Vantage Point Wild Camp ~ Diana Xmid1p Solid 

It sure was!

Really nice night out thank you 🙏🏻

Awful Things! 🙃

It’s lovely isn’t it? I hope to find more just like it. Nice to have these special places that feel good to camp in 😊ATB, Sarah

I am certainly no ballerina 🤪😂 if you satisfy your disappointment with treats like that I may have to disappoint more often 🤩 glad you watched and enjoyed it 👌🏻ATB, Sarah

Hey 👋🏻 thanks for stopping by and commenting too. Was a lovely camp, already feeling like I need another stop out especially with todays weather ☀️

Ahh that’s great! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

Hey Phil 👋🏻 I know the area very well, yes I took a chance on that camp. It’s fab but a site I don’t use very often due to its proximity to the estate and surprise view. The gorge is so inviting there are signs up everywhere, hopefully this puts fly campers off camping but for us wild campers we know the right places to go and how to do it as not to attract attention. Obviously I chose to make a video about my experience, as with all places I camp it’s probably prohibited but I do it anyway, carefully and respectfully ☺️ATB, Sarah

It is a fab site Sarah and as you say we wild campers know the leave no trace principles. But the closer one camps to 'civilisation' the more likely to upset someone. Nice darker colour for the Durston tent by the way. Keep on doing your thing. It's important that all genders feel they have a right and confidence to be out there on the own. You are a terrific ambassador for that :)

Thank you! Yes always a busy mind, until I’m in the swing of the camp and the phone record button is OFF ☺️

Always on the edge 😂😅

Absolutely definitely 😍 can’t wait for a shroom camp and I don’t mean ingesting just looking 🤪😂

@@SoloSarahBX 🤣

Oh no Andy! I can’t believe I came away unscathed as Id camped there the week before you did. I wear leggings and a long sleeved top when I’m camping and the weather wasn’t quite as warm when I went, there may have been population explosion? Hope you feel better soon and haven’t succumbed to the dreaded Lymes disease. Be sure to update on the results Andy. ATB, Sarah

Less of the " old " anyway Barrowhill Beer festval tomorrow.......Pat

Mr Durston himself talked to me about how many typical views a RU-vid video would need for any sales to come out of it …maybe the quote was 10000 views = 2 tents sold, can’t remember now. It was interesting info. I reckon I could sell him more just by telling him everyone how much I love it and that it’s ok to name tents 😂 DO IT, DOUBLE DARE 💰

Ahhh that’s awesome 🤩 yes it’s my main route from home in Sheffield to the Peak District and was often my commute to University in Huddersfield as I enjoyed taking the scenery in, even when the thick fog rolled in and I drove so slow up there (with the radio turned off to see better 😂) I always roam the area and have done so all my (short) life. I am active in my role at work and want to prolong my life to enjoy what is important. The glasses help me see long distances (you see) so I don’t wear them often, but when I am surveying my kingdom or looking for deer and birds they are very needed! I hope you enjoy stopping your car for a look about and a wonder on the rocks. Well up to Mother cap rock and you’ll see my camp site and the quarry to the right. Beautiful 🤩 see you on the next one 🌳⛺️ATB, Sarah

And do you knew why I filmed that? It stuck out like a tuft of white, the only cotton I could see on that stretch of moor. Out there enjoying its solitude, just like me, everything I film had a meaning to me but if I talked about it all my videos would be like films 😂

The goddess must be treated to such finery when out of her palace 😂 it all about entertaining myself out there with this Solo malarkey, no one to talk to apart from Myself, just the way I like it 😅thanks for watching Gav, Best wishes, Sarah

That’s the thing! It can feel un nerving but equally exciting 🤩 the thrill of it all. I’m Looking forward to camping in the quarry when it’s sunny with the blue skies and sunshine peeping through 🤩

Yes! It definitely would be Alison. I have pained and sketched and life drawn mostly back in art college and during my ceramics degree…I left the arts behind to pursue my midwifery career but I do express my creative side every now and again 😊 I may have e to incorporate some Sketching in these camps where there is more daylight, probably before setting up…ATB, Sarah

Sweet shop that is the PD. Like penny sweets but ya parents giving you a fiver to play out til street lights come on…memories!

