Sarah an amazing story of your earlier days in the great outdoors, really will of set you up for what you do now and in the future, onward and upward the only way to go......Pat
Hiya Pat 👋🏻 certainly gave me a thirst for it all! I think as we take a liking to the outdoors or any other interest we often think about the origins of that drive that leaves us wanting more eh? For me it is multi-faceted and when it all boils down to it I simply love setting up camp and having time to myself in this busy world, what ever the weather. I’m glad that you will be out again soon and hope that you enjoy after your break, I hike that you are rewarded with our Bea Oeak District scenery and the smell of field cooked food once again 😊ATB, Sarah
Absolutely keep chatting. We love your adventures and the footage but it's nothing without your dialogue of how you're feeling about the experience. Keep on keeping on.
Cool video Sarah, love your musings and thoughts on things, puts a little something extra in the videos, amazing, merry yule to you and your family, good health and safe travels, cheers craig
Thank you Craig, musing more out loud these days, good job I could edit it all there was so much more that I ‘discussed’ with myself then I could fit comfortably into this! Camping is very thought provoking for me and more of a sensory and spiritual experience than I think people realise…it’s the witch in me ✨
Oh trust me I know. My pain was my growth though. Not always easy to retrace trauma etc. but we all have a choice and it takes time and courage to revisit. Respect 🙌🏻
Interesting hearing your story! I’ve found a huge number of wild campers are former military. Often coming back to it for the nostalgia or sadly too commonly as a way to help with mental health issues. Identify with working when friends having fun, had part time jobs since I was about 16, always worked. Missed out on lots. I’ve only ever talked in my videos, maybe I should try some ASMR!😂
You’ll get hounded for doing ASMR or even mentioning it because you’re a talker like me 😂 I was astounded at the responses to me even thinking about it. That was the point I realised people wanted to hear what came out of my trap 😂 There’s a reason we all are who we are and so what we do. I’ve enjoyed sharing a bit about my motivation, when you are alone deep in thought and comfortable in your own skin what’s not to love? Thanks for stopping by for some market research 😂⛺️✨⛺️
I remember in the Army -10 tucked down the bottom of my sleeping bag clutching my SA80 for warmth, they attacked us, on exercise, so I stuck my arms out put it in automatic and emptied my magazine in the air, then crawled back to the bottom of my sleeping bag. I’ve also gone from that to looking after tiny babies having open heart surgery. Love the stories, keep um coming. Ps The BFA only stops the gasses having someone’s eye out, if you fired a live round through it, it wouldn’t end well.
You are a legend that I have never met Kieron. Thank you for sharing a part about yourself on her. It made me LOL about emptying a magazine in the air then going back to sleep 😂 the fear was real 😂
Keep the talking going sarah.i,m a single parent to two wonderful girls,with you I get a conversation,with my girls I get a statement 😅.ps,I was a soldier at 16 in 1973.loved it.cheers for the hard work.
Wow! You go girl! I've seen your videos before but tonight I've seen two belters including this one, so I'm subscribing! I'd never have guessed this was your background but it's obviously made you what you are! Your positivity is ace, really rubs off and makes me want to get going!
Oh wow 🤩 that’s lovely thank you for your fab comment after watching. I feel incredibly humbled. It’s been great reading comments from some awesome folk such as you and in turn it’s highly motivating for me too. See you on the next one, ATB, Sarah
Nice to get some background...and not just background noise 😉 (Definitely keep talking) I think any military training is a solid base for anyone to begin their adult life. Not only does it teach essential personal skills but it toughens the mind and body. I've got a load of "comedy" tales from my basic training and further time in the RAF. Some things tgat seemed so dramatic at the time, are actually just part of the character building process. BFA, I think was fitted to mimic the back pressure normally generated by live round. The working parts rely on that back pressure to push back and reload the next round... without an actual round travelling along the barrel, there is nothing to hold the pressure. The BFA puts a choke accross the muzzle, slowing down the escaping gas, just enough to push the working parts back, so your next round is loaded. There you go... today's nerdy fact 😁🤣 Take care mate...keep em coming
Eh up! That’s awesome thanks for the explanation! I’m sure 20 years ago this very explanation was given to me but because I no longer fire one I just call it the yellow thing 😂 of course a very technical term. I leave the big words and technicalities to my day job where I still have to wear my NHS issue uniform 👶 it’s like another language that we use in Midwifery so ya know what it’s lovely to just be myself and let my conversations flow naturally as I sit there in the tent or I’m walking up a hill, staring into space 😆 thanks for stopping by on this one, I love it when your comments ping on my phone. 📱 ATB, Sarah
Wow feels like ive just been out with my best mate just chatting while out wild camping , so interesting , i now follow you , keep chatting and sharing your camps , your like a breath of fresh air , and what a vocation you have , so inspiring , keep going x , leave no trace 365 ,
Good to see you here, thanks for watching this one. I’m sure that it will be boring for many but thought I’d do it anyway! See ya on the next camp ⛺️LNT
