Best Solstice video of 2024! Thanks for going out into the grey and showing us the spirit of the season - it's grey & rainy here on the West Coast of Canada as well!
Superb entertainment, and great work out there. 16 or so hours in a hedge is a tough gig! And I think that is about the lightest tent that I have heard of that doesn't require a walking pole. By comparison, my (not quite so tiny) tent is 1600g plus footprint. Love these solstice videos that you do, the sense of adventure and meaning, often tempered by the cloud and darkness! Glad you get recognised out there- someone in Dartmoor shouted my name at me in the car park and it felt strangely good. Looking forward to our joint camp, it is less arduous when you have company. Great video once again my friend.
Thanks Hedley! I've always thought the term "midnight" seemed inappropriate because that's the time I normally go to sleep at home, so surely it should be "startnight"? ...but it occurred to me on this trip that actually if sunset is 4pm and sunrise is 8am then midnight really is bang in the middle. Being recognised in public is strange isn't it? I instinctively feel the first thing I ought to say when someone tells me they watch my videos is "sorry!" but I always end up saying thank you instead.
Two nights ago my wife wagered that you would provide us with a Solstice video. And, like usual, she won! Sorry for the gloomy weather, but so happy you managed to venture out and provide us all with another lovely adventure. Happy Solstice and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours from the mountains of West Virginia! CHEERS!!!🍻
Cheers Ed, and well done to your wife for predicting this! It actually isn't a given that I get to Avebury for the winter solstice, I think I've averaged every other year in the past five years. I think this might be an example of what some people call "type 2 fun" - i.e. things you do which seem a bit of a feat of endurance at the time, but in hindsight you look back on with fondness. Merry Christmas to you and yours too!
Thanks for toughing it out for us viewers Tweedy! You are definitely one of a kind on these Tubes of You. Merry Christmas from the West Coast of Canada!
Hi Tweedy. That was a triumph. Happy Solstice to you. I cannot imagine for one second what it must feel like to spend over 12 hours in a hedge. Your ability to prepare a decent hot vegetarian meal alfresco in mid winter is outstanding. All thoughts that your video would somehow be rubbish were undeserved. Highly enjoyable from beginning to end. I hope you thawed out on the train home. Thank you for another year of remarkable videos. I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas with your family and friends. 👏👏👍😀🍺🍷
Thank you for the very kind words Andrew! I did indeed thaw out on the train home - a very jovial gentleman was pushing the refreshments trolley and when I asked for a cup of tea he (tongue firmly in cheek) informed me as company policy he was required to serve it with a lid on to prevent spillages. He expounded that, notwithstanding his concern for any scalding that might befall me, there would be the added burden for him of having to fill in an extremely lengthy accident report form. I despise paperwork and we both agreed that even if I was horribly injured in this hypothetical accident he'd ultimately be the one who suffered more.
Hark at us demanding you spend freezing nights on wind and rainswept wastelands, as we sit by our fires watching you suffer! Seriously though, I think this is the most authentic wild camping video I’ve seen. I could feel the cold and damp in my bones. You achieved a good balance - you weren’t relentlessly negative - but you did provide a reasoned and realistic appraisal of why one might hesitate to do this. As the cold drove you into the tent at a ridiculously early hour, it became clear to me as a viewer that this must be very boring. You clearly enjoyed it and appreciated your compact tent, plus the food and drink looked great. Don’t think I’ve noticed the orphaned stone before. Night Timelapse came out well on the GoPro. Hope you’re enjoying the warm at home, and now you’ve got this out the way, Christmas lays ahead to be enjoyed!
Thanks Mr WC21! I feel this video was a sort of public service to the UA-cam community to explain that wild camping isn't all it's cracked up to be! Although of course I slightly doth protest too much, and this likely falls under the umbrella of "type 2 fun", whereby at the time I might have been a bit grumpy, but in hindsight I'll probably look back on it fondly. I was actually quite pleased with the night timelapse in the end - it just needed a bit of tweaking with those colour correction controls I barely understand to make it come to life. Those two short (30 seconds in total?) sequences used up a whole GoPro battery! I am indeed very much enjoying the sofa / central heating / hot shower back at home today.
