bivvi bag stealth camping in the rain, urban stealth camping

[@jim-bob-outdoors]

Nice to see the British army bivvi bag in use, I used mine at the weekend. Little tip, if the weather is bad. Put the bag face down, then you can use the hood bit as a rain cover. Regards JB. 👍

[@cantthinkof123]

Now thats a good tip. I like that. Thanks fella

[@robbiethompson2778]

Yes Jim Bob you know it makes s

[@robbiethompson2778]

Sense sorry

[@blank-dr2kx]

Any clue where I can get a genuine one? Thanks

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

@@blank-dr2kx loads on ebay

[@thefucrew9865]

You reminded me of all of the times that I had to do just that....sleep/stay in a bivvy bag, while in the US Infantry....while it was raining. We had a woobie, a bivvy, and a closed cell foam mat....sometimes, we had our green patrol sleeping bag. I also sometimes had to use my military emergency space blanket, that I got from one of our medics. Thank you for the memories, Brother !!! Keep up the great work !!!

[@blank-dr2kx]

Hey man, as a Brit just like to say thanks for being a brother to us over the pond. I never made it into the army. It was something I always wanted to do, and something I've always, always regretted. ✌

[@michaelpepper7230]

Did you have a poncho too, at least set it up as a shelter. Done that many a time or just sat on my pack against a tree in the rain with it on.

[@thefucrew9865]

@@michaelpepper7230, Amen, Brother !!! The ground was our friend !!!

[@thefucrew9865]

@@blank-dr2kx, Amen, Brother !!! It wasn't for everyone. Trust me. Thank you for your support. 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@blank-dr2kx]

@@thefucrew9865 I love being outside, roughing it, I love the dark and and everything else that goes with it.

[@owtnabowt2723]

Hi Dan. Never underestimate the usefulness of a simple umberella. A decent golfing brolly only takes up as much space/weight as a walking pole.

[@tbafafgaga9493]

Tarp is king

[@adrianioancucuiet346]

I love bevy camping and especially urban stealth camping I think is a real skill to have.

[@ingridross3003]

So sorry about bushman mick, hope one day he can even get outdoors with you guys at home for a wee camp, praying for him. Loved the video.rain rain go away.

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I use the XL size of the 2Gosystems trifecta, a reflective tyvek bivy, With an 'envelope" around it, made of two taped together 55 gallon drum liners, a hammock and ridgeline thru the bivy and another ridgeline thru the envelope, it lets me sleep ok at 40F in just cammies. shemagh, gloves, 3 pairs of sock liners, unlaced shoes, balaclava, , laying on my daypack and buttpack, in the hammock, With the two 1/2 lb each Amazon camo nets and the 2 amazon 1/4 lb each bugnet "suits', all worn as longjohns, I can sleep ok at 30F, in the wind. That's pretty good, for kit that only weighs 5 lbs. There's a third drumliners, some cordage, some tape, 4 stakes and a 3x4 ft oval of clear PEVA shower curtain (wallys) The packs get emptied out and stuffed with debris. The packs add 2.5 lbs and the miscellaneous 'extra' clothing totals 1.5 lbs. I had to add a thicker, wider belt to the buttpack. The hip pads are my spare boxer shorts and T shirt. The spare sock liners are my shoulder pads. I truly do hate every sq in and oz of crap I have to lug around, so I make everything serve at least 2 purposes. I dont need a sleeping pad, sleeping bag, tent, poncho, rainsuit, or heavy clothing. All of this sleep-shelter gear is usable in hot weather. It's all wearable as clothing and none of it is affected by its getting wet. Except for the balaclava, all of the clothing "extras" are needed in hot weather and the balaclave can be stuffed with debris or unused clothing and used as a pillow. If I stuff debris between the bugnet suits and in between the wraps of the camo nets, I can sleep ok at 20F. If I had hot rocks or hot water bottles to the foot box of the bivy, I can sleep ok at 10F, for 2-3 hours, at least. A discrete Dakota fire pit will heat up those items, if the ground is not yet too hard frozen to dig such a pit.

