Thank you for an interesting video, I hope that your health issues clear up soon and that you are back to full strength. I can relate to some of your problems, but by tramping the mountains, I'm managing to keep myself out of trouble, health wise. I would say that the mountains have saved me, I'm 76 and been in the hills most of my life as a guide and bushcraft instructor. I have done 32 tramps so far this year and hope to do more before the year is out. May I be so bold as to tell you to. "Keep walking the hills for as long as you are able". This will make stress fall from your shoulders like the leaves from the trees in Autumn and keep all the organs in tune with each other. If time permits, at least twice a week (I mean with a pack). All my peers, who do the same as me, are free of major health problems and can still carry heavy loads. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ ☺☺
Many thanks for your interesting comments and excellent advice. You do sound to be in very good nick! When I'm not 100 per-cent I find I can get trapped into a vicious circle when I get quite demotivated, which then probably contributes to a dip in my health and then when I get ill I don't feel like getting out....chicken or the egg.....which came first? I know you are so right....'keep walking'. I've seen it in older family and friends, when they 'stop', they stay stopped. What I would like is to take a year off work and really focus on travelling about and doing all the things I like. I'm sure I'd come back like a new man after that!
Another brilliant video Chris. This is what sets you apart from the crowd. Your knowledge and love for nature. You’re down to earth nature and love for wild camping. You are the GOAT 👍👍
Another fabulous video Chris. I just love the way you put things across. You're an absolute natural story teller. I subscribe to loads of Wild camping You Tubers, but always get a buzz when I see you put a new video up. I Ioved the way you advised anyone wanting an "uplifting video" that they weren't going to get one😄Ironically, That in itself was hugely uplifting. Glad you're on the mend and already looking forward to your next adventure.
That is such a nice comment Alan, thank you. Genuinely, I don't feel like a 'natural'. Sometimes, depending on how I'm feeling, I can still feel a bit awkward and uncomfortable when talking to the camera. And I still have to stop and hide the camera if I come across people 😆! I thought honesty was the best policy at the start, give a kind of 'public health warning' about a very moany video. 😉
Great video that Chris, lovely memories of your Dads, and your mates. My Dad used to have some right daft saying that proper embarrassed me as a kid, but now I find myself saying them, not so much to my kids as they grown up now but mire to the young lads at work, they just come out and i feel right daft but it keeps him alive a bit in me doesn’t it. Going through some shit treatment myself at mo, thanks to the big C, shit word that😏, anyway its put a bloody stop to the Dales 30 at mo, but i’ll be back at them just as soon as i can. In meantime I’ll settle for watching your stuff, always like your stuff, proper interesting. 👍😁⛺️
Thanks Phil. I'm sorry to hear about your health problems and treatment but if that's what it takes to make you well then it will be worth the hardship once it is behind you. I don't handle health issues very well, Googling things etc, bloody stupid and it's never helpful. Ozzy was an absolute one off, I've never known anyone quite like him, having the best sense of humour of anyone I've ever known. Some of his expressions and sayings I can't use in polite company but it doesn't stop me laughing when I think about them! Hope you get well soon pal and back out. Best wishes, Chris
Another brilliant video Chris. I'm addicted to your videos, the accompanying narration and history insights (both natural and historic) sets your channels above others which I watch.🙂 Sorry to learn about your health issues Chris, but it looks like you're through the worst of it now mate.👍
Thanks as always Hengist. Pleasingly, I seem to have turned a corner re the health setbacks, though I can definitely tell my fitness has taken a hit and I need to build that up. Hope you are well mate and it would be nice to catch up on Kinder sometime. 👍
Another excellent video, love the botany, ornithology and history, Mesolithic to recent! Sorry to hear about your tooth issues, hope you get a good outcome in the end.
Hi Chris. You've certainly been through the mill mate this year, and everything makes perfect sense now following on from our last conversation. I also suffer with my own mental health issues, so i can relate first hand to you there. But places like this are the best healing you can have, and are better than any antidepressant and prescription from the doctor. We got some superb views of Great Manshead Hill on our walk earlier this year from Baitings Dam to Blackstone Edge Reservoir. I hope your in a much better and happier place now Chris, both mentally and physically. You take it easy pal. 👍
Thanks Ian. I don't particularly handle being ill very well.....typical bloke I guess 😀! But this time it just seemed to be one thing after another. You are right of course, the countryside is often the best medicine. Thankfully, most of my health woes have calmed down, though my inactivity has meant my fitness levels aren't good at the moment. Saying that, I've been pretty active of late and I can feel things getting back to normal. Best wishes pal, Chris
Feel yr pain with the teeth situation chris id had a terrible time couple month back with mine end up having a molar removed & to have another one removed in a few days too..bloody nightmare.. Great stuff again though as always love the info you relay & especially on about place names & possible reasons for it..i reckon youre onto something with the stones around that trig thats something you see around ancient burial mounds,and finding evidence of flint etc points to something up there dont it.. Well hope tha back to full fitness before long & we'll have to arrange an outing..atb chris..
Howdo Andy. I'd seen you'd been having similar toothy grief on your vid and Insta, what a coincidence. Hope you get sorted pal. Thankfully I feel on the mend now, just need to get my fitness back up. A lot of people would find Manshead an insignificant hill but it's always been special to me. I find it a peaceful place somehow. And yep, I'd deffo be up for another catch up and camp pal. 👍 Bye for now, Chris
Nice to see you back, your videos are very interesting as always considering that you're not only exploring and capturing yourself having your time during your walk but also, you're sharing lots of information to us which is very interesting and gives us more ideas about things we still didn't know. Keep safe and have fun.
Good to see you back out camping Chris. Got fond memories of meeting you for a walk on Manshead a few years back. Sorry to read you've had a rough year. We should try and arrange a walk before the end of summer.
How do Matt..... great walk when we did Manshead. Yes, 2024 has been a bit crap, what with dodgy health and redundancy but hopefully things are on the up now. Yes, a catch up would be good.
I don't often comment on videos, but yours deserve it. Most You Tube wild campers, and there are millions, strike me as macho poseurs who could clear any bar in 30 seconds dead. (Patrick Dickinson is an honourable exception.) Your videos are reasoned and down to earth. Full of information about the natural world, the countryside and the odd and fascinating history of the land on which you tread. All presented in a straightforward and honest style. Well done. It helps, of course, that I was born and bred in Rochdale and spent a good chunk of my life there. My cousin, now deceased, lived on Kiln Lane and an entertaining and rather eccentric school friend also lived on the council estate at the top of Kiln Lane, the name of which I have forgotten. Heybrook, Smallbridge and the country around Clegg Hall was my childhood playground, now a very distant memory.
