Wild Camping in Britains only Desert
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- I wild camp in Dungeness, Britains only desert and visit a local Crypt in hythe to view the collection on skulls. Plus some added history.
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Love your old stuff mate. Excellent content still after all these years
Great fish and chip shop not far away so no danger of starving there lol.
haha.. good call, next time ;)
Don't forget the RH&D railway to get you to safety quickly. Ha Ha
ya not wrong there Ray.
It's not a fish and chip shop, it's just a mirage. You're too dehydrated and the light is playing tricks in the heat haze.
The Pilot inn. HUGE portions, or they used to be.
We have Jiffy Pop over here in the states. To cook it over a fire you have to constantly move the pan over the heat or you will burn it. Pop it until the foil turns as big as a ball and has a uniform size all the way around. Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Always reminds me of the movie Scream 😂
I can really sense the passing of time in this video. All the people that came and went down through the ages.
one of my favourite places.. so interesting in that area, thanks Simon
This is a fantastic video. I loved the photography and the history of the sound mirrors. Thank you.
this is amazing episode, thank you for all the effort and skill set - this was awesome
Pimm's and Dungeness, classic stuff ;-) I love the wildness of the area, something very 'other' about it... Somewhere I've always fancied living, thanks for posting, took me back a couple of decades
As someone who stayed in the Western Sahara in a house with no roof for 6 months feel qualified to comment. Also went to Romney marshes as a child (also used to play in a derelict Fort Amhurst at Chatham). The music was so atmospheric which complemented your calm and knowledgeable delivery. Loved your vid.
Thank you Tina :)
Thank you for your hard work, and great footage!!! It's a pleasure to see when you have videos
Thanks very much indeed, glad to hear that you enjoyed the video :)
Been binge watching your videos since I happened across your channel a few days ago & I have to say you have such a calming influence on me!
It’s a wonderful character trait you have imo!
Thank you for helping me so much without even knowing it :)
Yep, you have to shake and shuffle the Jiffy Pop to keep it from burning. Interesting place.
Very atmospheric music, I kept expecting a camel to enter the shot.
Oglebay Zoo in Wheeling, West Virginia has a smaller train transport. US has alot of small trains for pedestrians to hop on and get to point to point, with cars you can ride in and smaller engines.
And it is obvious why the minks maintained all the skeletons, they are the remains of those who got lost in the desert and died of dehydration.
Thanks for watching Louie, I googled that.. interesting little train.. this is just the smallest operating local train (as in a real route) as far as im aware :)
Another great idea. Been fishing there with my brothers. Camped overnight on the beach in a large tent with a rug on the floor lol.
Quite apart from the excellent videography and editing, I really must commend you on the audio; I've filmed at Dungeness before and it's always blowing a gale so well done on some clean sound! Really enjoyed that.
Thank you very much :) yes.. audio, its the bane of outdoors filming, I have a 'dead cat' on my mic but it still catches the wind for some shots
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The photography was stunning TYVM
Gotta shake and swirl that Jiffy Pop while its on the heat to keep kernels from scorching, and get fuller pop. Fun video!
Hi Laura.. I did give it a lot of shaking (even watched a youtube video before lol) practice I guess haha, thanks for watching :)
Kent Survival , I grew up with that stuff in the 70s, then forgot about it for decades. Rediscovered it in a little grocery in far northern Minnesota on the North Country trail. Not very good tasting popcorn, but everything seems a little better when enjoyed in the wilderness.
D B it’s all in the wrist! ;)
Yeah the secret is you have to keep it moving, you let it sit and things start to scorch. I learned on a true classic of a cast iron popper my grandparents had and the jiffy pop when we were out camping. Never ate the stuff (I don't like popcorn) I was just the most energetic grandchild.
In medieval days they had charnel houses, usually connected to monastery hospitals.
Britain has a Desert???? My mind is officially blown.
Same!
It’s a massive beach lol
It’s not rly a desert tho
He pretty much means it’s a wasteland
Astolfo okay a lot of information here mate I appreciate the time u put into this but I meant it’s basically a wasteland coz of all the junk and all that
Cant beat spam and egg barms with daddies brown sauce ......a trio of pure joy andy
Come to Las Vegas Nevada! Will show you around the desert. You will love it! Thank you for this video. I have missed seeing you. Hope you are having a terrific summer and I know you are looking forward to autumn. Loved you work.
Hey.. Thanks.. I really with I could just pop over lol Id love it.. one day ill get to the states again.
Very nice production, Andy. Loved the opening.
