Alright Damien. I was the second lad to stop off and say hello as I passed. Anthony. Nice to stop and have a bit chat and sorry for interrupting your bait. Drone footage looked great and I always enjoying hearing about some local history. You should do that area down Edlingham we spoke about. For the subs reading this he's as approachable and friendly as you'd imagine. Top bloke.
Thanks for the message and kind words Anthony, it was nice to meet you. I plan on visiting Edlingham in the near future. There is lots of interesting history and things to see there.
I'm so pleased my comments have fired your curiosity! Harwood Forest, if anything, is further afield than the worst places I've encountered in my night photography. It's a strange place though and once you're deep inside, those open glades hidden away within the trees definitely have a vibe to them. I'm sure some parts of the forest have connections with soldiers from distant wars? Crimea perhaps or WW1? For comparison, I also venture deep into Kielder Forest too and more for the random things. The gibbet is well known and popular but hidden in Kielder are a lookout tower as well as the art pieces. For those art pieces, I ventured there one night alone and with a stack of camera gear and lights. My 'target' was the huge wooden head that can be climbed into - Silvas Capitalis. My thinking was various lighting including work lights, torches, gels (coloured plastics) etc. I don't use Photoshop much for effects and instead grab images how I want them - I enjoy that challenge of making them right in camera. On this night I managed to drive a fair bit into Kielder Forest (please don't - it's really frowned upon if caught!) and got within about a mile of the wooden head. It was around midnight when I exited the car. I grabbed bags and began the march to it. From the forest haul road I soon met narrow older trails and many were overgrown. A few branches/turns and soon I got to the cycle path that passes the head - I was there! I felt nothing untoward there. No feeling of being watched, no unusual noises except for a few owls and the odd snapping tree twig. I managed to grab hundreds separate long exposure photos of the head in varying colours, shades and methods of lighting. Each shot takes a few minutes to set up and around 30 seconds to take. It was during the setting up of one shot at about 2 am that I heard something. It sounded like a vehicle but on the cycle path. I could hear tyres on the fine gravel but no lights. The cycle path is quite close to the head. I wasn't worried about spirits - if anything I was expecting a shouty forest warden about to give me a ticking off for driving there! No-one came to me, I didn't hear the vehicle leave, I saw no lights, nothing. The only weird part was the tyres sounded quite close and yet the engine (like a 4x4) sounded further away. I guessed it was still a warden and did my thing anyway! Once done, I grabbed the kit, packed it and set back out on the route I'd come in on. I did indeed walk along where I heard the tryes on fine gravel and there wasn't a single track. The fine gravel had been rained on earlier that day and so showed not even a cycle wheel mark on it. Again, my mind didn't go into overdrive and instead I guessed the warden would be further along waiting to surprise me and if not there, would be waiting by my car. There was nothing. There was no-one. Again the forest just didn't faze me. Kielder just doesn't have the same vibes as Harwood and yet I'd clearly encountered some sort of spirit coming near or at least some stone memory effect. I'm sat here typing and looking at one of those colourful head images on my living room wall. I would do it again - Kielder is tame. The deepest darkest places I mention in other videos you've done are actually closer to the Tyne Valley by several miles. It's still open moor there but that place (where the non-believer felt being looked at) has the worst feeling I've ever encountered. If I told you that the non-believer experienced exactly what I felt then you'll realise something is up. Not only was the feeling of being watched there but also a terrible smell coming from a room in a building and also sounds. (I'm actually feeling sick just thinking back to the event) The room is in a hidden old building and sealed for the most. To enter you'd need to climb over rubble, sheets and wooden pieces - crawl more like. We both got close to this building and could hear snorts - like a cow or bull would make. Sometimes it would make a step - heavy on the stone floor. The damp heat coming from the doorway was very evident but yet no mist on the cold night air. The smell - like urine and other nasties mixed. Not dirty - just repulsive. Very repulsive. Definitely not farm animal smell. We were both at the only door into the building and yet nothing had gone in. I expected a cow had gone in but it just couldn't do it and hadn't done so. There were no hoof marks in the wet ground around either. The non-believer asked me in a whispering voice what it was. I replied I just don't know. I explained it's the only way in and look - no damage from climbing, no foot prints. We couldn't quite see into the room as like most old buildings on the moors it had a small porch for the cold just inside the doorway - that porch exited at 90 degrees to the doorway. The person I was with got nosey and began clambering over the blockage and made a lot of noise. In an instant there was a loud snort and the sound of hooves/feet/whatever tramping the hard floor as it turned to face us. The sound began coming at us. We ran. By fck did we run. I'm massive, muscled and can fight anyone but that? No way was I hanging around. The person I was with was screaming with fear. She sensed everything I did and ran just as fast. (I'm actually shaking here!) We ran past the field where the feeling of people looking was and jumped into the car and left fast. I'm not joking - I was looking into my rear view mirror into the darkness actually expecting something to be chasing us along the moor. I dropped that non-believer home and she was silent. She hadn't spoken much on the way home, only saying "What was that? What was that?" to herself. It's a place I will not return to, not even in daylight. * I've encountered other scary stuff in that area leading up to the major event too. Seemingly innocent stuff. I've written so much already! This video is interesting. Next time you're feeling brave and it's daylight, walk into that opening in the trees. The path leads down the slope at an angle and on your way you'll see some trees felled. They were felled with axes - you'll see them. The trees were cut down a few years back but still noticeable. There's a story, a worrying story behind those. It wasn't me who witnessed it but a good friend. I'll tell you in another video as I've waffled on a bit already.
Thank you for taking the time to tell your story. I didn't record anything unusual at Harwood forest from the gibbet location, other than a tree knock/break. I'm looking forward to the dark nights and more haunted locations to wild camp and I will try some night time photography in the future. ATB, Damian.