Interesting to listen to part of your life instead of hearing about kit on other channels. My tent has done me for about 1000 nights I reckon in 34 years!! I probably could do with another!! I got started with outdoors at school. Our games teacher took us to Scotland (my first time) to Sutherland and we had a week around Lochinver. I did my ML training early 90’s in the only place in the country that was on a night school basis. Went to uni in Edinburgh somewhat late at 22. OTC, got my HGV and passed my UEL (and ML assessment) out of it. Nearly went to Sandhurst. Had a ball in Scotland for 4 years up in the Cairngorms in winter. Had some epic adventures and close calls too Keeping thinking I should start videos of my adventures but not sure I can be bothered with the editing!! Keep up the good work and time you put into your content 😊
Wow! Thank you for sharing your great journey with me. That’s really inspiring. TH-cam is not for everyone, it’s really good to find folk that genuinely interest you. I have many who have inspired me and for that I am very thankful. What a joy it’s been reading all of these comments. Thank you kindly. ATB, Sarah
Really great to hear your story Sarah and especially to find out about your previous experience with the OTC! I agree with university being hard work and having to work to get money but I was lucky enough to get a place in the UAS which set me up for a long flying career in both the military (lots of camping! 😂) and civilian aviation. Looking forward to your next video. ATVB Sidestickflyer
That’s awesome thank you also for sharing a little about yourself, I appreciate that and it’s been interesting to know how many of my subs have been exposed to military discipline at some point in their lives. It never done me wrong and I feel extremely lucky. See ya on the next one 🥾⛺️✨Sarah
Great vid Sarah, dead good listening to your back story.. You're doing what your good at...like the way u filmed the ending. Enjoying your awesome success 🏕️👍
Ahhh hi Twiggy! As I was looking back at the footage from camp I’d got too much so made this as I wanted to include a little context. It may not be important to some to do this but I felt I wanted to. Funny when you think about it, just sat there on top of kinder at 08:30 chatting away to myself looking at the no-views 😂 I’d have been too distracted to talk if I could have seen the beauty that’s Fairbrook and so on…thanks for your kind comments as always, happy camping! ⛺️
It was lovely to get to know you more. Spunds like you had an amazing time. I live in Mid, West Wales and love the outdoors, biking, canoeing, wild swimming..anything outdoors. Love sharing your adventures x
This old former Skill-At-Arms instructor (amongst lots of other qualifications I picked up in the TA) was just triggered by your lack of understanding of what a BFA is for -- DOH -- lol. It's certainly NOT to stop live rounds. Didn't realise you were former OTC. Oh what fun I'm going to have now 🤣...... Being in the Forces does lend itself to giving you lots of opportunities, to travel, to broaden horizons/skillset but mainly in getting hammered 🍺🍺🍺. Back in the day we must have been amongst the fittest alcoholics on the planet. Due to me meeting a certain individual and his landlord, I ended up doing a spell of Alpine climbing one summer. That was an awesome experience. Another (Officer) helped organise a trekking trip across Mexico the following year. Good times. On a serious note, It's had a massive hand in shaping who I am today. My TA employment has given me that extra talking point on my CV that help's you edge in front of the other candidates when you go for a new job. I have more great memories from my time in the cheap green suit than anyone could wish for. That experience pushed me further than I'd ever dreamed I could manage.
😂😂😂😂😂I knew I’d spin the ex army out with my BFA chat, I couldn’t even remember the damn name of it or its use 😂 I just know that when was cleaning the rifle and putting it all back together making it safe it would always be in and be inspected by the officers. I know that when I was firing live rounds on the range it definitely wasn’t on 😂 💀 or I would actually be dead. Love reading your comments Andy, everyone has a back storey and but if beef about them. Fittest alcoholics is a very good way to categorise us…oh and then there were the drinks in the officers mess and the regimental dinners…how the other half lived sprang to mind. Port teeth 🦷 😂
A BFA is not only a blank firing attachment but also designed to stop one live round if one is ever mixed up in blank and missed during mag loading. So in theory She is correct.
@@SoloSarahBX When I made Sgt, I became the youngest Sgt in the Mess/Regiment at the time, and as such had my very own port decanter which I didn't have to pass. t was my job to lead the toasts as Mr Vice. Mess dinners were always a hoot, if a little expensive. I took my Mum (RIP) and Dad to the last summer ball I was eligible to attend still got the photos of us all done up, me in my Mess uniform and them in there posh evening attire. Never seen my mum drink so much, Dad took her home about 2am, the rest of us poured ourselves out about 6am.
@@SB-sj4uz going back a good 20 years I was sure it was a safety attachment incase of blank rounds, that’s all I remember, I’ve googled it and re-learned a bit more about them. My brain isn’t what it used to be ha ha!
@@AndyWragg awesome Andy ! Thanks for sharing that. I am not surprised to hear of your armed forces past…oh the port and the dinners were the epitome of excellence after marching and testing my limits in Caterick 😅
Seems like a lot of us outdoorsy folk have more in common than just wild camping.... I'm a lad from Sheffield, left school and spent 6 yrs in the Army, learnt many things about myself, then afterwards became a local bobby, which didn't pan out too well I am now after all these years in my dream job, loving it and will still be working right up til lunch time on the day of my funeral, and even then I'll have to book it off !!!. I'm a green and yellow taxi driver, so you never know, I might bump into you when I bring you a new customer.. Keep up the you time, it is definitely needed , as they always say... You can't look after others, if you don't look after yourself.... Take care. ATB. Si.
