Thank you for your honesty on this one Rob. Genuinely sorry to hear what you have been through, but great to see that you have found happiness again, and are back on track. I have my own experience with mental health, for me (Pete) it is depression and anxiety. I've tried loads of medications, but none have been the right fit. It can be a daily battle, and i can have some very dark moods. For me, the only thing that helps is getting out into nature, so your wise words about us not being meant to live in a box, really struck a chord with me. Shell is my rock, and honestly the reason i get out of bed every day. Generally, i put on a mask and don't share a lot, but felt your honesty and candidness in this video deserved mine in return👍. Keep fighting the good fight mate, and thanks for making this. Pete 👊

' noodle'😂 I've always got an eye open for a noodle as they're often high quality flint. Good try for the split👍

A very therapeutic watch ❤

I just thumbed you Rob 😂

The opposite of amadeurish. Well done

That looks yummy! 🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Subbed for the bench 🌿😂

Yo I totally get it, I struggle with mental health daily. I always feel guilty whenever I get outside exploring on my own and practicing what our ancestors did, like society wants us to work eat sleep shit and do this til we die. I also believe the term youre talking about is Zoocosis that animals experience inside zoos

Making videos in the Eden project now 😂 Bloody beautiful spot that mate. I'm surprised there was no one around. It is the truth, mate. That's how we should be living and why the world's a depressed hate hole. I'm glad you met Jodie. You deserve to be happy 👍 Love that foraging diary, although I haven't got the patience to fill one in myself. I'm glad you're uploading more often too. And when are we getting out for a camp again? It's been too long ❤ I'm off up to the Lake District this weekend. 👊 It's great that you can open up about your mental health. I was diagnosed with a dopamine deficiency back in January. Which means my brain can't make enough of the happy chemical. So I no longer have the ability to regulate pleasure. I just cant be happy about anything, don't look forward to things anymore, and very rarely can I crack a true unforced smile. It's hard mate. I'm always just a phone call away 👍 ❤

Great video Rob 👍🏻

Class film man.👌 Wicked scenery.🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thanks for Sharing.

Remember to be carefull with fungi unless your a professional like me

Super interesting to see the flint lines in the rock😊👌. Thanks for sharing, and happy knapping🤩👊

Splendid special transmission Rob Old Chap! Sorry just catching up since back from Normandy! What a place and thank you for the shout and keeping memories alive with your video! Beautiful Steak! ♨️🇬🇧

Ps. Why not try doing a ' rock to point' video or a rock to biface. You could knapp out some quarry blanks or preforms. As a tip for quarry spalling...a big copper hammer(thor hammer) and a few heavy billets of aluminium and you can peel some whopping spalls from a core....it really helps when trying to produce larger pieces/blades. You can then work the spall up to the cortex to get at that film of high grade. It's so much easier.

Usually there's a strip of high grade material directly under the cortex,a band of really nice honey coloured material. This is the nicest to knapp. When ever i go to a big chalk face i take a big heavy copper hammer and spall off from the main core. Flint in a nodule tends to get worse as you work towards the centre with our English materials. The honey material is really top class(other knappers love it) and can produce stunning translucent blades/points. Some of the ' concrete' can be worked through but can be a massive pain in the arse on a delicate piece. That material looks very grainy...almost like the field flint im knapping at the moment. It's nice but getting the ' right' material is as much of a mission as learning to knapp. You can make do...but when you find higrade you'll know it as the pieces make themselves... almost. We don't have all those beautiful flawless materials the yanks have(very jealous) but we do have material that is extremely strong,hard and flexible. Our flint is beautiful!! I'm currently trying to find some nice material for Pat blanc(jack crafty) there's another top knapper i know in Scotland. We've been swapping materials...my top grade English for his top grade Arran pitchstone(obsidian). Check his work and that beautiful stone on KZbin.....'captain flint.' a really excellent young knapper turning out great work from Scottish obsidian and my Henley on thames flint .. really cool !! At some point im going to do a video on flint and what i look for. Keep up the good work ...great video👍

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That was a cool idea mate! Great vid :)