That's very kind Anthony. Like you, I'm finding I watch less and less YT-ers these days. There will always be a core who I'll always watch but anything remotely clickbaity just makes me ignore. I'm curious about the Milnrow folk you mentioned. What was your cousin called? Growing up in Milnrow, everyone knew each other (and each other's business!). Clegg Hall was one of our places too, all derelict back then, we sometimes fished on the canal between there and Firgrove too. Bye for now, Chris
@@ChrisJB My cousin was called Joe (or Joseph) Lamb. He led a quiet, but decent life and died, of cancer, about five or so years ago. He was a good father and family man. My school friend, who I haven't seen since my school days, in the very early Sixties at Rochdale Tech, was a different kettle of fish. He liked motorcycles, although he was too young to ride one and also shotguns, as did a great many residents of the estate at the top of Kiln Lane, or so it seemed. His name, if I recall correctly, was Harold Ashworth, we called him Harry Ash, or as was the habit of schoolboys at that time, just by his surname. Our shared humour had a really bizarre theme, but provided us with endless merriment. I lived in Hamer at that time and in summer a g
....... sorry about that, pressed the wrong key. Anyway I lived in Hamer and a regular summer adventure was for a small group of us kids, to walk unsupervised across Albert Royds Street (no speed limit at all then) along the dirt track by the River Beal, past the foul smelling slaughterhouse, onwards to the railway, canal and Clegg Hall, thence through the countryside to Hollingworth Lake. Later to return by the same route, tired, sweaty, but by no means sad.
Chris, so really good to see you again. I can listen to you all fookin day, the stories and knowledge you have is top scale. Nice to hear about the stories of Ozzy, great to see him in a Rochdale football club shirt ! Please please look after yourself young fella .. life is a troublesome path at times, but what you have done makes it all worth while...LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
How do Andy. Yes, I should've mentioned Ozzy's obsession with the Dale. It's his funeral next week and apparently he left instructions for people to either go in their Dale kits or at least dress in blue! Thanks for the good wishes, best wishes, Chris
You bring back good memories of my life in the 70s living and working has a Linesman for the YEB in thae area and together with my dad and a friend Peter We walked and climbing in many of the areas you go to. So keep up the good work, I love what you do and how you put it all together. Get well.
Great to see you back, I especially like the local ones, I visited Great Manshead Trig last year doing a nice loop from Baitings Dam . Good to hear the tales of our mate Bob and Co. All the best.
How do Paul. The first time I ever visited Manshead was that route from Baitings. Aye Bob will always feature in a lot of my tales.....I've known him a very long time and he's a great mate, always up for a trip out, looking for a bird or flower!
I've noticed things have started to fall off as I get older ! Hopefully you've turned a corner now ! Strange as this seems, a friend of mine had all her teeth done in Turkey ! Another goes to Poland ! Sorry to hear another friend has fallen. To have spent time like that with the previous generation must have been inspirational ! Enjoy Madeira, I'm Expecting your be on the chair run...what a film ! My Dad, (bless him) loved Madeira, especially with a big dollop of Jam on the top 🤣.
How do Grant. Oh aye, age is definitely playing a part. Things I could once shrug off....not any more. My sister in law is on about going to Turkey to get her peggies done but I'm wary of that. If I come home looking like Ken Dodd I'll have no come back 😉. Some of my best mates were my dad's generation and one my grandad's! I like listening their stories, it suits my interest in local history. Hope you are well mate, best wishes, Chris
Thanks, Chris, for another enjoyable video. I am sorry to hear about your woes -they reckon bad things come in threes, so lets hope that's your three done and out the way and you can get on with your summer plans. I love the informative nature of your videos, especially the neolithic stuff - crack on!!
Enjoyed that Chris, very interesting, cheers. If it's any consolation (which it won't be) I've been having a run of uncannily similar sounding health stuff too. Hope you're 100% again soon. All the best.
Mate I feel your pain. The last six months seem to be an echo of your life. Lost my front tooth the day before going on a 2 week cruise to celebrate the wife’s 60th, got the lurgy about a month ago and I still sound like you. Life throws these curve balls at us so we can resist. Never give in. Was at Crow Stones 2 weeks ago and it was amazing. Where there’s life there’s hope…
Hi Chris. Sorry to hear of your health issues, but glad it hasn't dampened your ardour for local history. It was full of supposition and conjecture (meant complimentary) but very believable. Your mate Ozzy sounds like a fella called Norman I used to work with. He had some funny phrases. One he used to say if you were going to the dentists (pertinent to your teeth problems) was "Are t goin' fer a new fireplace". I never asked what it meant, but it's probably something about the mouth being a focal point in your face? Hope you're feeling better, atb, Paul
Hello Paul. Yes, much conjecture really. I wish I could find some long lost historical source that would confirm I'm on the right lines....or not! I think the mystery of it all adds to the appeal of the place. I do like our old characters. One of my favourite Ozzy-isms was...."it's only a rough guide", trotted out when he was breaking some sort of rule, eg ignoring a 'Private Land' sign and trespassing when out birdwatching!
Ah Chris man. Sorry to hear of the health woes. Your spirit is still strong litsening to this one though 💪 lovely hearing the local knowledge and history as always. Looked like a good milage there too! Lovely looking part of the world there. Such stunning moors there ❤ more power to you and continued good health- funnily enough I've just had a dental implant this week!! Long boring story but its been a positive experience. Anyway, ATB Chris 🙏
How do Nick. Aye, my local moors do come in handy when I don' fancy a long drive or anything. Interesting re your implant, I'm still reeling from the cost should I go down that route and thinking about what nicer things I could spend two grand on!
Good to see you finally getting back to what appears to be full fitness Chris. I appreciate the barriers to what you love - I mean I've had a bad leg now for 4 years. Maan, it's been mental. Re-the moors up there and the old ways we have the Lugg flood plains here, which contain the largest Lammas meadows in the country. I love em. In fact I've just got a book exploring the history and will share on YT. A decent pitch with some great tales of Ozzy. I know the amazing chap you mean - we've lost a good few. Well, see you out there. All the best. Mark
Hello Mark. I guess it's an age thing, what once we could shrug off now sets us back. Quite frustrating. I've read about the Lammas meadow approach and it's brilliant, allowing the flowers to thrive and then set seed. I once visited Lugg Meadows so look forward to your sharing on YT. Aye, Oz was a good bloke alright, quite unique. It's his funeral on Friday and we all have to wear something blue as he was a huge Rochdale FC fan. 🙂
@@ChrisJB Yeah, we're not getting any younger Chris. It's about being mindful. It doesn't surprise me you knowing about the Lammas system - some haven't survived but the Lugg Meadow has. All the best at the funeral. I bet it will be a great send off.
Ey up Chris, sorry to hear about your health problems, hopefullly the worst is behind you! Walked up there from Baitings about five years ago, I couldn't work out what the structures were further the along the hill; I found out when I got back that they were some sort of decoys from during the war, it makes for quite interesting reading! All the best, Darren.
