and what a fantastic set up you had all snug and your tree shelf such innovation. There is something enjoyable about being pitched where not wanted and breaking camp at dawn. You were really in touch with your environment, it was such a pleasure to see you so engaged and happy it must have been along night but the sounds of the forest would have kept good company. A great film. Atb. Harry
Hi Harry, hey its good to hear from you...Thank you very much mate, yeah its those long winter nights that i love catching up on my sleep, i was well away in that hammock. Most likely snoring the woodlands down, if anythings going to give my position away its me snorning heheh! zzzzzZZZZZ
So glad you enjoyed watching, i look forward to your next upload 👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Thank you again Harry
All the very best
Mike
Now this floats my boat. There is loads of space in England but best part of it privately owned or corporations. Who are they to say where we can or can not camp out? ( respecting the land)
More I see of these vids more I like and respect you boss man.
Hi Gary, thanks mate🌳🌳👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Exactly, it really is no different in this country to what it was hundreds of years ago. We all should be entitled to our Woodlands, forestry and countryside, no amount of wealth should enable someone to deny others of right to roam the land...But like you say, only if the land is respected by the good people.
Thank you mate, super pleased you agree and enjoyed watching. It's really appreciated Gary👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
nice one
Hi mate, thank you very much indeed 👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Have a great day
All the very best
Mike
great video thanks
Hi George, thank you very much for watching and commenting...Really is appreciated
All the very best
Mike
Awesome Camp Milke Cheers Mark
Hi Mark👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Thanks mate glad you liked the video.
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Thank you very much for watching👍🏻
Have a nice evening
All the very best
Mike
Cracking set up that Mike,well in sir 👍
Hi Phil, thank you very much mate...I was well cosy in the Chrysalis
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Thank you very much for watching sir..
All the very best
Mike
Oh wow this is a great set up. Dont think my dd tarp will be big enough to come all the way round my hammock like yours lol.
Great upload thank you.
Hi Damien, thank you mate its really appreciated...xxx 🌳🌳😊👍🏻🌳🌳
I believe I used a 4x4 in that video, great for completely getting out the elements but definitely not one for windy days.
Thank you for watching Damien, hope you have a great weekend
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman yea I will need to amend this somehow lol. I'll do it yet lol.
Man howfine is blending in.wow ,i want one ,
Hi there, thank you very much for watching..I really appreciate it
All the very best
Mike
Quality as usual.
Hi matey, hey how are things on the farm? Have they calmed any...You were so busy the last i saw of you my friend.
Thank you very much for watching mucka 🌳🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Hi Mike, thanks for asking, yes, settled a lot and got a couple of uploads coming from Saturday onward so you can keep track of our progress. LOL.
I used to live in Hollywood [the california one] And I lived on the edge of the vast Griffith Park. There were forest fires every year and one time the fire was so close to my house that the trees did look like that and it was the tops of the trees on fire, I filmed it but lost the footage when my computer got destroyed on later adventures.
Hi, oh wow how lovely to have lived there! I do hope your house was ok with that fire? Main thing is you and family are ok👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Almost feels like we're out there in the woods with you ❤ You're well hidden in there mate 👍 Always a pleasure.
ps I'll have to go back over yer vids to see how u did the tree table thingy... Well handy!
Hi Caroline 👋🏻😊🌳🌳🌳
Hey im so pleased you enjoyed watching.... Ah the table, its very handy and saves my back and knees lol!
Its quite an old idea and the version i use is from Paul Bisseker bushcraft, excuse the spelling😲 if its incorrect. Yeah i mention him in my vid. The only thing ive done different to Paul is that once the table is tied to the tree i put a piece of live wood (around 2") in the paracord and twist it so it really cranks up the tightning of the table top to the tree...
Great to hear from you
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All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman thanks Mike. Just subscribed to Pauls channel. 👍
Love watching your videos here in Canada love this hammock setup would like to try it myself great job keep those videos coming cheers
Hi Jim, ah thank you so very much thats lovely to hear..🤗 Much appreciated👍🏻
Im sure you'd be very pleased with the set up, very spacious, warm and guaranteed a good night sleep👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you again for watching and your kind words Jim, its really appreciated my friend 🌳🌳👍🏻😁🌳🌳
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Mike
Great video Mike, thanks for bringing us along with you on your overnighter. I like that set up but I prefer the Dutch army canvas tent myself...hope all is well Mike, take care m8.....
