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Glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for the info regarding snakes, everyday is a school day as they say! 🙂🙏

Thanks for the lovely comment Alexandru, and for following along. We really appreciate it and obviously enjoy reading these messages. We'll keep doing what we're doing and trying to improve with each episode. : )

Thanks for the comment Jonas! We're glad you enjoyed this one!

Romania is still very much a hidden gem. Go now before that changes…

Thanks so much for your kind comment! We really appreciate it! 🙏 😊

Stone road wasn’t that bad in the end compared to many of the roads around the world. There’s a few narrow bits, it’s not ideal for turning around or reversing with a trailer and it could definitely go wrong if you’re not concentrating but all in all, it’s fine. As for advertising the Grenadier, for sure, it’s a great spot and quite different to most other places around the world!

It's not our intention to give you anxiety but if you keep watching, you'll see the roads become more and more interesting as the journey continues... 😉 As for the farming, we're glad you enjoyed this one as it's a little different. Definitely dig into permaculture, maybe even take a course or two. There's so much to learn and endless possibilities! We've no doubt it will become a big part of our future as we start to finalise plans!

Terima kasih atas pesan baik Anda dan berlangganan! Seperti yang Anda katakan, rencananya adalah menikmati keindahan dunia, tetapi kita juga harus bersiap menghadapi apa pun di sepanjang perjalanan! 😊

Glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for following along! 😊

Cheers Matt! As you know, our plan is to keep improving with the each one! Editing on the road is a challenge for sure, especially from a time perspective but we just do the best we can while balancing everything else! 🙃

Cheers Glenn! This one is a little different but it's all part of our journey! Great experience too! The wwoofing site is an amazing resource which we'll probably use again on this trip. We shall see!

Glad to have you along for the ride! Let us know what you think of the others! We’re always looking to improve with each one. 😊

@@projectwildearth Will do... My advice (from my own experience on here)... be natural, try and relax with the A-role to camera and just enjoy the process. Your B-role with views and music is brilliant, and the fact you dribble in a touch of history of where you are aill always interest your audiance. I was very interested in the TET trails, I hadn't heard of them before and are looking into that for myself. People watch these sorts of videos because they love the travel and the places you visit, the info and history of the places you visit is a great way of groing your audience. What you're doing now is very much where I want to get too... enjoy and stay safe.

Glad you enjoyed this one! 😊

Thanks so much for the kind comment Samantha! We’re glad to have you along for the ride and hope you enjoy the rest of our videos! We’re still very much at the beginning of our journey really and so there’s still a long way to go! 😊

Thanks for the constructive criticism and positive way in which it was delivered… Here’s a bit of background for your info - It had been unusually warm and very sunny for over a week before with no signs of any ice or snow on the tracks at all. We’d been all over these mountains and over many 2000m passes with no issues at all. If there had been any warning signs, then we would’ve maybe taken a different approach. It was just this one particular corner that was in the shade for almost the whole time. There was another little bit of ice higher up, as you can see in the video, but that was no issue which is why we thought we’d seen the worst of it. In hindsight, you make a valid point and we possibly should have invested in some chains for this exact situation, despite the probability being extremely low based on our experiences a few weeks previous. We knew we had the shovel with us to get us out of this type of situation but chains would’ve been useful. They’re definitely something to think about for next time, although saying that, you can’t take all the equipment you may need, for all eventualities, as you have to carry all of this, all the time and it’s just not practical for an around the world trip. Sometimes you just have to come up with a solution with what you have, which is what we did, or just not go at all.

No problems at all! We're glad you enjoyed this one and it's inspiring you to push a little further in your own life! As for not going viral, that made us smile! If only it was that easy. There are all sorts of variables, timing, luck, etc. Comments like this do help to though! From what we've learned, you need to put out good content, every week, for a year before the algorithm starts to take notice. We're not able to do that being on the road with two young kids with our priority being them, but that's ok. There are examples where things have taken off without following this model and the situation is always changing, but we'll just do what we can to the best of our ability, as often as we can, and remain patient. We still see ourselves very much at the beginning of this journey and we're new to the content side of things. We've had to learn it all from scratch and continue to do so, as you can probably tell! As with anything new though, our plan is to start slowly, remain consistent, keep learning and improving and hopefully, the rest will take care of itself! Time will tell...

