 hello welcome to another video I'm out for a day with mud just doing a bit of mushroom foraging exploring woodlands beautiful day for it look at that it's a stunner and I thought you know what because I was gonna make a video at home because it's been he's seen it down of late and so I thought you know what because rain has stopped to play I thought I'll just make a video about rain and about backpacking in the rain specifically multi-day backpacking in the rain so stay tuned obviously there's lots of variables when it comes to hiking and camping in the rain it's you know what time of year you're going how long you're going for the temperatures the dog if it's summer and it's nice weather I'm gonna take with me a waterproof jacket but I'm not going to be taking waterproof trousers because you're just boiling the bag and end up getting as wet as I would be without them on anyway just from sweating I'm happy just to wear me shorts and if it pisses it down the bottom half for me can get wet and then just dry naturally a lot of this is debatable you can debate it all day but I choose to in summer where trail runners which are lightweight they let the water in but they dry really quickly as well as opposed to wearing waterproof hiking boots that if the water goes off at top and they do get wet take a lot more drying out but in winter I'll opt for the hiking boots just for the warmth so the clothing and the boots I would say it's up to you if you want to go with waterproof hiking boots and keep your feet dry and you're only doing like one or two days and the way it's not a problem for you then do that and if you want to wear waterproof trousers and during the summer you do you you do you so what you decide to wear on your feet on your person you want to take an umbrella go for it but what I think is universal and this is where the top tips come in is your equipment you don't it's okay getting your legs wet or your feet wet to an extent but you don't want to be getting your equipment wet especially on the multi-day hikes so you've got your backpack let's say you're off on a multi-day hike and you forecast some rain is it really not this off I put that there no no you forecast a bit of rain top tips is I would buy myself a rubble sack from one of the hardware stores which is pretty much a bin liner but it's heavy duty designed for storing rubbling on building sites I'd get one of them to suit my bag size that would go in the main compartment of my backpack and then everything goes into that and then a bag cover for the outside of your bag so if it rains you've got the bag cover and then you've got the bag inside keeping your stuff dry so double whammy there if you can everything wants to be in dry bags especially sleeping bags so that's kept everything dry throughout the day you get to camp come on let's walk he's gonna come on we'll walk go on and bean head he's got too much energy let's burn him off come on let's burn that energy off boy there we go and tire him out huh good boy name verse drop drop good boy thank you he's a good fetcher so a scenario you get to your campsite you've been hiking all day it's been raining all day take your rain cover off you've got your bags inside everything's in its waterproof bag the first thing you want to be doing is getting your shelter up you get your tent set up you're getting there as quick as you can that's you out of the rain it's super important to be keeping your sleeping bag and your clothes dry so you have one set of clothes that is just for in the tent tent clothes that stays dry no matter what that's the mission on this is just keep that outfit and your sleeping bag dry everything else take it or leave it but that must stay dry if you're on a multi-day hike because it can get pretty uncomfortable if it doesn't the rubble sack that you've been carrying all your stuff in in your bag put that over the bottom of your sleeping bag because that can often get wet where it touches your tent at the foot end you often wake up and find that's a bit soggy right instead of getting to the top of having a brew or getting to pub and having a brew ski let's go to shed and then bring you back hello and welcome back to the cabin we have the fire blazing in the corner cue fire and this week's video is kindly sponsored from my friends at beer 52 who are an online beer delivery company who send you beers each month from around the world this month in the ferment magazine which you get in every box it's the beer awards some of beer 52's favorite beers this is the light pack if you like light beers you can choose light if you like dark beers you can choose dark if you want a mix you can choose a mix so you get light and dark if you want dark beers you'll receive some dark beers from Poland which is where I think we're going next month so that'll be a good one you get two snacks in your box as well which I've already devoured sorry and you get some wonderful beers let's have a quick look 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shop do whatever come back wet shoes off bread bags often you've still got dry socks that one pair of dry socks is staying dry throughout the whole duration of your long distance hike and you'll be thankful for it trust me another top tip is I'll take a flat sponge it weighs next to nothing and it'll just slide down your pack somewhere out of the way and every morning I'll use that just to take off the excess condensation from the inside of the tent and then wring it out outside you can use it to wash yourself it's got a lot of different uses so I always take one of them thin spongy things I'll