I got busted by a landowner and his gamekeeper out shooting they spotted us on nightvision.they were more than reasonable with us and even pointed out another spot we could camp out of their way.they even gave us a lift there in the back of their truck.and the spot they showed us was even better than where we originally picked.nice 1 guys 👍
Exactly!!! This is it with land owners, they are and always have been good. Not to mention... wasn't really a bust then aye, they just didn't want to shoot at you. Well played Cully. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I spent 6 months in woodland not too long ago - Female with a dog. I vividly remember the first time l heard the blood curdling screams of a fox.😮 It sounded like a woman fighting for her life out there in the darkest hours. Being in Norfolk.. l was getting *The Hills have eyes * vibey flashbacks.😂 Certainly the imagination can run out of sync with reality ! I had to have a couple of team talks with myself over that period. 😅 Being in the woods was one of the best times of my life . I cannot settle in a house.
Exactly!! Know that feeling always. And yeah, funny.... foxes are awesome when they go off on one. You should hear the wild Boar in the forest of Dean... they are super loud at night, but worth it. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
@Frankie22503 lmao 🤣 it's great, they're really not as scary as everyone portrays. We lived with them for 3weeks, but will go back and film it next time. They're nomadic like us, so we all hide/pitch/sleep in the same spaces lol. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
In the late 1969 early 1970s I was homeless for quite a time and had a sleeping bag and sometimes a small tent and slept in small local woodlands during different seasons. The experience then led me to hillwalking and wild camping for the following 50 years, something I still love but not as often as I'd like. Keep up the really great films. If I had with me a woman like that at the time I'd probably still be wild. RESPECT ❤
Cheers, yeah... she's awesome. Talented and funny. My soul mate. Makes life fun to do it together. Lovely story too. Stay safe n warm. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Keep laughing because as you well know thats the best medicine plus it keeps folk like myself smiling with you as Spike says its infectious- good work guys ❤
I have just stumbled across your channel. Your lifestyle definitely isn't for me but I really love to watch you from the comfort of my armchair! I really admire people who choose a different way of life and just live day to day. I like stability but hats of to you both. I have subscribed to your channel and am binge watching your videos. Happy Hopping 😊
@Babylons123456789 awesome cheers, welcome aboard the crazy train lol 😆 comments are awesome here lmao 🤣 and glad to have ya, enjoy and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
Great video, you do hear some strange noises in the woods at night. But a quick search on TH-cam will normally identify the culprit. It's surprising how such small critters can make such big noises. Barn owls screeching still make me jump though. 🤣 🤣
Yes indeed, we still get the same... but stay super quiet, open the doors and we even call back to the Tawneys... male and female calls, we should do a video on them. But what beautiful nature we have all around us and more to be in wonder of, than fear of. Thabks for your comments and support, HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
I was picking mushrooms walking across fields early one morning. I walked around a corner and there was a big circus tent, so I changed directions. All of a suddend I heard shots being fired over the hill and flash bags going off and we could see the smoke. We got seen walking across the field going back towards the footpath by the army. We just said a big good morning. The soldiers all said hello and nodded as we walked right past them towards the footpath. I later found out it was MOD land and they were training the Ukrainian army there. It's all about confidence. Wild camping it's just a human going to sleep. If you are asked to leave its an inconvenience but even if the police come it will probably be for a welfare check on you. If you accidentally trespass that's a civil matter so you have to leave, if the land owner puts hands on you that's a criminal offence over the civil trespass if you state youre leveling straight away. Know your rights as well it helps with those anxious conflicts.
Great video guys. You are spot on, i have noticed there has become an increase in them types of video's. Fortunate for me, i used to spend many nights in the woods of the UK. Doing things that i should not of been doing. So like you guys the seasons in the woods don't make me paranoid. There is like you state nothing really to worry about. As long as you don't attract people. I am now out in Germany. I had a bit of a worrying night on my last camp due to the Wild Boar, but i still stayed put. Even though i am fully aware you don't want to tangle with the Mothet Grunters. I also respect that it does take newbies a good few camps to get used to the sounds that they are not used to. Anyway like i say great vid and to anyone wanting to get out in the UK woodland. Just get out there and give it a whirl. It's amazing
Exactly, we used a specific method with the boar... much like the 'doorbell' moments lol. It just acts as an early warning sign, but also deters them from entering our setup. But lovely to see and hear them at night and in the mornings. Cheers for commenting and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
@moocher7336 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 mad, absolutely mad. But... have found some unfamiliar scat on the mountains... not sheep, goat, deer, or any other we can think of? Will be back in the mountains in a few days or so, so will be checking that out properly lmao 🤣. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers i have seen some soiled under wear, but i very much doubt they were Big Foots 🤣😂 Enjoy the mountains, i am on rest at the mo. Due to having a heart recorder fitted
Loved the intro! Common sense approach by people such as yourselves just doesn’t make the screaming 'click bait' that is used to generate views but is of no substance. As someone who can’t get out into the countryside anymore it is lovely to be able to see you,and others, out and about. Reminds me of many happy times. Thank you and happy hopping to you and all here 👍🤝
During covid, I did it a couple of times. Things were getting to me, and I needed that. But how lovely it is to sleep in the UK woodland at night without anyone to bother you. That's how I got my idea to start making videos
I had a black bear in my camp at 3AM here in Ontario Canada last September. It was pitch black out so i had to use my flashlights, i could not see the bear at all. i'd hear the odd twig snap, the tarp moving on my bicycle woke me up. The bear kept swatting the ground loudly and circled my camp. I Had the bear spray out and a large knife, no way i was going to leave my camp, i was way too tired from bicycling all day before. it finally left after a couple of hours. I was surprised the air horn did nothing to scare it. I was out in the middle of nowhere on a old railways bed trail. I survived. I knew the the bear swatting the ground was a warning that i was too close. I also built a small fire. I did manage to get a bit more sleep. Great video by the way, your stories made me think of my last bicycle/camping tour:)
I watched a string of those Scare bait video through the week, then come the weekend went out wild camping and was tense all night spooking at every twig snapping. The following week I spent the whole week watching "successful" camp videos, that weekend I slept like a log. It's all mindset as you say, camp on people. Leave no trace have no problems.
@trydowave THANK YOU very much!! We might do promos, but ONLY an honest realworld, outdoor view from us. No bs, nothing to hide... if a product or something is not suitable for us, we'd definitely make people know and then give it away to whomever wanted it. Thanks for your awesome comment and please do share and stick around for many more years to come. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@talesfromthepubshed stop watching those weird videos lol 😆 watch ours, and see there's nothing really to be creeped out about lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
👏👏👏 Haha, well said! I’ve been watching the scare vids multiply, thinking ok that got 100K more views but who’s going to take their next one seriously? It’s really a new horror genre, and taken as such the vids are cleverly composed, and reflect deeper fears. But as you say, taken as wild camping vids the effect is damaging and the coping strategies hilarious. It’s made me chuckle thinking of you watching them in your tent 😂.
@mg-sj3ug 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 The tent be rocking with laughter from such channels... we're the scary muppets in the woods lol. But again, we've never come across anyone. However.... let these channels be warned, if we saw someone making content like that... we'd definitely make their night a misery and mess with their heads lmao 🤣 😂 it's wrong scare people and two wrong don't make a right, but Karma is bitch after all lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You are so sensible. Also if you spend your life in fear then what your fear about you will create and bring about. If I could cope with the cold I would join you out of the matrix
I think my best story was setting up in the dark 2m away from a woodlands ants nest. In the dark I Peed all over it. They got pissed off and I had no idea..... I got bitten a few times that night and they made holes in my tent
I'm new to camping, city guy not used to the woods. 1st night on a campsite in France about 1am, I heard a dog snarling and barking right outside my tent. The shock when sleeping and you suddenly hear that freaked me out. It wouldn't stop, after 5mins or so, I sat up, composed myself and played the Carpenters full volume. The dog went away...phew! Looking back the smell of food in my tent may have attracted it.