Beautifully shot Chris, and so interesting and fascinating as per with your love and knowledge of the open moors and the history surrounding them. I thought you sounded a little different at the beginning, then you explained the tooth woes.. well, good to see you had recovered enough to get back out there and all the very best that, that continues mate.. the sunset was a bit special wasn't it!! 👌✨👍
Hello Mats and thanks. Yes.....I was probably talking with a lisp 😭. I did me good to get out though, even if I did have to force myself out of the door a bit. 🙂
Tooth pain is nasty. I have not had too many problems, but my mom lost every tooth, one at a time, painfully. She was a smoker and loved the hard candies. I think her dentist bought a yacht when he was done with her! Good health to you from here on!
Hello Karen. I've been fortunate with my 'peggies' up until recently but thankfully things seem to be settling down. Yes, dentists don't do too bad do they?!
Sorry to hear about your health issues. I know what it's like - and it gets worse as you get older. I do like Great Manshead. Have you been to the wartime air raid shelters for the decoy fires? I have always been fascinated by them, since they're the only ones I have come across in the north. The only others I have seen were in the hills south of Bristol. Hope you shake off the health problems soon, and enjoy the summer hols.
Thank you Micheal, yes I've got more to come as I get older I suppose! The tooth has settled down now and I did Ingleborough a couple of days ago and my breathing felt better on the steep sections. Manshead could be my favourite local hill. I juts like the quietness, the views and the general feel of the place. I do know the air raid shelters but didn't know much about them until recently. Best wishes to you and Shanita, Chris
Well done for toughing that out, I always jump on your vids as soon as I see them. Love the cotton grass, such a splash of contrast. Do you get sticky sundew your way? My old mate Terry, sadly passed, showed me that and Tormentil, on the North York Moors. A favourite spot of mine there is the green hairstreak. You must be pulling round to have a beer I know I am not right when I just don`t fancy a beer.
Thanks Steve. It's been a great summer for cotton grass. We do get sundew but it's not common. It does occur not far from here though up Cragg Vale. We do do well for green hairstreaks, I have a site for them not far from the house. I agree re the beer barometer, if I'm not in the mood I must be ill!
Sorry to hear about the health issues Chris , chin up . As for the teeth problems I feel your pain I decided to have the lot out and full dentures . Enjoyed the video All the best mate .
Could you not have a bridge fitted Chris? i share your frustration with a denture I lost a front tooth years ago and got a bridge, never looked back 😃 good to see you back out.
I'm wondering about a bridge, though my dentist hinted that the surrounding teeth may not be structurally sound enough for that. Perhaps I should get the lot replaced in metal and look like Jaws from the James Bond films. 👌
Hi Chris, love the hat. Sorry to hear about your problems. I enjoyed the mysterious hill mystery. Mytholmroyd- I love that name, makes me think of Sylvia Plath. As for dentists- how can they justify what they charge- makes me annoyed just thinking about it. 😊
Hello Carrie. Dear Mytholmroyd.....my great grandfather came from there. I'm a fan of Ted Hughes' poetry and almost always visit Sylvia Plath's resting place when I'm in Heptonstall (a good candidate for my favourite UK village, along with Robin Hood's Bay 🙂), a place worth a visit if you've never been . Cheers, Chris
That’s a bugger that Chris! Try to keep smiling….just bought a Hilleberg Enan after having an Akto for the winter, the Enan is superb, a bit heavier than my Notch but such a great porch! Whole kit now 5.5kg so light enough! I had a crown come off 2 years ago and I’ve just left it, seems fine as it is, spent the cash on back packing gear instead Lol, guess I’ll have to get it done in the end, unless I buy a new camera…?
How do Nick. I don't know much about the Enan, I'll do some research. As a Hilleberg though, it will be an excellent piece of gear alright. This is the dilemma.....two grand for something mainly cosmetic. I can think of miles better things to blow two grand on!
Hi Chris, Well done for getting out, I genuinely feel your pain mate, I’ve had the abscess on one of my front teeth, he has to break above my tooth, remove the abscess which he described as a beauty, he then knocked the tip of the root of the tooth off so it didn’t get infected, the only way I can describe it was he virtually sat on my chest and it was like he was putting a ring spanner over the root and trying to yank my face off, he is actually a brilliant dentist and when he stitched my up 2 1/2 hrs later he asked if that was alright, which I replied “best 2 1/2 hours of my life” I then paid which was also painful and left, it did the trick so no implant required, but on another tooth where I had a root infection I did have a crown and it kept dropping out so I went for implant, was a pain to get fitted etc and definitely the price, but knowing that’s it has made it worth it.go for it I know it’s a fortune but better then dentures. Regarding covid I think I got in feb and sure it’s impacted my lungs, but hard to be sure as I’m as fat as a character from a Dickens novel. One other thing to say is audio on this vid was great, I’ve got a rode and made a bit of an arse of it but now know what I’m doing and think it’s a big improvement, what Db do you set it at please ? Lastly sorry about your mate, we have got to that stage mate, been to so many funerals in last 9 months, but your attitude of remembering with Fondness is the way to go, good people are still good people way after they have died. All the best Chris, hope you make a full Recovery soon. All the best Tito 😊
How do Tito. Teeth are a bloody nightmare aren't they? I think I'm starting to suffer from a bit of dental neglect when I was a lad and I find myself blaming my poor mum for not being more strict with me! For whatever reason, my immune system must be a bit weak at the moment, infected stitches, probable Covid, etc. Saying that, I'm definitely on the mend. I've just returned from a night on Ingleborough and I could tell my fitness and breathing was improving. I've also since got the results from the biopsy and all is good which is a weight off my mind. Re the Rode, mine doesn't have a numbered Db setting.....just a little triangle which is low, medium and high. I have mine on the lowest setting. Is yours the Rode Wireless Go or something else? Aye, good ol' Oz. It's his funeral on Friday and he left instructions for people to either wear the Dale (Rochdale FC) kit, or something blue. It will have to be a blue tie in my case! Bye for now, Chris
@@ChrisJB glad the biopsy is all clear, that’s great news, you will just have to get the work done regarding the teeth then keep on top of them, that’s all you can do, my rode is a wireless go, I think it’s going to be good, but thought I’d knacked the battery which I hadn’t, I had just not read the effing instructions, all sorted for next trip. Hope you give your mate good send off, life’s a short trip, an incentive to get out. Wainwright in his later life said he knew every day in the mountain was one day less and that you had to cherish it. 👍
An old flat mate of mine had one of those implants, front-left. It used to conduct extremes of temperature straight into his skull, so he had to eat and drink in such a way that hot drinks etc. never made contact with it. Of course he forgot from time to time and I vividly remember him holding his head in agony one time after eating ice cream. Something to bear in mind if you're going down that route.
Rightio Tim, that could just be the final nail in the coffin for an implant. I don't like the sound of that at all. Knowing my luck, if it could go wrong for anyone, it would be me.
@@ChrisJB Admittedly that was 30 years ago, and I suppose the materials they make it with have improved in that time. I've lost 2 teeth myself this year, including a molar, which disintegrated without warning. I'm booked to have the rotten remnants dug out in a couple of weeks, which will be a mini-bloodbath. Really enjoyable video BTW, I've watched it several times. I love this stretch of moorland down towards Crag Vale.
