Pack-Rafting Wild Camp Adventure. Following the River Waveney from the Source. Tarp and Bivvy.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2021
- In this video, I join Martin from vildmark.co.uk for a pack-rafting micro-adventure along the river Waveney on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. We start our journey at the source of the river in the Lopham and Redgrave Fen Nature Reserve. Carrying the boats and all of our gear, we hike the first few miles to Scole, just to the east of the market town of Diss where we can finally get our boats into the river.
This section of the river Waveney is often choked up with weeds during the summer months, so we had a battle on our hands. We also encountered several downed trees and weirs to negotiate, so, by the time we reached our camp spot for the night, we were ehausted. A quick dinner and a well earned beer and it was time to get some sleep. The second day brought us glorious sunshine for our paddle onwards. After hearty breakfast burritos, we head off. Thick reeds and countless fallen trees and log jams try to halt our journey, but we find a way through, scraping, squeezing, pushing and pulling our boats ever forwards.
Sadly, at the village of Mendham, I had to leave Martin to continue his journey onwards towards the sea, but he has documented his complete adventure in a video on his channel (link below).
I had a thoroughly enjoyable couple of days, challenging and exhausting, but huge amounts of fun shared with great company - thank you Martin!
I hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks for watching!
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Hi Folks, thanks for watching!
Apologies for the focus in parts of the video, I had to use an old camera during this trip and it’s a bit temperamental! Rest assured, the quality should improve when my new camera arrives!
You got some steaks still on the hoof in those fields across the river.
It all looked very nice , no worries 👍
NP by me Simon! Just the fact that you do this is cool enough by me.
I'd join in but I fell & sprained my knee about 10 weeks ago, so, a bit slow & still semi painful to get around, but, getting better everyday!
Speaking of cameras would be nice to see a vid of that gear.
You have literally become my favorite channel on TH-cam!!! Absolutely love your skills and how you teach what you know… and it seems there’s not much you don’t…
Keep up the GREAT WORK
You know you're on a real rafting adventure when you're sawing logs out of the way.
What a little adventure! Those pack rafts look no more that a pool inflatable and sooooooo expensive.
Great video but I'm sure you thought at one time or another, "Whose idea was this then?"
Folks who don’t have troubles to shoot are folks who don’t do anything. Good on you for getting out there and trying something different. I could almost feel an ESP message, “I like the canoe better”. That old tree, at your first camp, has been a good source of deadwood. Thanks for sharing and the hard video work. That was one hell of a creek / river to paddle…. When you pushed through that tall grass and said, ”That was interesting”, I was thinking of something a bit more expletive. I hope you had as much fun as misery. Texas
LOVELY FLOWERS dancing in the wind at the start! ...And so, our intrepid Royal Marines undertake a daring daylight reconnaissance over the unpromising waterlogged and waterlily clogged bogs. To amp up the difficulty, they make the journey in two inflatable backyard kiddie pools.😊😊😁 In the end, Martin was Good Company...and the challenges you faced were better faced in the proper company! The 'river' was full of spectacular nature.
After watching this I have concluded that Pack Rafting is more bother than it's worth
Another good adventure you’ve taken us on. And new equipment too. Watching these vids… it’s not like ‘watching some guy doing a TH-cam video’, it’s like watching a family member or really good friend. You really create an interest with care! Thank you Simon!
6 miles with that pack!! Hats off to you sir!
become a real man
A fat man does it everyday 🤔
Nice video Simon ,guess Martin loves his boat seeing he kept stopping to give it some strange kiss :)
😂😂
Great fun to watch. Wasn't so much for you though. Loved the limbo- ing under the fallen trees. Xx
In my opinion and I know this was a year before the adventure you did with Andy, but in all honesty I think this actually helped you, with getting wet, the walking (definitely helped with the portages this year, 2022) and just the general knowledge of what's to come if you did it again, (obviously you did).
Great video btw, as my motto goes, see you on your next adventure 🤟🤙✌️
Well done Simon 6 miles with that pack hats off to you Simon.
an inflatable submarine would have been more useful🤣🤣🤣 !!! I love your videos, thanks for sharing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Simon aka Doctor Doolittle, he talks to the cows 😆. The inflatables are a great idea but I was cringing when you were getting them over the fallen trees.
Pack rafting is great for a family staycation. Who needs to go abroad. Great vlog.
The river sure was a challenge ! You need recovery time for sure before a new adventure. At least it was peaceful and green .