@christopherleighton4014 on a campsite 😬 we'd have just sorted it from the site owner with a phone call from the tent. But cheers for your comment, well done on standing your ground... it's what it's all about. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
I just subscribed to your channel today as I just discovered you two today! I love how down to earth and kind you are. I have already watched about 4 of your videos so far and keep enjoying them better the more I watch. I love going for walks in the woods. I am in my 60's and have had two odd experiences on my walks. One time I was walking in the woods at an area in the Great Blue Hills called Ponkapoag in the Boston area in the US and heard a loud Native American chant and drums sound. It was loud and in my face. I looked in the woods and saw no one. Gave me a bit of a freight. As far as I could see I was the only one in the area. I have been back several times to see if I experience it again and I have not. Another time I was out for an early morning walk at an sanuary in Sharon, Massachusetts walking in the rain and I saw what looked like a man in dark clothing walking towards me. I simply looked down at my watch to see if I should say good morning or good afternoon. I looked up and he was gone. There's no way he could have disappeared that quickly. Two paranormal experiences maybe. I will never know! All the best and I will keep watching and always liking!🙂🙋
We need the goods stuff and the bad things to, I'm very grateful for you. And all the other channels out there teaching us tips because doing this alone can be Dangerous, im so glad you are a couple, both awareand and alert, doggy to,
@sharonmurray1194 thank you. We have done it on our own before we met and it's not.too dangerous really. But much better being the 2 of us and Dog too. Cheers and consider subscribing, glad to have you on the journey. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@hampshireoutdoorsandsurviv9340 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cheers Cully, they may come across as timid... but get in the way of their usual path amd they dont half get rowdy lmao. Hope you've had a good weekend and will respond in due course to mail. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Nice video, im liking your tales. I was a country copper in the early 90s and there was a programme on tv, I think called "Tracks" (I cant be certain) it had a segment on survival by the very excellent Ray Mears, which involved a lot of "wood craft" chopping small trees etc,there was no mention that you cant just do this on anyones land without permission,. This seemed to catch on with weekend hobbyists and this caused us a big nightmare with private landowners complaining about damage and huge amount of mess left behind, we also dealt with quite a lot of injuries, one guy got an arrow in the eye! happy days!
Great video guys, no scary stories here it’s been a pleasure every time in the woods, I get more paranoid going into the city, that’s where the psycho’s actually are
@JimValerian absolutely!!! That's why Blackheath freaked Tara out. It's everywhere. Cheers Cully, for your continued support and comments. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼 🩷
@@loghoppers Tara is a warrior! so many people on hard drugs there, god knows what can happen. My pleasure, you guys are an inspiration!Keep up the great content, love it!❤️
❤❤❤I so agree about the chopping trees down ...you guys are so respectfully to nature ❤❤❤but under cover at the same time...plus I live your editing..❤so funny the dog with the badger😅
Well said it sad how people make this stuff up and get subs that lap it up. Loved the badger story and your nimble like a squirrel jumping up that tree. The truth needs to be told..you are more in tune with reality not the fables some spout. Keep up the great stuff 🌾🍄🌳🦉
Done loads of solo wildcamping. Not scared of it. Mind still plays tricks on you sometimes. Once had to convince myself I wasn't hearing voices and it was just wind. Then realised it was voices! Could hear a calm male voice, decided to listen to the tone (couldn't hear what he was saying) and could tell he was just calmly chatting to someone. I figured it was a couple and I couldn't hear female voice as it wouldn't be carrying as much. Went back to sleep. Saw them after I packed up in morning 😊
I'm seriously.considering this lifestyle, together with regular volunteering in exchange for food and a bed. I don't like housesharing which is all i could afford and feel that this lifestyle could be a good option. I don't drive so this could make it harder but not impossible. Take care 💚🌿🌲
@@ilanakali1030 we don't drive Cully, and bed is where our heads lay. It's a hard lifestyle, but very rewarding. Good luck and stick around. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@whelkshuffler thanks lol, just another walk in the park 😆 but yeah, it's pretty scary place... particularly in the middle of the night hearing voices all around ya lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Climbing through the trees tho lmao 🤣 cheers Cully, going there again at some point, cameras at the ready. 'Wild haggis' was so illusive... we didn't here it after the shock horror on undies and spears lmao. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I think the term wild camper is getting mixed up with bushcrafter. I go wild camping, never have a fire or chop down trees. I prefer to pitch my tent out of sight, without any views. I pitch late and move on early, and i certainly dont carry a knife or an axe! But, from a bushcrafting point of view, i think you are spot on with what youre saying 👍
What so there no Skinwalkers out in the woods??? Love your videos- Love the education. Thanks for all the effort and hope your keeping well out there ❤👍🙏
I remember as kid over 50 years ago cycling to and camping overnight in that spot in Blackheath, we kids knew it as "Cowboy land". It's been thirty years since I camped in woodlands but I am getting my kit ready to embark again soon. I totally agree with you about these click bait titles. I always considered myself as the the most dangerous thing in the woods and would out nutter any nutter I met ,although I never met any. I learned light discipline and lots other other handy stuff with the army but most of it is common sense. Going to the woods for me feels like coming home in a way.
Only farmer I ever heard of shooting someone was that farmer (in the fens I think) who after being repeatedly burgled finally snapped and shot two burglars leaving his house after burgling him yet again, he killed one of them and he got a long sentence for manslaughter. Although the law was changed after this incident so that it was no longer a crime to defend your home it doesn't apply to landowners shooting people camping, wild or otherwise on their land. The land may on paper belong to only a few privileged few individuals and organisations like the national trust (run by liberals who suprisingly act like Nazis) but the land belongs to the people, and providing no damage is caused then what's the problem. If that posh prick who owns part of Dartmoor and is appealing to the supreme court to stop people camping on his land were to win then you can expect large scale trespass walks and camps in protest to get the laws changed as they did back in the early 20th century.
Exactly! Too damn true and no one really seems to rise up anymore. We're getting it in every 'whole' 😉, but let's face it, the more the poor are restricted... how long is it before they rise? The elites would be out numbered exponentially. 🧐🤔 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I love your channel ❤ just interested to know where you guys are originally from. Guessing Tara is from a part in London .... anyway keep up the vids... Happy Hopping!
I remember as a teen wild camping having a small fire in small pit using dead fall wood but in recent years many places have started banning wild campers and campfires because of people who have no idea were watching videos on TH-cam and survival programmes and thinking I can do that with out doing research and learning how to do things properly and causing wildfires damage to private land and leaving trace of them being there with the beer cans and litter just left laying. I always left no trace and even having a small fire because it was in a pit with a screen when I left I filled pit in removed the screen and went home
Camped in woods in Kent about 25 years back and got woken up in the early hours by footsteps...looked out of the tent and there were five or six people in black hooded cloaks walking past in a line. I wished them a good night, they returned the pleasantry and I never saw them again. The scariest thing that ever happened to me when camping was an enormous, groundshaking crash. When it got light, I discovered a huge tree had fallen and missed my tent by less than a metre.
Yeah, Tara had that when doing it alone and bounced her off the floor as it hit. But just feet away too. Crazy, I've never had it... but Tara learned a valuable lesson and now we can't even stay near a tree that might look or seem dodgy. Terrible pines. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I chose to camp in the mountains of Wales since September when I fled my social housing flat in south London to escape daily bullying and terrorism by upstairs neighbor and it's thug gangster boyfriend...... too dangerous and too depressing to stay in London so I bought a tent and camping gear and life got a lot better since I have been in the tent...... I am on disability benefits for autism, PTSD,, arthritis, Hearing loss, 24/7 screaming tinnitus like a loud fire alarm in your head , constantly.......... in London I was very weak from max 4 hours sleep per night for a year, sometimes 2 hours sleep then woken by the constant stomping, the evil baboon upstairs never went out and it terrorized me all day, every day ..... I could never relax at home ever, I lived next to Elmstead Wood AKA 'dogsh!t wood' so I would go there to relax and recharge...... my breathing got so shallow and I was having panic attacks and heart palpitstions ...... I knew I had to do something to save my life so I spent £900 on a van man to move my stuff from London to Wales ..... first night on the tent was the best sleep in over a year...... . since I slept in the tent every night my breathing is a lot better....... the worst thing is my arthritic legs being bent up all the time in the tent when it rains........ very hard to get a place to rent around here and I fear if I go to a big town or city again I will get sick and weak again......... now I know I can do it I will always choose the tent over an exploitative rental situation which most are ........ Northern European people are woods people, we should be in the woods, it is our home
Yes, most definitely. And we're Nomads, so alot of areas look similar wherever we travel (mostly) but doing the family thing, we're definitely wanting the woods right now. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Hi Guys, I’ve recently found your channel and I absolutely love it good on you both I say. Have you ever considered A Dakota fire hole fire as you can’t see the flames it’s a great fire to stay stealthy? Subbed and so looking forward to watching your travels.
