A South Downs Way Story // five days of solo wild camping

[@montyshinn8704]

❤I have fallen in love with you Rosie and your tenacity and wild adventures. ❤

[@AmyLouRey]

I’ve really enjoyed watching this I live on the South Downs way and I love seeing it through the eyes of visitors.

[@HanginOutWithStan]

Brilliant Rosie! I love all your videos, I'm watching them all. You impress me in a myriad of different ways in each one. I truly admire you. You are tough, you are very adventurous, you are bold, yet you are very feminine. You are beautiful. Thank you, Rosie, for sharing your life, your intelligence and your adventures with us. I love it all. Makes me miss England and Europe.

[@maryannknox7158]

I came across this cool episode of you hiking 🥾 in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 too cool 😎……Rosie you are so AMAZING you have motivated me in so many ways I will be turning 68 in May you’ve inspired me to be brave with fixing things around my Home 🏡 and just getting shit done ✅….lol

[@kinoko510]

Hey Rosie, just found you this one gloomy Nov weekend. Love your hiking vids, can’t wait to watch your Swedish adventures from more recent times. Respect! ❤

[@janeread7859]

Hi Rosie just found you I left be your Vlog what an inspiration you are it’s very clever of you I do similar in an ordinary home I love creating it’s so fulfilling - your mum and dad are lovely as you are I will be watching everything ❤

[@lucielou7745]

Truly amazing! My mother comes from England (we live in Australia) and has only been back once since she was 16.. She’s now 70. It’s amazing to me how much open space there still is in England despite how populated it is and how small it’s size. Incredible channel!

[@richsmart321]

Thought it was just me, but you cant beat Ikea food bags when wildcamping & hiking to keep things dry & grouped together in an organised fashion!

[@xzorby]

Wonderfully edited, so peaceful. It made me really happy and inspired. Loved your Gear Advice post too, especially the rant about painkillers (finally someone who agrees). I found your website and your channel through a web search into toe socks, preparing for my first solo wild camping hike. I never imagined I'd be someone who'd research toe socks but I'm glad I did and ended up here. Thanks for everything you share with us!

[@wildrosie]

Getting to this video through toe socks - that's absolutely brilliant! I also never thought I would spend so much time considering toe socks. Or rant about painkillers. But life is funny so here we are :) :)

[@wackyswanderings3627]

Well done and big thumbs up. Some would say foolhardy to attempt without adequet gear, others valiant. Me; dispite the odds and given aid not to far off the trail. Bloody excellent effort, respect 👍👏

[@pshearduk]

In a sea of male dominated "same old same old" wild camping videos comes a beautiful inspirational wild camping video! Absolutely brilliant stuff Rosie! I loved every moment walking with you :)

[@wildrosie]

Haha, that made me laugh! (It's kind of true...) Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@michaelrockinger]

there is an invariable law of hiking which is that if you find the perfect spot for a tent it is too early. once you slept, in some second best spot, after hiking 10minutes you come across a much better one.

[@wildrosie]

Every. Single. Time.

[@KeiteiVentures]

True :p

[@joeb4142]

@@wildrosie😆

[@marthaguevaramontoya7856]

So inspirational... thank you! 🌄

[@carolinesaunders6656]

Beautiful and peaceful video, thank you I really enjoyed it. Looks a great trail.

[@wildrosie]

Thanks so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed :)

[@donnadrouin5259]

Hiya Rosie having grown up walking along stretches of the South Downs way it’s really lovely to see it through some one else’s eyes

[@spijkerpoes]

ah yes the common happenings of too far cold dark late no water peppered with cows. And you chose the lightweight roughing it style. So: Hats Off! Beautiful walk and pleasantly presented, nice shots of old England, nice edit, very genuine.. I liked the cabin movies also - cheers, see you around..

[@christinetodd9817]

Nice I have been to Eastbourne many many years ago. I love your hiking videos just as much!!

[@cris_balm7460]

Love this. Love the music choice. Love hiking 🥾 😎🥾👍🏼🙏🏼

[@soupedujour]

Wonderful to enjoy this trek through your eyes. Thank you.

