Being about the same vintage as Sandy, this brings back memories from my teenage camping years. We had none of the modern gear, but it looks far better in every way now. Maybe I should splash out and try going back to my youth again.
The Hover X1 is a great bit of kit Si, very powerful tool for the solo video maker. I still love old style camping, I'm in the process of putting together an all canvas camp setup with old school gear for some camps:)
Cracking video Sandy nothing better than chilling out in the woods and listening to the owls talking to each other looked like a great woodland to spend time in atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Hi from NZ, Robert here I hope you don’t mind me asking are you related to Arthur and Marjorie Pearce their children my friends through until my mid 20’s David and John. They were a lovely family and I spent a lot of time in their company growing up starting life in Alms Row by Shrivenham church. David went into automotive body repair and I became a motor mechanic, John became a printer. Kind regards....Rob
Right, these multi-fuel stoves are fantastic and they run on anything. I recommend what I think is the best fuel by far: Aspen 4. It's an agricultural fuel, an ultra clean refined petrol, it's stable, does not stink, it's clean and runs clean, it's better for your stove bay far than any other liquid fuel I've tried. Agricultural shops usually stock it, about £20 odd for five litres and unlike normal petrol it keeps.
Hi Sandy. Could you consider setting the CC button so that those of us who are not native English speakers can at least read while listening. This would greatly help us to a better understanding. Thank you very much.
I have just enabled CC, UA-cam won't allow me to select CC for a while for some reason, I guess it has to process the video. Seems to take a few hours before CC becomes available
Well, Sandy, after nearly 80 years in the countryside, I didn't know that male and female Tawny owls make different calls. Not totally convinced !! Never too old to learn some thing new. Another good video.
Nice little spot in the woods that, Sandy. I often go camping with Buddy in some woodland by a canal, never have a fire, but sometimes a light hanging up, low setting, 20 metres or so away can't see it and never been bothered. As long as we respect the area and leave no trace, we can always go back, as I'm sure you could too with this spot 🙂 Nice night-lapse there, I'm still figuring out the settings on my GoPro, mine are terribly short.. Thanks for sharing Take care All the best D & B 👍
Really nice place, but unfortunately there was no "beert" for dessert 😁. You know when you slept good when the other one says he was woken up by crows singing and you didn't hear them!! I like the square lamp personally too. Stay safe ad healthy!
Thats a nice little spot. I need to work on my camp spot for next season. Laws keep changing here making it harder to find a spot that is not over crowded and still close to the water.
I hope you can find somewhere Jim. In the UK mostly Wild camping is forbidden but can be tolerated. We didn't have permission to camp here either but Ralph has used it for a long time without any trouble
Fabulous video, Sandy. I hope you're warm enough in that Bivy? In this cold 🥶 weather watch, you don't get yourself a chill. How is your rib now? ⛺️ 🔥 🌳🍁 🍃 🍂 🍁 🍃 we enjoy your cooking 🍳 as it always makes us feel hungry 😂😂
My ribs are perfectly healed now Angela, no pain at all. As for the cooking, I have to try and get a bit better at it, I think I'll try and carry my Dutch oven into Camp on the next one:)
That new camera’s cool!! Can’t understand why anyone would want to sleep in a bivi … surely little back woods bungalow tent would be much nicer … nice video tho chum !
Very nice outing again Sandy👍🏻 I really enjoy your collection of kit and where and how you use it...very proud that I use the same Feuerhand lantern, and it is the same green colour!👌🏻 Maybe you can also consider the ATG Stretcher, instead of a mattress...I use one on my biking trips and do not suffer from nightly punctures anymore and they fit perfectly in a 2 man tent. Kind regards Sandy, cannot wait for the next one🍻
@@whitetongueoutdoors No worries, I've never really had a problem with them falling down, But I must admit when on camp I only put them on when I won't be moving around too much
I’ve had 2 exped mats delaminate on me, such a shame as they were very comfortable mats. Had to throw them away! Hope you find something just as comfy that lasts !!
