 Hello, and welcome to another video. Int Woods, and I've been thinking about this for a long time, because the weather haven't been great in the UK, it's been pissing it down, it's been cold, so my mind's been drifting towards the woods, and I can feel autumn in the air, it's early, but it's there, so here I am in the woods for a night out, and I couldn't be more excited. I'm gonna lose my light soon, so I better be quick, prioritise what I've got to do, and that is get a fire going, get the coals burnt down, and cook myself some grub, because I am starving. There's a couple of roots there, so I'm just gonna move the whole thing this way, see if we can avoid them roots. You're guaranteed that that's gonna be pretty dry, so that'll go on top of my flame when I get it going. Some dead chlamatis as well, that'll burn nice. Birch bark from the Silver Birch, you just scrape this top layer off till you get down to the orangey clobber with the oils in it, and that'll create like a dust on the top of there, which should take a spark all being well. Normally I'd get bigger sections of this, but I'm in a bit of a rush to get fire going on that before it gets too dark. It's best to be like one and done and get yourself a big bit, and spend some time getting a real big pile of dust. Can do it with just a little bit if you're lucky. I'm feeling lucky as well. Feeling lucky, but then you need some reek thin bits, some thin bits that'll catch. That's my fire steel, still rocking it. I don't use it much because it's a loft, but what I do, I appreciate it. The knife of choice for this trip, my trusty custom SE3, thanks to Luke at York Knife. Right, there we go. It'll be quick. Being careful not to smother it, still leaving gaps for oxygen to get through, I put my little bits on there. There we go, I shouldn't lose that after days. My shelter of choice is the Gossamer Gear, the one. Look how small that is for a tent. I've brought this because I've got, I've carried a lot of stuff with me because I'm gonna be doing some cooking, so this is the lightest and smallest tent I own via long stretch. I didn't bring the trekking poles for it, so I'm gonna have to cut a couple of bits of wood, which works just as well, and get that set up. Not to net fire because one spark and this is gone, it'll just evaporate and I'll just be left lying on the floor. So I can still see it fire, but it's not gonna get me. Happy days. How should you be? The top layer of pine is like that, so the pegs were just pulling out when I was putting my sticks up. So I've used sticks as pegs and it's held well. Better than normal because I've been able to use big sticks either side because the guy lines on either side, they go directly into the floor because your pegs are so small and it just sort of pulls them down and it don't really do much, but because you can elevate them with these sticks, it really does give you a lot more room inside. Let's have a wine. Give it here. Just get comfy. Our plonkio, the plonkio there. Stay, hold. Right, spot on. Shall we have a little slurping time? You will, let's have a drink together, shall we? A bottle of rouge I've got. I'm not gonna drink it all, but I do fancy a glass of the red stuff. This was sent to me by my good friends over at Wine 52. They send you a little booklet. With all the information of the different regions, the different wines, what they're doing, they give you some little snacks, and no doubt on what, you mean you've seen me go on beers and that and latches and locks? I get into stuff and I'm into wine. I have been for quite some time. I really enjoy a red. It's what me and Fern drink at home. So really lovely company to work with as well. So I'm gonna try this and then I'll have a look at book and see if I've got it right, shall I? From different regions, I think we're in Hungary this month. I mean, I'll see you and I'm just gonna have a little glass. Watch me. Let's have a go, shall we? That's robust. I got home and I was looking through the footage and I was saying when I get into stuff, I'm really into stuff and I feel like for the people out there who are into their wines to see me pour it into a metal cup, ain't good enough. So here's the pour in oversized wine. There it is for size. Look, nearly bigger than my head. Mmm. So if you just go to www.wine52, that's 52.com forward slash haze in capitals H, A, Z, E. You can get yourself a free case of wine. Also, there's no minimum commitment and you can pause or cancel anytime after claiming your free case to join the wine club. I'm gonna keep showing you that. Look at that. Full bodied. So I'll put a banner across it. I'm gonna do it professionally. I've done it in the woods and I was like half. It's like good enough to really showcase these wines and what they're offering and it wasn't. So this is a professional job. These are all the details. And again, it's www.wine52. That's the number five and two.com forward slash haze in capitals H, A, Z, E. To claim your free case of wine. Drink responsibly and thank you. Rustic crackers with sesame seeds. Cheese and onion peanuts. Yes, please nuts. D's nut. Right, go check them out. I'll leave a link below and let's get back to it woods. That noise, that glug. You have a bit more because it's, because I'm on holiday, I'm up north. I'm in a northern woodland and I couldn't be happier. So very full bodied. I'm getting dark fruits. I'm getting leather gloves. Oh, is that right? Okay. Oh, that's delicious. I like my full bodied white. Is it? Look, you stuck with me fruit beer reviews chatting about different IPAs and that. So come on. We're doing a little bit of a wine review. I'm going for plum, dark fruits, leathery, smoky, like tobacco-y, rich tannins, like plum, plum skin, the skin of a plum when it's like, I'm chining this, I'll be, right, slow down. I've got to do some cooking. Let's have a look and see. A stunning representation of Hungarian winemaking. I concur. What's the vitals on it though? Is it starving my bonds? 