Woodland Bivy Solo Overnighter, RAB Ridge Raider, Wiltshire Man 

It restores my faith in human nature when people give you stuff like that. How VERY kind. Once again Sandy thank you, most enjoyable 😊

You bring a simplicity and calmness that is missing in this chaotic world

Hay Sandy, sorry mate forgot to say, " You reap what you sow my friend", you put a lot in to you channel's and all of us subscribers know it, and those who gift you things are showing their appreciation for your work, your open honesty. In this world today it is an inspiration my friend. Regards Moose

Thank you Sandy for your lovely videos. They have kept me going through a difficult time. Six months of Chemotherapy for Prostate cancer. Can't wait to get back on my bike. You are an inspiration.

looks like you have some nice equipment to enjoy on your adventures. I had a one person bivy shelter when I was a young man but traded it for a motorcycle. I have wished many times I still had that bivy. I now own two different US military bivy bags but they are both too small around to allow me to use a winter sleeping bag on top of a backpacking type inflated mattress.

Sandy, a small rubber ball inside the foot, tied with a clove hitch around it could work as a tether point. The guy line could be supported on a Y stick and anchored to the ground with a peg. That might work to free your feet from the bivvy material.

Great video as usual, Sandy 👍🏼. Subscription is all good, mate.

Great peaceful relaxing camp Sandy. Pleasure to watch. Thank you

Fantastic to see the woodland so green & lush, not to mention seeing you in your natural habitat. Thats a proper Wiltshire man nest. Very cosy indeed. My HR team at work got the giggles with me when I said can I request a new winter overcoat now it’s June. They agreed to order me one as it’s been so chilly recently. I guess it’s all the geo engineering & cloud seeding done by the government making May cold wet & miserable. You’re looking well Sandy.

Uh oh,he’s on the loose again!

You’re an inspiration! Great spot, lovely camp and thoroughly enjoyed seeing you get into that bivi.

Thank you for showing my country's flag in your introduction. It's not usual for this to happen. It is an honor. Keep up the good work.

Magic. Thank you!

Looking very nice there the lake and on your bike looked dry makes a change being dry we had a lot of rain nice to see you doing a divvy camp in the woods stay safe and stay healthy one life enjoy blessed be

Nar did that once re scouts, firm believer in walk in tents!!

most enjoyable ! 👍👍👌👌☺☺

I love my Rab Ridge Raider Bivi and about time you had a new MSR Titan pot that you haven’t peed in. Please keep it this way so I can share a coffee with you 😂😂😂 Thanks Ant 👍🏻😉

Hi Sandy what a brilliant camp!! Love that stove set up Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍

Neat setup that. If you can find space for a lightweight tarp too then you're completely covered. Towards the end when you were making your coffee, you were down in what is known as the Asian Squat. You'd be surprised about just how many in their 60's and younger that can't get down that far and if they do, they can't get back up again. Well done and keep that heart pumping.

Great video that's how it's done lovely way to live.

What a wonderful atmosphere in the woods. Hoping you keep well and keep camping.

Another hugely enjoyable vid Sandy. Dont think that bivi would suit me, but that is an excellent stove.

Great video,Sandy 👍

The bevy looks cosy but I wouldn’t like it , nice tent any day, I don’t think I’m as brave as you 😊

Tarp clamps could work on the footbox. Nice relaxing .camp

Great video sandy. I just wish i could find somewhere to do the same kind of camp

Great video, Sandy. Really enjoyed this 👍👍

Wow you’ve been busy WM, do you ever see your wife? Great video again, thank you 👍👌

I noticed the bivvy is eVent. Thanks for reporting on th.e dry sleeping bag at the foot box. The eVent must make that sagging foot end acceptable. Always enjoy your camps

Nice one Sandy just sent my bivvy back to Alpkit it's not for me find it to restrictive

According to the BBC it was the hottest may since records began lol

That was a brilliant video Sandy.Your enthusiasm was really apparent from that camp.That bivvy looked like it took a bit of a wriggle to get into.I’ve never slept in one.I wondered if they feel a bit claustrophobic. I liked the intro graphics as well.

Beautiful camp! The field has really grown tall for sure. Lovely to see the nice gifts. Thanks for taking us along. All the best, Travis.

Wonderful video, thank you for sharing your adventures. A true gentleman.

It’s relaxing just watching and listening. Thanks Sandy. ✨🙏✨

Wow I did feel abit claustrophobic watching you get in yer bivvy........ I do like to move about abit in a tent and getting up in the night for two or three widdles.....nah, but each to their own it was a nice pitch & the food looked hearty....look forward to the next one. 'Ull' east yorkshire.

Excellent! Enjoyed watching as always Sandy! I’ve checked Im still subscribed! I’m experiencing the same issue on my little channel too, I’m not one to beg for likes, subscriptions etc but it’s quite frustrating when we put time and effort into making our content and RU-vid rewards us by playing silly games! 🤷🏼‍♂️….. ahh well keep up the great work my friend 👍🏻😎very best wishes

Brilliant gifting there, Sandy. The weather looked perfect, too. Thanks. 👍🙂🏕️

Great to see people being so kind with gifts. That bivy looks very awkward for getting in. U would need to be able to get in the side.

