Big respect for your determination and optimism brother! Hope this week has been kind to you. I love Scotland in the rain too; as we say in my line of work, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad prep! Was up coylumbridge on Monday and it was glorious. As others have said, I would be cautious hanging out in those dense spruce and larch plantations in storms, I've seen them fall and it's no joke, they just peel right up out of the ground, sometimes en masse. If you know how to identify root rot (Heterobasidion spc.) on spruce and pine and larch dieback it'll help you avoid the worst forests. It's unlikely you encounter treefall, but you only need to encounter it once when you're asleep to guarantee you never see it ever again! Anyway, I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom, keep loving living!
what is that saying. don't go inside woods when a storm is a blowing. there is widow makers all around ready and waiting to make you there next victim. trees tend to fall with a bang that is what you heard i would imagine. your a braver man that me. just saying.
Aw sweet, Yeah been informed what it was, love how people let me know what everything is that I'm not sure of. My Scottish mate told me how to say it correctly too, knew I didn't say it right.
I love the rain. I know it's a destroyer too - I mean farmers crops and flooded houses. But for me it's a joy. Good to see you getting deep down with it. A tarp in the wind and the rain? Interesting choice but plenty of cover. I'm confused - can you help? 454 days in nature. Do you mean you've been out there living in nature or is the amount of days you visit? All the best. Mark
Ha not sure what else I'd cover my hammock with, pretty sure tarps the only go to thing. Yeah 456 days now living in nature, started in England an spending winter in Scotland.
@@HappyHippy Ah, being a ground dweller I never really think about hammocks. So, living in nature? You mean 24 hours a day for 456 days? How do you do social media, edit videos, upload and even recharge your gear? How about washing? How do you wash? Wash your clothes? How on earth do you afford it? These are just some of the questions in my head. It's a reasonable expanse of time. Scotland? Nice!
@WyeExplorer yeah the ground is good got a little cheap lightweight bivvy for them nights, but love the hammock. I've got a video explaining everything called how I live out in nature in my hammock, I edited, upload everything on my phone on a free app, have a car so charging things when driving to new places, can use lochs or service stations along the way, have a summer job teaching kids bushcraft where the staff get to live in the companies woodlands for the season
How I live out in nature in my hammock. I left it near one of the barriers leading into a different woodlands for the forestry people, had space for a car next to it, then hiked to that woodlands.
Loving the vids,.howling at this! No fcks given 😂 Keep them coming! I'm not far from where you work in Northumberland, glad you lime the area 😃😃 Keep the vids coming
Ha well I live outside so not like I could go anywhere else, natures my home whatever the weather. Did manage to get a decent sleep eventually though, Thanks.
I think they stop wind farms in particularly heavy storms. Makes sense to have them fully braked rather than risk them being caught up in gusts. As a former professional gardener, I was hardy enough against wet and cold weather. As you get older, you tend to avoid it as your decreasing immune system makes you more prone to colds, flus and pneumonia. There's no escaping that. I knew a few people who slept outdoors or in unheated accommodation, all got pneumonia at some point, and you want to be indoors when you have that.
Thanks for the the tip, not been ill once yet, feel as healthy as I've ever been so think I'll be good for many years, maybe eventually I can build a log cabin for older years
We've had loads of damage here in Cumbernauld, the winds reached 80MPH. Glad to see you're at Tapoch Broch, it's great around there (just up the road from us). This is what the broch would have looked like: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch You're brave trying to camp in the pines and in Torwood, everything is old and boggy with shallow roots!
Oh wow thank you for that, love when people give me more info on things I know nothing about or can pronounce right. I don't really plan things out, my plan of the day was see the blue pool an just let the rest unfold an it was a pretty awesome day, Tapoch broch was a really nice surprise.
@@HappyHippy did you see the mini caves behind the broch by the huge beech tree, I thought you might have camped in there, you can probably squeeze one person under lol 😆
@@HappyHippy good place for ancient caves is East Wymess in fife, also has cave under MacDuffs castle (the one from shakespeare) but it's all crumbling into the see. There's even Pictish carving in the back of one of the caves. It's about an hour's drive from the area you're in now.
