I am totally with Clarkson and May on this one. That one actually looks like somewhat of a fine camping tent. And with a buttler putting it up, man... The best camping ever.
Thats my thought aswell :P Its not like richard's was of camping is bad... if you are say out hiking up a mountain or something... but not for where they are xD
Honestly it just seems a difference in approach. Camping as a measure/vacation vs survival/adventuring. As much as I love Jeremy and James' gentlemanly approach to camping (Butler included), if I had to make my way across Namibia with just me and my buggy, I'm going with Richard's weight saving ruthless efficiency method.
Imagine thinking you're just going to camp on the desert floor. With NO IDEA about how common scorpions are in deserts. For those who don't know..... bring a UV light. You'll see their fluorescence.
What they did, is demonstrate two different styles of camping. You either dump loads of money into creating a portable hotel. Or you just buy the basic necessities and actually (camp) in a tent.
For me atleast it is that by being uncomfortable you are able to pack a lighter kit and for that I'm able to go to places not normally travelled. Then again in other situations I'd happily just catch a flight and a hotel stay. Remember, each to their own!
Sometimes its nice to just get away from other humans and their bullshit for a few days, but cost and space management leads to one packing less comfortable methods of going about things.
I went camping Hammond style with my parents too. And after a couple of those, I too agree with James and Jeremy in that camping is nothing more than self-imposed misery.
I go and do James and Jeremy's version of Camping alot, full king size bed butler and all but sometimes I do find it fun to be in the middle of the african savannah and do richards version
See, if they were on foot, I could see Hammond's point. But they're not. They have auto transport (Hammond's buggy even had a roof rack!) And can therefore afford the added weight of more robust tents and materials. What Hammond is doing in this case is exactly what Jeremy said: deliberately making himself miserable. That's the sort of camping I don't care for. "but what about survival if you're stranded-" Look, we all wanna be Bear Grylls, but the chances of the average person needing to MacGuyver/Hatchet survive in trackless wilderness that they don't at least PARTIALLY get themselves into deliberately is.... remarkably slim. I'm certainly not planning on driving in the Canadian Rockies in the middle of a blizzard anytime soon....
Top Gear and The Grand Tour may be docudramas with a lot of scripted moments, but scenes like this still do make me wonder if Clarkson and May were raised spoilt compared to Hammond who's able to make do with the basics. Or at the very least it does unfortunately portray them as though they're showing off and saying "Look at us, we're rich and better than you because we cna afford luxury tenting while you can't." I'm sorry, but it does. Even if they meant it only for humor, it feels more like gloating than humorous.
Nah Hammond is just like your classical dad that insists you need nothing but a tent on a camping trip you can make fire by friction whipe with leafs and bathe in a stream
No. I think all of the lads come from reasonably modest backgrounds, not positions of privilege. It’s just that Hammond buys into the idea of traditional camping, hiking and that scout-mindset. Jezza and James have less interest in that, and they’ve grown used to the finer things in life. Why live in less when you have ample access to more, unless you already buy into the basics?
@@owainnewton326 Well to be fair, the finer thigns aren't always an option when you're out in the wilderness, or stranded. Not to mention you yourself may have to carry all that stuff as well.
@Tez Tickle You forgot to mention that they are driving through the desert with a huge back up team and most of it is staged purely for entertainment. Which works extremely well, but the fact that much of it is completely scripted should not be forgotten in the context of this discussion.
@@liamward9691 it probably just cause I'm an american But i love camping its not really uncomfortable as long as you pack good quality stuff by I like to use hammocks in the forest so...
Well the first proper look of "new" Top Gear I got was when James and Richard got some guys to build a mock space shuttle out of a reliant robin. Anyone who knows anything about this show whether it was Top Gear or Grant Tour knows its been a high budget show for a very long time.
I'd disagree I'd say it made the show even better tbh caus we've been seeing the same things for 20 years and with more money they can do more exiting things
I'm sorry but Hammond,s ideas of camping is my dream not the crap the the other two have all ya need is a small 1 to 2 man tent with a small mess tin and a gas burner a sleeping bag and a travel pillow
Jeremy: This is the stupid shit Hammond would like
Hammond: Oh perfect, I'll have that
It's almost as if the show is written.
Well, that’s hardly surprising considering how long those three have been traveling together. ^^
Hamond : cooking beans
James : "Thankyou Giovanni"
Ah, proper 19th century style of camping whilst exploring a new frontier. Glorious.
I love that James's shirt is untucked.
@@AdamTheMan1993 That was the whole joke.
yeah because he lives by his own rules
You must be a fucking moron!
What a yob
"He's such a peasant isn't he". lol!
I am totally with Clarkson and May on this one. That one actually looks like somewhat of a fine camping tent.
And with a buttler putting it up, man... The best camping ever.
If i go to camp like them, i definitely go with Jeremy and James idea of camping.
Glamping
Absolutely.