Never knew that about the spelling of Manshead. I remember doing it years ago with a walking group used ti be with. Looked like nice route Chris. That cough sounded bad Chris. In addition, tooth sounded horrendous, and check symptoms sounded like facial neuralgia, which I recently had problems myself. Completely sympathise with your predicaments, as been there myself. Sorry to hear of your sad loss, but do get better Chris.
Hello Shanita. Yes, it took me a good few years before I thought about the significance of the 'Manshead' name. I'll Google facial neuralgia too. I'm feeling a lot better now but I guess all these come with the territory of getting older! Bye for now, Chris
Another interesting hike and camp Chris, sounds like you have been in the wars of late. Hope things improve over the coming weeks, I have had zero interest to head out and do a camp. But hoping I can drag myself out , I only watch you and a handful of channels these days as too much click bait shite gan about. Nice to see the barn owls and I haven’t seen the green tiger beetle yet this year. Sound like you had some great trips with your dad’s mates over the years. Yale care atb Dave
How do Dave and thanks. Touch wood, I think I am on the mend now. I am exactly the same, even when I've been well I'm struggling to get motivated. I think that's why I've been doing more local stuff as it doesn't involve a big drive and faff. Oh I can't be doing with any clockbaity stuff, it really turns me off a film. I have my favourite YT-ers (of which you are one 👍) but I've stopped watching loads. ATB pal, Chris
How do Jepson, Well done for getting out when your still recovering from probable covid. Alway lots to comment on after one of your videos, But i will confine myself to a little bit of friendly advice regarding your dentures you will get used to them 😉(Give it time) It will be part of your routine like putting on your glasses. Save yourself 2k 😉
Thanks a Johnny and I will be taking your advice. I'm definitely getting used to it now. It was just me overreacting and lacking in patience as usual 😉.
Sorry to hear you've been out of sorts Chris. Hope you improve soon. These stone heads? I remember watching a programme ages ago, about stone heads being found randomly in the pennine moorland around this area. The one you showed from the house looked very similar
Right….even before I watch this Chris …and I mean I’m 1sec in….thank god thas out n abart agin lad….a no I’m not trolling u…or infatuated….lol…just liek watchin ur posts….seriously mucka …they are the most informative wild camping/walking vids on any channel that I watch…so there u go
Hi Chris, what size backpack do you use ? Is it the 40l or 60l? I’ve managed to pick up a Notch Li so looking forward to using it. Love watching your videos 👍
Hello Paul. It's in between mate, it's the 50L. I love my Notch Li. It took me a little bit to nail the best pitch of it (DCF is less forgiving that silnylon) but I think I've got it it now. Best wishes, Chris
Thanks for the info mate, I’ll try and look out for the 50l version 👍 I find the doors are the trickiest to get taught, I’ve found the longer I have the guy line pulling out the doors the better it is. Also my version has the Velcro doors not the zip version. Never been a problem so far. Great tent. Thanks again Chris much appreciated. 😀
I feel your pain Chris. I was 50 this year and had to shell out £2,700 for a hernia opp (after waiting over 2 yrs for the sodding NHS). I've backed off with the heavier weights at the gym, (not accepting defeat, just adjusting a bit). Youth is wasted on the young. Covid is still very real and relatively prevalent; sounds like you've had a dose. Classic symptoms, both before and aft. Look after yourself and keep the faith you grumpy git, all the best from Wigan👍
How do mate. It's no fun getting old! Isn't it a shame people have to go down the private route just to give themselves a basic level of well-ness? For the time being, anyway, I seem to be doing okay at the moment, but I'm sure another ailment will befall me sometime soon! Best wishes and good luck with your recovery. 🙂
Thank you for an interesting video, I hope that your health issues clear up soon and that you are back to full strength. I can relate to some of your problems, but by tramping the mountains, I'm managing to keep myself out of trouble, health wise. I would say that the mountains have saved me, I'm 76 and been in the hills most of my life as a guide and bushcraft instructor. I have done 32 tramps so far this year and hope to do more before the year is out. May I be so bold as to tell you to. "Keep walking the hills for as long as you are able". This will make stress fall from your shoulders like the leaves from the trees in Autumn and keep all the organs in tune with each other. If time permits, at least twice a week (I mean with a pack). All my peers, who do the same as me, are free of major health problems and can still carry heavy loads. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ ☺☺
Many thanks for your interesting comments and excellent advice. You do sound to be in very good nick! When I'm not 100 per-cent I find I can get trapped into a vicious circle when I get quite demotivated, which then probably contributes to a dip in my health and then when I get ill I don't feel like getting out....chicken or the egg.....which came first? I know you are so right....'keep walking'. I've seen it in older family and friends, when they 'stop', they stay stopped.
What I would like is to take a year off work and really focus on travelling about and doing all the things I like. I'm sure I'd come back like a new man after that!
We really enjoyed it and thank you for sharing the beauty of the surrounding nature that you brought, it's really calming
Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, Chris
Another brilliant video Chris. This is what sets you apart from the crowd. Your knowledge and love for nature. You’re down to earth nature and love for wild camping. You are the GOAT 👍👍
Many thanks Steve, that's very kind. 🐐 😎
Hi Chris - As ever, excellent walk about and video - thank you. Flora, fauna, outcrops, whatever, your observations and comments are a delight. Peter
Thank you Peter. Best wishes, Chris
Another fabulous video Chris. I just love the way you put things across. You're an absolute natural story teller. I subscribe to loads of Wild camping You Tubers, but always get a buzz when I see you put a new video up. I Ioved the way you advised anyone wanting an "uplifting video" that they weren't going to get one😄Ironically, That in itself was hugely uplifting. Glad you're on the mend and already looking forward to your next adventure.
That is such a nice comment Alan, thank you. Genuinely, I don't feel like a 'natural'.
Sometimes, depending on how I'm feeling, I can still feel a bit awkward and uncomfortable when talking to the camera. And I still have to stop and hide the camera if I come across people 😆!
I thought honesty was the best policy at the start, give a kind of 'public health warning' about a very moany video. 😉
Great video that Chris, lovely memories of your Dads, and your mates. My Dad used to have some right daft saying that proper embarrassed me as a kid, but now I find myself saying them, not so much to my kids as they grown up now but mire to the young lads at work, they just come out and i feel right daft but it keeps him alive a bit in me doesn’t it.
Going through some shit treatment myself at mo, thanks to the big C, shit word that😏, anyway its put a bloody stop to the Dales 30 at mo, but i’ll be back at them just as soon as i can. In meantime I’ll settle for watching your stuff, always like your stuff, proper interesting. 👍😁⛺️
Thanks Phil. I'm sorry to hear about your health problems and treatment but if that's what it takes to make you well then it will be worth the hardship once it is behind you. I don't handle health issues very well, Googling things etc, bloody stupid and it's never helpful.
