Thanks Tim - and congrats for spotting my deliberate mistake! 😅 I left it there by accident (it was up quite high over my head and I was too busy checking the floor). I didn’t even notice it when editing, and still put ‘leave no trace’, somewhat ironically! I only noticed it when I checked the UKposts upload. So I will go back and get it as soon as the weather and time allows. What a spam javelin! But kudos on your eagle eyes 👀

Thank you my friend! 👍

Thank you!

Thanks JB. Yep, the few times I've used it this past year I've really enjoyed it. Yet to have it out in a hoolie though! Cheers. Rich 👍

It wasn't bad at all - thanks for watching and commenting!

Cheers Steve. Yeah I’ve had it about a year now and very pleased with it. You’re right - a big tent and tarp all in one, and really quite light. In fact, I’m sure it was seeing it in one of your vids, along with a few others, that contributed to the purchase mate. So thanks! 👍

@@CottonBud Just a good ground sheet when it's wet and it's golden!

@@ScoutManSteve Yeah I bought the OneTigris one with it, it even covers the little 'porch' strip when zipped up - seems decently heavy duty!

Thanks mate. The BB certainly has been very enjoyable the few times I’ve used it so far. Hope you had a cracking time Stateside. Merry Christmas to you and yours sir! 👍

Cheers Boss! 👍

Yeah it’s super civilised and comfortable eh? I almost feel guilty using it sometimes 😅. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👍

Thanks, only had it about 6 months, but very pleased with it so far 👍

Glad to help if it gets you out in a happy place sir 👍

Cheers Mick! Yeah I woke up to a thick blanket of snow at home this morning but now it's all getting slushed up by warmer rain. Camera kit is a work in progress (a few too many blurry bits in this vid for my liking) but learning is the fun bit. Hope your hammock camp was fun and comfortable. What do you use to stay warm at those temps if I may ask? Are you using down bags/quilts/underquilts? I've yet to hammock camp below about -1 or -2 degrees, and it's right at the limit of my kit...

@@CottonBud I use a Hennessy 4 season hammock and their tarp It’s a double layer with an open cell mat fitted for a diagonal lay . That’s warm to about 4 degrees below I put a mylar blanket under the mat between the layers I sleep in the British army bag it’s a copy of a carenthia defence 4 , last year I managed in -7 with that set up and the old army softee suit - it’s a bit on the heavy side but it’s a real 4 season system- I’ve never got wet using it and I’ve been out in forty mile an hour winds (not intentionally) and it was fine and it’s warm Good in the summer too built in mosquito net On their website there’s a testimonial from a Royal Marine who slept in one in Norway in the winter highly recommended quality bit of kit

@@hackneeey Ooh a Hennessy - Rolls Royce of hammocks! I must admit I was using a fairly heavy sleep system here - Snugpak Softie Elite 4 with their thick fleece liner. I didn't want to take any chances! I was still only just on the edge of comfort mind... I seem to always get chilly after about 3am no matter what the weather!

@@CottonBud I do too , but I do at home as well think it’s old age 😂 I recommend the old softee suit it kinda traps the air and warms it much better than the new type it says it’s good to -7 cheap as chips

Haha it doesn't take much to make a strange man happy! Thanks for the watch 👍

Cheers Mark! It was far from perfect in real life, but then what’s the point in editing if it isn’t to keep all the nice bits and lose the rubbish bits eh? 😅 thanks Sir. Rich 👍

Thank you! Great shelter isn't it? I've just turned the volume up on that bit of the vid and I totally hear what you mean, it does sound like a fire crackling. Rest assured my little fire bowl had burnt out a long time before I packed up, ands even then I doused the embers with plenty of water. I can only imagine the sound must be something to do with frost or ice on the vegetation near the camera? It really was very chilly and damp, so ice was forming quite fast.

Thank you sir! I have only used mine a few times, and not yet in very bad wind/rain - but I am very happy with it. I hope, if you have one/are getting one, you find it suits your camping too. Cheers . 👍

Well, maybe a drop of booze would have been the icing on the cake, but I’m on the wagon until Christmas 😭. Thanks for dropping by Tim, and the kind words. Getting my head round some new camera gear and not always getting it right, but nice to have some reassurance. Hope all is well sir! Any snow this morning down your way?

@@CottonBud Ah yes, some alcoholic pop is always nice 😁 From my viewpoint, you are nailing the camera gear very well 10/10. All is well thank you and no snow on Sunday. Only Friday and a smidge left on Saturday. Hope you are well too? 😉👍🏼

@BourneOutside can’t grumble Mr Tim, thank you. Bring on Chrimbo though - I’m really looking forward to it for once!

@@CottonBud Glad you’re alright, Rich. Christmas… bah 🤣

Ha! The power of editing Ben. You should see the 'headless chicken' stuff that ends up on the cutting room floor... one day I'll do an honest 'warts n'all' vid, showing what a complete chancer I am. That said - thanks for watching mate. 👍

Thanks Andy. Love it when you get that freezing mist and the trees go all crispy white. It’s chucking down with snow right now, and I’m quite glad to be going to my warm bed 😅. Cheers mate - stay warm! Rich 👍

@@CottonBud I bet you are lol! I'm hopefully off out camping again in a couple of weeks - hope I get some photogenic icy weather!

Yep perfect maybe, but brief! It's literally a couple of crisp days between months of rain, and now a shed load of snow. But very glad I grabbed the opportunity. Even the knee deep mud had frozen solid, I was clean as a whistle when I got home 😅. Cheers for dropping by Dave. Stay warm! Rich 👍

Cheers Mark. I was JUST about warm enough for most of the night, but it was a close call! I think that's just about the coldest I've camped so far, although I was not far from you in The Black Mountains last weekend (the night of the moon halo) and that was bloody cold n'all... Thanks my friend - stay cosy! Rich 👍🏼

@@CottonBud Good to hear of the insulation Rich. Yeah gear accounts for a lot eh? I haven't got any decent winter gear really - I'd be out there otherwise. I just about get away with super cold nights. Yeah, it's been cold this way for sure. Them mountains are freezers at the mo. A pleasure.