Only just discovered your channel Sarah. Great vlog, and wow you havent half lived a life so far! Always lovely to hear what motivates other people to hike and camp, particularly solo. Most 'normal' people think its bonkers, but it is such a release from the world to get into the wild for a night in the tent . Anyway, new subscriber, thank you for sharing with us. ATB, George
Hello George 👋🏻 thank you for stopping by my channel and leaving this great comment. It’s nice to read that you enjoy understanding the motives of others to enjoy being out alone. I do speak about this in some of my other videos, in actual fact I never shut up 😆 however what hiking and camping do for me is stills the mind and uplifts it with a certain clarity that evokes feelings of joy and appreciation for who I am, where I am and what I can do. I’m looking forward to exploring this further in 2024 as I enjoy the process of the adventure. I have an idea about sharing my timeline of thoughts in the planning and doing as I really enjoy undertaking things and sharing whilst keeping safe and enjoying my private life too…hmmm ideas sparking ☺️ATB, Sarah
Just watched this in me tent, you'll see me watching you on my next vid lol, I served in the R.A.F for a while, my last 10 years I trained aircrew and pilots in land and sea survival, I basically lived on dartmoor in a bivvy, but I wouldn't have changed it for all the tea in China 👍👌
All these stories are fascinating me! Thanks for sharing Mick. Makes me smile, seen you on my tele watching my channel on your phone in your tent. Full circle camping buddies 😂
I enjoy your videos & you seem legitimate. If sharing this much of your life stories so far helps you on your journey then so be it. I appreciate your honesty in amongst all the BS of modern life. I salute you Sarah. All the best Simon
Thank you for that Simon 😊I simply wanted to have a Chat with myself Up on Kinder Scout after a coffee and some mulled wine whilst the clouds passed by rapidly. I never know what will spring to mind but I have learnt to let it flow and most recently recording myself talking which I find both amusing and comforting. Deciding to share stuff is in my nature, I am A very open person, within reason! 😊
Hi Sarah. I love your channel and yoor passion. I did 8 years in the regular army myself, once upon a time. May I very kindly correct you on one thing. The BFA, is a Blank Firing Attachment, Not Adapter. Sorry to sound picky, but I believe that you'd rather me correct you, rather than nobody say anything and maybe you feel a little silly at some point in the future. That said, I'm glad you experienced a partial military environment when you was younger, and that it didn't put you off, being surrounded by many fellas. Its a please to watch someone else from sheffield and yorkshire that loves getting outdoors. May I wish you all the best with your channel, and I look forward to seeing your future videos 😊.
The power of Google James ☺️ it said adapter/attachment. My mind is foggy these days remembering my past and I just couldn’t find the words, I appreciated the correction from others who have more experience than myself. Always learning and appreciating growth. So I never feel silly 🤪 can’t beat Sheffield. Great place to live so close to the Peak District…what a playground we have! ATB, Sarah
@@SoloSarahBX None of us are perfet when it comes to remembering the past Sarah. Like you say, we're all always learning 🙂. And yes, we're so lucky to have such amazing countryside around us. Take care 🙂
Thank you kindly 😊 I’m glad that you enjoyed it. The scenery up there is much more beautiful than my video gave credit for that day! But ya can’t win em’ all…ATB, Sarah
Bless you sweetheart! What an inspirational heart to heart tale. You have put so much into your life so far (not forgetting raising a family which is a daunting commitment and challenge in its own right). A definite subscription and eager watch out for channel. Keep up the good work!
Hey 👋🏻 thanks a million 🤩 yeah thought it was time to share a little about my motivation seen as that’s what I was thinking whilst setting up in the cold dark drizzle! The kinda questions you ask yourself when you are doing something rather than just sitting at home in comfort 😂 see ya on the next one! BW, Sarah
Here's something to mull over Sarah. I was considering buying something online and before pulling the trigger I read some customer reviews.One of them said, 'Fun but dangerous.' Have a guess what the item was.
Thanks for taking a look at my earlier videos. It was nice talking through my camping inspections and my early adult life experiences 😍 I’ve had a great time so far ✨
We love way you chat to yourself while you carry on camping😊. No pun intended. Liking the incidental music too. Flash suppresor ? Any way i digress. Great stuff🙏👍🏼👍🏼
Great insight Sarah, its bloody tough on youngens these days to get through Uni from working class back grounds. Tremendously proud of my three for getting through it. Thanks for sharing, David
Fantastic effort on their part, takes a village to raise a child! How proud you just feel, it’s a huge achievement, leaves a warm feeling does that 👌🏻👩🎓
Just subscribed to your channel. What a lovely video this is, i can tell already that im going to enjoy your content. I follow a good few wildcampers on youtube and its wonderful to witness the different approaches to vlogging, all the dofferent personalities coming through. I saw your comment on Wattys channel and he is hilarious, so now im following you too. 🙂
Ey up 👋🏻 thanks for stopping by and subbing too. It’s been a long while since I was out so I’m looking forward to my next camp more than ever. I really enjoy Watty’s channel he’s hilarious, no messin’ just campin, that’s what I’m about for sure. Still very new to all this! Appreciate your comment 😊BW, Sarah
