Botanical coastal Foraging Adventure - (in a tiny towable home!)

It's the eve of the magical month of May and Rob hitches up his tiny house horsebox trailer and leaves the forest garden to go on a mini botanical adventure of the Exmoor coastline whilst foraging for his food along the way. He finds poor man's mustard and sea beet to sautee, and stinging nettles from which to make soup.
Recorded on location at: #RobsForestGarden​
www.robsfoodfo...
And #ExmoorNationalPark
Presented, recorded, and edited by Rob Handy.
Additional driving footage:
Rosanna Roberts
(Thank you for standing by the roadside for ages!)
Soundtrack:
"The First of May"
Issy & David Emeney With Kate Riaz
- Legends & Lovers
"Countrycide"
More Silage - Farmer... Farmer Why?!
David Buchanan, Tom Handy, Rob Handy,
Joel Campbell
Guitar tracks:
www.bensound.com/
freemusicarchi...
Piano music:
Rob Handy
Story:
"The Fairy Shawl"
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
by Lisa Schneidau.
• The Fairy Shawl
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Sam Rudloff
Pippa Taylor
Tina Horvath
John Bullock
EH Milton Jr.
Anna Ballard
William Inman
Stefan Veda
Will Purdy
Asdiel Echevarria
Elias Vandyke-Titus
Andy Purvis
Gavin Spittlehouse
Judit Tiszolczki
Liz Larson
Elisandra
Saskia Griffiths-Moore
Mog Wilde
Joanne Scott
Donna Curtis
Pilgrim
Tessa Harris
Kitty Mackenzie
Philipp Stucke
#tinyhouseonwheels

[@joannag.6141]

It is lovely to see you Rob, such a beautiful soul. The sounds of spring bird songs made me smile. I really enjoyed this episode, I don't know whether it's because I've missed you or is it due to you mastering making really good videos. I think it is both. I loved watching your channel ever since you started, I can tell that you are getting better with each film. Thank you for sharing and showing the beauty of life. Best wishes Asia

[@robsdiscovery]

Pressing the 'love' icon more then once doesn't seem to work for this comment, but if it did I'd have pressed it at least a couple of times 😄 Maybe I'll try to 'pin' it instead... 📍🤔

[@joannag.6141]

@@robsdiscovery Thanks. There is something bothering me and it is the grammar. As a native could you please correct me on this one " is it due to you mastering making really good videos". So is this part correct, or maybe it should be "due to you mastering really good videos making"? Sorry for for paasing on to another topic, but it is really bother me that much.

[@robsdiscovery]

That's quite alright 😊 The first way sounds more natural but the second way would sound equally as natural if there was no 's' at the end of the word 'video'. If I was saying it myself I'd perhaps say "due to you mastering really good video making" but I'd be equally as likely to say the first one, depending how it felt in the moment 🤷🏻‍♂️ I hope that helps! 😄

[@joannag.6141]

@@robsdiscovery Thank you for replying, that was helpful for mastering my English :) I'll be waiting for more viedos from you. Cheers

[@barbar-w4d]

@@robsdiscovery this isnt a character?

[@MichaelSharpTechniSmart]

Don't know how I missed this one. Most enjoyable trip. Thanks Rob.

[@GaiaCarney]

Thanks for creating & sharing this, Rob’s Discovery 🌱 I love your horse trailer home, it’s enchanting.

[@robsdiscovery]

You're most welcome, Gaia 😊 I'm so glad you appreciate it 🙏🏽😌

[@bonnieboyle2030]

You are a natural storyteller. Thanks for the trip away from world’s reality.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Bonnie! 😊 I'm so glad you appreciated it. What you see in the video is still very much reality, just a different one 😉

[@heatherk8931]

What a wonderful appealing soup you made. BUT, when you took that first bite, it was too HOT! I think you did that with the beetroot soup as well. Truly I love your journeys and can only close my eyes tight and imagine myself there❣

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Heather 😊 Yep, I never learn, do I?! 🍵🥵🙄😆

[@danielpotter9629]

I love all the nods to lord of the rings! You must have fun thinking up these episodes.

[@robsdiscovery]

Aha, you got The Hobbit references then 😉 Yeah, this this was the most fun yet! 🌿🌊🤗

[@fosterkennel649]

Just wonderful Rob. Blessings to you and yours coming at you from the hills of Southern Oregon.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much! 🙏🏽😊

[@000.noway09]

You live the life most of us can only dream of...good for you!

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you, Ellie 😊 It used to only be a dream for me once too 😉

[@Mote.]

This put a smile on my face. I like the hanging bananas.

[@Mote.]

