Wild Camping UK | Heading South | John Clare Country 

What a great video Chris. Absolute pleasure watching and listening to you and your love for the fauna and flora that surrounds us. Wife walked int the room while I was watching this episode and asked, "What are you grinning at?", I had been enjoying your video with a smile on my face and hadn't realised it. Brilliant. Thanks for your enthusiasm. 👍

Lovely to hear the Nightingales...we used to hear them when we camped at Orwell meadows near Ipswich....there is nothing to beat them, although i kinda like the Song thrush , Blackbird and Blackcap.

Honestly Chris, absolutely brilliant these videos. So relaxing and informative and its nice to hear the story/ies behind your interests and passions. Top work mate. Adge.

That is a genuinely beautiful video, Chris. I'll be researching John Clare, Nightingales, and Ben Wall. Can't help thinking that if you spent a week camping out there you would be out of your tent screaming Shuddup Nightingales by day 4. Although the song would probably just assimilate into your dreams. Thanks for sharing that Chris.

What a brilliant film. And the countryside was at its best. I always thing the late spring/early summer sees vegetation at its best - newly opened, in full splendour, and not yet subject to the ravages of heat, drought, and depredations of insects eating away at it. Such interesting things you had to say.

Great video Chris, there's more to life than hills. I generally enjoy lower level walks these days, there's just so much more flora and fauna 👌 Thanks for sharing, both the video and your knowledge 👍 ATB Alistair 👍

That was the best ever Chris, so moving. I wonder if there are nightingales at the bees as it’s all blackthorn thicket. Max wall😂. Just brilliant brilliant brilliant. ❤👌

Brilliant Chris, so informative.

Great to hear the birdsong!

Brilliant video Chris. I really liked how you pointed stuff out and explained things along your route. Also, it was good to see your passion for poetry. That was a fair old racket going on outside your tent during the early hours and it was great to hear on video. I imagine that it was even better being there. A really interesting (and educational) video mate. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

I must admit I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to recognising birds by their song - so thanks for teaching me what a nightingale sounds like. Felt for you being woken up so early, we were on a campsite in Coniston recently and were woken by a shout-off between the birds, ducks and a couple of cows! Full of knowledge and humour as always Chris - nice one.

Once again brilliant stuff 👌

Fantastic that, Chris! Some beautiful orchids, and very jealous of the nightingales! I've never heard or seen one in the UK, and they are getting a lot scarcer where we go in Spain these days 😟 I'm probably more John Cooper Clarke than John Clare, but he sounds a decent sort, so I'll have to check him out! 👍😁

Very enjoyable trip down south. Fun to hear the Nightingales singing so closely! Did you figure out what the loud screech was? I enjoyed hearing about you favorite poet and seeing his grave and former house… seeing places where poets and writers lived and wrote about is so helpful in appreciating their work. I loved seeing the wild orchids - that was such a pretty field, and interesting to hear about the old time furrows too. Ah, we have the same poisonous hemlock as well… they’re working to educate people and root it out. Very enjoyable video, great to join you! Cheers - Jen 😄

What an excellent trip Chris , really interesting with the wild plants and the varied bird life . Some great nightingale sounds and plenty of scary sounds lol …. You do know if you do get black legging pants all I will think is max wall 😂😂😂 I have Nike ones for winter cycling/running but I wear shorts on top !!!

The Torpel Way links Peterborough with Stamford and is 11miles in distance

Brilliant! So nice to see flowers and nature reserves on a walk. Bird songs exquisite. Certainly makes a change from local counties. Not heard of Rutland or John Clare Country. Excellent film production and variation of topic scenery. Talented and knowledgeable. Should be a Television programme.

I’ve just found your channel through our mutual love of John Clare. It is usually me leaving the Helpston landscape, headed north to beautiful Yorkshire. How lovely to have a Yorkshire man here, enjoying the hills and holes, hanglands and villages.

My part of the world.....was cycling some of those bridleways in the last few days.... If you ever want to see lots of Red Kites, this is the area....

Great these videos Chris, your tuning into my favorite wild camper/botanist story telling youtuber! love it keep em coming

We live Northamptonshire and could understand your apprehension about wildcamping. Walking and observing are two joys in my life so I love to join you on your walks. Pulled my poetry books off the shelf and checked out John Clare ,quite like 'Morning'. Thanks Chris

I love your videos . I always feel like I’ve learned something. Thank you so much for sharing 😊

Merchant bankers have an aversion to public rights of way,guess that's why they seed em with nettles😆. That's the problem down south..🙄. A joy to watch mind, good job Chris jb 😊😊😁😁👍

Beautiful countryside, buried Roman villa, ancient monuments and churches, nature, birdsong, stealthy camp, you sure packed a lot into this one Chris! Oh wait, Max Wall? Haha! I remember him 🤣🤣👍👍

Long one for you Chris but chock full of interest. Riveting from start to finish. You'll be rocking quite a look if you combine some leggings with those gaiters bud 😳 Tfs, Paul P.S. got another notification. I see you're out with PM & AB? Something of a holy trinity.

