 Well I came out to test some gear and I wanted to go up into mountains but the forecast was just terrible and it's just a lot of new gear that I'm testing so I didn't want to go up into mountains and have anything fail on me or not work so I thought I'd go into mowers but it was pea soup couldn't see a thing it was thick in fog so I just kept driving around and the clouds broke over towards the coast so I thought yeah let's go over to the coast doing all that I've not left myself enough time really so I'll quickly chuck the tent up and we'll see we'll see where we're at I've got some I've got a few new bits of gear to look at as well so let's have a look at that yeah let's get tent up you know what it's a instead of doing a time that it's always just easier doing these ones jobs are done up I'm excited I'm excited to be out in the dome away from home look at her bit of a she'll a bit of a shitty angle but that's life that's life nothing the X-Term can't sort out it's a bit of an angle in it so a quick look inside the tent is the Hillyburg alak-2 which is I'm taking their wealth I don't know mate I'll use this tent until I'm until I can't use it and until I can't camp anymore I'll use this tent never getting rid of it sticking around forever sentimental value off the charts off the charts yeah it costs a lot but this is lasting me a lifetime and I'm just you know it's I've used it enough more than enough now to justify just well we all those who know the story behind this or no sir this is my tent anyway I love it dearly cook it just got me a little cook it which is a self-contained lightweight cook it everything I need in there I've done a video on this that I'll link here you can have a look at see what's in here and I'll leave it at the end of this video as well so you can have a look what's in there to see be here right now just chilling look at all the room in here so my new bag headline news the rab ascent 900 I've trialled it and it is warm it is warm and this is coming from someone who I've used a three-season bag for the last few years all season so to have this is just a joy join this time of year pushing into the cold the months and the awesome for up tops up the top and it just got me some me warm clothes my marina layers with possibles pouch few little things I've done in here put a some Dyneema cord around to create like a washing line or just a hanging bits and pieces on and a carabiner that always stays there just for the torch I do have a new torch got a new torch I want to show you this one it's come to sorry I was supposed to be up a mountain looking at sunsets and sunrises and bringing you some star lapses and that but the weather won't play in so we're stuck in here talking about washing lines nice little meal pad nice little porch I do have the ground sheet for the hillyburg but this just is so much more comfortable and just gives a little bit of extra protection where you're most likely to be walking or and speaking of walking come here come here got me send some new boots mate look can you say can you tell what it is yet go stop saying that I'll show you because I'm pleased with them there we are mate the lower lower renegade going from go outdoors on the price match sir I got them for a few quid cheaper than they were supposed to be but me me Solomon Ultras just tapped out on me I've dragged them into deep water mate and I couldn't handle it but I was tempted to get another pair of them because I ain't got a bad word to say about them I have I bought them to do the coast to coasting and they performed admirably I didn't get one blister in fact I've never had a blister or any problems with my feet for the whole time that I've had them and I've had them a few years and I've worn them all the time pretty much all the time for any little hike day hikes multi-day hikes camping trips bushcrafting trips I've really put them through their paces the tread has started to go on the sole and they've split at the top so they're no longer waterproof they leak and they're just not fit for purpose anymore so reluctantly they've had to be shelved I was toying with idea of getting some more but I thought I'll try these out some at different these lower renegades and I can't I can't speak on them yet but straight out the box they're very comfortable and this is one of the reasons why I'm out today is because I wanted to test these these new shoes out before I go up into mountains or I've got some multi-day hikes planned and I didn't want to get caught out and be done with blisters route so I'm out and about today and tomorrow I'm gonna go dunking sea and then have a little walk up on tops and up on tip nose and see if I can't dunk in some fresh water and do a double dunk just I'm sorry for it if it's em if it just seems all a little bit similar like I've done this before because I probably have but I love it so I'm gonna keep doing it because I absolutely love it and this is a good way to just to test out some of my new gear out prickly and here we've got a got quite a nice wild edible here these gorse flowers nice little winter edible so they've got like an outer puss gone and when they're young you can just eat the whole thing the outer as well obviously don't pick them up next to tracks whatever where dogs are pissed on them they're all over place and easy to identify some people say I've got a little bit of a coconutty vibe going on but can't really taste that myself just like with a lot of wild edibles they're not not bursting with flavor and it just like a grassy earthy flavor not unpleasant not unpleasant by any stretch and they look wonderful in salads and but on multi day hikes again during the coast to coast I was flagging one day near where was that horse water and I found someone I just stopped for just a few minutes smashed a load into me and I could feel it I could feel the I could feel the effects help me march on so thanks brutally speaking spiky there brutal lovely plant and this is a this is slate which is you can put on your weight a bit or just have it in a baguette whatever or just whatever mate if you want to just stuff marinate stuff stuff like I know I've stuffed roadkill with it I choked out a womble and put all this in its back pocket and that's it so that's it slate Slater Christian Slater as I used to teach Ray me as when he was in there when he used to come to my classes I'd say mate layer up before you get cold yeah don't wait until you're cold then layer up oh