What a very resourceful husband you have - loved all those little tweaks he has done to make things work better for you!! 🤗 Such a nice place to be able to set up your mobile hotel room so close to home too 😎 xx
I go back and watch this video every now and again because there's a sense of relaxation I get from watching your videos. Thanks for this and for making content whenever you can. I hope you're well and good Susanna!
"If you enjoy what I'm doing, leave a comment" - Susanna, I ALWAYS enjoy your videos! You have a child like enthusiasm for riding and adventuring that brings joy to my heart and makes me smile. Your PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) towards any adversity gives me optimism for the rest of the world (sorry, that's a big responsibility), well, it cheers me up, anyway. The fact that you find little indulgences to make the camping more comfortable is wonderful. One notable feature of this excursion is that, in the words of Dorothy of OZ, I think, you don't have look for adventure any further than your own backyard. Great if you can travel hither and yon, but if you can do even a short bit, DO IT! Thanks for all your videos!
amazing video, thanks for this, it helps a lot with the explanation and the whys on having the gear 💖if anyone wants the missing list: Water - Platypus soft water bottles 2x 1ltr, 1x 2ltr = 4ltr Bags - 2x Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag - front uses a custom mount @ 3:34 - rear uses a custom rod @ 3:56 Rear content - Saddle bag with custom extension to be deeper @ 4:54 - pump - water bottle - fuel bottle for cooking - rain cape - tools - Helinox Zero chair 8:45 - Hilleberg Akto camping tent 6:20 - Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag 9:09 - contains things that are not needed during the day - Mountain Equipment Dreamcatcher 500 regular LZ sleeping bag - reading book - paper toals - foamy cloath used to clean water and condensation - folding bowl - washbag - Trangia 27 stove with accessories - Trangia Multi-Disc 25 - Trangia kettle 324 0,9L - spatulas, "spork", knife - Sea to Summit Thermolite Reactor Liner - Mountain Equipment Helium Women's 3.8 Warmzone Mat - small pouch 11:08 - some "bit's & bob's" - head lamp - plastic cape used to cover the bike - drybag #1 12:18 - cotton pillow case - helmet liner from Decathlon - "smaller" travel towel - matches and spare matches Middle content 5:56 - middle pouch with - tripod - lock - phone - cables Front content 13:43 - Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag - down jacket from Decathlon - pouch with medical and health care 14:26 - drybag #2 15:53 - RAVPower 20100 mAh (and 26800 mAh) power bank with bright cable - Midge & Mosquito Head Net - several mirrors - Thermo from NeverLost Gear - small Multimat - drybag #3 19:04 - food
@@susannathornton you can pin it or maybe copy to your description then I’ll delete it, it’s just to help everyone… keep reward us with your lovely trips, I’m trying to get on my first with the wife 😊 we love your channel 🥰
Crammed full of handy hints and tips! Thank you for sharing this Susanna, it will be helpful to old hands and those just setting out on the cycle touring path. Also, for all of us nosey ones it’s always fascinating to see what others have in their luggage! 🤣
Excellent as ever. One thing I do is if I boil any water for cooking, not drinking as you did for the potatoes. I drain the hot water into a container put a cover on it then use it for cleaning pans, plates, cutlery etc usually when I've finished eating. Why waste it by just draining away and greasy things are hard to clean without it.
What a great camping spot and very interesting insight into your ‘stuff’. Reminds me of when I did wild camping in Sweden when I was 16, over 40 years ago. On my first day I bought a Trangia and still have it to this day. We used open canoes to tour around lakes and rivers for a week. Lovely country 😊
Wonderful to see you again. I love the way you look after your gear, some of which you’ve had for years, amazing. What a lovely spot you found too. Loved the video.
As always, Susanna, brilliantly informative without being one of those very serious-minded ’lectures’ on wild camping that are all over the internet. Perfect!
Always love watching your videos Susanna. You’ve made me want to dig out my trangia again! Life can be really stressful sometimes and your videos always provide me with some peace, inspiration and awesome tips! Thank you! ❤
Wow! That was really informative, thank you ! I loved the reference to “it’s like a little hotel room”. What amazing values you have and you are an inspiration to all of us 😊. Happy travels 😁😁
Canada 🇨🇦 west coast here. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing your helpful efficiency and comfort ideas, some of which I’ll be adopting. Lovely spot. Stay safe, and happy trails. 🙏🏼🐾⛺️
That's quite a luxurious set-up you've got there for a bike with limited storage capacity, very well thought out 👌 Thanks for that comprehensive kit review, I thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂👍⛺🚲
yeah when i think about I literally take along three "chairs" with me these days haha - my little insulated sit mat, which is still good for some spots, plus my helinox zero, and the trekker chair for inside the tent. Good to be comfy haha
@susannathornton Oh yes, it's definitely good to be comfy! One item I don't have is a lightweight chair, I've always made do with putting my sit mat on a log or a boulder but then that doesn't give me a relaxed position so I think it's time to add 650 grams to my kit and get a Helinox Zero high back!
Susanna you are such an inspiration. I’ve just got back from a bike tour in South Korea and watching your video made me want to pack my bike and head on out again.
