Impossible MAD FRIDAY STEALTH CAMP in Sheffield CITY CENTRE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ธ.ค. 2022
- Join me as I attempt to do the impossible, a MAD FRIDAY wild STEALTH CAMP in central Sheffield, right in the middle of the party street!
This was totally unplanned, but due to a work xmas party and not wanting to drive home this made perfect sense, at first! But then it all went wrong! Police, arrests, fighting, riot vans, at typical mad friday in a city centre!
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"Travel with Gary and Amika"
Welcome to the Official Travel with Gary and Amika TH-cam Channel, a father daughter combo capturing campervan style travel vlogs in and around the mountains, beaches, campsites and wild camping fully off grid.
Gary is dedicated to his daughters future and enjoys documenting her passion for life, which is apparent through Amikas constant giggling and smiles. He is well travelled having visited some 39 countries, however this quickly became difficult to continue when Amika was born. With his love for travel he wasnt going to let being a single father tie him down. When Amika was just 5 they jumped on a plane and backpacked around Romania and have since visited France and Spain twice exploring the Pyrenees mountain range.
In January 2022 Gary bought on old builders van and converted into a fully off grid tiny home on wheels with the aim of getting out and about as much as possible to see more of the world. TH-cam seemed the perfect way to documented these travels and to take a step into the world of becoming a digital nomad.
Gary and Amika both thank you for being here and hope that through their videos they can bring you a sense of adventure, a lots of laughter and with a clear message that you should never grow up and never take life too seriously!
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I would rather be in the middle of nowhere in van than in a city. You would hear every little noise and wonder what it was. Glad you decided to move Gary. Take care Michelle.
Very true haha
Mate I just found your channel from this video and binge watched so many of your videos, what a great channel!
Amazing that Amika can look back in the future and see all these memories you have created together.
Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas to you both!
Welcome aboard mate! Thanks for the feedback and so glad to know you are enjoy the videos!
Yep a great video diary for her, not many of us can remember much from being 8 years old!
Merry Christmas right back to ya! Have a good one and all the best!!
Ofcourse she made it! and I'm glad you are safe. Merry Christmas to you and Amika , much love 🎄♥♥♥
Thank Gini, safe and sound 😃
Merry Christmas to you too x
Merry Christmas from Googong Australia- first time we’ve watched your Vlog - really enjoyed your natural approach & mixed footage!
So Glad you moved - such a lovely impromptu unplanned outcome with the sunrise (@ 0830?) wedding!
Its warm here so nice to see cold & snow there - lots of car accidents here in this weather too - maybe it’s the season!
Ta for sharing - keep it up!
Hi Christine, wow Australia! not many viewers from there, Welcome!!
Thanks so much for the feedback, really happy to know you are enjoying the videos. Wedding was special, still hoping i can find them and share the videos to them.
Hope you're enjoying your summer, Merry Christmas!!!
I have been there a few times. This is the first of your videos I have watched. Excellent too, thank you. You're very brave putting up your drone in the wind and snow. I thought you were going to park along the old road below Mam Tor, where many people park up for the night. Last time I parked there, there were 35 vans spread out along the road - safety in numbers.
Hi there and welcome to the Channel! Glad you are enjoying the videos too! Both the top and bottom of Mar Tor are good for parking, always lots in both places. Im there a few times each month with work. Definitely a good spot isnt it
Love watching your videos Gary, I’m not a Van Lifer but a Wannabe! This vid was brilliant. As a soft Southerner I think the option of staying in the centre of Sheffield seems a a little mad, but I guess there is such a thing as being hidden in plain sight. Maybe wise to move on if advised to by the police (for your own safety and not because you were not allowed to be there). Great footage from your drone and a wedding to boot in the morning (Mad but memorable). Stay safe and Happy Christmas 🎉
Hi Steve, thanks so much from dropping a comment here. I honestly felt safe there as it was just so busy, I think people were far too occupied. But yes I always take advice off those who know better.