@FionaMccue Thank you so much, that's awesome. Dekota fire pit near peatland isn't advised as it'll scorch amd carry on burning. We have had a few in the past when near a more clay soiled area away from pines and heavily rooted grounds as not to kill anything or start a forest fore etc. Although they're great, for us in this specific area would be too silly to attempt. But other places, yes... we've used them to cook on etc... but not really for warmth lol, we're hard-core lmao. Cheers again and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@ Yes I completely agree I live in Macclesfield and wild camp in the Peak District so I understand the fire hazard. You two are totally hard core and your doggy is too, he’s adorable. Stay safe guys and thank you for replying so quickly.
Excellent, you hit the nail right on the head there, I just don’t watch all those stupid click bait videos, pointless! People should just get out there and enjoy it 👍🏼👍🏼
You will only ever see the dross on youtube searches re. strangeness. They deliberately keep the real deal channels off-search, in my experience. So I totally get how it's easy to debunk what most people see. I have deep dived the subject for some time now and actually have my own little woodland in Poland, as well as spending a lot of time in a much bigger forest close by. I know the forest is still a frontier of consciousness. I loathe the cashing in channels with their loopy nonsense, because they chaff out very real experiences that people have had.
I was once camping so I'm asleep in me tent. It must have been around 2 in the morning when I was suddenly awakened from my peaceful slumber by a noise. This was a snorting growly noise. Suddenly my tent is dragged off with me inside it! So I'm dragged in me tent off into the forest by something very very big. Eventually it stops and this thing rips open the tent with huge claws and I find myself staring into the eyes of a huge bipedal creature. It ended badly when the creature and his mate ate me. I have never been back there since.. Anyways, I've done a fair bit of camping with me mates over the years and a hell of a lot of nights spent night fishing. Often on my own. To begin with back in the day we got scared when a fox vocalised. None of us had ever hear this before and it was scary..at night you here sounds you don't hear during the day, nocturnal animals coming out of their dens etc. Owls hooting an so on. Even a wind can move a branch which rubs against the tree trunk an makes an unusual sound. I was once in a wood and all I could hear was what sounded like a swarm of wasps. there was no wind. I headed in the direction I thought this sound was coming from but then it seemed to be coming from a different direction. I didn't find out what the cause of this was. Couldn't figure it out. A woodland or forest, it gets dark, we have bugger all night vision although mines pretty good. We hear a noise. And every lost in the woods horror film we ever watched runs through our heads. Humans are not nocturnal animals and unless you live a more natural life in the wild dark woods are scary places. Which generally keeps most people away at night. Modern Humans have totally lost touch with their natural environment an for many the though of camping even on an official campsite is not something they want to even consider. Out in the wilder places they'd rather grind glass into their eyeballs. As for this subject there's bush crafting, most of these have permission to be on private land and can use trees that need to be cut down and build their bush craft shelters. There are some who o not have the permission, a bit like metal detectorists, some do some don't. Then there's "wild camping" someone like Fell Wanderer might do. Then there's real wild camping like these guys do. The first two are more a hobby than anything else whereas for these guys it's a way of life. A life more people should at least experience to some degree.
@@GreetingsFromBlackwoodFarm Thanks for the reply. I was recalling, after I posted the comment of an incident probably going back some 30 or more years. I was night fishing a drain near where I lived at the time and all was well until it wasn't. I'm sat on me chair down the bank and I suddenly get the feeling something is watching me from the top of the bank, so I turn to look and see nothing. A minute or so later same thing, this went on 2 or 3 more times so I go up the bank to look around. Nothing there. Both sides of the drain is a field. I go back down to my chair and it happens again so I put the brolly up. This didn't help so I took it down again. Back up the bank go I and walk both directions checking the bushes etc..nothing. I begin to get a bit spooked. It gets to the point I grab my gear and up the bank I go, I head for the field edge, cross the road into the fields opposite. Then I pack my gear away and hightail it home. This was the first time I ever got spooked like that. As this ..feeling went on it became worse and worse, like eyeballs drilling into the back of my neck. Saw nothing and heard nothing either. I'd fished this drain many times either with a mate or two or on my own with no issues. I didn't go back to that stretch of the drain for best part of a year until one afternoon I took the dog for a walk and decided to walk round the road and into the field which is opposite the side of the drain I'd been on. Prince heads off across the field to the old bridge that's been there for decades, there's no road or track there now and the fields were just grass. So I get to the bridge and I'm stood looking over the edge into the drain, see if I can spot any fish. Prince is off sniffing about as usual. Suddenly I get the feeling someone is right behind me, I turn and nothing, no one there. This really felt as if someone was literally stood within an inch of me. Thing is the drain in question was Barmston Drain which runs from Hull and eventually empties into the river Hull. Now you might know Barmston Drain is famous, or infamous for what's known as the beast of Barmston drain. or more usually Old Stinker. This is supposed to be a kind of wolf man creature that stalks the drain, this story goes back a long way, and he is supposed to smell very bad, hence old stinker. There are people who have reported sighting old stinker, one couple walking their dog along Beverley beck say they saw it with a full grown Alsatian dog in it's jaws. And it jumped a 6 foot fence as well. They said. Now, at the time of my incident/s I'd never heard of this beast of barmy drain. And quite frankly I do not believe this thing exists either. But that night something spooked the hell outa me. I've been fishing since I was around 5 years old when my Dad started taking me with him, I've night fished lakes, rivers and ponds so many times I've lost count. Often staying for 3 or 4 nights..or more. I get to fish and camp at the same time. I'm not easily spooked and I am not worried about the dark either. I am NOT suggesting it was old stinker because that would be ridiculous. I wasn't thinking about any horror films or anything like that either. Goes to show sometimes we can experience something we have no explanation for. Something we wouldn't normally think would happen. As I say this is something I experienced, I'm not making it up. Other than these two incidents I have only ever had another one when I was around 16 or 17. I will recount this one another time.
@johnsalvin7942 Nope. Not in a field in winter and really don't do communities (tried and tested). We're Nomadic, so we like to move around alot, as and when etc. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
As you correctly stated, people are looking to be afraid because that's what they are told they should be. You obviously, like myself, don't watch the TV, don't take notice of the media and have the confidence to know that should you really need to, you do have an absolute right to defend yourself.
What happens when your dog starts barking and gives your location away? I love camping but wouldnt fancy this. Its nice to get home to a hot shower, clean clothes and a comfortable bed. If you moving on every couple of days or so and ask politely most farmers will give you a corner of a field without having to go incognito. If youre lucky you might get offered apple pie.
@retribution999 he's highly trained. Please have a look at our FAQs video and this will help. Been living this way over 10yrs, so we're good. Cheers for your comment and do consider subscribing. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You might be lucky asking if you can camp for one night the the problem farmers and land oners face is if they say sure stay for two days once you're on the land it can be hard to evict someone and hassle a busy farmer doesn’t need. You're more likely to have luck if you are obviously on the move, i.e. on a bike tour or doing a route. In my all be it limited experience you are better off just finding a good spot on google maps and being sensible. If you choose spot well you will have not worries.
@TheBrick2 it worked well years ago when I was in the scouts, but that was, years ago. I expect times have changed. In Norway you can just sleep in barns. Much depends on how you look and the way you communicate with people.
@@loghopperscan you do a video on how you maintain high level of personal hygiene? I think this lifestyle would be amazing the only concern I'd have would be staying clean
@thedoc5848 it's dirty, it's muddy, nothing is sanitised, we'd suggest not going at it. And we don't require as human beings to be squeaky clean and sanitised all the time anyway... it's super bad for natural immunity and have seen people ill for years having places too clean as antibodies cannot fight off anything, so the system becomes weak and vulnerable. Do stick around tho, and you'll see how we deal with things too. Also... have a look at our shower video, and wash day videos etc too. Thank you amd do enjoy. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I was camping in wood with the wife fire on. The next thing I heard was shaking of bushes it was just like drastic park. It turned out to be herd of cows. 😂😂😂😂😂
Same way you do. We all poop the same and all wash ourselves hopefully lol 😆 But on a more serious note, 100meters away from water or a path and tent... we dig a hole.and the rest is history. As far as washing... there's streams, brooks, waterfalls, baby wipes, soap and warm water, toothpaste, you know... the 'normal' stuff lol. Stick around and have a look at our Forest Laundrette vid too... have a mooch of them all. Definitely more inspiring food for thought. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I always say, they have to find you to mess with you. Even if they do find you, most wouldn't interact with you and will just walk on. after dark, most dog walkers stick to the paths and the yobs are too lazy to walk far from their own comforts.