Keith
The Alabama Bushcrafter
Hi Keith, thank you very much for watching 🌳🌳🌳👍🏼😊👍🏼🌳🌳🌳
Glad you like the set up, very cosy inside and very spacious!
Ah yes the Dutch army tent is a favourite of mine too my friend.
All the very best and thank you again
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Mike
Great video mate, really like the TARP setup I will give that a go and with the space but also being closed in means I can keep an eye on me dog, fantastic. hope you are OK though pal and from the video it looks like you are, always great to get out and away from everything. Keep the great videos rolling pal, should be out soon to do another myself.
Hi matey, ah i thought of you actually when i was setting up..What with your lovely dog and that👍🏻Yeah it'd be ideal...
Yes thanks Steve all's good my friend, how are you hope you had a nice time at your daughters 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Im really pleased you liked the viddy and always great to hear from you.
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman Good thanks matey, in middle of decorating and home upgrades, being kept busy lol. Cant wait to get out again soon. Yeah Styx my dog loves camping and he sits sentry bless him, although he does like sticks and drags them into a tent or the guy lines knocking everything over, including camera tripod lol, but he great company and a great source of heat lol
Just watched this one for first time. Interesting vlog Mike thanks. Like the tarp setup looks very workable. Natures sounds are so musical and mystical in the quiet surrounds of the bush... loved the woodpecker sounds ... reminds me of the old cartoons. Have you ever approached the landowners for permission to camp and explained what it is you do... being educational and all?? . We get requests here and many will allow a few on their properties but most ban shooting as so many prime animals roaming about. People such as yourself I'm sure w oukd be welcome in most places here. We are used to camping under the stars with mustering camps. Keep these vlogs coming as it gives me pleadant watching in quieter times. Bushyboy Oz.
Hi Ewen,
Thank you, a very spacious set up for hammock wild camping👍🏻
Hey I know what you're referring to with the woodpecker sounds 'woody wood pecker!' Used to love watching those cartoons as a child👍🏻😀👍🏻
No Ewen because in all honesty most of the places I wild camp I don't know who owns the land. There are a couple of locations where the farm house is situated close to the woods but I'm not one to go knocking on doors. But in saying that if I was ever on the way into the woods and I knew for sure it was the landowner that was walking through or quad biking, then sure yes I'd ask if it was ok and be respectful. See the woodlands over here can have many people walking through and everyone is trespassing in theory other than the owner. There's many small woods here where its all fenced off and signs warning of prosecution and keep out, and these woods have no housing where the owner lives...He or she could live miles away.
I just dont like how our woodlands are all bought up by the wealthy and fenced off, its places like this that we all should be able to enjoy and of course treat with respect, a terrible thing to deny people of basic human rights to roam ...This is how I personally feel about it anyway👍🏻
Hey I'd love to come over there my friend, sounds amazing.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting
Here's wishing you a lovely weekend Ewen
All the very best
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Great video Mike, outstanding woodland too, love your train of thought regarding wildcamping, the woods, how trees connect to each other, man after my own heart, I've just finished listening to a audìo book called 'The hidden life of trees ' by Peter wohlleden, awesome book, think you'll find it a fascinating book, love the hack with the tarp set up, very similar to mine for my winter rig, if you fancy chatting about all things hammock related the there's a fb group called hammock camping uk, very chilled, friendly but great hive of knowledge too, let me know keep up the good work, cheers craig
Hi Craig, thank you mate so very kind of you🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳Hey I'll have to check out that book 'hidden life of trees' sounds very interesting👍🏼I dont know if you've read ...'The last wilderness' by Neil Ansell but thats a fantastic read, or even audio book.
Hey thank you for inviting me to the group, looks to be really good and most importantly nice people👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching Craig, im glad you liked the holly hack 👍🏻
Have a great evening and all the very best
Mike
Nice video mate 👍
Hi Wayn, im glad you liked the vid mate...🌳🌳🌳🤗🌳🌳🌳
Thank you very much for watching
Here's wishing you all the very best
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Hi Michael - great to see out in the woods. Loving the new channel logo. How has your new year been so far? Great set up. I’ll have to try that, not been out much recently as I’m just busy working, driving my lorry. Cheers for taking the time out to make the video. Learn something every time. All the best Andy PS I think you should call this set up the ‘Manor’ it’s like a Manor House inside there.