@SoloSarahBX just been watching another of your videos. Your chat while you was in the tent is so natural. You are a real thinker, just like me. Have you read 'The Power of Now' by Ekhart Tolle, just a heads up as I'm a real thinker too. Trying to find the meaning of life is an awesome journey. I'm visually impaired so life is a little more challenging for me in certain aspects of life, but the challenge is awesome. Positives out of negatives right 🙂
@@titanicicaproduction hey that’s awesome 🙌🏻 no I havnt read that one but I shall take look thank you 🙂 I am simply myself when I press that record and as you can imagine, I edit a lot out as my thinking is even bigger than my talking ha ha! Thanks for watching. I have lots to talk about in my next video ! Sarah
Hi Sarah, I had to Google ASMR as well, it’s an education! 😀Thanks for sharing that part of your life with us. Think I mentioned once before but I have now watched and listened to you for probably seven or so hours and so feel that I know you. Of course from your point of view I’m just some anonymous random punter who you are never really likely to meet, I could be anybody🐒, must be a bit strange having all these anonymous fans communicating with you. Anyway I’m glad the message got through loud and clear about nonverbal videos, just look at your snowy video currently 8,018 views👏👏. I know you have said you don’t do it for that reason but you must be a bit proud. You mentioned ceramics, my second cousin Amanda did that degree, and then went on to have her own studio. Her dad used to moan how much it cost him to buy and run a kiln,, did you ever get that far? Now a SarahB addict I find myself trying to guess your shift pattern so I can best guess when the next video might be out, now counting down the time to the next one⏱. Cheers for now Graham
Ha ha! Yes I never dis start a channel for the reasons you stated but what a beautiful consequence. It takes time to reply but I make it and I can afford the time too. It is very uplifting so thank you Graham. I have had the odd comment on social media but I have a thick skin and I am proud of who I am so it doesn’t bother me. Anyway I have my supporters as guardians now, even when I’m solo you are all still with me 😊like characters from a book 📕 don’t try and work out my shift pattern because it’s diabolical…there’s no pattern! See ya ont’ next un’
What an awesome Compliment thank you 🤩 I don’t have anything like the super thanks as I am a small fry, but I appreciate your comment and mostly for watching me rattle on 😂ATB, Sarah
Former OTC member too, about 20yrs ago now. Fond memories of it all just as you described including the hungover PT! Our main training ground was Sennybridge south Wales with summer camp at Sennelarger, Germany. Thanks for sharing
Ahhh that’s great! Fond memories of free food, the best and quickest I ate all week at uni 😂 the most horrendous drinking known to my 20 year old self the most fantastic people and times. Definitely out hairs in my chest 😅
Hey 👋🏻 thanks 🙏🏻 it’s the Boys Mic 🎤 from Amazon cost about £25 for the two plus iPhone adapter (comes in one box, plug and go) just fine get it soaking wet or it breaks!
... Wow!! And that's a little backstory about Sarah ... clear and honest ... Love the spirit ... Subbed to listen to an adventurer talk the reasons of "WHY" .. It's more than just a mountain ,, more than just a trail .... the drive comes from within ...
Just a small snippet 😅 it’s the kind of stuff I ponder when I’m alone, such as, what brought me here? What motivated me and where did it start? Who’s influenced me? I love reflecting, it’s part of my professional life too and I do reflect on everything 😂 I guess my thirst for understanding things leads my conversations and I find that as interesting as I do finding out about other people 👌🏻ATB, Sarah
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Sarah an amazing story of your earlier days in the great outdoors, really will of set you up for what you do now and in the future, onward and upward the only way to go......Pat
Hiya Pat 👋🏻 certainly gave me a thirst for it all! I think as we take a liking to the outdoors or any other interest we often think about the origins of that drive that leaves us wanting more eh? For me it is multi-faceted and when it all boils down to it I simply love setting up camp and having time to myself in this busy world, what ever the weather. I’m glad that you will be out again soon and hope that you enjoy after your break, I hike that you are rewarded with our Bea Oeak District scenery and the smell of field cooked food once again 😊ATB, Sarah
Absolutely keep chatting. We love your adventures and the footage but it's nothing without your dialogue of how you're feeling about the experience. Keep on keeping on.
That’s awesome thank you for watching and commenting! Fancy that, people bothered about what comes out my trap 😂ATB, Sarah
Cool video Sarah, love your musings and thoughts on things, puts a little something extra in the videos, amazing, merry yule to you and your family, good health and safe travels, cheers craig
Thank you Craig, musing more out loud these days, good job I could edit it all there was so much more that I ‘discussed’ with myself then I could fit comfortably into this! Camping is very thought provoking for me and more of a sensory and spiritual experience than I think people realise…it’s the witch in me ✨
Sometimes the past is full of pain. Sometimes it's best left alone. Tomorrow is better.
Oh trust me I know. My pain was my growth though. Not always easy to retrace trauma etc. but we all have a choice and it takes time and courage to revisit. Respect 🙌🏻
@@SoloSarahBX I raised a fine young lady. Tomorrow is better. 😉
Just found your Channel ✨️
Watched this 1 video and have subscribed.
Looking forward to catching up.
That’s great, 😃 I hope you stick around, BW, Sarah
Interesting hearing your story! I’ve found a huge number of wild campers are former military. Often coming back to it for the nostalgia or sadly too commonly as a way to help with mental health issues.
Identify with working when friends having fun, had part time jobs since I was about 16, always worked. Missed out on lots.