13.5, so that is a bonds burglar in it. The wine has a deep ruby colour with aromas of dark cherries, blackberries and cassis, accompanied by notes of vanilla, leather, and baking spices. Didn't get the baking spices, got the leather. And I'm saying I got dark cherries because a plum is a little bit of a bigger cherry in it if you think about it. If you don't think about it too hard. So yeah, I'll leave a link below. So if you want to get yourself three bottles of wine from whatever region they're exploring that month for just the price of the post and packaging, get on it. I'm letting me fire die down and then I'm going to prepare my food. What are you having? Good question. What am I having? Let me show you. Look at these man porcinis, seps. Solid. Got some hedgehog mushrooms, one Chanterelle. I went foraging early this morning to get them mushrooms rigade. There we are. It's been chewed a little bit but that is a beautiful little sep, perfect for eating. I'll clean it up and put it in bag. So dense man, so heavy, perfect. Let's see if we can find some more. What a lovely amethyst deceiver. I found a little flush of them so we'll tidy them up and they'll go in bag. I also found another little sep that'll tidy up and not going in bag as well. A tiny Chanterelle that's been chewed a bit. Not worth keeping but it's a good sign. I've seen what I believe is some hedgehog mushrooms and there's also a sep in there as well but that is gonna be tough to get. There's barbed wire and this is all holly. I'm going in. There you go, managed to get the sep out. That is a stunner, look at that. A chunky boy and I'm gonna crawl in. I'm just gonna get prickled and cut, it doesn't matter because it's worth it. Okay, I'm going in for it, I've got barbed wire. I can't even get, can I get under it maybe? No. Ow, ow. Oh, pain is only tempering it right on nut. There we go. Just have to bleep out all the swearing. I'm in, sort of in, sort of. The things you do for a shroom is worth it. Can confirm worth it. Oh, holly to the bones. I'm not living here now, do I? Look at this. Well, if I can get out. Too big to get fruit gap. Get that one out. Shame on you for those that want me to stack it. I thought we were mates. Yes. I've got to clear them up somewhere where there's less flies. A hedgehog mushroom. Very good eating. I think I've got enough for what I need. Nice variety. Yes, mate. Right, I'm going to clean these up and get them in the bag. Why is there so many flies? You can tell they're hedgehog mushrooms because they've got the spines on them instead of the gills. You see here there's like these spines, but you can eat them perfectly edible and nutritious and delicious because I want to cook them up. They do, they can make a bit of a mess of eudation. They certainly get all over your foraging bag, so they cover all your other mushrooms in spines. So I just spend a bit of time, just get the majority of them off. But as I say, I would eat them. You could always, it was well at home, just take them all off and cook them up separately. There's like a little mushroom rice almost. Size of that whopper. It's a bit too far gone. Stork's hollow whopper. And there we go, so I've brought them back here and I've got myself, I think it's a pork tomahawk. Tomahawk. Right, I'll keep slurping this delightful beverage, but I'll get my pan on and let's cook some food. I've missed this mate. I've missed cooking it woods. So what I'll do is I'll leave that like that, don't fall off it, wait, there you go. Just to render the fat down. As my pork cooks, stirner. A hedgehog mushroom. One of my favorites. These, which look like they shouldn't be edible, but they are one chanceril, that's going in whole. That's a lot of shrooms, isn't it? That's a lot of mushrooms. Just carry on slowly rendering that fat down. If ever you think, or if ever a recipe says one clove or two cloves, they're just lying. They mean just one bulb because for me, you can't have enough garlic mate, it's the best. I'll just get the lion's share of the skins off. I'm not too precious. That's a lot of garlic in it. It's too much, is it? Not for me, I like a lot of it. This is woodland cooking, and if you can't be rough and rustic in woods, where can you be? Things need to be a bit charred and a bit rough around edges when you're in woods. Sometimes a leather glove just doesn't cut it, so there is one of these over the handle. Look at that man, look at that. Just crisping up the fat on the outside, and that's about done, so when I think about getting my shrooms in, I'm gonna put it on there, it's gonna after it. There you go, look. Pork tomahawk. It's got lemon and garlic and spices, and all sorts, it's been marinated in. Look at that man. Immediately they've just sucked up all that fat from the pork chop, and then we'll sweat them out until they release their moisture, and then I'll get in with the garlic, finish it off. That is unbelievable, man, it smells so good. Hit that with a knob of butter. Then in with the garlic. Loads of garlic, I don't care. All the liquid that the mushrooms have