Down our neck of the woods here Chris, we live in Kettering so not too far away. When our eldest 2 were young we used to venture out that way on a lot, some pretty places around there. The nightingales were amazing, never heard one myself to date, was amazed to see a greater spotted woodpecker visit our bird feeder on a couple of occasions lately, that's as exciting as it gets for us beyond the sparrows, dunnocks, blue tits, coal tits, black birds and a plethora of pigeons of all kinds. Neil & I love watching your videos, since the covid rubbish arrived we've been on house arrest (well feels like it!) our 12 year old has Down's Syndrome, his immune system is totally rubbish, so we've taken no risks, he's been home schooled ever since (he has severe learning difficulties) & we have been absolutely nowhere, so we seek a bit of sanity via RU-vid watching people like yourself exploring the world that we very much miss. Love to learn new things too from you, hadn't heard about John Clare till you spoke of him so we've been doing some research of our own as a result, funny how you never know what is on your own doorstep! Keep doing what you do & we'll definitely keep watching. Fiona & Neil x

How do Chris, A bit late commenting on this one. As always a great mix of nature and stories, with a bit of poetry throw in on this one 👌 I write a bit of poetry myself so I will be checking out John Clare. Loved the Max Wall reference 🤣Some of your younger watchers will just have to google it 😂. I also saw you briefly on a Paul Messner video with Andy Beavers I shall look forward to that one if you filmed anything that day 😉

Absolute bloody belter that pal. I’ll give John Clare a coat of looking at now Chris. Thanks for taking the time and trouble of putting these little gems out. 👍👍

Brillant! These sort of moments are worth all the searching. I've been out looking for Nightjars, in the past and it's just such thrill when you hear them, and don't get me started on roaming Woodcock, they're so spookey.

Another cracking post Chris, yes very different but I can see why you made the venture. I live very close to Thorne Moors a raised peat bog SSSI and a Ramsar site. We’ve got a nice little nightjar population on there and I’ve spent a few nights on there listening to them. However even though it’s a unique call, it is somewhat toothachy compared to your nightingales

A great film that Chris, the look of joy in your face ! This is the problem I have down south, trying to find a spot to camp. When I'm doing my deliveries I 'm aways on the look out ! That sounded like a fox had caught a rabbit to me, I live on a farm and it happened all the time. But now the baggers have killed a lot of the rabbits, it does not happen that often ! Thanks for sharing 👍.

Another interesting video, I learn something every time I watch one, Keep em coming 👍

A great trip you were like a kid in a sweet shop when the birds were singing.ive traveled around Rutland and surrounding areas a bit and been to greatham it's a really nice area I love the colour of the stone buildings

What a fabulous place to camp, loved the nightingales, I walked through nettles once with shorts on and one shot up my leg, you can imagine where it had a direct hit, another great video chris , very interesting pal, take care

Lovely trip Chris. I live over in Cambridgeshire so not far away, I’ll certainly check out what I think was Southey Wood. I live in the middle of nowhere on a small holding and the night sounds are fab, screech owls, barking foxes, muntjacs very different to the moors, but I love living down here….I bought the tarp tent notch and the Atom packs Mo and used them for the first time on Calf Top Barbondale 2 weeks ago. Awoke to a cloud inversion, got to say I think it’s the best viewpoint I’ve camped on! The Howgills take your breath away when you come over the trig!, Wild Boar fell looks such a lump from there too, the view to Morecambe Bay is fab! Next one in 2 weeks will either be Wards Stone, Kinder on the Nab, or maybe the Howgills, I like Langdale. I know you boiled snow on Calf Top, but there’s a good spring down in Wrestle Gill. Many thanks for the effort you put into these, I also was looking at Black Combe from Calf Top but I reckon it might be prone to sea frets…ATB Nick

Great trip Chris, something a bit different. I have to admit I had to look John Clare up, every day's a school day. Its not until you get to walking pace at ground level you find out how interesting places are. Cheers for sharing, David

Brilliant Chris. Loved it.

Loved the birdsong , I had my app on when the screeching bird was on ( I was identifying birds in my garden ) it said it was a Sparrowhawk . I thought it was in my garden then I realised it was on your video 😊.

Well that was something completely different Chris, the nightingales sounded lovely, but bit too rowdy a night, give me a moor all day long 😂 poetry is something that can be so profound, I am a big fan of Arthur Rimbaud and Lord Byron. But there many others, looked like you had a great time, out in the new toy tomorrow so video to follow soon, all the best pal, Tito 👍