Doctor Tweedy..every man and his dog knew you would be in that damned hedge for us at the solstice! Thanks for all the great infotainment over the last 12 months , joyeux noel.
Thanks David! I didn't manage it in 2023 for the winter solstice so I like to think I'm at least slightly keeping everyone guessing! I hope you have a great festive season too!
A Brave Camp! You stay so cheerful. I remember camping on long distance hikes in March, with friends ,and things could get quite acrimonious. We were not in a good mood til we reached a pub.
Thanks Colin! Of course this format (video rather than real life) has the benefit of being the edited highlights of the excursion - usually I tend to leave the camera turned off whenever I'm in a really bad mood. Although on this occasion the worst bits were just being a bit bored (and cold) so this probably was a fairly accurate portrayal. I've definitely had trips where I've been quite miserable, but as you said, finding a pub is an instant cure!
Seriously impressed, we spent the very comfortable night in the New Inn in Winterbourne Monkton and had a dinner at the Red Lion and you were in a tent on a hill less than a mile away cooking a rather fabulous meal, thanks for making us feel like wimps. (We did walk around the stones by torchlight after the meal in our defence) Seriously, great to see the film, from the shots we were very near you at times, bit surreal actually. Well done that man.
I think your way of enjoying the solstice is eminently sensible! My favourite winter solstice at Avebury was 2019, I stayed at a hotel in Swindon and took an early taxi to Avebury. I walked around the stones (particularly West Kennet Avenue) at first light, there was hardly anyone else there to begin with, it was misty and incredibly atmospheric. All of that and no need to camp!
Thanks for the video and the effort in filming it, I see you were wearing your tweed waistcoat so it must have been a bit chilly. When I go camping I usually take a small pocket radio which alleviates the boredom. Yes, I do like to see other people suffer doing wild camps in the name of entertainment. Happy Christmas and more of the same in 2025. 👍
Tweedy!!! You are workng your magic again!!! And also reminding me to get back on the trails myself!!!❤😊 Hopefully my long running calf problem is ending, and I will be able to visit the Downs again!!!😊
@@tweedyoutdoors Unforetuneately swift would definitely not be the word to use! Over two years, since I injured my right calf! I used to ramble and cycle regularly, especially the hills. But thanks for the kind words!
I don't often wear head-to-toe waterproofs but I have to admit it's kind of a revelation - I can be out in really miserable weather and it doesn't seem to bother me.
Thanks Carol! Maybe this is what some people call "type 2 fun"? A bit gruelling at the time, but nice to look back on. I was really pleased with the time lapse - the benefit of having a spare GoPro. I just left it outside and went to sleep!
I live very close to where you were. So far as we are concerned our local prehistoric monument is Swindon railway station (as featured at the end of your most enjoyable video) although there are relatively few public celebrations there compared with the nearby Avebury stone circles
It's interesting to think that thousands of years from now people might visit the remains of Swindon railway station and try to fathom what its purpose was!
Enjoyed this, thanks. You may or may not remember a chap commenting months ago that your videos were part of the inspiration to leave everything and explore on foot parts of England and Wales that were unknown to him, before he was too old to do it. Well, that was me and I did indeed set off with a rucksack and a bivvy bag, I finished about a week ago because all the miles carrying weight have played merry hell with bits of my skeleton. I thoroughly enjoyed most of the journey, especially the coast and everyone I met were very pleasant. So thanks again to you and keep up the good work.
Hi Steve - yes I definitely do remember you telling me that! Sounds like an incredible adventure - and of course all adventures like that are going to have their ups and downs. I think I may have asked the same question before but are you considering documenting it in any way? Did you keep a diary or anything perhaps...?
@tweedyoutdoors No, there is in fact a chap currently doing the entire coast of Britain for a veterans charity and he's making a video diary of it, which I am sure will be very interesting.
