I FOUND THE LOST VALLEY, AND IT WAS HORRIBLE!

Wild Camping at the Hidden Valley of Glencoe, this is my second night of my Scotland trip. Camp was pretty much ruined but did not let it dampen my mood. Hope you enjoy the video!
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[@Scottishebikeadventures]

I advise anyone coming to Scotland between May and September to bring a midge net and plenty of Smidge . And that's not guaranteed to keep them at bay 🙈

[@smc7960]

Great video showing how a little tiny insect can ruin your camp ...for anyone coming to camp in Scotland in the summer please take this advice and buy a fine mesh midge net , smidge will help too and even these new thermacell devices are apparently good and only £30 ...treating your gear and tent with permetherin helps with midges and tics...flextail are making a tiny repel device worth trying...good luck 😅

[@heatonreddishwalkers]

Never laughed so much in ages. Fair play for sticking it out. Really enjoy your videos and your humour 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thank you for the support, glad you enjoyed the vid 👌🏼

[@TheGreatRaymondoOutdoors]

This might be THE best wildcamping video I've EVER seen Liam!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Thanks for the upload and sharing the experience. When I was in Canada on the prairies there were swarms of millions of them and it was my envisionment of Hell. Couldn't cope mate and this just made me think of that. Great stuff!!!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks mate, I was asking for it! Middle of summer, in a valley! In Scotland! Thanks for watching mate

[@fraserconnell21]

Me dad was from Glasgow and when as kids my Dad and mum took us to Scotland for summer camping holidays Dad always referred to the midges as "wee beasties" tbf the torment that comes with em.. Wee beasties is a pretty accurate description. Still missing Dad😔. He was a great man. Ftt.😠

[@mysterious.hiker.x]

Your tent set-up sequence is the best backpacking video ever shot. Had me absolutely rolling.

[@UKTrails]

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[@_NickB_]

I've never felt itchier watching a video 😅 Might have to leave the lost valley on the bucket list for a few months yet...

[@richardsunday1612]

Deffo a spring or autumn trip yeah ⛺️

[@SiaD777]

I feel your pain! I spent 2 weeks wild camping in the Highlands last month and hiked to the Lost Valley. Midge bites may not last as long as mosquito bites nor itch as much but that prickly sting as they bite is horrible. Not sure I'd go there in winter though as that walk would be treacherous in wet weather. I had enough fun on the way back down because I didn't quite fit through the gap in the rocks and I'm very short and found it difficult to reach footholds on the steep rocky bit near the top. Is a fun little hike though with a rewarding view - but need to go when there's a stiff breeze to keep those midges away.

[@xfiles-thetruthisoutthere8038]

I really couldn't help it but watching you going nuts with those bugs, oh man what a laugh ! 😂

[@ella-maejackson8064]

Walter Whites pants hahaha, love them - glad you got their safe brother. Love the LOD and Star Wars references too lol. Beautiful scenery and footage!!!! But WOW I COULDN’T DEAL WITH ALL THOSE MIDGES. Another class video!!

[@anndenovan9026]

Avons skin so soft is good for chacing the midgies and they don't like wind,so a small fan helps

[@keithtanner2806]

Have you never heard of DEET? In the days of canvas tents we used to wait until they collected along the ridge inside then incinerated them with a candle. Not recommended with modern materials!

[@juraphotos7489]

The Port stow near the But of lewis is the worst place iv camped for midgies and flying biting insects basically if it flies it eats you even big black flies and clegs. my old house the windows sometimes got black with the flying vampires and had to sit in sitting room at night without lights on and a small fire in the hearth to stop them coming down the chimney they must have being hungery :)

[@Alex_Bradney]

Gutted for you mate i made the same mistake about 15 years ago never been back between end of April to September it just made the whole experience not as enjoyable as what it should of been. Still enjoyable watching it happen to other poor sod 😂😂 x

[@Delta-fs8jm]

I'm laughing my bollocks off at this! Fancy that big man being frightened of a little midge lol. You get used to them and ignore the wee beasties as much as possible. It must have been the Yorkshire? accent that got those SNP midges fired up!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣🤣🤣