Honest Phil, it looks scarier than it felt. The tree felt like It was cradling me like a baby all night 😂

Thanks a bunch 🤩

Thank you for answering the question that I put to you in my video. Everyone’s lives are so different it’s interesting to get feedback sometimes to understand how others fit in camps around their bigger responsibilities 😍 that common ground we all share and why we camp interests me so much 🌳⛺️

They are so tall and luscious too…makes for a real sea of green 🌳

It felt like the right spot for that night, I’m glad that came across in my video and thanks for watching! ☺️

@@SoloSarahBX yeah definitely picked the best spot. And I enjoy watching your vids look forward to the next 😊❤️

Yes!!! You just triggered a memory. I knew this but had forgotten. It’s provoked more research as I’m often stood there thinking wow, what man power would it have taken to remove and transport ALL of this rock both when I’m in the quarry and when I’m starting up at the dam walls. Spectacular 😍

@@SoloSarahBX I think they built a temporary railway from the quarry down to Grindleford to join the Hope valley Line then from Bamford all the way up the Derwent valley to deliver the rocks (seen it on youtube somewhere!) - incredible engineering.

@@jamiemidgley9028 I’ll be trawling the net for more info as the dams have been a lifelong fascination. I’ve just been too busy ‘doing’ to look into its construction etc. I’ll dedicate some time because the info you find out is so important to get lost as time passes by 😊

Hey 👋🏻 thanks for watching. Wasn’t bad was it? Expected to hammer the tent with rain but a nice pleasant evening with a calm feel to it, much like all of my camps ☺️

@@SoloSarahBX You were lucky with the weather, can't beat a nice spur of the moment camp! I haven't been getting alerts for your videos and thought you'd been quiet, it turns out they had somehow been turned off and I have loads to catch up with. I'll have a good binge when i get a chance 🙂😍😃

@@pauledwards499 it’s probs cos I had my tooth extracted and was off everything for weeks! RU-vid doesn’t promote videos if you don’t publish often or take a break lol 😂 enjoy the vids and ill be out soon 👌🏻

Ahhhh interesting! Another subscriber pointed out that it was used to build the Dam walls, many quarries around there were millstone quarries further up? I’ve tracked Totley Tunnel from home near Totley on the golf course and often have a little wonder over to the vent that stands proud on the moor just down from flask edge trig. I have thought about a camp on that but was concerned regarding any pollution coming up the vents from the trains 🚂 I love disappearing into darkness at Totley and popping back out at the other end…on the train might I add lol 😂 it’s a good long stretch that! Thanks 🙏🏻 Sarah

Have a great trip Craig. Hope it’s not chucking it down like it is here, although being on a mountain in the Lakes in the rain beats all sorts of trivial places that we usually endure 😅 BW, Sarah

😂 had a few folk worry about my sleep walking off the edge. I don’t sleep deeply enough for that so don’t worry 😂 ATB, Sarah

@@SoloSarahBX im glad to hear it or id end up missing that funny accent 🤣🤣🤣till next time u take care 😎

Isn’t it just!

Get yourself over here Josh 🙌🏻😂

Ahhhh lovely feedback from you as always Sadie, thank you 🙏🏻 nice to hear your a mother hen too although mine are bigger now (currently sitting GCSE’s and totally bossing it!) I still think about them every minute of the day and night when I’m working nights. It’s our prerogative to plan for when we aren’t there but also relish in the fact that I have awesome husband who makes home feel like home And cares for me greatly 🩷I’m glad you have special places too. I’m hoping to go a little further out next camp but we shall see. Currently torrential rain here up north and I have the pleasures of food shopping and a night shift looming. Hope your home is warm and cosy, as cosy as this camp felt. Thanks for watching, tell Bailey I’ll do better next time and pretend that I’m making a wish on a birthday candle 🕯️ lol 😂 BW, Sarah

