Happy New Year (a little late)

[@famousaimless2]

Hopefully all your trials and tribulations are out of the way, and nothing left for the year but blue skies and perfect trails! Your “ramblings” are far more palatable than most people’s carefully prepared monologues. Don’t change a thing about your offerings as they are always worthy of our attention 😁

[@JethroJessop]

Very kind of you to say. I'm far too lazy to start writing actual scripts and planning these videos any more than I do so don't worry about that changing any time soon :) More of the same coming in 2024!

[@KeatB]

If people who own Jethro spoons are rare, as I own a Jethro butter knife, am I some sort of uber-rare unicorn type person? Very proud of my knife…..

[@JethroJessop]

You are indeed! Though I've actually made quite a few spreaders fairly recently so they are not as scarce as they once were. There will be a few nice ones going up on Etsy.... Soon? Ish? 😉

[@Bobario1]

Nice to hear from you again Jethro. Hope the rest of 2024 finds you and your family in better health than the end of 2023 did. Best of luck for the future.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. I hope the year delivers splendid things for you too! Hopefully I'll be back on it with regular colds very soon!

[@adrianbell4597]

What an awful end to 2023 for you Jethro. Heartfelt best wishes for a better 2024. Add me to the list of eager viewers of your imminent wood works content and good luck with the Etsy project.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. All the best to you too! Plans i make should never be described as imminent, rather "distantly possible" Hopefully not too distant though 😉

[@BluesBroken]

All the best for 2024. Looking forward to your bikepacking adventures.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you, all the best to you too. I look forward to the coming adventures as well!

[@AndrewBrown-em3ti]

Happy New Year young man. Sorry to hear about the disruption to your Christmas and New Year plans, hope that everyone is doing much better now. Sweden looks incredibly beautiful right now and it was a very fine ramble so thanks for sharing the update with us all. Look forward to seeing where the year takes you, best wishes to you and the family for 2024.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you, best wishes to you and yours as well. Sweden is a very beautiful country in all seasons but the snow does add a special twist, especially to me coming from the UK where we rarely get any anymore. We have recovered from our bugs now thankfully and the weather is actually warming up (relatively) though there is more snow coming I hear?? I'll try to get a bike ride in this coming week so hopefully the upload schedule can resume soon.

[@kevindean9613]

I hope everyone has fully recovered ,positive thoughts coming your way .

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah, all bugs cleared out now thank you. Can finally start getting on with the new year

[@jimmccorison]

With a start to the new year like yours, it can only get better. Please, share your whittling, your failures, and the geology of Sweden. It's all fascinating and all a part of who you are. I for one, enjoy watching all of it.

[@JethroJessop]

You are very kind to say so. I will keep putting out whatever comes to mind in the hope there are more folk like you out there who enjoy it!

[@kitchencarvings4621]

I can't wait to own one of your spoons, Jethro. You'll do great.

[@JethroJessop]

Well thank you. Your encouragement and looking at the lovely stuff you make was a big push toward actually trying to learn some techniques and improve my skills so thank you for the kind words through last year!

[@Gordonhaymes]

Happy New Year to you Jethro, looking forward to your 2024 season of entertainment.

[@JethroJessop]

HNY! Also looking forward to it - whatever shape it might take !

[@NigelMarston]

Sweden in winter is one of my fav places. I have one of the world's ultimate winter vehicles which I have taken up north there (about 1000 miles north of you). I'd go again if I had some company. Hope your new family are recovering and that you year improves. The only way is up, and all that. Stiff upper lip ol' chap.

[@JethroJessop]

I've never been that far north at all - maybe a third of the way up? One day I'd like to go. All the way up in the dead of winter just for a short time to see whats its like and to see the northern lights. One day... We're all recovered now thanks. Hope you are well also and that 2024 turns out to be a cracker!