Yeah.. air mats. If punctures don't get them delamination will. I had my thermarest delaminate on me, had to send it back to Thermarest in Ireland who promptly sent me a brand new replacement.
Nice little camp out Sandy, lovely old woodland. Hooped bivvy nights are excellent, I've now got a few double hooped goretex bivvy bags, two green and one DPM, and they give a superb cozy warm night even when the temperature drops below O, been after the SAS one for a while but there hard to get hold of at a reasonable price. The multi fuel cooker you have is designed for extreme cold weather expeditions, they work faultlessly but are bloody noisy so not very stealthy. An enjoyable video mate and all the best to you.
That was a great camp, Sandy. I enjoyed it very much. Ralph is a really cool guy. I've never seen one of those candle holders . That is really nice. Seeing as how I am one of those stoveaholics, if that stove is still available , I'm going to have to have one. Just like that svea123r. I REALLY want one of those. They are super cool. Dwayne
Good camp as usual Sandy. I have one of those stoves but the control valve handle looks a bit more robust on your one. Mine has a small wire shaped handle. That looked like a nice big steak. Thanks for the film.
Very simple but amazing camp Sandy. You definitely brought just enough equipment but not too much for a camping trip out in that beautiful woodland. That Optimus multi fuel stove is a real gem, I don't think anyone produces those types of stoves anymore. I may be wrong though because there are plenty of companies in countries such as China, India, Taiwan that make all kinds of cheaper and less quality copies of things. Very enjoyable video, thank you for another great time for all of us. See you on the next one.
Cheers Terry, I think Optimus still make a stove very similar to the Nova, it is a very well made stove but quite bulky and a bit noisy but I like the sound it makes:)
I bought a Vango Banshee 200 earlier this year and had 2 nights of sheer terror in it, I never knew i got claustrophobia until then. Seeing those bivi's brought back the memories 😅 I could never survive a bivi camp.😅
Very nice. I’ve used a bivi bag on climbing trips when I was much younger, totally missed out on the hooped bivi-went right to expedition-style floored two person tents. Ended up with a Hilleberg Soulo. Now I’m interested in hooped bivi stents again. Still wearing the Nortiv8 boots, though; so far so good. I do love the Stonebridge candle lantern, mine has lasted very well. I do have the reflector for my Feuerhand lanterns but it just reflects straight down. That’s a whopper of a steak! I think my only critique of the Feuerhand lanterns is that they leak. In 65 years of car and trailer camping I have never had a Coleman stove or mantle lantern ever leak.
I've just brought two reflectors for my hurricane lamps Gary, will be interesting to see how well they work. As for Coleman lamps I've heard they are good but I have had two Coleman single burner stoves that both started to leak so not as keen on them now
@@WiltshireMan nine times out of ten the leather gasket in the fuel tank cap is dried out and needs replaced when the cap leaks. A gasket made from knife sheath leather ought to work well. I also these days cut a circle from a freezer ziplock bag and punch the smallest hole in the plastic that will fit around that screw in the cap. Re-assemble with the plastic in the top of the fuel cap, then your leather gasket, then the metal threaded slug. I have never had a lantern leak, even starting out at 5400 feet (in the garage) and setting up camp at 14,000 feet in the mountains. while you’re at its take the pump out and replace the leather circular gasket on the bottom of the pump. Lube with neatsfoot oil or whatever you like better.
Hi Sandy. If you're thinking about getting a new sleep pad, I can thoroughly recommend the Big Agnes Rapide SL. Pretty well insulated and really comfortable.
@@WiltshireMan AHH thanks Sandy that's much appreciated. I'm at work binge watching your content. It's Ace I must say. Have a great weekend and feel free to give my channel a mention on your next video. I'm putting yours on my community page as we speak.....OUT
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Great video, thank you 😊
When the sun goes down, Sandy comes out.❤
I've watched so many other UA-cam camping videos and they don't often show much of the night and yet it's the night that we go out for
Great video mate enjoyed it very much good food and good company🍺🍺🍺👍🚴
Thanks Stuart:)
Thank you for sharing your adventure! Thank you for taking me along. Cheers!