I’ve only ever talked in my videos, maybe I should try some ASMR!😂
You’ll get hounded for doing ASMR or even mentioning it because you’re a talker like me 😂 I was astounded at the responses to me even thinking about it. That was the point I realised people wanted to hear what came out of my trap 😂
There’s a reason we all are who we are and so what we do. I’ve enjoyed sharing a bit about my motivation, when you are alone deep in thought and comfortable in your own skin what’s not to love? Thanks for stopping by for some market research 😂⛺️✨⛺️
I remember in the Army -10 tucked down the bottom of my sleeping bag clutching my SA80 for warmth, they attacked us, on exercise, so I stuck my arms out put it in automatic and emptied my magazine in the air, then crawled back to the bottom of my sleeping bag. I’ve also gone from that to looking after tiny babies having open heart surgery. Love the stories, keep um coming. Ps The BFA only stops the gasses having someone’s eye out, if you fired a live round through it, it wouldn’t end well.
You are a legend that I have never met Kieron. Thank you for sharing a part about yourself on her. It made me LOL about emptying a magazine in the air then going back to sleep 😂 the fear was real 😂
@@SoloSarahBX it was freezing too cold, fuck that for a game soldiers!!
@@KieronGazza 😂😂😂literally
Keep the talking going sarah.i,m a single parent to two wonderful girls,with you I get a conversation,with my girls I get a statement 😅.ps,I was a soldier at 16 in 1973.loved it.cheers for the hard work.
You are their hero 🦸♂️ thank you for sharing a little about your self too ✨
Wow! You go girl! I've seen your videos before but tonight I've seen two belters including this one, so I'm subscribing! I'd never have guessed this was your background but it's obviously made you what you are! Your positivity is ace, really rubs off and makes me want to get going!
Oh wow 🤩 that’s lovely thank you for your fab comment after watching. I feel incredibly humbled. It’s been great reading comments from some awesome folk such as you and in turn it’s highly motivating for me too. See you on the next one, ATB, Sarah
Nice to get some background...and not just background noise 😉 (Definitely keep talking)
I think any military training is a solid base for anyone to begin their adult life. Not only does it teach essential personal skills but it toughens the mind and body.
I've got a load of "comedy" tales from my basic training and further time in the RAF. Some things tgat seemed so dramatic at the time, are actually just part of the character building process.
BFA, I think was fitted to mimic the back pressure normally generated by live round. The working parts rely on that back pressure to push back and reload the next round... without an actual round travelling along the barrel, there is nothing to hold the pressure. The BFA puts a choke accross the muzzle, slowing down the escaping gas, just enough to push the working parts back, so your next round is loaded. There you go... today's nerdy fact 😁🤣
Take care mate...keep em coming
Eh up! That’s awesome thanks for the explanation! I’m sure 20 years ago this very explanation was given to me but because I no longer fire one I just call it the yellow thing 😂 of course a very technical term. I leave the big words and technicalities to my day job where I still have to wear my NHS issue uniform 👶 it’s like another language that we use in Midwifery so ya know what it’s lovely to just be myself and let my conversations flow naturally as I sit there in the tent or I’m walking up a hill, staring into space 😆 thanks for stopping by on this one, I love it when your comments ping on my phone. 📱 ATB, Sarah
Wow feels like ive just been out with my best mate just chatting while out wild camping , so interesting , i now follow you , keep chatting and sharing your camps , your like a breath of fresh air , and what a vocation you have , so inspiring , keep going x , leave no trace 365 ,
Good to see you here, thanks for watching this one. I’m sure that it will be boring for many but thought I’d do it anyway! See ya on the next camp ⛺️LNT
Interesting to listen to part of your life instead of hearing about kit on other channels. My tent has done me for about 1000 nights I reckon in 34 years!! I probably could do with another!! I got started with outdoors at school. Our games teacher took us to Scotland (my first time) to Sutherland and we had a week around Lochinver. I did my ML training early 90’s in the only place in the country that was on a night school basis. Went to uni in Edinburgh somewhat late at 22. OTC, got my HGV and passed my UEL (and ML assessment) out of it. Nearly went to Sandhurst. Had a ball in Scotland for 4 years up in the Cairngorms in winter. Had some epic adventures and close calls too
Keeping thinking I should start videos of my adventures but not sure I can be bothered with the editing!!
Keep up the good work and time you put into your content 😊
Wow! Thank you for sharing your great journey with me. That’s really inspiring. TH-cam is not for everyone, it’s really good to find folk that genuinely interest you. I have many who have inspired me and for that I am very thankful. What a joy it’s been reading all of these comments. Thank you kindly. ATB, Sarah
Really great to hear your story Sarah and especially to find out about your previous experience with the OTC! I agree with university being hard work and having to work to get money but I was lucky enough to get a place in the UAS which set me up for a long flying career in both the military (lots of camping! 😂) and civilian aviation. Looking forward to your next video. ATVB Sidestickflyer
That’s awesome thank you also for sharing a little about yourself, I appreciate that and it’s been interesting to know how many of my subs have been exposed to military discipline at some point in their lives. It never done me wrong and I feel extremely lucky. See ya on the next one 🥾⛺️✨Sarah
Great vid Sarah, dead good listening to your back story.. You're doing what your good at...like the way u filmed the ending. Enjoying your awesome success 🏕️👍
Ahhh hi Twiggy! As I was looking back at the footage from camp I’d got too much so made this as I wanted to include a little context. It may not be important to some to do this but I felt I wanted to. Funny when you think about it, just sat there on top of kinder at 08:30 chatting away to myself looking at the no-views 😂 I’d have been too distracted to talk if I could have seen the beauty that’s Fairbrook and so on…thanks for your kind comments as always, happy camping! ⛺️
Good morning 😃 Sarah I will have coffee ☕️ with you 🙏💙🇺🇸
Good morning 🌅
Nattering away to your sen... 😊
Always, even when the phones not recording 😂
@@SoloSarahBX very enjoyable listening and learning a little about you.. 👏👏👏👏👏
Nice one. Very soothing, and calm. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. 👍👍👍
That’s fab, thanks for stopping by and hope to see you in the next camp 😊ATB, Sarah
Nice one.
