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Thank you, that means a lot.

Thanks...it was very chill up there

Yup...but still I get comments here telling me I am wrong, and much worse!

@harduphiker someone has to be paying or promising something to these people to say it's a good product . It's a joke. After I told them I figured you wouldn't back your product they stopped messaging. They also referred me to temu where who I went through to purchase it. Temu is a joke of their own lie cheat and decive customers. Product comes all beaten up in a plastic bag. Half the time opened when you get it. Temu blames it on the delivery company. Big mistake to shop that site

@@user-sl2hj2cb9v yeah I've bought preceisely 3 things off Temu, the BBQ was OK but again had some slight rust? Stains? But the first thing I sent back because it was a scam (advertiisng a down blanket but switching in a polyester one) and the second thing was OK but heavier than the advertiser said. And often Aliexpress is as cheap and less shady.

Yeah the feeding of the stove while cooking is the problem, cos you don't really have time to stop and stir or add ingredients while furiously adding sticks.

Ahh I know Hull, a friend used to study there, visited a few times. Parents come from Sheffield.

Such a genuine reaction is just what we hope for when making our videos. I bet this comment put a smile on Tim's face! 😁

@jaspurr6173 I reckon Paul from @AnIdiotOutdoors would be with you on the hyena 2. He loves that thing. But it does take him forever to put up! 🤣

@@CampingRulesOkay yes it did 🙂

How much does the Hyena weigh? ;-) I am guessing you don't hike long distance...

I have pitched it during rain, outer first. It's fiddly but very possible. Not sure what you mean with your other comments, you can see from the video it free stands with the inner, or just with the groundsheet. No guys, the frams just stands on it's own. You don't need to peg out the groundsheet, it's probably a good idea as I pointed out cos things might shift...But you can move it around all you like. A free standing tent is more storm proof. Hyena is if I recall a double hoop tunel tent that needs tension from the pegs to stand up, those guys/pegs fail, it collapses? Still fairly storm proof, maybe more so with the heavier poles and fabric, but it's a point of failure I'd not really want. It means you can't easily pitch it on stony/hard ground, I bet it would go as well as my Lanshan 2 on a pebble beach! Also I'm not going to hike 170 miles with a 3kg tent.

3kg, yes, depends, on what else you are going to pack. In your video you say that you can walk home from your site, so not too far away. A one night camp out you don’t need much food and water or clothes.

@@jaspurr6173 for that camp, yes. Which is why it's a test camp, I don't do test camps in the wild walking over a hundred miles with a tent I've just got ;-) Thames Path I did 170 miles West Highland Way + Great Glen Way 160-170 miles Thames Path Part two will be over a hundred miles. I might use this tent, or might use the Lanshan 2 which is similarly weighted, but either one, I need a tent I can thru-hike with for weeks...or at least a few days covering some distance. I mean I'd not want to do the hike I've just done to Dorking to Leith Hill - 5-7 miles there and almost the same back with a tent that heavy, it's around the weight of my old Coleman! And yes that was a one-nighter wild camp, but as the highest hill in Surrey you don't really want to lug a 3kg tent upto the top of it...

Nice tent Tim. I'm a hyena fan but other than the cheap price and high hydrostatic head it does have it's issues. Btw I'm actually in a hammock in the woods right now. Woop woop broke my camp virginity 😂😂😂.

Yup I do all that now...my Speedster has a simmer ring, and it's so useful for saving fuel and cooking slowly, risotto, pasta etc. And yes I find that pre-soaking helps, I often make a hot chocolate then use the warm pot with water to soak my dinner for 20-30 mins or more then heat it up. I made a Caldera Cone, working on V2 atm, the first is in my videos - that's from a aluminium platter, same sott of deal as a baking sheet. It works well. I see people using beer cans too. I also made a pot stand from a coathanger.

Yeah that's the trade off - by the time you've added an diffuser, you may as well have taken stainless or aluminium!

@@harduphiker I was thinking about cooking rice and putting it in a glorified tea bag of sorts. on account of attempting to stop any burning. I suppose using gel fuels might help as they don't give the heat of a gas stove. I've thought and of all sorts and experimented with concepts. But you know what, after all that I still prefer my trangia 1ltr pot over my titanium pots any day of the week. It does the job and cleaning it is easy as my hands can get right in there.

​@@vespasian266 after I made this video I tried alcohol stoves with the same pot in the video, cos that's what I use now. Same problem - it's less, but you still get that 'hotspotting' and it still can burn! I think yes boil in the bag /sous vide cooking might get past that burn issue, @Tominthetent does this, he has a vacuum sealer and makes his own premade meals that way, and means no mess.

@@harduphiker have you looked at the Keith titanium rice cooker?. solves some problems. I did a version using a cup inside a pot to boil rice or veg. a diffuser of sorts.

They are talking about that - it's all over the comments! It's actually not true according to Alzheimers and Dementia societies: www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/managing-the-risk-of-dementia/possible-risks-of-dementia/metals

​@@harduphiker So called science reports and research should be taken with a pinch of salt (sadly) because it is usually funded by big businesses to spin it in there favour this is why you often see news headlines report research which contradicts another report made six months before (think of how often you see a report in a newspaper claiming red wine is bad for you or visa versa !) This has been exposed over the years ! Think of all the extra money made from selling tobacco long after it was linked to lung cancer because they managed to keep the debate going and sow seeds of doubt ! It can be seen more recently with global warming and the climate debate but everyone is still buying oil ! And when you take into account people who do scientific research are usually not funded until somebody thinks they may profit from it they will take funding where they can ! That report did not say much but more left you to read between the lines so you should ask who has made contributions to there funding and I wouldn't be surprised if you found funding from one of the large cola companies who may be concerned they may have the floodgates of litigation opened because they have been putting their product in can's for years !​

Word of warning to everyone this shill is promoting some dodgey Pseudo-Science website and giving out unqualified medical advise in the comments when I pointed out why the website was dodgey he deleted my comment The only reason I can imagine he has done this is because he is being paid to send traffic there !