Looked like another great trip with good company.
I enjoyed this camp Lonnie, it's good to have company. Ralph is a good chap
Just lovely Sandy. You certainly have a way of making a compelling video me ol' fruit. Very watchable and very interesting.
Great. Cuppa tea and a WM upload 👍🏼
Thanks Sandy, I do like the hooped bivvi. At 25:00 I think Ralph wins the world hokey-kokey championship though. Thanks for posting.
Lovely. Bacon and eggs in the morning and firebox at night. Solstice soon and then lighter nights are on their way
Yes Steve, soon will be the longest night. I am going to have to improve my cooking skills, getting fedup with steak and couscous
Nice camp. 🏕
Being about the same vintage as Sandy, this brings back memories from my teenage camping years. We had none of the modern gear, but it looks far better in every way now. Maybe I should splash out and try going back to my youth again.
Spot on. the older gear might be heavier and take up more pack space, but in terms of performance etc, you can't beat it for comfort and cosiness
Mmmm, lovely looking food. Camp looked great too 👍👌
Thanks Victor:)
Lovely video, fantastic stove. Two men just enjoying nature and each others company.
Nice video excellent the way you captured and edited the content Thanks for sharing Sandy.
Thanks, I think it's the simple things and getting close to nature that make it:)
Mix of the old gear (stove, bivi and lanterns) and the new (Hoverair X1)
Well cobbled together WW.
The Hover X1 is a great bit of kit Si, very powerful tool for the solo video maker. I still love old style camping, I'm in the process of putting together an all canvas camp setup with old school gear for some camps:)
enjoyed that one lads 😁
Great camp I loved the time lapse night sky . Thank you Sandy .
Thanks Anne,
It was a bit cloudy but captured the feeling of the nigh time woodland well.
Cracking video Sandy nothing better than chilling out in the woods and listening to the owls talking to each other looked like a great woodland to spend time in atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Lots of Owls this time of year Jimmy. I love camping out in the woods:)
I always enjoy your videos sandy. Keep doing your good work
Thanks so much Jonathan
Thankyou sandy that looked so cosy, i must admit though i do prefer a small tent.
You are definitely warmer in a smaller tent
Maybe when all the seams go on the mattress it will be comfy again. Great camp Sandy.
Hahaaa No Rob, it would be like a big balloon
Thanks Sandy,I’ll check it out👍
Hi from NZ, Robert here I hope you don’t mind me asking are you related to Arthur and Marjorie Pearce their children my friends through until my mid 20’s David and John. They were a lovely family and I spent a lot of time in their company growing up starting life in Alms Row by Shrivenham church. David went into automotive body repair and I became a motor mechanic, John became a printer.
Kind regards....Rob
Watched it last night as a member , Sandy. Really enjoyed it!
Thanks Pete, This is virtually the same video all I have done is remove some of the transitions so it flowed a bit better:)
Woohoo! A bonus midweek Wiltshire Man. That’ll do, pig.
Gold class video. Some of your weather temp would be a good mix for here, 38c today
Ooh, that hitch knot looks related to the prussic? Never seen that before 👍🏼
Yes it is similar to Prussic, it was invented by a chap called Peter Farrimond who was a BBC radio 4 presenter
Really enjoyable video Sandy. The Optimus stove looks great. Thank you and Stay Safe.
Right, these multi-fuel stoves are fantastic and they run on anything. I recommend what I think is the best fuel by far: Aspen 4. It's an agricultural fuel, an ultra clean refined petrol, it's stable, does not stink, it's clean and runs clean, it's better for your stove bay far than any other liquid fuel I've tried. Agricultural shops usually stock it, about £20 odd for five litres and unlike normal petrol it keeps.