No reply necessary. But thank you again for sharing. Always a pleasure seeing beautiful countryside and good to hear about the gear you use, both interesting and informative. Good to know your chemo has finished, I wish you well. Take care and thank you again.
Susanna you are an absolute amazing inspiration! My Brompton arrived the last summer, but health issues stoped me so i cant wait to start my adventures.
Hello Jörg, thanks for writing. Sorry to hear about your health issues. Great that you got a bike there ready and waiting for you now... Hope things go well and you can get out on it this coming year. Best wishes!
Thank you, Susanna, for sharing this great video. Your advice is based on experience and intelligence. I still learned a lot. I'm going to apply your tips this summer. Thank you for your generosity. Long and healthy life.
Lovely video. I used to cycle camping years ago and watching this takes me back. One day I managed to tip a whole tin mug of just made, very hot, tea over my foot first thing in the morning bringing up a huge blister that made cycling very painful and that sort of put me off. Seeing you go through all your equipment reminded me of one of my proudest possessions for camping, a large piece of hessian sacking I found on the road side which made a perfect carpet for the porch of my tent. I used to be organised like you when pitching the tent so that everything was always in the same place so I knew where to find stuff. Thank you so much for sharing I really enjoyed the film. Good luck in your future adventures.
Hi Brenda! oh that is good! I'd bought really big punnets of strawberries for dehydrating, then thought oh hold on, these punnets could be useful too haha
Greetings from Singapore! LOVE this, thanks for being such an inspiration to us all, and for showing us how achieveable it is to appreciate the most beautiful things in life, while traveling light! God bless you! Thank you again!
Great video Susanna. You are an inspiration. It would be interesting to understand a bit more about how you navigate on multi-day trips. How much you use paper maps or phone based apps etc. Thanks again,
It is so nice to see you back !!🥰Your videos are always brilliant. I am looking forward to seeing your new and very inspiring adventures. Greetings from Spain 😊
I’m very late coming to the party, and only just found your channel. I just want to say what an amazing inspiration you are. Thanks to you I’ve decided to try my first bike packing trip this year. I also want to say thank you for showing us southerners are not all unfriendly snobs, and we do like a chat too! Keep happy.
Hi Steven, yeh there do seem to be lots of nice chatty southerners around haha! more than I expected! hope you enjoy cycling and camping, take it easy and happy cycling!
Hello Susanna, I’m going out in 3 weeks for the summer from London, though not on a Brompton. Combo this year; bikepacking with hiking, on an e-assist bike, expecting more trail than tarmac. Needs a catchy concept name :) I love your solution for the front bag. You’re obv. aware of the need for weight distribution so I understand how chuffed you are. Kudos to hubby! It’s great how awareness has made everyone innovative. This year, I’m replacing an Ortlieb with an Osprey 33 rucksack (in a waterproof sack, which keeps straps tidy on the rack and dry). Tucks right under the saddle and extends back on a pannier rack. Bought fab Rok straps to help. I don’t think you have a head net, I think I will this time - for Scottish midges. It’s very impressive how you plan, dialogue and edit your videos. Love all the angles and the personal bits. Well done and happy travels. Andy
Another fantastic video. Thank you Susanna. I’ve always wondered how you carry all your gear. It always seems like you have the tardis version Ortleibs. Your husbands DIY skills are very impressive. Does he cycle too?
So happy to find your latest video today, Susanna. Thank you. I’m off to buy some strawberries this weekend so I can make my own portable larder! Brilliant idea.
I wish one day … l’ll be a person like you. Susanna, you are wonderful. This summer, I’ll go camping by myself (nobody with me for first time) and I’ll be with my brommie and (maybe) a little trailer (Burley). I’ll bring you in my thoughts. 🧡
Oh that sounds fab Monique, hope you love it, heading off by yourself. I like riding and camping with friends, but I also love going off on my own. Actually I only started doing it because once I was supposed to be going on a cycling holiday with an old schoolfriend who'd done loads of trips with me, but then she had children and her toddler got ill just before we were going away and she couldnt come, and I thought oh. Then I thought oh well, I'll go on my own and I thought I would not like it and Id feel lonely, and that people would think I was odd - used to care about that but dont now haha - and sometimes on the way I did feel lonely and people prob did think I was odd haha but actually although I missed some things a lot - eg laughing with my friend, I did really miss all the laughing - but I found when I was alone that there other things to enjoy. Different. I think cycling and camping alone is a very different experience. Both good. Definitely worth trying if you have never done it.. anyway, thanks for watching!
This nitty-gritty insight is great, reminds me of an infinitely better designed & executed version of how I used to carry my surveying gear on an old Raleigh. Brilliant as always.
Wow, just incredible how much kit you squeeze on to the bike, and how carefully everything is thought out. This is like a training video for the special forces! Really tempting to try it out.
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for this little " behind the scenes" look at your camping setup. Wishing you many more camping adventures: which will hopefully mean many more of your lovely videos!
