What’s this channel about? Well, it's one slightly fat bloke's adventures outdoors with his canoe, bike, and 7 1/4" gauge steam loco 'Iceni' (from which the channel gets its name) enjoying getting out when I can for a steam-up or just some fresh air, relaxation and visiting places of interest. I'm hoping to document as many of these mini “adventures before dementia" while I still can so that I, my family, and anyone else with an interest can enjoy these precious memories later on. If you have enjoyed any of these videos then please subscribe, 'like', and drop a comment on the videos. If you like them then please let me know, and if you have any suggestions for other adventures they're always welcome. If you want to buy me a coffee to help pay towards creating more content here is the link:
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Lovely vid.. Always watch your vids all the way through.. My theory is, if you wouldnt say it to someones face.. then dont leave it as a comment. I do love this area. Yes I'm biased as I live nearby.. Depending on which way you do the Boudicca trail and what time you hit my village happy to buy you a pint in Pulham market 🙂
@@RH_Wildcamping Thanks, yes it’s a good theory to go by. I might hold you to that pint, was thinking of starting from Diss, so would probably hit Pulham about lunchtime. Do the Hilton brothers still frequent the Falcon? 😉
Another good video very interesting on the school. I feel your pain when I was working it seems bed to work pisding down on the weekends. Don’t worry about presentation on videos. You have to start to get better. It’s fine now keep making these interesting content cheers Paul.
@@garethjones1827 In theory, I would imagine it’s possible as the inner is only attached with loops and toggles. Might give it a go next time I use it.
I have the three man version of this tent, i drove the NC500, i was very in two minds to take it. Omg we got stuck in ullapool for three days during a storm, the wind and rain was unreal but the tent faired up very well. The only thing was a bit of water came in at the corners on the bottom by the zip, nothing to write home about. For the price we could not complain. Ive still got it and still use it quite often.
Yeah another shout out! 😂 I think choose the right option to give it a misses! Looked at mud bath! I’m impressed that people longed it out to be honest!!
It should be big enough I reckon, certainly should be waterproof enough for a 3 dayer. Have a great time and don’t forget to take it and your rubbish home afterwards, leave no trace! 😉👍
Nice video Paul. 2mates having a chill out camp. Did you put the saw in the useless box with the drone? A nice spicy curry bet there were some strange sounds in the night and I don’t mean the wildlife 😂
Thanks, yes the saw might get modified or at least the blade will be repurposed, so not entirely useless I guess. As for the noises, there was some strange hoarse quacking around the site. 😉😆
Just did (last month) 3 days wild camping in Scotland with one of these - 0c and stormy - tent held up really well - but that door being on such an angle really is a rain magnet if left open so I took a tarp to make a huge porch over the front of tent - worked really really well. My only criticism is the gap / looseness on the back side of outer tent - let far too much cold air in / that edge of inner tent was freezing. As this video says , could do with another tie-down point along that back edge & perhaps a bit of skirting.
I liked that tent too. Even tge high end tents gather condensation to a certain degree. Just that way it is with tents. Ni e little ride mate. I recall that trip out to the old train station last year. That was a lovely summer day out👍
It’s not a bad little tent, nice and light, doesn’t take up a lot of room but a generous sleeping space. I wouldn’t want to spend more than a couple of nights in it though. Yes, you might recognise the video as it was originally a two-part one. I’ve just bodged the two together to make a feature length bore-fest! 😉👍
I found that if you hold the striker against the Ferro rod and then pull the rod , sharply , back against the striker you don't move your target material. No forward movement to disturb a darn thing. Plus you can have the striker really close to what you want to light.
I kept seeing that stove pop up on instagram and wondered what they were like! Cool little review. I might get something like that for my vanlife-life and adventures….it won’t be long before I can sit outside under the awning and enjoy wildcamp TV. 👍
It’s not a bad little stove to be fair, although it does choke up with ash after a couple of hours. Worth the money though, have a look at my latest video where it gets dragged out again to cook my dinner, it did the job well.
Nice review there Paul. Might not be the best tent but put a waterproof tarp over it as good as any. Not all of us can afford the robins tent that the RU-vid influencers. (Not you). That they get for free and try to sell them to us. Your channel is what you see is what you get. Well done.
Thanks Colin, yes in my case all the stuff I try out is bought with my own money and is bought to be used not simply tested once and given away. I have a very limited budget when it comes to buying gear, as like many others in this day and age, I don’t have vast amounts of cash to throw at too of the range gear, or sponsors that are willing to send me free gear to try out. As nice as that idea is, it just isn’t going to happen with a channel as small and niche as mine. Thanks again for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed the video. 😁👍
Probably is the same, I should imagine they’re mass produced in somewhere like China or India and then different manufacturers names (and prices) added in after. It’s a decent little tent, certainly kept the rain out and will definitely be getting another outing some time soon.
Temu promises a 90 day refund. I have gotten a refund for a watch that stopped working, and something I ordered by mistake. So you could ask for refund for things that are junk.
Sorry hear of your friend's passing, Paul. Seems to be a more regular feature in life with each passing year😔 Nice little freebie haul from Temu you got there. Still yet to try their stuff out. And we must get out together soon. You can bring Serenity & I'll bring the Parrot😂
Poor chap has more important matters occupying his time at the moment, I might get up the wood this weekend if anyone’s about, I need to take the grate out of Iceni for some pre-season repairs before she gets steamed again.