It was lovely to get to know you more. Spunds like you had an amazing time.
I live in Mid, West Wales and love the outdoors, biking, canoeing, wild swimming..anything outdoors. Love sharing your adventures x
What a beautiful place to live. That’s a nice list if out door pursuits that are good for one’s soul 🤩🤩🤩
Its beautiful here, Cambrian deserted mountains and sea not far. Like people but like 'me' time too ❤
Thank you for good vid. 😊
This old former Skill-At-Arms instructor (amongst lots of other qualifications I picked up in the TA) was just triggered by your lack of understanding of what a BFA is for -- DOH -- lol. It's certainly NOT to stop live rounds. Didn't realise you were former OTC. Oh what fun I'm going to have now 🤣...... Being in the Forces does lend itself to giving you lots of opportunities, to travel, to broaden horizons/skillset but mainly in getting hammered 🍺🍺🍺. Back in the day we must have been amongst the fittest alcoholics on the planet. Due to me meeting a certain individual and his landlord, I ended up doing a spell of Alpine climbing one summer. That was an awesome experience. Another (Officer) helped organise a trekking trip across Mexico the following year. Good times.
On a serious note, It's had a massive hand in shaping who I am today. My TA employment has given me that extra talking point on my CV that help's you edge in front of the other candidates when you go for a new job. I have more great memories from my time in the cheap green suit than anyone could wish for. That experience pushed me further than I'd ever dreamed I could manage.
😂😂😂😂😂I knew I’d spin the ex army out with my BFA chat, I couldn’t even remember the damn name of it or its use 😂 I just know that when was cleaning the rifle and putting it all back together making it safe it would always be in and be inspected by the officers. I know that when I was firing live rounds on the range it definitely wasn’t on 😂 💀 or I would actually be dead. Love reading your comments Andy, everyone has a back storey and but if beef about them. Fittest alcoholics is a very good way to categorise us…oh and then there were the drinks in the officers mess and the regimental dinners…how the other half lived sprang to mind. Port teeth 🦷 😂
A BFA is not only a blank firing attachment but also designed to stop one live round if one is ever mixed up in blank and missed during mag loading. So in theory She is correct.
@@SoloSarahBX When I made Sgt, I became the youngest Sgt in the Mess/Regiment at the time, and as such had my very own port decanter which I didn't have to pass. t was my job to lead the toasts as Mr Vice. Mess dinners were always a hoot, if a little expensive. I took my Mum (RIP) and Dad to the last summer ball I was eligible to attend still got the photos of us all done up, me in my Mess uniform and them in there posh evening attire. Never seen my mum drink so much, Dad took her home about 2am, the rest of us poured ourselves out about 6am.
@@SB-sj4uz going back a good 20 years I was sure it was a safety attachment incase of blank rounds, that’s all I remember, I’ve googled it and re-learned a bit more about them. My brain isn’t what it used to be ha ha!
@@AndyWragg awesome Andy ! Thanks for sharing that. I am not surprised to hear of your armed forces past…oh the port and the dinners were the epitome of excellence after marching and testing my limits in Caterick 😅
Seems like a lot of us outdoorsy folk have more in common than just wild camping.... I'm a lad from Sheffield, left school and spent 6 yrs in the Army, learnt many things about myself, then afterwards became a local bobby, which didn't pan out too well I am now after all these years in my dream job, loving it and will still be working right up til lunch time on the day of my funeral, and even then I'll have to book it off !!!. I'm a green and yellow taxi driver, so you never know, I might bump into you when I bring you a new customer.. Keep up the you time, it is definitely needed , as they always say... You can't look after others, if you don't look after yourself.... Take care. ATB. Si.
Lovely comment thanks Si! Yes those customers of mine usually come in with a nervous taxi driver 😂
@@SoloSarahBX Not this one.. As calm and collected as a Swan..
Only just discovered your channel Sarah.
Great vlog, and wow you havent half lived a life so far! Always lovely to hear what motivates other people to hike and camp, particularly solo. Most 'normal' people think its bonkers, but it is such a release from the world to get into the wild for a night in the tent .
Anyway, new subscriber, thank you for sharing with us.
ATB, George
Hello George 👋🏻 thank you for stopping by my channel and leaving this great comment. It’s nice to read that you enjoy understanding the motives of others to enjoy being out alone. I do speak about this in some of my other videos, in actual fact I never shut up 😆 however what hiking and camping do for me is stills the mind and uplifts it with a certain clarity that evokes feelings of joy and appreciation for who I am, where I am and what I can do. I’m looking forward to exploring this further in 2024 as I enjoy the process of the adventure. I have an idea about sharing my timeline of thoughts in the planning and doing as I really enjoy undertaking things and sharing whilst keeping safe and enjoying my private life too…hmmm ideas sparking ☺️ATB, Sarah
Love this Sarah. Great sharing, and please, never shut up 😊💞
Big warm compliment that. Thanks!