shit yes I also said Ray if you can mate please dress up I don't know mate like a sub-sort of budget super hero I guess and always took you took your super hero leggings into your socks Ray because what we're losing like mush we're losing light right that's my base layer on fully marino walled up and I've got this mid-layer which is just an old an old crag opera now it's best now it's best but just don't just does the job and I didn't realize till now but it matches the tent so there's that cut me what a dick and then so I've got marino wall base layer we've got the fleece and then down jacket over top oh McDonald's farm keeping me warm I've got marino walled buff as well which doubles up as a COVID prevention device whatever you'll do over any post offices are out get it on you and then new lours law it mate law it that are very warm and comfortable so far but I can't speak on them until I've put I don't know until you've done a few hikes few day hikes a hestra gloves it's getting a bit dark to be able to see this stuff but damn it is getting dark right if anyone from Nordic outdoors is watching thanks these are getting a proper pace you know I'm not doing a review on them yet or passing full judgement until I've till I've at least had a mint mountains but so far they're warm I've had them picking up hot stuff around fire knocked out a few bulls one bull actually one bull other one survived didn't even stun it to be fair big lad but yeah these are excellent so that's me unsorted oh that's it pudding but he bar it is nice I'm spectacularly biased but even if I want biased I would be saying that's nice that's really nice how do they do it how do they do it desperate to show you me new torch though you knew torch is a lantern but I love it love it dearly and yeah we might have some tales from the tent later on but for now absent friends salute mucking about with just been mucking about with some long exposure shots and which I'm very very proud of it's art it's art I'm tucked up in pit now all I can hear is the sound of the sea and I'm dust up dust up on wine I didn't cook any tea I didn't just want hungry sir I maybe have that tomorrow at some point I didn't couldn't he didn't even show me like me new torch what that's a climax that was here's me new torch check it out I'll show you new torch in morning something to look forward to anyway well unless some tragic or magical happens I shall see the on the morrow and place your good will in the center of the fire it crushes us to the ground to what in this thing to what every time I use it I'm too hot just have to zip it up and just sort of have it half like that but marina one layer and that it might as well just wonderful wonderful one can take seagulls and just slept really well just the sound of the waves crashing as well nice no condensation whatsoever dry as a bone because then I had all the there's loads of different options with the zips on this tent so you can you can have it well ventilating so I had both sides pretty much open and then just with the mesh just to let the breeze pass through I got up early doors to see if there was a sunrise or to see if there was any sort of skies but the one completely clouded over so back to bed I went alright let's get up and do a bit the big blue although she looks like the big brown at the moment visibility nil remember always to leave at least one peg in the ground until right at the end otherwise you could end up with watching your fancy tent float off into the North Sea and that's that's not what you want job done no trace left obviously that wind is biting me how are we gonna get into to go down and have a look see what it's saying I see down there I'm not even gonna touch the water with my hands before I go in because I'll just put me off weren't it that'll just put me off a nice pastily sky and I've just seen a seal really close to shore so I'm not gonna go out my depth just in case he scares me I mean it's mad enough that I'm here talking to this camera anyway when people are just walking past it's just a couple early morning dog walk is so should give them a feast see my see my moves bouncing up and down to what's seen is the look keep looking back they're waiting for me to do something like I'm gonna do some as well don't worry about that I'm gonna do something nice do it wasp they'll mate there's a wasp landing on camera you're out late right I better get in while it's there well just better get in or why not even cold not even cold really cold freezing get my clothes back on just my fingers and toes that hurt me extremities so the rest is alright thank you big blue let's get clobber back on yeah father Christmas if you want I know you're watching my videos new pair new pair of budgie smugglers please that was mint right fancy going to find some fresh water or even a waterfall washing the salt off in there maybe having a brew and a bite to eat because I do let's go cool let's go and do that from the coast quick change of scenery a change of scenery the only thing is quite popular with people this waterfall they come and jump off and a lot of people misuse it so that's just all broken glass and I don't have any boots or shoes I don't fancy getting glass in my feet I'll just have to watch where I'm putting my feet so I don't get glass let's go I'll keep that on I'm only gonna dunk in and then get out it's freezing it's colder than the sea ice cold that is cold oh my toes that's colder than the sea feel my feet that's gonna have some warm food yes I lovely stuff I'm gonna find somewhere to just cook up some grub get some warm food in me love this stove absolutely love it again anything I use the stove and everything is it it's all in the Amazon shop link below if you want to check it out I get a lot of people asking me what your trousers are or what's this what's that anything that I use or the majority of the things that I use is in the Amazon shop below so feel free to check it out oh do I have a lighter a bit of coconut oil use bag as a windshield fine don't roll down that hill you that's fine mix them all in with bacon fat a little bit of salt and pepper a little bit of death dust that smells good that's about good for me that bacon to pan breakfast is served a beauty of having a not just a camp there are plenty of wild swimming hiking just an adventure really enjoyed it and thanks as always for watching thanks to everyone who bought a bear 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