An El Nino was called back end of last year, translation, the weather is going to be all over the place for months.

There is kindness about Sandy. How lovely you were given those things. Thank you for recording the sound of the owls.

Hi Sandy, to make the bivvy bag foot box take shape instead of being flat you could buy 2 x Wild Sky Gear DCF cuben fibre tarp tent adhesive heavy duty 3M stick on tie outs. Stick the tie outs to the upper corner of the foot box on either side, after cleaning the area with alcohol. Then attach 2 x guy ropes to the tie outs and peg them out over 2 x notched sticks, about one foot high, half way along the guy rope. The stick on tie outs are about £10 each. Hope this helps ?

Like your Videos, take your guitar with you, playing at night in nature is great.

you make great videos thank you👍

Finally bretheren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be anyvirtue, if there be any praise, think on these things. Phillipians 4 verse 8 KJV.

Thx Sandy., I enjoyed this., & it was nice that you were given some great gifts yes., and ya sure made some yum food too yes yum., thx for sharing your camp., I enjoyed your talks too.. sweet & sometimes you're funny too❤., makes me smile❤..

Thoroughly enjoyed this video from the other side of the world. Totally agree with the sentiments you expressed. Maybe we should all sit around the campfire. Thankyou for sharing, looking forward to the next one. Best wishes.

For your foot box. Carry a cut length garden poly pipe to make an arch inside. Really enjoy your videos. Yes checked my subscription and the bell too.

I couldn't sleep in one of those, being one of the many older folks who need to visit the "outdoors" in the middle of the night. I made a cone stove out of an old pot plant, not as smart as the one you got, but works well. All around, another great video Sandy. Hello from Down Under.

Another cracking video sandy you have some good followers

Ah your gifts make sense now from our trip. Beautiful video.

The BBC weather man said last night that it had been the warmest May ever. Average temperatures were higher. No cold nights over the UK. I thought it was cold like you.

Great video and scenery as always Sandy, God bless

I love my Firebox. I did kick in for the ti version to cut the weight in half. I’ve used charcoal in it when there was no wood to be had, worked a treat. Nice overnighted, Sandy!

Lovely woodland sandy. Would be able cycle Ridgeway on bike to beacon. No walked it is the terrain be to much. Love woodland you went to

Hello Sandy. Laudable generosity is exhibited by some of your viewers and subscribers! I hope Andrew will not mind my piling on with a bit of criticism of the bivi bag as I am including a suggestion for a workable fix that requires no cutting or stitching. As soon as I saw that shelter pitched, I thought the design lacked a method of erecting the footbox area. A loop at each side of the top surface at that end of the bag would facilitate guying out those corners either individually, or with a stick placed transversely through both loops and then guyed with a single line from its center point. Simple fabric loops add virtually nothing to the total weight of the shelter. Three or more added loops could also accommodate another support pole, which the manufacturer could either include with the shelter or offer as an optional accessory for those who don't mind carrying an additional support in their pack. As for the fix I mentioned, please consider using "Clip-on Tarp Pull Outs" offered by "Dutchware." The seller even has a short video demonstrating their use on his website.

“A good feeling about this camp” “I’m enjoying myself” just what a camp should be about Sandy,I keep saying it but it’s totally true, being out in the woods is medicine for the soul. I think camping out in the woods is a natural cycle of sleeping at the right time when nature and your body tell you when it’s time to sleep. Not been able to do it for years now but still remember the feelings. Another lovely video, thanks for sharing Sandy. 73’s

Lovely video sandy looks like your enjoying the cycle camping. I know I am.

Great Camp Sandy, nice and simple, good scoff and a lovely evening in the wood, superb. For the feet end of the Bivi, try your old mate " Joe, Hooped bivi camper" trick, and use two tarp clips and a guide line, that will work nicely bud. Excellent video mate, keep them coming, big thumbs up. Regards to one and all in the house of the Wiltshire Man. Moose.

Both the bivi and the cone look great pieces of kit. Some well deserved gifts there mate. All the best.

Keep up the filming Sandy, love the gentle nature of your exploits. I’m slightly to the north of you so our routes often cross. No helmet on this trip?

Both ash and field maple look healthy 😊

I really enjoy your channel! Very calm and relaxing camps! 🫡

I think yours is an older model, mine has a very short pole at the end that when pegged, raises the foot box up off your feet and gives more form to the whole bivi.🤔

You need to put close captions on your videos, I am getting hard of hearing! 😂

no idea why sandy but iv been unsubscribed to few channels mainly bushcraft channels

Buenos días muy muy buenos tus videos soy seguidor muy motivadores soy de Argentina de dónde eres ? saludos cordiales

Nice one sandy , really enjoyed. Nice food 🍀

very enjoyable , thanks

thank you Sandy for a local camp video. loved it.