Wowee Jack, this is the longest TH-cam comment I've seen; yet it is very interesting. Thanks for your intriguing tale. I am only familiar with those places you and others share with me, since I am way over here in one of the former British colonies, in Virginia USA. Carry on, with your photographing with flare!
Complete agreement with you on the flag display. It’s an honorable gesture done in the wrong location. As for the ‘waffling’, most of us look forward to that portion of your videos. There is something I miss seeing more often here. Some years ago you did a satire using a German WWII military film, but you overlayed your own dialog. I thought it was brilliant! And lastly, I’m a big car/van camper now, too. It is a wonderful way of camping with a higher level of comfort & safety. Thanks!!
I cut so much out of the waffling and video re-takes its quite disturbing. In the beginning, I used to have 30 to 45 mins videos but soon learned that isnt best practice. Now I can tell the same story in half the time. It feels wrong in the beginning, editing out what one might feel is decent content, only to look back 10 years later and realize, 1 minute watching a pot boil or 30 seconds of sawing wood can be shown in a fraction of the time when story telling.
@@Fell_Wanderer I really appreciate when you speed-up any such activities as sawing wood, or setting up & taking down your camp/tent/hammock! It is FUN!
@@steven143whv Hi Steven. It’s a short one called Hitler looses it when he can’t attend Brokwell meetup, or something to that affect. It’s about four years ago.
Awesome video. I like this type of content, a blend of local history and ghost 👻 story. The two go well with camping 🏕. Haven’t we all told ghost stories around the campfire 🔥. Cheers 🍻, take care and stay frosty.🇨🇦🫡🇬🇧
Great bit of local history about William Winter. Fascinating. Also, there’s enough spookiness in that place to ensure I would feel happy camping solo. What a shame you couldn’t sleep under the gibbet. Brilliant 👍
That flag pissed me off, it was like grafitti on one of our great historical monuments.. Whats next, BLM, LGBQTG, Boris for PM flag?, bollocks, we have to draw the line somewhere and not get to political
Good bit of history there Damien and I totally agree about that flag being a distraction from the history the story about the figure in the woods would freak me out atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Another great wee video, you do like spooky locations, I'm pretty confident I saw a large black cat (size of a Labrador) when walking near Norham in the Borders so you never know. Maybe one day you will be able to get something on tape. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one. ATB Big Dave
I've found sheep remains in Harwood forest a long way from the field they were in. As far as I know, they don't wander off alone like that so something must have took them there and big cats have been reported in the area
@@Fell_Wanderer pmsl with the kettle 😂 been going up there for nearly fourteen years and only had a hand full of weird experiences..I'll keep them for round the campfire 👍🤙
It's very interesting and refreshing to see somone these days that believes in the paranormal and spirits. I say this because, I've heard elders talk about spirits and that they live in woodlands and trees themselves, also they are most active at night.
I think a lot of people don't realise what they're witnessing and thus don't realise it might be a spirit. Sure in those old days such things were told as warnings to children not to wander and such but spirits exist through all cultures around the world - there's far more to it and I just wish those who don't believe would at least try for themselves.
Interesting you mention spirits who live in woodland and trees. This might seem like a crazy idea and In all the years of research and visiting places like Harwood forest, I now believe there are entities called the Xanue and they live in the trees. You should check out Dr Mathew Johnson and the Xanue
That was great. Last time I was there, there was a head carved out of wood hanging from it. Think it rotted away or someone nicked it. Why did someone in their tiny mind put the flag on it.? . We all know there is a war going on, we don't need constant reminder. Loved the video.
The Cheviot Yeti took one of the heads a few years ago but returned it after a while. No amount of flag displaying or waving is going to change the situation on the ground in Ukraine. Thanks for your comment.
Nice spot at the end of the forest, that lay-by is the busiest along there, you can put a bivy in the woods just in at the corner, but again noisy with cars, as you say early with the workers going along. Nice history Keep em coming
Good one. I remember watching and commenting on that other video you did with your son in it. I think a second go at this location might be in order… 😎👍🏻
I have several camp locations in the forest, all are about the same as far as scenery is concerned, wall to wall trees, dark and spooky locations. The place where I experienced paranornmal activity with my son could happen anywhere in Harwood forest
I'm not a natural presenter due to the amount of re-takes. Fancy editing hides all that. Basically, I'm not an actor, where I can learn lines and be fluent in presenting a show throughout. I get there winging it with a general idea of filming to edit in post with countless re-takes, previously mentioned. My style is developing with time though. Its hard for anyone to turn a camera on and waffle, getting it right first time, so dude we are not alone.
I’ll back you up about the Christopher incident. Creeped me out that. And I’m the biggest sceptic going. Good little history lesson would’ve been mint without the flag like. It’s what you say there’s a time and a place. That’s definitely not the place. Good to see you back out mate atb 👍
If I was younger and fitter, I'd climb the pole and remove the flag until the next day. For all I know, the land owner may have placed it there so it would have been wrong to remove it permanently. There was a local farm nearby which was also flying the flag. All I'm gonna say is this, if I was flying the Union Jack outside my house, I wonder how long it would take before I got a knock at the door to see whether I had planning permission?
I'm currently parked up across from the gibbet for the night, also wild camping. Extremely foggy around here tonight, and eerily quiet. A beautiful place though.
Have you been up to Ros Castle near Chillingham? It's an old iron age fort, no remaining building but loads of history. Up a little steep hill with views of several castles. There's an identification panel up there as well. Lovely spot
I started filming a recent wild camp in Raylees on a hill called Gallow hill it’s got to have some connections to the gibbot I did some research but drew a blank. Great video as always mate.
Not sure if you know but Winters Gibbet is one of many that were in existence back then. There's one between Alnwick and Rothbury for example. That might be the reason for that name you mention?