Ozzy was an absolute one off, I've never known anyone quite like him, having the best sense of humour of anyone I've ever known. Some of his expressions and sayings I can't use in polite company but it doesn't stop me laughing when I think about them! Hope you get well soon pal and back out. Best wishes, Chris
Another brilliant video Chris. I'm addicted to your videos, the accompanying narration and history insights (both natural and historic) sets your channels above others which I watch.🙂
Sorry to learn about your health issues Chris, but it looks like you're through the worst of it now mate.👍
Thanks as always Hengist. Pleasingly, I seem to have turned a corner re the health setbacks, though I can definitely tell my fitness has taken a hit and I need to build that up. Hope you are well mate and it would be nice to catch up on Kinder sometime. 👍
Another excellent video, love the botany, ornithology and history, Mesolithic to recent!
Sorry to hear about your tooth issues, hope you get a good outcome in the end.
Cheers pal. The tooth seems to be settling down, which is good!
Hi Chris. You've certainly been through the mill mate this year, and everything makes perfect sense now following on from our last conversation. I also suffer with my own mental health issues, so i can relate first hand to you there. But places like this are the best healing you can have, and are better than any antidepressant and prescription from the doctor. We got some superb views of Great Manshead Hill on our walk earlier this year from Baitings Dam to Blackstone Edge Reservoir. I hope your in a much better and happier place now Chris, both mentally and physically. You take it easy pal. 👍
Thanks Ian. I don't particularly handle being ill very well.....typical bloke I guess 😀! But this time it just seemed to be one thing after another. You are right of course, the countryside is often the best medicine. Thankfully, most of my health woes have calmed down, though my inactivity has meant my fitness levels aren't good at the moment. Saying that, I've been pretty active of late and I can feel things getting back to normal. Best wishes pal, Chris
Feel yr pain with the teeth situation chris id had a terrible time couple month back with mine end up having a molar removed & to have another one removed in a few days too..bloody nightmare..
Great stuff again though as always love the info you relay & especially on about place names & possible reasons for it..i reckon youre onto something with the stones around that trig thats something you see around ancient burial mounds,and finding evidence of flint etc points to something up there dont it..
Well hope tha back to full fitness before long & we'll have to arrange an outing..atb chris..
Howdo Andy. I'd seen you'd been having similar toothy grief on your vid and Insta, what a coincidence. Hope you get sorted pal. Thankfully I feel on the mend now, just need to get my fitness back up.
A lot of people would find Manshead an insignificant hill but it's always been special to me. I find it a peaceful place somehow.
And yep, I'd deffo be up for another catch up and camp pal. 👍
Bye for now, Chris
Nice to see you back, your videos are very interesting as always considering that you're not only exploring and capturing yourself having your time during your walk but also, you're sharing lots of information to us which is very interesting and gives us more ideas about things we still didn't know. Keep safe and have fun.
Thank you for the kind comment. I do like to take an interest in the areas I visit.
Great video as ever, really interesting and aren't the Pennines just wonderful. Hope your health improves soon and condolences on your loss...
Thank you Murray. Yes, I'm a lot better now 🙂. Best wishes, Chris
Good to see you back out camping Chris. Got fond memories of meeting you for a walk on Manshead a few years back. Sorry to read you've had a rough year. We should try and arrange a walk before the end of summer.
How do Matt..... great walk when we did Manshead. Yes, 2024 has been a bit crap, what with dodgy health and redundancy but hopefully things are on the up now.
Yes, a catch up would be good.
I don't often comment on videos, but yours deserve it. Most You Tube wild campers, and there are millions, strike me as macho poseurs who could clear any bar in 30 seconds dead. (Patrick Dickinson is an honourable exception.) Your videos are reasoned and down to earth. Full of information about the natural world, the countryside and the odd and fascinating history of the land on which you tread. All presented in a straightforward and honest style. Well done. It helps, of course, that I was born and bred in Rochdale and spent a good chunk of my life there. My cousin, now deceased, lived on Kiln Lane and an entertaining and rather eccentric school friend also lived on the council estate at the top of Kiln Lane, the name of which I have forgotten. Heybrook, Smallbridge and the country around Clegg Hall was my childhood playground, now a very distant memory.
Chris jb and Patrick are the only YouTubing campers I ever watch these days.
Thank you.....praise indeed to be mentioned in the same breath as PD. 👍
That's very kind Anthony. Like you, I'm finding I watch less and less YT-ers these days. There will always be a core who I'll always watch but anything remotely clickbaity just makes me ignore.
I'm curious about the Milnrow folk you mentioned. What was your cousin called? Growing up in Milnrow, everyone knew each other (and each other's business!). Clegg Hall was one of our places too, all derelict back then, we sometimes fished on the canal between there and Firgrove too.
Bye for now, Chris
@@ChrisJB My cousin was called Joe (or Joseph) Lamb. He led a quiet, but decent life and died, of cancer, about five or so years ago. He was a good father and family man. My school friend, who I haven't seen since my school days, in the very early Sixties at Rochdale Tech, was a different kettle of fish. He liked motorcycles, although he was too young to ride one and also shotguns, as did a great many residents of the estate at the top of Kiln Lane, or so it seemed. His name, if I recall correctly, was Harold Ashworth, we called him Harry Ash, or as was the habit of schoolboys at that time, just by his surname. Our shared humour had a really bizarre theme, but provided us with endless merriment. I lived in Hamer at that time and in summer a g
....... sorry about that, pressed the wrong key. Anyway I lived in Hamer and a regular summer adventure was for a small group of us kids, to walk unsupervised across Albert Royds Street (no speed limit at all then) along the dirt track by the River Beal, past the foul smelling slaughterhouse, onwards to the railway, canal and Clegg Hall, thence through the countryside to Hollingworth Lake. Later to return by the same route, tired, sweaty, but by no means sad.
Chris, so really good to see you again. I can listen to you all fookin day, the stories and knowledge you have is top scale.
Nice to hear about the stories of Ozzy, great to see him in a Rochdale football club shirt !
Please please look after yourself young fella .. life is a troublesome path at times, but what you have done makes it all worth while...LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
How do Andy. Yes, I should've mentioned Ozzy's obsession with the Dale. It's his funeral next week and apparently he left instructions for people to either go in their Dale kits or at least dress in blue! Thanks for the good wishes, best wishes, Chris
Great video Chris , another one added to my list …. Hope your on the mend 🫡
Thank you Rob, yes feeling better thanks. 👍
Camped there many a time myself Chris. You get the odd fell runner, and the odd dog walker, but otherwise a nice quiet spot.
It's definitely busier than my early visits, over thirty years ago, but still quiet compared to say Blackstone Edge, etc.
You bring back good memories of my life in the 70s living and working has a Linesman for the YEB in thae area and together with my dad and a friend Peter We walked and climbing in many of the areas you go to. So keep up the good work, I love what you do and how you put it all together. Get well.