Looks like a great time was had by both bro, breakfast needed fresh parsley and a sprinkle of cheese. Just saying. Safe travels. Ken.
Ken, your spot on with that comment. I will try and make amends next time:)
Thanks for the nice video and also for the music selection and for listing the music you chose too ;) vy73 from Hamburg/Germany, Dietmar, DL4HAO
Glad you enjoyed it Dietmar:)
Looks like a great camp that one sandy. 👍 no straight lines in nature. Comms, cam, comfort. Crack on 🇬🇧🫡🇬🇧👍♥️
👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Coops :)
You can't beat a bivi camp Sandy. Simplicity in itself. Easy up, easy down with plenty of room and fresh air.
Keep safe pal, cheers.
This is true Andrew:)
Love these camps Sandy! Saw a Tawny owl female tonight fly past us! Thought it was a barn owl but my mate checked UA-cam for the sound it made.
Yes Micky you can tell from it's call
Brilliant camp, can't beat it! Thanks for another great watch and all the best to you and your wife for the festive season and new year 👍
That is some powerful little stove!
They don't make them any more Bill but a good stove for sure
Hi Sandy. Could you consider setting the CC button so that those of us who are not native English speakers can at least read while listening. This would greatly help us to a better understanding. Thank you very much.
I have just enabled CC, UA-cam won't allow me to select CC for a while for some reason, I guess it has to process the video. Seems to take a few hours before CC becomes available
@@WiltshireMan UA-cam laberinth I guess. Thanks Sandy!
Great camp, gentlemen. I really enjoyed the time-lapse around the campfire, Sandy. Cheers. 🏕️👍🙂
Thanks Brian, It showed a bit of Campfire camaraderie :)
Well, Sandy, after nearly 80 years in the countryside, I didn't know that male and female Tawny owls make different calls. Not totally convinced !! Never too old to learn some thing new. Another good video.
Hahaa Norm, I hope we can all keep on learning a thing or two as we grow older
Excellent camp Sandy, really enjoyed this one 👍
At one in nature fantastic-I feel a Sandy flint knife construction about to happen ? A great video Sandy -Thank you 👍👍
Hahaa, I have enough work on my hands with the Steel knives James:)
Having fun, -the best part of life!
We must make time for fun Bolle, it's very important
Great camp. Let people know about your superb interview on Paul Messners channel 👍👍👍
Yes, Paul did do a great podcast on me Dave.
Another fabulous outing Sandy. Cheers 🍻
Thanks Andy, it was nice to spend the night in this lovely woodland
Nice little spot in the woods that, Sandy.
I often go camping with Buddy in some woodland by a canal, never have a fire, but sometimes a light hanging up, low setting, 20 metres or so away can't see it and never been bothered. As long as we respect the area and leave no trace, we can always go back, as I'm sure you could too with this spot 🙂
Nice night-lapse there, I'm still figuring out the settings on my GoPro, mine are terribly short..
Thanks for sharing
Take care
All the best
D & B 👍
Thanks Dave and Buddy, I agree completely with what you say. A fire is nice but not always necessary
An excellent edit Sandy, chilly but no bug's. Loved the music and scebe compositions, can't beat a nice dark evening in the forest. Cheers. Harry
Going to be plenty more Dark forest camps Harry:)
Really nice place, but unfortunately there was no "beert" for dessert 😁. You know when you slept good when the other one says he was woken up by crows singing and you didn't hear them!! I like the square lamp personally too.
Stay safe ad healthy!
Cheers Dan, The Stonebridge is a great lantern
Thats a nice little spot. I need to work on my camp spot for next season. Laws keep changing here making it harder to find a spot that is not over crowded and still close to the water.