[@GETtwoIT]

What a beautifully filmed vid. Takes us straight back to our late Sept trip on the South downs way.

[@wildrosie]

Thanks so much. It's a lovely little trail isn't it?

[@GETtwoIT]

@@wildrosie It is and surprising harder than you think it will be.

[@Re9sTwitch]

Thanks for posting this - inspired me to actually get out the door this morning. Thank you :)

[@garycollier3659]

Beautifully shot video. Don't know how you slept without a sleeping bag and mat. Looking forward to the next one.

[@wildrosie]

Thanks! The sleeping was not ideal, but nevertheless it's nice to find your limits. Next time I'll definitely bring a matt + quilt though...

[@SimonOutdoors]

Great video, really felt for you on that third morning of sleepless night. All the best, Si

[@wildrosie]

I'm definitely going to make sure I always have access to a pad and sleeping bag from now on!

[@sebastianwapniarski2077]

It's doable while you're up to a certain age. After that it's unbearable torture. I have NO clue how homeless people keep on living in that suffering. It just can't be done.

[@kM-xp3ik]

You are just like me with cows 🤣 I love them but petrified! I can't wait to do this trail. I've had my eye on it for so long. Lovely video xx

[@wildrosie]

Haha, they're just SO BIG! They could squash you so easily!

[@kM-xp3ik]

@@wildrosie most of them are very gentle, just have to be careful with mothers and their young especially in a big group like you encountered. Its good to be cautious like you were lol

[@wildrosie]

@@kM-xp3ik True! I noticed the British cows were pretty relaxed. But cows seem different in different countries. When I was in Tasmania they were pretty scary. In New Zealand they got very curious and sometimes followed me around!!

[@kM-xp3ik]

@@wildrosie well keep your videos coming i really enjoyed watching.

[@Seghe124]

Thanks for this, im walking it on Wednesday through to Sunday :) thanks for the heads up on the cows :)

[@rachelgregoryartist]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Beautifully filmed. I cant walk at the moment so I'm living vicariously through your videos.

[@AlWerner]

Great video, thanks for letting us tag along

[@wildrosie]

Thanks so much for watching Al! :)

[@stealthandysteath1069]

Morning 😁👍. What a beautiful video, thank you. From the sunrise to the little ladybird. Well bloody done. Tc Andy 😁👍🙏

[@wildrosie]

We need a sunrise every day like that, don't we? Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stealthandysteath1069]

@@wildrosie yes we do mi friend 😁. Always good to see the new day 👍😁

[@frednorman1]

Somebody commented that reminded him of North Carolina. It reminds me of coastal range of California in the spring lots of oak trees and wide-open spaces with rolling hills. Yes I’ve been to England a couple of times and parts of England do remind me of the coastal range of California

[@sebastianwapniarski2077]

The music is just wonderful for the video.

[@rossmckenzie2433]

Get yourself a DD 9x9 tarp and a self-inflating camp-mat, Rosie. I wild-camp often in the Scottish Highlands, and they've never let me down👍 And do yourself a favour ....... wear combats, not shorts, eh? 🤣😂🤣😂 Love your videos, stay safe❣

[@wildrosie]

Ha! I can fight brambles with my bare legs!! ;)

[@PrincessofNusa]

I was thinking to go camping alone for days, but scared, hahaha... Thank you for sharing the video ! It is really nice !

[@wildrosie]

Haha, I know the feeling. I think wild camping is a lot less worrisome the more remote you can go!

[@joeb4142]

@@wildrosieEspecially in N California up to Alaska where there are humongous black bears. They can run quickly, climb trees and swim so hikers need to be prepared.

[@Go-zi1py]

I'm in the USA and it's incredible how much South of England looks like the piedmont region of North Carolina. We also have wild black berries, oak forest and rolling hills with pastures. Come try out our Appalachian Trail it starts in Georgia USA and goes 2200 miles along the Appalachian Mountains all the way to Maine, USA as one continuous trail.

[@wildrosie]

Amazing! The US is so large and so varied, you have almost every landscape out there! The Appalachian Trail might happen for me one day... I did the PCT in 2019 and it was gorgeous!!