The clue is in the name of the place. Maps only go so back so far and dont show everthing, the earliest ones I have that are reasonably accurate, are hand drawn by Armstrong in 1769 but dont show minor details like gibbets. Good indicaters to historical events are place names like battle or chapel hill which have long since gone but the history and name remains.
Its crushed beyond repair, I wasn't keen on the kettle anyway because it didn't have a removable lid. It was the type you fill from the spout via a tap so it was hard to fill from a water container. I plan on doing more spooky location camps in the autumn when the dark nights return
Hello Damian! At least you were not making a batter of Waffles at the same time you were cooking rice, filming and waffling! Over here in Virginia USA, we have the "5 Second Rule" for food that gets dropped: if we are hungry enough we can pick up the dropped food & eat it if the dropped food is there less than 5 seconds!! Meanwhile, I am your ever-faithful Subscriber, though with a different email, since the other email address was hacked! Meanwhile, all is well, once again as I wander with the Fell Wanderer. Happy Trails Damian~
Hi Stephen, thanks for your reply. I'm not keen on the 5 second rule but if I drop food on a fairly clean surface and pick it up quickly then I'll still eat it. Depending on how hungry I am lol..
I forgot the kettle was under the car next to the wheel, put it there because it was still hot. I knew instantly what happened when driving over but was filming the departure so had to keep going lol
Great story mate but I nearly never got past ya introduction, was wondering if you'd been picking shroom's 😉. If you're in the woods at night and the wind changes direction it can feel like your in a different location. That and the noises of all the nocturnal insects, birds and mammals, would be enough for you to hear anything you're listening for 🤔. Love your banter and enthusiasm mate. Be well 👍🏻
Evening mate, I missed this one. But seen it now lol.. Take that bloody flag down... An try an over nighter. Hope you do 👍. Great to hear about the history. Tc Andy
Before you said that i had the image of a faceless person, my old work (one of the biggest cattle marts in the uk) doing an all nighter, seen people walking on the outskirts and shadow figures everywhere, that place scared the shit out of me.
Aye it was me who saw the figure just looking at me at that spot. I don't drink or any other junk and it truly opened my eyes that night. The detail on the clothing, the colours, everything. It's when they turned to walk into the trees that I realised there was no face. I've never been back to that spot at night following that event.
I’m from the northeast Durham and heard of this story but never visited the location.. but want too. Great stories of the past and history of the area 👻👍🏻🖤 I agree about the flag also .. just seems wrong location for the support.
Here's one for you Damian. Sounds totally wacky but......... the recording of a voice calling Christopher. Years ago you did a video with Christopher in the forest. Listening for wood knocks etc. The sun? illuminates part of the tree and creates a face, just above where you two are standing. The Green man/Spirit of the Forest/Woodwose?, or just a weird,coincidental piece of paradolia?? All the best.
I think its pareidolia most of the time, although I do believe in entities or spirits, whatever you want to call them, living in the woods. Some people believe the creatures are inter dimensional, appearing in trees and vegetation etc, when they enter our dimension, sometimes looking weird and a bit distorted but thats why I tend to think its mostly pareidolia. That video you mention is the one where I got home and listened to the audio recorder and could hear knocks in response to our knocks
@@Fell_Wanderer There are lots of weird things out there. I've seen a couple of videos where it's possible to make out 'see through', humanoid figures, like in the old Predator film. They are not mentioned by the you tuber filming, so weirdly genuine?? All the best.
Interesting story! Might have to fly over and investigate that hardwood forest one day. I’m always worried someone will crash into me when stopped at spots like that.
Here's a little story of when I seen a black panther Damien. about 6-7 year's ago when I used to do a bit pest control back in the day. I used to live at kelloe county Durham and one afternoon was cutting across one of the local farmers fields to get to a small section of woodland. (Bare in mind there's only one way in to the woodland) so I stopped just before I got to the woods, got on my knees and started to unzip the rifle bag. Within seconds I caught something black in the corner of my eye creeping up on me ( around 7-8 metres away ) so as I whipped my head round to see what it was within a split second it turned and took off into the woods. Didn't catch it face on but caught the side of it as it turned and it was big, jet black, shiny coat, long tail. Thought it was a big dog at the time so assumed there was a dog walker trespassing so carried on into the woods regardless, rifle loaded but safety on and did not see a soul in there. Thought nothing of it for months never even mentioned it to anyone then I seen a post on one of the fb hunting groups about a black panther sighting with pictures of it and it was exactly what I seen. Never went public about it only the Mrs and son know about it until now but yeah true story that..... Could've been cat food 😂
Thanks for the reply. There have been sightings of big cats in the UK for years and I think its exotic pets who escape and owners can't report it because they are being kept illegally. Saying that, I've found sheep wool with bits of skin and blood up trees in Harwood forest. Not on branches that would support a heavy cat, only about 5ft up, caught on thin pine branches, as if something had carried it through the forest and bits of the sheep got caught on the twigs. Got the pics to prove it.
I enjoyed your hardwood forest video's it looks creepy but a very interesting place to visit. With the size of the forest it's an ideal habitat for one or many of life's mysteries to live without being seen, but clues are left for us to only speculate on what is living in there? Could it be a yeti? Could it be the ghosts of the past? Could it be both plus a lot more? Only time will tell and it's definitely going on my list of places to visit.... You know it makes sense 😂👍
Always brilliant damien, wild camping and history go hand in hand like fishing or foraging....cheers marra stay safe ...p.s what drone are you using mate 😃🏕👍
I forgot the kettle was under the car next to the wheel, put it there because it was still hot. I knew instantly what happened when driving over but was filming the departure so had to keep going lol
5 year ago me and my son were coming back from fortwilliam. Coming south about a mile before the border both me and my son blacked out for 13 mile to rochford but cant remember anything.any thoughts
Missing time could be a result of alien abduction. It sounds way out there but before you dismiss it, Google Alan Godfrey, he was the Yorkshire policeman who experienced missing time and abduction.
