Just a GoPro and my phone documenting my walks/wild camps so I can watch them back in the future. Most are of Dartmoor and the beauty it contains. I have lived on the edge of the moor my whole life and while I knew the east moor very well, I had never seen much of the North Moor in particular, so therefore I have been exploring it thoroughly for the last 9 years. Hope you find this helpful or at least entertaining or inspiring.
Grew up on the edge of Dartmoor 40 odd years ago. Love the place. Now live high up in the Sierra Navada mountains in southern Spain. Weather will still catch you out hey. Ps i use a Nordic Sil Tarp and Rab bivvy. It's great.
Me too. It is so beautiful on the moor. I'm glad you liked it. I was tempted by the Akto, but for what I need the telemark is perfect and significantly lighter. Thanks for watching. Rowan.
Rowan miserable weather but it just goes to show that a tarp setup up properly will give you that respite needed in foul conditions. Well done m8 Liked and Subscribed
It does indeed, I was suprised how well it worked. If set up time was a concern then a tent would have been far easier and quicker, but I do enojoy the tarp when is raining. Thank you for watching, glad you liked it. Rowan.
Good stuff, I've travelled all over the arctic circle and only seen the northern lights fully a handfull of times. Then the one time it's in the UK I was asleep!
Streamlined kit you've got here. It is always good to see a pack list that has obviously been refined and refined over years rather than "25 things I bought online last week".
I’m liking the tent I bought a geertop one man bivvy last year but unfortunately it wasn’t that good in the rain and I got flooded out a few times..I like the look of yours as it has a storage area too..Nice mission cheers 👍
Wonderful video! How do you work out routes and where to camp? I'm desperate to get back into camping after years of not doing it but trying to find places I can backpack camp seems impossible. :(
Thank you, it is nice to hear you liked it. As for planning trips etc I am fortunate enough by now to know Dartmoor very well, so all route/locations are in my head. That being said if it is somewhere new or I have forgotten, then I go over different maps to get a rough location and then go on Google maps and look via the satellite view and the pictures other people have taken nearby. Then I plan the route either to the nearest possible place to park or a route I fancy, I tend to work backwards, so from campsite to trail then parking, if that doesn't work then I try a different route. If you live nearby to where you plan to camp, then perhaps go on a walk round the area you intend to go, get some inspiration and a feel for the place. I did that when I recently went to Scotland, walked about 16 miles on a day walk, but I did not like the feel for it, so the following day camped somewhere over an hours drive away from my day walk. That or look for websites or Google maps for trips/camps, street view on Google maps is particuarly useful. Hope this helped a bit. Rowan.
Thank you. You're not the first to say so, I may implement that in the future. I do understand it adds a level of clarity to explaining things, but for now I will keep it as it is. Thanks for the feedback however. Rowan.
My powerbank itself weighs 6+g. I need it for a multiday trip. Was that your powerbank you showed? It looks much more slimlined and lighter than the brick I have.
It is an Anker Powercore with 20100 mAh capacity. It is able to charge all my electronics for several days. I don't think they make this particular one anymore as I got it more than 5 years ago. But Anker still make good powerbanks.
Very nice, I really enjoyed this. But I always do, and I find it really refreshing that there are no talking. It is a nice change of pace and it sets you apart from most other youtube campers. Quite a lot of them are talking too much, without having anything interesting to say. After all, it is said that silence is golden 👍 If I may give you a small tip regarding the Real Turmat. If you tear apart the glued end pieces at the bottom, it creates a free standing base, and it also allows the water to saturate the content a little bit better and gives a better result.
Thank you. It is nice to hear you liked that approach for this video. Cheers for the tip, I will try that the next time I use one. Thankfully I have never had any issues in them rehydrating nor stability, especially when placed in the cosy I have. But like I said I will try it next time as that sounds easier to stand up. Thank you.
I REALLY like the footprint/space of that tent. But for a bombproof shelter i guess some 10 mm DAC-poles are necessary. I think with just that little addition, it would cover nearly all needs a 1-man tent can cover (and still be under the cost of a Hilleberg) I would pay a markup for that. As only this, and the Hilleberg Nallo2 really peaked my interest so far, with the Vern as the free standing option, which the Nallo doesn't offer.
I really like the Vern 1 too, but it does not fufil the role I had in mind for it. Sadly I don't think 10mm poles will make any difference, Nortent sent me a complete extra set of poles and when set up the flexibilty of the tent feels pretty much the same as 1 set. Obviously I am yet to test that theory, I am only speculating. As for free standing or not, if you plan to go in wind then you will need to peg out regardless, and in my experience the Nallo is significantly stronger than the Vern and has more room along with better materials. Plus I would say the Nallo is easier to pitch, but I guess it is all about personal prefence and what kind of camping you have in mind. Perhaps look into the Terra Nova Southern Cross 2, if you wnat something free standing but still pretty strong and not over £1000. Hope this helps. Rowan.