[@YTC9]

The most beautiful locations are often the most inhospitable, 10/10 for perseverance 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@1970Skywatcher]

The lost valley..... found by every midge on the planet apparently 😂 good on you mate, you stuck it out 💪 looking forward to seeing the next one👍 take care bud, God bless you Liam 😊🙏🙏

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Tell me about it mate that sounds exactly right 😅 Managed to stick it out and hang on in there, thanks for watching mate. Take care

[@anthonywilliams3466]

About bloody time mate, didn't think you got there with your car, going to be on my bucket list for winter. X

[@boolay75]

I camped there in May. Won’t go back up to Scotland until September at earliest now, midges just ruin it otherwise.

[@GoingSoloOutdoors]

Beautiful place! On my last camp I didn’t have ideal weather, but I’d take that over dealing with midges any day. Brutal little blood suckers!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Yeah i’d much prefer to be back up there in the colder months when there is no midges!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

16:19 had to cut some audio out for youtube monetisation reasons so ignore the 6 seconds of silence 🫣🫣🫣

[@johnlad1481]

Had to laugh mate about the midges welcome to Scotland lad. I'm in the Highlands the midges here have tattoos mate 😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣🤣 thanks for watching John! I’ll be back for sure

[@johnpatterson5744]

Aye the wee lions,handy having a pack of nagchampa essence sticks and Avon skin so soft.👍

[@harrydance1969]

Wainwright went on a walking holiday to Scotland every summer. No joke! (He did a book on Scotland in the 80s I believe). 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Never knew that mate, thanks for watching 👍🏼

[@leonardmcdermott7703]

Here's an idea for you, head to your local 'curtain shop' and purchase a length of tight weave net curtain material. Boom! a cheap mosquito head net.

[@danielprowse8501]

Now this has been the funniest video that I’ve watched in a long while. Apologies but your discomfort made I chuckle.

[@prolynxExplores]

Reminds me of the first pitstop in scotland on our last day to John O groats. I didnt stop at the pitstop, I just stopped grabbed food and rode off and ate ont he go.

[@pjgtech]

🤣🤣🤣 Have not laffed so much in ages, great vid, and well done for perservering. Two words, "mossie net"....

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

I can laugh now its over 🤣 3:52 i’m wearing a head net and i was covered in repellent 😅 the midges fit through the net it was useless 😭

[@Manormouse-04]

I'm itching just watching this video! Lawd! 😣

[@kirstybee5287]

Beautiful location but omg those midges, I could never, bet you took hundreds home with you in the tent 🤣

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Tell me about it! No escaping them 🤣

[@iiiCallumx]

Cracking video mate! Love how funny and entertaining your videos are getting!! Absolutely creased at this 👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼 love it! 😆

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate!! Appreciate it 👊🏽

[@AndrewAyresPodiatry]

Thats what happens in Scottish summer. Noting you can do about it but cover up with nets a midge repellent. If you put your tent up at last light you will get attacked less and find a place with breeze, they dont like wind over 5-7mph.

[@Tinkertail0r]

I took the kids camping at Glencoe a few years ago the midges were so bad . We drove 3 hours , spent the night then drove home

[@TheWickedEnd21]

Feel your pain , horrible wee bastards! Had to abandon a campsite up Glen Etive last month and sleep in my car as they were insane - coming from a Scot who’s used to them aswell 😂

[@littlewood6]

Did you wonder when you got there why there was no-one else camping? Bet it didn't take you long to realize :) It reminded me of all the times I've put up a tent at a gallop so i could get inside and away from them while praying for a breeze.

[@Delta-fs8jm]

They follow you into the tent - if you taste good.

[@chrissywissythewishwishfairy]

Another absolutely cracking video Liam. Loved it! Cheers!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed it. thanks mate!

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I do, great quality!

[@Delta-fs8jm]

Going by some of the comments you would think that all of Scotland has midges. I live on the east coast now and never get midges. It is mainly the west coast that gets them.

