Thank you Tweedy - I had a fantastic day "working" with you on this! After a heavy filming "schedule" it was a real treat to indulge in some wild cooking and fine wine on a freezing cold hilltop! I look forward to the next adventure.
Thank you for having me along! Yes it feels a bit ridiculous describing any of this as "work"! I quite liked this model of you doing the "serious" documentary video, and me essentially just coming along as the on-location catering service. A very fun day out, and let's hope your video gets you a bit closer to that magic 1k!
@@tweedyoutdoors thank you - that 1K seems so near, but so far! I can hear Mrs. WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd watching this video in the other room - I will no doubt be hearing about how she would have dealt with the mashed potato in due course!
Thanks Hedley! Mr WC21 really seems to have got the knack of appealing titles / thumbnails, and yet here I am still ploughing my own ridiculous furrow!
As you are a chap who's happy to cart a bucket full of ice up a hill for your sparkiling rose (totally understandable), may I recommend a moka pot for your post prandial coffee? My Bialetti knock off cost me a tenner (during lockdown when I was not allowed out for an espresso) and weighs a mere 237g empty. I fill the little coffee receptacle/filter thingy at home with freshly ground coffee, tuck it in my rucksack and and it's ready to brew whenever needed. I'm a tea man in the mornings, but a jolt of strong coffee can be a major help when the feet, knees, back etc (I'm old and could go on) are starting to complain just because I've seen the next hill!
Thank you! I think there is a lot to be said for a sandwich though - it's extremely time efficient once you're outdoors. The video might not make it clear but I spent pretty much an hour cooking here.... Sandwiches are also very unlikely to go wrong!
Absolutely wonderful...I have just subscribed to your charming channel. Mate, you could have made this vid a pay per view just to see Mr WC21UKproductionsLtd on that rope swing 🤣. Given you hiked the food up, I stick by my suggestion you'd make the perfect , Tweed wearing, cordon blue sherpa 🤣.(But mostly to ensure Darren made it back from his more extreme expeditions in one piece and well fed ). A genuine joy to watch. Thanks guys.
Thanks Phil! The rope swing was all Mr WC21's idea and it was originally just intended to provide a bit of background tomfoolery while he was delivering a bit of narrative in his video... But we enjoyed the silliness of middle aged men in tweed talking about history while on a rope swing so much that it became the intro to this video as well. Thanks for subscribing - I hope it doesn't disappoint!
Middle aged man on a rope swing........really...???....love the cooking,the views and who was that southerner in the hat.....??....i have seen him somewhere before...!!!..all joking aside you two are great at this type of thing,may there be many more adventures in the future....
Thanks Olias - I do sometimes say "brew" rather than tea nowadays, after many years living in the north west, but it seems I will never lose my Kentish twang!
@@olias2716 it's weird how some people's accents do change through relocation and others don't. I haven't lived in Kent since 1985 and have been settled in places with quite strong regional accents during the intervening years, and yet I still sound like I could have been selling second rate crockery at Ashford market yesterday.
Absolutely brilliant! Many laugh out load moments in this video. I would have put the mash in the sausage pot but for the sheer hilarity of watching you trying to cook it, I’m glad you didn’t ! 😂 Well done you two ~ more please.
Thanks Tracy! Yes it was a bit of a challenge with two stoves but three pans and thanks to the wind chill everything went cold so quickly after taking it off the heat. I think your suggestion would have been better, but I was thinking about the presentation! Mr WC21 was a very gracious dinner guest as ever though, and made very polite remarks about the slightly tepid plate of food he was presented with!
Wonderfully eccentric. I particularly enjoyed the contrast between the fine wine and the tepid mash. And while they say that hunger is the best sauce I have always found that good company beats it hands down and it was patent that you were both in good company. A very enjoyable pair of videos, thank you very much.
Thank you Chris - it was quite late in the day when we sat down to eat and it was much needed! We did have a great day out and I'm glad that comes across in the videos.
