First Night Camping in WW2 Officers Tent - Heavy Rain
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- Join me on a solo overnight camping trip as I spend the first night camping in a WW2 British Army Officers Tent. This heavy duty canvas tent is great for winter camping and I took it out for a test camp so I get used to using it. I setup a raised bed inside and cook some food in a cast iron dutch oven over the fire.
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My dad and six of his brothers served in WWII in every theater. He and I (the youngest of four siblings) spent a great deal of time camping in the Adirondacks just like this. He taught me many survival skills including foraging. Pine pitch makes excellent gum to chew on and clean your teeth is something I still use when in the woods. I miss my dad so much. Thank you for bringing back to me the fondest memories I have of my growing up years.
I hope that you're still camping and having fun in the wilderness :)
@@DiabloOutdoorsI do! 😁
Thank you for commenting and telling your story!
@@nalonabrato8900 Then that`s great. His legacy is in goods hands! 🐻
I grew up in the Adirondacks
Hey Mike!
My name is Dominic and I'm 11 years old. I really enjoy watching your bushcraft videos! You were kind of like an inspiration for me. In my woods,
I have created what I call 7 Acres. It is a village of forts. So far I have built four freestanding forts, three lean to's, and two a- frames. I also just built my first Fire with flint and steel!
I would really appriciate a response and some more bushcraft tips.
- Dominic
Hey Dominic, that’s awesome to hear! Thanks so much for the kind feedback. I’m glad you have been inspired. My favourite type of fire lighting skill is Flint & Steel. It’s such a satisfying process. As for camping and Bushcraft tips, there are over 20 videos packed full of tips in my wilderness survival skills playlist on my CZcams channel. I’m working on the next Bushcraft tips film which will hopefully be out soon :)
very inspiring. ive been at this for about 3 years now and i havent had the chance to build more than tent/tarp set ups. maybe some day.......
i am 12 years old and als inspired by youtubers like ta outdoors and fishing, but i dont have the permition or money to go camping or any of the stuff that you do
hey! Im glad that there are other kids my age that are are interested in stuff like this!@@ben_nerf_lego
I also just checked out ur channel and I love legos and nerf guns too!@@ben_nerf_lego
When I as a Guide we were taught to roll the tent flaps inwards to prevent rain getting on the reverse side, so when you close for the night it isn't wet in the tent. And no sleeping bags. We learnt to make and roll a swag
I’m 74 years old and in my Boy Scout days when I was 10 or 12 years old that’s the kind of tents we used. There were no light weight nylon backpacking/hiking tents. Consequently we did not do a lot of backpacking and hiking, we camped out of cars where you could load your tent in the back and haul it to the woods and set it up. They were durable, they were waterproof, unless you touched the inside in a hard rain. You learned that lesson really quick. Thanks for the memories.
we used the same tents when I was in the Scouts. Those poles were heavy too.
We used the same tents in scouts about 8 years ago now. There all still holding up great!
My Dad was an officer stationed in India during WW2. Brought back his equipment tent, cot etc which we used for camping as kids. Brings back fond memories
Wauw that takes me back 30 years to my scouting days. These tents are beasts. Very heavy but so versatile. The type we had you could roll up the doors and the sides leaving you with just the roof to really air it out. Much easier to put up with one person holding the pools up while standing in the tent as it’s being put up.
Was going to make exactly the same comment. Many memories and they were definitely waterproof as many a rainy scout camp proved!
same here, same tents, my scout group in the 1980's was 3rd Kingston
That's what the officers had privates for, to hold the poles haha :D
I started my scouting days under one of these canvas. Until we moved over to using aluminium framed mess tents
Yes! 70’s & 80’s scout tents, remember them being a bit greener though and very heavy to carry. Middlewood scout camp if anyone remembers!
Hi Mike! The mushrooms look like young puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum). They're a saprobic species, meaning that their role in the woodland is to break down organic matter - also they're a good edible mushroom, harvested young before the spores develop.