[@crazyhorsejohnny1974]

Weatherman was drunk. Even on day hikes I always bring a tarp. You just never know when the weather can change. Thanks for sharing. Take care and stay safe.

[@clactonmassive]

I'm yet to try a wet one. I was off around Dartmoore last week. Ended up with blinding weather all week. My first ever wild camp. Loved it ! Dartmoore was absolutely stunning. Used the phoxx 2v2. Very impressed. Great video yet again 👍

[@blank-dr2kx]

Just got the same tent it's brilliant

[@matthewwilliams7535]

Nice to see you out with a British army bivvy, I modded mine, took out the string you pull it closed with and changed it up for paracord with a toggle at the end so I can cinch it up and it stays tight 👍🏻

[@johnrutherford4042]

one thing you never do is listen to the weatherman and always take your tarp no matter what lol good vid tho good effort

[@bobhead6243]

Its really sad that money is worth more than Trees ! , we need all the Trees we can get .

[@thelemon4838]

Ps love your show dan. And don't sweat your past. Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future!!

[@sayerrobin]

This is why I always carry an umbrella. Good vid :)

[@anniejones1839]

I agree, you were in the best place, who wants TV all night. I just imagined stumbling across you laying there, what a fright lol

[@ewengillies9826]

Sad to hear about Michael. Give him our best as he created dome very fond memories with you guys ... won't be quite the same without him and his character that shone brighter than the stars. Thanks Dan. Bushyboy Oz.

[@spektrum33]

Even if it does rain lightly, you enjoyed the little adventure , and that’s all that matters. Stay safe 👍

[@englishwoodsman]

Hi mate I alway love the time outdoors, thankyou for watching

[@kentneil7100]

I've bought one of these and used them in the past.... a great bit of kit.....

[@mary-janejenkins9560]

As they saying goes Skin is Waterproof 😂😂😂 good video as usual

[@gilljo1]

top man ,good video. fair play for giving mick a shout out. thanks and stay safe.

[@iainharris6504]

Love when you camp in woods and make good food.Nice big Steak

[@stevelumby8260]

Me 2

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

You're a better man than I! I couldn't be bothered to video my camps, although I have sometimes posted pictures.

[@A_p_T53040]

Love your bivvi bag camps

[@bobhead6243]

Hi Dan , I like Tarp and Tent videos , but only if its heavy rain ! .

[@BulldogBadger]

Hope Bushman Mick is ok buddy!

[@GAR85120514]

This was an excellent video. Thanks. Just keep doing what makes you happy.

[@englishwoodsman]

Good morning Gar , Thankyou for watching I am hoping to get out again tonight

[@THESHAODOWCAMPER]

I like hammock and bivi camping. I'm running a hammock but thunk I'll get a tent bivi and some winter camo for winter stealth camping..gotta love the weather man! Trust no one lol. Great video. Been watching a few now but I always forget to like. You tube needs a auto like.

[@suebrown3465]

My favourite camping videos are the stealth ones..trying to blend in with nature Always enjoy your videos..alone or with the gang Wishing Bushman Mick the best Take care 🇨🇦 ❤️

[@bensouthwell1339]

you are as happy as a pig in shit rain or shine and Im just as happy watching your splendid vlogs.....many thanks.

[@kennethwilson8633]

Rain in England who would have expected it. You carry enough gear another pound or two wouldn’t kill you. I would always have a tarp or poncho with me if I were out. Oh well love and learn. Have fun maybe do a hammock camp next time. Good luck with the camping.

[@kennethwilson8633]

Live and learn my thumbs type badly .