Many thanks Steve. Aye, I often see blokes working on the pylons that cross the Pennines thereabouts. Bye for now, Chris
So interesting Chris, but most of all I wish you good health and better times ❤
Ta Dave. Hopefully turned a corner now. 🤞
Great to see you back, I especially like the local ones, I visited Great Manshead Trig last year doing a nice loop from Baitings Dam . Good to hear the tales of our mate Bob and Co. All the best.
How do Paul. The first time I ever visited Manshead was that route from Baitings. Aye Bob will always feature in a lot of my tales.....I've known him a very long time and he's a great mate, always up for a trip out, looking for a bird or flower!
Get well soon Chris. Glad to see you getting back at it.
Thanks Lewis. Much better now. 🙂
I've noticed things have started to fall off as I get older ! Hopefully you've turned a corner now ! Strange as this seems, a friend of mine had all her teeth done in Turkey ! Another goes to Poland ! Sorry to hear another friend has fallen. To have spent time like that with the previous generation must have been inspirational ! Enjoy Madeira, I'm Expecting your be on the chair run...what a film ! My Dad, (bless him) loved Madeira, especially with a big dollop of Jam on the top 🤣.
How do Grant. Oh aye, age is definitely playing a part. Things I could once shrug off....not any more. My sister in law is on about going to Turkey to get her peggies done but I'm wary of that. If I come home looking like Ken Dodd I'll have no come back 😉. Some of my best mates were my dad's generation and one my grandad's! I like listening their stories, it suits my interest in local history.
Hope you are well mate, best wishes, Chris
Thanks, Chris, for another enjoyable video. I am sorry to hear about your woes -they reckon bad things come in threes, so lets hope that's your three done and out the way and you can get on with your summer plans. I love the informative nature of your videos, especially the neolithic stuff - crack on!!
Thanks Escelle👍. Hopefully I've turned a corner now and things are on the mend. Aye the local Stone Age fascinates me. Best wishes, Chris
Enjoyed that Chris, very interesting, cheers. If it's any consolation (which it won't be) I've been having a run of uncannily similar sounding health stuff too. Hope you're 100% again soon. All the best.
I'm sorry you've been under the weather too. I am on the mend but my fitness is going to need building up somewhat!
I had a root canal and crown, so guess same as an implant……well worth it……good to see you back
Cheers Ross. I'll explore that option, might save me a bit of brass!
Look after yourself mate - I’m looking forward to seeing the North Pennines if you manage a trip 👍
Thanks pal....feeling much better now, though my fitness has a long way to go I reckon!
Mate I feel your pain. The last six months seem to be an echo of your life. Lost my front tooth the day before going on a 2 week cruise to celebrate the wife’s 60th, got the lurgy about a month ago and I still sound like you. Life throws these curve balls at us so we can resist. Never give in. Was at Crow Stones 2 weeks ago and it was amazing. Where there’s life there’s hope…
@richardillingworth2271 Hope you are feeling better Richard. I've not been to Crow Stones for yonks.....probably due another visit. 🙂
Hi Chris.
Sorry to hear of your health issues, but glad it hasn't dampened your ardour for local history. It was full of supposition and conjecture (meant complimentary) but very believable.
Your mate Ozzy sounds like a fella called Norman I used to work with. He had some funny phrases. One he used to say if you were going to the dentists (pertinent to your teeth problems) was "Are t goin' fer a new fireplace". I never asked what it meant, but it's probably something about the mouth being a focal point in your face?
Hope you're feeling better, atb, Paul
Hello Paul. Yes, much conjecture really. I wish I could find some long lost historical source that would confirm I'm on the right lines....or not! I think the mystery of it all adds to the appeal of the place.
I do like our old characters. One of my favourite Ozzy-isms was...."it's only a rough guide", trotted out when he was breaking some sort of rule, eg ignoring a 'Private Land' sign and trespassing when out birdwatching!
Great to see you back chris, hope you get back to full power asap.
Great informative video again. Love it, thanks Phil 👍👍
Thanks Phil. Hope you are doing okay mate.
@@ChrisJB all good, thankyou 👍
Brilliant video, .. love the local history.
Many thanks Vinnie
Good to see you back out Chris!! Thanks for posting this, it's sorely needed. Looks like it was a good un.
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew. Thanks pal.
Good to see you back mate, sod the tooth, spend the £2000 on camping gear 👍, great walk and info pal, always does you good getting out, take care
Thanks Mark. Aye, two grand, absolutely bonkers!
Ah Chris man. Sorry to hear of the health woes. Your spirit is still strong litsening to this one though 💪 lovely hearing the local knowledge and history as always. Looked like a good milage there too! Lovely looking part of the world there. Such stunning moors there ❤ more power to you and continued good health- funnily enough I've just had a dental implant this week!! Long boring story but its been a positive experience. Anyway, ATB Chris 🙏
How do Nick. Aye, my local moors do come in handy when I don' fancy a long drive or anything. Interesting re your implant, I'm still reeling from the cost should I go down that route and thinking about what nicer things I could spend two grand on!
Good to see you finally getting back to what appears to be full fitness Chris. I appreciate the barriers to what you love - I mean I've had a bad leg now for 4 years. Maan, it's been mental. Re-the moors up there and the old ways we have the Lugg flood plains here, which contain the largest Lammas meadows in the country. I love em. In fact I've just got a book exploring the history and will share on YT. A decent pitch with some great tales of Ozzy. I know the amazing chap you mean - we've lost a good few. Well, see you out there. All the best. Mark
Hello Mark. I guess it's an age thing, what once we could shrug off now sets us back. Quite frustrating. I've read about the Lammas meadow approach and it's brilliant, allowing the flowers to thrive and then set seed. I once visited Lugg Meadows so look forward to your sharing on YT. Aye, Oz was a good bloke alright, quite unique. It's his funeral on Friday and we all have to wear something blue as he was a huge Rochdale FC fan. 🙂
@@ChrisJB Yeah, we're not getting any younger Chris. It's about being mindful. It doesn't surprise me you knowing about the Lammas system - some haven't survived but the Lugg Meadow has. All the best at the funeral. I bet it will be a great send off.
Hi, great video. Did you ever know Kieth Eastwood from Newhey then move to Rake Rd heading up to the White House.
Good luck
Thanks mate. No, I can't say I know Keith. Nice up past the Rake. 👍
Ey up Chris, sorry to hear about your health problems, hopefullly the worst is behind you!
Walked up there from Baitings about five years ago, I couldn't work out what the structures were further the along the hill;
I found out when I got back that they were some sort of decoys from during the war, it makes for quite interesting reading!
All the best, Darren.