People ask me am i not scared to be there all alone at night. I allways tell people i feel a lot safer there. It's the cities you have to worry about. That's where the criminals and crazy ppl are. The forest is way safer. Especially at night because there is noone there and it's so quiet you can hear someone approach long before they get close and you can see their flashlights etc. Common sense is enough to stay safe.
Genuine question, how do you access medical care? What happens if you need a GP etc? I’d love to give this a go in some way even for a short time but I have so many hospital appointments you have to have an address to give them
Not necessarily as we've been dubbed by them (NHS) as the forest Nomads. It cane about when Mod broke his hip last year.... the only hiccup there was they wouldn't release him, unless we had a friend say that he would be released to our friends home for at least a month. We did it for 3 weeks, what a great friend to have. We've a video on our friend who helped (our unlikely friendship) But it's not as hard as you may think, so long as you've got good friends, a care of is easy to obtain. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers so reading between the lines, even if you didn't have someone to let you stay for a bit and recover, they would just not release you or put you in emergency accommodation while you recover. Do you need an address now to register with a GP? Used to be you could sign on NFA and they would let you use the job centre, but I think Im going back over 30 yrs 😂 Happy Christmas guys, loving the videos
Hedges are not safe, you can still be shot through them, a school friend was on her horse in the next field, shooters the other side, she was shot in the back through the hedge.
I camped on the trampoline in the garden. Put a tent in the trampoline and zipped it up. Woke up early morning by a fox sniffing my arse from underneath the trampoline. Then it jumped up circled the trampoline. That was enough for me.😂 I think a fox was near before that one because a horrid smell appeared and went.
I always wild camp and so far have never been moved on, nor had any issues. Scottland is even better than UK as you're allowed to wild camp there as long as you're responsible. I usually camp in normal woodland that has footpaths, just camp as far from the path as I can.
have tou ever dug a hole into the ground then to the side to connect with the other hole and make it a ground stove so your fire is under the ground when theres no flame while cooking its under the earth you feed the sticks in feom the side to feed the fire i love wild camping but havent sone it in a long time we done inverness at the river ness and we had a scary encounter with someone going about with a torch in the bushes where we were but we just ignored them and they went away i dont know if it was someone illegaly fishing or someone teying to find us but we never got moved we never made a noise we just kept quiet till they went away we camped in fields and a campsite in thurso campsite there was a patch and some idiot threw a bottle at our tent very disreapectful it was just idiots walking buy havin a piss up but nothing major we will go back to do it again sometime loved it it was creepy at time not knowing whats out there atalking you or just passing through like an animal like deer or fox or badger or what so u just have to let your mind be free to think all thoae things come out at night and sleep during the day
Maybe it was a wild hog that went through the woods in Scotland. They are bringing back hogs, bears and wolves in certain places in Scotland. U.K was covered in forest at one time and had all these creatures.
This was climbing through the trees sort of thing and we've lived with wild boar in forest of Dean... albeit the bad press from a couple of poachers at the moment, they're awesome animals to observe. So still a mystery. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Most are just jokes! I've wild camped everywhere in England and Wales ' I've had some scary experiences but mostly good nights ' I had a family of foxes 🦊 come visit my tent they were really friendly I gave them some of my BBQ food and then they left me alone but you are right! Most of those TH-cam channels are just for popularity
I got busted by a landowner and his gamekeeper out shooting they spotted us on nightvision.they were more than reasonable with us and even pointed out another spot we could camp out of their way.they even gave us a lift there in the back of their truck.and the spot they showed us was even better than where we originally picked.nice 1 guys 👍
Exactly!!! This is it with land owners, they are and always have been good. Not to mention... wasn't really a bust then aye, they just didn't want to shoot at you. Well played Cully. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I spent 6 months in woodland not too long ago - Female with a dog.
I vividly remember the first time l heard the blood curdling screams of a fox.😮
It sounded like a woman fighting for her life out there in the darkest hours.
Being in Norfolk.. l was getting *The Hills have eyes * vibey flashbacks.😂
Certainly the imagination can run out of sync with reality !
I had to have a couple of team talks with myself over that period. 😅
Being in the woods was one of the best times of my life .
I cannot settle in a house.
Exactly!! Know that feeling always. And yeah, funny.... foxes are awesome when they go off on one. You should hear the wild Boar in the forest of Dean... they are super loud at night, but worth it. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers Adult Diaper territory. 😉
Have a great week ahead.
@Frankie22503 lmao 🤣 it's great, they're really not as scary as everyone portrays. We lived with them for 3weeks, but will go back and film it next time. They're nomadic like us, so we all hide/pitch/sleep in the same spaces lol. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@Frankie22-22 there is a lot of witchcraft in Norfolk and nature is very powerful there. It's quite a mysterious place. You are right to feel scared.
In the late 1969 early 1970s I was homeless for quite a time and had a sleeping bag and sometimes a small tent and slept in small local woodlands during different seasons. The experience then led me to hillwalking and wild camping for the following 50 years, something I still love but not as often as I'd like. Keep up the really great films. If I had with me a woman like that at the time I'd probably still be wild. RESPECT ❤
Cheers, yeah... she's awesome. Talented and funny. My soul mate. Makes life fun to do it together. Lovely story too. Stay safe n warm. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You two are proof that being minimalistic and living outdoors can make you happy.
@@PhilipRichards-w6u indeed, thank you. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Haha really enjoyed the intro, another quality video guys, stay blessed.
Brill, Cheers Cully. Hope you had a good weekend and week ahead. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Nice one guys that’s a lot of sense you’re talking
Thanks so much. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Keep laughing because as you well know thats the best medicine plus it keeps folk like myself smiling with you as Spike says its infectious- good work guys ❤
I have just stumbled across your channel. Your lifestyle definitely isn't for me but I really love to watch you from the comfort of my armchair! I really admire people who choose a different way of life and just live day to day. I like stability but hats of to you both. I have subscribed to your channel and am binge watching your videos. Happy Hopping 😊
@Babylons123456789 awesome cheers, welcome aboard the crazy train lol 😆 comments are awesome here lmao 🤣 and glad to have ya, enjoy and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
Great video, you do hear some strange noises in the woods at night. But a quick search on TH-cam will normally identify the culprit. It's surprising how such small critters can make such big noises. Barn owls screeching still make me jump though. 🤣 🤣
Yes indeed, we still get the same... but stay super quiet, open the doors and we even call back to the Tawneys... male and female calls, we should do a video on them. But what beautiful nature we have all around us and more to be in wonder of, than fear of. Thabks for your comments and support, HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
Some good sound advice and yes lots of us need the peace that can only be found in the woods. Great to see your dog to .
Cheers for your comments and continued support Cully. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I was picking mushrooms walking across fields early one morning. I walked around a corner and there was a big circus tent, so I changed directions. All of a suddend I heard shots being fired over the hill and flash bags going off and we could see the smoke. We got seen walking across the field going back towards the footpath by the army. We just said a big good morning. The soldiers all said hello and nodded as we walked right past them towards the footpath. I later found out it was MOD land and they were training the Ukrainian army there.
It's all about confidence.
Wild camping it's just a human going to sleep.
If you are asked to leave its an inconvenience but even if the police come it will probably be for a welfare check on you. If you accidentally trespass that's a civil matter so you have to leave, if the land owner puts hands on you that's a criminal offence over the civil trespass if you state youre leveling straight away. Know your rights as well it helps with those anxious conflicts.