[@danirial6487]

I have enjoyed a lot your few videos. Keep going on!. Congratulations from Pyrenees.

[@MrWildWales]

Good going you got to see a fair bit of the country there 👍

[@wildrosie]

I did! Nice to get out of London :)

[@adriancaldwell]

I enjoyed this very much Thanks. You've inspired me to try this walk

[@wildrosie]

Thanks! It's a nice walk, especially the early mornings, when you start walking as the sun comes up :)

[@seanclark2085]

Great video , thanks

[@ProjectCamper]

Love walking the Southdowns

[@anguscunningham253]

beautiful journey

[@hullabaloo-hcd]

❤❤❤

[@Sparky68M]

I live some 14 miles east of your final Eastbourne destination.

[@OM-vn3uq]

Why there are so few likes? Should be more likes )) +1 Inspiring video for hiking ))

[@gcep4628]

you are amazing

[@jackwaller2636]

Amazing photography and great video with the wild camping as it illegal what happens if you get caught or is that unlikely? I'm doing my research as im think of doing it this summer after this pandemic and how do u stop your feet hurting I've walked 20k today and I have so many blisters

[@wildrosie]

Key is to make sure no-one can see you when you're set up - so hide from roads and farms, don't set up your tent until it's dark and be gone by daylight! When it comes to foot pain you may just have to build it up slowly, and hike quite a few shorter days until you get used to it. Also make sure your footwear is comfortable. If you're wearing boots, I'd personally advise getting trail runners instead! Happy trails!

[@platypushatstand]

I’ve ridden and walked bits, but never the whole way. Your film definitely captured the glorious colours, what camera did you use? Subbed.

[@MsCaterific]

💛

[@reviewer1248]

Keep this up! Unpretentious, lovely mindful, calm style. I much prefer this type of hiking vid compared to the fast paced ones that are over edited with too much zippy drone footage.

[@manuelakroft5716]

How do you go about the camping itself. Since camping in the wild is not allowed in England? What are your tactics to not get caught? It looks so piecefull and lovely I would like to try it but I don't dare to almost.

[@thefireguy8564]

Hope you do some more.

[@wildrosie]

I hope so too!! :)

[@frednorman1]

Scary encounter with the cattle. I looked it up on the Internet and they said only four hikers( you call them “ ramblers” in the UK) have been killed in the last 40 years

[@wildrosie]

Hahahaha I appreciate the research! Imagine being one of the four....

[@joeb4142]

@@wildrosieI suspect the ramblers weren’t being appropriately cautious and maybe they were antagonizing the poor beasts.

[@eddydelan5957]

how safe you were camping outside alone

[@wildrosie]

Just make sure noone sees you and you'll be fine - set up camp after dark and be gone by first light!

[@NCML1981]

Hi, realĺy nice impressions. Whats the name of the piano piece starting at minute 1:20?

[@MattDoesMountains]

Amazing quality, what camera do you use?

[@wildrosie]

I used the Sony RX100 5A. It's a nice camera, but I'm only just learning how to use it for making videos...

[@INTENTONADVENTURE]

nice vid, I hate cows lol

[@wildrosie]

They are strangely frightful. Luckily the British ones seem to be pretty relaxed. They were very scary in Tasmania!

[@frednorman1]

I don’t understand why you don’t carry a sleeping bag and an insulated pad? What am I missing about camping in the UK? Is it illegal to camp where you were hiking?

[@wildrosie]

I don't think it's entirely legal OR illegal, but it's sort of condoned by most people as long as no one sees you, essentially. Regarding the gear, I do have all those things but didn't have access to them. Since I was only going to be out there for a few days I figured I'd be okay slumming it a bit...!

[@alejandra_marly]

I guess you camp carrying everything in a car or small van because all of this is useless when you hike and camp carrying everything on your backpack. I am sorry but that was not much of a revelation, just using the utensils in a camping site instead of at home…

[@jeangreenfield5993]

Camping Club do nice sites in small country fields 🩷💚🌞