(If anyone reading this is encouraged to forage edible mushrooms, please do a lot of research first.)
Yes, those are puffballs. And like you already wrote, they're edible only when they're young.
Not Puffballs, sorry. Puffballs have NO stem, savvy? This is easy to look up, don't poison yourself.
This was the comment im here for
Hi, I am seventy-two years old and apart from a stint in the navy have spent all my life in the UK, but this is the first time I have heard a muntjac. I am sorry if I have butchered the name of this bird or animal. I have a caravan in the Hamsterley forest and slept outside as much as possible, it just goes to show you are never too old to learn something.
They're quite tasty!
They are a species of small imported deer that ran wild, like grey squirrels.
They are protected now
thankyou for the info@@StevenKeery
When I was kid growing up in Los Angeles, my dad would rent a big canvas tent from the local Army-Navy surplus store and once we arrived at our campsite, it would take him and my mom an hour or so to put the tent up. I remember the process seemed to involve a lot of shouting and swearing, especially during the part when my dad had to crawl inside the deflated tent with the center pole that held up the ridge pole. Us kids would sit on the picnic table watching, when in fact we were supposed to be out scrounging for firewood, but watching our dad set up the tent was way more entertaining. Once I was grown and moved away from home, my own solo camping trips led me thru an evolution of tents, my first being a simple 20'x8' clear plastic sheet, clothesline, and clothespins. I'd string a line between 2 trees about chest high, spread the tarp out on the ground under it, then toss the tarp over the line, anchoring the bottoms of the tarp with gear and whatever rocks were at hand, then use the clothespins to anchor the tarp to the line to prevent it from sliding down the line. While the resulting tent was open at both ends, being clear it also allowed me to see the night sky and my campfire. I used this tent for many years, thru all kinds of weather, including snow, and it always kept me perfectly dry. My next tent was a "borrowed" one-person pup tent which it's owner ended up gifting to me, as he had never used it and I was "borrowing" it 2-3 x a year for several years. I used that tent until it started to fall apart, maybe 10 years, before I finally broke down and bought myself new tent, which was a large 3-room tent. And while I loved the space the new tent afforded me, it was a cheap tent and leaked like a sieve in wet weather. It also was a royal pain to set up and required 2 people...solo camping was no longer possible. Still, my friends and I, and later my son and his family, got good use out of the tent for at least a decade. But after an especially bad weather experience, I decided it was time for yet another new tent. This time I did my research and had very strict criteria: I had to be able to set it up quickly my myself, it had to provide full head room at the center of the tent, had to be watertight and wind resistant, had to pack small and fairly light, and had to come down quickly. I ended up with a 10x10 Coleman tent with corner poles sewn into the tent which telescope, which enable the tent to be set up in about 60 seconds. Straight out of the box, brand new, it took me 1 min 45 seconds to have up (my roommate timed me). It takes about 2 1/2 minutes to take down, mostly due to having to press air out of the tent. I've only used it 1x in wet weather and it did leak a bit, but that's mostly because I forgot to bring the rain fly. It weighs about 25 lbs, which is a bit heavy for me (elderly woman w/bad back and hips), but I don't backpack, I car camp, and even solo I can manage to lug the carrying case from the car to the tent site. It wasn't an inexpensive tent but I am very happy with it, feel that it was worth the money spent, especially as it's likely to be the last tent I ever buy or use.
As a scout who uses these types of tents quite often and I am very impressed that you set that up by yourself
Yeah, most need at least two people to set them up lol
True, very difficult indeed!
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My father had a tent like that when I was a kid growing up just north of Toronto, Canada. It was an actual British Army surplus tent from WWII. The poles were starting to rot, and I was always afraid the top one would collapse and fall on us while we slept 😂 when I was a teenager, we'd set the tent up in the yard and have a party. Whoever was too drunk to go home just stayed in the tent 😊 you'd be amazed how many drunk teenagers would fit in it. Just don't tell your kids 😉
Dutch Lacing. That's what the loop and eye system is called. We use it on traditional marquees and big top tents.