The drone footage was super, I really hope I can find the couple to share the videos and images with
Brillent content buddy. Love the capture of the wedding. Well done 👍😁
Thanks. The wedding was magical wasn't it
Merry Xmas both of u nice update
Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too.
Loved this video Gary . My son lives in Sheffield and we have Done this exact journey a few times ending up a mam tor. Unbelievable to see a wedding though at 8.30 in the morning.
Hiya, to both, Amazing wasn’t it, hope I can find them! Sheffield is great but best to leave there
what a cracking video. thankyou
Thanks a lot, merry Christmas
Your brave Sheffield is scary in the day now nevermind nights 😁😅 glad you had a good evening, keep safe
Thanks, you too Laura x
Omg Gary I’m so glad you moved.. what a place! Fantastic drone photography ❤ hope you made it to Manchester safely, Mother Nature at her best lol x missing Amika
Haha, you are absolutely right. Miss her loads when I’m away. The drone footage was special, hopefully I can find them
Another fantastic video, I actually perform legal wedding ceremonies in Ireland and ive performed them in some fantastic different locations but I think I would have died from the cold performing a ceremony outdoors in that cold hahah
Thank you Eileen! Ah what a wonderful thing you do. Well it was around -3 I think where I was, but up there with the wind chill would have been more like -10. They did well!! 😂
Great drone footage...what a beautiful way to get married...merry Christmas to you both
Thanks terry, stunning wedding venue for sure! Merry Christmas to you too 🎄
Hi Gary, yes when I was using mine for motorbikes I always got nearly 40 mpg then once it was finished it was 28 doing 60 mph , mines got shower toilet washroom full oven and 80 ltr fridge so weighs 3 tonne now and now does 32 mpg after remap the bf goodridge tyres dont help but it drives much better , might catch up on the travels one day , have a good one cheers Chris.
Mines got no weight in it. If I drive sensibly at 70 I get 17 to 19 mpg. If I do 62 I can get around 23 to 25. If I do 55 I can get 28… 32 if I have the wind behind me.
It’s dire.
Yep say hello if you’re passing !!
Great video. I’ve stood on Winnets Pass watching bike races.
Very cool!
New to your vlog Gary - really enjoyed it! Carver Street can be a scary place at the weekend….😬😬
Thanks Jason, appreciate the comment. Yeah it's a bit of a dive isn’t it 😂
Beautiful drone footage Gary 😍
Thank you Amanda and merry Christmas
I hope you have a lovely Christmas too and Amika gets the presents she asked Santa for!
I’m sure she will! Thank you so much
Great video and what a crazy cold place to get married!
Yes it was! So cold as well!!
Thanks for the feedback, glad to hear you enjoyed the video 😊
Glad you moved,it was scary just watching 😮
Haha, yeah it was a wise move I think Christine
Nice video that, I'm a wedding photographer & to see them outside in that weather at that time I defo feel for the wedding party ! lol, good video 👍✌
Totally agree Ben! Very brave of them !
Thanks for the feedback! Have a good one!!
Great video enjoy evening 😘x
Thanks Ann, you too x
First time we watched you just came across you.really good no way would we fancy staying in middle of night life clubs. Great drone shots. Very pretty and very cold.lovey seeing some one get married in the snow. We are in our motorhome in Romania and it's not as cold as we're you are. it's sunny but cool. No snow so far But been told it would normally be knee high in snow. Be watching your next video.
Thanks so much for commenting. Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. Hope you get some snow in Romanian!!!
All the best and happy new year!!
love this video i did all this 25 years ago when i went to visit friends in Sheffield my home town but i did not park at the top i went down to Chapel and parked up it was cold i can tel you pal 🥶
Haha! Good memories
Good vid bytheway
Thanks a lot Billy. Glad to hear you liked the video
Brilliant
Thanks Michael !!
Great video, loved the drone footage. What model is it you have, looked on the list of items you have but couldn't see it. Thanks Mike
Hi Mike, thanks for the feedback.