i remember in the 90s i been cycling to st austel to carlyon beach i come back absolute tired i pitched my tent in a layby it had a little island 2 metres from high from the ground i climbed up with my bike pitched my tent fell asleep i never new about dogging never heard of it i woke up out side my tent loads of jiz mags what the hell goin on
Brilliant Vid as always Damian, yep shame about the flag takes it out of context with the History of the place. defo a spooky place. As you know yours truly has visited on more than one occasion. ATB Steve 👍
Thanks Steve, the flag is an eyesore. The layby is still open but the place you once camped with your bikes is now unstable with fallen trees. You have to negotiate fallen trees to get there
I heard a wood break but when listening to the audio, I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary. It was picking up shuffling and snoring from the car because the recorder is so sensitive. Had it pointing towards the gibbet and not at the forest so maybe thats why it didnt pick up the wood breaking sound. Next time I will have to place it in the tree line covered by a tarp.
I remember watching the video of your son and you camping that one. Seems like only a couple years back but the 2 year blip in the matrix throw off the entire time line. cheers from ca. land of the jerry springer clan
Thank you, I remember watching your vids a few years back, exploring old mines and picking up snakes. Dude, I'm pleased you are alive and kicking after living so dangerously
I like your wee history lessons there very enjoyable. Your correct about the flag. I don't mind and support them getting flowing. But don't pit them on historical thing/buildings. Also I would never stay there by myself as i am a big $### bag . I would have to go with someone.
@@Fell_Wanderer grizzly gaz you tube, I think he's based up your way, north east.or Lancaster way. 👍👍👍He had some mad sounds happening in his wide camp in some forest.
Tell that to people who have experienced paranormal activity or have had a personal experience or a reading from a spritual medium who tells them something only a deceased loved one could have known.
the moment you take a historical factual location with true events and begin injecting paranormal stuff into it...well your audience is going to be limited and frankly your credibility is destroyed.
dont folow history i find it boring because it mainly lies where always finding new evidence that changes history as we were taught at school get back to some wild camping you no it makes seense or you could do some wild camping on beach with beach babes
Alright Damien. I was the second lad to stop off and say hello as I passed. Anthony. Nice to stop and have a bit chat and sorry for interrupting your bait. Drone footage looked great and I always enjoying hearing about some local history. You should do that area down Edlingham we spoke about.
For the subs reading this he's as approachable and friendly as you'd imagine. Top bloke.
Thanks for the message and kind words Anthony, it was nice to meet you. I plan on visiting Edlingham in the near future. There is lots of interesting history and things to see there.
The Fell Wanderer will always be my favourite TH-camr. Great historic videos mixed with incredible scenery and great Northumberland lads and humour.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching
I'm so pleased my comments have fired your curiosity!
Harwood Forest, if anything, is further afield than the worst places I've encountered in my night photography. It's a strange place though and once you're deep inside, those open glades hidden away within the trees definitely have a vibe to them. I'm sure some parts of the forest have connections with soldiers from distant wars? Crimea perhaps or WW1?
For comparison, I also venture deep into Kielder Forest too and more for the random things. The gibbet is well known and popular but hidden in Kielder are a lookout tower as well as the art pieces. For those art pieces, I ventured there one night alone and with a stack of camera gear and lights. My 'target' was the huge wooden head that can be climbed into - Silvas Capitalis. My thinking was various lighting including work lights, torches, gels (coloured plastics) etc. I don't use Photoshop much for effects and instead grab images how I want them - I enjoy that challenge of making them right in camera.
On this night I managed to drive a fair bit into Kielder Forest (please don't - it's really frowned upon if caught!) and got within about a mile of the wooden head. It was around midnight when I exited the car. I grabbed bags and began the march to it. From the forest haul road I soon met narrow older trails and many were overgrown. A few branches/turns and soon I got to the cycle path that passes the head - I was there!
I felt nothing untoward there. No feeling of being watched, no unusual noises except for a few owls and the odd snapping tree twig. I managed to grab hundreds separate long exposure photos of the head in varying colours, shades and methods of lighting. Each shot takes a few minutes to set up and around 30 seconds to take. It was during the setting up of one shot at about 2 am that I heard something. It sounded like a vehicle but on the cycle path. I could hear tyres on the fine gravel but no lights. The cycle path is quite close to the head. I wasn't worried about spirits - if anything I was expecting a shouty forest warden about to give me a ticking off for driving there! No-one came to me, I didn't hear the vehicle leave, I saw no lights, nothing. The only weird part was the tyres sounded quite close and yet the engine (like a 4x4) sounded further away. I guessed it was still a warden and did my thing anyway!
Once done, I grabbed the kit, packed it and set back out on the route I'd come in on. I did indeed walk along where I heard the tryes on fine gravel and there wasn't a single track. The fine gravel had been rained on earlier that day and so showed not even a cycle wheel mark on it. Again, my mind didn't go into overdrive and instead I guessed the warden would be further along waiting to surprise me and if not there, would be waiting by my car. There was nothing. There was no-one. Again the forest just didn't faze me. Kielder just doesn't have the same vibes as Harwood and yet I'd clearly encountered some sort of spirit coming near or at least some stone memory effect.
I'm sat here typing and looking at one of those colourful head images on my living room wall. I would do it again - Kielder is tame.