@@SoloSarahBX You're welcome 😊
Great video 👍
Thank you ☺️
Just watched this in me tent, you'll see me watching you on my next vid lol, I served in the R.A.F for a while, my last 10 years I trained aircrew and pilots in land and sea survival, I basically lived on dartmoor in a bivvy, but I wouldn't have changed it for all the tea in China 👍👌
All these stories are fascinating me! Thanks for sharing Mick. Makes me smile, seen you on my tele watching my channel on your phone in your tent. Full circle camping buddies 😂
Your words are a window into your soul. Keep camping ⛺️ and keep chatting 👍🏻
31 years Army Reserve service and still a lean keen outdoors person 🇬🇧
What a beautiful way to put it, thank you and RESPECT 🫡 ✨Sarah
I enjoy your videos & you seem legitimate. If sharing this much of your life stories so far helps you on your journey then so be it. I appreciate your honesty in amongst all the BS of modern life. I salute you Sarah. All the best Simon
Thank you for that Simon 😊I simply wanted to have a Chat with myself Up on Kinder Scout after a coffee and some mulled wine whilst the clouds passed by rapidly. I never know what will spring to mind but I have learnt to let it flow and most recently recording myself talking which I find both amusing and comforting. Deciding to share stuff is in my nature, I am
A very open person, within reason! 😊
A good hard working,soft spoken Sheffield lass. Love ya Sarah, not in a weird odd way, in a admirable hats off way 😅. Happy Christmas my lovely
Don’t worry I’ll not say I love ya too in a weird kinda way 😂😂😂 dunt get any better than Sheff! Merry Christmas to you too Phil, Sarah
Hi Sarah. I love your channel and yoor passion. I did 8 years in the regular army myself, once upon a time. May I very kindly correct you on one thing. The BFA, is a Blank Firing Attachment, Not Adapter. Sorry to sound picky, but I believe that you'd rather me correct you, rather than nobody say anything and maybe you feel a little silly at some point in the future. That said, I'm glad you experienced a partial military environment when you was younger, and that it didn't put you off, being surrounded by many fellas. Its a please to watch someone else from sheffield and yorkshire that loves getting outdoors. May I wish you all the best with your channel, and I look forward to seeing your future videos 😊.
The power of Google James ☺️ it said adapter/attachment. My mind is foggy these days remembering my past and I just couldn’t find the words, I appreciated the correction from others who have more experience than myself. Always learning and appreciating growth. So I never feel silly 🤪 can’t beat Sheffield. Great place to live so close to the Peak District…what a playground we have! ATB, Sarah
@@SoloSarahBX None of us are perfet when it comes to remembering the past Sarah. Like you say, we're all always learning 🙂. And yes, we're so lucky to have such amazing countryside around us. Take care 🙂
This was amazing! Absolutely amazing my friend! You found outstanding scenery for filming! Love your content 👌
Thank you kindly 😊 I’m glad that you enjoyed it. The scenery up there is much more beautiful than my video gave credit for that day! But ya can’t win em’ all…ATB, Sarah
Bless you sweetheart! What an inspirational heart to heart tale. You have put so much into your life so far (not forgetting raising a family which is a daunting commitment and challenge in its own right). A definite subscription and eager watch out for channel. Keep up the good work!
Hey 👋🏻 thanks a million 🤩 yeah thought it was time to share a little about my motivation seen as that’s what I was thinking whilst setting up in the cold dark drizzle! The kinda questions you ask yourself when you are doing something rather than just sitting at home in comfort 😂 see ya on the next one! BW, Sarah
Great speech & interesting past you only get wot you put into it & work for credit to you
It’s what you make it, all of it 🙌🏻
Here's something to mull over Sarah. I was considering buying something online and before pulling the trigger I read some customer reviews.One of them said, 'Fun but dangerous.' Have a guess what the item was.
Hmmmmm 🤔…
@@SoloSarahBX Boginabag foldable toilet.
@@MikeHarlyn-lh9jo check out my latest vid 😂
nice vid. Thanks
Glad you liked it 😊
Never shut your trap, you air it well!
Interesting journey you've had and you come across as honest and down to earth, proper northern traits 👍
Thanks for taking a look at my earlier videos. It was nice talking through my camping inspections and my early adult life experiences 😍 I’ve had a great time so far ✨
@@SoloSarahBX You're welcome, your videos are great! 😊
We love way you chat to yourself while you carry on camping😊. No pun intended. Liking the incidental music too. Flash suppresor ?