That's a fair point but with the situation we were in, there was no way we were going to be experimenting with that to work out whether we had the traction we needed or not. There also wasn't a great deal of gravel available, certainly not enough to make us feel comfortable with this course of action. It was a steep downhill slope into a corner with no barrier and our whole family was onboard - the video doesn't do it justice. It was very precarious. Our focus was obviously getting out of the situation safely, promptly and with us much certainty as possible. In our opinion, the safest option was to dig out the ice so we knew we had good traction.

Obvious choice in that scenario... wisely done! Or you called blockbusters 😂 I will keep that in mind when too icy!

Thanks for the comment! We're glad you enjoyed the magical balloons! As for the ice, this is not something we want to go through again to be honest. Like you say, the plan is to enjoy our journey and give the kids the best experience we possibly can.

We’re glad you enjoyed this one! It’s becoming known as “The Ice and Balloons one” 🎈

Thanks for the comment! We’re glad to have you along!

Cheers Matt! As you can imagine we had a chuckle! 😂😂😂

Indeed it was a privilege. As for epic journeys in a Grenadier, it’s a big wide world out there full of endless possibilities. 😊 We’re glad you enjoyed this episode are looking forward to the rest of the journey! Plenty more to come! We also plan to do some more Grenadier specific content.

Glad you enjoyed it! As for Albania, there’s a lot to see and do and some real hidden gems if you have the time!

Thanks so much for the kind comment and for following along with our journey! We’re glad you appreciate what we’re doing and the work that goes into it behind the scenes. Each project we support will be slightly different so that we’re not repeating ourselves but we do hope to communicate some common themes throughout as we believe that’s important. We will cover projects you don’t hear much about, the positive and inspiring side of things that can be used as a blueprint by others around the world to show that it’s not all doom and gloom! There’s a lot of amazing people doing amazing things and we want the world to know about it. This is just our way to do our little bit to shine a light on those that are doing the hard work on the ground to protect what we all love for generations to come! As for Albania off-road, it definitely has its challenges but it’s all part of the fun! We’re not sure when you went but we can report there’s plenty of food, water and fuel now. 😊 You do have to plan a little conservatively and maybe not always choose the “most interesting route” but we guess that goes for anywhere that’s a little remote and unpredictable! (Which will apply to almost all of the places along our route)

You are a so lovely family and I can sense that you are giving back to all of us. Indeed I was driving from Gijrokaster to Pogradec in off road and of course along the Vjosa river and I did recognize some of the bridges you did cross. And from Pogradec to Tirana we found a very challenging road but it was already end of October and it turned out to be foggy and very rainy in the mountains - and of course we got lost and it took us 8 hours to go back to the tarmac at 10pm - we saw only some shepards, a bear a wolf😅 . Luckily I was not alone and at the end it we all made it and had a rest day in Tirana. Yes, Albania is a very beautiful country with very pleasant people.

@@patpie3703 The weather can certainly be changeable in that area. We were operating in a pretty tight weather window as always 😂 Glad to hear you got out ok despite your challenges! It makes for a great story in the bar afterwards! 🍻

Thanks Julie! It was pretty miserable at the time but we’re all good now! Fighting fit and raring to go! 😎

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice comment! 👍😊

We’re glad we didn’t disappoint with the latest episode! As for scratches, we’ve always seen them as stories and memories. It’s what life is all about at the end of the day. 😊

Great to hear, thanks for the comment Graham! The project videos take a lot more time but we hope in the long run will be worth it! 😊

We’re glad you enjoyed it!

It was bound to happen at some point and will probably happen again but we just want to make sure we do all we can to try and prevent us all getting ill at the same time for weeks on end. Not much fun! 🙃

We loved it! Like you say, it’s got a lot to offer! 😊

Thank you for the kind words. 😊 We don’t have plans to publish our route in detail as we believe in the joy of exploration and preservation of these places.

You are absolutely right…exploring is it all about 👍🏻 Save travels for your family - looking forward to more of your super videos that are simply extrem inspirational!