I taught so many guides how to put these and 6 person patrol tents up. It is easier to put up a 2 man on your own if you have 2 guy ropes on a dolly at each end and storm set the guys. Also, unfolding the tent and laying the poles in position with the upright poles foot where you want it to end up (knock in a small peg straight down as well to mark your ideal pole foot position).
Small pegs should go straight down not angled, then the walls hang straight down.
To maintain health of the tent the walls should be looped each morning to allow the hessian to dry and once dry can be rolled to allow the tent to air and give shade on a hot day.
Always roll doors under not over so when it rains and you undo them, you don't end up soaked (learnt that the hard way!).
When you undo the lacing on the back door, pay attention to the threading as it is very secure and keeps draughts out a little.
The doors are laced with a toggle at the bottom to lock it off. It is used to join many pieces of canvas together in the canvas marquee tests (MASH) . Don't put any product on canvas, as long as it's not damaged or contaminated with excess tree sap etc all it should need to keep it waterproof for decades is to wet and dry like you mentioned. I've had untreated canvas from the 80s remain waterproof. Mike
My dad served in WWII and he brought one of the tents home. It must have been a mess tent because it would make 3 of yours. Every summer he would set that tent up in the backyard and bring out his 5 army cots. Us kids had a wonderful time playing in that tent for many many years. My dad died in 1976 and nobody knows where that tent went to. But gosh was it fun and it never got old.
The skirt normally goes under the groundsheet, takes me back to my youth. Thank you
Ahh yes the good old British baptism of fire - the rain!
We used these tents in the Scout group I belonged to. We had two and a flysheet and would set them up in a line, the flysheet inbetween the two tents to make one really big living space. We would lift one side of the flysheet using two extra poles and the middle would be our kitchen, living area. In the winter we could put four pallets in each tent to create a wooden floor. The lower sides could also be rolled up to allow ventilation in the summer and let smelly boy stink blow away.
My late dad loved Exchange and Mart magazine . He bought an ex army large tent plus the canvas beds . As a junior I ( I'm 72 now) can still smell that tent . Great family memories - so thanks from me .
Proper 1980's scout's memories are flooding back! 😊
I recently binged on Bear Grylls the island ,they would kill for that sleeping bag with screen especially the ones that sleep on the floor for ages 😂
Me and my mates used to camp in surplus army equipment from the 1950s and 1960s we are all in our 60s now we had good times. We used to camp on the sand dunes of Ainsdale in Merseyside or Lancashire as it was then in the 1960s.
My parents where campers and so we kids where too. I once spend 6 weeks in such a tend in the dunes of the North Sea. I loved the sound of the rain and no heavy wind could harm me. I loved the smell of the mornings and I loved the sound of the sea from over the dunes. I loved all about it. When we went back to our house I felt sad and lost. Thank you for bringing back my memories.
I can just picture one of those half way across Normandy with a little writing table.
I actually like the old military camp beds. Quick and easy to put up.
Now you know why Officers never put up their own tents. There is an art to stitching the tent flaps together.
A normal guy opening and setting up a WW2 tent, with no instructions, is probably going to make a disastrous mistake of a pitch-up, but this man has a natural talent when it comes to shelters and put the tent up with ease! .
The officers didn’t erect this tent, a crew did, usually working together on several tents, mess and kitchen, etc
(The USA version at least one unit. Not sure about other units) Memory from the 1960s reminds me that many times there was a canvas floor or the soldiers would build a floor from whatever was available where the camp would be stationed for several weeks. The canvas floor version had pegs along the side holding it in place.
I'm 75 and that is what we grew up using, canvas tents, the boy scouts and the like. thanks good to see ya.
I DO sleep outside of a tent often. I sleep on a cot and sliding around of my bedding is a problem. In my part of New Mexico, insects are rare. Still, the screen will help with breathing.
