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Gear is fine, i just can't take a sofa when i am on foot!

Cheers! Still not right, I actually got really ill towards the end of this one.

It was the right weather for them, I rarely see snake to be honest, I'm probably too heavy footed.

I've had so many comparisons to Ray Mears, I'll take it! :)

I know, but it still demonstrates the points I was making. There is little training value showing you a shelter you can't see!

Cheers Lee, I really enjoyed this one.

Thing is, it was pretty quiet and peaceful once I got away from the campsite.

Thanks Mick, needed it I can tell you!

Thanks Heather, I really enjoyed the new forest and I can definitely see me coming back in the autumn.

That's a standard Army Issue one. I have smaller and you are right, the smaller the footprint the better.

Hang on to them, with the prices rising they are a sound 'investment' :)

Glad it helped.

I think that pretty much sums up the 'Reasonable and Proportional' rule. In the UK we are unlikely to face an attacker armed with a firearm and so the threat level is considerably lower and so we don't need to respond with deadly force as a first response in the same way as many American's feel, which is a very different situation to that an American may find themselves in when in America. But if we are attacked with say a knife or club then we absolutely can take reasonable steps to defend ourselves, based on that threat level. Its only when the threat level changes people tend to fall foul of the law, like the father who was jailed for 'defending his family' after two attempted burglars sped away on motorbikes and he drove after them and hit them with his car. There was no longer a threat. Or the Farmer Tony Martin who shot and killed a burglar as he was running away.

For discussion purposes I'm going to ask you to expand on that if you don't mind? What rights, relating to self-defence, do criminals have in the UK that non-criminals do not?

Thanks for that, I'm going to have a look at those. i see they are even bigger than the Dutch one too.

ah, just realised they only ship to United States. Shame!

@dogdadoutdoors I didn't know that... sorry mate.

@@baronedipiemonte3990 No worries, they do look good! I suspect I'm a little too short anyway though!

Ah no, that's not accurate. If you are born in the UK you are typically a British Citizen which means you can live an work in the UK free of any immigration controls. British Subjects where typically those who had a close connection to Great Britain, such as from the common wealth countries, but being a British Subject doesn't give you a right to work and live in the UK the same way as citizenship does. Not many people qualify as British subjects these days, you can apply if you are stateless or come from an overseas British territory, but it doesn't give you the same rights as a Citizen.

Exactly, and it's for walking. Hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that isn't what it is for!

Thing is, a lot of kids these days just don't know how to behave outdoors. I had to call the fire brigade tonight because a bunch of youths had lit what I can only call a bonfire, it was about 2.5 metres in diameter and about 2 metres high, on peat ground about 100m from the nearest house. Peat burns underground for ages and spreads under the fire breaks so its a real issue, one of the nearby trees had also caught fire. I walked past with my dog, called it in, dropped the dogs back home, filled up two watering cans, walked up to about 7 youths and explained (politely) why they couldn't do that before dumping both watering cans on their fire. Had to go back with 2 more cans to get it under control, then the fire brigade had to send a landrover in with another water to make sure it was properly out. And of course, there was rubbish everywhere. Its no wonder we have to not draw attention to ourselves with fools like that around.

I like it. Its a floating lid so its designed to be raised or lowered so you can stuff more on. Ideally the lid goes over the whole bag though so its just mtp over mtp for maximum water resistance. The MTP material is PVC backed which is totally waterproof, but it will still get through where the stitching is, but its pretty water-resistant. I tend to fabsil mine, it not only helps avoid stains, it means water tends to roll off (at least initially) so its less likely to soak through the stitching. It buys you a little more time at least.

Yes, jungle is deet based. Good stuff.

Genuinely am. We aren't perfect, I'm not blind to our flaws but this little island is a great place to live if you know how to work it.

You are going to have to justify that one with opposing facts and figures buddy, hope thats not too much to ask?

I can't, they'd be running and its a complicated subject, they'd be out of earshot before I had finished. But it goes like this, yeah, you absolutely still do have incidences homicide here, of course you do, but its a lot, LOT less than they have in the U.S, particularly when it comes to firearms. This means whilst individuals may still be victims, as a group, WE are much safer.