[@Burgermullo]

Very fascinating ,about the Pictish trail. Sounds amazing

[@JethroJessop]

It looks like a really good one! Not sure when I'll do it. Not for a while yet - i want to have the weather on my side if i can

[@patdunne3277]

Hi Jethro what an absolute bummer of a Christmas for you and the family hopefully your luck from here on in is good 🤞 look forward to sharing your 2024 adventures with you 👍

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah it was a bit. Definitely not what I had hoped it would be. But we soldier on, things could be worse 😉 I'm looking forward to whatever it is that 2024 has in store for me!

[@francisday3187]

I hope you and your family are better now Jethro, and that you have a great 2024. Looking forward to more of your videos this year.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. Everyone is recovering now! Looking forward to making many more videos very soon!

[@fattony6299]

I'm so sorry your Christmas 'break' was such a disaster. I can't help you financially, I'm afraid, but I send you all my bst wishes and I'm sure 2024 will be kind to you. Keep on ramblin', man.

[@JethroJessop]

Best wishes are valuable things so thank you. All that is in the past now, everyone is healthy again and the future is bright I hope. I hope your 2024 is turning out to be a cracker already!

[@oheso]

あけましておめでとうございます! (belated) Happy New Year to you as well. I hope you've fully recovered from your illness last year, and best wishes for a speedy recovery for your loved ones as well.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. We are all back to full health now. Best wishes to you as well. I hope 2024 is going well for you so far!

[@oheso]

@@JethroJessop We got off to a rough start here in Japan, but it has quieted down a bit since

[@JethroJessop]

@@oheso I'm glad to hear things are on the up. I hope that trend continues for long to come 😉

[@Curlew-Corner]

Happy New Year to you too, Jethro.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. Can't believe we are already a month in! Where do the days go!

[@mikelambrou4462]

A belated Happy New Year, I hope the rest of this year is a big improvement on the end of 2023. I’m looking forward to following along.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. I hope for the same and look forward to getting more videos out there soon!

[@dave300m7]

Sounds like a Christmas to forget 😂

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah, it was a bit. Still onwards and upwards I hope!

[@timevans9195]

Happy new year to you all, even Alan. Sorry to hear about your bad luck at Christmas and hope you're all better. Looking forward to seeing the pictish trail, that sounds a great ride!

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah, all recovered now thanks. The Pictish Trail should be amazing if I can swing it. Fingers crossed!

[@garyworthington4580]

Sorry to hear about your awful Christmas/new year,I hope you’re all on the mend now and it’s good to have new content (who doesn’t like a good waffle).

[@JethroJessop]

All good now thank you. Bugs cleared and health restored. I just need to survive the cold now 🥶

[@dcawkwell]

I make a point of only visiting Sweden in the summer it looks freezing there. When things start to go wrong it feels like dominos. One thing goes wrong followed by another and another. Best of luck with 2024.

[@JethroJessop]

It is bloody cold here but it's very exciting. We had another big dump of snow today so there are a good few inches down now! I'm confident that the year will be all upwards from here on in. Bring it on!

[@matthewsponseller]

Thanks! All the best to you and yours, and to a great 2024! Glad to hear things are looking up after the difficult holiday season you experienced. Sounds like a good year in store for your channel.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you so much! Your support and the kind words are greatly appreciated 😀 Hopefully there are fine times and great adventures aplenty coming up soon. All the best to you as well!

[@GingerBeardGeekUK]

Happy new year to you all. Glad you're all mended or mending. I'm looking forward to the riding, rambling, whittling and of course the semi-cooked goods. 🙂

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. It's all coming! This year I'm gonna undercook so many camp meals 😉 I won't be happy until I've documented on-the-trail-food-poisoning!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

Thank you. I don't do such wishes. But I wanted to see how you're doing. The last video I saw you were getting a bad cold. Now this one starts with all kinds of health problems too. But you seem to be allright. And Sweden is beautiful!

[@JethroJessop]

There have been a lot of sick days recently! I must be getting weak in my old age. Though I managed to dodge COVID this year while many others didn't so I'm glad about that. Sweden is indeed beautiful. It is in every season but the snow feels quite special to a Brit.