Great to hear! We hope enjoy catching up on the journey so far! Do let us know if you have any questions or ways in which we can help. 😊

We’re glad you enjoyed it! Next one will be out soon! 😊

Thanks for the kind words and for following along! : )

Never say never 😉

You can thank the nature in Bosnia for that. 😊

We're really glad you're enjoying our videos and massively appreciate your kind words : ) Regarding the TET, Matt also rides and agrees that a recce on two wheels would be a good idea like he does for his company AdventureX (adventurex.com/) before each trip. Unfortunately, we're not able to a recce for Project Wild Earth and so we have to rely on our research, input from the locals and have a little adventure along the way! We've had a few tricky situations but we've managed to navigate our way through them and been ok so far! 😃

@vistatrekker - Thanks so much, we really appreciate it! It’s a lot of work behind the scenes as I’m sure you know but we try and do the best we can while on the road with our kids. We know there’s a lot of content out there and so we want to be respectful of people’s time and try and immerse them in nature from our perspective without drivelling on. It also serves as a great memory for us and so win win all around! As for your question regarding video production, we’re absolute beginners, same with the drone but we’re starting to put things together and learn the ropes! The whole thing is very “run and gun” as we just don’t have the time or capacity with the kids, there’s pros and cons to this of course. Forever striving to do things better but at the same time trying to remember what’s really important here. There’s still a long way to go but as we do more videos, we become more efficient and start to understand the whole process a little more. Our overall aim is to do the absolute best we can to do our bit support those out there doing the work on the ground to preserve and protect our planet with our storytelling. The better we are, the more impact we’re going to be able to have. 😊

@khaalifaa84 Thanks so much, we're glad you enjoyed it! As for having fun on our end, don't worry, we will! : )

Hi Bruno, thanks for the kind words! As for the prep, this was our first video, we really had next to no time to prepare.. th-cam.com/video/qGj1sWbNyS4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p-9em3CLK0MNZfoN Our trailer is a Patriot X3. In terms of the criteria. This is more of a complex answer which we will address in an upcoming video. We'll do the same with the Grenadier. Short answer for the Grenadier - We've been following the Grenadier since the concept was first revealed as Projekt Grenadier and have maintained good communication with them ever since. We've loved the whole idea from the beginning, the story in the pub with Sir Jim's frustrations about the Defender etc and think it's amazing that it is now a reality! None of this was seriously in our life plan to be honest, it was always a distant dream but Covid changed all that. (Back story here - projectwildearth.com/about-us) Inflation was rife and when we wrote out the spec of the vehicle that we thought would work for us and searched what was available, it was looking like the Grenadier should just come online in time for our departure from London in July 2023. It ticked almost all the boxes, was built with mostly proven components by specialists within the industry, was backed by a driven billionaire on a mission, had a 5 year global warranty, and as much as we never thought we'd buy a brand new vehicle, with all things considered, it just made sense to commit when comparing it to everything else at the time. It was a bold move I guess but we have no regrets so far... We have a relatively well-kitted-out Trialmaster. Matt's used to doing these kinds of trips in very unsuitable vehicles that are far less capable than the Trailmaster and so we're confident the Grenadier will do the job.

Thanks so much Joseph! 🙏

No problem at all. We hope you enjoyed it. You come from a beautiful country!

Hi Mike, you’ll love it! The fact that we’ve just done it is just the universe working its magic for you. 😉

There’s still a few left across Europe which is great! As our title suggests, this area in the Făgăraș Mountains is just one them. 😊

Thanks for your support and kind words! Like you say, it would be great if we could all access all of these wild areas but we know that's not possible. At the same time, just being in nature, anywhere has very similar benefits. This has been proven time and time again all over the world with a number of people in several different situations and circumstances. The Mayor is a very special soul, we're glad that came across in the video. The group of people working together in that area are all working very hard to rewild and regenerate that area and make this world a better place for us all. As for Bulgaria, watch this space!

@@projectwildearth That is encouraging stuff. We have a place in a very remote part of southern Bulgaria that we are renovating with natural products, lots of nature there. If you’re heading to the Rodopes let us know. We are trying to get involved in local conservation efforts and you would be welcome. All the best

Glad you enjoyed this one! We know how it is to fly over areas and want to learn more. : ) The concept of a Yellowstone of Europe is pretty epic and they're well on their way to making it a reality!

Thanks for the comment Par. As for the length, it largely depends on how much footage we have to be honest. GoPro on the roof is a good idea. 👍