You did pretty well considering no help or instructions. We used these tents in the 70s in our guide troop camps. Younger guides in Bell tents progressing to (what I now realise having watched your video) were actual army surplus ww2officers' tents. Two things that might make the job easier: ensure the door is closed and peg out tge borrom before you start. Happy camping!
Retro Camping! I echo the comments and tips from other campers from past generations who used this kind of gear ( I am 68 years old). My humble contribution is to suggest a shovel in your kit to dig a moat if needed. Rain can happily run through the floor of these tents sometimes and make life miserable, so re-directing the water is a must. Anyone remember using Tide paste on your billy cans? There’s a challenge.
I’ve had an Officers Tent (WW2 re-enactment) for over 3 years now, it’s stood up to storms, heavy rain and glorious sunny days.
I’ve not treated it in any way except as you said about hosing it down when I first got it. ,
As the tent is 6x6 I place my bed across the back, then it acts as a nice seat for looking out. And yes, you do do it up the way you did with the loops
As an old biddy, I know from my ridge tent days to close the door first, peg the base out, put the front post in and then start to adjust the guide lines at the front. Put the ridge in, not forgetting the tent loop that's normally halfway along the ridge, then, while inside, add the rear pole. Adjust the rest of the guide lines. Smaller pegs for the base, larger pegs for the guide lines. Roll the tent door inwards, not outwards, to keep the inside of the door dry in case of rain. Don't forget to tie them with a quick release knot. I even learned in the guides how to properly sew up a tear in a canvas tent!
I have an old army stretcher with wood poles in the sides that keep me a couple of inches off the ground. Great for camping by the car, but it's a bit too heavy to walk anywhere with it!
Beautiful puffballs, perfectly edible while still firm inside. I teach foraging in Devon, so I know my stuff.
This might be a good addition to your vw camper van if you find some space to store it in the van.
I remember these old tents. (Respectful reproduction.) Excellent for weather protection, but a hell of job to wax. If I recall correctly, we dug out the floor to make the inside seem taller, because my uncle was 6'6''. Thank goodness you managed to salvage this video. Brought back some great memories.
in the states, we use that style of tent at the 19th century 'Westward Expansion' forts, and their re-enctments or rendezvous. However, the are 6 feet tall, and they use the side bar structure to support the walls. If my memory isn't swiss cheese today, you really want that canvas taut, to help keep the rain out of the tent. You should be able to bounce a coin off the roof of the tent.
The flaps are known as 'sod flaps.' They are marketed as extra length on the wall for uneven ground levels to help keep the wind and weather out of your tent. During historic events, those flaps must be inside the tent for historic accuracy.
Another cool camp, thanks for brining us along. I would also enjoy another camp with your Lavuu [sp?], turned into British Bell Tent.... with the longer center pole.
Be cool to see you do a night's camping with the full gear of a ww2 soldier.
Did one of those on my channel a few years ago: czcams.com/video/SR_rvWb_reQ/video.htmlsi=Fiw5g7bldLkqaZA5 not all the gear but most of it 😁
I think the pocket on the inside of the sleeping bag is for heating pads to keep warm while sleeping in cold weather
I've got a Grüezibag by myself. It's one of four sleeping bags i own and it is by far the best! Great range of temperature and soooo comfortable! 🥰
I'm really impressed with it so far.
The sleepingbag is awesome!
The Petromax Pot & the Feuerhand Light everything nice!!!
Tie off the bottom of the front door, then peg out the corners to establish the footprint, then open the door and slide the ridge pole in set the rear pole inside insert the door pole into the ridge pole follow the ridge pole to the rear picking up the rear pole as you go and insert into the ridge pole then tie out the guy lines .P.S. if it is the old type of canvas, don't touch it when wet it will leak when you touch it.
Good seeing you back on I hope you have more content. I’m sure the officers had some poor soul to set those tents up. Looks like a lot of work for one man. Good job.