Hi Andy, thanks mate...Ah im glad you like the new logo, i just wanted to simplify it as the other was just too busy.
My new year has been a good one so far thank you, hows yours been my friend? New kit? ...
Ah yes its a tight time of year isnt it, recovering after Christmas...It certainly takes some getting back to normal financially😥
Thank you for taking time out to watch my video Andy it really is appreciated🤗
Heheh! The manor house is a good one! I may just stick with that👍🏻
Anyway here's wishing you all the very best that life has to off mate..
Take care and thanks again
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Great video as always mate awesome setup there aswell keep it up mate I look forward to the next one
Hi Paul, ah cheers mate...Thank you very much for watching 👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
I like your setup. I pitch my 3x3 tarp the same way if the weather is not great and find that I have enough space inside as I am vertically challenged ( a short arse ). I put snap fasteners on the two ends and that really keeps the wind out. ATB
Hi Gordon, thank you mate👍🏻😊🌳🌳🌳 Its a great and so very spacious isnt it, im a bit dubious about it in high winds but in all honesty its a rare thing in woodlands unless you're camped on the outskirts which isnt the best idea anyway. Love the snap fastner idea, are they made for tarps, or is it something that you've adapted mate? I bet the 3x3 would be ideal for ground dwelling too👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and commenting its very much appreciated Gordon
All the very best
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Hi Mike, I just used 15mm brass heavy duty snaps spaced at 300mm and left a gap of 600mm from the ridge down to let the hammock suspension through. If you take the tarp all the way to the ground (like on your video) the shelter throws the wind well. At first I used Velcro but that made the edge of the tarp very stiff so I replaced it with snaps. They work well and are a damned sight quicker and easier to fit. ATB@@BlackCountryWoodsman
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Thank you for the great advise mate its much appreciated🤗 going to be a damn hard challenge to beat that set up👍🏻
Thanks again
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Mike
I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau ....I'm only at ease in the woods.
Wow! I love this! I feel we know this man....Epic words 💯
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On My playlist 'Higgsfield' I have his great book 'Walden' you should give it a listen Mike, all the best.
Ah thanks matey I'll have to check it out👍🏻😊👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
It's a really good book about him living in a little cabin in the woods.
Hi mike Higgsfield here, Just to let you know this is a new channel I started for a business Idea I'm working on. It gives me the opportunity to thumbs up your videos twice, All the best mate, Great to see a new post, Thanks,. [I'll keep commenting on both because I think it all helps your channel to come up in youtube's searches,] Cheers.
Hi mate, hey that's a cool idea and i wish you all the very best with your new buisness👍🏻
Thank you thats really kind of you my friend...I'll do the same with you
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Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
It's a good idea doing a dog walk through an old railway tunnel with barrows and people selling things for others to look at and buy whilst walking their dogs out of the rain.
I was interested how you set up your tarp Mike. I have always used guylines on the side with that shape. Not thought of using your stick over the top set up. 👍 Regards JB.
Ah nice to hear you've used this set up Jim Bob👍🏻😊....I always try and get rid of/ do without obstructions with my set ups, why have guide lines reaching across to trees when you can do exactly the same with some flexible green wood.🌳🌳 'Improvisation is a wonderful thing'🌳🌳
Thank you for watching
All the very best
Mike
Fantastic tips turning the hammock over when you don’t need the bug net , that tarp setup is awesome I’m going to smash that with my 5x5 thanks for posting 👍👍 I just follows your Fb page 👍👍
Hi Richard, thank you mate thats super kind of you to say 🌳🌳👍🏻😊🌳🌳
A 5x5 wow soooooo much room! Especially if you pull the sides out with a branch over the top like i did, or just tie em out to surrounding trees👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and i love it that you're going to use the same set up....Awesome
Oh cool thanks for following on facebook,👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks again mate
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Love that set up Mike, I always like to look out and see what's going on though, but for cr@p weather that's ideal. That chilli looked ok didn't it? I've had the tinned stag chilli before and That was ok, I love that pepper rice, I just add it to my chilli or bung a teaspoon of water in it and heat it up in my pot as that's all it needs. Amazing sunset mate... great location you have there. Does the lantern actually warm the air up around you a bit Mike? Totally brilliant overnighter Mike, enjoyed our live FB chat whilst watching this vid... Lee
Hi Lee, thanks mate yeah i like to see 360° if i can when camping but its not always ideal due to terrian, and changeable weather conditions. That day the forcast for later on was snow and light winds so i made a shelter to deal with the info i had.