Aw, great little video Susanna, thanks for sharing. Just started watching your videos on your last journey and since then I've been so Brompton curious. I love how streamline your kit is. I'm a cycle tourer also and lord knows my kit just seems to be getting heavier. You have inspired me to take a good look at my kit and be ruthless with what to carry. I did get a couple of good little tips from you, in particular how you deal with the washing-up. Thanks again😊
Love your videos, your joy de vi is infectious, your bike packing gear and choices are helpful for anyone considering something similar. Hope you are well, God bless 👍
Once again, Susanna I’m amazed by how much “stuff” you get on your Brompton. Not only do you manage to make coffee and pancakes for breakfast but you have an actual chair to sit on whilst you eat them. Puts my rather feral bike packing diet to shame…😄
Thank you for this video. This goes into more indeph into what you use. Hope you have health. I know what your going through but a different way. Glad for your videos!
It feels like welcoming back dear, old friends when I take my camping gear out and set it up. Even if I'm on a multi-day trip and it was just that morning that I'd packed them away! I just got back from hiking the West Highland Way and I swear the thing I enjoyed most was the wild camping. I stayed in 7 epic "hotel rooms" with my tent and then one actual smelly hostel in Ft William LOL
Hi Robin, I feel exactly the same, such a nice feeling as I ride along, to know I have that tent and all I need with me, shelter, food... and then getting somewhere and shaking my tent out of its bag and getting set up is so nice. I just did week-long ride all camping except for one night a guesthouse and OK it was nice to have a hot proper shower there (and charge my devices and battery pack which was the main point) but I was sooo glad the next night to get back to my familiar comfy cosy tent ...
Great video. Love how you have the necessities of camping down to a fine art. Thank you for sharing your methods, tricks and experience with others. You give me inspiration to actually go wild camping by bike in Australia sooner rather than later. Thank you.
Hi Susanna,a great insight into bike camping,I ride a Brompton with friends & just lately I started to think is the Brompton harder work to ride than my road/gravel bike,what’s your opinion,maybe the answer is not to press on to hard with the Brompton,atb Colin P.👍
Perfect timing, a new video from you and one from Miriam close together. They always bring an uplift in my mood. You seem to have the system of packing everything very nicely sorted out. As it seems like you've cycled/ camped for some time have you changed what you do or don't take with you? I've heard tales of cyclists on long tours taking far too much and travelling lighter the next time. Thank you for sharing what you take and some tips.
Hi Colin! omg yeh I have been out on cycling adventures with friends and on my own since I was about 14, as soon as I was kind of allowed, or a bit before haha. So yes I have changed things! First overseas trip was with a schoolfriend to Ireland and we rode the exact road that Miriam was on funnily enough, over Gap of Dunloe... was so lovely to see it in her film actually. We were 16 or something, super excited, froze to death and didnt sleep at all on the night ferry from Liverpool, had basically just our normal bikes we used for getting around town as everyone did, steel bikes with shaky rear racks, and we had some kind of basic two man tent and the sort of sleeping bags that you are supposed to use in caravans... And my stove! the same one haha
I recently bought Tannus airless tyres for my Brompton as I'm going on a bit of a tour this summer. I quite like them, they are like riding normal tyres without worrying about a puncture. I retired to the Norfolk Broads and now I don't have to go far for little wild camping jaunts. I have one of those pack rafts which are super light and small and I can get my Brompton on it with all my gear. It allows me to find places where I'm not going to get disturbed. I'm on a rolling fast at the moment and your cooking has tempted me. I fast for 36 hours and then have a 12 hour window for eating normally. It has been really successful and I am currently extending it to a rolling 48 hour fast. Great video. All the best.
I just came across your video, and I just had to comment to say Thank you for the video and sharing your processes and outlook to life and zen. Wishing you continued good health and staying free from ticks!
Fascinating, Susanna. I agree with your comments about personal hygiene. When I was backpacking, I always carried a small, lightweight folding bowl and will, again, if I get away on the trail this year,. A cupful of warm water is sufficient to get a good, all-over wash and freshen one up after a day on the trail. I also carried a flask - it was great to have a hot drink without having to get out the stove during a break.
Brilliant video. I love looking at what people pack onto their Brompton. Lovely to see another Trangia user. You are right about ticks. I never thought about them at all but all of a sudden they are everywhere, even in winter!
So many useful tips here that I've not seen anywhere else. Because of you wearing the decathlon jacket, I bought one too. I love it! As you said it's so cosy to wear after exercising and weighs so little. Thank you for making this video. Happy cycling.
I just watch your two videos of biking through Skåne, Blekinge and Småland to your cottage. Great videos and I just can’t wait to go out on the road again myself. I was just thinking about your Hilleberg tent. If you are scared of being seen if someone use a torch, perhaps change the guy lines to the tent (if you haven’t already done that) because they might be reflective. Just one thought. Great work and nice filming.
Hi Gert-Åke! aw thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the films! sounds like you have got a Hilleberg too. Ah I hadnt thought of changing the guylines actually... I realised though that the four corners of my Akto have got small reflective patches on, and there's a bigger reflective strip on the flap over the door too. If I am camping wild and think there might be people around I sort of twist the door one in, to make it less visible... I have thought about taping the four corners, but I havent... They are actually a great idea and useful sometimes! I have often been grateful for them actually when walking back to my tent in the dark looking for my dark tiny tent in a big dark field on a gloomy night! Anyway thank you for thank you for watching! and for writing!