[@gerardjones7881]

$10 bug hat with face net ends the problem instantly. I'm way up north of the bay of fundy, we get black flies, horse flies, deer flies, mousse flies, skeeters, midges , the midges are the least of the problem but we know how to deal with it all.

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate, yeah those flies sound pretty damn awful

[@gerardjones7881]

Ive only been bitten by moscuitos and midges and not very often, once you figure out how to defend you will not suffer like that again. We call midges "noseeums."

[@BrokenBackMountains]

Now you know why we wear midge nets and sit inside our tents😅 You can run but they will still get you. Best is a windy spot.

[@matteotamberini2152]

That is the best camping video I have seen in a long time by far my friend Brilliant I'm going up there next month with my son I definitely know I need to be prepared for the little beasties 😅

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate! Get a head net and 1 that actually works.. mine, the holes are too big so they get inside which is even worse 🤣 Enjoy mate, where in Scotland are you heading ?

[@matteotamberini2152]

I'm going to the hidden valley and old Ben plus a few places near Stirling well worth the trip form Leeds plus I have a few friends and old work mates I know up there so they show me all the things the average tourist miss's I did the outer Hebrides last summer with them Can't come fast enough Keep making those cracking videos well entertaining 🙏

[@t_poutsider]

I never thought id find someone else's pain and suffering so entertaining... 😂 Aweome stuff mate, brilliant Vid 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣🤣 Thanks mate

[@davidbuchan2214]

kielder area too northumberland , we took some veggie food for a picnic up hareshaw linn once and we were eating the things lol

[@billyharden9316]

You must have bought a landing net for fishing mate.👍🚙⛺️

[@jeffjones6107]

Great video spidey. 😂 It was a laugh watching it, Liam 🤘

[@seanmurphy6139]

Great video, I fully identify with your reaction to the midge swarms, it feels like they are smothering you and you have to fight back a state of panic. I've blown my nose after and the tissue was black with dead midges. I'd be interested to know how they handled that though history. You need a midge net.

[@KMilton-iw2tk]

More populated/drained land is one reason. Would still have been hellish.

[@wulliescottishoutdoors]

Cracking video mate, the famous Scottish midge love it hahaha,keep up the great work mate. Atb Wullie. ✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate!

[@TheTrickshot77]

This reminded me of when I went camping with the lads at Lock Doon in Scotland, never again. 😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Yeah i think i’ll avoid Scotland in the summer months!

[@petermaloney937]

Welcome to scotland thanks for feeding the wildlife. Saves them eating us

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

You’re welcome thanks for having me and watching the video

[@ninogaggi]

😂😂😂

[@Remonyyork]

Munros, Liam! They’re Munros in Scotland. Scotland certainly looked absolutely stunning 😍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 God, I do love that country 😍 Superb video as always Liam, if a little #midgetastic 😂 You did make me laugh with your cacky trousers 🤣 Brilliant content. Can’t wait for next week’s instalment mate 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thats it, that word had totally gone out of my mind at the time of recording 😅 and I didn’t realise he was a fella. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏼

[@SuperEarther]

you should of tried some citronella and smidge or a mini fan....i am thinking of going to the campsite in glencoe not sure know lol

[@mkyle7966]

Hello from Canada, wife and l have a planned wild camping trip coming up in September. Really rethinking our choice after this

[@adifor]

You should be ok by September, certainly not at this level !

[@howardpotts5763]

Deet and a headnet lol I’ve been bitten to death before . Pissed myself laughing. I know how it feels when pitching in midges 😂

[@Del-Lebo]

I live in the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania USA. I Hate Summer AS well!!!! Miserable season!!!!

[@chrisweldon2817]

Never go to the west coast after May and before September. Done the lost valley twice now, awesome place 😊

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Yeah i’ll certainly bare that in mind now and go again back end of the year 👌🏼

[@jo-annknowles1373]

Next time ya go camping in summer ( especially if near any water ) take some citronella intense sticks with you and light them outside the tent ( just stick in ground and leave to burn ) the lil bastards HATE the smell and they piss off :) . I do it in the garden every summer and it keeps us midge free . Great vid tho love 😊😊 Jo.