Absolute gem, and a joy to watch. I live in the Chilterns and have camped discreetly on Watlington Hill, never knew it has that white mark! Will go in search. I can recommend a lovely hidden valley near there if you want to camp there no one will bother you, its called Shirburn Hill, near to Watlington, between that and Aston Rowant. Keep up the wonderful delightful gems, I was particularly taken with the sight of well dressed men on rope swings; classic British humour.
Thanks David! Where else in the world can one sit on top of a freezing, windswept hill wearing tweed, and eating bangers and mash, without the fear of being locked up?!
Thanks Seán! The food turned out OK but it was a real challenge getting it all to stay hot enough! I think it was just the wind chill - the veg and that gravy were definitely bubbling away but then two minutes after taking them off the stove they'd be lukewarm!
I have always been impressed by Tweedy’s one pot specials, which have been cooked in very adverse conditions. Todays sad sausages and lukewarm mash are a lesson in keeping it simple. It is very possible that ‘The Leather Bottle’ was a country pub left high and dry by the long term effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Thanks for watching Jim. Incredible to think there was enough money in it 100 years ago, for this remote and off the beaten track pub to trade. I was intrigued by the idea that the ancient Ridgeway was still in use by some sort of regular traffic at that stage. Just ramblers and TH-camrs nowadays.
I thought I was keeping it simple! When I did sausages and mash outdoors once before I used that Idahoan instant mash, and it went a lot more smoothly - unfortunately a lack of time on this outing to shop properly and thus tried to make do with what we could find in M&S!
Strangely comforting was that chaps 👍 New subscriber here courtesy of the Paul -> Hedley -> Darren route. Are there and more well spoken, quite interesting, amateur southern antiquarians I should be following I wonder? 😉
Thanks for subscribing! I hope it doesn't disappoint - my videos don't always have quite the same antiquarian rigour as Mr WC21 - mine are a bit of a mixed bag of walking, outdoor cooking and wine with the history bits sprinkled on as seasoning from time to time. Another very different style, but both Mr WC21 and I rate "Allotment Fox" very highly - he pours a lot of research into his videos, and leans heavily on toponomy and the Saxon charters to get an understanding of local history and the landscape.
Hi John, the chuckleometer went off scale from start to finish. I was concerned for a while that you weren't going to deglaze the sausages .... how could I even think that, please accept my apologies. You know I really think you should do a Three Men in a Boat episode with Hedley. Have a great weekend!!
Thanks David! I did indeed dither over whether to deglaze as it was a bit of a pricey bottle but ultimately I was faced with a Bear Grylls style survival choice given that the sausages/onions were burning a bit. I think in the end I made the right decision. Caramelised is good, but eating charcoal is generally not! I would love to do something like a Three Men in a Boat re-enactment at some point but to date my attempts at kayaking/punting/rowing have all indicated I'm actually close to useless on the water. I think I would probably need some serious training first!
Thank you! It's a bit different from the pubs channel so I don't mention it much over there. For the pub videos I try (within the very limited constraints of my creative ability) to make something approximating documentary type videos. Whereas over here on the outdoors channel it's just me larking about in the countryside!
I am enjoying these collabs. Granted they may be a somewhat niche genre, but still. That’s their loss, right? Instructions on mash box: throw this away and carry a packet of Idahoan. Also, Crowdfunder to get WC21 his own racing spork? Terrible presentation ✅
Thanks Barry! Yes I've used that Idahoan instant mash outdoors before and it works really well. Alas I didn't have a lot of time to plan the meal and we were constrained with what we could buy in the Marks and Spencer in Princes Risborough!
@@tweedyoutdoors ah, M&S at Riz, I hear you. The privations you adventuring filmmakers endure in pursuit of your art. Huzzah. Aside: Riz has a rather rich history, what with Royal charters and being at one end of the (a) Salt Path. Someone ought to look into all that. (o;
Good to hear! I have found the risk of spillages to be a bit lower with cans given the lower centre of gravity but given what's at stake it's best not to be complacent!
The rest of the world would surely see these marvelous vids of two well dressed, highly intelligent and articulate gentlemen, who have an ability to make history fun for all, as wonderful representatives of the UK.