This is so funny because I was literally going to type on one of your videos that I would love to see more information on your much loved and longtime used Trangia! I’ve watched your other gear video and I’m so glad you made a new one. I really enjoyed them.
I’ve enjoyed sharing in your adventures for several months now. Thank you for sharing. I’m in York and have a brother in Denmark/Sweden and am contemplating a travel adventure. I’ve just bought a Brompton.
Hi Susanna, thank you for sharing your setup. There are so many choices nowadays that it can be daunting finding what works. I have just bought a Hilleberg Enan and looking forward to many adventures. Take care.
oh sounds brilliant. I think the Enan door is mesh all the way to the bottom isnt it, so you can lie in your sleeping bag and look out... which sounds v nice to me
Always enjoy your videos. I saw this one pop up as I was going away for the weekend and could not believe I'd have to wait 2 days before I could watch it!! As ever you bring great pleasure and enjoyment by documenting your adventures. You have a brilliant set-up enhanced by your lovely husband and it is obvious why you love your little hotel room so much! The views across the lake - waking up to that!! Wow! Thank you for all the work that goes into recording and editing so that we can share the experience. Love it....... hoping too that you are now well and remaining so x
Enjoyed watching how you organise your luggage for your trips on the bike. Good to share this type of practical information. Looking forward to your next video😀👍
This is absolutely brilliant! I have watched the previous video you did on what you take, more than once! As someone fairly new to bike touring, I am always very curious about what others take with them, and about the personal aspect of things, like washing oneself. The detail you go into is soooo useful. (I bought a collapsible bowl last year but haven't used it yet. Also a bottle shower! I thought that that would come in handy in the event of the water going off at home too. Doesn't happen often but has done occasionally.) I kept stopping and starting the video so I could see what book you were reading!! And ticks - I'd never had one until a couple of years ago and was horrified when I did, and this was simply after a walk here at home in Oxfordshire. Have since had another one since then and didn't panic quite so much.... Anyway, thank you for taking the time and trouble to make this video.
Very nice video. I used the eyedropper hack immediately - just the thing I was looking for! Thank you. Also, it is amazing how much equipment you are able to carry on the small Brompton.
Great vid. Not sure I'll ever be convinced about cycle camping on a Brompton 😅 but very interesting to see how you make it work.. and such a beautiful place to camp. Great stuff👍
What a very resourceful husband you have - loved all those little tweaks he has done to make things work better for you!! 🤗 Such a nice place to be able to set up your mobile hotel room so close to home too 😎 xx
I go back and watch this video every now and again because there's a sense of relaxation I get from watching your videos. Thanks for this and for making content whenever you can. I hope you're well and good Susanna!
I agree. All of her videos give off this very calming, happy energy.
"If you enjoy what I'm doing, leave a comment" - Susanna, I ALWAYS enjoy your videos! You have a child like enthusiasm for riding and adventuring that brings joy to my heart and makes me smile. Your PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) towards any adversity gives me optimism for the rest of the world (sorry, that's a big responsibility), well, it cheers me up, anyway. The fact that you find little indulgences to make the camping more comfortable is wonderful. One notable feature of this excursion is that, in the words of Dorothy of OZ, I think, you don't have look for adventure any further than your own backyard. Great if you can travel hither and yon, but if you can do even a short bit, DO IT! Thanks for all your videos!
amazing video, thanks for this, it helps a lot with the explanation and the whys on having the gear 💖if anyone wants the missing list:
Water
- Platypus soft water bottles 2x 1ltr, 1x 2ltr = 4ltr
Bags
- 2x Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag
- front uses a custom mount @ 3:34
- rear uses a custom rod @ 3:56
Rear content
- Saddle bag with custom extension to be deeper @ 4:54
- pump
- water bottle
- fuel bottle for cooking
- rain cape
- tools
- Helinox Zero chair 8:45
- Hilleberg Akto camping tent 6:20
- Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag 9:09
- contains things that are not needed during the day
- Mountain Equipment Dreamcatcher 500 regular LZ sleeping bag
- reading book
- paper toals
- foamy cloath used to clean water and condensation
- folding bowl
- washbag
- Trangia 27 stove with accessories
- Trangia Multi-Disc 25
- Trangia kettle 324 0,9L
- spatulas, "spork", knife
- Sea to Summit Thermolite Reactor Liner
- Mountain Equipment Helium Women's 3.8 Warmzone Mat
- small pouch 11:08
- some "bit's & bob's"
- head lamp
- plastic cape used to cover the bike
- drybag #1 12:18
- cotton pillow case
- helmet liner from Decathlon
- "smaller" travel towel
- matches and spare matches
Middle content 5:56
- middle pouch with
- tripod
- lock
- phone
- cables
Front content 13:43
- Ortlieb Roller Classic 20L bag
- down jacket from Decathlon
- pouch with medical and health care 14:26
- drybag #2 15:53
- RAVPower 20100 mAh (and 26800 mAh) power bank with bright cable
- Midge & Mosquito Head Net
- several mirrors
- Thermo from NeverLost Gear
- small Multimat
- drybag #3 19:04
- food
Wow that is amazing balexandre, thank you for putting so much effort to make this
@@susannathornton you can pin it or maybe copy to your description then I’ll delete it, it’s just to help everyone…
keep reward us with your lovely trips, I’m trying to get on my first with the wife 😊 we love your channel 🥰
Norwegian here, I have been following you for some time, but I was surprised and impressed today when I heared you speak Swedish😊
Crammed full of handy hints and tips! Thank you for sharing this Susanna, it will be helpful to old hands and those just setting out on the cycle touring path. Also, for all of us nosey ones it’s always fascinating to see what others have in their luggage! 🤣
That was super interesting Susanna, thanks so much for sharing. Really useful and helpful information
Excellent as ever. One thing I do is if I boil any water for cooking, not drinking as you did for the potatoes. I drain the hot water into a container put a cover on it then use it for cleaning pans, plates, cutlery etc usually when I've finished eating.