Thank you for reminding me the LIBERTY screws onto a nalgene!!
Oh yes... streaky bacon on the fire and cowboy coffee.. nothing can beat it.
It's like from Apocalypse Now, what a river!
Those pack rafts looked so difficult to steer - no wonder your arms ached !
Thank you for taking me on an adventure while I tend to the boring day to day of cooking dinner..trapped indoors over a hot skillet.
Hi from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Great adventure, beatufull places thank to share with us, and the "Epic moment..." when the cow answer you...🤣🤣🤣. Really Thanks again for your's videos.
Simon, the cow whisperer 😉😂
Always a joy, Simon!
Great adventure. Isn't this what it's all about
Absolutely!! 👍
Thanks for this. As someone who owns two sea kayaks, a Canadian canoe and a white water kayak, you've convinced me NEVER to add a pack raft to the collection!!! Always thought they were ludicrously overpriced for something so fragile and limited in its uses.
Nice video btw.
Geez, at a couple of those tight and reedy spots I thought I was watching Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen!
Another cracking video Simon although it looked rather challenging at times !
Simon and Martin paddling the Waveney in summer...so you don't have to :-) Well done guys.
Now all’s you need is some Zmbezi River crocs and a few bull sharks to make this epic adventure really epic stay safe guys, thank god you don’t have leeches
It’s a wonderful world. Well done Buddy.
Love these adventures. Brilliant 👏 even better when you're watching someone else's struggles whilst I'm sitting on my sofa lol 👍
Thanks for another one of your videos it takes a lot of effort to film and edit. I watched you earlier with Andy walk the Thames it was really interesting I enjoyed it. The last time I went white water canoe was in northwestern Michigan just off of lake Michigan is a trout stream. It is called the pine river. I went rafting down the Deschutes river in 91. When I lived in Portland. I also sturgeon fished on the Columbia River and climbed My St Helens in 1990. I can't afford to live there it's very expensive
Oh wow that was so challenging on the pack rafts but looked so much fun! Great video as always Simon and two thumbs up for the wraps 👍👍 ATB 🐶🦡
That’s a tough challenge, uncomfortable pack and long walk, wet clothes, unnecessary obstructions, fear of punctures, stinging nettles, bugs. Then the relief of a hearty fire, good food and a cozy bivvy and a beer. The two extremes are so necessary for happy life. Great video as usual Simon.
I'm amazed at how the rivers aren't properly maintained with all the log jams and weed growth, you must have been exhausted, great film though, i almost feel like i was there too, I can never quite get over how much attention to detail you put in with filming yourself , you clearly had to get out of the raft, set up a camera and then get back in just to film yourself getting out again. amazing effort Simon
Again a great video Simon,
thanks 👍.
Of course there was black pudding! Surprised no hot sauce for the dinner.
9:04 bloody hell mate haha, hope you had fun :)
ok, my favorite bloke is at it again.
What a great trip guys! Electric pump part made me LOL ! I need a pack raft! Thanks for sharing and brilliant watch as always - Chris
Great video but you haven't sold this pack-rafting idea to me. Sitting in a leach infested paddling pool isn't my idea of fun, but I'm sorry to admit I did find it quite funny.
Hahaha - the amount of water in the boat was a direct result of my incompetence as a pack raft paddler! 💦
Another great adventure Simon. Needed to be very subtle to get under some of those branches. Well done
This looked like a nightmare.
Loved the beer can/bacon joke at 26:15
The raft is meant to be on the water not the water on the raft 37:06 🤣 good video Simon
Well done, it looked like a sloppy mess though.
rubber duck Simon on his way, great journey as always! :)
Quite versatile but your not going to get Maggie or your canoe barrel in there🤣👍. Reminds me of the old 'Action Man- S.A.S. figure with the little black inflatable raft & paddle 🇬🇧😎👍.
I was ducking under the trees with you Simon, I agree those rivers need sorting out, thanks for taking us on another trip with you x
I always look forward to seeing your next adventure or project - Thanks for all the work you put into the production!
Simon, a bloke in the weeds ;)
Wow what a workout, you might just as well walked the waterway as wet as you were. But it was something different.
I think pack-rafting would work well on a hard to access river with a good flow and few obstacles. When most of your paddle strokes were just corrections to keep you on the right path.
I always love a bit of fallen tree kayak limbo, when I’m out on my local waterways.Superb vid Simon!