Yes explosive I can't see officers setting that up lol I think you're right
They were delivered a set up by a couple of squaddies. We had a larger one that one of our gangs dad gave us. I was ten or eleven and we went camping in it. We linked the poles together and slung the tent and equipment under it..
That sort of tent keeps the rain out fine as long as you don't touch the inside of the canvass. That brings it in.
About the stiff neck when sleeping with an inflatable pillow at 32:44. I never inflate them fully, always just three quarters of the way, so that they’re still a bit wrinkly. They’re so much more comfortable like that. Maybe give it a try!
That pack looks a little full there. 😂😂 these tents are awesome though, we have them for my scouts. It’s always fun to have them sleep under canvas for their first camps.
Just a tad 🤣
Lovin' the old style tent! Simple, no "fandangled" contraption to try and figure out when in a hurry.
Used these tents at scout camp with pallets on the ground as a floor. 2 scouts per tent, and the leaders each had their own. Our troop used Eureka timberlines for our regular camp outs.
For more permanent camps where you dont lug around the tent all the time these types of heavy and tall canvas tents are just the best. Sleeps better, more comfortable, stands up to the weather, standing headrom.. So much going for them.
I died laughing when you caught urself looking up explaining the leafs and realise it’s pitch black🤣🤣🤣 lovely mate! Keep it up
Eagle Scout back in 1979, did my fair share of canvas tenting-a smell that'll never leave your senses. Another great video TA Outdoors.
Yes!!!! The smell. Canvas. Bug spray and old tackle boxes. Spot on
About to watch and I already know it's going to be good, always nice to see a video from Mike/TA Outdoors pop up in my feed!
I agree there joannah😊
also, the hessian around the bottom goes on the inside, and tucks underneath your groundsheet - we always called it the sod cloth and it helped prevent water getting into and onto your groundsheet.
As a scout leader i have put a lot of patrol tents up over the years, just slightly bigger than that officers tent.
You need to make two stiff leather patches a bit bigger than a 10p with a hole in them to tightly slip over the spikes to prevent them pulling back out out and ripping a hole in the fabric as you lift it up , had a similar tent in the 80's
My dad had a genuine one from ww2.
The spikes go into the holes.
And there are some wooden end that go on other end of spike with guy ropes.
It was a light green colour, called a patrol tent. Not a one man operation, and was huge.
Think dads army and the traction engine running over tents.
You can put two tents togetber, to form a longer tent. No ground sheet, tbe skirts also roll up.
Hope it helps.
Yes i remember cot beds, we used them as hamocks in RN on ships, but bugger to use on land wjth sprung legs.
Our canvas bell tent had the same loop system on the door. It's an interesting loop system until you desperately need to get out for a festival pee at 3 in the morning.
Another great video as always Mike! This tent design is very similar to the large patrol tents we use in the Scouts, the ones we use sleep up to 6-8 people, but pretty much exactly the same design. The hessian part is called a Sod Cloth, used to go under a ground sheet to stop water flowing under the canvas onto the ground sheet. Keep up the great work Mike! ❤
That's what I thought, you're supposed to put a canvas ground sheet over it.
When I’m as in cubs we had 6-8 men and women tents but now in my scouts we have 2 men tents and when I went camping I slept in it on my own
That’s right and the damn stuff buckled up if it hadn’t been packed away right!
steak in the 4 bottom corners then raise the frame inside and it should stand and you can adjust the lines then! Cheers looks awesome just right size. the short side walls can sometimes be rolled up for ventilation, skirt to outside, weighed down by rocks or sand bags. We spray ours with a hand pump sprayer and Thompsons water seal, (it is ment for wood on decks) you can treat the wooden poles with this also as well as the tent pegs, you can only spray it once so do a good job, get every seam and you will never have a leak.
I used to have a 8 man one of these. I had PTSD just watching you attempt to assemble it on your own. I always loved the toggle closing, so much more robust than any other way.