leave links for everything I'm saying below you get them in multi packs they cost hardly out so that way when you wake up the condensation has gone from the inside of your tent your sleeping bags dry your dry tent clothes come off into a dry bag your sleeping bag into a dry bag they go back into the rubble sack in your backpack if your tents wet on the outside good shake into a dry bag and you can just store that away from everything else to go down this hill I'm being it the only thing really that should be wet is your waterproof clothing and your tent so as long as you keep that away from everything else you should be good then on the next night the tent goes up you can even give it another little going over which sponge before you get your sleeping bag out but I'm off road here look we're lost they were lost like a badger set but it's not been used for a while because the cobweb going off it's off you a badger dog get down there then or rabbits or whatever Wombles a womble nest is it you know come on they womble hunting away if you're going camping for one night it doesn't matter as much because you can just leave it all out there but I would definitely recommend doing these things if you're planning on doing a multi-day hike because it's one of the things that can end you let's say you don't have the rubble sack or the rain cover and you've just got your backpack and it pieces it down I don't care what backpack you've got if it's torrential rain all day like in the Highlands of Scotland that water's going to find its way in and you're still going to get wet and if you've got a wet sleeping bag it's not a fun experience getting in that every night you're going to get cold and it's going to be heavier your tent becomes heavier your sleeping bag everything you've got becomes a chew to carry it's a morale thing as well no one wants to be getting into a wet tent and a wet sleeping bag and the other thing is is if you're doing it and there is no sun or wind you're going to struggle to dry it so if you're sitting out on a week-long hike and on first day everything get out look he's zooming you've got your zoomies go boy that's it he's zooming mad dog he just gets the zoomies where he just starts going mad bombing around just running into bushes and stuff oh boy that's it in the peak of summer you can you can dry things out pretty well and that's why I wear my lightweight just shorts a wicking t-shirt you don't want anything cotton or out you want something that's moisture wicking and that'll dry off and so if you do get wet whether that's sweat or rain you're going to dry off pretty quick in summer but you're not guaranteed it you know I might go to Scotland you might get a week's worth of water and that's what this is for me in because it does happen persistent rain for multiple days you need to know how to prepare for it and just taking your time being methodical keeping what's dry dry so keeping your dry clothes dry keeping your sleeping bag dry it's good for morale I love this way just having a walk with dog and chatting this might be a new little thing you know show this way good to go which way I want I'll go this way actually so yeah top tips for backpacking in rain a rubble sack to go in your bag and to put over the bottom of your sleeping bag a lightweight flat sponge to deal with the condensation bread bags or plastic bags to put over your feet to turn your wet shoes into dry camp shoes there's three good tips there in it let's get up to the top of this hill I'm calling it a hill this guy's the hill in it yeah look at it we're going upwards there's a lot of ghosts you alright down there I've enjoyed this I know a few people just like to see me doing the camping or hiking or whatever but I mix it up Nimbuscom and just make pretty much do what I'm comfortable doing and what I enjoy doing so I'm gonna keep doing that and you know in winter it's a lot harder to be doing multi-day hikes and overnighters and stuff because it gets dark at like half three so you've got to set your tent up at three and then you just in there aren't you with your own your own kit and caboodle just for hours so I don't do as much of it do some tricks shall we Nimbus middle sit that's it stay stay you'll stay there forever now come on let's get at me delightful absolutely delightful feeling loads better in myself I know this isn't about wet camping and that but I overshadow about feeling loads better in myself joined a gym mate I never really do gyms but lo and behold gym getting into shape just gonna spend winter working on myself and so I can come out in spring like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis and that's a good analogy that's what we're doing the big butterfly spring unless I look back at this and I'm like I emerge from the chrysalis looking like a fat bug like a wiggity grub or whatever I shout it just been eating Christmas cakes all eat the old lids unless I shot it and end up looking like a wiggity grub in which case this aren't aged well but as we are I'm enjoying doing gym and the exercise and looking after myself walking pooch just keeping on right side at 4th just keeping on light side just keeping me lightsaber green instead of red this look b-roll filmmaker at year you're welcome what is it like and yeah send it here look yeah watch this best sign out ever look thanks film walks past I think I'm lost it right thanks for watching I said you know but love look after yourselves before you start looking after anyone else so out here and here and you'll be reeked you'll be reeked please don't forget to like and share and subscribe sorry goodbye