[@Unused_Channel666]

You need one of those bug zappers that looks like a tennis racket 🤣

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Hahaha i’ve got 1 of these at home for the flies in summer

[@petejolly865]

Always take a headnet, smidge from April to oct

[@jakesy2569]

Midgey headnet and a flextail. Sorted 🤣

[@markperks9031]

That was hilarious, crying with laughter. Brilliant !

[@DeeJayEll]

Thanks for doing that…… so we don’t have to. 😂 Did you not get midged alive the night before on the ‘beach’ at Loch Lomond? Love the channel. 👍

[@wattyschannel]

Agree pal, fuck the summer. I'm looking forward to September

[@davemassingham2096]

Great vid mate I was pissing myself laughing cracking place and views I could never camp Scotland in summer hate the bloody things 😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Deffo gonna return in Winter!

[@WildBorkysadventures]

Great video, unlucky with the midges been attacked by them a few times

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Aye I didn’t stand a chance going with no wind and in June!

[@gordonmculloch4904]

A head net is a must. 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Agreed mate, thanks for watching

[@KramF10]

June - Scotland - Valley - No Wind Never been to Scotland in summer before then 😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

First time ever going to Scotland 👍🏼

[@adge_ventures4915]

Midges are just little flying nobs! Hate them. Stay safe and well mate, Adge

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate take care

[@HobbyshireOfficial]

What brand hiking sticks do you use? That you hold up tent with etc

[@billyharden9316]

You need a midge net mate.👍🚙⛺️

[@Jenjenilou]

What is it with Scotland and midges? I remember a summer holiday up there as a kid and we were plagued by midges the whole time.

[@worz678]

Smidge is what you need . I live and work in hills like that in Ireland . Hahha I feel your pain. Prepare and man up. That's all I can say bud. Hee hee

[@jimmyduff3030]

Liam there's no point in waiting til it gets dark to deal with the tent,when it gets dark the midges just come out with head torches on lol,shoulda took a midge net mate,watching you running away from them caused me to miss my dinner,it spilt over my gear whilst I was pissing myself laughing.tjings can only get better. ATB Liam.

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

I was running late mate, car had broken down so pitched up as soon as i could.. and I had a midge head net, just after drone footage I’m wearing it but had to take it off as like i said towards end of video the holes are too big and they were getting inside! 😫 think i need a decent 1. Thanks for watching mate

[@jimmyduff3030]

@@GoodBlokeOutdoors Liam I've watched it loads of times,and each time it gets funnier,I even got in trouble from the wife for laughing out loud when she was sleeping,it was comedy gold mate,come back up in the winter and get the real experience of the lost valley,superb video again Liam,keep em coming.atb. Jimmy.

[@trooperwolfie]

I was sat here itching my head and neck watching this 🤣...buy a life systems head net, they work great 👍🏻😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

I will mate, this cheap 1 i bought is no good they just get through the holes 😅🤣

[@jamesmyrick1943]

Legend

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Legend 👊🏽

[@clivelewis278]

Loving the humour edits Liam 👏🏻🎬😂

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate

[@Vengerthefellhound]

Go through phases on youtube, right now im on your back catalogue 😂 too funny this

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Hahaha love that.. plenty new vids to check out if you haven’t seen any for a while !

[@Vengerthefellhound]

​@GoodBlokeOutdoors I will literally watch the lot, ive broke my ankle so currently got lot of time on my hands 😅 usually go to oldest and watch, do love the bad weather ones, I had an ultra next week I've had to cancel, it was 45k to a bivi area with dog, set up then 25k back in morning , bought the stove the tent everything, so it'll sit there till I get oit again. Probably go to the centre of Britain point as I'm moving more north this week from mcr

[@jimfisher7727]

Least tha knows wots next on to buy list pal...midge head net, smidge, avon so soft lol, lost valley is bad because its sheltered a fair bit so no breeze lol I always camp or park somewhere with a breeze of poss if im gonna go during season

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

3:52 i’m wearing a head net and i was covered in repellent 😅 the midges fit through the net it was useless 😭

[@thalesofmiletus2966]

Not the first and you won’t be the last to experience the Scottish midgie. Nightmare. Sarah from Fit for Adventure has a few videos of the wee blighters eating her alive.