Perfect music for this video! Great job, Andy
4:43 £63?!
you ain't even getting the whole skull!
Good music background
The skeletons were not dug up, they were found on the ground after not managing the journey across the huge desert expanse without dying of thirst
Love Dungeness. Such a unique atmosphere. Was there a few weeks back.
Nothing like some radioactive black berries! ;D great video. Those sound mirrors look pretty awesome
haha.. glow in the dark ones, thanks for watching Luke
Cool place and quite unique too thanks for sharing bro!😜✌️
Very interesting
Beautiful sir. I have to admit, that I was unaware of the fact, Britain had A desert. The church is beautiful !! That crypt gives A person A lot to think about, wow. That was A lot of interesting sights and places you filmed. The WW11 History intrigued me. My father, went through, England, Normandy, France, Czech, Poland, then Germany in WW11. How he made it back state side, we will never know, just glad he did. A beer or 2 , does wonders at he end of the day, agreed sir. Spam and eggs ,sounds like A winner to me. I am unfamiliar with Piams? Nothing like that drink sold locally here in the states. Maybe big cities? Jiffy Pop, lol, that brand I am familiar with, LOL. I never took one camping, but you sure gave me A great idea !! Addition of fresh berries, to your breakfast, beautiful friend. Great job at showing others , how to leave A clean campsite. Well done review and history lesson friend!! Well done indeed. Peace, John.
Thanks very much John :) Glad you enjoyed that one, its a great and odd place haha, I bet your dad had some tales to tell! go Pimms... its a very British drink indeed haha, they originally had versions made from different spirits but they just do a summer one (the most common) and a winter one thats served warm now :P
Thank you for translation on drink. I believe, I can cross reference your translation. Thank you friend ! Need me, please ask, John.
Another amazing video. I was hooked from start to end and the music was brilliant too. Thank you xxx
Thank you Jennifer, glad that you enjoyed it :)
I'm a Kentish girl and I was born in folkestone just up the coast and we have a beautiful place called the Warren which is known to the locals rather than visitors. It's a wild and beautiful place which I think you would enjoy camping. 😊
We have a desert!
kind of, sort of haha, its pretty commonly referred to as a desert but some dispute this.. just a fun location to camp though :)
Geologically the British Isles can not have deserts because it's just too wet here, it could be a Drylands. But by the none geologically meaning of desert then yes it's an empty-ish place. www.sciencedaily.com/terms/desert.htm
Kent Survival 😊
Rob Fraser Gibraltar is a part of the British Commonwealth not the UK so technically it's not, different treaties and such, same Monarchy. Deserts are defined by a lack of precipitation (under 10" a year) but you can say that parts of the British Commonwealth are in one of the coldest deserts namely the British Antarctic Territory that has at best 8" of rain a year ;)
No,we do not.
Desert camping is quite peaceful. I live in California and go out to the desert to camp during the winter sometimes. Gets to about 30-40° Fahrenheit and its just beautiful especially the sunsets
Hey Andy your always interesting good work 👍🏻🇬🇧
Spam and eggs are my favorite breakfast. If I'm feeling ambitious I'll toss a couple frozen waffles in the toaster.
can't beat spam and eggs haha, thanks for watching Dan, much appreciated
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Really enjoyed that. Bit of history, scenery and camping all in one. Great job.
Thank you Russ :) Love looking for interesting locations
Britain has desert wow 😳😳😳 how come almost no one here in the states knows about it. How did you guys keep it a secret so long.
Top watching.... it's encouraged me to get back out at 44....
Thank you, happy to hear that :) good luck and have fun
I'm pleased to see the sound mirrors fenced off so they are not covered in graphite
First time I've heard of an ossuary in the UK, damned interesting stuff
looked beautiful at dusk.
The semi- nomadic tribespeople of Romney Marsh - a bit like the Tuareg people are becoming increasingly reclusive and wary of outsiders from the modern world. They live by forgaging wild whelks and mussels and the odd crab now n then. The females adorn themselves with seagull feathers and mussel shells and can sometimes be heard singing at twilight - alive alive oh which is part of the mating ritual... but this now a very rare occurrence.
all sounds pretty accurate to me haha
OH GOD NOT MORE MIGRANTS???😁😁😁.
Marco Dali Fultano: "...becoming increasingly reclusive and wary of outsiders from the modern world."
I'm seeing a pattern. Not with regards to it happening, but how it happens.
Kent, I Marvell at how well this was done. Fascinating as well! Man, You are one Excellent Creator!!
Thank you very much indeed sir :D glad that you enjoyed it
Really enjoyed the video mate !