The deepest darkest places I mention in other videos you've done are actually closer to the Tyne Valley by several miles. It's still open moor there but that place (where the non-believer felt being looked at) has the worst feeling I've ever encountered. If I told you that the non-believer experienced exactly what I felt then you'll realise something is up. Not only was the feeling of being watched there but also a terrible smell coming from a room in a building and also sounds. (I'm actually feeling sick just thinking back to the event) The room is in a hidden old building and sealed for the most. To enter you'd need to climb over rubble, sheets and wooden pieces - crawl more like. We both got close to this building and could hear snorts - like a cow or bull would make. Sometimes it would make a step - heavy on the stone floor. The damp heat coming from the doorway was very evident but yet no mist on the cold night air. The smell - like urine and other nasties mixed. Not dirty - just repulsive. Very repulsive. Definitely not farm animal smell. We were both at the only door into the building and yet nothing had gone in. I expected a cow had gone in but it just couldn't do it and hadn't done so. There were no hoof marks in the wet ground around either.
The non-believer asked me in a whispering voice what it was. I replied I just don't know. I explained it's the only way in and look - no damage from climbing, no foot prints. We couldn't quite see into the room as like most old buildings on the moors it had a small porch for the cold just inside the doorway - that porch exited at 90 degrees to the doorway. The person I was with got nosey and began clambering over the blockage and made a lot of noise. In an instant there was a loud snort and the sound of hooves/feet/whatever tramping the hard floor as it turned to face us. The sound began coming at us. We ran. By fck did we run. I'm massive, muscled and can fight anyone but that? No way was I hanging around. The person I was with was screaming with fear. She sensed everything I did and ran just as fast.
(I'm actually shaking here!)
We ran past the field where the feeling of people looking was and jumped into the car and left fast. I'm not joking - I was looking into my rear view mirror into the darkness actually expecting something to be chasing us along the moor.
I dropped that non-believer home and she was silent. She hadn't spoken much on the way home, only saying "What was that? What was that?" to herself.
It's a place I will not return to, not even in daylight.
* I've encountered other scary stuff in that area leading up to the major event too. Seemingly innocent stuff. I've written so much already!
This video is interesting. Next time you're feeling brave and it's daylight, walk into that opening in the trees. The path leads down the slope at an angle and on your way you'll see some trees felled. They were felled with axes - you'll see them. The trees were cut down a few years back but still noticeable. There's a story, a worrying story behind those. It wasn't me who witnessed it but a good friend. I'll tell you in another video as I've waffled on a bit already.
WoW that’s amazingly terrifying, thanks for sharing
Well thanks for that I hope I don't remember this when I'm next in harwood 🤣🤣 good story 👍👍👍
Thank you for taking the time to tell your story. I didn't record anything unusual at Harwood forest from the gibbet location, other than a tree knock/break. I'm looking forward to the dark nights and more haunted locations to wild camp and I will try some night time photography in the future. ATB, Damian.
Wowee Jack, this is the longest TH-cam comment I've seen; yet it is very interesting. Thanks for your intriguing tale.
I am only familiar with those places you and others share with me, since I am way over here in one of the former British colonies, in Virginia USA. Carry on, with your photographing with flare!
Damian, excellent just excellent 👌 many thanks from me 👍🏻
Complete agreement with you on the flag display. It’s an honorable gesture done in the wrong location. As for the ‘waffling’, most of us look forward to that portion of your videos. There is something I miss seeing more often here. Some years ago you did a satire using a German WWII military film, but you overlayed your own dialog. I thought it was brilliant! And lastly, I’m a big car/van camper now, too. It is a wonderful way of camping with a higher level of comfort & safety. Thanks!!
I cut so much out of the waffling and video re-takes its quite disturbing. In the beginning, I used to have 30 to 45 mins videos but soon learned that isnt best practice. Now I can tell the same story in half the time. It feels wrong in the beginning, editing out what one might feel is decent content, only to look back 10 years later and realize, 1 minute watching a pot boil or 30 seconds of sawing wood can be shown in a fraction of the time when story telling.
Hello Doug, Do you recall which episode & title to see that dubbed military film?
@@Fell_Wanderer I really appreciate when you speed-up any such activities as sawing wood, or setting up & taking down your camp/tent/hammock! It is FUN!
@@steven143whv Hi Steven. It’s a short one called Hitler looses it when he can’t attend Brokwell meetup, or something to that affect. It’s about four years ago.
mate I've fallowed you from the beginning and I love your vids .humour is top notch and it makes my day kind regards Phil Western Australia 🙃
Thanks for for watching and the nice comments, it means a lot and motivates me to get out more
Awesome video. I like this type of content, a blend of local history and ghost 👻 story. The two go well with camping 🏕. Haven’t we all told ghost stories around the campfire 🔥. Cheers 🍻, take care and stay frosty.🇨🇦🫡🇬🇧
Great bit of local history about William Winter. Fascinating. Also, there’s enough spookiness in that place to ensure I would feel happy camping solo. What a shame you couldn’t sleep under the gibbet. Brilliant 👍
That flag pissed me off, it was like grafitti on one of our great historical monuments.. Whats next, BLM, LGBQTG, Boris for PM flag?, bollocks, we have to draw the line somewhere and not get to political
Good bit of history there Damien and I totally agree about that flag being a distraction from the history the story about the figure in the woods would freak me out atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
I was annoyed it was there because I didn't want to bring current politics into a historical film
Another great video , I really enjoyed the history lesson .
As a amateur historian I appreciate this type content .
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent! Love me a bit of history. It’s the reason we are all here today, after all. Keep it up Damo 🍻
Another great wee video, you do like spooky locations, I'm pretty confident I saw a large black cat (size of a Labrador) when walking near Norham in the Borders so you never know. Maybe one day you will be able to get something on tape. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one. ATB Big Dave
I've found sheep remains in Harwood forest a long way from the field they were in. As far as I know, they don't wander off alone like that so something must have took them there and big cats have been reported in the area
Another cracking little video. Keep up the great work Mate .