I miss the camping episodes but fully understand what you mean. This year didn't (for us in the North at least) have a real summer. We usually go caravaning a lot and this year we just haven't bothered (being disabled has put a stop to actual camping or using a tarp etc). Hopefully next year we will have a better summer and more chance to get out
It might just be a temporary blip with the camping videos, I don't know... but for most of this year I don't seem to have really been in the mood! Yes we do seem to have had a lot of bad weather this year. It would be more manageable if it was at least a bit more predictable, but it's really hard to plan trips (particularly anything outdoors focused) if you've no idea whether it's going to be a heatwave or a gale.
Sitting in the warmth and feeling slightly guilty 😇, I get a good idea what it's like to spend the longest night in these cold, wet and windy conditions from your video. It's good to know that the days are getting longer again (even though it's not as simple as that, as you explained). I particularly loved the night sky time lapse! Happy solstice/Merry Christmas, Tweedy!
Thanks Kathi! The night sky time lapse did come out better than I expected - those things usually just drain the batteries and are a disappointment. Happy Solstice and Merry Christmas to you too!
I didn't know that about the Shortest sunrise and sunset but it makes sense. Appreciate you camping out In such conditions. I need to give it a go (probably on the Summer Solstice) thanks again and happy Solstice, Xmas and New Year. Phill
Thanks Phill, and and seasons greetings to you too! Summer Solstice camping is undoubtedly preferable to the winter version - much warmer and (here in England at least) only around six hours of darkness to deal with!
@@markantscott It was good, but a bit sweet! I think it would have worked better if there had been a sour / bitter component to balance out the sweetness.
Thanks Cara - alas it isn't particularly hidden! At least one cyclist passed by while I was sat there, and I had lots of lights on at the time, so I'm sure they noticed... but Leave No Trace and all that - I don't think I was bothering anyone, I left before sunrise and I doubt anyone would be able to tell I was ever there. I hope you have a great Christmas and New Year too!
Hi John, Happy Winter Solstice!! This was a great video which gave me a broad smile from start to finish!! The sunset just got better and better, shame it decided not to turn up in the morning perhaps no-one had told it about the strange arrangements for the longest night (I'm going to have to investigate this one I'm intrigued). Totally impressed with your pronunciation of Paella. The double LL is of course pronounced as if it was a Y but somehow it's Pie-Ay-Ya!! At least you didn't chop up some chorizo and put it, in that really gets them going down here. Can you get vegetarian chorizo? Seeing the stones is just wonderful and if anything the grey sky adds to atmosphere. Big well done for going out. Another one for following your instincts and not camping since the excursion with Mr WC21. Even your tent was sized to let you have a glass of GC!! Well done to the man who sleeps in a ditch (as they say in Avebury) Have a wonderful Christmas. All the best!!
Thanks David! Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Christmas to you too. Yes vegetarian chorizo exists here. I barely recall ever eating the proper version so I couldn't comment on how authentic it is (I suspect not very!) - but I think some of the key flavours are paprika and garlic, so at least those components feel like they ought to be possible to recreate in a non-meat version. The pork bit is obviously somewhat harder to replicate! I used to work for an American company, and recall once correcting an American colleague for the way he mispronounced a French word (croissant perhaps?). He responded with a list of Spanish words we English people routinely butcher (including paella). I thought that was quite a good retort.
Thanks Albert! I initially thought it hadn't worked but when I got back home and had the opportunity to tweak the footage a bit I was quite pleased with it.
Thanks Deborah! The cold/wet really wasn't too bad, especially once I was able to crawl inside my (tiny) tent. I love the idea of porcini but they're generally a bit overpriced. I think shiitake have a slightly similar flavour in a way, and are much better value for money.
As you were filming this I was less than ten miles away, enjoying a couple of warm mince pies with thick, boozy cream dolloped on top. I considered going to the stones but nah, too toasty in my flat!
A lovely capture of the night sky there, Mr Tweed. I have often been tempted by the idea of an adoption of a "metric clock" system, Ten hours in a day One hundred minutes in an hour One hundred seconds in a minute All synchronised with that pesky sun of our's. And NONE of that changing the clocks twice a year thing. *Steps off soapbox and retreats to corner* Did I mess up with an apostrophe there? *Retreats farther*
Thanks AFT! I believe decimalisation of time was a key policy of the Monster Raving Loony Party for a time. It's actually quite a sensible idea and therefore a real detriment to their brand image.
