 I've lost my dead cat off my microphone on the way in so apologies if it's a little bit noisy with the wind. I don't have much time before it gets dark so I've been having a patrol looking about it's a new place I've never been here before I found this lovely big oak tree so I fancy a night under there. An absolute beautiful beautiful piece of work that it's a Grantsford Brooks large splitting axe my friends at Nordic Outdoors today it's absolutely beautiful and they're mint mate I'm going to do a full video on because I've got I've got a few axes now so I'm going to do a proper video on this and the other axes but I just me and me and Jody got caught out well yeah this is a permanent part of my kit now this is my new axe sheath look it's a trend yeah just a new sheath it's all ethically sourced all that genuinely got them stuck so there's you there's your bush crafter look you want a couple of you want a couple of new axes yeah we're probably going to leave these here there you go robbing wood get out of us we've been caught out a few times with you know splitting pine and things like that that are things that have got knots in that can be quite difficult with the small forest axe because it's it's quite thin whereas this you can see it really does split split the wood it is heavy but it's worth it for me carrying in as long as your bag's got decent straps and a decent waistband on it then I don't really find weight to be much of an issue because I'm not so as long as I'm just coming into the woods for a camp out and I'm not doing miles of hiking every day then I can bring whatever I you know whatever can fit in in and on the bag weight isn't an issue for me so it's just nice to have the option and nice to have something that you know he's going to split through the wood no problem and I've been using this at home for the log fire and it's just it's a delight it's a delight to use and again I cannot recommend Nordic outdoors enough I'm going to leave a link below this video to Nordic outdoors and to their axe section so if anybody would like one please head on over and check out my dudes and treat yourself to one of these beautiful swedish axes all axes are dangerous but especially this just the weight in it alone you know just take all the precaution you can watch a few safety videos go on a course I do whatever you need to do I've been using axes for a long time at work at home and out in the woods so I'm pretty savvy but things go without saying you know like swing swing and bend down bring your body down with it so if you're swinging you're just going to hit the floor you're not going to swing and miss and go into your leg or into your shin whatever so that's going to suck so just bring it down nice and controlled you don't have to do it too hard with this thing either light work and you can take it down a little bit more on sideways straight your half look I've got a couple of different methods here just to be on the safe side I've just been collecting some some grass it's a little bit damp so I don't know if it'll go ideally I would like to have had this on the way and just put it up my jumper or whatever just to dry it out but by the by and some bracken which is pretty damp as well but we'll make a nest with this I've got my thin twigs finger size sticks and some split wood ready to go so I'll use this for the outside for the nest and then I'll put the bracken in the middle I'll just fluff it up make it easier to catch you haven't got any charcoal yeah I've got a bit left thankfully my striker it's quite good because you can use it as a bearing block for a board drill as well if you want and then I need to chip a bit off this and make it a bit smaller but it's just some flint that I found on a hike pulled it over find an edge it's a bit of a rounded edge so it might take a couple of a couple of wallops to get it going there we go I've got some I've got some cotton so I'll replenish it tonight steady away in fact I'll do it now there we go all is good with the world so I've built this up a little bit and then I'm going to prepare my tea I see the white smoke coming out on my charting and that's just the the cotton burning off and once that smoke sort of stops coming out it's pretty much done charred take it off cool it down don't open it because it can combust and there you go replenished some coconut oil in the billy can we put the lid on melt that a bit we've got some flour there's bang some Himalayan sea salt in there so just season flour and then we put this chuck steak which I got from the farmers shop because we're going to fry it first just to caramelize it get some flavor going and what the flour does it will then thicken up my stock and create a nice thick gravy nice and hot pair the vegetables I've got an onion by chopping boards I'm just using my plate I like my veggies to go in nice chunky bits if you're slow cooking because you don't want it to all go to mush carrot again nice chunky bits killer parsnip size that beast got some garlic last but not least I'm going to succumb to saying it without any bother it's a sweet it's a sweet fair enough fair enough again chunky okay that's nice and browned in with our onions parsnip carrot and this which is a it's a bouquet Ghani it's got its marjoram basil oregano thyme and bay leaf one of them in in there and then look at this lucky here oh shout out my boy who sent me this with a lot of other delightful beers um this is 15 proof it's called turkey or death and it's a broodog versus northern monk I don't know who I'm repping but this should give it some um oh mate look how dark that is and that is going to give it a lovely lovely sweet flavour and just top it up with water there you go to the top because it will reduce and then as it reduces I'm just going to top it up with a can of striding edge because why not I smell so it's starting to reduce so I'm going to top it up a little bit it's been cooking for about three hours the gravy's really thickened up nice look at that it's a lot of food get my head out that way if you smell that it's just delightful oh and I'm cold and I'm hungry my mouth's watering I'm straight in with some with some beef any joy any joy I'm focusing on no no well then that's one of the best yet let's have a bit of carrot as I always say don't sleep on the carrot onion so sweet speaking of sweet parsnip that is something else the meat just falls apart and that strong ale makes it so it gives it a nice sweetness like a richness yes one pot cooking mate outside in billy can it's the best you just whack it on and leave it and get on with your chores or chill out do whatever you want to do and then the gravy oh you can't even see it but look at that lovely and thick just cuts everything stupendous right let's have a bit of turnip shall we start I mean swede have a bit of swede oh lovely lovely hearty meal I'll finish this up and then I'm gonna have a brew and just sit around fire it's a bit dark to be filming fully in scott scott belly full of stew and I'm ready for bed temperature's dropped so I just warmed myself by the fire did a few press-ups to get warm and then got in my bag so unless something magic or tragic happens I shall see the on the morrow some mad noises going on mad noises I think it was some deer my digits are killing me they haven't been this bad for a while so I'm gonna I'm gonna try and get a quick fire going warm my fingers up and make a little bit of breakfast before heading off all right I'm not messing about now because because my fingers are just I'm losing all my dexterity and it really hurts so what have I got so I'm going to use quick cotton wool ball a bit of Vaseline on there oh come on yes oh my god that breathes life back into me I just make sure you realize that how important fire is when you're surviving or whether you're just out in winter or the colder months you're such a morale booster and I was struggling to get my it's still hurting but I feel the life coming back to them with a bit of flame grilled get some energy ready perfectly done a bit crispy around the edges hot that's me happy that it's stunning as well all the the snow is melting and falling down from the trees lovely there you go mate you can tell them a garden look at you spotless mate spotless there you go no trace at all right that's me done thanks for watching if you want to hit the like button it helps me out and it's I don't know if you're watching it on your phone it's that in it just that just do that and I'd be be very grateful subscribe if you're not already I've got a few things coming up I'm back back at work now for a bit but I've got a trip with northern monk a trip with joey d and a trip with Matt Morgan coming up in quick concession so something to look forward to I'm not going to dunk my junk because my digits are playing up today they're really hurting and it's just not worth the pain but it's a glorious day I don't know if you can see if the snow melts through the trees it's just it's pretty stunning so I'm going to enjoy a nice it's a few miles to walk out of here which I'm going to enjoy and then back to work oh it's been lovely to get out I've been looking forward to this for ages I've been doing little day camps and little bits and pieces but an overnighter you just can't beat it I've loved it now I'm gonna stay hydrated and I'll catch you on the flip side bye