Thank you Peter
Spam is nice but tinned bacon grill is far better
ive never had it but was tempted when I picked this up as it was sat right next to it haha
Yep bacon grill is far superior.
Plumrose bacon grill specifically 👌
Cheese slices on bacon grill
Andy think the viewers would like a review on bacon grill on your next trip. Would be intrested to see what you think is better bacon grill or spam???
Your windscreen also reflects the fire light back at you when you're not cooking on the stove. Nice setup and location!!
Hi Kaylynn, yeah.. it reflected a lot of light actually.. made it feel more like a camp fire :) Thank you for watching as always
britains only desert? never heard about south africa or australia?
Are South Africa & Australia colonies? No
Are South Africa & Australia crown dependencies? No
Are they in the Commonwealth? Yes
Are they their own sovereign nations? Yes
Can you see why your comment makes little to no sense?
Or we could take it as a great gag about colonisation but nope never mind
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Can I see you don’t understand a joke *Yes*
"Never heard about south africa or australia?"
Never heard south africa and australia aren't in Britan?
Excellent quality video. Love the combination of history and camp knowledge. Kent is full of archaeology sites. I worked on one at the end of Manston airdrome back in 77. Also fished for cod at dungeness in the winter. Brilliant place!
Hi Andre, thank you :) that must have been interesting.. id give it a go if they let me haha
It looks just like a desert dry like a desert flat like one and hot too. We can say it’s a desert “ they” don’t know everything and they are insane anyways. Thanks a million!!
Love the music choices.
Thanks for another remarkable video in a delightful place. That area spans a 1000 years of history and more. I always learn such interesting stuff from you...and a spam and egg sandwich is great. Great work! Your videos are just better and better.
Thanks so much Carl :) happy to hear that you're enjoying this style of video.. they're fun to make... log live Spam haha
with the jiffy pop When you hear the first pop you have to start shaking it while keeping it close to the heat or you get the deflated ball, have a lot of nephews, jiffy pop and smores are a requirement
Great video. Being in Texas I never thought you had a desert. Take away the water and put thorns on everything and I’d be right at home. I have that lantern with the top reflector and the back reflector. I love it but it will burn the crap out of you when you don’t expect it. I love your history. Here in the Colonies 200 years is old.
Thank you Dan.. would love to get over your side and camp one day :) fingers crossed. Ive got the reflectors for the UCO now.. hope to use it tomorrow if possible ATB - Andy
Loved it mate what a great vid very well done.
Thank you very much
Britain has a desert......wut.
It's technically not
@Astolfo ik but they are completly different to most deserts
Loving the "still lifes "-reminds me of the dust-bowl days over here in the states (Great video)
Thanks Jeff.. maybe ive watched too much Ken Burns recently ;)
Great film very interesting 😀
Thank you James
brits are so down to earth, salt of the earth :)
Thank you for showing us the cool places in your country. I have always wanted to travel to the UK, but never have. My ancestors can be traced back to the Scottish Highlands around Glencoe. But, now it's too late. With the shape of the world now, that is out of the question. So, I love seeing things thru your videos. The Dymchurch Railway is WAY cool. Thanks again.
Why is it to late to visit the Highlands as there still there including Glencoe & very safe you’ll be in Scotland 🏴
Just saw this. I've been watching for a while now and HOLY $h!!...You have hair! Sorry had HAIR! Even back then, you are still entertaining and fun to watch.
I really enjoyed this video.The best.Eggs & spam looked good too.Beautiful church.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jeretta, happy to hear that you enjoyed it :)
WOW. Great video...!
The bone singularity might have evolved for plain practical reasons: on a marsh the ground is quite similar to bogs in the moors, corpses won't decay due to wetness and absence of bacteria. Maybe this was the solution as to not having to keep stumbling over scary remains for ages..
Atmospheric video!
Great little movie. This really takes me back to camping as it was when I was a kid. I feel inspired to get out my kit and go off for a few days.
Thank you.. get back out there buddy :)
Awesome video Andy! Loved the footage of a most interesting area with some interesting history. The spam & eggs looked good too! Thanks brother!
Thanks buddy, amazing whats around us when we take the time to look :)
Love Dungeness, has an otherworldly feel about it. Camped out there (in the VW) some years back. Top of the boardwalk actually. Great vid Andy.
doesn't it just... nowhere else like it haha, saw some campers parked in a couple of great spots while I was there. cheers for watching Alan
Thanks man, well edited and your very easy to watch and learn from... Gonna watch your other videos now...
