Hi Damian. I love your videos. It so uplifts me to see a true enthusiast immersing themselves in the soul of our beautiful bit of the world. You never fail to leave me happier for watching these records of your excursions.
History, our wonderful natural surroundings, great filiming and editing and youre natural style is what makes your vids so enjoyable. Inspired me to come back to Northumbria for a trip. Keep it up and thanks
Thank you Damien for showing us Yanks some really great views from the UK! Places I'll most likely never see myself. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work.
That was probably one of your best yet Damo ! What a lovely place that is. You got some stunning footage there mate. You had me laughing my head off when you looked at the camera in the intro. Thanks for taking the time to put this together for us all to enjoy. Take care & all the best, Neil.
Hi Mate Lovely video ....very interesting with the history side. I love the history side of things when camping. Ive seen those cup and ring markings at simonside. and also the bowls at christianbury crags. Ive done the same thing mate.........left my jacket at home.......suffered all day lol. The sun set time laps was absolutely awesome Damian......one of the best ive seen. Keep them coming mate Atb..................Mick
Hi Mate, cracking video as ever, beautiful location and really interesting stuff about the cup marks, with the runes. Given me a skip full of inspiration to get out to Kielder and Northumberland, as it's on my doorstep - shoudln't have any excuses really. atb pal, and thanks for posting. Nick
Great video as usual. Always good to learn more about our ancestors and the places they inhabited/used, fascinating stuff. The time lapse is beautiful, the suns rays are like searchlights roaming across the land, fantastic :) Thanks for sharing. ATB Mac
another amazing video with lovely views. That's where it's at for me. Keep them coming mate your videos are the best on youtube by far. I find a lot of lost wildcamp vids that just show the same old sh*t
Thanks Muss, I'm so taken back hearing you say that. Pleased people get pleasure from watching, looking forward to the next wild camp with the lads, atb, Damian.
Look forward to watching your new vid's ,once again another cracking vid. Pleased you got over the the sinking of the mayfly.GOD BLESS HER . Keep them coming, atb
Even though I only just came across your channel, I want you to know I’m there hiking beside you, as we are admirers of the same earth bound wonders. Many thanks for your beautifully filmed visits.
Beautifull story Damian! Such an amazing country you live in. I love it! Can't wait to visit England again! God bless you. Take care! Greetings from the netherlands. Rob.
lisa, why are you getting ya claws in, ? since doing this with my son, ive met a lot of good lads and we get together now and again and enjoy a social drink when chilling in our lovely country, instead of putting shitty comments about drinkers, you should maybe get out there and try it, instead of getting digs in to friends who enjoy a drink round a campfire, and enjoy a bit of banter and a laph, which is something you should def try,
fair do's and i so enjoy those evenings too :) think my comment might have came across wrong no offense meant x but i do love his out their exploring videos the best :) happy and safe camping x
Filming was awesome when you time lapsed and the image of you drifted in and out was amazing ,brought your game on the recording ftont of this one, truly awesome atb Mike
I used a oex tent last weekend on a wild woodland camp and us like you said never flat and always something digging it my back .. using my hammock is great but always need a wee
Good one Damon lad. I'm down south here in London so don't know all of those places you camp at and use up there, but after watching one of your films I usually look up the location, ( possible future wild camps ). Having said that I love all of those similar places down here, I go round them all when I can, Stonehenge, Avebury and the like, done a few good wild camps at some of em, especially Stonehenge, done two overnighters there, quite quite eery and scary, ha, ha, but well worth it. thanks mate.
Hi Mark, there is a layby where you can park up and the distance to the rock shelter is only a third of a mile so is easily accessible. I'm surprised no one else has been there and done a video.
Hi Damian, bacon butties might kill ya, but what a way to go! I would go with a grin from ear to ear. Rabit food is not for me. Great video and very interesting. Keep 'em coming mate.
Another fine wildcamping vid Damian ..spectacular views .. i was going to do a local camp this weekend .but yours and Garn fora ratch.s vids has tempted me to wander our nearest Dales [ Derbyshire ]...excellent mate ..love your vids ...atb ..steve
Thanks Steve, when the weather is changeable like it is now the best place to be is in the hills. You get some lovely views especially for timelapse photography. When I got home and looked at the footage it literally blew me away, I've never seen it so beautiful. Hope it stays nice for you this weekend, ATB, Damian.
Great video again Damien I loved the historic info and is just the inspiration I need as I'm doing a 2 nighter wildcamp in the Derwent Valley tomorrow. We are going to film it for my channel... but now feel obliged to insert some historic facts lol great stuff as usual cheers keep em coming atb
I like to put something different in each video and finding out about the history of the places visited makes the trip a bit more interesting. Will check out your channel, thanks for your comment. Damian.