Ey up camper, hope you had a good night shift. It was raining 🌧 here all day yesterday too, lovely this morning and has clouded over abit now. We wish your son (I think you said your daughter is younger) well with his exams and for whatever he's deciding to do next, what an exciting time with their whole lives ahead of them 😊. Our daughter will be in year 9 when they return in September so not too far behind you. When I was at high school I wanted to be a nurse, but knew I wanted a family and living at least an hour from any hospital (we live proper out in the sticks) and not wanting to do shift work I decided against it. It's lovely to hear your story and how you've managed to make it work 😊. I decided to instead become a beauty therapist and worked in salons and then a spa (with shift hours, only until 9pm though) and just before having my children and until I had my second child run my own mobile business. Haven't done it since and won't now as I help my husband with his plumbing and heating business. Will be heading out this weekend to do some wild cooking, once we have cut some of the 6ft plus hedge that runs all the way around our house 😅 we have decided to just do the front of the house and leave the back for another time. Take care and we look forward to your next adventure ✨️ Sadie x 😊

Have a wonder from sunrise view car park down the hill and just keep going down until the floor stops 😂I’ll see the quarry before you fall in it

@@SoloSarahBX :D ta chuck x

Mission to find one in every camp now ya know that done you!?

Ooooffff 😂 yeah I’d have come a cropper falling off that. Was very very careful. Everything I do when I’m out is with extreme care, even when pouring my water into the kettle pot or fixing my glow bog together for use at night! 🤭

@@SoloSarahBX Hooray to glow in the dark bogs's's! :D

I see all sort out there 😂 how do you know I didn’t lay the egg? thanks for the ticks tip…I’ll Leave the shrooms to the experts 🍄

amzn.eu/d/01B4A1n1 🤘🏻

@@SoloSarahBX legend 💜💙

Where abouts is it. Fancy a walk there looks awesome

@@skiddmurksGoogle suprise view car park Peak District then cross the road down the hill and bringo…right there 👌🏻

Hey Twiggy! Lovely to hear from you and thanks for watching. That spot feels safer than it looks with that tree there. I wouldn’t have camped up there if the wind was stronger. When I’m Wondering about, I often mark places on my map that I’d love to camp in, might not be the most popular or perfect but it always feels better for me and more secluded, solitude seeker. Much like yourself 😊ATB and hope to see you out again soon, Sarah

Great spot you found there Sarah 👌I’ve got my own I’ve had 2/3 brilliant camps in its down inside bolehill , right at the end of level two😂 like you say early in your vlog…it’s my bad weather/wing go to, I’ve been in there in a true wind storm and just sat in the calm watching it blow overhead👌 I saw joey D there a few months back from Haze outdoors channel but got a star struck shy🤣🤣 at 52 as well for gods sake🤣🤣 great area though. And in response to your question…I just do as I’m told and do anything my better half wants for about a week before I camp ⛺️ 🤣 Off to the lakes on the 24th for 2nights doing wainwrights..so I’m already on my best behaviour 🤣🤣 Take care, thanks for sharing

@@J-Walks-007 fantastic reply thank you! Have a great trip and all the best, Sarah ✨⛺️✨

Most certainly 👌🏻

Glad you enjoyed it thank you 🙏🏻 ☺️

The tree made that camp! Without it, I wouldn’t have camped right on the edge like that. The way it had fallen down but still anchoring the roots told me that if it was good enough for her it was good enough for me and worth taking the risk. Silver Birch trees are my favourite alongside a nice huge majestic oak 🌳 ATB, Sarah

Hey 👋🏻 I’d like to do a comparison video tbh as a few folk have asked. The tents feel very different in their design especially as the Xmid uses trekking poles. The tent is much lighter as the fabric is thinner and therefore more packable. The xmid is extremely strong and the features on it seem More dainty and more refined than the Helm. What I like more about the xmid is the large door opening (I can sit in the doorway without my head touching the roof ) and the different ways the door can be rolled or pegged out to make an awning. The Helm isn’t as versatile. The helm doesn’t have two doors which really gives it a completely different feel. The Helms vestibule at the rear is very useful but only has the ones use of storage, pretty much like the Hilleberg Soulo I have. For me, the xmid replaces my Helm as this is definitely more suited to my needs taking everything into account. It’s also not that much more pricey but the import costs put people off I guess. Hope that’s useful info? ATB, Sarah