Thanks 👍
Brilliant, great bit of history 👻😃👍
You know it makes sense, awesome. 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️👍👍👍👍
Brilliant video pal.. been there a few times but never knew the history about the gibbet..thanks for sharing,all the best Lincoln 🤙👍
Thank you Lincoln, there are a few different versions of events if you google online so I kept it minimal and as accurate as possible
@@Fell_Wanderer pmsl with the kettle 😂 been going up there for nearly fourteen years and only had a hand full of weird experiences..I'll keep them for round the campfire 👍🤙
It's very interesting and refreshing to see somone these days that believes in the paranormal and spirits. I say this because, I've heard elders talk about spirits and that they live in woodlands and trees themselves, also they are most active at night.
I think a lot of people don't realise what they're witnessing and thus don't realise it might be a spirit. Sure in those old days such things were told as warnings to children not to wander and such but spirits exist through all cultures around the world - there's far more to it and I just wish those who don't believe would at least try for themselves.
Interesting you mention spirits who live in woodland and trees. This might seem like a crazy idea and In all the years of research and visiting places like Harwood forest, I now believe there are entities called the Xanue and they live in the trees. You should check out Dr Mathew Johnson and the Xanue
Hope your keeping well Damian looking forward to your next video , cheers David Hughes
That was great. Last time I was there, there was a head carved out of wood hanging from it. Think it rotted away or someone nicked it. Why did someone in their tiny mind put the flag on it.? . We all know there is a war going on, we don't need constant reminder. Loved the video.
The Cheviot Yeti took one of the heads a few years ago but returned it after a while. No amount of flag displaying or waving is going to change the situation on the ground in Ukraine. Thanks for your comment.
Absolutely great vid Damien, cheers marra
Funny hearing you say "cars per hour", its a term I became familiar with when I started camping at some remote places in the van.
Keep them coming Damien ,I look forward to watching them .I lived up redesdale kielder at a place called the Raw very spooky also .
Thank you, I will investigate this place in the future
Interesting facts ,enjoyed that thanks. Good idea camping in the car.
Thanks for watching.
Nice spot at the end of the forest, that lay-by is the busiest along there, you can put a bivy in the woods just in at the corner, but again noisy with cars, as you say early with the workers going along.
Nice history
Keep em coming
Through the week the layby is quiet and during autumn, winter and spring, better still. No good for camping in the trees because of storm damage
Brilliant enjoyed the history very professional narration
Always nice to see you out and about
Good one. I remember watching and commenting on that other video you did with your son in it. I think a second go at this location might be in order… 😎👍🏻
I have several camp locations in the forest, all are about the same as far as scenery is concerned, wall to wall trees, dark and spooky locations. The place where I experienced paranornmal activity with my son could happen anywhere in Harwood forest
One of the few I still watch. Wish I was as confident I front of the camera speaking as you. Atb
I'm not a natural presenter due to the amount of re-takes. Fancy editing hides all that. Basically, I'm not an actor, where I can learn lines and be fluent in presenting a show throughout. I get there winging it with a general idea of filming to edit in post with countless re-takes, previously mentioned. My style is developing with time though. Its hard for anyone to turn a camera on and waffle, getting it right first time, so dude we are not alone.
I’ll back you up about the Christopher incident. Creeped me out that. And I’m the biggest sceptic going.
Good little history lesson would’ve been mint without the flag like. It’s what you say there’s a time and a place. That’s definitely not the place. Good to see you back out mate atb 👍
Agree
If I was younger and fitter, I'd climb the pole and remove the flag until the next day. For all I know, the land owner may have placed it there so it would have been wrong to remove it permanently. There was a local farm nearby which was also flying the flag. All I'm gonna say is this, if I was flying the Union Jack outside my house, I wonder how long it would take before I got a knock at the door to see whether I had planning permission?
@@Fell_Wanderer or a St. George’s flag. They’d be straight round.
@@Fell_Wanderer 👏🏻 exactly
Winnet Giblets, as my mate once called it after 9 bottles of dog
🤣🤣🤣 that’s mint! Pmsl!
Interesting vid , great stuff once again Damian 🙂
ATB and thanks for watching
Ukrainian flag...smiley face...gallows...? Most strange combination. Great history stories. Nice one 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm currently parked up across from the gibbet for the night, also wild camping. Extremely foggy around here tonight, and eerily quiet. A beautiful place though.
Keep a look out for the ghost of the man with no face, good luck.
Have you been up to Ros Castle near Chillingham? It's an old iron age fort, no remaining building but loads of history. Up a little steep hill with views of several castles. There's an identification panel up there as well. Lovely spot
I camped on crags a couple of miles from Ros Castle and know of it but haven't been there yet.
Great video Damien. You were the first you tube channeI i watched and you inspired me to get out. Thanks mate. Owe you a drink if I ever cross paths
So your kettle runith over bro, must have been some kind of intervention from a dark force. Enjoyed this video bro. Safe travels
I started filming a recent wild camp in Raylees on a hill called Gallow hill it’s got to have some connections to the gibbot I did some research but drew a blank. Great video as always mate.
Not sure if you know but Winters Gibbet is one of many that were in existence back then. There's one between Alnwick and Rothbury for example. That might be the reason for that name you mention?
The clue is in the name of the place. Maps only go so back so far and dont show everthing, the earliest ones I have that are reasonably accurate, are hand drawn by Armstrong in 1769 but dont show minor details like gibbets. Good indicaters to historical events are place names like battle or chapel hill which have long since gone but the history and name remains.
Very interesting mate , I do love a good ghost story . I hope the kettle lives another day 😂 atb Dave
Its crushed beyond repair, I wasn't keen on the kettle anyway because it didn't have a removable lid. It was the type you fill from the spout via a tap so it was hard to fill from a water container. I plan on doing more spooky location camps in the autumn when the dark nights return
Great story Damian 👍🏻🏴
Hello Damian!
At least you were not making a batter of Waffles at the same time you were cooking rice, filming and waffling!