Super,Simon👍
Good to see you again, Simon! I haven't been able to go camping lately, so I've been living vicariously through your videos. Thank you!
I hope that's a good filter! Next to a cow pasture and all!
Looked like fun. Not sure I would trust them boats in an overgrown river like that
Woa scrambled eggs with kaszanka that's interesting combo ;) nice trip! Cheers
good one as a scot u have just reminded me the source of a river any one born south of the clyde is a sassenach i was born in dumfries SW scotland i am one so its not just english that are called it a wee peace of history good channel
Get a old inner tube and cut a couple of the rings so most of the water kicks off before it comes down the handle. Like your show from BC CANADA.
Great idea
What a nice video...I had never seen a pump like that one you used for the raft or the matress...NEAT!!! I HOPE THAT ANDY IS FEELING BETTER!!!
Enjoyed so much . Thanks
If Simon was a limbo dancer, he wouldn’t take his hat off.
Hah, those are the consumer portions, the green army ration ones are about 20% bigger. Excellent hiking fuel!
just a tip for you . Those Turmat you can rip then off lower down once its ready to eat so its easy to get too the food.
Another good one so envious:)
Excellent adventure Simon & Martin 👍. Some of the footage, looks like you were in a rain forest. Jungle warfare battleing throw those reeds. I had both fingers crossed, that either of you didn't get a mager hole in those blow ups.
Great video, many thanks.
Theres a big juicy ribeye right across the water !
Bit 'African Queen' in places, but always worth a bit of a slog to be out, especially on the water.
Another great vid. Thanks.
Love this concept!
I like the new [different] hat mate. 👍😁😁
First time watching. I remember my kayaking days. I loved living your adventure vicariously. Great video.
Great footage
Wow this was amazing and by far the best video to date. We thought was with you in this journey. Looking forward to watching Martin's video and the trip in August 👌👍
This looks like pure hardship.
Really loved this video in my minds you made the perfect bivy setup always good getting on the water. Haven't ousted my packraft this year yet I have the caribou
Wife and I watch her channel all the time and have to say this is one of the best videos we've seen Hope you make more like this
I think a paddleboard would have been better in that waterway.still a nice trip.thank you for all the work
Well that looked like fun. Still want to see you do another run in your sailing canoe. And don't forget a line over the side. You only catch fish while you've got a hook in the water. I did enjoy this episode though. Take care. Atb from down here in Nz.
When you said six miles I was like ‘eff that wit that gear’ 😂 and then i realised I was right lol.seemed like a brutal couple of days mate,I don’t mind paddling a slow inflatable like mine for 10-12 hours but all those obstacles would kill me off so hats off to you for being soldier 👍
Well done, both of you. That one's not for me - I'm too old for that malarkey - but, I've seen the day. Great vid, as per usual.
Fantastic!
Great video.
Great video!
Possibly grabbing a packraft off of Martin on Saturday but more importantly some fishing. Knew your take on this adventure would be coming up and you didn't disappoint...
You have a relaxed easy going stride that just eats up the miles seemingly effortlessly.
Nice trip again. That moment under that bridge. Manual piwer bliwsack versus the electric pump. Iy made me smile
Another great little adventure. Some of that water way looked like hard yakka but still worth the effort. Bet you were a tad sore after you got home. Always enjoy your videos. Take care.
Great stuff !! A tough challenge with a few difficulties thrown in. Thank you once again for sharing another inspirational adventure. 😎
I just got back from my yearly eye exam. Man, I am glad that you posted the focus part or I would have really been confused. Great video. 👍👍 from me Simon - although Maggie is cuter than Martin as far as companions go LOL --- I do love your stinging nettles walk. I have had to do that in many places I have gone since a child. Learned the hard way to keep my hands up and walk somewhat sideways through those buggers.
Going through Diss is always a slog lol, walking or driving. Great video.
Isn’t it just!! 😂👍
Superb
What a great video and I'm glad he jumped into ur boat to finish his trip. Lived it 👍
Man I love the underwater sound. Some 30 years ago I kayaked and wild swam, snorkelled a lot and loved that sound.
Hi Simon, another great video put together. On Your trip to Scotland, use Avon skin so soft (original) it works wonders for the ‘wee beasties’
Well, this was a novel approach. Brace yourself, I own a vinyl inflatable. It weighs 37 pounds but is truly puncture/tear resistant.