How do Daz. Yes, I passed those WWII things but forgot what they were! Think I'm on the mend now too. 👌
Loved the history of Manshead, really interesting
Many thanks Helen. 👍
Beautifully shot Chris, and so interesting and fascinating as per with your love and knowledge of the open moors and the history surrounding them. I thought you sounded a little different at the beginning, then you explained the tooth woes.. well, good to see you had recovered enough to get back out there and all the very best that, that continues mate.. the sunset was a bit special wasn't it!! 👌✨👍
Hello Mats and thanks. Yes.....I was probably talking with a lisp 😭. I did me good to get out though, even if I did have to force myself out of the door a bit. 🙂
Tooth pain is nasty. I have not had too many problems, but my mom lost every tooth, one at a time, painfully. She was a smoker and loved the hard candies. I think her dentist bought a yacht when he was done with her! Good health to you from here on!
Hello Karen. I've been fortunate with my 'peggies' up until recently but thankfully things seem to be settling down. Yes, dentists don't do too bad do they?!
Sorry to hear about your health issues. I know what it's like - and it gets worse as you get older. I do like Great Manshead. Have you been to the wartime air raid shelters for the decoy fires? I have always been fascinated by them, since they're the only ones I have come across in the north. The only others I have seen were in the hills south of Bristol. Hope you shake off the health problems soon, and enjoy the summer hols.
Thank you Micheal, yes I've got more to come as I get older I suppose! The tooth has settled down now and I did Ingleborough a couple of days ago and my breathing felt better on the steep sections.
Manshead could be my favourite local hill. I juts like the quietness, the views and the general feel of the place.
I do know the air raid shelters but didn't know much about them until recently.
Best wishes to you and Shanita, Chris
another epic video mate.
Cheers Ken. 👍
Well done for toughing that out, I always jump on your vids as soon as I see them. Love the cotton grass, such a splash of contrast. Do you get sticky sundew your way? My old mate Terry, sadly passed, showed me that and Tormentil, on the North York Moors. A favourite spot of mine there is the green hairstreak. You must be pulling round to have a beer I know I am not right when I just don`t fancy a beer.
Thanks Steve. It's been a great summer for cotton grass. We do get sundew but it's not common. It does occur not far from here though up Cragg Vale. We do do well for green hairstreaks, I have a site for them not far from the house. I agree re the beer barometer, if I'm not in the mood I must be ill!
A great little video. At least you got out there😊
Definitely.....thanks Marty. 🙂
Sorry to hear about the health issues Chris , chin up . As for the teeth problems I feel your pain I decided to have the lot out and full dentures . Enjoyed the video All the best mate .
Thanks Andy. The way my peggies are going it won't be long before they'll all be whipped out!
Such a brilliant watch Chris. Interesting and informative 😁
Hope you get sorted medically mate.
Take care,
Adge and B
Thanks Adge.....on the mend I hope now👍. Congrats to you and Becky on the C to C. That was my first ever long-distance walk way back in 1989! 😬
Could you not have a bridge fitted Chris? i share your frustration with a denture I lost a front tooth years ago and got a bridge, never looked back 😃 good to see you back out.
I'm wondering about a bridge, though my dentist hinted that the surrounding teeth may not be structurally sound enough for that. Perhaps I should get the lot replaced in metal and look like Jaws from the James Bond films. 👌
Hi Chris, love the hat. Sorry to hear about your problems. I enjoyed the mysterious hill mystery. Mytholmroyd- I love that name, makes me think of Sylvia Plath. As for dentists- how can they justify what they charge- makes me annoyed just thinking about it. 😊
Hello Carrie. Dear Mytholmroyd.....my great grandfather came from there. I'm a fan of Ted Hughes' poetry and almost always visit Sylvia Plath's resting place when I'm in Heptonstall (a good candidate for my favourite UK village, along with Robin Hood's Bay 🙂), a place worth a visit if you've never been . Cheers, Chris
@@ChrisJB I've got the urge to read some poetry now 😄
You've been through the war's Chris. Good to see you back out and not letting that covid cough ruin your fun. I enjoyed the history 👍
Glad you enjoyed it mate. Hopefully on the mend now. Best wishes, Chris
That’s a bugger that Chris! Try to keep smiling….just bought a Hilleberg Enan after having an Akto for the winter, the Enan is superb, a bit heavier than my Notch but such a great porch! Whole kit now 5.5kg so light enough! I had a crown come off 2 years ago and I’ve just left it, seems fine as it is, spent the cash on back packing gear instead Lol, guess I’ll have to get it done in the end, unless I buy a new camera…?
Ps the burial casket is a Cist, there’s a fab exposed one on Whitehorse Hill in Northern Dartmoor!
How do Nick. I don't know much about the Enan, I'll do some research. As a Hilleberg though, it will be an excellent piece of gear alright.
This is the dilemma.....two grand for something mainly cosmetic. I can think of miles better things to blow two grand on!
Hi Chris,
Well done for getting out,
I genuinely feel your pain mate, I’ve had the abscess on one of my front teeth, he has to break above my tooth, remove the abscess which he described as a beauty, he then knocked the tip of the root of the tooth off so it didn’t get infected, the only way I can describe it was he virtually sat on my chest and it was like he was putting a ring spanner over the root and trying to yank my face off, he is actually a brilliant dentist and when he stitched my up 2 1/2 hrs later he asked if that was alright, which I replied “best 2 1/2 hours of my life” I then paid which was also painful and left, it did the trick so no implant required, but on another tooth where I had a root infection I did have a crown and it kept dropping out so I went for implant, was a pain to get fitted etc and definitely the price, but knowing that’s it has made it worth it.go for it I know it’s a fortune but better then dentures.
Regarding covid I think I got in feb and sure it’s impacted my lungs, but hard to be sure as I’m as fat as a character from a Dickens novel.
One other thing to say is audio on this vid was great, I’ve got a rode and made a bit of an arse of it but now know what I’m doing and think it’s a big improvement, what Db do you set it at please ?
Lastly sorry about your mate, we have got to that stage mate, been to so many funerals in last 9 months, but your attitude of remembering with Fondness is the way to go, good people are still good people way after they have died.
All the best Chris, hope you make a full Recovery soon. All the best Tito 😊
How do Tito. Teeth are a bloody nightmare aren't they? I think I'm starting to suffer from a bit of dental neglect when I was a lad and I find myself blaming my poor mum for not being more strict with me!
For whatever reason, my immune system must be a bit weak at the moment, infected stitches, probable Covid, etc. Saying that, I'm definitely on the mend. I've just returned from a night on Ingleborough and I could tell my fitness and breathing was improving. I've also since got the results from the biopsy and all is good which is a weight off my mind.
Re the Rode, mine doesn't have a numbered Db setting.....just a little triangle which is low, medium and high. I have mine on the lowest setting. Is yours the Rode Wireless Go or something else?
Aye, good ol' Oz. It's his funeral on Friday and he left instructions for people to either wear the Dale (Rochdale FC) kit, or something blue. It will have to be a blue tie in my case!
Bye for now, Chris
@@ChrisJB glad the biopsy is all clear, that’s great news, you will just have to get the work done regarding the teeth then keep on top of them, that’s all you can do, my rode is a wireless go, I think it’s going to be good, but thought I’d knacked the battery which I hadn’t, I had just not read the effing instructions, all sorted for next trip.