Thank you Tweedy - I had a fantastic day "working" with you on this! After a heavy filming "schedule" it was a real treat to indulge in some wild cooking and fine wine on a freezing cold hilltop! I look forward to the next adventure.
Thank you for having me along! Yes it feels a bit ridiculous describing any of this as "work"! I quite liked this model of you doing the "serious" documentary video, and me essentially just coming along as the on-location catering service. A very fun day out, and let's hope your video gets you a bit closer to that magic 1k!
@@tweedyoutdoors thank you - that 1K seems so near, but so far! I can hear Mrs. WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd watching this video in the other room - I will no doubt be hearing about how she would have dealt with the mashed potato in due course!
Winning entry for the "Most English Video Title on TH-cam". Super video as usual, and a real tweed overload on the senses.
Thanks Hedley! Mr WC21 really seems to have got the knack of appealing titles / thumbnails, and yet here I am still ploughing my own ridiculous furrow!
Thanks Hedley. Perhaps we should have chosen that as a title, come to think about it!
Well said Hedley ..We still need to get you dressed in tweed hehe
@@tweedyoutdoors You guys should really form a TH-cam version of the lost and lamented Time team.... Robin Bush was the star of that show
Penny just dropped ..If Hedley gets his arse in tweed, 🤣he doesn't have to do the digging .............No wonder he quite liked the idea 🤣
Let's push MR WC21UKProductionsLtd over the 1K...Darren needs 8 more subscribers.
Thanks for your big social media influencing push, Phil! You helped get me over the line!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd It's all down to your hard work Darren. Richly deserved success.
What a great pair you make! lol You should do more videos together.
Thanks Alan, we had a really fun day out and I'm sure there are more of these joint ventures to come!
Thank you and I'm sure there will be more!
As you are a chap who's happy to cart a bucket full of ice up a hill for your sparkiling rose (totally understandable), may I recommend a moka pot for your post prandial coffee?
My Bialetti knock off cost me a tenner (during lockdown when I was not allowed out for an espresso) and weighs a mere 237g empty.
I fill the little coffee receptacle/filter thingy at home with freshly ground coffee, tuck it in my rucksack and and it's ready to brew whenever needed. I'm a tea man in the mornings, but a jolt of strong coffee can be a major help when the feet, knees, back etc (I'm old and could go on) are starting to complain just because I've seen the next hill!
“Is it in danger of working?” I chuckled from beginning to end. You two are a dream team. Please, may we have more 🙏
Well I'm not keen on walking, I don't like wine, I wouldn't camp out if you paid me. Yet your channel is one of my favourites !
Thanks Deborah - I endure all those hardships (especially the wine) so the audience doesn't have to!
On I love that you cook from scratch. The closest that I get to eating outdoors is a cheese sandwich, a bottle of water and a club biscuit 😂
Thank you! I think there is a lot to be said for a sandwich though - it's extremely time efficient once you're outdoors. The video might not make it clear but I spent pretty much an hour cooking here.... Sandwiches are also very unlikely to go wrong!
Absolutely wonderful...I have just subscribed to your charming channel. Mate, you could have made this vid a pay per view just to see Mr WC21UKproductionsLtd on that rope swing 🤣. Given you hiked the food up, I stick by my suggestion you'd make the perfect , Tweed wearing, cordon blue sherpa 🤣.(But mostly to ensure Darren made it back from his more extreme expeditions in one piece and well fed ). A genuine joy to watch. Thanks guys.
Thanks Phil! The rope swing was all Mr WC21's idea and it was originally just intended to provide a bit of background tomfoolery while he was delivering a bit of narrative in his video... But we enjoyed the silliness of middle aged men in tweed talking about history while on a rope swing so much that it became the intro to this video as well.
Thanks for subscribing - I hope it doesn't disappoint!
Thanks Phil - delighted you've found Tweedy Outdoors and I'm sure you will enjoy it!
Came here straight from Mr. WC21 (UK)’s video. New subscriber! Thanks to you both. Good fun.
Ah Jim, you made it over here - I think you'll enjoy Tweedy Outdoors!
Thanks Jim!