Great vid mate. Wish I could get out to nice places like that but I'm afraid there isn't many places like that around Gatwick Airport. Like all your vids. Keep it up
I know that particular rock shelter very well. I always thought the basin and groove were to hold a wooden post braced against the overhang above to provide shelter from the northern winds, with the groove directing rain water away to keep the floor of the shelter drier, like a surface drain channel. At 6:39 you can see the general view of the post footing (the scooped basin) and the overhang above. Northerly winds are very bleak there, but the S or SW wind is warmer. It's bloody bleak in winter there - just take my word for it. My guess is that this was done in the 1800s or 1900s by the miners of the moor. That's based purely on the post being used canvas or similar cloth tarpaulin, though it could of course have been used with animal hide or even brushwood/wattle and daub and therefore be much earlier, possibly prehistoric.
Oh and me just being pedantic here, just because I'm a local lad - this shelter is above Corby'S Crag, on the Alnwick to Rothbury road, Below the road, where the parking area is, is a locally significant rocklimbing area Corby'S Crag is not to be confused with Corbie CragS, near Bewick hill fort, a few mile further north off the road between Chatton and Alnwick. Subtle difference but most people only know the one on Alnwick Moor because the one at Bewick is smaller and less accessible. Several websites get the names slightly wrong. Shelter excavation document pdf is at archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-3433-/dissemination/AAseries5/AA504new/archael504-000-000-PDFs/archael504-011-016-beckensall.pdf Turns out I vaguely know some of the dig participant name as they are mainly Alnwick locals - one was my woodworking teacher - the guy who found the burial pot fragments in 1975.
I found this info from ADS (archaeology data services) Quote, "A rock shelter circa 6 metres long, 2 metres deep and 1.7 metres high. The discovery of a few flint flakes and a rim sherd led to excavation in 1975. Finds included a collection of flints, said to be Mesolithic and apparently including microliths, scrapers and a possible borer; a cremation with Food Vessel beneath a capstone; plus more recent debris including clay pipe fragments. The outside upper surface of the rock shelter features a cup mark surrounded by a groove, which is cut by a (possibly natural) narrow channel. The dome of this rock was used to mark the boundary between Percy and Swinburne lands." Thanks for your comments.
Lovely video in a beautiful landscape. Your call to wild camp 🏕 has got into my head! 3 days ago I was walking at Shaftoe crags and kept saying to my sister, ‘That would be a good place to bivvy’. I also found an price amazing rock art . Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you Fiona, I bivy camp in places like Shaftoe crags and Corby crags thinking about how the people lived and sheltered there thousands of years ago. They are the original wild campers. I'm pleased you are inspired to wild camp, I think everyone should try a bivy camp at least once in their lives.
@@Fell_Wanderer thanks for your reply, Damien. Yes, it’s astonishing to feel so in touch with the people who went before us, so long ago. The rock art I accidentally found was like a starburst and very beautiful. I would love to try it and certainly intend to do some car camping in the Spring. I also did some walking along the River Wansbeck at Morpeth last weekend and was delighted to see a Dad and his little boy building a tipi at 🌅 sunset.
@@Fell_Wanderer I found it at Shaftoe Crags-not on the summit but below the outcrop near the stream on the left (with your back to the crags). Will email you the photo.
There are many sites like this , natural focus points used by shamans from Our culture , Don't be freeked out , the overhang is a prime location for the dead to be placed prior to cremation as in the body is left to nature to de flesh , bones were collected by the families and kept at home or burnt. That is a very special site , Our ancestors will be happy having a man getting back to nature in a place like this :-) Our culture is really fascinating . We would do well to remember it ! atb mate :-)
Nice chilled vid Damien and that looked a cracking little spot for a wildcamp. The timelapse seamed fine but I'm no expert. I'm not a big fan of buddyburners as they always seem to leave behind a lot of waxie residue. Cheers atb
Great stuff Damien !! Yeah wild camping thats what you want although campsites and car camps have there place especially if your on a tour trip. I've never had a flat pitch , even in bloody campsites lol.I've always said waking up in the wilds is living , waking up in the house is existing . Enjoyed it mate ......i doubt we'll meet up this year but next year if your coming up to Scotland let me know 2/3 months in advance and i'll take time off. I want to get back to the Cheviots next year as well.Atb.
Thanks Eddie, I'm sure our paths will cross at some point in the future. Will let you know when in Scotland, although I'm in Jedburgh for a week in a couple of weeks time but thats a holiday in the caravan with my family. I like your saying about living and existing, really good, will have to remember that one. ATB, Damian.
I do use twigs to prolong the fire depending on the location which I've shown on other video's, there was some dead bracken around I could have used but tend to only use what need and the buddy burners were enough to cook on this occasion, ATB