Any way i digress. Great stuff🙏👍🏼👍🏼
Ha ha! Just catching up on comment replies on my day off! Yes, I always have something to talk about, stay tuned 😂
Great insight Sarah, its bloody tough on youngens these days to get through Uni from working class back grounds. Tremendously proud of my three for getting through it. Thanks for sharing, David
Fantastic effort on their part, takes a village to raise a child! How proud you just feel, it’s a huge achievement, leaves a warm feeling does that 👌🏻👩🎓
@@SoloSarahBX it was an interesting video 👍
Just subscribed to your channel. What a lovely video this is, i can tell already that im going to enjoy your content. I follow a good few wildcampers on youtube and its wonderful to witness the different approaches to vlogging, all the dofferent personalities coming through. I saw your comment on Wattys channel and he is hilarious, so now im following you too. 🙂
Ey up 👋🏻 thanks for stopping by and subbing too. It’s been a long while since I was out so I’m looking forward to my next camp more than ever. I really enjoy Watty’s channel he’s hilarious, no messin’ just campin, that’s what I’m about for sure. Still very new to all this! Appreciate your comment 😊BW, Sarah
@SoloSarahBX just been watching another of your videos. Your chat while you was in the tent is so natural. You are a real thinker, just like me. Have you read 'The Power of Now' by Ekhart Tolle, just a heads up as I'm a real thinker too. Trying to find the meaning of life is an awesome journey. I'm visually impaired so life is a little more challenging for me in certain aspects of life, but the challenge is awesome. Positives out of negatives right 🙂
@@titanicicaproduction hey that’s awesome 🙌🏻 no I havnt read that one but I shall take look thank you 🙂 I am simply myself when I press that record and as you can imagine, I edit a lot out as my thinking is even bigger than my talking ha ha! Thanks for watching. I have lots to talk about in my next video !
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
I had to Google ASMR as well, it’s an education! 😀Thanks for sharing that part of your life with us. Think I mentioned once before but I have now watched and listened to you for probably seven or so hours and so feel that I know you. Of course from your point of view I’m just some anonymous random punter who you are never really likely to meet, I could be anybody🐒, must be a bit strange having all these anonymous fans communicating with you. Anyway I’m glad the message got through loud and clear about nonverbal videos, just look at your snowy video currently 8,018 views👏👏. I know you have said you don’t do it for that reason but you must be a bit proud. You mentioned ceramics, my second cousin Amanda did that degree, and then went on to have her own studio. Her dad used to moan how much it cost him to buy and run a kiln,, did you ever get that far? Now a SarahB addict I find myself trying to guess your shift pattern so I can best guess when the next video might be out, now counting down the time to the next one⏱.
Cheers for now
Graham
Ha ha! Yes I never dis start a channel for the reasons you stated but what a beautiful consequence. It takes time to reply but I make it and I can afford the time too. It is very uplifting so thank you Graham. I have had the odd comment on social media but I have a thick skin and I am proud of who I am so it doesn’t bother me. Anyway I have my supporters as guardians now, even when I’m solo you are all still with me 😊like characters from a book 📕 don’t try and work out my shift pattern because it’s diabolical…there’s no pattern! See ya ont’ next un’
@@SoloSarahBX Characters in a book, that’s a novel thought (see what I did there) I wonder what character you have assigned to me🦉?
@@gberish602 I think your a mountain hare
@@SoloSarahBX I hereby accept mountain hare as a compliment
@@gberish602 excellent 👌🏻
I'm new here, like tent videos. Wonderful story. And you have a Merry Christmas 🎄 from America
Sarah, It would be a treat to see any photos you have of your time in the military. Regards, Mike.
If I stumble upon any I may share them, didn’t tend to take many pics back then, apart from the formal ones. No digital ones just memories ☺️
People like you make me proud to be British. You are the backbone of what we are. Thank you. I looked for super thanks, but it wasn't available.
What an awesome
Compliment thank you 🤩 I don’t have anything like the super thanks as I am a small fry, but I appreciate your comment and mostly for watching me rattle on 😂ATB, Sarah
Wow I had to comment again I always knew you were a awesome lady did not know you were in the armed forces thank you so much Sarah 🙏💙🇺🇸🏕️💪🏻
It certainly is a fond pastime now but some things never really leave us, rather shape us for future escapades😊
Former OTC member too, about 20yrs ago now. Fond memories of it all just as you described including the hungover PT! Our main training ground was Sennybridge south Wales with summer camp at Sennelarger, Germany. Thanks for sharing
Ahhh that’s great! Fond memories of free food, the best and quickest I ate all week at uni 😂 the most horrendous drinking known to my 20 year old self the most fantastic people and times. Definitely out hairs in my chest 😅
I know that feeling sarah .
Youre brave ❤❤❤
Thanks ☺️
Can I ask what little mic you're using there? Just subbed 👍 Great content 🙂
Hey 👋🏻 thanks 🙏🏻 it’s the Boys Mic 🎤 from Amazon cost about £25 for the two plus iPhone adapter (comes in one box, plug and go) just fine get it soaking wet or it breaks!
@@SoloSarahBX oh that's a much more reasonable price than the ones that were coming up on Google. Thanks so much!
@@SoloSarahBX is it "boya", I dont see boys.
@@WildScotAurora yes! BOYA sorry typo lol 😂
@@SoloSarahBX no problem thank you.
From what ive seen, I wish there were more people in the world like you........
Wow 🤩 🥹 now would ya read that and smile 😊 thank you
... Wow!! And that's a little backstory about Sarah ... clear and honest ... Love the spirit ... Subbed to listen to an adventurer talk the reasons of "WHY" .. It's more than just a mountain ,, more than just a trail .... the drive comes from within ...
Just a small snippet 😅 it’s the kind of stuff I ponder when I’m alone, such as, what brought me here? What motivated me and where did it start? Who’s influenced me? I love reflecting, it’s part of my professional life too and I do reflect on everything 😂 I guess my thirst for understanding things leads my conversations and I find that as interesting as I do finding out about other people 👌🏻ATB, Sarah
Love this Sarah. Great sharing, and please, never shut up 😊💞
Ya can count on me!
All that hard work paid off, amazing lady!
I like to think that it did. Thank you, I feel incredibly happy 😊