Bangers and mash washed down with a nice wine. What a fantastic meal on a hiking trip. 👍
Thanks Gordon! It could have been a bit warmer but warm food is always appreciated when it's a bit chilly outdoors!
It really was! Thank you.
Middle aged man on a rope swing........really...???....love the cooking,the views and who was that southerner in the hat.....??....i have seen him somewhere before...!!!..all joking aside you two are great at this type of thing,may there be many more adventures in the future....
Thanks Olias - I do sometimes say "brew" rather than tea nowadays, after many years living in the north west, but it seems I will never lose my Kentish twang!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd no bad thing....wish i could lose my Brummie accent which has been voted the worst accent in the uk......!!!
@@olias2716 it's weird how some people's accents do change through relocation and others don't. I haven't lived in Kent since 1985 and have been settled in places with quite strong regional accents during the intervening years, and yet I still sound like I could have been selling second rate crockery at Ashford market yesterday.
What an excellent feast, jolly good company, beautiful surroundings, what more could you ask for ?
Absolutely brilliant! Many laugh out load moments in this video. I would have put the mash in the sausage pot but for the sheer hilarity of watching you trying to cook it, I’m glad you didn’t ! 😂 Well done you two ~ more please.
Thanks Tracy! Yes it was a bit of a challenge with two stoves but three pans and thanks to the wind chill everything went cold so quickly after taking it off the heat. I think your suggestion would have been better, but I was thinking about the presentation!
Mr WC21 was a very gracious dinner guest as ever though, and made very polite remarks about the slightly tepid plate of food he was presented with!
Wonderfully eccentric. I particularly enjoyed the contrast between the fine wine and the tepid mash. And while they say that hunger is the best sauce I have always found that good company beats it hands down and it was patent that you were both in good company. A very enjoyable pair of videos, thank you very much.
Thanks Chris - and some sage words there!
Thank you Chris - it was quite late in the day when we sat down to eat and it was much needed! We did have a great day out and I'm glad that comes across in the videos.
Absolute gem, and a joy to watch. I live in the Chilterns and have camped discreetly on Watlington Hill, never knew it has that white mark! Will go in search. I can recommend a lovely hidden valley near there if you want to camp there no one will bother you, its called Shirburn Hill, near to Watlington, between that and Aston Rowant. Keep up the wonderful delightful gems, I was particularly taken with the sight of well dressed men on rope swings; classic British humour.
Thank you! The Chilterns are a lovely part of the world, especially when you consider the proximity to densely populated areas. Thanks for the tip!
I like it! Two proper Englishmen eating bangers and mash wearing tweed! 🇬🇧 🇳🇿
Thanks David! Where else in the world can one sit on top of a freezing, windswept hill wearing tweed, and eating bangers and mash, without the fear of being locked up?!
Thanks Dave!
I’m getting hungry watching that video!! Well done fellas
Thanks Seán! The food turned out OK but it was a real challenge getting it all to stay hot enough! I think it was just the wind chill - the veg and that gravy were definitely bubbling away but then two minutes after taking them off the stove they'd be lukewarm!
We were actually pretty hungry by this stage in the day and the food was extremely welcome!
This video was a hoot - don't know why, but I smiled a lot.
Thank you! We had a fun time making it and I hope that came across in the end result.
I have always been impressed by Tweedy’s one pot specials, which have been cooked in very adverse conditions. Todays sad sausages and lukewarm
mash are a lesson in keeping it simple.
It is very possible that ‘The Leather Bottle’ was a country pub left high and dry by the long term effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Thanks for watching Jim. Incredible to think there was enough money in it 100 years ago, for this remote and off the beaten track pub to trade. I was intrigued by the idea that the ancient Ridgeway was still in use by some sort of regular traffic at that stage. Just ramblers and TH-camrs nowadays.
I thought I was keeping it simple! When I did sausages and mash outdoors once before I used that Idahoan instant mash, and it went a lot more smoothly - unfortunately a lack of time on this outing to shop properly and thus tried to make do with what we could find in M&S!
Ronald Blyth’s ‘Aidensfield’ is a very interesting read when it comes to UK’s pre/post WW1 economy and boozing habits.