Top-tip, I think you should write a cook-travel-book 'Tweedy's ancient British byway gastronomy'... or something.. quirky travel writing bestseller 2025
I watched with a twinge of jealousy, as you are living a life of adventure and I am not. Then I looked outside and its pouring with rain here, so I returned to my warm house and opened another bottle of ale from a local brewery (Christmas present, quite nice). I am definitely more suited to watching UA-cam rather than creating content like you.
I think a lot of outdoors channels on UA-cam present a bit of an idealised version of these kind of escapades - I hope my take on it is a bit more realistic and shows all the ups and downs! This year I've been re-evaluating whether I really want to go through all the trials and tribulations of wild camping... For me I can enjoy most of the highlights of it by going for a daytime walk (and maybe staying out until sunset) and doing some cooking while I'm out, but then going home to enjoy a proper night's sleep!
Hello and welcome to the channel! A collab with PewDiePie perhaps? (Is he even still on UA-cam?) Or maybe you were referring to the cartoon character? I'd love to try some outdoors baking like that but I think it really needs a fire rather than the gas (or in this case gel fuel) stove I normally use, and then I think I'd need to be somewhere where I have permission to do so.
Mostly deer, sometimes foxes. Last night I heard a barking sound which I initially thought was a small dog but I think might have been a (muntjac?) deer.
@@tweedyoutdoors Yep, muntjac bark quite a lot, sort of a mix between a dog and a child. On my recent travels I would hear and see them quite often (only heard them at night). One night I inadvertently camped about six metres from a badger sett. They scamper about and they look like little bears in moonlight.
@@tweedyoutdoors interesting, I feel it's good to know the natural sounds of nature in the UK so we don't scare ourselves and we can get some sleep. As I was camping once heard a heavy breathing outside the tent looked nothing there, so I pack my stuff and went my tent is still there to this day 10 years later I never looked back
@@VenomousMart I agree, it's a big help to know in advance what to expect when sleeping outdoors. Before the first time my daughter went camping with school I played her some sounds of deer barking. It really is quite surprising the first time you hear it! Foxes can also make some shocking noises - it can almost sound like a child screaming if you're half asleep - although they're quite common in urban areas so I think a lot more people are accustomed to those sounds. Not sure what the heavy breathing might have been though, and I think I'd probably find that a bit unnerving too. My best guess would be deer again - the males particularly? Or could it even have been a stray cow?
Now that is dedication! 16 hours in a tent. Well done Sir.
Keep the overnight camping videos coming please. We’re all living vicariously through you, Tweedy.
I can't make any promises but I'll do what I can!
Best Solstice video of 2024! Thanks for going out into the grey and showing us the spirit of the season - it's grey & rainy here on the West Coast of Canada as well!
Superb entertainment, and great work out there. 16 or so hours in a hedge is a tough gig! And I think that is about the lightest tent that I have heard of that doesn't require a walking pole. By comparison, my (not quite so tiny) tent is 1600g plus footprint. Love these solstice videos that you do, the sense of adventure and meaning, often tempered by the cloud and darkness! Glad you get recognised out there- someone in Dartmoor shouted my name at me in the car park and it felt strangely good. Looking forward to our joint camp, it is less arduous when you have company. Great video once again my friend.
Thanks Hedley! I've always thought the term "midnight" seemed inappropriate because that's the time I normally go to sleep at home, so surely it should be "startnight"? ...but it occurred to me on this trip that actually if sunset is 4pm and sunrise is 8am then midnight really is bang in the middle.
Being recognised in public is strange isn't it? I instinctively feel the first thing I ought to say when someone tells me they watch my videos is "sorry!" but I always end up saying thank you instead.
We call this Stealth Camping in North America. I really like your style.
Two nights ago my wife wagered that you would provide us with a Solstice video. And, like usual, she won! Sorry for the gloomy weather, but so happy you managed to venture out and provide us all with another lovely adventure. Happy Solstice and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours from the mountains of West Virginia! CHEERS!!!🍻
Cheers Ed, and well done to your wife for predicting this! It actually isn't a given that I get to Avebury for the winter solstice, I think I've averaged every other year in the past five years.