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

@@JethroJessop 'old age'? Do you consider yourself an old man? I don't think you are old 😀

[@JethroJessop]

@@ingeleonora-denouden6222Not really. Sometime it feels that way but I've got plenty of mileage left in me yet ;)

[@johnarnebirkeland]

Looking forward to your new series of "fail to.." videos. :)

[@JethroJessop]

Let's hope they are failures of the most spectacular kind!

[@notquiteultralight1701]

Hey there sir! Great to hear the updates! So sorry you have been through the wringer!! That sucks man!! On your carving future on KZbin, there's a channel out there called Doug linker. He does carving vids. Hey! On feeling down about a bunch of life stuff happening all at once, i like to go out to the back porch and fire up one of my twig stoves and sit there and stare at tge flames. It helps calm me down and centers me. Give it a whirl sometime. Take care man and it can only get better from here!!😁 NQU

[@JethroJessop]

I've come across Doug Linker before. There is a whole universe of whittling stuff out there, most of which is way out of my league. I'll see if I can find a way to put my own stamp on it. I know what you mean about the fire. Something very relaxing about making and tending one - especially a small one. I haven't done it for a while so perhaps I do need to get a little blaze going

[@alisdar1234]

Firemaking! Get a chunky fire going🙂 spruce tea. Bannock. Off you go!

[@JethroJessop]

Fire making is something I want to mess around with more. I have a ferro-rod but that is basically just a slightly less handy lighter. I'd love to learn how to consistently produce more than just smoke with a bow drill so I might make that a new year's resolution

[@alisdar1234]

Great idea! My top tip is to use slightly punky ivy for both the spindle and hearth board. Fatwood for the top bit. When I say punky I mean solid enough. Give it a go. The wood selection is all important. @@JethroJessop

[@JethroJessop]

@@alisdar1234 Thanks for the tip! I think this is where I've failed in the past - and just being to hasty about the whole setup. I've made smoke, and warm wood, and a horrible screeching noise (damp wood?) but never quite got that ember going. I'll give it another go and we shall see how it goes

[@grantswheelstohills]

Not the best of starts, Jethro, I hope everyone everyone is getting better and your fortunes improve soon. Atb Grant 👍

[@JethroJessop]

Everyone is on the mend now thanks. It wasn't the best start indeed but the future is yet to be written so let's see where we end up in the next twelve months!

[@phill2383]

Winter's are better in Scandinavia aren't they :-) Would be very interested to see the whittling videos as its something I've thought about giving it a go. Get Woody and You on the West Country Way. Godt Nytt Ar

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah, they are far more 'wintery' than a UK winter, even right down in the south. This has apparently been pretty harsh even by local standards though. West Country way is on the radar. Might well happen!

[@Alan_s_Channel]

2024 plans sound good.. can you do a video highlighting some of the Swedish masonry in that part of the world please..

[@JethroJessop]

Very little to be found. There is a lovely old church in town that any masonry fan would love but they like to build with wood out here.

[@DIY-DaddyO]

Sorry to hear the little one was poorly, hope all is well now. We shall all look forward to Bushcraft failures and how to tend to witling injuries in the future. Keep smiling 😁 Edit: ideas for the Etsy shop. People are making butter at home now, ( it's a thing) so maybe some butter patts?

[@JethroJessop]

All that and more coming soon. I'm not actually sure what constitutes a good butter patt but that could be something to look into. Is there much to be gained by making your own butter? I thought it was just agitated milk??

[@DIY-DaddyO]

@@JethroJessop I think it's all about "keeping it pure" or some old tosh...