Why waste it by just draining away and greasy things are hard to clean without it.
good thinking!
Susanna, you are truly inspiring. Thanks for all the small details that make all the difference. Peace & Love.
My grandma used to use sand to wash the pots and pans when we had picnics. Gets the soot off in no time
Hello Susanna,
Thanks for the video... lots of useful information... and great to see you looking so well.
Take lots of care.
Paul,,
What a great camping spot and very interesting insight into your ‘stuff’.
Reminds me of when I did wild camping in Sweden when I was 16, over 40 years ago.
On my first day I bought a Trangia and still have it to this day. We used open canoes to tour around lakes and rivers for a week. Lovely country 😊
Aw thanks for writing Bob, those sound like lovely memories!
Wonderful to see you again. I love the way you look after your gear, some of which you’ve had for years, amazing. What a lovely spot you found too. Loved the video.
As always, Susanna, brilliantly informative without being one of those very serious-minded ’lectures’ on wild camping that are all over the internet. Perfect!
thanks for watching John! and for writing. glad you liked it . Such a nice thing to do actually, I was away less than 24H but such a lovely experience
Always love watching your videos Susanna. You’ve made me want to dig out my trangia again!
Life can be really stressful sometimes and your videos always provide me with some peace, inspiration and awesome tips! Thank you! ❤
aw thanks Ross, glad you enjoyed it
Wow! That was really informative, thank you ! I loved the reference to “it’s like a little hotel room”. What amazing values you have and you are an inspiration to all of us 😊. Happy travels 😁😁
Canada 🇨🇦 west coast here. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing your helpful efficiency and comfort ideas, some of which I’ll be adopting. Lovely spot. Stay safe, and happy trails. 🙏🏼🐾⛺️
That's quite a luxurious set-up you've got there for a bike with limited storage capacity, very well thought out 👌
Thanks for that comprehensive kit review, I thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂👍⛺🚲
yeah when i think about I literally take along three "chairs" with me these days haha - my little insulated sit mat, which is still good for some spots, plus my helinox zero, and the trekker chair for inside the tent. Good to be comfy haha
@susannathornton
Oh yes, it's definitely good to be comfy!
One item I don't have is a lightweight chair, I've always made do with putting my sit mat on a log or a boulder but then that doesn't give me a relaxed position so I think it's time to add 650 grams to my kit and get a Helinox Zero high back!
Have you thought about getting a water filter. Especially when in Sweden with all the lakes.
Susanna you are such an inspiration. I’ve just got back from a bike tour in South Korea and watching your video made me want to pack my bike and head on out again.
glad you liked it Stephen! hope you had a great time, and have the chance to head off again sometime soon!
No reply necessary.
But thank you again for sharing.
Always a pleasure seeing beautiful countryside and good to hear about the gear you use, both interesting and informative.
Good to know your chemo has finished, I wish you well.
Take care and thank you again.
Susanna you are an absolute amazing inspiration! My Brompton arrived the last summer, but health issues stoped me so i cant wait to start my adventures.
Hello Jörg, thanks for writing. Sorry to hear about your health issues. Great that you got a bike there ready and waiting for you now... Hope things go well and you can get out on it this coming year. Best wishes!
Thank you, Susanna, for sharing this great video. Your advice is based on experience and intelligence. I still learned a lot. I'm going to apply your tips this summer. Thank you for your generosity. Long and healthy life.
Lovely video. I used to cycle camping years ago and watching this takes me back. One day I managed to tip a whole tin mug of just made, very hot, tea over my foot first thing in the morning bringing up a huge blister that made cycling very painful and that sort of put me off. Seeing you go through all your equipment reminded me of one of my proudest possessions for camping, a large piece of hessian sacking I found on the road side which made a perfect carpet for the porch of my tent. I used to be organised like you when pitching the tent so that everything was always in the same place so I knew where to find stuff. Thank you so much for sharing I really enjoyed the film. Good luck in your future adventures.
Lovely to see another video from you. So interesting, I literally take notes of your kit and comfort hacks. Wonderful relaxing vlogs. Thankyou.
Hi Deb! thanks for watching! glad you like the video, yeh being comfortable is super important!