Most definitely. And love the fact you pointed out... it's just sleeping. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Great video guys. You are spot on, i have noticed there has become an increase in them types of video's. Fortunate for me, i used to spend many nights in the woods of the UK. Doing things that i should not of been doing. So like you guys the seasons in the woods don't make me paranoid. There is like you state nothing really to worry about. As long as you don't attract people. I am now out in Germany. I had a bit of a worrying night on my last camp due to the Wild Boar, but i still stayed put. Even though i am fully aware you don't want to tangle with the Mothet Grunters. I also respect that it does take newbies a good few camps to get used to the sounds that they are not used to. Anyway like i say great vid and to anyone wanting to get out in the UK woodland. Just get out there and give it a whirl. It's amazing
Exactly, we used a specific method with the boar... much like the 'doorbell' moments lol. It just acts as an early warning sign, but also deters them from entering our setup. But lovely to see and hear them at night and in the mornings. Cheers for commenting and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
@@loghoppers watch out for them UK Big Foots 🤣😂🤣🤷♂️
@moocher7336 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 mad, absolutely mad. But... have found some unfamiliar scat on the mountains... not sheep, goat, deer, or any other we can think of? Will be back in the mountains in a few days or so, so will be checking that out properly lmao 🤣. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers i have seen some soiled under wear, but i very much doubt they were Big Foots 🤣😂
Enjoy the mountains, i am on rest at the mo. Due to having a heart recorder fitted
@moocher7336 oh damn, hope that goes OK. Keep safe, stay well and HAPPY HOPPING. 👌🏼👍🏼
Loved the intro! Common sense approach by people such as yourselves just doesn’t make the screaming 'click bait' that is used to generate views but is of no substance. As someone who can’t get out into the countryside anymore it is lovely to be able to see you,and others, out and about. Reminds me of many happy times. Thank you and happy hopping to you and all here 👍🤝
During covid, I did it a couple of times. Things were getting to me, and I needed that. But how lovely it is to sleep in the UK woodland at night without anyone to bother you. That's how I got my idea to start making videos
I had a black bear in my camp at 3AM here in Ontario Canada last September. It was pitch black out so i had to use my flashlights, i could not see the bear at all. i'd hear the odd twig snap, the tarp moving on my bicycle woke me up. The bear kept swatting the ground loudly and circled my camp. I Had the bear spray out and a large knife, no way i was going to leave my camp, i was way too tired from bicycling all day before. it finally left after a couple of hours. I was surprised the air horn did nothing to scare it. I was out in the middle of nowhere on a old railways bed trail. I survived. I knew the the bear swatting the ground was a warning that i was too close. I also built a small fire. I did manage to get a bit more sleep. Great video by the way, your stories made me think of my last bicycle/camping tour:)
I watched a string of those Scare bait video through the week, then come the weekend went out wild camping and was tense all night spooking at every twig snapping.
The following week I spent the whole week watching "successful" camp videos, that weekend I slept like a log.
It's all mindset as you say, camp on people. Leave no trace have no problems.
@mikeyronnie5626 sleep on yeah lol 😆 Nomads don't camp, we just sleep for free lmao. But so very true, HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼👍🏼
subscribed. finally. some genuine people on YT not trying to scare me to death or sell me sh!t.
@trydowave THANK YOU very much!! We might do promos, but ONLY an honest realworld, outdoor view from us. No bs, nothing to hide... if a product or something is not suitable for us, we'd definitely make people know and then give it away to whomever wanted it. Thanks for your awesome comment and please do share and stick around for many more years to come. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
What a breath of fresh air you are 😊 I watch to many Bigfoot & Dogman stories that crap me out when I wild camp 🤣🤣🤣
@talesfromthepubshed stop watching those weird videos lol 😆 watch ours, and see there's nothing really to be creeped out about lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
You two need to write a book so the knowledge you have earned is not lost. It would help people return to the land. Much love from Canada.
Yeah it was a choice between a book or youtube... welcome lol. And thank you, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Being in the woods at night is the best experience imaginable, Alive , alone and safe .X
Yes indeed. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I like you guys. You are living off the grid and enjoying it. You have such great attitudes and obviously care for one another very much! Cheers!
Thank you. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
A friend once asked "aren't you frightened of people hiding in the dark?" I pointed out that I was the person hiding in the dark! 😊
Every time lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
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Just found you guys and absolutely love your content!
Thank you and all the best for 2025. Many more years to come, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
👏👏👏 Haha, well said! I’ve been watching the scare vids multiply, thinking ok that got 100K more views but who’s going to take their next one seriously? It’s really a new horror genre, and taken as such the vids are cleverly composed, and reflect deeper fears. But as you say, taken as wild camping vids the effect is damaging and the coping strategies hilarious. It’s made me chuckle thinking of you watching them in your tent 😂.
@mg-sj3ug 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 The tent be rocking with laughter from such channels... we're the scary muppets in the woods lol. But again, we've never come across anyone.
However.... let these channels be warned, if we saw someone making content like that... we'd definitely make their night a misery and mess with their heads lmao 🤣 😂 it's wrong scare people and two wrong don't make a right, but Karma is bitch after all lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
am 64 been camping since 76 and experienced some unexplainable things but never while camping
First time I watched this channel immediately subscribed love it - 66 year old pensioner disabled - I can’t do it but love watching this couple!
Bless you and thanks ever so much. so much support and kind words. Stay warm, keep safe and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
You are so sensible. Also if you spend your life in fear then what your fear about you will create and bring about. If I could cope with the cold I would join you out of the matrix
Badger bashed so funny 😂love that. You are definitely inspiring me it’s a dream for me and maybe reality for a few weeks give it a go ❤
Awesome, cheers. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Brilliant well said and well 👍
Thank you 👌🏼👍🏼
You guys are great , love your videos. I lived in the wild once for 7 years and had a great time.
Awesomeness. Everyone should do it or at least try.. it's good for the soul. Cheers, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Stumbled across your videos and it’s great what you do if your both happy.
@@butterball9101 Always happy and cheers. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I think my best story was setting up in the dark 2m away from a woodlands ants nest. In the dark I Peed all over it. They got pissed off and I had no idea..... I got bitten a few times that night and they made holes in my tent
@liamb6310 🤣🤣🤣🤣 really did 'piss' them off lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I'm new to camping, city guy not used to the woods. 1st night on a campsite in France about 1am, I heard a dog snarling and barking right outside my tent. The shock when sleeping and you suddenly hear that freaked me out. It wouldn't stop, after 5mins or so, I sat up, composed myself and played the Carpenters full volume. The dog went away...phew! Looking back the smell of food in my tent may have attracted it.
@christopherleighton4014 on a campsite 😬 we'd have just sorted it from the site owner with a phone call from the tent. But cheers for your comment, well done on standing your ground... it's what it's all about. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼
I just subscribed to your channel today as I just discovered you two today! I love how down to earth and kind you are. I have already watched about 4 of your videos so far and keep enjoying them better the more I watch. I love going for walks in the woods. I am in my 60's and have had two odd experiences on my walks. One time I was walking in the woods at an area in the Great Blue Hills called Ponkapoag in the Boston area in the US and heard a loud Native American chant and drums sound. It was loud and in my face. I looked in the woods and saw no one. Gave me a bit of a freight. As far as I could see I was the only one in the area. I have been back several times to see if I experience it again and I have not. Another time I was out for an early morning walk at an sanuary in Sharon, Massachusetts walking in the rain and I saw what looked like a man in dark clothing walking towards me. I simply looked down at my watch to see if I should say good morning or good afternoon. I looked up and he was gone. There's no way he could have disappeared that quickly. Two paranormal experiences maybe. I will never know! All the best and I will keep watching and always liking!🙂🙋
Bless. Thank you very much. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
We need the goods stuff and the bad things to, I'm very grateful for you. And all the other channels out there teaching us tips because doing this alone can be Dangerous, im so glad you are a couple, both awareand and alert, doggy to,
@sharonmurray1194 thank you. We have done it on our own before we met and it's not.too dangerous really. But much better being the 2 of us and Dog too. Cheers and consider subscribing, glad to have you on the journey. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Excellent 👍
Cheers Cully, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Lol i love a good old badger bash😂
@hampshireoutdoorsandsurviv9340 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cheers Cully, they may come across as timid... but get in the way of their usual path amd they dont half get rowdy lmao. Hope you've had a good weekend and will respond in due course to mail. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Nice video, im liking your tales. I was a country copper in the early 90s and there was a programme on tv, I think called "Tracks" (I cant be certain) it had a segment on survival by the very excellent Ray Mears, which involved a lot of "wood craft" chopping small trees etc,there was no mention that you cant just do this on anyones land without permission,. This seemed to catch on with weekend hobbyists and this caused us a big nightmare with private landowners complaining about damage and huge amount of mess left behind, we also dealt with quite a lot of injuries, one guy got an arrow in the eye! happy days!