[@tentipiwildcamping]

Top video as usual, midges were out in force there, was itching all the way through that. If you fancy a collaboration camp sometime in the future, let me know, Im Manchester based. Great editing by the way, Keep em coming Regards Darren

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thanks mate, appreciate the support. I was still feeling the itches whilst editing it 🤣

[@camperlists7090]

Amazon's 3f ul gear's lanshan tent is too expensive.....was charged a lot of extra

[@jamiemorton1765]

Always bring midge net just come in winter

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say my name.. "good bloke outdoors" you're goddamn right!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Legend thanks mate

[@adifor]

Great vid,It's a cracking spot, whereabouts are you from btw ? You sound roundabouts from my hometown , Bradford.

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Thank you and Yes mate Bradford 👍🏼

[@drubber007]

This is why property is Scotland is so cheap. Would love to live there but not sure I could handle the midge for 6 months. Glorious spot that though Liam....I agree with your remark on the winter, I look forward to it every year unlike most. 🤣

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Always a catch mate, would love to live up there but the midges man, no chance!! Can’t wait to go back in winter!

[@Delta-fs8jm]

Property in Scotland is certainly not cheap. It is compared with London but then so is everywhere else in the UK.

[@drubber007]

@@Delta-fs8jm My point was (which I thought would be quite obvious) that property is very cheap in Scotland compared to almost everywhere else in the UK, not just London.

[@Delta-fs8jm]

@@drubber007 You are wrong (which I thought would have been quite obvious). You don't know what you are talking about!

[@drubber007]

@@Delta-fs8jm Repeating what I said to you kind of proves my point 🤣 But ok let put in a way that you might be able to understand. If you bought for example, a large, say 5-6 room detached property with a few acres of land and a couple of outbuildings in Scotland it would be much cheaper than the same type of property in any other desirable part of the UK....ie the Lakes, Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, Cambridgeshire, Devon etc etc. I doubt i'll be able to post a link so I have copied part of an article from a well known property website....I REST MY CASE, READ IT AND WEEP 🤣 2. SCOTLAND IS CHEAPER TO LIVE IN THAN ENGLAND One of the delights that moving to Scotland will bring is a much cheaper standard of living. The living costs in most Scottish cities are around 10% cheaper than those in popular UK cities. In fact, living in Scotland is supposedly 30% cheaper than setting up shop in London! This saving is mainly due to the low housing costs. Even the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, offers some cheap, yet beautiful, places to live that definitely won’t break the bank.

[@matthewcollis6259]

Hahahaha, shouldn't laugh at someone else's misfortune but that cracked me up mate!!! Don't go anywhere near Scotland in the summer months pal - it's hell !!

[@summittaedae2323]

The lost valley is 100% a winter camp bro. 😂 never camp in a calm valley in summer.

[@YTC9]

Does it flood/get too wet?

[@summittaedae2323]

@@YTC9 I’ve never seen it too wet to camp. Next time I’m back there will be for a winter camp

[@YTC9]

@@summittaedae2323 Nice to know, good info thanks 👍

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

100% agree now mate! I’ll be back

[@summittaedae2323]

@@GoodBlokeOutdoors can’t wait to see your winter lost valley trip

[@burrianaUK]

Aah man, I’m still itching! Those trousers look cool, but the sizing is a bit weird, the size size, doesn’t match the actual waist size 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

I’ve only just noticed this since recording the video! Thats why I needed a belt, I told them i was a size 32 🤣 which according to the website has a 35 waist, no wonder I needed a belt 😅😅 Didn’t realise during the recording or the edit. Might update it and mention it in the description!

[@thewalkingdad4537]

Smidge head net,thin gloves,only thing that works is a physical barrier.