Ping me an email and I'll send you the link to the drone 👍
I'll also add it to the description when I get better Internet (in the Highlands)
You had some bottle that night! Is that where your head office is then Gary? Sheffield. After that great again mate! 👌👍
Haha, safe as houses Paul!
I worked in Sheffield for years (Rachel) so know those places well! I’m not sure I would of stayed there. Much better to move so you could get your head down.
How magical (but freezing) getting married on Mam Tor & @ that time of day! I hope you find them!
Great vid
Rachel, David & Roxy
Yeah it’s rough on that street at 2am 😂
Magical wedding wasn’t it!
Really hope I can find them
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika good job it wasn’t 10 years ago - you might of seen me stagger past 🤣🤣
It was magical, crazy, amazing and above all cold 🥶 🤣🤣
@@LeisureBit 🤣🤣🤣
Wedding? Early in the morning. That is crazy. Hopefully you track them and send a copy of your video. I am sure they will be surprise and appreciate it.
Sadly never found them
Nice drone. Don’t blame you for getting out of Sheffield. The place is a nightmare on a normal weekend. Take care mate 😊
Tell me about it, glad to have moved on 😂
well, that was something different,Gary. who would have though someone would be mad enough to get married on Mam Tor in the freezing winter. A once in a lifetime capture for the drone for sure. You deffo did the best thing exiting that carpark. It looked well dodgy! Bessy regs-Kenny
Yeah mega dodgy wasn’t it. But oddly safer to leave the van there unattended than in a remote car park. Wedding was wonderful wasn’t it
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika It was fab! I hope someone saw this video and you were able to give them the drone footage.
Good video, just missing your wing “man”😂
Thanks mate…
I know, not a video for her to be in though 😂
Love the drone footage!!! Maybe the married couple will see this.
I’d say you definitely made the right decision. I must be turning into an old fart but drunk people and fights doesn’t do it for me anymore. Amika could be one of those drunk people one day…… we’ve all done the drunk nightclubbing thing 😂😂😂😂.
I used to live 5 minutes from a nightclub hence why I now live in the middle of nowhere.
Thanks Dan. I really really hope so. Sad ly unable to find them as of yet.
Yeah I'm the same, it's just a waste of money more than anything. And risky
My late father was in the police and always said trust your gut instinct if you don't feel safe leave I don't like crowds and noise so a park up well away would be the better option.
I hope you did manage to send the couple the drone footage that would be a perfect memory for them.
Agh Gary you are making me regret not having the optional extra light bar fitted on my pickup truck now but I did invest in a remote control magmount search light so I can fit it whenever I want.
He’s a wise man. I’ve not found them yet but hope I can!!
Ah you can always get one later?
Couldn’t agree more, I’ve tried to instil into my children trust your instincts you’ve got them for a reason so use them, they’re nearly always correct
Definitely the best way John !
You only get one life so live it ,watching from Australia
Australia! Wow! Welcome to the channel! Definitely agree with that statement Jimmy.
Happy new year and all the best 👍
I regularly stealth camp in the centre of London and only when you’re hidden away are you in trouble, that spot would have been 99% ok as it’s well lit.
That’s my old stomping ground and spent many Saturday nights down West Street as a twenty something staggering home 10 miles and 2-3 hours kip then up for work on the Sunday.
What memories that young couple will have, how wonderful for them 👏👏👏
Yeah I felt totally safe there. The other option was by decathlon where there is no one around, much higher risk. It was only the copper convincing me to leave that swayed it.
Yep, great wedding setting for them indeed!!