Well, I had it double poled and it seemed to take the weather very well. I am sure the stronger fabrics would help in the long run. It would be camparing this to the Nammatj 2, personally I don't see the Nallo doing any worse than the Nammatj in these conditions, assumming you double poled the Nallo or both had 10mm poles.
I cannot figure out why you choose to pitch a tent in the open terrain with snow all around you when went past forest with a lot of spots with not much snow!!! From Canada….
Hi great vid thanks for posting. I noticed that you have added an additional guy line to the front hood like has been done on the gt by hilleberg. Is this a recommended option for the nallo to improve the performance of the tent? What's been your experience in using this customisation?
Good evening, yes, I took inspiration from that plus Hilleberg mention it as an option. As for the performance, in these kinds of conditions I feel it made a difference and really helped support that main pole. I have been using it like this for quite a while now in various conditions, so I would say if you will regularly encounter 40mph+ winds then I would recommend it. Hope this helps. Rowan.
I’ve yet to see a Hilleberg which doesn’t leak through the ziplocks in bad weather. It such a shame for such otherwise extremely good tents. Hilleberg make some of the strongest tents money can buy, but it does not matter how strong a tent is if it fails to keep you dry during the storm.
Me too, is the reason I sent my Soulo BL back. It is by far the strongest tent out there, but I would get soaked inside, was a really annoying problem that I kept trying to solve, with sealant and tenacious Tape. The Nallo isn't so bad if the wind speed is low enough you can go tail into the wind or the water just gets the vestibule wet. Until you get into really high speeds. Rowan.
Tunnel tents are no good for windy conditions ! The SQUINTERNET says so must be true lol , my favorite tent ever , better than the allak . I always pitch mine pointy end to the weather .
Jeez, that part of Darmoor is bleak AF. Especially with overcast conditions. I see you opted for a less controversial video this time! lol :) Good to see you back out.
It is quite, hence why I prefer the North Moor, as it is more intresting. Yes, can't say I meant that previous one to have the outcome it did. But there we go. Thank you, it was good fun.
A pleasure to watch. Far better than the majority of wild camp videos, where the creator just sits there chatting with the camera fixed upon them. Subscribed.
That's not a leak though is it? It's water penetrating through the zip, the zips are not waterproof, if they get wet then water may get through. Also the breathable fabric panel isn't waterproof either and if it gets wet then water may penetrate through it. Driving rain at a certain direction will saturate the zip and breathable panel. A few drips into the vestibule is not the end of the world.
It really was, good to finally have the sun out. Agreed, I can't find any faults in it for my uses. Hope that goes well for you. Is that with your Nallo? Rowan.
Good evening, It is the Rab Siltarp 2. Dimensions are 2.4m x 3m (8' x 10') and weighs 494g/17.4oz. 16 external guy points and 1 central lifter point. It was the worst conditions I have had that tarp in, I thought it performed really well. Thanks for watching. Rowan.
Hi Rowan was the pole section that broke the one which has two female ends please? I just wonder if this is a weakness in the pole layout? I’ve three other tents where that section is right at the end. Cheers
Yes it is. Wow, until you mentioned it I would never have noticed that. So, I just checked all poles that I currently have, and where this break happened is in a female to female section, but, with my Hilleberg and Alpkit poles, they are male to female at both ends on the pole. The thing I noticed is the section that broke here is the only female to female on the pole. The same section at the other end is male to female. Perhaps there is. Hope this helps. Rowan.
Sorry to hear that, I looked at that tent a few years ago, several aspects of it put me off. Hopefully it won't happen again for you, or find something more prefarable. Thanks for watching. Rowan
@@dougieranger Ah well, at least you know you are safe. I always felt safe in my Soulo BL. For sure, I tried a couple a few years ago for summer use, but still annoying to use.
@RowanWildCamps do you preplan and hope or wait for snow and go when snow around? How often do you get up there? I'm still learning about snow lol 😆 and how to time getting to it 😅
@@TonyHobbs Unfortunately not very often, find it hard to fit trips away around life. Last time was 5 years. As for the snow, I always keep an eye for it, very likely to get some up there in winter. This time I was going for that week, so had no choice what the weather would do. But I am very happy I got a proper winter camp in.
@RowanWildCamps you got very lucky I've been twice with Chris Townsend this winter and first was a bit of snow but not much second none and mostly too windy for much. Do you take crampons snow shoes axe shovel etc
@@TonyHobbs Oh very nice, bet that must have been good fun. Shame to hear about the lack of snow however. On this occasion just ice axe and crampons (crampons weren't used). Only a few people I saw up there had this gear, saw no snow shoes, but saw skis. Several mad people in trainers and trackies. Yourself and Chris?
Thank you, I always do. Nortent have watched it as well, so with this and FellmanDaves video, they too will be learning. And we as consumers will now start geting a bigger picture of the products. Rowan.
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