Stiching the doors was called french lacing from what i can remember. If its a good canvas you might not need to proof it. You get a fine mist coming through in heavy rain. Just dont touch it on the inside. The tents we used (6 man scout patrol tents) had a double guy line at the ridge. Once you had the tent fully pegged out you could reverse them (keep them wide enough to not touch the tent) that way no big guylines to trip over out tge front ans back. Glad you had fun.
As others have said, this is very similar to patrol tents used years ago by the Scouts - one thing I remember is that in rain you want to slightly slacken off the guy ropes (I'm assuming the rope used isn't nylon), as they'll swell with the rain and potentially could rip free of the canvas.
Yes I noted that. Remember getting wet going out to slacken off. We used to play rock paper scissors as to who went out!
You would never see an officer put up their own tent, that is why they had grunts to do it! Or my brother who was a Warrant Officer, called them "Maggots". Lol! Those toggle ropes are for staking the flap out as a windbreaker for the entrance.Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Common puffball, Lycoperdon perlatum. Very tasty. Just make sure they're white and firm all the way through.
Ah, love it. I just watched the £20 little tent vid and then this one. You're growing on me with your content. Been watching for a couple of weeks now and I like your style. Thank-you 😊
Take me back to scouting days, we had a green Icelandic, solid tents great in winter/snow days, would make a good hot tent
Loved the slow-mo, cinematic bits of the video. Nice touch!
Hi... if I may... one piece of advice... when rolling up the doors; you should reverse the flap... rain, bugs, leaves etc wont stay in... take care
Love that breathable foot box on the sleeping bag!
As a Boy Scout in Australia in 1980 we had canvas tents and had to bring our own ground sheet ! Now we have swags everything in 1 ! ..... ❤️ the old design 👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome, seen so many comments saying the same thing, , taking us back to our old cubs and scouting days... the old patrol tents, and them pegs, my got.. brilliant, cracking video...
atb Ian
On this outing, I MISS your WWII Officer's costuming!
“As that needle goes through the hole…” waaahaha. 😂 I’m such a child.
I'm sure we had duckboards on the ground. Also the sides can be rolled up. Not sure this can be done on this one. Tuff tent but susceptible to high winds.
I remember my grandad having one of those tents. Only shame is it hasn't got the facility for hot tenting. Imagine how cosy you could be on a winters evening. Great vid, great location, great food
GGMU 😏
Well that brought back memories. All the tents of my childhood were WW2 tents. That smell of the canvas I’ll never forget after over 65+ years. Setting up took ages. If it was dark it was a major challenge. Hammering those pegs was a mission. Altering the guy ropes in rain was a must. Raised beds? Oh what a wuss we had a smelly ground sheet and a sleeping bag. If the ground was bumpy you felt it. So stamp down before you pitched. Modern life is so much better in some ways!!
I grew up camping in a tent just like that. So many memories. Eventually I graduated to modern tents and then RV's. Now that I am old I have switched back to canvas. I have a Kodiak Canvas truck tent that is great. Thanks for taking us with you on your adventure. Stay safe and God bless.
wow, brought back a few childhood memories of my dad's tent from his WW2 days which we used as kids on our lawn. Many happy nights back then spent under canvas. Good to see you can still get them, wooden poles and all just like the one we had. Nice overnighter and great to hear the sound of the rain on canvas again.