True, i mean such a vast area for camping yet Hammond just makes a mouse hole
All I can say about camping is get a bigger tent then you think shopping for it. Two tents if you've got kids.
I’ll glamp with tom haverford.
They're tent looks like something Julius Caesar or Napolean Bonaparte would have slept in
Their*
They are tent?
More like salah eldin tent the desert is ours not the French
@@papilloncommando7145 always have been tent
The campaign tents of Caesar and Napoleon were vastly different. And you would be wrong in both cases. 😂
I’m gonna say this I’ve used the chair Hammond tried. My family and I used them once and then threw them away gave them the nickname pelvis strangler.
back killer
I physically squirmed when he sat down in it
Hip breakers
Yup and unless you bring a paving slab to stick it on its footing is crap.
I used one last week on a camping trip, terrible thing
He’s such a peasant 😒😂🤣
Richard's used to having to carry everything he needs. But they've got cars!
Thats my thought aswell :P Its not like richard's was of camping is bad... if you are say out hiking up a mountain or something... but not for where they are xD
Hammond is just stucked on stupid sometimes
We’ll end up sleeping in small green triangles
Lmao
Camping is about appreciating the outside world in all its beauty. Not letting it rob you of sleep, comfort, and happiness
Honestly it just seems a difference in approach. Camping as a measure/vacation vs survival/adventuring. As much as I love Jeremy and James' gentlemanly approach to camping (Butler included), if I had to make my way across Namibia with just me and my buggy, I'm going with Richard's weight saving ruthless efficiency method.
Imagine thinking you're just going to camp on the desert floor. With NO IDEA about how common scorpions are in deserts. For those who don't know..... bring a UV light. You'll see their fluorescence.
It’s a TV show about cars, not camping.
And? Tents and swags have zips to keep what ever you like out of it
Namibia!! 🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦An absolutely beautiful country, the scenery in my country is AMAZING
2:32 if I were camping I would probably get the same chair but that blue one looks soooo comfortable
I concur. Either the Blue, red or one of the green ones at the back
Having de-cheesed my body parts... lovely
0:55 always gets me :D
The way he pronounces MONEY
Muh ney
With a little bit of Jeff Bezos' MONEY
He stole it from Ryan Gosling in The Big Short
Mun-Ey
What they did, is demonstrate two different styles of camping. You either dump loads of money into creating a portable hotel. Or you just buy the basic necessities and actually (camp) in a tent.
never understood the idea of making yourself less comfortable during you holiday that you are at home.
For me atleast it is that by being uncomfortable you are able to pack a lighter kit and for that I'm able to go to places not normally travelled. Then again in other situations I'd happily just catch a flight and a hotel stay. Remember, each to their own!
Sometimes its nice to just get away from other humans and their bullshit for a few days, but cost and space management leads to one packing less comfortable methods of going about things.
“Only sleeping on the desert floor”. I have in fact slept on the Namibian desert sand myself and it was amazing.
Until you were stung by about 50,000 Scorpions
I'm surprised no one pointed out the cut from Clarkson talking about chiseling his crotch to "Bushwhackers"
"Bushwhackers..."
Yeaaaaaaaaahhhh..
Clarkson and May went camping whilst Hammond played soldier in his head
Pocket soap, says the man who said soap is soap 10 years ago lol
So awesome to see them visit our country. The way he said Windhoek lol😂
I go with Hammond's camping style, did that as a kid with my parents.
How tragic for all of yous
@@hybridAbsol it's not bad as long as you have a good sleeping bag and tent most the rest is less important
Peasants
I went camping Hammond style with my parents too.
And after a couple of those, I too agree with James and Jeremy in that camping is nothing more than self-imposed misery.
@@machirim2805 Weak people
James and Jeremy are such girls.
I go and do James and Jeremy's version of Camping alot, full king size bed butler and all but sometimes I do find it fun to be in the middle of the african savannah and do richards version
You wouldn't have your bath run for you,you'd have it drawn for you!
If only it showed dislikes
@@_BreathOfFreshAir_ Yh I could see all of yous
@@gilesbeaven9626 well played good sir
Clarkson and May know EXACTLY how to camp, ONLY IF YOU NEED TO. 4-5 Star Hotels are the best - F**K camping.. 😏
GIOVANNIIIIIII !!!!
They are the greatest trio in the world
Hammond is n real whiss..
3:31 - Their butler Giovanni looks very cute.
"Tuck yer shirt in man it's not a bloody caravan site!"
I fought a war there...
A map would be very useful...
Camping vs glamping.
Giovanniiiiii
I'd much rather prefer Jeremy and James' tents tbh.
Oh dear, I've turned into Richard Hammond. I'll await the car crash.
Why is there a butler in the middle of the African savanna ? Where exactly are they found?
@Warspite Africa ain't that mystical to have butlers grow on trees. Still having one would make life a whole lot easier.