I think this might be an example of what some people call "type 2 fun" - i.e. things you do which seem a bit of a feat of endurance at the time, but in hindsight you look back on with fondness.
Merry Christmas to you and yours too!
Another entertaining video,more camping videos please
Thanks for toughing it out for us viewers Tweedy! You are definitely one of a kind on these Tubes of You. Merry Christmas from the West Coast of Canada!
Cheers Kevin, and a Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi Tweedy. That was a triumph. Happy Solstice to you.
I cannot imagine for one second what it must feel like to spend over 12 hours in a hedge. Your ability to prepare a decent hot vegetarian meal alfresco in mid winter is outstanding.
All thoughts that your video would somehow be rubbish were undeserved. Highly enjoyable from beginning to end.
I hope you thawed out on the train home.
Thank you for another year of remarkable videos. I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas with your family and friends. 👏👏👍😀🍺🍷
Thank you for the very kind words Andrew!
I did indeed thaw out on the train home - a very jovial gentleman was pushing the refreshments trolley and when I asked for a cup of tea he (tongue firmly in cheek) informed me as company policy he was required to serve it with a lid on to prevent spillages. He expounded that, notwithstanding his concern for any scalding that might befall me, there would be the added burden for him of having to fill in an extremely lengthy accident report form. I despise paperwork and we both agreed that even if I was horribly injured in this hypothetical accident he'd ultimately be the one who suffered more.
Nice to see you out camping overnight again
I can't promise it's going to be a regular occurrence!
@tweedyoutdoors well I will enjoy it when you do camp out
Hark at us demanding you spend freezing nights on wind and rainswept wastelands, as we sit by our fires watching you suffer!
Seriously though, I think this is the most authentic wild camping video I’ve seen. I could feel the cold and damp in my bones.
You achieved a good balance - you weren’t relentlessly negative - but you did provide a reasoned and realistic appraisal of why one might hesitate to do this.
As the cold drove you into the tent at a ridiculously early hour, it became clear to me as a viewer that this must be very boring.
You clearly enjoyed it and appreciated your compact tent, plus the food and drink looked great.
Don’t think I’ve noticed the orphaned stone before. Night Timelapse came out well on the GoPro.
Hope you’re enjoying the warm at home, and now you’ve got this out the way, Christmas lays ahead to be enjoyed!
Thanks Mr WC21! I feel this video was a sort of public service to the UA-cam community to explain that wild camping isn't all it's cracked up to be!
Although of course I slightly doth protest too much, and this likely falls under the umbrella of "type 2 fun", whereby at the time I might have been a bit grumpy, but in hindsight I'll probably look back on it fondly.
I was actually quite pleased with the night timelapse in the end - it just needed a bit of tweaking with those colour correction controls I barely understand to make it come to life. Those two short (30 seconds in total?) sequences used up a whole GoPro battery!
I am indeed very much enjoying the sofa / central heating / hot shower back at home today.
I felt cold just watching that. Merry Christmas, Tweedy - my word, you deserve no less!
Merry Christmas Simon!
Doctor Tweedy..every man and his dog knew you would be in that damned hedge for us at the solstice! Thanks for all the great infotainment over the last 12 months , joyeux noel.
Thanks David! I didn't manage it in 2023 for the winter solstice so I like to think I'm at least slightly keeping everyone guessing! I hope you have a great festive season too!
A Brave Camp! You stay so cheerful. I remember camping on long distance hikes in March, with friends ,and things could get quite acrimonious. We were not in a good mood til we reached a pub.
Thanks Colin! Of course this format (video rather than real life) has the benefit of being the edited highlights of the excursion - usually I tend to leave the camera turned off whenever I'm in a really bad mood. Although on this occasion the worst bits were just being a bit bored (and cold) so this probably was a fairly accurate portrayal. I've definitely had trips where I've been quite miserable, but as you said, finding a pub is an instant cure!
Seriously impressed, we spent the very comfortable night in the New Inn in Winterbourne Monkton and had a dinner at the Red Lion and you were in a tent on a hill less than a mile away cooking a rather fabulous meal, thanks for making us feel like wimps. (We did walk around the stones by torchlight after the meal in our defence) Seriously, great to see the film, from the shots we were very near you at times, bit surreal actually. Well done that man.