[@JethroJessop]

@@DIY-DaddyO I'd have thought sourcing local, organic, grass fed, free range, hand milked, unpasteurised milk would be the key to that. I made butter at school once. Fill a bottle with milk, drop a Lego brick in and shake vigorously for as long as your arm can take it. The brick collects a lump of butter (kind of). I also accidentally made yoghurt once by leaving an open bottle of milk in the sunshine by a Czech nudist bathing area. True story. It was actually pretty good yoghurt 😀

[@DIY-DaddyO]

@@JethroJessop Are you sure it was yogurt? Here's a question for the class, how do you know when yogurts gone off?

[@JethroJessop]

@@DIY-DaddyO if it smells bad and looks bad then I think twice. Same rule for all food. In my experience yoghurt doesn't really go off. Scrape off the mouldy bits and the stuff underneath is good to go! #notmedicaladvice

[@Bill-uf6os]

Thanks Jethro. My sympathies over Christmas. In December 2022 someone smashed my windows in. Anyway, film a Swedish shopping trip. Look forward to your store and videos this year,

[@JethroJessop]

Tis the season of kindness and good will to all right? Bah humbug says I 😉 Not sure if I'll sink to filming my groceries but you never know. Gotta feed the algorithm right?

[@davinacaine3615]

Happy New Year to you. I’m planning to finish the South Downs Way. I walked the first 30 but will go back with my bike for the rest.

[@JethroJessop]

A very worthy goal for the year. Quite a few big hills on that one aren't there?

[@joeobrien9648]

Anecdotally , I've heard it's quite tough but worth the effort

[@Biking360]

Happy New Year

[@JethroJessop]

And the same to you 🎉

[@tonypaddler]

Oh dear, what an absolutely $h!tty start to the year 😟. But as Yazz once said, "the only way is up "! Whatever you whittle will sell out rather quickly, I'd confidently say! And I'll be in that queue too 😁 🥄 Your rambling videos are top class, ramble on ... Looking forward to your next 🚴‍♂️ trip. Cheers 🙂👍

[@JethroJessop]

One can always rely on Yazz to find the right words for any situation. We shall see about the wooden stuff. Hopefully the shop will be live soon so I hope the rest of the world is as enthusiastic as you 😉

[@tonypaddler]

@@JethroJessop hah, at your sprightly age I'm sure that you had to Google Yazz ... 😉 I'll keep checking for the shop status, I'm sure that the queue will be like Oxford Street on Boxing Day! Cheers and all the best 👍

[@JethroJessop]

@@tonypaddler i know the name and the song. Can't tell you much more than that though. I was standing on two feet when it was released but probably didn't have the coordination for dancing by then 😉

[@tonypaddler]

@@JethroJessop 1988, so maybe you hadn't progressed beyond throwing shapes to the Hokey Cokey at your junior school prom night 😁

[@JethroJessop]

@@tonypaddler '88 was it? I thought earlier. I was definitely up and moving then but I was mostly listening to BonJovi at the time

[@Przewalskis]

Gott nytt!

[@JethroJessop]

Tak så mycket! Till dig också 😉

[@Alan_s_Channel]

…but was the weather good?! Jokes aside.. that’s a crusty end to the year. Hope you’re all ok. Let’s get a ride booked in.

[@JethroJessop]

Hell yes! I need something in the diary! As soon as the weather starts improving we need to get down to visit the chief and explore Exmoor a bit more

[@markl2815]

Happy new year then eh ? How to set out an intro …. Good luck mate. Take a moment, being with those that matter in the place that is right if you can, is the start If you want to pass by here,, I’ve said before that you’d find a welcome and at least the basics for content. Not sure how that works from Sweden though. Either way, keep on

[@JethroJessop]

Most kind thank you. I never know where I'm going to be these days. You are right though, it's all about priorities. Gotta keep in mind what's really important!

[@markl2815]

@@JethroJessop sadly, I mostly do know. Swap ?

[@janettetaylor8760]

Ur gf doesn't have COVID she has a winter cold... She b fine in a couple of days

[@JethroJessop]

Multiple covid tests disagree. She's fine now though 😀

[@zeez4178]

He is right ​@@JethroJessop