Yes, there have been cases of that.

He can't write something like that and get off completely free! I was pretty diplomatic I thought.

Cheers buddy, appreciate that.

Welcome aboard buddy! Cadets, some great times, really miss it sometimes.

I find it interesting how we each have a completely different perspective despite being similar in so many other ways.

@@dogdadoutdoors I was a admin on a very large American FB camping group. 1st response to any problem was carry a gun. 🙄

@@frogmaster83 It's certainly very different. I'm really glad we've gone our route.

It really doesn't give more protections to the criminal. If you are caught carrying a firearm the minimum sentence is 5 years and that is just for possession in a public place. If you have a knife outside a small foldable pocket knife without good reason, you can go to prison for up to 4 years. Does it still happen, yes. Is it greatly reduced, absolutely. The idea that you can get into trouble for 'anything' you do to protect yourself from getting into trouble is incorrect. Its exactly that mis-conception I am addressing in this video. Your actions just have to be reasonable and proportional. If somebody is trying to kill you it is reasonable and proportional to defend yourself more robustly. Do I trust the courts to judge what is reasonable? Mostly, yes. There is always gong to be a margin of error where the courts get it wrong. Now if your attacker has a firearm and you have a firearm can you both pull your guns out can you 100% guarantee you will be the one who doesn't get shot? No, of course not. I would take the chances of a court getting it wrong after careful deliberation over the chances of surviving a gun fight any day. Particularly when they just wanted to steal my phone. I removed the second comment you made, not because i necessarily disagree, (data is data) but because comments like that can get my channel de-monetised, hope you understand. I suspect the thing you mentioned is culturally driven rather than genetic and as I mentioned in the video, our cultures are different which is another reason we don't need them. I should point out though even the remaining 40% rate of homicides in the U.S is still over 3 times higher than we have in the UK.d no And no, it wouldn't be more appropriate to consider another country that has guns but low crime rate because I am NOT arguing against guns in America. I am explaining why we don't need them in the UK, which I hope I made very clear in the video.

@@dogdadoutdoors Thing is, whilst what you say is true, criminals, by definition, don’t tend to obey laws. As a Brit now living in Australia (similar gun and self defence laws) I would rather have the US system and laws. In an ideal world, we would have a blend of the best bits of both….

@@ammocraft Of course they don't, that is why controlling the supply is so important.

@@dogdadoutdoors I have no issues with stopping the wrong types from legally buying firearms…..but there is no shortage of illegal firearms available though many sources for those that want them. I’m talking more the nonsense of self defence laws, though. The law favours the criminal, and often penalises the victim, and that is completely arse about.

Absolutely, and I was sure to point that out. It's all about context, whilst the U.S and Canada has those predators, we don't.

I tend to agree.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

LOL! I've only had trouble once, I do go out of my way not to draw attention to myself though and for me, that is the first line of defence, if people don't know you are there, they can't mess with you in the rate situation they wanted to.

@@dogdadoutdoors These days my first line is the missus, second line is a husky the size of Canada. But in all honesty de escalation is anyone's first line, and to remember 99 percent of people out in the sticks are fine, the other 1 percent are just looking for a place to bury the body.

@@rialobran LOL!

Oh 100%, this is came out of video about people feeling nervous about solo wild-camping and so giving a few tips on avoiding populated areas, just trying to stay out of sight and avoiding confrontation, but there have been a number of American's telling everybody they need firearms to stay safe. people seem to like the topic and so I ended up doing a little series around it.

@@dogdadoutdoors yeah I get that. I just don't understand why people equate forests and woodland with nutters.. Nutters live mainly in populated areas.

@@andycoombes161 Definitely. I think its just fear in an environment people are not used to. The isolation, the animal sounds they can't identify, just feeling vulnerable with a thin bit of nylon between you and the world as you sleep rather than a locked door etc. We are pretty vulnerable when we sleep.