I think your way of enjoying the solstice is eminently sensible! My favourite winter solstice at Avebury was 2019, I stayed at a hotel in Swindon and took an early taxi to Avebury. I walked around the stones (particularly West Kennet Avenue) at first light, there was hardly anyone else there to begin with, it was misty and incredibly atmospheric. All of that and no need to camp!
Thanks for the video and the effort in filming it, I see you were wearing your tweed waistcoat so it must have been a bit chilly. When I go camping I usually take a small pocket radio which alleviates the boredom. Yes, I do like to see other people suffer doing wild camps in the name of entertainment. Happy Christmas and more of the same in 2025. 👍
Thanks Ysgolgerlan! This is my thickest tweed as well. A radio is a good tip!
Tweedy!!! You are workng your magic again!!! And also reminding me to get back on the trails myself!!!❤😊 Hopefully my long running calf problem is ending, and I will be able to visit the Downs again!!!😊
Thanks Albert! I do hope you make a swift recovery and can get back to enjoying the great outdoors.
@@tweedyoutdoors Unforetuneately swift would definitely not be the word to use! Over two years, since I injured my right calf! I used to ramble and cycle regularly, especially the hills. But thanks for the kind words!
That risotto looked delicious! 😋
Thanks - it was pretty good, albeit a tiny bit too sweet!
I live about 30 mins from Avebury. It's been so wet that it's curtailed my walking, huge respect and fine dining!!
I don't often wear head-to-toe waterproofs but I have to admit it's kind of a revelation - I can be out in really miserable weather and it doesn't seem to bother me.
That looked pretty dire. Well done.
Cheers Barry! Perhaps the tagline of this channel should be "I suffer so you don't have to."...?
Nice little time lapse of the sky! Thanks for another fun(for us viewers, if not for you!) video!
Thanks Carol! Maybe this is what some people call "type 2 fun"? A bit gruelling at the time, but nice to look back on.
I was really pleased with the time lapse - the benefit of having a spare GoPro. I just left it outside and went to sleep!
I live very close to where you were. So far as we are concerned our local prehistoric monument is Swindon railway station (as featured at the end of your most enjoyable video) although there are relatively few public celebrations there compared with the nearby Avebury stone circles
It's interesting to think that thousands of years from now people might visit the remains of Swindon railway station and try to fathom what its purpose was!
They already do…
Merry Christmas and Happy Solstice John
Cheer Sandy, Merry Solsticemas to you too!
Enjoyed this, thanks. You may or may not remember a chap commenting months ago that your videos were part of the inspiration to leave everything and explore on foot parts of England and Wales that were unknown to him, before he was too old to do it. Well, that was me and I did indeed set off with a rucksack and a bivvy bag, I finished about a week ago because all the miles carrying weight have played merry hell with bits of my skeleton. I thoroughly enjoyed most of the journey, especially the coast and everyone I met were very pleasant. So thanks again to you and keep up the good work.
Hi Steve - yes I definitely do remember you telling me that! Sounds like an incredible adventure - and of course all adventures like that are going to have their ups and downs. I think I may have asked the same question before but are you considering documenting it in any way? Did you keep a diary or anything perhaps...?
@tweedyoutdoors No, there is in fact a chap currently doing the entire coast of Britain for a veterans charity and he's making a video diary of it, which I am sure will be very interesting.
What a trooper!
Merry Christmas Tweedy
I did my best! Merry Christmas to you too.
I miss the camping episodes but fully understand what you mean. This year didn't (for us in the North at least) have a real summer. We usually go caravaning a lot and this year we just haven't bothered (being disabled has put a stop to actual camping or using a tarp etc). Hopefully next year we will have a better summer and more chance to get out
It might just be a temporary blip with the camping videos, I don't know... but for most of this year I don't seem to have really been in the mood!
Yes we do seem to have had a lot of bad weather this year. It would be more manageable if it was at least a bit more predictable, but it's really hard to plan trips (particularly anything outdoors focused) if you've no idea whether it's going to be a heatwave or a gale.