Love your vibes man I wish I could join you one night if your ever near Carlisle Cumbria I could take u to some amazing camp spots I could bring my drone get you some Birds Eye footage hope ur ok I wish I had the balls to do what u do
Sounds great dude, I should be seeing my mate around the end of Feb who lives in Workington so could meet you before for a camp if you like, not got a date set yet though
living life to its maximum ! Can i recommend reading the biography of john muir if you haven't heard of him already.Scotish man who pretty much lived like you are now and was so taken with the wilds of america that through his reputation and eventual fame, came to the attention of the president.John led the president on many wild camping trips and convinced him of the need for urgent conservation , and helped set up the american national park system.Great read and you would love it.
I'm not putting my life on the line, I'm living my life. You take risks every day, living in a city your statically more likely to die from something than me! But don't worry I won't be calling for any help if I ever need it, I put myself in this life an I'll get through it with ease. Hope you have a nice life.
Big respect for your determination and optimism brother! Hope this week has been kind to you. I love Scotland in the rain too; as we say in my line of work, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad prep! Was up coylumbridge on Monday and it was glorious.
As others have said, I would be cautious hanging out in those dense spruce and larch plantations in storms, I've seen them fall and it's no joke, they just peel right up out of the ground, sometimes en masse. If you know how to identify root rot (Heterobasidion spc.) on spruce and pine and larch dieback it'll help you avoid the worst forests. It's unlikely you encounter treefall, but you only need to encounter it once when you're asleep to guarantee you never see it ever again! Anyway, I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom, keep loving living!
Thanks dude yeah I know people are just looking out for me, which is really nice.
That’s some brave move; I was in a house and couldn’t sleep at all because of the noise and wind. Be safe fella!
Yeah was a wee bit loud but managed to get a decent sleep
You done good to find 2 trees in Scotland, cup a tea, slice of cake = Happy hippy :D
Good stuff and very beautiful scenery. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it
what is that saying. don't go inside woods when a storm is a blowing. there is widow makers all around ready and waiting to make you there next victim. trees tend to fall with a bang that is what you heard i would imagine. your a braver man that me. just saying.
Always so happy 😊
Ha Can't help it, life's too fun.
Mate I take my daughter there! She calls it the fairy castle. It's a 2000 year old pictish roundhouse.
New sub btw
Aw sweet, Yeah been informed what it was, love how people let me know what everything is that I'm not sure of.
My Scottish mate told me how to say it correctly too, knew I didn't say it right.
Thanks dude appreciate it.
@HappyHippy I did find your pronunciation funny. I get it though I'm from the sout and took me a while to understand a lot up here
Haha all I could do was try.
You found the lagoon! 🙌 i trust you reckied for widow makers happy hippy! Could always get a dry bag for your sleeping stuff 😊
Yeah was sweet, it's cause I got the new sleeping bag which is alot bigger than my older one so couldn't fit in the one I had
@@HappyHippy sweeeeet we don't want a soggy hippy bro! 😝
I went shop an brought bin bags, the cheap alternative to dry bags, don't know why I didn't think of it before
@@HappyHippy smart move. A few of them will do just as good job. Enjoy the peace pipe tonight!
I love the rain. I know it's a destroyer too - I mean farmers crops and flooded houses. But for me it's a joy. Good to see you getting deep down with it. A tarp in the wind and the rain? Interesting choice but plenty of cover. I'm confused - can you help? 454 days in nature. Do you mean you've been out there living in nature or is the amount of days you visit? All the best. Mark
Ha not sure what else I'd cover my hammock with, pretty sure tarps the only go to thing.
Yeah 456 days now living in nature, started in England an spending winter in Scotland.
@@HappyHippy Ah, being a ground dweller I never really think about hammocks. So, living in nature? You mean 24 hours a day for 456 days? How do you do social media, edit videos, upload and even recharge your gear? How about washing? How do you wash? Wash your clothes? How on earth do you afford it? These are just some of the questions in my head. It's a reasonable expanse of time. Scotland? Nice!
@WyeExplorer yeah the ground is good got a little cheap lightweight bivvy for them nights, but love the hammock.