[@garyearly4674]

Best wishes to Mick. Thanks for the vid Dan. Preference; woods good, woods with rocks really good, woods with rocks on the coast... perfect 👍

[@mikepovey4919]

Fair play mate you actually look really cosy in that rain inside your bivvi bag. Best Wishes from Chester 👍

[@adrianunitedkingdom]

I've missed watching Mick - so sorry to hear he can't make more videos for now - hope he's ok - pass on regards and best wishes to him - a real character - look forward to seeing him back one day soon - a real life Compo :-)

[@RaynarNslR]

I kept playing last of the summer wine when all three were together🤣👍🦊

[@xix94]

Used a British army bivvi all year fantastic breathable and waterproof

[@brianhorner6340]

Not a clue how as me and technology don’t like each other lol your one of the first channels I subscribed to yet I seemed to have lost your channel, thankfully I’ve found your channel again :) keep up the great work mate love your videos!! Respect from a fellow Yorkshire man

[@englishwoodsman]

Hi mate ,,youtube play games and un subscribers please ,, or my channel might of been boring and you left me 🤣🤣🤣, well nice to see you back

[@brianhorner6340]

@@englishwoodsman well it must have been the first option lol just ‘subscribed’ to Micks channel, gunna watch all his videos. Not sure what’s wrong with or anything like that but pass on my best wishes the next time you speak to him, god bless him ❤️

[@winkyridg]

Mate, your videos are always worth watching, watching you fight with the Bivvy bag to cover yourself up when you first got in it really made my missus chuckle, keep em coming, cant wait to see some Winter Camps 👍

[@johnvanboolen7820]

One of those Uncle Bens rice sachets popped in there would be good .. and maybe a quality brandy ! Stay safe mate

[@thelemon4838]

Hello English woodsman😁 I'm thinking about buying a one wind equinox underquilt. How is it for food temps. I'm a Canadian special operations veteran. Done lots of ground pounding but now I see the light!!Lol hammocks are the way to go. Any advice or whatever??

[@RaynarNslR]

Couldn’t believe it about Mick, he’ll be missed! I have a bivvi, I’ll take my poncho with me just in case. Stay safe atb 👍🦊

[@tomritter493]

Oh wow Bush man gone I understand .cant go myself .I like the video .it was a change from things

[@richardmillican7733]

That fine rain is a pain! Get you soaked in no time rain!! Only us British know about it!! Great vids, have you thought about "old school" camping gear? Like Tilley lamps and such?? I still use Tilley Lights when I go night fishing,there's so much old school gear that's still practical buts been forgotten about! Camping 1960s style?

[@thebaldconvict]

It's wet rain..... Normal rain is much dryer :D

[@rogerbond7811]

Nothing wrong with a Tilley lamp

[@blank-dr2kx]

Fine rain = Mist.

[@thebaldconvict]

@@blank-dr2kx No, wet rain is different again :)

[@richardmillican7733]

@@blank-dr2kx mist = pist wet through!! 🤣

[@tourcheverybridge]

If you pulled your jacket hood back once you must have pulled it back a 100 time…. Great as ever Dan!

[@debsmostexcellentadventure5353]

What a lovely video,stay safe debs.

[@cal5566]

I seen a video the other week of a home made hot tent out of a painters cloth tarp. Maybe worth experimenting with since the materials are fairly cheap

[@bobhead6243]

Dan , you are a Star mate ! , only you would be out with just a Bivvy bag .

[@ReallyWildAdventures]

Little tip replace the cord in the Bivvy bag with paracord makes it much easier to use

[@metalscream3934]

I know you always like feedback When I watch camping videos I love seeing the late evening stuff everyone gets up to and the cooking also I like the morning stuff of just waking up 👍

[@mbarr1029]

Liking that Bivi Bag with a drawstring. I have the US Army ( no face cover or vents) and the Marine with screen over the face ( both gortex) but both are not ideal without a tarp. Or at least your rain coat over them. So I always carry some sort of tarp. I guess a bedroll pre assembled is not a good picture for stealth looks on the outside of a pack??