Happy 2024 Solstice Tweedy. .. Sue & Steve
Cheers Sue & Steve! Happy Solstice yo you too, it's all uphill from here!
Sitting in the warmth and feeling slightly guilty 😇, I get a good idea what it's like to spend the longest night in these cold, wet and windy conditions from your video. It's good to know that the days are getting longer again (even though it's not as simple as that, as you explained). I particularly loved the night sky time lapse! Happy solstice/Merry Christmas, Tweedy!
Thanks Kathi! The night sky time lapse did come out better than I expected - those things usually just drain the batteries and are a disappointment. Happy Solstice and Merry Christmas to you too!
Happy Solstice & Merry Christmas to you.
Thank you! I hope you have a good one.
I didn't know that about the Shortest sunrise and sunset but it makes sense. Appreciate you camping out In such conditions. I need to give it a go (probably on the Summer Solstice) thanks again and happy Solstice, Xmas and New Year. Phill
Thanks Phill, and and seasons greetings to you too! Summer Solstice camping is undoubtedly preferable to the winter version - much warmer and (here in England at least) only around six hours of darkness to deal with!
Cosy little camp. Good to see you are going back to your roots and camping in a hedge!! Merry Christmas Tweedy 🇬🇧 🇳🇿
Merry Christmas to you too Dave!
Tweedy, utter shambles. love it! - smashing video - happy solstice! Here's to more in 2025, happy xmas too
mead risotto is definitely on my 2025 must-cook list
Happy Solstice to you too!
@@markantscott It was good, but a bit sweet! I think it would have worked better if there had been a sour / bitter component to balance out the sweetness.
Nice to see you back to your hidden spot. Merry Christmas and a very happy new year 😊
Thanks Cara - alas it isn't particularly hidden! At least one cyclist passed by while I was sat there, and I had lots of lights on at the time, so I'm sure they noticed... but Leave No Trace and all that - I don't think I was bothering anyone, I left before sunrise and I doubt anyone would be able to tell I was ever there.
I hope you have a great Christmas and New Year too!
Hi John, Happy Winter Solstice!!
This was a great video which gave me a broad smile from start to finish!!
The sunset just got better and better, shame it decided not to turn up in the morning perhaps no-one had told it about the strange arrangements for the longest night (I'm going to have to investigate this one I'm intrigued).
Totally impressed with your pronunciation of Paella. The double LL is of course pronounced as if it was a Y but somehow it's Pie-Ay-Ya!! At least you didn't chop up some chorizo and put it, in that really gets them going down here. Can you get vegetarian chorizo?
Seeing the stones is just wonderful and if anything the grey sky adds to atmosphere. Big well done for going out. Another one for following your instincts and not camping since the excursion with Mr WC21.
Even your tent was sized to let you have a glass of GC!!
Well done to the man who sleeps in a ditch (as they say in Avebury)
Have a wonderful Christmas. All the best!!
Thanks David! Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Christmas to you too.
Yes vegetarian chorizo exists here. I barely recall ever eating the proper version so I couldn't comment on how authentic it is (I suspect not very!) - but I think some of the key flavours are paprika and garlic, so at least those components feel like they ought to be possible to recreate in a non-meat version. The pork bit is obviously somewhat harder to replicate!
I used to work for an American company, and recall once correcting an American colleague for the way he mispronounced a French word (croissant perhaps?). He responded with a list of Spanish words we English people routinely butcher (including paella). I thought that was quite a good retort.
Thank you. Excellent video.
Thanks Henry!
The shoot of the stars near the end was Great! More please!!! Especially if you get into some Dark Sky sites!!!!❤😊
Thanks Albert! I initially thought it hadn't worked but when I got back home and had the opportunity to tweak the footage a bit I was quite pleased with it.
So sorry you got cold and wet but these are my favourite videos. Going to buy some dried mushrooms tomorrow as that looked very tasty
Thanks Deborah! The cold/wet really wasn't too bad, especially once I was able to crawl inside my (tiny) tent. I love the idea of porcini but they're generally a bit overpriced. I think shiitake have a slightly similar flavour in a way, and are much better value for money.