That's cool, we don't do private land anyway and certainly don't advocate it. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Great video guys, no scary stories here it’s been a pleasure every time in the woods, I get more paranoid going into the city, that’s where the psycho’s actually are
@JimValerian absolutely!!! That's why Blackheath freaked Tara out. It's everywhere. Cheers Cully, for your continued support and comments. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼 🩷
@@loghoppers Tara is a warrior! so many people on hard drugs there, god knows what can happen.
My pleasure, you guys are an inspiration!Keep up the great content, love it!❤️
Love this video, was so annoying YT sending me the scared in the woods stuff. Made me wonder if I'd just been really lucky not to be messed with.
Lol, yes indeed. Please enjoy the rest. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
❤❤❤I so agree about the chopping trees down ...you guys are so respectfully to nature ❤❤❤but under cover at the same time...plus I live your editing..❤so funny the dog with the badger😅
Cheers, thank you very much. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Well said it sad how people make this stuff up and get subs that lap it up. Loved the badger story and your nimble like a squirrel jumping up that tree. The truth needs to be told..you are more in tune with reality not the fables some spout.
Keep up the great stuff
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@@carolinemitchell4871 always Cully, eyes and ears open... and we don't have a TV. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Very true words as always 👌 the most I've ever been scared in a tent was the first time a hedgehog came past. It sounded like a drunk psycho 😂
Lmao 🤣 they do indeed. Cheers for commenting and continued support. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Done loads of solo wildcamping. Not scared of it. Mind still plays tricks on you sometimes. Once had to convince myself I wasn't hearing voices and it was just wind. Then realised it was voices! Could hear a calm male voice, decided to listen to the tone (couldn't hear what he was saying) and could tell he was just calmly chatting to someone. I figured it was a couple and I couldn't hear female voice as it wouldn't be carrying as much. Went back to sleep. Saw them after I packed up in morning 😊
Nice one. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I'm seriously.considering this lifestyle, together with regular volunteering in exchange for food and a bed.
I don't like housesharing which is all i could afford and feel that this lifestyle could be a good option.
I don't drive so this could make it harder but not impossible.
Take care 💚🌿🌲
@@ilanakali1030 we don't drive Cully, and bed is where our heads lay. It's a hard lifestyle, but very rewarding. Good luck and stick around. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@loghoppers my concern is that I'm 55 years old and while I'm healthy enough to do it for 5 years, maybe more, if my health stays the same
Camping out on Blackheath is not for the faint hearted.
Massive respect.
@whelkshuffler thanks lol, just another walk in the park 😆 but yeah, it's pretty scary place... particularly in the middle of the night hearing voices all around ya lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Your mystery creature in Scotland was probably a wild haggis
Climbing through the trees tho lmao 🤣 cheers Cully, going there again at some point, cameras at the ready. 'Wild haggis' was so illusive... we didn't here it after the shock horror on undies and spears lmao. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You would be OK with a Wild Haggis as I told they are not carnivorous
@DavidLee-yu7yz yeah all cool. We'll eat them first lol 😆 winters here, we NEED protein lmao 😊 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I think the term wild camper is getting mixed up with bushcrafter. I go wild camping, never have a fire or chop down trees. I prefer to pitch my tent out of sight, without any views. I pitch late and move on early, and i certainly dont carry a knife or an axe! But, from a bushcrafting point of view, i think you are spot on with what youre saying 👍
@Riverman2012 We're Nomads tho, so can only see things from this perspective. But thank you and awesome. Keep it up, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
What so there no Skinwalkers out in the woods??? Love your videos- Love the education. Thanks for all the effort and hope your keeping well out there ❤👍🙏
As always. Thank you and no, no skin walkers lol... just us lmao. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Nice movie madam and man. Verry interessant love to look. Also funny ❤
You guys are great!!❤
Thank you. So are all you subscriber too. Thanks again, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Im looking forward to watching you guys in the Spring and Summer then Autumn ❤❤
Ray Mears once said at a talk "if you just stop talking, Stop moving and just listen then the world becomes alive"
Yes indeed, and many times on the tv too and in his books lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Hello beautiful humans. I hope you’re well and happy. 😊😊
As always. But will be better when we're back in the mountains, less than a weeks time 🫨🤫 lol. Cheers Cully, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I remember as kid over 50 years ago cycling to and camping overnight in that spot in Blackheath, we kids knew it as "Cowboy land". It's been thirty years since I camped in woodlands but I am getting my kit ready to embark again soon. I totally agree with you about these click bait titles. I always considered myself as the the most dangerous thing in the woods and would out nutter any nutter I met ,although I never met any. I learned light discipline and lots other other handy stuff with the army but most of it is common sense. Going to the woods for me feels like coming home in a way.
Exactly, absolutely brilliant. And yeah the woods always home. Glad to have you here. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Only farmer I ever heard of shooting someone was that farmer (in the fens I think) who after being repeatedly burgled finally snapped and shot two burglars leaving his house after burgling him yet again, he killed one of them and he got a long sentence for manslaughter. Although the law was changed after this incident so that it was no longer a crime to defend your home it doesn't apply to landowners shooting people camping, wild or otherwise on their land. The land may on paper belong to only a few privileged few individuals and organisations like the national trust (run by liberals who suprisingly act like Nazis) but the land belongs to the people, and providing no damage is caused then what's the problem. If that posh prick who owns part of Dartmoor and is appealing to the supreme court to stop people camping on his land were to win then you can expect large scale trespass walks and camps in protest to get the laws changed as they did back in the early 20th century.
Exactly! Too damn true and no one really seems to rise up anymore. We're getting it in every 'whole' 😉, but let's face it, the more the poor are restricted... how long is it before they rise? The elites would be out numbered exponentially. 🧐🤔 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@loghoppers if the "right to roam" laws are in any way restricted rather than loosened then you will see mass trespass walks in protest
@@nickmail7604 hopefully lol.
I love your channel ❤ just interested to know where you guys are originally from. Guessing Tara is from a part in London .... anyway keep up the vids... Happy Hopping!
Close enough lol. And Mods from the Hampshire area. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I'm from Sp6 postcode, Hampshire 1 mile, dads place Dorset... 3 beautiful counties....now in Thailand 17 years
Sorry jumped the gun with my reply
I remember as a teen wild camping having a small fire in small pit using dead fall wood but in recent years many places have started banning wild campers and campfires because of people who have no idea were watching videos on TH-cam and survival programmes and thinking I can do that with out doing research and learning how to do things properly and causing wildfires damage to private land and leaving trace of them being there with the beer cans and litter just left laying. I always left no trace and even having a small fire because it was in a pit with a screen when I left I filled pit in removed the screen and went home
Camped in woods in Kent about 25 years back and got woken up in the early hours by footsteps...looked out of the tent and there were five or six people in black hooded cloaks walking past in a line. I wished them a good night, they returned the pleasantry and I never saw them again.
The scariest thing that ever happened to me when camping was an enormous, groundshaking crash. When it got light, I discovered a huge tree had fallen and missed my tent by less than a metre.
Yeah, Tara had that when doing it alone and bounced her off the floor as it hit. But just feet away too. Crazy, I've never had it... but Tara learned a valuable lesson and now we can't even stay near a tree that might look or seem dodgy. Terrible pines. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Sounds like Elves passing through the woods
I chose to camp in the mountains of Wales since September when I fled my social housing flat in south London to escape daily bullying and terrorism by upstairs neighbor and it's thug gangster boyfriend...... too dangerous and too depressing to stay in London so I bought a tent and camping gear and life got a lot better since I have been in the tent...... I am on disability benefits for autism, PTSD,, arthritis, Hearing loss, 24/7 screaming tinnitus like a loud fire alarm in your head , constantly.......... in London I was very weak from max 4 hours sleep per night for a year, sometimes 2 hours sleep then woken by the constant stomping, the evil baboon upstairs never went out and it terrorized me all day, every day ..... I could never relax at home ever, I lived next to Elmstead Wood AKA 'dogsh!t wood' so I would go there to relax and recharge...... my breathing got so shallow and I was having panic attacks and heart palpitstions ...... I knew I had to do something to save my life so I spent £900 on a van man to move my stuff from London to Wales ..... first night on the tent was the best sleep in over a year...... . since I slept in the tent every night my breathing is a lot better....... the worst thing is my arthritic legs being bent up all the time in the tent when it rains........ very hard to get a place to rent around here and I fear if I go to a big town or city again I will get sick and weak again......... now I know I can do it I will always choose the tent over an exploitative rental situation which most are ........ Northern European people are woods people, we should be in the woods, it is our home
Yes, most definitely. And we're Nomads, so alot of areas look similar wherever we travel (mostly) but doing the family thing, we're definitely wanting the woods right now. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You need medical intervention for the good of your mental health. A course of antidepressants will have you back as a useful member of society.