The skirting around the base is a mudskirt. This particular tent is designed to have floor covering. Like a canvas tarp
Thank you TA outdoors, the tent you had was awesome you use in your campsite it didn't link at all
I only saw one commenter mention to first stake down the tent. Yes that is the proper way to set these type of tents. Im a 64 year old Eagle scout from the states. Back in those days you set up most tents by first staking them down with any doors( front or back) closed. Once the perimeter was staked down you open the door and put in a ridge pole then a riser poles at each end. They will be somewhat standing upright if you staked out the perimeter. Then you place the guy rope stakes and attach those ropes and adjust the lines to bring in everything tight. A tight walled tent will be affected less by wind rain and snow. Lastly one commenter correctly called that skirting fabric as a sod cloth. You place the sod cloth to the inside of the tent. Now I mentioned im in the states because I have never gotten the pleasure of seeing a British officer's tent. However I have seen many similar to them from US surplus tents. These type of wall tents had been used for well over a 100 years or more by many militarys around the world with different variations. What was missing from that tent was a floor tarp. It would go in last laying the full floor of the tent and covering the sod cloths making for a very snug weather proof tent. So I would advise you to get a nice durable tarp that fits that floor and enjoy it to the max. One more thing. You can get wood stove chimney jacks that can be sewn into these tents. Then you have the ability to have a woodstove in your tent keeping it not only warm but very dry as the stove will remove any high humidity in the tent so when you get up in the mourning nothing is damp from all the moisture in the air most everyone has experienced. Wall tents might be heavy but damm they are nice. Everyone have a great day. 🔥😃🌧🌡❄️💧
I had a similar experience with tents, I was a medic in the army. When I left I was in the TA, long story short, I was the only person there that knew how to put up a treble 18 x 24 tent
Wow, this takes me back! We used this style of tent for years on Scout camps, but they were much bigger with a centre pole as well! When your hands were freezing cold and wet, the door loops were the worst thing in the world especially in the depths of night on Bodmin moor
It's probably a good idea to fabsil it and seam seal the stitching.great tent bro .God bless you and your family, and happy camping 🏕 🙏 😊 ❤️. Lee
I've never seen a tent without a floor before. Great sleeping gear, though, top-notch!
The loop system at the end, is what the Army use in all there tents to this day.
When I was in the Boy Scouts we used the same surplus tents. This was back in the 70s and I can still smell them. We has plastic sheets for the floor. They were fairly drafty and winters were miserable. Now I almost want one again. 😂
It's wonderful to have your own woodland to camp in. Have you ever thought about a raised tent platform? Thanks again Mike, love your content... And I won't tell the wife.
My dad must have used this sort of tent. Thank you for this demonstration.
That sleeping bag... Love it!
I was in irish army. We had canvas tents biger but symular to urs. We use to put pegs into thos loops at rear door and give it a twist so the loop was tighter on peg befor hamering into ground.
Love the mossie net on the sleepin bag.
U do good wood craft vids. Keep them up
Oh wow memories from childhood. My parents had a similar family tent. It had a tent pretty much exactly like that at either end with a centre section that was basically a fly sheet between them forming a living cooking area, both tents also had fly sheets too. We were away once and saw a forecast for a strong storm. As kids we went around finding rocks to place on the hessian skirts. There were very few tents still standing by morning, frame tents were just becoming the thing to have and the storm flattened them. As a child I didn’t appreciate it all.
Oh yes we had a couple of those difficult camp beds too but I was too young to attempt to fit them together.
We were told not to touch the inside of the canvas when it's raining as your hands would draw the water through the canvas!
Strange how memories come back
I TOTALLY agree with you about Scandi grinds and vegetable/meat slicing. I DO like Opinel and they are easy to carry along with a larger Scandi grind belt knife.
Been a while since you helped you dad catch a frew trouts on the fly. Good job on making yout dreams reality and good luck forward.
Really enjoyed this video remembering day gone by with the army cadets & the scouts.
that sleeping bag is the coolest thing i've ever seen
A blast from the past, nearly 60 years ago I completed the bronze DoE award with a group of mates sharing the carrying of this very heavy tent. I was so glad of a light weight Vango for my silver and gold awards.
That's a very clever looking sleeping bag. Might have to look into that one!
I thought it was really unique given how standardised most sleeping bags are. I will continue to use it and test it out but so far I’m really happy with it.
yeah, it's quite pricey but it looks like the price is genuinely because of the high quality and innovative features. One to save up for, I think.
We still use these ridge tents in our scout group. Just a quick note my 6-8year old beavers can put up a larger one in less time.😊
What an unforgettable lovely sound of the rain pounding on tent
I kept saying that's cool all the way through the video. Great kit there.