Yeah mate i could have done what you said with the rice and have done so before, im sure i have that on vid. The idea was to do three things with minimal fuss and as quickly as possible as i was starving lol. My rice chilli and coffee were all ready (piping hot) at the same time with one meths stove.
The candle lantern shall warm a smallish tent, say the Dutch army tent by a couple of degrees but a 4x4 tarp is way to roomy for a small candle to up the temperature mate.
Yeah Lee loved chatting to you while you and your better half were chilled on the sofa 👍🏻😊👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words as always Lee...
Look forward to watching your latest vid this evening mate
All the very best
Mike
10% of the land mass of the U.K is woodland
Compared to 40% being the European average.
Throw that one into polite conversation next time you hear anyone talking about us being an overcrowded island.
And as you often point out, most of the best bits of woodland are private.
I agree and also much of the woodland in the UK is large monocultures of single species which are not ecologically rich as they do not support as broad a range of wildlife as mixed woodland.
@@justvin7214 you're right, pine forest/plantations are very boring, full of bugs and not much else.
if you took them out of the equation, the woodland would be more like 8%.
Are you a woodland camper?
@@garyhertswildcamper8958 I've not camped for years but I wish to get back into it (still have my bivi bag and tarp) for now I get my fix from youtubers like Mike which is very much appreciated. I do still spend a lot of time in woods but since moving to Wales I spend more time on the hills.
Roughly a third of Holland's land use is committed to producing milk for the globe a lowest price. Ecological waist land.
The uk has some real nice small scale farmland with hedges, streams and ancient trees. None of that here.. ..but we do have the Veluwe!!
@@spijkerpoes The word average is certainly a bit deceptive, 40% sounds like a lot, but i'm sure a lot of that is in eastern Europe. and as you say, some smaller countries like Holland don't have so much.
Do you know how much woodland you have there? percentage wise i mean?
Hi Mike, I don’t think I’ve seen a tarp setup quite like that before. Was it something you made up yourself? It certainly did the job mate, very cosy 👍 can I ask, would you consider going knocking on the landowners door and ask permission to camp or is he not the happy type.
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Thank you, it's not of my making my friend....Ive seen it done without the pullouts on the sides, and ive seen it done with the pullouts tied off to trees before. Why use trees and have paracord restricting your movement around the shelter when you can do it with a small branch of holly, or some flexable green wood. Ive seen people use aluminium arched tent poles to do it but never fully what ive done on this vid. Im not claiming anything as there may well be someone or a vid out there that shows it. In all fairness everythings been done before and all we really seem to do is slight variations on older ideas👍🏻 One thing i do claim is calling it the 'Chrysalis configuration' heheh...
No my friend im not that sort person to go knocking on his door to ask permision, even though it is well mannered and polite to do so...
My camping is about getting into woodlands that have been purposely closed off to the public purely to deny us of our freedom to roam. Obviously fly tippers and all manner of scum dont help when they litter these woodlands and it effects us good people who respect the land. Im not interested in doing permissioned woodland camping as to me personally it totally takes away the whole reason i wild camp. I may as well set up in my back garden and have a fire as do a permission. But this is my personal opinion and that doesnt mean im right and those that permission camp are wrong and vise versa...Its just purely my preference. Im no fan of the rich buying the land and fencing it off to the general public, i feel very strongly against everything being taken away by the wealthy- taken away and denied from common man.
Hope that answers your questions mate..