@@lrdisco2005 or maybe sent to 'the camps' for reprogramming?...
@@DVDFRMN Don't be an idiot. They are struggling with poor mental health and you are making a joke out of it.
@DVDFRMN Making light of poor mental health, you are a star.
what do you do for dog food, toilet needs and monthly cycles etc
Just get on with it like everyone else strangely enough. We've money from work and YT, so normal stuff lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I hear this often from tourists as well:
_Stone_ henge is much smaller than it looks like in the brochures.
Definitely lol 😆 they used the bloat tool in photoshop lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Great tips 👍
Thanks Cully, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
The public are increasingly nosey parkers, filming and reporting
Yep. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Hi Guys, I’ve recently found your channel and I absolutely love it good on you both I say. Have you ever considered A Dakota fire hole fire as you can’t see the flames it’s a great fire to stay stealthy? Subbed and so looking forward to watching your travels.
@FionaMccue Thank you so much, that's awesome. Dekota fire pit near peatland isn't advised as it'll scorch amd carry on burning. We have had a few in the past when near a more clay soiled area away from pines and heavily rooted grounds as not to kill anything or start a forest fore etc. Although they're great, for us in this specific area would be too silly to attempt. But other places, yes... we've used them to cook on etc... but not really for warmth lol, we're hard-core lmao. Cheers again and HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@ Yes I completely agree I live in Macclesfield and wild camp in the Peak District so I understand the fire hazard. You two are totally hard core and your doggy is too, he’s adorable. Stay safe guys and thank you for replying so quickly.
@FionaMccue And thank you too. Bless. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I wildcamp in Scotland without big fires and excessive lights .I totally agree with uz .I go to get away from people not to attract attention
@@johnmcglynn4164 exactly that! Cheers. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Excellent, you hit the nail right on the head there, I just don’t watch all those stupid click bait videos, pointless! People should just get out there and enjoy it 👍🏼👍🏼
Yes, absolutely!!! Cheers Cully, and thank you for your comments and continued support. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
During a beach camp, a pelican went into our tent while my wife was preparing cebiche for our lunch.
@richardbrice6535 🤣👌🏼👍🏼 that's a big ass bird too lol. Thanks for sharing. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Spot on 👍
@@keithtomey5046 Thanks, HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼👍🏼
You will only ever see the dross on youtube searches re. strangeness. They deliberately keep the real deal channels off-search, in my experience. So I totally get how it's easy to debunk what most people see. I have deep dived the subject for some time now and actually have my own little woodland in Poland, as well as spending a lot of time in a much bigger forest close by. I know the forest is still a frontier of consciousness. I loathe the cashing in channels with their loopy nonsense, because they chaff out very real experiences that people have had.
I was once camping so I'm asleep in me tent. It must have been around 2 in the morning when I was suddenly awakened from my peaceful slumber by a noise.
This was a snorting growly noise. Suddenly my tent is dragged off with me inside it!
So I'm dragged in me tent off into the forest by something very very big.
Eventually it stops and this thing rips open the tent with huge claws and I find myself staring into the eyes of a huge bipedal creature.
It ended badly when the creature and his mate ate me.
I have never been back there since..
Anyways, I've done a fair bit of camping with me mates over the years and a hell of a lot of nights spent night fishing. Often on my own. To begin with back in the day we got scared when a fox vocalised. None of us had ever hear this before and it was scary..at night you here sounds you don't hear during the day, nocturnal animals coming out of their dens etc. Owls hooting an so on. Even a wind can move a branch which rubs against the tree trunk an makes an unusual sound.
I was once in a wood and all I could hear was what sounded like a swarm of wasps. there was no wind. I headed in the direction I thought this sound was coming from but then it seemed to be coming from a different direction. I didn't find out what the cause of this was. Couldn't figure it out.
A woodland or forest, it gets dark, we have bugger all night vision although mines pretty good. We hear a noise. And every lost in the woods horror film we ever watched runs through our heads.
Humans are not nocturnal animals and unless you live a more natural life in the wild dark woods are scary places. Which generally keeps most people away at night.
Modern Humans have totally lost touch with their natural environment an for many the though of camping even on an official campsite is not something they want to even consider. Out in the wilder places they'd rather grind glass into their eyeballs.
As for this subject there's bush crafting, most of these have permission to be on private land and can use trees that need to be cut down and build their bush craft shelters.
There are some who o not have the permission, a bit like metal detectorists, some do some don't.
Then there's "wild camping" someone like Fell Wanderer might do. Then there's real wild camping like these guys do.
The first two are more a hobby than anything else whereas for these guys it's a way of life. A life more people should at least experience to some degree.
Ian, you're alive!
@@GreetingsFromBlackwoodFarm Thanks for the reply. I was recalling, after I posted the comment of an incident probably going back some 30 or more years.
I was night fishing a drain near where I lived at the time and all was well until it wasn't. I'm sat on me chair down the bank and I suddenly get the feeling something is watching me from the top of the bank, so I turn to look and see nothing. A minute or so later same thing, this went on 2 or 3 more times so I go up the bank to look around. Nothing there. Both sides of the drain is a field. I go back down to my chair and it happens again so I put the brolly up. This didn't help so I took it down again. Back up the bank go I and walk both directions checking the bushes etc..nothing.
I begin to get a bit spooked. It gets to the point I grab my gear and up the bank I go, I head for the field edge, cross the road into the fields opposite. Then I pack my gear away and hightail it home.
This was the first time I ever got spooked like that. As this ..feeling went on it became worse and worse, like eyeballs drilling into the back of my neck. Saw nothing and heard nothing either. I'd fished this drain many times either with a mate or two or on my own with no issues. I didn't go back to that stretch of the drain for best part of a year until one afternoon I took the dog for a walk and decided to walk round the road and into the field which is opposite the side of the drain I'd been on. Prince heads off across the field to the old bridge that's been there for decades, there's no road or track there now and the fields were just grass. So I get to the bridge and I'm stood looking over the edge into the drain, see if I can spot any fish. Prince is off sniffing about as usual.
Suddenly I get the feeling someone is right behind me, I turn and nothing, no one there. This really felt as if someone was literally stood within an inch of me.
Thing is the drain in question was Barmston Drain which runs from Hull and eventually empties into the river Hull.
Now you might know Barmston Drain is famous, or infamous for what's known as the beast of Barmston drain. or more usually Old Stinker.
This is supposed to be a kind of wolf man creature that stalks the drain, this story goes back a long way, and he is supposed to smell very bad, hence old stinker.
There are people who have reported sighting old stinker, one couple walking their dog along Beverley beck say they saw it with a full grown Alsatian dog in it's jaws. And it jumped a 6 foot fence as well. They said.
Now, at the time of my incident/s I'd never heard of this beast of barmy drain. And quite frankly I do not believe this thing exists either.
But that night something spooked the hell outa me. I've been fishing since I was around 5 years old when my Dad started taking me with him, I've night fished lakes, rivers and ponds so many times I've lost count. Often staying for 3 or 4 nights..or more. I get to fish and camp at the same time.
I'm not easily spooked and I am not worried about the dark either.
I am NOT suggesting it was old stinker because that would be ridiculous. I wasn't thinking about any horror films or anything like that either.
Goes to show sometimes we can experience something we have no explanation for. Something we wouldn't normally think would happen.
As I say this is something I experienced, I'm not making it up.
Other than these two incidents I have only ever had another one when I was around 16 or 17. I will recount this one another time.
Have you not camped at teep village in wales in the field
@johnsalvin7942 Nope. Not in a field in winter and really don't do communities (tried and tested). We're Nomadic, so we like to move around alot, as and when etc. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
As you correctly stated, people are looking to be afraid because that's what they are told they should be. You obviously, like myself, don't watch the TV, don't take notice of the media and have the confidence to know that should you really need to, you do have an absolute right to defend yourself.