Great video Andy sandwich looked yummy might give it a try thank you for such good relaxing viewing
wonderful video
I just love your vids I spend all week in trucks and I do get all over the place but I only see truck places. Just hearing the crunch crunch of your shoes was fab because I don't get to do that. Please keep making these films it keeps me sane. all the best from Derbyshire.
Thanks mate :) thats great to hear.. glad they help you 'escape' the cab for a bit ATB - Andy
thank you Andy Glasgow tomorrow.
About 500yds east of where you were camping was a fish & chip shop! Have lived just opposite the listening posts for the past 30 years, walk my dogs along the old railway line every morning. Remember seeing you pack your tent up.
George Borrow, the English writer, visited Hythe church when young with his mother in the early 1800s. They met an old sexton who said the skulls were of the old Danes. They came as pirates and 'there chanced a mighty shipwreck'. Their skulls were placed in the church as a memorial. The sexton says that there were many more when he was young but they are fast disappearing. Related in 'Lavengro' by Borrow. This doesn't though explain why there were women and children among them unless they were later additions.
When I was a kid, (some 50 years ago), we would have Jiffy Pop now and then. Popping popcorn was always better in a large pot, but Jiffy Pop was more of a novelty (fun) treat. It took a few times to figure out how to pop all of the popcorn seeds without burning any of it, but we soon figured out that you have to hold the pan above the flame while shaking it.
Great video, Andy. I'm liking how you incorporate British history into your outings, very interesting. Thanks for sharing, take care, buddy.
Thanks mate.. yeah, been on a history streak lately, just filmed another as well haha
Shingle is a killer to walk on Slapton Sands in Devon (where they practised the Normandy Landings) is about 2 miles long and is practically impossible to walk on for more than 100yds.
cozy video, thank you.
i like this guy very much.. god bless you always..
Yous got a right feast there lad! Wonderful tea
You are getting bolder my man...
Awesome place, great little pub at the end too, if I remember correctly it's got hundreds of beer mats all around the walls
Very cool Andy 😎 ❤
Great vid and yes Spam and Pims might catch on
Thanks, its an acquired taste I think haha
As an Australian, I feel like saying, "That's not a desert. THIS is a desert"! Anyway it's a really well-shot video with great music.
The skeletons are interesting. I have heard about such collections in continental Europe but not Britain. They also made me wonder whose job it was to sort them into skulls, jawbones etc.
haha.. hopefully get to a proper one at some point, might try to get the a Spanish desert for a short adventure. Yes, there are a few bone crypts around, fascinating places that always raise a lot of questions, thanks for watching
As an Australian I think your ignorant
Use to go play at at radar acoustic station on the reserve, memories 😊
Great video thanks for sharing
Thank you very much for watching
Love your videos. Never knew that about kitty litter...cheers!
Thank you :) the kitty litter is good once it gets going but you need an accelerant for sure.
Spam and eggs looks pretty good I think I'll try that for supper tonight myself
always a good combo.. thanks for watching Bruce
Another great video! Very interesting those sound mirrors. And that midget train was a good laugh and cool at the same time! I have about three or four channels I watch consistently and yours is right at the top! I appreciate ya friend!
Thank you Michael :) glad your liking this video style.. they're fun to do :)
Another great video Andy. Love what you're about. Look forward to the next one!
Thanks Ralph, happy to hear you enjoyed it buddy
Wow church was amazing X Great Camp and so much history in this area. Fascinating places around there thanks for sharing X Take Care and Keep Safe X
Thanks Jennifer, I've wanted to visit that church for years and only just go around to it, great place.
Unusual landscape for Britain, especially up here near the Lake District where practically nothing is very flat. Only thing it resembles a bit that I've been on are large slag banks, which are obviously man made. It's also much worse to walk on than shingle :) Nice video, enjoyed the little bit of history about the sound mirrors
werxeh Evening fellow Cumbrian!
Excellent vid , enjoyed . thanks .
Thank you very much :)
That church is amazing. I've been to bone chapels in Rome and Faro where they have skulls and skeletons of monks, but I didn't know we had a similar thing here in Kent. Will pay it a visit!
Its a great place.. better get there soon, I think they only open over the summer if memory serves.. thanks for watching
Great video sir 👍👍👍
its awsome we have a desert i never knew.
Creepy skulls!! Quite the large collection!! Hint with the popcorn--once it starts making noise, you need to constantly shake it so the kernels get mixed around and the popcorn doesn't burn. A bit tricky on a fire but can be done! Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
Thanks for watching Wendy
Is that the train the Beatles rented for A Hard Day's Night movie?