Hope you give your mate good send off, life’s a short trip, an incentive to get out. Wainwright in his later life said he knew every day in the mountain was one day less and that you had to cherish it.
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An old flat mate of mine had one of those implants, front-left. It used to conduct extremes of temperature straight into his skull, so he had to eat and drink in such a way that hot drinks etc. never made contact with it. Of course he forgot from time to time and I vividly remember him holding his head in agony one time after eating ice cream. Something to bear in mind if you're going down that route.
Rightio Tim, that could just be the final nail in the coffin for an implant. I don't like the sound of that at all. Knowing my luck, if it could go wrong for anyone, it would be me.
@@ChrisJB Admittedly that was 30 years ago, and I suppose the materials they make it with have improved in that time. I've lost 2 teeth myself this year, including a molar, which disintegrated without warning. I'm booked to have the rotten remnants dug out in a couple of weeks, which will be a mini-bloodbath. Really enjoyable video BTW, I've watched it several times. I love this stretch of moorland down towards Crag Vale.
@@TimHudspith Good look with the tooth Tim. Yep me too, one of my favourite moors in the South Pennines.
Never knew that about the spelling of Manshead. I remember doing it years ago with a walking group used ti be with. Looked like nice route Chris. That cough sounded bad Chris. In addition, tooth sounded horrendous, and check symptoms sounded like facial neuralgia, which I recently had problems myself. Completely sympathise with your predicaments, as been there myself. Sorry to hear of your sad loss, but do get better Chris.
Hello Shanita. Yes, it took me a good few years before I thought about the significance of the 'Manshead' name. I'll Google facial neuralgia too. I'm feeling a lot better now but I guess all these come with the territory of getting older! Bye for now, Chris
@@ChrisJB If you google, I think the terminology is trigeminal neuralgia! but not sure.
Feel for you bud. I echo all the comments on health. Got the T shirt. Anyhow. Such an interesting video. Hope you’re well soon. Atb
Howdo UP. Aye, what comes with us getting 'owd' I guess. There's a cheery thought! Feeling a bit better now though, thank Christ!
Another interesting hike and camp Chris, sounds like you have been in the wars of late. Hope things improve over the coming weeks, I have had zero interest to head out and do a camp. But hoping I can drag myself out , I only watch you and a handful of channels these days as too much click bait shite gan about. Nice to see the barn owls and I haven’t seen the green tiger beetle yet this year. Sound like you had some great trips with your dad’s mates over the years. Yale care atb Dave
How do Dave and thanks. Touch wood, I think I am on the mend now. I am exactly the same, even when I've been well I'm struggling to get motivated. I think that's why I've been doing more local stuff as it doesn't involve a big drive and faff. Oh I can't be doing with any clockbaity stuff, it really turns me off a film. I have my favourite YT-ers (of which you are one 👍) but I've stopped watching loads. ATB pal, Chris
How do Jepson, Well done for getting out when your still recovering from probable covid. Alway lots to comment on after one of your videos, But i will confine myself to a little bit of friendly advice regarding your dentures you will get used to them 😉(Give it time) It will be part of your routine like putting on your glasses. Save yourself 2k 😉
Thanks a Johnny and I will be taking your advice. I'm definitely getting used to it now. It was just me overreacting and lacking in patience as usual 😉.
Sorry to hear you've been out of sorts Chris. Hope you improve soon. These stone heads? I remember watching a programme ages ago, about stone heads being found randomly in the pennine moorland around this area. The one you showed from the house looked very similar
Cheers pal. It's fascinating the stone head thing. I've heard about a similar concentration around Glossop too.
Must get out that way sometime...i have a book by Christopher Goddard that shows a few good routes around those parts
How do Steve. I'll look that book up. Let me know if get over here, if I'm available I'll try and meet up.
@@ChrisJB Thanks Chris..the book is called the West Yorkshire moors...on gritstone publishing...packed with info.
Right….even before I watch this Chris …and I mean I’m 1sec in….thank god thas out n abart agin lad….a no I’m not trolling u…or infatuated….lol…just liek watchin ur posts….seriously mucka …they are the most informative wild camping/walking vids on any channel that I watch…so there u go
Cheers as always Ron, you are very kind mate. 👍
Just packed my pack for camp in the lakes tomorrow 1st time out in 5 weeks after doing the ligaments in my ankle so I'm hoping it goes ok
I'm sure some of my replies keep disappearing? I'm sure I replied to you Craig. Have a good un in the Lakes mate. I'm due a trip up there. 😎
Bugger me mate, you certainly have been through the wars, The Mrs had an implant last year & yep it costs £2000. Get well soon buddy ATB George
How do George. Aye, the thought of shellin' out two grand for one little tooth makes my heart sink.....I could have a nice holiday with that. 😉
There's nowt more important than your health Chris. Keep smiling kiddo! Still enjoyed the video!
Thanks Phil. I'm going to be strict with myself on the next one and be ultra-jolly. 😉
@@ChrisJB stiff upper lip and all that! 😂 It's good to share mate, a trouble shared is a trouble halved!
I call it Man Shed. A, ideal place to get away from the missus....
I called it 'Man Shed' for years and my natural inclination is to continue to do so. I think the name must come from 'Man's Head' though.
Hi Chris, what size backpack do you use ? Is it the 40l or 60l? I’ve managed to pick up a Notch Li so looking forward to using it. Love watching your videos 👍
Hello Paul. It's in between mate, it's the 50L. I love my Notch Li. It took me a little bit to nail the best pitch of it (DCF is less forgiving that silnylon) but I think I've got it it now. Best wishes, Chris
Thanks for the info mate, I’ll try and look out for the 50l version 👍 I find the doors are the trickiest to get taught, I’ve found the longer I have the guy line pulling out the doors the better it is. Also my version has the Velcro doors not the zip version. Never been a problem so far. Great tent. Thanks again Chris much appreciated. 😀
@paulhartley2709 I still have my old silnylon Notch with velcro doors. I like them too. 👍
Yes. Kist cremation burials. Best of wishes buddy. 😊👏🫡👍🏼👍🏼
Them are the ones Fraser.......saw evidence for summat similar on Ingleborough yesterday, though much more obvious. 👍
I feel your pain Chris.
I was 50 this year and had to shell out £2,700 for a hernia opp (after waiting over 2 yrs for the sodding NHS).
I've backed off with the heavier weights at the gym, (not accepting defeat, just adjusting a bit).
Youth is wasted on the young.
Covid is still very real and relatively prevalent; sounds like you've had a dose. Classic symptoms, both before and aft.
Look after yourself and keep the faith you grumpy git, all the best from Wigan👍
How do mate. It's no fun getting old!
Isn't it a shame people have to go down the private route just to give themselves a basic level of well-ness?
For the time being, anyway, I seem to be doing okay at the moment, but I'm sure another ailment will befall me sometime soon!
Best wishes and good luck with your recovery. 🙂