I hope you can find somewhere Jim. In the UK mostly Wild camping is forbidden but can be tolerated. We didn't have permission to camp here either but Ralph has used it for a long time without any trouble
Very nice woodland camp. I guess you could consider me a stoveaholic! Always interesting and the Optimus Nova is impressive. 👍👍👍
Fabulous video, Sandy. I hope you're warm enough in that Bivy? In this cold 🥶 weather watch, you don't get yourself a chill. How is your rib now? ⛺️ 🔥 🌳🍁 🍃 🍂 🍁 🍃 we enjoy your cooking 🍳 as it always makes us feel hungry 😂😂
My ribs are perfectly healed now Angela, no pain at all. As for the cooking, I have to try and get a bit better at it, I think I'll try and carry my Dutch oven into Camp on the next one:)
@@WiltshireMan look forward to it. Take care. 🎄
That new camera’s cool!! Can’t understand why anyone would want to sleep in a bivi … surely little back woods bungalow tent would be much nicer … nice video tho chum !
Bivi's are the best but a very simple and easy shelter to use
good vid on you camp trip keep up the good vid thanks lee
Love the night moon shot
I should have kept the camera running for another 2 or 3 hours as the skies cleared later
Very nice outing again Sandy👍🏻
I really enjoy your collection of kit and where and how you use it...very proud that I use the same Feuerhand lantern, and it is the same green colour!👌🏻
Maybe you can also consider the ATG Stretcher, instead of a mattress...I use one on my biking trips and do not suffer from nightly punctures anymore and they fit perfectly in a 2 man tent.
Kind regards Sandy, cannot wait for the next one🍻
Great video again !!! Gentlemen of a certain age wear braces with their army softie trousers , keeps them up and out of the mud .😂 . atb .
Braces are good but even in my 60's now I do not have a paunch:)
@@WiltshireMan i didnt mean you had a paunch , it was more obout keeping them up ! atb
@@whitetongueoutdoors No worries, I've never really had a problem with them falling down, But I must admit when on camp I only put them on when I won't be moving around too much
I’ve had 2 exped mats delaminate on me, such a shame as they were very comfortable mats. Had to throw them away! Hope you find something just as comfy that lasts !!
Yeah.. air mats. If punctures don't get them delamination will.
I had my thermarest delaminate on me, had to send it back to Thermarest in Ireland who promptly sent me a brand new replacement.
Nice little camp out Sandy, lovely old woodland. Hooped bivvy nights are excellent, I've now got a few double hooped goretex bivvy bags, two green and one DPM, and they give a superb cozy warm night even when the temperature drops below O, been after the SAS one for a while but there hard to get hold of at a reasonable price. The multi fuel cooker you have is designed for extreme cold weather expeditions, they work faultlessly but are bloody noisy so not very stealthy. An enjoyable video mate and all the best to you.
Thanks Paul, takes a lot to beat a simple camp setup like this:)
Wow! That flint knife takes some skill 👍🏼 I tried flint knapping once. I’m good at some things. Evidently, not flint knapping though.
I think it's a skill which needs a bit of practice
That was a great camp, Sandy. I enjoyed it very much. Ralph is a really cool guy. I've never seen one of those candle holders
. That is really nice. Seeing as how I am one of those stoveaholics, if that stove is still available , I'm going to have to have one. Just like that svea123r. I REALLY want one of those. They are super cool.
Dwayne
Hahaa Dwayne, you are a proper Stovoholic, it's an incurable but happy illness to have:)
Good camp as usual Sandy. I have one of those stoves but the control valve handle looks a bit more robust on your one. Mine has a small wire shaped handle. That looked like a nice big steak. Thanks for the film.
Thanks Neil, I like this stove and should use it more often, I think for the really cold weather you can't beat a petrol pressure stove
Very simple but amazing camp Sandy. You definitely brought just enough equipment but not too much for a camping trip out in that beautiful woodland. That Optimus multi fuel stove is a real gem, I don't think anyone produces those types of stoves anymore. I may be wrong though because there are plenty of companies in countries such as China, India, Taiwan that make all kinds of cheaper and less quality copies of things. Very enjoyable video, thank you for another great time for all of us. See you on the next one.