[@Flowerpoweredoutdoors]

Omg that brought back nightmare memories of camping up Derry lodge in the Cairngorms.. Idyllic spot by the river I thought 😂When the black swarms started we escaped into the tent only to find them coming up through the floor which was so old it had disintegrating and we couldn’t even get out of our sleeping bags to cook 😆 next night we walked back and slept in the car… luxury

[@KMilton-iw2tk]

I know your pain .Had exactly that experience at that spot by the river at Derry Lodge. Near the footbridge? Had come over Ben MacDui from ski centre , doing a circuit through the Lairig Gruh back to Aviemore . Aye , its a beautiful place- but we got absolutely rinsed by the wee ba******s. Had the proper midge head nets, gloves ,hats with brims, plastered in Smidge etc . I know the score as I'm from a bit north of there but when they're full on there's nowt to do but get in the tent. I cooked outside though, while running in circles! One of the worst midge experiences I've had and I've been camping in the Highlands trying to swerve the beasties since I was a wee boy. The inside of the fly sheet was black in places with squashed midges and some blood I think. Still stained 2 years later..(Although there is actually a bothy near by if we'd thought about it. )Ran off down Lairig Gruh the next day and didn't stop for breakfast until we got some height.

[@Flowerpoweredoutdoors]

@@KMilton-iw2tk They must be a super strength evolved beastie at that place from feasting on the blood of tough hikers for centuries! I wonder if they were a factor in how fell running started 🤔😆 I was so amazed when I was on the lairig Gruh middle of May this year and we didn’t see a single midge!

[@stuartmays]

Get yourself a couple tins of "Smidge" as soon as possible mate.

[@Olan...]

I am going to recommend you for a Victoria Cross AND a Knighthood , theres a reason why the Romans built Hadrians wall !!!!!!! Wainright has done a book for Scotland which i have but i aim nowhere near hard enough to go up there this time of the year...well done Liam. I must admit i did laugh because only when you have been eaten alive my Satans Army yourself and survived " Its allowed " hahaha awesome mate :)

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Lmao thanks Olan.. I certainly will avoid going back up at this time of year but can’t wait to head that way in the winter! Thanks for watching mate, hope you’re well.

[@mickd6942]

Last time i got attacked by midges i had a face like a painters radio lol

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣

[@MrBaconinabun]

really enjoyed this one, och ma ribs :) Southeners ROFL.

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed it mate

[@craig3401]

Sat here pissing myself 😂😂when you said you were going to Scotland I thought your a brave man at this time of year lol.i did it once years ago and never again I'm planning on doing the valley after midge season.but get yourself a smidge net there the best

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Lmao never again in midge season mate!

[@Voodoo_Ray]

Ahhh the Scottish midgies. That’s why I don’t do Scotland until September. Certain bits of the Peak can be just as bad. Black Cloughs just off the Woodhead being a prime example

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Certainly be back in the winter! Thanks for watching mate

[@Voodoo_Ray]

@@GoodBlokeOutdoors different world in the winter, new challenges

[@Airlessmean]

The lost Valley for a reason! Damn midges overtook it 😂😂 but them views 😮❤ man! Onto the next ! Haha

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Too right mate, probs avoid going back in midge season

[@Airlessmean]

@@GoodBlokeOutdoors so winter haha, jan-april or oct-dec ha

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

@@Airlessmean yeah would love to do some epic winter camps up there.. want to do some proper snowy mountain summit camps in the lake district this winter as well.. get that hilleberg doing what its made to do 😅⛄️⛄️

[@Airlessmean]

@@GoodBlokeOutdoors yea that be epicc haha, i dont have a decent enough tent for that unless i use the OEX PHOXX 2 HAHA as the lanshan 2 or the tarptent notch will not be suffienct ha!

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

@@Airlessmean as long as the wind ain’t gonna be bad you’l be fine…..hopefully 🤣

[@residentweavil233]

just wait till ya go for a midnight dash and end up with midgie bites in nether regions lol

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

🤣🤣 Ouch

[@captainkickoff3565]

New fav camping channel

[@GoodBlokeOutdoors]

Legend

[@Puffball-ll1ly]

The midge why I don't go anywhere near the Scottish Highlands in Summer.