Over here in Virginia USA, we have the "5 Second Rule" for food that gets dropped: if we are hungry enough we can pick up the dropped food & eat it if the dropped food is there less than 5 seconds!!
Meanwhile, I am your ever-faithful Subscriber, though with a different email, since the other email address was hacked!
Meanwhile, all is well, once again as I wander with the Fell Wanderer.
Happy Trails Damian~
Hi Stephen, thanks for your reply. I'm not keen on the 5 second rule but if I drop food on a fairly clean surface and pick it up quickly then I'll still eat it. Depending on how hungry I am lol..
Another interesting video Damon thanks again! That kettle will be fine pmsl
I forgot the kettle was under the car next to the wheel, put it there because it was still hot. I knew instantly what happened when driving over but was filming the departure so had to keep going lol
Great story mate but I nearly never got past ya introduction, was wondering if you'd been picking shroom's 😉.
If you're in the woods at night and the wind changes direction it can feel like your in a different location. That and the noises of all the nocturnal insects, birds and mammals, would be enough for you to hear anything you're listening for 🤔.
Love your banter and enthusiasm mate.
Be well 👍🏻
Your haunted camps are the best ones. Thanks for sharing. 👻
Glad you like them, will make more of those in the future
So "Adam in the wild" put me on to your channel apparently you're great :).
Thank you, I've never heard of Adam in the wild so will check him out now
Top video mate, really enjoyed that and the history too
Damian, keep getting out and making new videos! YOU KNOOOOW IT MAKES SENSE
Evening mate, I missed this one. But seen it now lol.. Take that bloody flag down... An try an over nighter. Hope you do 👍. Great to hear about the history. Tc Andy
Been there recently and from a distance, looks like the flag is gone. Thanks for commenting and stopping by.
Before you said that i had the image of a faceless person, my old work (one of the biggest cattle marts in the uk) doing an all nighter, seen people walking on the outskirts and shadow figures everywhere, that place scared the shit out of me.
Aye it was me who saw the figure just looking at me at that spot. I don't drink or any other junk and it truly opened my eyes that night. The detail on the clothing, the colours, everything. It's when they turned to walk into the trees that I realised there was no face. I've never been back to that spot at night following that event.
Hearing that makes me want to go and investigate but if I saw something then it could change the way I feel about going back.
Nice one damo,good to see you out .Youve left the kettle and camera
Hi Damien love your new vid got a pic u might like in the forest a bit oooo! Is there a way I can send u it well worth a look
Hi Stephen, you can send to my email at fellwanderer01@gmail.com
I’m from the northeast Durham and heard of this story but never visited the location.. but want too. Great stories of the past and history of the area 👻👍🏻🖤
I agree about the flag also .. just seems wrong location for the support.
Thank you, you are right about wrong location for the cause. There are more flags hanging from the gibbet, its a disgrace.
Flag spoiled it for me
Pleasure to watch, interesting snippet of history too!
"Just ran over me kettle" :)
Great video bud ☺
Here's one for you Damian. Sounds totally wacky but......... the recording of a voice calling Christopher. Years ago you did a video with Christopher in the forest. Listening for wood knocks etc. The sun? illuminates part of the tree and creates a face, just above where you two are standing. The Green man/Spirit of the Forest/Woodwose?, or just a weird,coincidental piece of paradolia??
All the best.
I think its pareidolia most of the time, although I do believe in entities or spirits, whatever you want to call them, living in the woods. Some people believe the creatures are inter dimensional, appearing in trees and vegetation etc, when they enter our dimension, sometimes looking weird and a bit distorted but thats why I tend to think its mostly pareidolia. That video you mention is the one where I got home and listened to the audio recorder and could hear knocks in response to our knocks
@@Fell_Wanderer There are lots of weird things out there. I've seen a couple of videos where it's possible to make out 'see through', humanoid figures, like in the old Predator film. They are not mentioned by the you tuber filming, so weirdly genuine??
All the best.
Interesting story! Might have to fly over and investigate that hardwood forest one day. I’m always worried someone will crash into me when stopped at spots like that.
You can park in layby's well off the road so should be ok. I've parked on the gibbet road to Elsdon for years and never had problems.
Here's a little story of when I seen a black panther Damien. about 6-7 year's ago when I used to do a bit pest control back in the day. I used to live at kelloe county Durham and one afternoon was cutting across one of the local farmers fields to get to a small section of woodland. (Bare in mind there's only one way in to the woodland) so I stopped just before I got to the woods, got on my knees and started to unzip the rifle bag. Within seconds I caught something black in the corner of my eye creeping up on me ( around 7-8 metres away ) so as I whipped my head round to see what it was within a split second it turned and took off into the woods. Didn't catch it face on but caught the side of it as it turned and it was big, jet black, shiny coat, long tail. Thought it was a big dog at the time so assumed there was a dog walker trespassing so carried on into the woods regardless, rifle loaded but safety on and did not see a soul in there. Thought nothing of it for months never even mentioned it to anyone then I seen a post on one of the fb hunting groups about a black panther sighting with pictures of it and it was exactly what I seen. Never went public about it only the Mrs and son know about it until now but yeah true story that..... Could've been cat food 😂
Thanks for the reply. There have been sightings of big cats in the UK for years and I think its exotic pets who escape and owners can't report it because they are being kept illegally. Saying that, I've found sheep wool with bits of skin and blood up trees in Harwood forest. Not on branches that would support a heavy cat, only about 5ft up, caught on thin pine branches, as if something had carried it through the forest and bits of the sheep got caught on the twigs. Got the pics to prove it.
