Solo Wild Camp | MSR Elixir 1 by a Woodland Stream | 25 Mile Local Hike & Microadventure 

So do I! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

It's the only way Jamie - cheers! 👍

It's obscene how quick that filter flows mate - to the point where I wonder if its actually doing it properly 😆. Have a good one yourself Ash, cheers! 👍

Glad you enjoyed Dan. 👍

Thank you Bernard 👍

If the place in your latest vid is walking distance from your house I'm surprised you're not out every night! But you are so right. It's so good not to rely on vehicles, makes it more satisfying somehow. Thanks for watching! Rich 👍

@@CottonBud I live in Bethesda, Gwynedd in Snowdonia and can be in the mighty Carneddau range of mountains within 45 minutes walking from my home. Having lived here all my life I have grown used to the scenery which other people travel hundreds of miles to walk on. I count myself very lucky and thank you for the comment.

Funnily enough I bought it the night before this camp, then went home and watched your Snowdonia vid and thought 'everyone will think I'm cutting Homer's style if I film that now'! But they genuinely are a fave of mine on camps too. I think of them as Real Turmat for chavs. And Chicken & Mushroom is at least 3 times nicer than any other flavour of Pot Noodle, that has been proven by science.

@@CottonBud hahahahaha

Not sure my old bones loved all that walking too much - I was in bits after 😅All good fun though. Cheers Chris & Sam 👍

@@CottonBud you are doing well with your hiking buddy ..keeping you well fit .. get some good bits for your bones it all helps ..

Cheers WP 👍

Cheers Martin. The Elixir has worked well for me in woodland type situations, it is a lovely tent!

That was really hard to do, that shot. Turns out otters don't like gaffer tape.

It starts to play tricks on you as the dark kicks in... you hear all sorts in it! 😬

Thanks Rob. I've got a few 1 man tents, and a couple way more expensive than this (which would be better suited to surviving extreme weather up a windswept hill) but I have to say the Elixir 1 is the single most pleasant to spend the night in. If I know it isn't going to be 30mph + winds, and I don't mind the extra weight, it's my tent of choice. 👍 Cheers. Rich

Thanks Gaz, was indeed very peaceful and I hardly saw another soul over the two days.Just the ticket! Cheers mate. Rich.

Cheers Sam. There's been an awful lot of walking around to find these odd spots, they don't seem to come easy round here! Cheers mate. 👍

Ayup Steve! All fine here ta mate. Hope you've still been getting out on your RU-vid holiday?

@@CottonBud all good here Rich, just enjoying getting out for now, I may return to filming at some point, who knows 🤷‍♂️

@@ScoutManSteve Totally understand. I'm sure I speak for a lot of folk when we selfishly say we hope you do make some more though... but it's not supposed to be a job is it eh? You'll do one if and when you think it's fun for you, which is as it should be. All the best mate. Rich 👍

Thanks Tee Eff. No beers on this one sadly - I'm on the wagon for a bit. It sucks! 👍

@@CottonBud i feel your pain. i've had 2 beers in 18 months. cruel and unusual punishment i call it. :D

@@teeeff5179 I hope that abstinence is for positive reasons though Sir?

@@CottonBud yes, thanks for asking. :) i miss it a bit but i don't too, you know? if nothing else it's good to know that it's no great hardship.

@@teeeff5179 I concur completely. It's certainly a fickle mistress. Does us good to let her know we're in control once in a while eh? All the very best.

Haha I'll take that music advice on board for sure! Funnily enough I've just finished a watery track called 'Kelp' but it's full of seagulls, waves lapping, yacht rigging type noises - maybe overkill for a stream 6 inches deep 😅The burner stove is called the Bushbox Ultralight by Bushcraft Essentials. To be honest I was using a Trangia Triangle which is very similar, but I lost the metal ring where the burner sits somewhere, rendering it useless, and they are famously out of stock of them now - selling for silly money on eBay i believe. So I got this instead, and it's a bit fiddly but a decent bit of kit, which you can also use as a very small twig stove. Not cheap mind, be warned... www.bushcraft-essentials.com/en/outdoor-stoves/28/bushbox-ultralight-outdoor-pocket-stove Thanks once again for watching, reading the blog, and commenting - always appreciated! Cheers. Rich 👍