@@jayminpatel2932are you autistic
Jezza and James idea of camping is way better I'd like that sorry Hammond their correct lol
1:41 is this just a type of bivi or does it have an actual name ?
They are in the same shop
and?
1:40 What actualy is the name/ brand of this thing
Le Creuset
I meant the ting that he unrolls on the ground
At 1:41
@@benoitdastous5293 he says “roll it out on the desert floor, you’re home”
@@gergocsere1177 i know what he is saying, i want to know what the Name of the product is or a similar item
See, if they were on foot, I could see Hammond's point. But they're not. They have auto transport (Hammond's buggy even had a roof rack!) And can therefore afford the added weight of more robust tents and materials. What Hammond is doing in this case is exactly what Jeremy said: deliberately making himself miserable. That's the sort of camping I don't care for.
"but what about survival if you're stranded-"
Look, we all wanna be Bear Grylls, but the chances of the average person needing to MacGuyver/Hatchet survive in trackless wilderness that they don't at least PARTIALLY get themselves into deliberately is.... remarkably slim. I'm certainly not planning on driving in the Canadian Rockies in the middle of a blizzard anytime soon....
I guess I'm the crazy one but I much prefer Richards approach
What the fuck is a pocket soap ???
Hammond literally obsessed with back to basics camping style when he could have make his camp site more luxurious
so sick
Was Hammond seriously talking about buying a tent that doesn't keep the light out... for a desert journey?
If they where not camera they would spend time in a Hilton hotel not like they can't afford it
I would prefer Hammond's camp, with the exception of chair. There were more comfortable chairs at that store.
Top Gear and The Grand Tour may be docudramas with a lot of scripted moments, but scenes like this still do make me wonder if Clarkson and May were raised spoilt compared to Hammond who's able to make do with the basics.
Or at the very least it does unfortunately portray them as though they're showing off and saying "Look at us, we're rich and better than you because we cna afford luxury tenting while you can't."
I'm sorry, but it does. Even if they meant it only for humor, it feels more like gloating than humorous.
I think that Clarkson and May being older and less physically fit than Hammond may also have something to do with it.
Nah Hammond is just like your classical dad that insists you need nothing but a tent on a camping trip you can make fire by friction whipe with leafs and bathe in a stream
No. I think all of the lads come from reasonably modest backgrounds, not positions of privilege. It’s just that Hammond buys into the idea of traditional camping, hiking and that scout-mindset. Jezza and James have less interest in that, and they’ve grown used to the finer things in life. Why live in less when you have ample access to more, unless you already buy into the basics?
@@owainnewton326 Well to be fair, the finer thigns aren't always an option when you're out in the wilderness, or stranded. Not to mention you yourself may have to carry all that stuff as well.
@Tez Tickle You forgot to mention that they are driving through the desert with a huge back up team and most of it is staged purely for entertainment. Which works extremely well, but the fact that much of it is completely scripted should not be forgotten in the context of this discussion.
camping is miserable and i dont understand why anyone does it willingly
200k views, 85 subs. God damn
Whoever actually likes camping has something wrong with them
@Joeys Tomatoe and how’d you work that out
@@liamward9691 it probably just cause I'm an american
But i love camping its not really uncomfortable as long as you pack good quality stuff by I like to use hammocks in the forest so...
@@dozergames2395 fair enough haha im just joking around i just prefer having a bed and shower and stuff
@@liamward9691 my dads reason for camping was that distance makes the grow fonder he always says his best showers were after camping or hunting trips
Tuck ur 👕 in its not a caravan site lol
I've decided not to leave a comment
Your An eGiD
@@joshkehoe5071 it's you're, not your. Remember, good grammar, the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.
@@joshkehoe5071 leave him off egit
@@calumkehoe1055 you mean "leave the poor chap be".
high budget ruined their magic
Well the first proper look of "new" Top Gear I got was when James and Richard got some guys to build a mock space shuttle out of a reliant robin. Anyone who knows anything about this show whether it was Top Gear or Grant Tour knows its been a high budget show for a very long time.
@@jmlaw8888 i’m not even gonna waste my time arguing. Just no, you’re wrong.
I'd disagree I'd say it made the show even better tbh caus we've been seeing the same things for 20 years and with more money they can do more exiting things
@@nothajzl your not gonna waste time cause you know your wrong just chill
I'm sorry but Hammond,s ideas of camping is my dream not the crap the the other two have all ya need is a small 1 to 2 man tent with a small mess tin and a gas burner a sleeping bag and a travel pillow
Nice try Hammond
I mean Jeremy and James's just isn't crap 😂
thats a good recipe for not ever coming back to do camping... and your wife and kids hating you and possibly leaving you
@@LoneWolf-wp9dn damn boi... that escalated quickly xD
@@LoneWolf-wp9dn guess you are speaking from the experiense, your name checks out. Sry about the wife and kids bro