I've got a video explaining everything called how I live out in nature in my hammock, I edited, upload everything on my phone on a free app, have a car so charging things when driving to new places, can use lochs or service stations along the way, have a summer job teaching kids bushcraft where the staff get to live in the companies woodlands for the season
@@HappyHippy What's the name of the video? And I just had a thought - where was the car on this camp?
How I live out in nature in my hammock.
I left it near one of the barriers leading into a different woodlands for the forestry people, had space for a car next to it, then hiked to that woodlands.
Loving the vids,.howling at this! No fcks given 😂 Keep them coming! I'm not far from where you work in Northumberland, glad you lime the area 😃😃 Keep the vids coming
Glad your loving them, Ha of course, still need to get down to Northumberland, I'll do it on my way down to England end of Feb/March
Fair play for staying out in that last night mate,bet you didn't get much sleep. Be Safe.
Ha well I live outside so not like I could go anywhere else, natures my home whatever the weather.
Did manage to get a decent sleep eventually though, Thanks.
I think they stop wind farms in particularly heavy storms. Makes sense to have them fully braked rather than risk them being caught up in gusts.
As a former professional gardener, I was hardy enough against wet and cold weather. As you get older, you tend to avoid it as your decreasing immune system makes you more prone to colds, flus and pneumonia. There's no escaping that. I knew a few people who slept outdoors or in unheated accommodation, all got pneumonia at some point, and you want to be indoors when you have that.
Thanks for the the tip, not been ill once yet, feel as healthy as I've ever been so think I'll be good for many years, maybe eventually I can build a log cabin for older years
We've had loads of damage here in Cumbernauld, the winds reached 80MPH. Glad to see you're at Tapoch Broch, it's great around there (just up the road from us). This is what the broch would have looked like: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broch
You're brave trying to camp in the pines and in Torwood, everything is old and boggy with shallow roots!
Oh wow thank you for that, love when people give me more info on things I know nothing about or can pronounce right.
I don't really plan things out, my plan of the day was see the blue pool an just let the rest unfold an it was a pretty awesome day, Tapoch broch was a really nice surprise.
@@HappyHippy did you see the mini caves behind the broch by the huge beech tree, I thought you might have camped in there, you can probably squeeze one person under lol 😆
Haha aw no I didn't see that, would have been a nice change from the hammock, might look out for some caves now
@@HappyHippy good place for ancient caves is East Wymess in fife, also has cave under MacDuffs castle (the one from shakespeare) but it's all crumbling into the see. There's even Pictish carving in the back of one of the caves. It's about an hour's drive from the area you're in now.
Love your vibes man I wish I could join you one night if your ever near Carlisle Cumbria I could take u to some amazing camp spots I could bring my drone get you some Birds Eye footage hope ur ok I wish I had the balls to do what u do
Sounds great dude, I should be seeing my mate around the end of Feb who lives in Workington so could meet you before for a camp if you like, not got a date set yet though
@@HappyHippy yeah am game I have a lot of friends in Workington I work all round west Cumbria but that would be great 👍
How do you edit your videos while you are living wild?
I do it in the evenings when chilling in my hammock, using the free version of capcut on my phone.
living life to its maximum ! Can i recommend reading the biography of john muir if you haven't heard of him already.Scotish man who pretty much lived like you are now and was so taken with the wilds of america that through his reputation and eventual fame, came to the attention of the president.John led the president on many wild camping trips and convinced him of the need for urgent conservation , and helped set up the american national park system.Great read and you would love it.
Thanks for the that dude, yeah I'll give it ago sometime sounds really interesting, not heard of him before.
It's fine you putting your life on the line as long as no one has to put on a rescue party for you if you get into trouble.
I'm not putting my life on the line, I'm living my life. You take risks every day, living in a city your statically more likely to die from something than me!
But don't worry I won't be calling for any help if I ever need it, I put myself in this life an I'll get through it with ease.
Hope you have a nice life.
What’s ur favourite blink song
Ha can't answer that too many amazing ones don't think I've I've ever thought of a favourite, Dance with me off the new album is up there though
@@HappyHippy fuck a dog has very deep philosophical lyrics
you still alive dude?
Yeah, just very tired, the wind woke me up at midnight an not been able to get back to sleep, so I'll have a very chilled one today
How do you afford to buy food if you don't have a job?
Search my video how I live in a hammock an you'll find all the answers you need