Yeah I've been checking those, and I think it'll be fine when I go again later this month...but I still will take my water shoes, JUST in case!

@@harduphiker good idea! Looking forward to seeing the next part of your adventure!

Thanks for watching!

Yeah and I actually tried to ford it... The title isn't click bait, I did almost drown there cos if I had fallen off that plank, falling into deep freezing water would probably have killed me!

.. And a psychologist for attempting it!

From Goring I think, that's where things went wrong, but I could travel light and skip through those sections.

Then my work here is done! No hiking is fun, really... But comfortable during March in floods it is not

@@harduphiker Maybe I'll continue as the over packed lazy camper 🤣🫡

🤣😂 Tim racing down the Thames in a speedboat! 5 minutes later... Shipwreck! 😜

SHIPLAKE! SHIPWRECK!

Yes all this rain is not helping... But maybe floods are better than midges...

​@@harduphikerno maybe about it 🤬

Yes.. It is a hidden gem

Thank you and great to meet you despite the weather and the midges!

Yup I always use aluminium now

Thanks :-)

Yeah I found that weird off balance strange, even though indeed the build quality is better

I did take plastic sandals on my Scottish trip with waterproof socks for this reason... I didn't actually encounter any bogs or streams. But I am using something similar when I go back

Yes links get moderated I think, but will check that out.

They’re like socks but with a protective sole. I’m a fan of ‘barefoot’ footwear, so I hiked a lot of the Thames Path wearing Skinner’s - but you could just slip them over your waterproof socks as needed, then roll them up to carry. They come in a waterproofish bag.

@@annevasey7146 I have water shoes now, similar idea but with waterproof socks as well. Walking in socks itself is risky on the TP with all that hawthorn

Not sure only fan, but the community is small but very loyal, and I love it.

Another gem of a video! If you were promoting hiking then this wouldn't be the best promotion with all the floods. Looking forward to the trip Saturday 🫡

​@harduphiker I can only see it growing in strength with the content you are creating....... 🫡

Well it is a realistic hike in March (a few bits I think are like this all year round!) so yes, I think it is not the best time to hike that part of the Thames in Spring. See you tomorrow!

I hope so...

That's the first time ever....but I had no place to go.

@@harduphiker I was forced to camp in the weirdest places when stealth camping across England. Funnily enough, this is very reminiscent of one.

Wow...yes their stoves are rather...fierce? Pocket Rocket is the same.

I could never turn it down on my MSR Pocket Rocket, it's very much TOO MUCH or blows out!

It's fine if you accept it is not where you should be cycling and act accordingly. The problem I find and found there is people were ringing their bells to get me out of the way on a path they should not have been on in the first place! Had the same with people riding dangerously on crowded pavements...they have no right of way. Similar with shared paths where cyclists are supposed to slow down... They don't and thus people stop walking those paths because being bombed at every few minutes by lycrablokes at 25-30mph is dangerous. The ones who stop and get off are fine.

​@@harduphikerwow! That's some speed to be flying past people! I do ring my bell for walkers when on a shared pathway, not to say 'get out of my way' so much as a polite heads-up that I'm about to go by them (from behind). But I wouldn't pass anyway at those speeds even on a shared pathway, that's crazy! They should think about some cycle barriers if they're bombing along like that

I also confess to being a cyclist >.< (and a dog walker) but I ALWAYS give way which can mean stopping with the mutt on a super short lead (you never know how others will perceive your animal) or actually stopping my bike until pedestrians have noticed you (me) and then give a super wide berth. However Tim I am ecstatic that you still hold to the mantra " IN SOCKS WE TRUST ! " lol <3

So the fact it was only 2/3rds inflated is fine? A few breaths...yes. But I had to do 10-12 breaths to fill it. Also you don't know how the Light Tour works, it has to be fully inflated, cos of how the diamond baffling works. If it collapses down cos it's soft, you will get cold. That's an issue with that kind of baffling, it needs to be fully inflated, otherwise you hit the ground, and then get cold. Whereas Therm-a-rest and horizontal or long baffles you can get away with part inflation, the structure doesn't collapse.

@chrisprice8634 It's brilliant ain't it! 🫡

Thank you both *blush*

Where else do you buy wellies?

Makes perfect sense.. everyone keeps their cheese in their wellies. No? 😉

Shipwreck!!!

@@chrisprice8634 You know it!

These are just the shipwreck highlights...there were FAR more...and I might just do a supercut of them all someday....

Yes...gonna just chill, drink, chat, eat and do a little hiking maybe!

@@harduphiker Much deserved! 🫡

It does seem random which mattresses work with it...

You do know I can read the comments, right? So why are you talking about me in the second person as if I'm not here?

Thanks, I did...it got better. Although I can't say it stayed that way....

@@harduphiker I hope you made it all the way to Kemble and had some good times along the way! I was a fair weather hiker and did most in the warmer months (sometimes too hot!) but it was well worth it!

Yes it was great to be warm and out of that storm!