It takes extra effort, and may look a bit silly, but, it adds so much perspective that it’s invaluable to this kind of video 🥰 Thanks for walking those extra footsteps for us all 🥰

"In the desert you can't remember your name! cause no one for to give you no pain!" La la la la la la la "America" Seriously? It's a shame this video has only 52k views on it since five years now..!!

Very nice 👍🙂

Thesiger did it barefoot, didn't he.

Hey Alistair, I really enjoyed this - the combination of adventure, personal challenge of a fresh kind, and literary reference. The filming is, of course, beautiful. But Oh My God, I felt your pain and discomfort at playing rudimentary violin to earn a crust or two. You had to pick the hardest instrument to learn! You’d have done far better to pick up a ukelele (tho Laurie Lee would’ve disowned you). You made me laugh and cringe, and swell with admiration in equal measure. Adventure comes in many forms. But isn’t it really about doing something that takes you out of your comfort zone? You certainly did that! And I hope you’re getting better at the violin! All the best and I look forward to the next adventure x

You may not like the source buy this is interesting : Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing - How can we increase crop yields without sacrificing climate and biodiversity goals Graham Brookes | November 22, 2024

So the violin is up for sale now? 😄

Happy New Year Al. Still one of my favourite of your films. Hope you get out to a few bothies in 2025

I love the part where you replaced matches with a Cotton wool pad 😂 - neither of which you would have in survival mode 😂😂

Come to Medway 😀

Gravesend ❤

hey! the link to the form for questions seems broken

Repost?

I liked the fact that you pointed out that most bothies depend on donations. Unfortunately, far too many people who use bothies do not make any donation at all. If everyone who used a bothy donated as little as £5 per night it would allow for maintenance costs and perhaps even more bothies being available.

I grew up in the west of Scotland, where my bedroom window perfectly framed Ben Lomond. That view was a calling, one that I wouldn't answer until well into my 20s. Not so much the Far Cuillin calling as all those other mountains that became companions for many decades. I've stayed in a few of those wee howfs too since I started hillwalking in the late 80s. I even spent a cold spring night in the infamous Culra, having walked across in two days from Glen Nevis. It was replete with its asbestos and we were sadly ignorant of the fact. I didn't take the saw to the walls so should be fine. On another occasion I pitched my tent inner inside Corrour to escape the midges that engulfed it on a pee trip. Some time later me and a mate staggered into a remote one in Knoydart after barely surviving flooding conditions in Glen Carnach; it took eleven hours to travel about the same in kilometres from a Munro high camp. Cheers, and thanks for the reminder to indulge in 'micro-adventures' every now and then. Tasmania, December 2024.

One of my absolute favourite short films.

Intrresting but don't forget that: In 1984, the UK's overall food sufficiency was 78%. In 2021, it was 60%. Today, the nation is only 18% self-sufficient in fruit, 55% in vegetables and 71% in potatoes

Good one Alistair 👍

Environmental awareness and appreciation of nature should be built into the school curriculum so that today's youngsters grow up as better stewards of the natural world than their forebears. Jamie O tried to improve school dinners, so there's a similar challenge for you Al - find a way to enhance nature awareness in 5-18 education! More achievable in the short term, a book and/or series of YT vids or social media posts to show folks how they can reduce environmental impact in their daily lives. 'Local' is great but it's message only gets through to folks who buy the book, already likely to be onboard. Merry Christmas!

Yalda mobarak,love from iran❤ یلدا مبارک❤

As a 66 year old invisible female pensioner who also missed the northern light show I have to say I despair too. But your videos and enthusiasm and the fact you do care does cheer me up a little. I loved your book Local - how about a book on a deed a day or a week an ordinary person could do to save our wonderful planet - or something similar.....written with your good humour self deprecation and panache!

Private land ownership and it's use in Scotland doesn't help. Much of it is owned by absentee landlords and/or is mainly used by foreigners paying lots of money to come and 'hunt' (bah ha!) and fly off back home again. What do we do? Not sure tbh but I don't think half the nation even knows about or understand the scale of the problem and why it matters

Hi Alastair, I'm interested to know how you decide who to believe when it comes to climate change. There are convincing cases from many different sources and I find myself confused and sceptical. Don't you?

Great video and inspirational book, currently enjoying it on Spotify. Come canoeing on the Medway, see the 7 peaks of the estuary 😃

I loove watching your videos, as always very entertaining!! I could recommend you to read “Endymion” from Dan Simons, if not already done 🎉

Love it. Just finishing the book and glad to see this and see and hear the Spain I know and love!

Amazing words ,amazing places ,amazing spirit of you ,Salam bro .

Jag älskar sverige ❤

As tough and daring as it gets. I drove around for a few weeks and was knackered, can't even begin to imagine what it was like to walk it.

Hi.I'm 14 years old and I read your book. Love from Iran❤

Organic agriculture have lower yield, so it needs more land to grow the same amount of food. More agriculture land means less natural land, less forest,...

Just a few years before the explosion in popularity of “fat” bike tires! 😅

We talk, in climate breakdown / climate emergency circles, about "tipping points": things that can / will occur which will accelerate the changes that are making our planet uninhabitable. And the only way we're going to avoid wiping ourselves off the face of the planet is by reaching a different tipping point: one where a majority of all peoples come together to change the way we live and the priorities we place on human endeavours to ensure our survival. We've still got a long road to travel to reach that tipping point, and an even longer road to travel to prevent mass extinction.

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This video needs thousands, if not millions more views. Amazing film, even better accomplishments!

Two words popped up watching you guys: beer and spinnaker.

Currently on a 14,000km canoe trip,this content has meaning, good work guys

We adventure because we have to and not doing it drains the life from us. Great video mate! Keep on doing what you do.

Hello Alastair, Interesting video... Love the closing statement "If you don't like slugs stay in a Premier Inn"... See you next time... Take care. Paul,,

Chapeau both.

I really enjoyed this. I loved the mix of emotions, the "small" scale of the personal adventure - awesome. A proper adventure, but something one could imagine being just about feasible in terms of budgets, time and expertise!!

Hello Alastair, An inspiring and enjoyable video... Thank you. Take care. Paul,,

Thank you for sharing this incredible film. 🌞

Absolutely perfect ,I watch a lot of adventure based content this is as good as it gets. Although as a retired design engineer that first cart design made my heart cry 😄

Incredible film in so many ways thank you for inspiring me for my own desert adventure

Thank you for inspiring me for my own plans for a desert expedition. I look forward to watching the full version next. Thank you for this incredible film

They can deciee whatever they like. I will continue to wild camp on the land cos they wont know ive been there. Especially as this so-called law was bribed into place

interesting to see you both together. are we going to see a colaberation project again in future? id love to see that

Two of my favorite adventurers and storytellers together!