Absolutely. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
do you ever smoke or use smokeless fires to keep more stealthy?
We don't use fire pits on peatland or elsewhere if not needed or without permission. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Have you seen a big cat yet? I saw a black panther in Pembrokeshire on my way to work in the morning I wasn't scared I was intrigued by it
No big cats yet, but would absolutely love it.. danger aside, but what an awesome experience in the wild. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Platform is known as a high seat 🌾🍄🌳🦉
@carolinemitchell4871 much like a high chair for toddlers lol. Thanks for the info Cully. 👌🏼👍🏼
What happens when your dog starts barking and gives your location away? I love camping but wouldnt fancy this. Its nice to get home to a hot shower, clean clothes and a comfortable bed. If you moving on every couple of days or so and ask politely most farmers will give you a corner of a field without having to go incognito. If youre lucky you might get offered apple pie.
@retribution999 he's highly trained. Please have a look at our FAQs video and this will help. Been living this way over 10yrs, so we're good. Cheers for your comment and do consider subscribing. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
You might be lucky asking if you can camp for one night the the problem farmers and land oners face is if they say sure stay for two days once you're on the land it can be hard to evict someone and hassle a busy farmer doesn’t need. You're more likely to have luck if you are obviously on the move, i.e. on a bike tour or doing a route.
In my all be it limited experience you are better off just finding a good spot on google maps and being sensible. If you choose spot well you will have not worries.
@TheBrick2 it worked well years ago when I was in the scouts, but that was, years ago. I expect times have changed. In Norway you can just sleep in barns. Much depends on how you look and the way you communicate with people.
@@loghopperscan you do a video on how you maintain high level of personal hygiene?
I think this lifestyle would be amazing the only concern I'd have would be staying clean
@thedoc5848 it's dirty, it's muddy, nothing is sanitised, we'd suggest not going at it. And we don't require as human beings to be squeaky clean and sanitised all the time anyway... it's super bad for natural immunity and have seen people ill for years having places too clean as antibodies cannot fight off anything, so the system becomes weak and vulnerable. Do stick around tho, and you'll see how we deal with things too. Also... have a look at our shower video, and wash day videos etc too. Thank you amd do enjoy. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I just subscribed! love yr videos! I like yr banter! Can I ask.. where do you shower?
@brenstarr05 in a shower lol 😆 just like everyone else. Or we'll washing and bath at friends, family etc etc. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼
Ten years brilliant ❤
has your dog ever give the game up when your trying to be normal?im loving the new channel ive found by the way ,all the best
Nomal? And no. Thank you, you guys are awesome. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Smoke can be smelt from a long way off and will surely attract attention.
I was camping in wood with the wife fire on. The next thing I heard was shaking of bushes it was just like drastic park. It turned out to be herd of cows. 😂😂😂😂😂
Lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Good vid
@moorshound3243 cheers Cully, glad you enjoyed. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I have camped out in woods etc in the past, i was told to move on a few times in the morning lol xx
What do you do when you need toilet and how do U wash just intrigued I'd love to give it a try living out in fresh air
Same way you do. We all poop the same and all wash ourselves hopefully lol 😆
But on a more serious note, 100meters away from water or a path and tent... we dig a hole.and the rest is history. As far as washing... there's streams, brooks, waterfalls, baby wipes, soap and warm water, toothpaste, you know... the 'normal' stuff lol.
Stick around and have a look at our Forest Laundrette vid too... have a mooch of them all. Definitely more inspiring food for thought. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers thank you , I'm enjoying your videos nice to see a genuine couple keeping it real God bless❤️
@rawlings1979 Bless you, cheers. Always real, and straight to the point. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
excellent video and well said
I always say, they have to find you to mess with you. Even if they do find you, most wouldn't interact with you and will just walk on. after dark, most dog walkers stick to the paths and the yobs are too lazy to walk far from their own comforts.
People ask me am i not scared to be there all alone at night. I allways tell people i feel a lot safer there. It's the cities you have to worry about. That's where the criminals and crazy ppl are. The forest is way safer. Especially at night because there is noone there and it's so quiet you can hear someone approach long before they get close and you can see their flashlights etc. Common sense is enough to stay safe.
Indeed. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Genuine question, how do you access medical care? What happens if you need a GP etc? I’d love to give this a go in some way even for a short time but I have so many hospital appointments you have to have an address to give them
Not necessarily as we've been dubbed by them (NHS) as the forest Nomads. It cane about when Mod broke his hip last year.... the only hiccup there was they wouldn't release him, unless we had a friend say that he would be released to our friends home for at least a month. We did it for 3 weeks, what a great friend to have. We've a video on our friend who helped (our unlikely friendship) But it's not as hard as you may think, so long as you've got good friends, a care of is easy to obtain. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers so reading between the lines, even if you didn't have someone to let you stay for a bit and recover, they would just not release you or put you in emergency accommodation while you recover. Do you need an address now to register with a GP? Used to be you could sign on NFA and they would let you use the job centre, but I think Im going back over 30 yrs 😂 Happy Christmas guys, loving the videos
Hedges are not safe, you can still be shot through them, a school friend was on her horse in the next field, shooters the other side, she was shot in the back through the hedge.
I camped on the trampoline in the garden. Put a tent in the trampoline and zipped it up. Woke up early morning by a fox sniffing my arse from underneath the trampoline. Then it jumped up circled the trampoline. That was enough for me.😂 I think a fox was near before that one because a horrid smell appeared and went.
Lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
I always wild camp and so far have never been moved on, nor had any issues. Scottland is even better than UK as you're allowed to wild camp there as long as you're responsible. I usually camp in normal woodland that has footpaths, just camp as far from the path as I can.
@woodlandwanderer4711 Yep yep 👌🏼 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
guys please come to cornwall
Its terrifying how quickly tents can burnl, gone in seconds.
I accidentally broke wind on a candle flame once and WOOF!🔥 up it went
have tou ever dug a hole into the ground then to the side to connect with the other hole and make it a ground stove so your fire is under the ground when theres no flame while cooking its under the earth you feed the sticks in feom the side to feed the fire i love wild camping but havent sone it in a long time we done inverness at the river ness and we had a scary encounter with someone going about with a torch in the bushes where we were but we just ignored them and they went away i dont know if it was someone illegaly fishing or someone teying to find us but we never got moved we never made a noise we just kept quiet till they went away
we camped in fields and a campsite in thurso campsite there was a patch and some idiot threw a bottle at our tent very disreapectful it was just idiots walking buy havin a piss up but nothing major we will go back to do it again sometime loved it it was creepy at time not knowing whats out there atalking you or just passing through like an animal like deer or fox or badger or what so u just have to let your mind be free to think all thoae things come out at night and sleep during the day
often called a dakota fire hole. Definitely my preferred method. Only thing is not so great for heat - can add rocks on the outside to help with that.
English woodsman always plays the wild camp fear card.
Thought he was just a bit scared... and a popular one in those circles, however... seems a nice enough guy. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers
Loghoppers are fearless 💪😆
He irritates the hell out of me Now. I used to watch your m until the 'deer' incident.
@@saxoncrow2500 deer incident? Lol, sounds ominous. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Because he's a tool these guys are genuine
Maybe it was a wild hog that went through the woods in Scotland. They are bringing back hogs, bears and wolves in certain places in Scotland. U.K was covered in forest at one time and had all these creatures.
This was climbing through the trees sort of thing and we've lived with wild boar in forest of Dean... albeit the bad press from a couple of poachers at the moment, they're awesome animals to observe. So still a mystery. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
@@loghoppers UK sasquach... They are in the UK. Interdenominational beings . They are Super friendly to good people.
Lol the beginning
Lol. We had fun doing it. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Red lights are good to go undetected . Cheap bicycle rear light
Yep. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Do watch our 'how to stay undetected ' video, we think you'll enjoy it. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Most are just jokes! I've wild camped everywhere in England and Wales ' I've had some scary experiences but mostly good nights ' I had a family of foxes 🦊 come visit my tent they were really friendly I gave them some of my BBQ food and then they left me alone but you are right! Most of those TH-cam channels are just for popularity
Well said, love the fox story too. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
How did you two nomads first meet each other?
Please watch our 'how we met video' thank you. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼
Its like when you little and on the run every vehicle you hear is a police van😂😂😂😂
Lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