Love the idea of the mushroom etc packaging being reused for a, 'pantry' and I am going to use it. Thank you for being so inspiring.
Hi Brenda! oh that is good! I'd bought really big punnets of strawberries for dehydrating, then thought oh hold on, these punnets could be useful too haha
This is the very definition of living lightly on the land. What an inspiration you are. I hope many learn from you.
Thank you very much for showing your travel kit. It may come in handy.
Greetings from Singapore! LOVE this, thanks for being such an inspiration to us all, and for showing us how achieveable it is to appreciate the most beautiful things in life, while traveling light! God bless you! Thank you again!
Great video Susanna. You are an inspiration. It would be interesting to understand a bit more about how you navigate on multi-day trips. How much you use paper maps or phone based apps etc.
Thanks again,
I genuinely thought you were pulling the kitchen sink out when you pulled that large last bag out 😂!
Good overview though, thank you 😊
It is so nice to see you back !!🥰Your videos are always brilliant. I am looking forward to seeing your new and very inspiring adventures. Greetings from Spain 😊
Ich bewundere deine Lebenseinstellung ! ❤
I’m very late coming to the party, and only just found your channel. I just want to say what an amazing inspiration you are. Thanks to you I’ve decided to try my first bike packing trip this year. I also want to say thank you for showing us southerners are not all unfriendly snobs, and we do like a chat too! Keep happy.
Hi Steven, yeh there do seem to be lots of nice chatty southerners around haha! more than I expected! hope you enjoy cycling and camping, take it easy and happy cycling!
Hello Susanna,
I’m going out in 3 weeks for the summer from London, though not on a Brompton. Combo this year; bikepacking with hiking, on an e-assist bike, expecting more trail than tarmac. Needs a catchy concept name :)
I love your solution for the front bag. You’re obv. aware of the need for weight distribution so I understand how chuffed you are. Kudos to hubby! It’s great how awareness has made everyone innovative.
This year, I’m replacing an Ortlieb with an Osprey 33 rucksack (in a waterproof sack, which keeps straps tidy on the rack and dry). Tucks right under the saddle and extends back on a pannier rack. Bought fab Rok straps to help.
I don’t think you have a head net, I think I will this time - for Scottish midges.
It’s very impressive how you plan, dialogue and edit your videos. Love all the angles and the personal bits. Well done and happy travels.
Andy
Down jacket. Chair. View. Pure perfection
Thanks a lot for doing this video never fails to amaze me how much you can carry
Love your bike setup. Amazing you can “film” while riding. It takes all my concentration just to keep the bike moving and upright. Love your channel.
Another fantastic video. Thank you Susanna. I’ve always wondered how you carry all your gear. It always seems like you have the tardis version Ortleibs. Your husbands DIY skills are very impressive. Does he cycle too?
Another super video, thank you so much. As a relative newbie to cycle camping i have learned loads from this video. ❤
So happy to find your latest video today, Susanna. Thank you. I’m off to buy some strawberries this weekend so I can make my own portable larder! Brilliant idea.
Lovely well thought out video. With the classic phase when you set the tent up. It’s like having your own hotel only cheaper.
I wish one day … l’ll be a person like you. Susanna, you are wonderful. This summer, I’ll go camping by myself (nobody with me for first time) and I’ll be with my brommie and (maybe) a little trailer (Burley). I’ll bring you in my thoughts. 🧡
Oh that sounds fab Monique, hope you love it, heading off by yourself. I like riding and camping with friends, but I also love going off on my own. Actually I only started doing it because once I was supposed to be going on a cycling holiday with an old schoolfriend who'd done loads of trips with me, but then she had children and her toddler got ill just before we were going away and she couldnt come, and I thought oh. Then I thought oh well, I'll go on my own and I thought I would not like it and Id feel lonely, and that people would think I was odd - used to care about that but dont now haha - and sometimes on the way I did feel lonely and people prob did think I was odd haha but actually although I missed some things a lot - eg laughing with my friend, I did really miss all the laughing - but I found when I was alone that there other things to enjoy. Different. I think cycling and camping alone is a very different experience. Both good. Definitely worth trying if you have never done it.. anyway, thanks for watching!
This nitty-gritty insight is great, reminds me of an infinitely better designed & executed version of how I used to carry my surveying gear on an old Raleigh. Brilliant as always.
Love your videos. Great to see how you pack everything and organise your gear
Wow, just incredible how much kit you squeeze on to the bike, and how carefully everything is thought out. This is like a training video for the special forces! Really tempting to try it out.
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for this little " behind the scenes" look at your camping setup.
Wishing you many more camping adventures: which will hopefully mean many more of your lovely videos!
What a wonderfully informative and useful video. I love that you do all this on a Brompton, too. I enjoy your videos so much 😁
Aw thanks for writing Anna, and for watching!
Just love that battle scared Trang' 😂❤
Very good, you really do look after your gear.
Be careful of them ticks, you can get Lyme disease. I put smidge on my legs, which helps.
Brilliant. Thanks you for all this tiny details, and for vibe, and pancakes is 👌🏻. And wish you good weather on your future adventures.