[@Life-Outdoors-UK]

Really sorry to hear about Bushman Mick. It's hopefully a while off for me but it's a day I dread. Hope he is able to do the odd trip. It's strange the weatherman got the rain wrong, they are normally so accurate. 😂 At least you got Lancashire rain, I noted you say it was "fine" rain. We don't have the rubbish stuff here. 😂 Being serious, thanks for the video and I hope I'm soon well enough to start getting out again. I need it but these a a very welcome distraction. Thank you!

[@BulldogBadger]

1st 🤘😎🤣

[@adam_1t641]

Hey from Australia mate I have the same bivy bag I use it in rain by putting little Velcro circles on the entrance to the bivy and the inside of my rain jacket so that in rain I can attach them together and have a cover for the entry to the bivy

[@floatingfreedom6091]

A question for the warden ; if he’s doing no harm and leaving no trace and respecting nature ; what harm is there ? There’s waaaay too many chavs who don’t give a monkeys , and this young man sends a positive Message out to many ( respect nature ) let’s not be jobsworthy eh?

[@Mat-kr1nf]

To be fair, it’s a difficult one, if you let one person, then what about the other person who also presents themselves in a good light. I got turfed off a local area, he was very nice about it. He said they get kids having big bonfires, leaving loads of bottles and cans, he can’t let one person and say no to others- he could see I was just sitting, doing my thing, carving a wooden spoon, under my tarp lean to. I can see his problem, what about the next person he finds who is also a reasonable person, and so on. If you have a rule, you have to keep to it in those circumstances. Having said that, I still go back. What gets me about it is, I’ve been going there 30 years or more, it was a couple of 20 year old busy bodies who grassed me up, and that was after I’d had the good grace to direct them through a very muddy patch so they could go on their way! Should have let them struggle up to their ankles in mud!🤬🤬🤬

[@nicknickerson4674]

A monkey? Is that "Don't give a shit"?

[@northumberlandmountainhopper]

Cracking little video Great to see you just get on with it, what rain ! Just love a bivy camp Doing a few in the tent at the minute with the son , back in the bivy when they go back to school next week Keep em coming

[@dougblalock5175]

Well done! Thanks for sharing.

[@joepublic573]

totally hard core there. lol. at least you can smile about it. good on ya! (ps. keep a tarp in your bag ;))

[@rosiebateson4498]

I like the tent videos as long as it’s raining but only if you’re warm and dry inside the tent lol Sorry to hear about your friend Mick ♥️👍

[@brindle2009]

Nice wee video thanks for sharing 👍

[@nachalnik1000]

Love tarp camping! Any camping with you!-)

[@BulldogBadger]

I like the tent camps best

[@terrypatterson1481]

Me too - I'm not keen on Hammock or bivvy camping.

[@A_p_T53040]

I prefer bivvy. Back to nature.

[@wildtroutangler]

Brilliant! more bivvy camping in the rain please.

[@LongNThickWithEase]

You should give haze indoors your hiking boots mate, he can compare them and see if there up to his standards, also he likes pants, so can u borrow him some of urz plz, it’s called show us ur pants, take care mate n thanks for genuine videos from a genuine bloke, keep safe n thanks again

[@mphigham1963]

Nice one Dan, pity about the rain ! So sad Mick not able to come out again !!

[@seanmurphy6139]

I like your videos. Thank you for making them.

[@craigpalmer347]

Nice 1 Dan 👍👍🤞

[@donseclad]

Tent in bad weather is my favourite

[@billyaitken1713]

Lovely spot for a camp🇬🇧🤠👍‼️. Never mind, yer skin's waterproof 🤔😏. Not everyone is going to have awesome suggestions but you're not wrong, getting suggestions from viewers will help keep the content 'fresh' and varied.

[@campingchrisuk1675]

You are hardcore Dan, great video mate, sorry to hear about Mick. Stay safe

[@deangrounds9038]

Love watching your vids keep it up

[@bobhead6243]

Nice ! "its the fine stuff " , Be Well my Friend .