Absolutely loved this content!👌. What an amazing place to camp! We were watching through our fingers when you were on that ledge after a few vinos though 😂😬 🍷. Enjoyed the explore the following day too (always a shame about the graffiti in these places..."F**K OFF, LEAVE NOW!" Rob "right you are"😂😂😂😂). Perfect timing for D Day too. Like button smashed from us👍. Have a great weekend🥳 Shell and Pete 😊👊

Nice shout out for the lovely Steve and Josh too 🥰

I’ve been looking forward to this video since seeing your pics on Insta! What a place to camp! Just brilliant, you won’t forget that in a hurry! 🥰🥰

What a spot 😍

Yes! Been waiting for this 👊

Looks a cracking bit of kit,I'm a tea drinker so I don't I could make use of it. The bacon and pancakes looked immense,perfect location for a brew and breakfast. ATB Dan 👍 👍 👍 👍

Looks yum 😋🥓🥞 Perfect still sunny morning too! 🌞👌. Coffee press looks very cool👍 All the best, Shell and Pete

Take me back!

Think I'm going to have to get myself one of their coffee presses now, Rob. I want to see you cook a salt covered fish underground... 😂 you asked 👍

Definitely too pretty not to share with us! Coastal views for days! 🌞🌊👌. Nice to see you looking happy and relaxed too, thanks for taking us along, And have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend, Shell and Pete 😊👊👍

Great content brother, incredible the difference having a fire does for the moral, don't you think ?,the hand drill was my favourite part ,God bless you and your family and happy camping 🏕 😀 😊 🙏. Lee .

Mate loving the shorter content

Making nice flint blades is beyond tricky with our flint. Finding the right rock is as much a journey as the knapping itself. I'm from Reading bud and if ever you want any help with your knapping experience then give me a shout. I've 30+ yrs experience and can knap some cool sh*t😂 There's only a few knappers in the uk that are any good....i mean really good....and i'm definitely one of them😂. We UK knappers need to spread the skills we have.... there's so few of us even trying to learn. I did a few shorts on YT some time back of points and blades. It's awesome to see the knife you made....great vid. Subscribed.

Excellent video !

Such a beautiful day 🤍 Plus there's more me's than hand slaps so I'll take that as a victory 🥳

👍nice

Absolutely brilliant video Rob, never seen anything quite like it🤩👌. Full disclosure, i (Shell) am a vegetarian, but i still enjoyed watching this. Back to basics using what is around you, and putting the tools you have made to use. Must have been something quite freeing about that. Respect for getting that fire going! That looked like bloody hard work! 🔥🙌. Your love of this really came across, our favourite video of yours yet, good on you forgetting out there, challenging yourself and doing what you love 😊👊. Shell and Pete

Great video and camp mate! 🔥

Fantastic video

During the drill bit I could just imagine a random walking through the wood coming across you from behind, moving in this strange way shouting "come on" "that's it" "get in" 😂 epic effort mate! Great video and good to see a lot of the skills you've been honing in on come together in one video 👊👍🔥❤️

This needs so much more views

Belter video this mate and hope to do something like this myself in the future but I remember u saying that u need a gun license and stuff and right time of year for hunting well why don’t u use a sling shot, yess it’s not primitive but in the uk it’s probs the closest we will ever get to it plus u don’t need a license, can carry it around with u and catch and cook pigeons, squirrels, ducks just the lot but also be handy if u done abit of foraging as well as I think the natural diet would be 70-80% plants and the rest would be meat as the energy u would need to hunt but as I said before great video bud 👍🏻

What a perfect little cove. Doesn't get any better than this 👌

Well done mate. Proper Primal ;)

Lost me at witchcraft. I’ll unsubscribe and never watch your channel again. I was gonna dm you for your knives. I’m good. God forgive you

I really like your videos🙂

We want more! Great effort, you could go through alot of different videos with this style clip man be great to see more of this. Be putting another Flint blade order in soon buddy always support where I can.

Love the primitive tools bro

Nicely done. Great crafts, excellent skills and an awesome video to watch. Enjoy the bush!!!

Good video bro, nice to see those skills you've been working on for the past few years coming together 💪

WoW Nice❤