Thanks for a great video, that must have been the most eccentric thing that i have watched. 👍
Thank you! Believe me, we didn't have to try!
Thanks Ysgolgerlan!
Strangely comforting was that chaps 👍
New subscriber here courtesy of the Paul -> Hedley -> Darren route.
Are there and more well spoken, quite interesting, amateur southern antiquarians I should be following I wonder? 😉
Thanks for subscribing! I hope it doesn't disappoint - my videos don't always have quite the same antiquarian rigour as Mr WC21 - mine are a bit of a mixed bag of walking, outdoor cooking and wine with the history bits sprinkled on as seasoning from time to time.
Another very different style, but both Mr WC21 and I rate "Allotment Fox" very highly - he pours a lot of research into his videos, and leans heavily on toponomy and the Saxon charters to get an understanding of local history and the landscape.
Glad you made it over here and I'm sure you'll enjoy Tweedy's videos - they really are unique!
Hi John, the chuckleometer went off scale from start to finish.
I was concerned for a while that you weren't going to deglaze the sausages .... how could I even think that, please accept my apologies.
You know I really think you should do a Three Men in a Boat episode with Hedley.
Have a great weekend!!
Thanks David! I did indeed dither over whether to deglaze as it was a bit of a pricey bottle but ultimately I was faced with a Bear Grylls style survival choice given that the sausages/onions were burning a bit. I think in the end I made the right decision. Caramelised is good, but eating charcoal is generally not!
I would love to do something like a Three Men in a Boat re-enactment at some point but to date my attempts at kayaking/punting/rowing have all indicated I'm actually close to useless on the water. I think I would probably need some serious training first!
Thanks David! Hedley needs to be tweeded up first. I'm working on it.
You could become the modern replacement of the ,'Two Ronnies!' Or , 'Morecombe and Wise!'. Just chuck in a bit of slap stick and corny jokes.😂😅😊
Thanks Albert - Mr WC21 and I do have fun when we're out filming together and I'm glad that comes across in the video!
Thanks Albert. It's always great fun "working" with Tweedy and his location catering unit is second to none!
Just subscribed. I didn't realise you had another channel. This is marvelous viewing. Top stuff.
Thank you! It's a bit different from the pubs channel so I don't mention it much over there. For the pub videos I try (within the very limited constraints of my creative ability) to make something approximating documentary type videos. Whereas over here on the outdoors channel it's just me larking about in the countryside!
@@tweedyoutdoors Both formats are fabulous.
Fantastic video
Thank you!
Love it Beautiful 💯👌👍
Thank you!
I am enjoying these collabs. Granted they may be a somewhat niche genre, but still. That’s their loss, right?
Instructions on mash box: throw this away and carry a packet of Idahoan. Also, Crowdfunder to get WC21 his own racing spork?
Terrible presentation ✅
Thanks Barry! Yes I've used that Idahoan instant mash outdoors before and it works really well. Alas I didn't have a lot of time to plan the meal and we were constrained with what we could buy in the Marks and Spencer in Princes Risborough!
@@tweedyoutdoors ah, M&S at Riz, I hear you. The privations you adventuring filmmakers endure in pursuit of your art. Huzzah.
Aside: Riz has a rather rich history, what with Royal charters and being at one end of the (a) Salt Path. Someone ought to look into all that. (o;
Cheers Barry! Salt Path noted for future potential!
I have often used the boot technique, mostly at festivals, but with cans.
Good to hear! I have found the risk of spillages to be a bit lower with cans given the lower centre of gravity but given what's at stake it's best not to be complacent!
There's no wonder the rest of the World has a low opinion of us. What the ****, are they serious???
I think this may not be the channel for you then.
Please elaborate on what you'd consider to be an acceptable way for the English to portray themselves to the world. I'd be fascinated to hear.
I just don't know how to respond to this! Thanks for watching?
The rest of the world would surely see these marvelous vids of two well dressed, highly intelligent and articulate gentlemen, who have an ability to make history fun for all, as wonderful representatives of the UK.
Sense of humour malfunction there.