Cheers TF. I’ve had the shelter for about a year now, and this is the third time I’ve used it in ‘the wild’, but first in a vid. Lots to like - loads of space, options for opening up or battening down as weather changes, feel of both a tent and a tarp but with a bugnet, and fairly reasonable weight. Only negative is that it feels a bit of a faff to pitch well, certainly with a ridge line anyway. Quite a substantial pack size too, especially if you add a footprint as I do. Yet to try it with poles, or in heavy rain. I think in the right circumstances you may just love it! Let me know how you get on if you take it out… stay warm sir! Rich 👍

@@CottonBud yeah, noticed that faffing to set up, lot going for it though. one of the great bushcrafters -- Nagualero -- seemed quite fond of his and he ought to have known. sadly he's gone to the Land of The Long Camp now, hope he took his with him. still a great guy to watch though. looking forward to getting my Bungalow out under the trees, won't be till the warmer weather though, that much i'm sure of. 🥶 happy holiday season to you Rich, in case we don't see you again until after the New Year.

@teeeff5179 And to you too my friend - I’m in no hurry to do another vid this year but you never know! Have a good one 👍

More like Bobby Davro

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Thank you! I'm very pleased you appreciated the quality. I'm not sure why you say I don't show cooking and eating though - the film shows both the evening and morning food being cooked on the fire and served, and you can even watch me eating the breakfast bacon sandwich if that's what you like to see 😅. It was minimal food and cooking as I was hiking into the woods - no car to carry a small kitchen. Cheers for watching and commenting 👍

Haha well spotted sir! It felt a lot later than that after about 7 hours of darkness… the lamb steak was superb - I actually had two 😅. Thanks once again for watching and commenting. Rich 👍

Cheers Steve. I've only used it three times now in the wild but I've always thoroughly enjoyed it. I haven't had it in severe rain or wind though, so can't advise on that aspect yet - but all in all it really does feel like the best of both the tent and tarp worlds when in the woods. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do - I'm confident you will. I do find the setup a little tricky if I'm honest - here I have the ridgeline above head height, and use adjustable guy lines on prusiks to attach the 2 top points of the tent to it. In fact, I put the line up so high that I failed to notice it when packing up, and left it there by accident - you can just make it out at the 'leave no trace' walkout part! I have to go and fetch it as soon as weather and time allows... 😅

Lol I noticed that you had left the line there...easy to do! Thanks again for the video and the tips! I'll have to practice with both a ridge line and poles/sticks to see which one makes for a better/easier setup... @@CottonBud

Haha! Fair point. I think if we're being scientific (or indeed universal) then 'freezing' means 0°C or below, as this is when water freezes. My water was certainly frozen in the bottles! But I will be the first to admit it's all relative and we are blessed with a temperate climate considering we are on the same line of latitude as Newfoundland. God Bless The Gulf Stream. Utmost respect if you camp out in -20 -to -30°C, with everything you need on your back! Be fascinating to see a vid of how you manage it. Windshield is this. A bit cheap and flimsy if I'm honest, but seems to help. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TY0BZ56/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@CottonBud I like your reply :) And, indeed, temperature is relative to many things. And let's not forget that some will find it very cold at +5celsius while others can stand cold temperatures down to -20 no problem. As for the video, I might do that because there's lots of crap on UKposts and this could lead some people to a very unpleasant night. However, the basics is the same whatever the cold temperature. You just add more insulation, the colder it gets. In the mean time, here are a few tips if that may help you and your viewers :) GROUND EFFECT If you had just one blanket an nothing else in winter, it's better to put it on the ground instead than on your body. Conduction is one of the worst factors to get you cold. LAYOUT WHEN NO FLOOR Let's say you sleep with a tarp only or have winter hot tent with no floor. In order, starting from the ground: - fir tree branches - closed cell foam pad (the typical blue pad) - mylar sheet (or one of those metallic windshiled sun blockers) - inflatable pad - sleeping bag The reason for the mylar under the sleeping pad instead of directly under the sleeping bag is that your body will want to warm up the air in the pad, then the pad to warmup the blue mat, and so on. So the mylar will trap warm air in the sleeping pad. - fill a 1L Nalgene bottle with boiling water, insert it in a wool sock, then place it at your feet. - If extremely cold, add another such bottle (500ml this time) between your legs. The femoral arteries located there are transporting lots of blood. So you\ll have a free internal furnace :) - have two hats at hands so you can switch to a warmer one during the night, if needed - a UCO candle lantern adds 100watts of heat and also help reduce the condensation - put everything to protect from the cold in a small mesh bag and keep it in your sleeping bag. - if you have lots of gear to protect from the cold, then sleep in your side and put everything behind your knees. - If more than extreme cold, find a Sasquash, make friend with him, and spoon. - eat calories before going to sleep. digestion produces heat. - always keep a dry set of first layers in your sleeping bag to use when going to sleep. - make sure to brush out all snow before getting in your shelter - never breath in your sleeping bag - when in bear country and camping during spring or fall. Always bring someone that runs slower than you... In the mean time, keep making great videos!

@@DiabloOutdoors And I like your reply to my reply! Very wise words and top tips, thank you 👍

Thanks! English Midlands 👍

Thank you! That's a Karrimor SF Sabre 45, with optional PLCE side pouches. In coyote. Not cheap, and only had it a few months, but very impressed so far. karrimorsf.com/product/karrimor-sf-sabre-45-bushcraft-backpack/

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