Hi Gary, Have you had it mapped yet mine is a 2014 mwb crafter and struggled like yours up Winnets pass at first , now its had a 180 from 136 map done it flies up . Think were heading there for new year its only 80 mile cheers mate. Chris
Hi Chris, no not yet but will be doing as mine is the 108. To be honest the reason I'm remapping it is for MPG though, my van is worse on a motorway at 60mph than it is on an A road at 50mph. Will be glad to get that sorted. Otherwise the lack of power doesn’t bother me really. But if I can get better MPG and power I'll take it 😀
Stay safe and sound and prepped for War x
Haah!! Always
My mate left his car in the same carpark over night on a Saturday once whilst we went out on a bar crawl, nothing happened when we returned the next day 😀
That's good
I'd rather spend the night in a layby full of lorries than spend it next to a night club with loadsof drunken revelers. People should be aware of the law " being drunk in charge of a vehicle". You can't have a drink too many and sleep in a live in vehicle or motorhome overnight. If you have access to the keys of the vehicle even if they are not in the ignition you can be done for drink driving. It's a grey area with a caravan.
Glad that you said you were drinking alcohol free beer Gary as I always carry some in my car. Some of them taste pretty good.
Much prefer Zero alcohol beer now.
Slept like a baby 😆 bet your glad you moved, hopefully you could use your heater too
Haha, only had about 4 and half hours asleep as well. I would have nothing in Sheffield !
Great video, but how did you manage to get away without little miss chatterbox lol
Haha, a well needed break !
Interesting Looks like I'll give Sheffield a miss. Has Sheffield got the twisted spire? Last time that way was 30 years ago. Daring going mam tore in winter. Did you have to navigate Snake pass to Glossop too? Take care
Sheffield is a great city!! You should go!
The twisted spire is in chesterfield, that’s not so great!
Snake pass is closed in any type of wintery weather. Mam tor will be open though.
Merry Christmas 🎄
Chesterfield has a crooked spire
Ya muppet! Why on earth would you risk a brick through the van window (or worse!). I was yelling at you! Anyway, another great video - hope you find the bride/groom.
😂😂 definitely best to leave there!
Yeah I hope so too!
Well that’s put me off a weekend in Sheffield 🥴
Haha!
🤘
👌🏻
Braver man than me and I come from up north
Haha
My heart was in my throat willing you to leave that flippin car park! But I had a sneaking suspicion you had because I saw your insta story of the wedding on Mam Tor.
You’ve been in enough danger in your life.
Ps won’t take offence to the rain comment - it’s true but chrimbo shopping in Trafford 😱 I’d rather sleep in a car park in Sheffield 😂…….
Ha, Trafford I passed on the way back, I was going it but saw the ques are carried on!
Don't tell the entire internet that you hide everything under the front seat, when you are away🙄
Well the entire internet knows what’s in my van anyway, good luck to them all
It's years ago since I was in Sheffield I did live there for a couple of years, i lived at the worst place. I don't think I would stay in a van anywhere there. Xx
The manor ?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika ooh nooo. Darnall
Hi!
Just came across your channel and watched your Christmas Party park-up attempt. Good decision to move on - when it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't! We always trust our gut instinct, although our motorhome is a LOT more conspicuous than your van 🤣.
We are thinking of changing to a Crafter next year (after more research this year) as we want to explore more off the beaten track places both in the UK and EU.
Good to find you 😉
Come say hello @AmeriManxTravels
Ah the crafter is a good base van, i love mine a lot. Will check yours out!!
I dare you to camp outside of Walkabout in Bournemouth. You would not get through the night without any dents inflicted to your van or at least a window being smashed . Sad state of UK towns all over
Ha, I’ll give that a miss!!
Every city has its holes Sheffield suburbs is probably the best in the country 😊
I agree
Being surrounded by drunk yobs scares me. I wouldn't want to walk alone there. They should close the bars there and clearly many people ruin Sheffield and make it unsafe
Yeah it’s a sad state of British culture isn’t it
Wot rightly appened?
Not much
The lesson to be learnt from this video is just DONT EVER GO TO THE U.K AS ITS A DUMP.
😂
I would not put myself in that situation, wouldn't sleep at all ,.