released. And so you wanna cook them until that liquid, evaporates, and then they're good to go. The smell is just beautiful. There you go, they're done. We should lay the pork chop on top, just to warm through, and that's the job done. Look at it, just look at it. You can't look at it, because there you are. See, look at that man. This is it, this is good times. That smells so good. Right, where's my eating irons? There's not many things that bring me as much pleasure as just slowly walking through a woodland looking for mushrooms, and finding mushrooms. It's top tier life stuff. All right, so meaty and delicious. Let's try a bit of this pork. Look at it, on lighting issues. I'll do this for a bit, and then I've got to just go and enjoy it because this isn't, it's not on, is it? The fat is beautifully rendered, I can melt. Oh my God. One of the best meals I've cooked in woods. I've said that a lot, but it's so simple, but so delicious. Goes perfectly well with this rouge. And I've been doing a lot of hiking and stuff of late, so I've not been doing much bushcraft or bushcraft videos, and there's probably people who watch that haven't even seen me do bushcraft because I've just been hiking so much. So, welcome. I basically just struggle with focusing issues and have a drink in woods, and I love it. And I do get people saying, oh, I prefer it when you do the bushcraft stuff. But then, you get people saying, I prefer it when you do the hiking stuff. You can't win. Can't please all the people all of the time. So, I think what I've got to do is just please myself. And then, if you're into it, you're into it. If not, or at least, at least I can keep my sanity caught and stay happy. Wonderful stuff. I'm gonna get this light out of my eyes and really enjoy it. So, in fact, let's pour another little glug, and that'll be me. I've maybe done half a bottle. To you guys, I just wanna say thanks. I can't reply to all the comments and everything, but I do see a lot of them, and I appreciate it. And I'll take this moment, as I'm just about to demolish this dinner, to say thank you to anyone who's liked a video or commented or just watched it or, you know, and add. And gain some from it or whether it's just, whether it's to do with your gear or whether it's just a little bit of distraction from life. And I appreciate it, and I appreciate you watching. So, this is for you. Salute, absent friends. Morning, glampers. I slept so well. I was out like a little light. Then, when I meet with a late night, a couple of glasses of wine, bosh. Give you a quick run through. Some slightly new clobber. The Gossama gear, I'll tell you what, zero condensate. Is that a tick? Nope. I ended up pulling a couple of ticks off of me as well yesterday after being out in my mushroom zone, so I'll have to keep an eye on that. So, didn't bring my hiking pole, so I just used bits of timber from woods. Still works just the same. So, after talking about it, and a few people mentioning it, I've gone for a quilt look by the legends over at, Big Agnes, and it is, the Fusel Ultralight. And I was warming it. I mean, I did wear me down pants and had a Merino wool layer on as well, but I was finding that just my thumb mat. I didn't run a risk of having Uberlight airbed on this stuff in case it popped. And then, Trekology pillow. And what I like to do is just put me, my little scarf thing over it, just feels better on my skin there. So yeah, I like that, but I mean, I'm gonna use it on some backpacking adventures and see how it goes. Dry as a bone, good lad. They want much of a breeze, but I guess it comes down to temperature as well. There's a lot of factors in there, condensation factors. I wanna go for a swim because smoky firewood being in like, out in woods just screams wild swim. Just to wash it all away. Man, let's go and suck the bloke. Doesn't look very deep. Yeah, I've been here before, but it was frozen over last time, so I couldn't get in. It just doesn't look very deep. It looks quite boggy and sinky, but I'll check it out. Pretty boggy, kinda smells a bit. Oh, that's nice. Get it sweet under. I'm pretty homeless at moment when I'm up north, so it's good to have a wash. I guess, this is me. This is me at bath. It's good to get old stone. It's like, it's good to get old bog or old smoke off you. That was a beaut... I have a leg. Hey, up. It's lad. Stay, hold. Young Kermit. Frogner Regis. We're getting back. Neat water. Fly my beauty. That was a beautiful couple of days. Just what the doctor ordered. Handling her out woods, gathering mushrooms, going to woods, cooking them up. A little glug of wine. I've still got half a bottle left and then a wild swim to end it. It was just what I needed. Perfect. And it's just simple, isn't it? There's simple things in life. If you like your wines, please do check out the link below. I'll leave it below. And if you use my code, you get three bottles for... You just pay the post and packaging and you'll get three bottles. Also, if a lot of you do it, then they'll see that it works and they might send me some more wine. So if, you know, there's your reason. So thanks again to everyone who watches. Thanks for engaging, just hitting that like button and leaving a comment, stuff like that. I really do appreciate it. And I hope you're all well and still fighting the good fight. Take care of yourselves and I'm gonna stay out of trouble. It's not buggy. It's not. Come on. We're still doing this, aren't we? Of course we are. I'm not even going that way. I'm going this way. Love you, bye.