Hi Gerry Loved your video 🙏. I’m familiar with the Mournes courtesy of Tom Heaney’s extreme tent reviews! A question about Hunka and XL. I’ve never bivvied yet, but thought buying a simple bag for using inside my tent would be a sensible precaution in winter against condensation onto my sleeping bag, and in case of tent failure while on a mountain top. My mat would be outside the Hunka therefore. But I might try the bivi without a tent sometime too! I’m wondering why putting a sleeping mat inside the Hunka is better. Yes, the mat will get damp otherwise, but if it rains presumably you can turn you and your Hunka over to keep the rain out? With the sleeping mat inside that would mean you lying on the ground whereas with the mat outside you could just turn over on top of it? Curious to know your thoughts. I’m 6’2” long and 72kg and use a high lofting down bag for freezing winter and a slightly thinner version for most of the year. Thanks! Peter

Gerry I hope you’re doing well and resting up this summer! My partner and I have missed your uploads so much, but we’ve been rewatching the old ones constantly for the sense of peace and joy you bring us. Wishing you nothing but the best and hope to see your adventures soon!

Just wondering what camera you use amazing stuff we’re going camping there next month 3 of us hopefully 🙏

I know I used to have a wee gurn about the rain years ago, but the older I get I realise it's why we have such beautiful places, when you look around the world at the fires, drought and the rest of it I think we have it just right!

Great footage of the Sperrins. A range I definitely need to visit.

Great video close to where I live and place I have often walked. Very encouraging to go out and do more walking

Well done Gerry. What sort of bivvy bag are you using Is that waterproof as it doesn't look like the usual plastic ones

Hi, do you have the location handy?

Thanks Gerry, it looks gorgeous as ever.

Gerry how is your camera ?

Brilliant! I'd recommend a head net for the midgies. They really make a big difference keeping them off your face. Not much good when you're eating or drinking though.

Nice video! Incidentally, I was reading a story the other day about an old boy up near Carnlough who had used the wheel off of a crashed bomber for a home made wheelbarrow. Someone had just recently fished the barrow out of a hedge and it was all rotted away, but the wheel was still in fine condition. Some stores up in the hills, my favourite part of the world.

Gerry, where was the "no dogs allowed" sign? Cheers

wow - currently looking to extend this walk a bit to Belderg (and get the bus back - not sure I could handle the long road walk)

Hey Gerry what a fab video. Views are epic and location inspirational. Heading out to Luisburgh Sept and will most definitely put a wild camp on the list. Any restrictions on dogs in there do you know? Hey, thanks again really enjoyed as ever. Take care.

"I can see Scotland!! I can see Sligo!! I can see across to county Antrim and the Sperrins!!" Hmmm. But he can't see Derry?? Amazing how walkers roam around Donegal, Tyrone, and Antrim...seeing EVERYTHING!!!!!! but Derry. No Derry. Derry, not mentioned!!

Oh great Gerry what a lovely micro adventure. Yes it doesn't need alway to be a huge trip to clear our head 😊. Thank you for sharing. See you on the trail 🧡

Hi Gerry- Great to see your bivy adventure in the forest! Good that you were able to escape the midges… loved hearing all the birds singing, esp. the cuckoo!! Nice trip, good for the head and heart! 😄👌👍👍

Brilliant video. 👏

Amazing

Hi , I have a question :) are there campsites on Arranmore?

Any forest bivi that includes a Cuckoo calling gerry has to be good. that was a nice serenade. Have a great week ahead. Mark

Hello "Walking & Wild Camping In Ireland"! Thank you for showing us such a great video! I feel very happy! I look forward to your next work! Have a nice day!

Great video but I just can't help but cringe every time you pronounce Nephin "Neh-finn." The correct pronunciation is "Nay-finn"

Looked a magic night away Gerry. I fancy more camps like that. Maybe in colder conditions with less midge. That was a loud Kooku. My dogs kept looking around. 😂

Looked like you enjoyed the new experience of a forest bivy camp Gerry! Not sure I’d be up for the midges and creepy crawlies 🫣 Great to get out for a night in the elements so close to home. The cuckoo surround sound must have been a joy to hear and absorb! 😎

legend gerry. thank you mate

Great wee mini adventure Gerry of a place I know very well (as a member of the fly fishing club on the two reservoirs). A lovely peaceful place where you can see Hen Harriers, Buzzards etc regularly. I've never walked up to the pine forest (wouldn't be fit to do it now) but have often looked up at that treeline on the horizon and wondered what it was like. Loved the sounds of birdsong and the cuckoo calls in the forest. Thanks again for sharing your rambles...all the best

Why did you not use a tent? Thank you for the video

Very nice. Saturday evening was great. Think that was our summer!

Wow Gerry what a sound to wake up to, that’s brilliant the natures alarm clock, sounded amazing. Nice part of the world to lay your head for the night. Good watch Gerry 👍.

The midges are relentless when they get going and that was cuckoo was very cool. The little micro adventures are well worth it, especially if you don't have time for the bigger adventures 👍🍀

Shame about that hideous planted forest. It would be nice to see a native tree, for a change.

Look good Irland wild is nice

Brilliant hike and wild camp, Gerry. Lovely to hear the cuckoo so well, he must have been near. So too the midgies!! Regards, Ashley

Fair play Gerry, that Cuckoo must have been close, saw my first one ever up close last Saturday in the Ballyhouras, always hear them but only ever seen them flying away.

Nice one Gerry certainly looks like a great area.

good stuff

Good man Gerry. Nice wee forest camp that. I see the aul rucksack is starting to show its age. It could tell a few tales of your adventures I am sure. You may get the biscuit tin out from under the bed and treat yourself to a new one.😂

Brilliant matey. Looked like a really nice camp

Good man Gerry. Always on the go! No swimming in those reservoirs mind! Beautiful scenes but it will get a wee bit nippy. I'd rather be in my bed though! lol Oh no the midgies! Aaaaah! I've been wanting to film a cuckoo for decades. i've seen them but didn't have a camera. You were pretty close there. you keep safe! Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

way too many Blair Witch vibes there. do you not worry about a rat climbing over your face when youre bivvying?

Great video Gerry. Really nice hike and wild camp. Have a wonderful evening 😊

Nice one Gerry. Really relaxing video and a great glimpse into the local biodiversity

Brilliant Gerry i never knew we had cuckoo here an loved the clips of the wildlife

Brilliant wee micro adventure Gerry 👌 Good to see you showcasing this, not everything has to be difficult and challenging to be enjoyable and a very accessible way for anyone to get a night outside. The forest is fab, good for the soul, body and mind, I find it a very refreshing place to spend time 😊 In the mid 90s I worked for 6 months with the forestry and in among the trees is the midges' favourite place. I remember a week in Slieveanorra Forest being eaten alive and driven demented by them 🤣 That cuckoo though was worth the midges 👌 He must have been very close to you to be so clear, not a common sound here in Ireland 👍

Fair play , I could maybe do that in a tent solo , but couldn’t do it in a bivvy 🙈. Think I have watched 2 many scary films in the past involving a forest 😂

Are you not worried about ticks and Lyme disease?

Excellent video, have to hike up there sometime, never camped before, looking to buy a tent! something that's good but not too complicated to set up, and tips? taking the tent on a motorbike, one or maybe 2 people max if she comes with me sometime!

Been watching a few of Ur videos and thought I know that person. I didn't know u did this.