Thanks Susanna, brilliant the way you’ve got thing organized and what a beautiful spot by the lake 😃
Aw, great little video Susanna, thanks for sharing. Just started watching your videos on your last journey and since then I've been so Brompton curious. I love how streamline your kit is. I'm a cycle tourer also and lord knows my kit just seems to be getting heavier. You have inspired me to take a good look at my kit and be ruthless with what to carry. I did get a couple of good little tips from you, in particular how you deal with the washing-up. Thanks again😊
Great to see another video. 🤗
Very nearly special forces standard of camp craft ! Loving it.
Love your videos, your joy de vi is infectious, your bike packing gear and choices are helpful for anyone considering something similar. Hope you are well, God bless 👍
Once again, Susanna I’m amazed by how much “stuff” you get on your Brompton. Not only do you manage to make coffee and pancakes for breakfast but you have an actual chair to sit on whilst you eat them. Puts my rather feral bike packing diet to shame…😄
Thank you for this video. This goes into more indeph into what you use. Hope you have health. I know what your going through but a different way. Glad for your videos!
Hi Tim! wishing you and yours health too. Thanks for writing! glad you like the films!
It feels like welcoming back dear, old friends when I take my camping gear out and set it up. Even if I'm on a multi-day trip and it was just that morning that I'd packed them away! I just got back from hiking the West Highland Way and I swear the thing I enjoyed most was the wild camping. I stayed in 7 epic "hotel rooms" with my tent and then one actual smelly hostel in Ft William LOL
Hi Robin, I feel exactly the same, such a nice feeling as I ride along, to know I have that tent and all I need with me, shelter, food... and then getting somewhere and shaking my tent out of its bag and getting set up is so nice. I just did week-long ride all camping except for one night a guesthouse and OK it was nice to have a hot proper shower there (and charge my devices and battery pack which was the main point) but I was sooo glad the next night to get back to my familiar comfy cosy tent ...
Great video. Love how you have the necessities of camping down to a fine art. Thank you for sharing your methods, tricks and experience with others. You give me inspiration to actually go wild camping by bike in Australia sooner rather than later. Thank you.
Hi Susanna,a great insight into bike camping,I ride a Brompton with friends & just lately I started to think is the Brompton harder work to ride than my road/gravel bike,what’s your opinion,maybe the answer is not to press on to hard with the Brompton,atb Colin P.👍
So relaxing to watch, thanks. Hope the summer is great for you. ATB.
I'm hoping to do some bike camping with my Brompton this summer. Thanks for making this video - super helpful!
Perfect timing, a new video from you and one from Miriam close together. They always bring an uplift in my mood.
You seem to have the system of packing everything very nicely sorted out.
As it seems like you've cycled/ camped for some time have you changed what you do or don't take with you?
I've heard tales of cyclists on long tours taking far too much and travelling lighter the next time.
Thank you for sharing what you take and some tips.
Hi Colin! omg yeh I have been out on cycling adventures with friends and on my own since I was about 14, as soon as I was kind of allowed, or a bit before haha. So yes I have changed things! First overseas trip was with a schoolfriend to Ireland and we rode the exact road that Miriam was on funnily enough, over Gap of Dunloe... was so lovely to see it in her film actually. We were 16 or something, super excited, froze to death and didnt sleep at all on the night ferry from Liverpool, had basically just our normal bikes we used for getting around town as everyone did, steel bikes with shaky rear racks, and we had some kind of basic two man tent and the sort of sleeping bags that you are supposed to use in caravans... And my stove! the same one haha
Always very inspiring and enjoying, so light, so simple, so evident in fact. Thank you Susanna for keaping us on our bikes and in our dreams
Excellent tips for camping...... another brilliant video....
'Ull' east yorkshire.
I was waiting for you to pull a rabbit out of a bag 😂😂 excellent and very informative video as usual 👍👍😊😊
I recently bought Tannus airless tyres for my Brompton as I'm going on a bit of a tour this summer. I quite like them, they are like riding normal tyres without worrying about a puncture. I retired to the Norfolk Broads and now I don't have to go far for little wild camping jaunts. I have one of those pack rafts which are super light and small and I can get my Brompton on it with all my gear. It allows me to find places where I'm not going to get disturbed. I'm on a rolling fast at the moment and your cooking has tempted me. I fast for 36 hours and then have a 12 hour window for eating normally. It has been really successful and I am currently extending it to a rolling 48 hour fast. Great video. All the best.
Thanks for sharing your bike packing knowledge and tips. Very much appreciated! ☺️
I just came across your video, and I just had to comment to say Thank you for the video and sharing your processes and outlook to life and zen. Wishing you continued good health and staying free from ticks!
Cracking video
Always a pleasure to see your videos! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Hi Susanna, enjoyed watching as I always find it interesting to see what and how others pack for such adventures. Thanks for sharing 🤘🏻
hello gnarlybadger, thanks for writing! glad you enjoyed it
Great video. Thanks for sharing 👍 🙂
Really generous to share this - loved the v practical breakdown and tips . The army folding bowl - brilliant idea! Thank you
Fascinating, Susanna. I agree with your comments about personal hygiene. When I was backpacking, I always carried a small, lightweight folding bowl and will, again, if I get away on the trail this year,. A cupful of warm water is sufficient to get a good, all-over wash and freshen one up after a day on the trail. I also carried a flask - it was great to have a hot drink without having to get out the stove during a break.