Gosh - glad you turned up on my recomended! Enjoyed thanks
Thank you, and glad you found the channel!
Happy Soltice from a very dreich Scotland. There's going to be a blue plaque nailed on that tree one day 🌚💤
Thanks Iain, and a happy solstice to you too!
I'm not sure a blue plaque would be in accordance with Leave No Trace principles! 😂
As you were filming this I was less than ten miles away, enjoying a couple of warm mince pies with thick, boozy cream dolloped on top. I considered going to the stones but nah, too toasty in my flat!
I think you made the right choice on this occasion! In nicer weather the stones are magical, of course.
A lovely capture of the night sky there, Mr Tweed.
I have often been tempted by the idea of an adoption of a "metric clock" system,
Ten hours in a day
One hundred minutes in an hour
One hundred seconds in a minute
All synchronised with that pesky sun of our's.
And NONE of that changing the clocks twice a year thing.
*Steps off soapbox and retreats to corner*
Did I mess up with an apostrophe there?
*Retreats farther*
Thanks AFT! I believe decimalisation of time was a key policy of the Monster Raving Loony Party for a time. It's actually quite a sensible idea and therefore a real detriment to their brand image.
Good to see the mead matching with the Honey stove. I'll get my coat...
😂 I wish I'd thought of that!
Happy Christmas Tweedy
Merry Christmas to you and yours too Anne!
🙂
Top-tip, I think you should write a cook-travel-book 'Tweedy's ancient British byway gastronomy'... or something.. quirky travel writing bestseller 2025
That does sound like a fun project - a bit of a niche audience perhaps?
I watched with a twinge of jealousy, as you are living a life of adventure and I am not.
Then I looked outside and its pouring with rain here, so I returned to my warm house and opened another bottle of ale from a local brewery (Christmas present, quite nice).
I am definitely more suited to watching UA-cam rather than creating content like you.
I think a lot of outdoors channels on UA-cam present a bit of an idealised version of these kind of escapades - I hope my take on it is a bit more realistic and shows all the ups and downs! This year I've been re-evaluating whether I really want to go through all the trials and tribulations of wild camping... For me I can enjoy most of the highlights of it by going for a daytime walk (and maybe staying out until sunset) and doing some cooking while I'm out, but then going home to enjoy a proper night's sleep!
First time viewer.... splendid catering skills... i was wondering if you have used a dutch oven and cooked a 'Tweedy Pie?!' 😂
Ps tent packed up looks like a chieftain haggis 😂
Hello and welcome to the channel! A collab with PewDiePie perhaps? (Is he even still on UA-cam?) Or maybe you were referring to the cartoon character?
I'd love to try some outdoors baking like that but I think it really needs a fire rather than the gas (or in this case gel fuel) stove I normally use, and then I think I'd need to be somewhere where I have permission to do so.
Should wear more layers under the tweed when its cold at least
I was wearing a vest!
Do you ever hear any weird noises or sounds at night when your camping in the dark
Mostly deer, sometimes foxes. Last night I heard a barking sound which I initially thought was a small dog but I think might have been a (muntjac?) deer.
@@tweedyoutdoors Yep, muntjac bark quite a lot, sort of a mix between a dog and a child. On my recent travels I would hear and see them quite often (only heard them at night). One night I inadvertently camped about six metres from a badger sett. They scamper about and they look like little bears in moonlight.
@@tweedyoutdoors interesting, I feel it's good to know the natural sounds of nature in the UK so we don't scare ourselves and we can get some sleep. As I was camping once heard a heavy breathing outside the tent looked nothing there, so I pack my stuff and went my tent is still there to this day 10 years later I never looked back
What made you become a vegetarian?
@@VenomousMart I agree, it's a big help to know in advance what to expect when sleeping outdoors. Before the first time my daughter went camping with school I played her some sounds of deer barking. It really is quite surprising the first time you hear it! Foxes can also make some shocking noises - it can almost sound like a child screaming if you're half asleep - although they're quite common in urban areas so I think a lot more people are accustomed to those sounds.
Not sure what the heavy breathing might have been though, and I think I'd probably find that a bit unnerving too. My best guess would be deer again - the males particularly? Or could it even have been a stray cow?