Another great video but give me gas for cooking just done a month in France on one bottle. I do love your content ❤️

Nice camp. I reckon a stone or conker inside the footbox, then grabbed from outside to tie a cord round it and peg out. Could work. I have a non hooped bivi with similar coffin-like feel. Cosy.

Keep up the good work, I really like seeing you out and about. As a Wiltshire man myself I love the scenery.

All these videos! You are spoiling us. I camped last night, very cold but nice to get out. Whenever I camp, when I put tent up and cook I always think how much faff I make compared to you 😂

Surrender to what is good what is honest what is right. I like those words, just one of many reasons I am grateful that I found your channels, what a good man you are Sandy.

Nice vid, Sandy! 👍 I'll be getting the Rab bivi next week, so I'll be doing some Autumn one/two nighters!.... Can't wait! Take care! 👍.

Hi Sandy. I'm feeling a bit down today and this video cheered me up. There were three stuff sacks, one containing the pole for the head, one large one for the tent and a third one, which I thought was for the pole for the foot box. I hope it's in the bottom of your pannier bag. The top of the cozy should fold back to enable you to eat your porride from the kettle without removing it from the cozy. All the best 🙂

I think you are happiest when surrounded by trees and the wonderful sounds of the birds and other creatures, of the British countryside, Sandy. Thank you for sharing.

Lovely time of the year to be in the woods, everything is still that spring-green - love it! Not sure I'd be happy in a bivvy - I've got issues with confined spaces and am just not ready for a "bodybag" yet. 🤣 Look forward to your upcoming bike packing adventures.

How about a small sheet of cardboard bent in to an arch at the foot end? Needs a hoop and a guy line though

Enjoyed this video bro, speaking of frosts the weather girl mentioned tonight frosts from Wednesday for us and looks like a few days of them too. Safe travels. Ken.

You could support the foot area with a clip on each corner and a cord attached to a tent peg, maybe

Always enjoy your outings Sandy 😊

Pebble (2) on the inside of the bivvi toe box. Then tie a guy line to each pebble, and support with an 12" stick via a guy line 😉 Works well on my Dutch Army Bivvy Bag. Helps shed water too👌😎

Great camp Sandy, I'm not sure if there's sufficient room to push a rucksack inside to raise up the foot box of your bivy bag. I use on my snugpak stratosphere👍

Loved the video. Love your enthusiasm at this age too. So happy to see the firebox. God bless you man. Love from India ❤❤❤

Using metal knife in a non stick frying pan

Fantastic video, love the chilling camps they are must. Looking good dad.

That worked out pretty well, Sandy. It beats sleeping out cowboy style on a bed roll in the open under the stars. A beautiful location!

Hi Sandy, I really enjoyed the video. In Australia we use swags, and I used to have a small, light weight canvas swag that the Ridge Raider bivvy reminds me of. It was hooped at the head end, and I think you'd be interested to know at the feet end it had a tiny 20cm aluminium tent pole that fitted into a o-ring hole at the top of the foot box area, if that makes sense. It created more room for the legs and feet. That bivvy looks great! Nothing better than getting out into the forest for a back to basics camp. Thanks for making and sharing your videos Sandy. They are really enjoyable to watch! 🙏👍🇦🇺

Hi Sandy, just wanted to say what a lovely campout. The bivi looked a little tight at first but very comfortable once you were in, thank you for all you do sir 👍

Gorgeous work my friend 👏👏

brilliant as always thanks sandy

Top notch that sandy. Love the positive energy and vibes echoing through this upload made me feel alive. Great to see new kit getting a work out and nice to see honesty and integrity shining through. Some could use a lesson or two in that department. Your right what you said about it being cold, may was a shocker ! Let’s hope it warms up a bit in June. Keep up the great work sandy sending love to all the family the woofers and the apprentice. ♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍🫡🇬🇧

Been following your various adventures a few years now Sandy. Always good content, photography and editing but wow, this one is such a pro production. Superb quality images. It must take a lot of effort to do all of this alone. I, for one, really appreciate and enjoy what you give us on a regular basis. Power to to you.

That's some really nice gifts from very kind people looked like a great night out in the woods Sandy. Your a inspiration to us all mate atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍

Great video Sandy 👍👍⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️👍👍

Great camerawork and video again Sandy. How do you cope with the tics? We’re infested up here in Glasgow with them. Atb Johnny.

You mentioned recently Sandy how cold and wet May has been! To my surprise yesterday the Met Office said it was one of the warmest on record? A RU-vid channel called History Debunked (Simon Webb) posted a video today expressing his complete surprise with regard to the Met Office’s comments. He referred to George Orwell’s excellent book 1984. Thank you, another smashing video.

The English countryside in spring & early summer, nowhere better! The bivi always looks like a coffin to me but I suppose its practical, no good if your claustrophobic though. A fine feast, but no condiments? Neither mustard or sauce? Neither pickles or pepper? Maybe you like it plain. Breakfast looked good, only a mug of strong tea for me, coffee is a elevenses drink for me, strong tea is a much more civilised brew, still each to his own! Some profound thinking & well articulated as well. Thanks for sharing your camp.