Cheers Terry, I think Optimus still make a stove very similar to the Nova, it is a very well made stove but quite bulky and a bit noisy but I like the sound it makes:)
I bought a Vango Banshee 200 earlier this year and had 2 nights of sheer terror in it, I never knew i got claustrophobia until then. Seeing those bivi's brought back the memories 😅 I could never survive a bivi camp.😅
You would hate the Dutch bivi in that case :)
I would not do a bivi camp either, i camp for the enjoyment, that does not look like fun too me.😀😀
Very nice. I’ve used a bivi bag on climbing trips when I was much younger, totally missed out on the hooped bivi-went right to expedition-style floored two person tents. Ended up with a Hilleberg Soulo. Now I’m interested in hooped bivi stents again. Still wearing the Nortiv8 boots, though; so far so good. I do love the Stonebridge candle lantern, mine has lasted very well. I do have the reflector for my Feuerhand lanterns but it just reflects straight down. That’s a whopper of a steak! I think my only critique of the Feuerhand lanterns is that they leak. In 65 years of car and trailer camping I have never had a Coleman stove or mantle lantern ever leak.
I've just brought two reflectors for my hurricane lamps Gary, will be interesting to see how well they work. As for Coleman lamps I've heard they are good but I have had two Coleman single burner stoves that both started to leak so not as keen on them now
@@WiltshireMan nine times out of ten the leather gasket in the fuel tank cap is dried out and needs replaced when the cap leaks. A gasket made from knife sheath leather ought to work well. I also these days cut a circle from a freezer ziplock bag and punch the smallest hole in the plastic that will fit around that screw in the cap. Re-assemble with the plastic in the top of the fuel cap, then your leather gasket, then the metal threaded slug. I have never had a lantern leak, even starting out at 5400 feet (in the garage) and setting up camp at 14,000 feet in the mountains. while you’re at its take the pump out and replace the leather circular gasket on the bottom of the pump. Lube with neatsfoot oil or whatever you like better.
Hi Sandy. If you're thinking about getting a new sleep pad, I can thoroughly recommend the Big Agnes Rapide SL. Pretty well insulated and really comfortable.
I've got no choice Steve, I'll have to replace it, will check out the Big Agnes, Thanks for the heads up :)
For a sec I thought a helicopter was hovering above you. It was of course the stove. The Svea?
Looks like your mat needs a truss.😂
Hi Sandy,another great camp,is the Stonebridge lantern readily available to by on line,it looks a nice piece of kit,many thanks & atb Colin P👍.
Yes Colin,
I believe they are available on Amazon for around £52
You tried the BCB fire dragon stove Sandy?
The burner sounds like the Svea
Yes, very similar
Someone enlighten me please what does “ the rock and roll “ rhyme with?? Stove, pan, cooker??
I doubt that stone age man had tape to hold their flint blades in an antler handle- but they did have pine resin.
It was nearly authentic then :)
what brand of lamp fuel do you use please , i am having issues getting a good burn.
Premium quality low sulpur
@@WiltshireMan thanks but I was after brand if possible please, as my brand is supposed to be that and it keeps burning through wicks when turned up.
I have had many memorable camps, but nothing on film, shame but being a proper greybeard none of this digital stuff existed.
I've recorded most of my camps Steve
Hey Sandy TheTank here, just dropped you a Sub ok buddy ; )
Thanks Tank, I've subscribed back, like what you do:)
@@WiltshireMan AHH thanks Sandy that's much appreciated. I'm at work binge watching your content. It's Ace I must say. Have a great weekend and feel free to give my channel a mention on your next video. I'm putting yours on my community page as we speak.....OUT
Sandy, not for me the bivi; at my age I am trying to dodge coffins, not sleep in them. Henry.
I can understand the desire to want to dodge the coffin Henry. I'm just practicing for the big sleep!!! Would rather stay wide awake though:)