Yeah that's why i moved 😂
Face your fears head on
😂
Haha stealth camping on carver street your off your head 😂😂
Hahahahaha
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika I haven't been out round sheff for about 10 years, if I go anywhere and its never properly out it's Barnsley
I don’t go out much, it’s a waste of money and time… I drink too much and it takes me days to recover 😂
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika yeah totally agree, it's other people I can't cope with once their drunk. I've had a bad experience in that car park though when I was younger, it's too rowdy Sheffield too much drama once everyone has drunk
Hi Gary, Amika! I ran a free google map based webpage with a simple form. I'm trying to put together safe and unsafe places to car living. If you have a free 1 or 2 minutes to add a couple of spots, I and the nomad community would be very grateful to you!🙂
I can take a look
Don't you go anywhere else apart from Sheffield only it's the same in all cities up and down the country
Not unless I have a reason to. I avoid them
You have never had a crash.... But you have seen loads in Your Mirrors....LOL..... A Van in the Middle of Sheffield...ARE YOU MAD????? They nick Tanks round there!!!! ps: If you have the Keys and are drunk inside a vehicle can`t the Police do you for being "Drunk in Charge" ?? Or is it different for Gypsy`s??? :-)) xx
I am mad yes.
Drunk in charge, depends on intent I suppose. If I’m asleep in my bed in living quarters, I think it’s unlikely and even if they did it would he thrown out of court.
As a sober gypsy… it’s irrelevant anywayhow
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika I have heard of someone asleep in the passenger seat getting done, Because they had the keys... But it could be an Urban myth.... Stay safe out there Crazy Guy...... :-))
Prat cyclists really no business to be out on that ice will be the first to squawk when the milk tanker can’t stop and squishes them.😊
Haha, that would spoilt the milk
I wanted to go to Sheffield, I didn't realise how horrible and unsafe it was
Sheffield is beautiful, just avoid that street at that time of the week ☺️
Seriously why would you expect anything less
I didn’t, expected a lot worse
Sheffield is a hole. Best skip it. Glad you managed to get off before the pubs emptied.
Yeah that was the best option I think! Definitely better where I ended up!!
Why are you scared? I don't get it? The rough English bar scene out your window big deal. Dude you cant live your life in fear. Fortune favors the brave. I would hate to see you on a battlefeild.
Ex paratrooper and SF. Thanks for watching, every little helps 👍
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika ok then. Just for future reference and so I know the danger. If I go to the clubs and bars in that area will I be in danger? If so what peticular danger would I be dealing with? I see your ex SP and a soldier ect so you would know.. We're you worried about gun shots or were you sketched out enough to leave by another thing I'm not seeing here? Maybe you were playing it safe which is always the best way to go I was just wondering.
They were likely making an ad hence the black man marrying a White woman.
Do you think?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika I can imagine a professional crew being up there early to avoid people getting in the shots but I can't imagine that there are too many couples that would be there at that time in the morning. Also, interracial marriage is of course legal in the UK, unlike Israel, but there are actually very low numbers of White women marrying black men. In the media of course though nearly every White woman marries a black man.
Police know best??? what planet are you living on buddy?
Here come the trolls, thanks for watching, every little helps
Sorry but you are a , have ended up in exactly the same place when meeting up with old mate i worked abroad with , Iam from London and we had two bird,s with us who we had just met . Inthat same car park in my Kon-tiki ,police knocked on door andafter explaining to them was drunk and on a promise , they we,re cool as f and mo worries let us stay ..
😂
My heart was in my throat willing you to leave that flippin car park! But I had a sneaking suspicion you had because I saw your insta story of the wedding on Mam Tor.
You’ve been in enough danger in your life.
Ps won’t take offence to the rain comment - it’s true but chrimbo shopping in Trafford 😱 I’d rather sleep in a car park in Sheffield 😂…….
Ha! Yes I need to be careful posting insta stories so close to TH-cam videos! Nice to have the videos out though !
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika the daft thing posted twice! Sorry.
I also meant to say - the start of your video was great 👍🏼 and duely noted. Good call driving past. There is no good time to go to Trafford!