Brilliant video. I love looking at what people pack onto their Brompton. Lovely to see another Trangia user. You are right about ticks. I never thought about them at all but all of a sudden they are everywhere, even in winter!
So many useful tips here that I've not seen anywhere else. Because of you wearing the decathlon jacket, I bought one too. I love it! As you said it's so cosy to wear after exercising and weighs so little. Thank you for making this video. Happy cycling.
oh that's good, thanks for writing Caroline! hope you have lots of nice moments in nice places all cosy in your jacket! 😎🚲☕
Awesome video,respect.Happy cycling.Be safe
I just watch your two videos of biking through Skåne, Blekinge and Småland to your cottage. Great videos and I just can’t wait to go out on the road again myself. I was just thinking about your Hilleberg tent. If you are scared of being seen if someone use a torch, perhaps change the guy lines to the tent (if you haven’t already done that) because they might be reflective. Just one thought. Great work and nice filming.
Hi Gert-Åke! aw thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the films! sounds like you have got a Hilleberg too. Ah I hadnt thought of changing the guylines actually... I realised though that the four corners of my Akto have got small reflective patches on, and there's a bigger reflective strip on the flap over the door too. If I am camping wild and think there might be people around I sort of twist the door one in, to make it less visible... I have thought about taping the four corners, but I havent... They are actually a great idea and useful sometimes! I have often been grateful for them actually when walking back to my tent in the dark looking for my dark tiny tent in a big dark field on a gloomy night! Anyway thank you for thank you for watching! and for writing!
Very interesting thank you.
Take care, hope your well
Thanks so much, I'm new to bikepacking you've shown some great ideas and very organised, i need to work at that for my trips.
Susanna you are such an inspiration. Great!
Another great film as usual. I find myself relaxing to the sound of your narration. Bromptons are so versatile. Can't wait to get out on the road.
Susanna you are such an inspiration!
This is so funny because I was literally going to type on one of your videos that I would love to see more information on your much loved and longtime used Trangia! I’ve watched your other gear video and I’m so glad you made a new one. I really enjoyed them.
oh that is good! thanks for writing!
Brilliant to see you again, inspiring as ever. What a beautiful place to camp.
Very informative! You're resourceful and experienced, and make it look easy. Your cold swim must have been refreshing!
I’ve enjoyed sharing in your adventures for several months now. Thank you for sharing. I’m in York and have a brother in Denmark/Sweden and am contemplating a travel adventure. I’ve just bought a Brompton.
Hi Susanna, thank you for sharing your setup. There are so many choices nowadays that it can be daunting finding what works. I have just bought a Hilleberg Enan and looking forward to many adventures. Take care.
oh sounds brilliant. I think the Enan door is mesh all the way to the bottom isnt it, so you can lie in your sleeping bag and look out... which sounds v nice to me
Always enjoy your videos. I saw this one pop up as I was going away for the weekend and could not believe I'd have to wait 2 days before I could watch it!! As ever you bring great pleasure and enjoyment by documenting your adventures. You have a brilliant set-up enhanced by your lovely husband and it is obvious why you love your little hotel room so much! The views across the lake - waking up to that!! Wow! Thank you for all the work that goes into recording and editing so that we can share the experience. Love it....... hoping too that you are now well and remaining so x
Hi Penny! aw thank you for the lovely comment! hope you had a nice weekend and glad you enjoyed the film!
Thanks Susanna! Have a great summer.
Thanks Cloud Base! same to you!
Enjoyed watching how you organise your luggage for your trips on the bike. Good to share this type of practical information. Looking forward to your next video😀👍
Nice little tips for me! Thanks for sharing!
This is absolutely brilliant! I have watched the previous video you did on what you take, more than once! As someone fairly new to bike touring, I am always very curious about what others take with them, and about the personal aspect of things, like washing oneself. The detail you go into is soooo useful. (I bought a collapsible bowl last year but haven't used it yet. Also a bottle shower! I thought that that would come in handy in the event of the water going off at home too. Doesn't happen often but has done occasionally.) I kept stopping and starting the video so I could see what book you were reading!! And ticks - I'd never had one until a couple of years ago and was horrified when I did, and this was simply after a walk here at home in Oxfordshire. Have since had another one since then and didn't panic quite so much.... Anyway, thank you for taking the time and trouble to make this video.
another great presentation Susanna. I'm fairly new to Touring/bikepacking. Your information Re-minimalist travel is very helpful. Ride Safe. Johno.
Very nice video. I used the eyedropper hack immediately - just the thing I was looking for! Thank you. Also, it is amazing how much equipment you are able to carry on the small Brompton.
Always enjoy seeing gear and how it’s packed and used!
Great vid. Not sure I'll ever be convinced about cycle camping on a Brompton 😅 but very interesting to see how you make it work.. and such a beautiful place to camp. Great stuff👍
Nice to see you again, Susanna. Love your videos so much