[@C4rL72]

I remember doing the DOE and a sleeping bag with a bin bag sleeping at Waddington. Wouldn't do it now tho lol

[@EazyMakaveliE]

Beautiful nature reserve 😀 great video bud

[@ed7540]

Lol. Great video, that’s wet rain least that’s what i call it. What were the lights in the back ground?? All the best to bush man mick. 👍🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍

[@DS-rb1su]

I’d like to see you treat yourself to a beautiful mountain landscape maybe in Wales or the lakes!

[@themotorbikecamper5990]

I would like to see you do a camping trip in the outback........ Australia outback that is? What a you tube video that would make for you, great video

[@stevenjones6364]

Good video peace and quiet sounds good to me👍😁

[@Adventures_with_Sog]

Ey up Dan. I was just thinking what I'd think if I was on a walk and came across you wrapped up in that camo bivvy. Reckon I'd probably chuck you some spare change, lol.

[@yateholm]

The things you get up to just for our entertainment 😅 That’s a bit too basic a camp for me but enjoy watching your adventures, cheers. So sorry to hear about Mick

[@jamesmclaughlin5610]

Could just imagine you hopping about in your bivvi bag….. always count on the rain to appear…thanks for the trip into the wild….James

[@paulshepherd1348]

Ah no that stupid fine rain! Oh well it was still a cool adventure. 👍

[@lewisgardner1660]

I enjoy it when you camp in different places otherwise it starts to get like a repeat tv programme mate lol, I know it is hard when you have to work and have family commitments.

[@philipcrawford9000]

Is love to see another haunted building camp

[@seanthomasdowd]

We call it mizzle cos it can't decide whether it's mist or drizzle

[@TrevsOutdoorsandWellbeing]

Dan truly entertaining I really want to get into this bivvi bag scene looked cozy and dry meat balls and a bivvi cracking video mate

[@JLowe-uu8lr]

Hope mick is keeping well !=8)

[@brummiesteve3825]

Great video dan despite the rain ..😆👍

[@kellyshepherd5904]

Sending our best to Bushman Mick.

[@josht.m9697]

nice video don't u just love the English weather i tho you would off been used to it by know dude lol

[@GreeklishOutdoors]

Great video. Nice place to camp, even with the bad weather. Sorry to hear about your friend. I'm sure he'd be happy you are outdoors in his honour. Greetings from Greece 😊🏕️👍🌲

[@randomhato]

Hope Mick is OK, he was fun to watch 🙏

[@JustAHumanDED]

Hey up lad. Enjoyed that one. Anytime out is good as you know ✊

[@MadDogsandEnglishman]

In most cases the camper leaves the camping spot in a better state than they find it. 👍👏👏😉

[@sarahclare8749]

Wish bushman Mick all the best hope he gets well soon 👍🙏

[@livinginmyownlittleworldad1905]

Really wet and windy tent ones..in the oex bobcat 1 plz. but all the videos r good to watch

[@ianfrostoutdoors]

Hot tents all the way mate 👍

[@emulatorm9600]

That looks like fun...,👌

[@seanthomasdowd]

Don't take any daft risks just for content mate

[@heatherandthehounds]

Hope Bushman Mick is ok! 💙

[@vespasian266]

that there is my favourite bivi of the half dozen I have.. might be heavier but you don't wake up pissed through like some lightweight bivi's.

[@blank-dr2kx]

11:23 loved that laugh of how daft you thought it was to be sat in the rain, trying to watch the stove and fighting with the bivvy bag, all good fun eh? 👍 that's why we do it hehe

[@ParanormalExplorers]

Nice one buddy. 👻👍

[@LOFIGSD]

Weather forecast has been rubbish lately, my last trip down Dartmoor, was meant to be 18C and partly sunny, was 12C and pissing down with fog, bloody awful. Do a video on a multi day camp, if looking for ideas