@@CottonBud thanks for your reply You actually know what I mean from my description of music. I'll keep on keeping on Cheers

Thanks Mick. I still have the Alpkit and can see that I may still find use for it in warmer months when stealth is paramount, although if a significantly better option came along (XL version Alpkit PLEASE!) I may swap it.. But it's made me fall even more in love with my Snugpak Ionosphere which isn't a lot bigger or heavier, is nearly as stealthy, and is like a palace inside. Love the idea of walking home by the way, I've had a notion for ages now to get the bus to the High Peak and walk home over 2 or 3 days. Watch this space! Hope you are having a good weekend sir. Cheers. Rich 👍

@@CottonBud thanks am out local in the hammock, , I use a ridge raider in the winter very spacious fits the mountain equipment 7 inch thick mat or might be 7 cm 😵‍💫 but very good made from event so breathable mine is the old model but very good bitta kit ,have a good one yerself are you still boycotting pubs ?

@@hackneeey Yes the Ridge Raider does look a tempting bit of kit - it's just the end entry that I'd need to try I think. There IS a near perfect hooped bivvy out there for me and I know what it's called - the Carinthia Observer Plus Gore Tex. But even if I had 600 nicker handy, they aren't available at the present, just like many other good things sadly! As for pubs, I did go to gardens for a bit early summer but now don't - I may do an update on the situation in my blog soon. Anyway, hope you are enjoying the hammock - have a good one!

@@CottonBud the new ridge raider is side entry much improved design - £375 bargain compared to carinthia …

@@hackneeey oooh will have a look... if it comes in olive I’m done for!

Thanks! Somewhere in the English Midlands ;)

Cheers Lee. Yeah they are a revelation those filters eh? The only downside is the life of them, but I worked out I could still be using it every weekend for a good few years before it needed swapping. If only the same could be said for shoes..? The Elixir is my glamping tent, it's way comfier and more pleasant to be in than any of my others. I can cope with the weight (I did here over a good distance anyway) and would tend to use it when it's not pissing it down where possible (so inner first no issue yet). Only thing that does my head in is the pole... trying to get all four corners in those teeny flat grommets has been a problem every time so far! I'm probably just a bit rubbish. Cheers for the watch mate - are you back from sunnier climes yet?

@@CottonBud Yes I'm back in the UK now matey... Nice to get some sun for sure. The grommets yes 😡 if I don't use the footprint I just bang two pegs in the end to hold it in place then poles in each end then take pegs out and move it where I want if needed...

This was the opposite to my last camp lol , calm relaxing in a great little spot . Some nice footage as per , that was me at the beginning or what I do and drive 👍 atb Dave

@@BorderRambler No way - Dave drives the chuff chuffs, very cool! 😎This was at the exact spot where the HS2 will be crossing the existing line near Crewe, there will be a big viaduct apparently 😡There were lots of workmen there in a beautiful wood digging it all up - I daren't film as they had big alsatians on guard duty... sorry to hear you had a stressy one Dave, but I shall enjoy the vid before the weekend is out! Cheers pal, Rich. 👍👍

Thank you! Do you mean the seal ring on the screw cap? Why would anyone remove that, surely it's there to prevent leaks? Although I realise you have to be careful not to use the seal cap to snuff out the flame by mistake, or you melt it...

@@CottonBud you Left it on the stove after removing the cap. It burns away when light the stove does it?

@@robkruitbosch4654 Oh I see what you're thinking but relax, that's just a darkish stain around the top of the burner, probably caused by the rubber ring (which is still very much in the cap, I assure you - I'm looking at it now and you can briefly see it in the vid anyway) in conjunction with left over fuel sloshing about perhaps. It's had a lot of use and continues to be fully functional. No rubber rings were burned in the making of this video 😅

@@CottonBud Great! I'll stop worrying😎 btw the elixer 1 is my standard equipment I love it! Atb mate!

@@robkruitbosch4654 Haha you can sleep easy now sir - although you had me worried enough to double check 😂. Yes big fan of the MSR here too, great isn't it? Cheers. Rich 👍