I enjoyed your hardwood forest video's it looks creepy but a very interesting place to visit. With the size of the forest it's an ideal habitat for one or many of life's mysteries to live without being seen, but clues are left for us to only speculate on what is living in there? Could it be a yeti? Could it be the ghosts of the past? Could it be both plus a lot more? Only time will tell and it's definitely going on my list of places to visit.... You know it makes sense 😂👍
Very interesting video. Great to see a variety of content. If l don't like it l don't watch it. You are very interesting in what you do. 🥴
Haha, I just drove over my KETTLE. 😁🤦
shit sometimes happens
Love ya, keep up the content, always enjoy yer vids👍
Is this a new one ?!?! Missed this guy....
my latest one
Another cracking vid
Always brilliant damien, wild camping and history go hand in hand like fishing or foraging....cheers marra stay safe ...p.s what drone are you using mate 😃🏕👍
I was using 2 drones, Phantom 3 professional because I can program it to do missions with Litchi and Mini 3 pro
@@Fell_Wanderer cheers Damien appreciate your reply 👍
That's a first in all the years of watching wild camping vids - running over a kettle...only Damian is so wild ☺️
I forgot the kettle was under the car next to the wheel, put it there because it was still hot. I knew instantly what happened when driving over but was filming the departure so had to keep going lol
@@Fell_Wanderer now it's a mini-boil...space-saver...😂
5 year ago me and my son were coming back from fortwilliam. Coming south about a mile before the border both me and my son blacked out for 13 mile to rochford but cant remember anything.any thoughts
Missing time could be a result of alien abduction. It sounds way out there but before you dismiss it, Google Alan Godfrey, he was the Yorkshire policeman who experienced missing time and abduction.
You killed the kettle lmao.
As entertaining as always 🙌🏼 atb amigo
Are you still doing your camping trips etc.
Yes, just took a break, hopefully out soon
i remember in the 90s i been cycling to st austel to carlyon beach i come back absolute tired i pitched my tent in a layby it had a little island 2 metres from high from the ground i climbed up with my bike pitched my tent fell asleep i never new about dogging never heard of it i woke up out side my tent loads of jiz mags what the hell goin on
Loved the flag been up respect to the Ukraine
No amount of flag waving is changing the reality on the ground.
I'm so glad you said get that fucking Ukraine flag down. I was thinking that 3 minutes in. ❤️👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Was up that way the other day and it looks like from a distance its not there anymore
We very much enjoy your video’s.get out & make more.please 😎
Spoooooky, good vid as always buddy 👻👻👻
Brilliant Vid as always Damian, yep shame about the flag takes it out of context with the History of the place. defo a spooky place. As you know yours truly has visited on more than one occasion. ATB Steve 👍
Thanks Steve, the flag is an eyesore. The layby is still open but the place you once camped with your bikes is now unstable with fallen trees. You have to negotiate fallen trees to get there
Good 1
You set up the field device Damian under the car before you turned in .... did it record anything interesting ? 👍
I heard a wood break but when listening to the audio, I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary. It was picking up shuffling and snoring from the car because the recorder is so sensitive. Had it pointing towards the gibbet and not at the forest so maybe thats why it didnt pick up the wood breaking sound. Next time I will have to place it in the tree line covered by a tarp.
scary paronormal is yeti with inflatable sheep
or the yeti is sharpening his knives
thats a lovely van what is it
Thank you, its a Berlingo XL
@@Fell_Wanderer cheers i will look them up i am after a van
I remember watching the video of your son and you camping that one. Seems like only a couple years back but the 2 year blip in the matrix throw off the entire time line. cheers from ca. land of the jerry springer clan
Thank you, I remember watching your vids a few years back, exploring old mines and picking up snakes. Dude, I'm pleased you are alive and kicking after living so dangerously
@@Fell_Wanderer keep on going my friend. ever headed over, let me know and Ill arrange a few to join us in some great trips
Take that Nazi flag down mate!
this figure your on about probaly the cheviot yeti
I like your wee history lessons there very enjoyable. Your correct about the flag. I don't mind and support them getting flowing. But don't pit them on historical thing/buildings.
Also I would never stay there by myself as i am a big $### bag . I would have to go with someone.
Was near the gibbet the other day and looked like from a distance , the flag was gone, thank you for your comment
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Hi damian ive camped there before spooky like
Grizzly gaz needs your expertise on sound, he had some crazzzy shit happening on a wild camp. 🤔😁👍
Who is grizzly gaz? Let me know if anything strange happened
@@Fell_Wanderer grizzly gaz you tube, I think he's based up your way, north east.or Lancaster way. 👍👍👍He had some mad sounds happening in his wide camp in some forest.
Love harwood forest
Mate, love a ghost investigation ! I’ve got a belter location for an investigation, it’s a reported location, give me a message!
Hi Mac, you can email me the location if you like. fellwanderer01@gmail.com
You know it makes sense 🤟🤟🤟
you wake nup in morning and yor recording device had recorded the doggers
That flag spoils it
Brilliant mate, love these spooky but interesting videos, did you never pick up anything,on the sound recorder?
Thank you Stephen, I heard nothing on the audio recorder, just snoring and shuffling in my bed from above in the car.
The history is real. The ghosts and ghouls are NOT.
Tell that to people who have experienced paranormal activity or have had a personal experience or a reading from a spritual medium who tells them something only a deceased loved one could have known.
Looking trim Damien
Like a butchers dog
why the flag. ??
Support for the Ukrainian war
@@Fell_Wanderer l would rather support the underprivileged and unemployed of this country first Damien, really enjoy your videos ATB.
canny crack you take care marra
the moment you take a historical factual location with true events and begin injecting paranormal stuff into it...well your audience is going to be limited and frankly your credibility is destroyed.
dont folow history i find it boring because it mainly lies where always finding new evidence that changes history as we were taught at school get back to some wild camping you no it makes seense or you could do some wild camping on beach with beach babes
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I turned this off as I could NOT understand a word he was saying
Put the subtitles on then you ignorant twat