It really is! And thank you 🤩

Thank you for watching! The coffee really did smell that good yesterday morning. Enjoy your new bag…nice to treat yourself 😊 ATB, Sarah

lol 😂thanks for watching, yes, if you hadn’t guessed already, I really love and appreciate my tents as if I’d created them, very much like my human babies 🤭 thank you for the info re tick repellents…I will certainly look at this as preventative measures a much better than the removal and possibly of disease 🙏🏻✨

You’re welcome 😊

😂it actually felt a lot safer than it looked on the end of a selfie stick for you 🎥

@@SoloSarahBX I thought it might be I do stuff like that myself and it can look far worse on video

@@lost_in_TheLakes ha ha. Yes and baring in mind it’s a quarry edge with a slight breeze and not a Scottish snow tipped mountain with gales…I didn’t realise how dangerous it looked until I watched the footage back. It passed my safety checks lol

Hi 👋🏻 cut down on weight is the main reason because I do love the Soulo. I have climbed Kinder Scout with full winter bag and the Soulo and managed but without any ultralight kit in testing conditions with not quite tip top fitness it’s hard work. Weighed in at 14.5kg with water. My wishes are to hike more freely without being weighted down with my stuff in warmer conditions this spring and summer, I use walking poles anyway especially on longer hikes so having a shelter that weighs 795g compared to 2.5ish kg helps. The Soulo is not as well ventilated as my Xmid and doesn’t have two doors. The fly also goes down to the ground which is excellent in winter and rain but not so comfy In summer. As the Xmid is also a fraction of the cost of the Soulo I wanted to give it a go and now that I have it I’ll try it in more testing congratulations. I’ve also been reminded by another subscriber that I will prolong the life of my Hillbrerg by not using it all year round in the sun. On the contrary, I also feel that the Soulo can be pitched anywhere and it has a smaller foodprint that the Xmid so good to hunker down where ever you are even in a bad storm. For many different reasons, she’s still my favourite tent is Hillary 😊

@SoloSarahBX Thank you for your detailed response. So, it is supposed to be at least 2 tents for summer and colder weather. I am trying to start wild camping and gathering information about tents and all other equipment :)

Digestin mi dinner, nowt finer.

Beautiful video as usual.

I’m pretty sure it would have been the first easily accessible place I hiked as a child with my dad, brother and grandparents when I was a tot. It’s amazing to wonder free as an adult without any rules 😂

Hey 👋🏻 the summer ring can be bought separately from the speedster drive website with the 30 or 50 ml spirit burner (I think) but checked back in a while. Simple piece of aluminium similar to the kind of metal you get in a tea light candle. It’s reduces the size of the flame therefore reduces the heat provided by the burner (sorry if you already know that bit lol 😂)

@@SoloSarahBX thanks very much. No I had no idea 🤣 Spirit burners are new to me 🤣

@@suewheeler5795 Ahhh cool! Yes I used to have gas but wanted to lighten my pack so one of the first things I swapped out was the cooking system. Here’s a link for the set k use. The burners can be bought separately along with different sized windshield and pot stands for what ever you decide to cook, just heating water or cooking a meal. The spirit ring made. Big difference and reduced the heat to a more gentle flame to Warm My food through on this camp. I use bioethanol from Amazon and buy it in bulk. speedsterstoves.co.uk/stoves/boprder-raider-cook-kit.html

@@SoloSarahBX thank you. I did buy that after you recommended it but I really want to be able to cook properly so wasn't sure if you just cook on top of the wind shield? Sorry for being so dim! 🙈 But something to simmer would be great

@@suewheeler5795 you have to buy another windshield that is made to fit your frying pan diameter. I’m in need of doing the same so I can ok a full English one day 😂

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