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
Black Country Woodsman I’m of the same thinking Mike I don’t agree when they purchase land and cordon it off to suit them. I was just talking about this in a closed Facebook wild camping forum. I would camp anywhere if I found the right spot but I would abide if the owner found me and request I move on as you have said you would do. Keep on recording and submitting your videos Mike, they are bloody relaxing to watch which is what we all need after a long slog at work 👍
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Hi, thank you yes there was a surprising amount of space under the tarp, a very comfortable camp...Maybe not the most stealthy of options
Thanks again
All the very best
Mike
Like the ink (Tattoos) Brother. New Sub to you channel. I'm in New Jersy now,most likely relocating to Texas. Gonna try and throw my hat in the UA-cam ring.
Biker,camper,Chef. Its gonna be a Blast. Great video. Hopefully holler at you later. Thanx.
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Ah thanks brother im glad you like the tatts🤗
and thank you for the sub, its really appreciated 🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳
Hey I'll pop on over to your channel and sub you, I look forward to watching your vids too👍🏻
Thank you again
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Evening buddy. What can I say but nice one mate. The set up looks pretty good. Quick question if you were out an the landowner found you what would you do. I've been out but with that recon tent they have always walked passed me. Only once hass a farmer come up saying what ya doing. But when he left i. Moved to a different part. ATB Andy 🇬🇧 👍. 10/10 mate
Hi Andy, cheers mate i appreciate your kind words👍🏼😊👍🏼
Well it all depends on how i was approached in all fairness, i am ready for the worst scenario but im quite sure that things would never get to that point. Id say what i was doing and tell him i respect the land and that he wont even know I'd been there. I'd also show him some footage to show im respectful of nature. Maybe I'd offer him some money to stay the night, its all very hard to say until you're actually face to face and how the land owner reacts. If he asked me to go then of course I'd pack away and move on.
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words Andy
All the very best
Mike
@@BlackCountryWoodsman did you ever meet up with that lass. Remember when you were camping an they came to talk to you. Even that seems a long time ago lol.
Ah Toni, no not yet mate but we keep intouch all the time...Really nice people
Yeah Andy seems so long ago, im glad i messed up and took that crappy mtp basha by mistake. Other wise I'd never got to meet them, crazy how Toni is into wild camping too.
@@BlackCountryWoodsman see mate that's how it starts. We go out an people want to no about it. Lol. Andy. If she dose a utube let us know I'll sub her. ATVB you an your lass.
Another great video 👍🏻 where did you get that little tree table thing from that’s cool would come in handy on certain places. Also have a little proposal for you in the not too distant future
Hi Brett, thanks mate👍🏻😊🌳🌳the table i made out of plywood really easy to do...I got the idea from a fellow youtuber a couple of years ago. You can also buy an aluminium version that straps to the tree.
Oh whats that then my friend?
Great to hear from you and thank you for watching
All the very best
Mike
Ahhh nice 1 have to have a go at making 1 😊
If you would like me and my partner are going to be doing a weekend hiking and wild camping around Dartmoor route TBC if you would like to join for a night or even the trip that would be wicked, you enjoy your sunsets and views and Dartmoor is absolutely spectacular for both.
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Hi Brett, wow thats so very kind of you to invite me🤗🌳🌳🌳🌳 how really very kind of you and your partner. Im no hiker but i do know how beautiful Dartmoor is. Im a guy that just loves wild camping in woodlands and the most distance i ever cover is around five miles tops heheh! Im sure i could do plenty more in all honesty, but ive never been one for hiking.
I thank you again from the bottom of my heart for inviting me Brett. Say i said hi to your partner and i do hope you both dont take offence at me not coming on the hike. I wish you both all the very best and have a fantastic adventure on Dartmoor! Please let me know how you both get on, on your epic adventure..
Have a lovely evening
Thank you again 🤗🌳🌳🌳
All the very best
Mike
Thanks for sharing that video Mike, very relaxing. Love the set up! I'm taking my son to scotland again in may and will deffo nick your build...looks so toasty and draft free. One question, do you put an inflatable pad or foam roll mat under your hammock, or is the underblanket enough? I only ask as I'm in the process of swapping out all of my kit to warmer stuff as I'm a cold sleeper. I've just got the new(ish) british army modular sleep system and can honestly say it's awsome! Bit bulky, but warmest I've ever slept and roomy enough for a chunky 6 footer to be comfortable!!
