Wild Camp on an Iron Age Hill Fort in the MLD Trailstar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Joined by my mate Lee, we headed to the College Valley in the Cheviot Hills to test out my new Mountain Laurel Designs DCF Trailstar. After parking at Hethpool in the College Valley, we did a quick ascent to the summit of an Iron Age Hill Fort known as Great Hetha.
Having pitched for the night, we enjoyed a Keralan chicken curry I prepared on the Trangia stove, before heading home the next morning.
I hope you enjoy watching, cheers.
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Good looking shelter, that trailstar. Never been up Great Hetha but looked a grand place to camp, just the place for a curry. Nice shot of the hills in the morning.
Thanks Graham. Really close to the Hethpool car park so felt like cheating 🤣
Just watched your Hen Hole video today as planning on a camp there on Saturday with my Dad. Need to think about what will be on the menu.
All the best Graham. 🙏
Nice one. Cracking morning to wake up to. Gordon
Thank you. The morning made up for the drizzly night. Loved it. 👍
Nice video; evocative location; tasty-looking meal. Good combo!
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. 🙏
Another good video mate. The new shelter looks good
Cheers Andy 👍
Fantastic again, love that you put proper effort into cooking while out camping. 👍
Cheers Stu 🙏 it’s cos I’m greedy. It also gives me something to do when in camp. I don’t enjoy lugging all the ingredients and trangia up the hills though.
That curry looked awesome! Brave man in the tarp, looked a little breezy for it. Thanks for uploading. 👍
Cheers mate. Honestly, it was a relatively calm night. The wind gods we’re kind. 🙏
Saw one of these up on Dale Head the other week and thought the aliens had landed 😜
Just subbed again too as I am the Mackem Rambler from up on Greystoke Avenue
Nice one mate. Just subbed your channel to. Yeah, they do look a bit odd don’t they. Loads of room
Inside though. All the best mate 🙏
@@belowaveragewildcamper cheers bud - no doubt see you around at some point
@@OlliesDadventures definitely mate 👍
Interesting tarp tent mate, it'll be fantastic for multi day summer hikes I'd reckon. Pretty moody weather you had there but atleast you both got yourselves out. Enjoyed that 👍
Cheers for watching and leaving a comment Lee. Hope to camp around Gunnerside soon. Watched your videos of your camp there. I’m confident we won’t have any midge issues this time of year 🤣. When you camped there was it busy with walkers right up until sunset and were there other wild campers around?
Cheers mate 🙏
@Below Average Wild Camper Gunnerside is a lovely place. It's terrible for the midges in warm weather. I wouldn't say it's overly busy. I've camped there twice now and had the place to myself both times. You should be fine this time of year. You might possibly get the day trippers hiking until about 5-6pm but it should be good after that. The video you watched me camp at is only one of the ruins, but it had amazing views as it was quite high up. If you carry on further down the track and reach the stream at the bottom of the valley, there are more ruins and better options for camping down there. Looking forward to watching your video 👍
@@LeesOutdoorOdyssey much appreciated Lee. Looking forward to your next venture n’all. All the best mate 👌 Lice
Interested to know how you find the TS after more time with it? Great vid.
Hi, thanks for commenting.
In general I love it. The only drawback with mine is the DCF material prevents getting a perfectly taught pitch. I think the Trailstar in either the SilNylon or the new SilPoly would be a far better shelter. Loads of room inside and even though the footprint is large, it's easy to pitch over lumps, bumps, and rocks etc.
Hope that helps. All the best. 👍
Nice area up that valley & around those tops pal ill have to get back up there..always fancied a trailstar just the size of the footprint puts me off..I'd be concerned about not getting pitched at some of the spots I get to..looked a faff getting the dcf pitched not as forgiving as the sil are they..sheep shite everywhere luv it 😂
Yeah, it’s a great valley with some lovely rolling hills either side and hardly a soul about Andy. Give me a shout next time you’re thinking about heading up to the Cheviots.
The DCF is definitely much trickier and less forgiving than SilNylon, but given it was my first time away from the back garden it wasn’t too bad. Although it’s obviously a big footprint, it is easy to pitch over obstacles. I pitched with a big lump and a big rock under 2 of the 5 sides. In saying that, if I was buying a new one from MLD I’d be getting the sil version as the extra cost of DCF isn’t worth it.
Aye, sheep shit literally everywhere mate. Scruffy bastards. 🤣
A mate suggested a camp at Gunnerside Gill. Would you
recommend or is it a bit too busy?
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Spot on Steve, the new dcf shelter looks spot on mate, very versatile them, and a bet it’s super light 👌 , every time a watch your videos, it makes me proper hungry, always knocking up good bait, the curry looked lovely, I’m hopefully looking to pop up to the cheviots for a camp next weekend, was gonna go this weekend but weather looked crap, look forward to seeing your next one, atb Mick 👍
Cheers Mick. The Trailstar is about 400grams, so it’s mega light considering how much room there is inside.
Best thing about the Cheviots is that there is literally no one else there. I love it for that reason. It may not be as glamorous as the lakes or the peaks but it’s unbeatable for solitude and it’s beautiful. Plus it’s only just over an hour away from us.
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@@belowaveragewildcamper exactly mate, that’s why I like it too, and there’s plenty to explore 👍
Enjoyed that ! New sub here , keep it up 👍🏻🏕
Nice one. Much appreciated 🙏
@@belowaveragewildcamper no problem ! If you get a minute , feel free to check out my channel also 😉👍🏻🏕
Great video. How did you cook the rice so it was hot whilst also doing the curry?
Excellent question. I used the saucepan of curry as the lid for the saucepan of rice. That way the curry stayed hot while the rice cooked.
If you watch my Wainstones video where I made a lamb curry, I videoed. The process more clearly. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Many thanks 🙏
Curry sounded good, think I agree with your mate, nee door😂
College valley is a great location , but tread carefully we got approached by the estate gamekeeper about wild camping, turned out he's a black belt in karate and I have always been wary of camping there now, I always head over the schill, just in Scotland
Thanks for the heads up Mark👍 that’s a shame but I suppose if you’re stealthy and camp Up high that should reduce the risk of being Karate chopped 🥋
Was he a bit off with you?
I dunno, waited all this time for a BAWC Vid and he turns up with a tent with the doors missing 🤣Seriously though, nice one pal.
🤣 Thanks Pete.