Keep the vids coming pal, they feed my need when i can't get out as much as i should.
ATB.
Andy.
Hi Andy, thank you my friend im glad you like the set up...Very cosy indeed!👍🏻Well Andy im a very hot sleeper and i normally just use a underblanket and always carry a closed cell foam mat if it gets a little nippy. That particular night i did end up putting the foam in also, i did this around 3am lol. I wasnt cold, i could just feel a cool patch within my hammock so i decided on putting the mat inside. Those mats are great aren't they, they weigh nothing really so always good practise to have one to hand. So yes I'd definitely take a foam mat including an underblanket, i never take an inflatable pad as they just dont stay in one place inside a hammock. But there is hope if you have an air pad that has its slotting going vertical down the pad rather than horizontally. A vertically slotted (hope u know what i mean) air pad wraps round you in a hammock where as a horizontally slotted one seems to want to resist being under you and staying in one place.
Ah youve got the new British army modular sleep system, very nice and such fantastic kit👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words
All the very best to you and your son.
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman Thanks for that advice Mike. I currently use an (very) old back packing air bed from my motorcycling days. It indeed has the air tubes which run full length, but inside my TW hammock it refuses to stay put, usually ending up 'spooning' me in the middle of the night when i wake up freezing!! Being made of a heavy nylon type fabric doesn't help matters either. I've even tried using the anti slip matting that you get from halfords or similar to keep it in place, but again it pop's up like a football in a swimming pool!!
I've just got hold of a new NATO issue foam mat which i will try in the 'pocket' under the sleep section of the hammock. If it stays i place in conjunction with and underquilt, i should be toasty.....all i need now is a 120 litre burgen to carry it all in and muscles like popeye! lol
Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated.
Keep safe, and enjoy the woods....
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Andy.
Hi Andy, ah yes there's an air mat thats made just for hammocking, as far as i remember another youtuber shows you one in one of his vids. From what i remember its on 'wildcamper' channel, im not 100% sure on this though. Yeah the air mats that are slotted still move but not so much as the horizontal versions
120ltr wow thats huge! Heheh...Damn great pack the british burgen, i have a 120 ltr long back and wow its a beast.
Great to chat with you Andy, have a great weekend
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Mike
I always pick up my dogs poop, like everything else in the woods, there are responsible people and ones who don't care so much about other people's enjoyment, I think if more people came to the woods, which I am sure will be happening now because of youtube Maybe more people, dog owners or not would learn to respect nature more, hopefully.
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I agree with you my friend, its always the minority that ruins it for the majority...The craze that plagues many a woodland is people picking up the dog poop and bagging it then just hanging it on trees! They go to the extent of bagging it, but just cant be bothered to take it away...Just plain lazy and disrespectful
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Yes, I'll never understand people who do that at least if they leave it not in the bag it goes back to nature eventually but putting it into a plastic bag then leaving it is madness.
Like the new logo. What back pack are you carrying Mike?
Hi mate, its the Ray mears Scottish mountain gear pack also known as the ' leaf cutter'... Love it, so well made and shall last a life time of wild camping...Can't recommend it enough
Thank you very much for watching
All the very best
Mike
Black Country Woodsman thought so. I’m tempted. ATB
Heh please let me know if you get one mate...🌳🌳👍🏻🌳🌳🌳
Can I get a tarp like that a little bigger
Hi Dean, yes the last time I checked DD made up to a 5x5 tarp thats absolutely huge.
Thank you for watching
All the very best
Mike
Hi boss I’ve been looking into this type of set up. I didn’t hear you say what tarp and the size. Could you let me know please. Tom
Hi mate, the tarp size is 4x4 and the manufacturer is DD (colour: MC/multicam) I just checked my description on the video and it does state the size. I usually do say in my vids the gear I'm using, as i very rarely watch my own video's.
Thank you for watching, much appreciated 👍
All the very best to you in 2021
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@@BlackCountryWoodsman thanks Mike.
@@Ashysand Welcome, thank you for asking 🙏
Nice talking with you 😊👍🌳🌳🌳
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Great post Mike, all the best.
Hi mate, thank you very much.....Hope you're having a nice weekend 👍🏻😊
Thank you watching and always great to hear from you
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All the very best
Mike