Also your backpack looks nice. And your hut house is awesome

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks again, Mote! 😄 I'm all for space saving so it seemed like a good idea to hang them up! 🍌😁

[@jennycampbell5236]

Wow Rob. I really wanted to be there and share that meal and drink with you. It looked so delicious. The little villages are a step back in time. Absolutely beautiful. You are like a walking botanical text book 😊. This video was awesome. Thank you.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you so much, Jenny 🙏🏽 You really were there sharing the food & drink, don't you remember? You were invited on the journey too 😁

[@nicholeburd309]

I truly enjoyed watching your videos. You are living the life I can only dream of living. So much to experience all around you. And may I say what a handsome and smart man you are. Thank you for sharing

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much, Nichole! 🙏😊 You're most welcome 😊

[@lainnorcal]

Finally got around to watching this video, its been in my watch later playlist for ages. What a lovely way to start my day. ^_^

[@robsdiscovery]

🤗🌿😌

[@johnmurphy8319]

Hot,Hot,Hot 🤣🤣🤣 what wrong with us, do the same every time myself 👍 I really enjoyed your adventure 🌱

[@robsdiscovery]

Yep, every time! 🥵🤦🏻‍♂️😆 I'm glad you were able to join me on the adventure 🏕🌊😊

[@annieyahu676]

That soup looked wonderful ... healthy and delicious ❤️ thank you for Sharing ❤️

[@robsdiscovery]

It really was 🍵😋😌 You're most welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@batMelek]

As a fellow Brit (my patriarchal heritage) and a camper/ nature lover since childhood, I'm thoroughly enjoying this first of your vlogs that I just today discovered! Been living in a small (one room) stapled-together commercially made camper trailer on a lake near Orlando, Florida, USA for nearly a year, while longing to be nearer my daughters and sister on the Pacific west coast, but without an adequate vehicle to tow it there. I expect I will be returning often to enjoy your treks!

[@robsdiscovery]

Hello again, Michelle 😊 And welcome to Rob's Discovery 🤗🤝🏽 Most of my treks are around my forest garden! 🌳 (Not all, but most 😉) I hope you enjoy some of those too 😊 I hope you find a way soon to be nearer your family 😌

[@batMelek]

I agree with you. When you added the marmite, I was thinking that's at least twice as much as that small pot of soup requires. But the finished product looks delicious! 😋

[@robsdiscovery]

Haha, yeah it was a bit much, but so delicious! 😋 At least I'd have been bursting with B12 after that! 😄

[@somaliyanage5977]

Love your adorable trailer…it’s my inspiration to make something similar.

[@CiaofCleburne]

This is awesome! I finally did it too, Rob, sort of! I moved my vagabond camper into some woods way out in the country and I’m now enjoying the good life as well! Not much electricity and no drinkable, running water but I sure have a good time!!

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks! And well done! Not everyone could do that so congratulations 👍🤗 I can completely identify with the lack of electric and drinkable water 😆

[@annicktorfs7596]

Bravo! We have a cabin in the woods as well with a few solar panels, lots of water bottles and an 'outhouse'. It is so peaceful. Never been happier... until we have to return to the city at the end of the weekend. ;-) Planning on changing that.

[@robsdiscovery]

Well done, Annick! That's certainly a mighty step in the right direction, even if you can't spend more time there yet 😊

[@heatherk8931]

Also.... a new subscriber as your videos are delightfully done. ❣

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you again, Heather! 🤗

[@mogwilde9069]

Whaaaaat Rob this is AWESOME I LOVE IT 🎉😁✨

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Mog 😊🙏🏽

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

This was just lovely and enchanting.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you, Beverly ✨🧙‍♂️😊

[@jokeogh9939]

I have just discovered your wonderful channel today Rob. As a keen forager and someone planning a future living off grid I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have such a resource and one that is done with such magic. I feel like a child going on adventures with you, even though you're not so keen on them as they make you late for dinner! 😁 I'm so glad there are so many more videos for me to catch up on.

[@southernjustice615]

I really enjoyed the adventure!

[@donnanichols6838]

Such a charming and knowledgable man!!! Sign me up!!! Have a beautiful day Rob!!! See you next time. 🍃🤗🍃

[@robsdiscovery]

😄 Thanks, Donna 😊 And welcome to Rob's Discovery 🦆🌳📹😁

[@donnanichols6838]

@@robsdiscovery thanks Rob!!! I'm not so internet savvy, I couldn't figure out how to click the link for the full story of May? 🍃🤗🍃

[@robsdiscovery]

It appears in the top right corner of the screen when the "click the link" caption appears 😉

[@donnanichols6838]

@@robsdiscovery i did click on that but didnt know what to do next? Sorry to be a bother, and thank you for responding...I do appreciate your kind effort and time. 🍃🤗🍃

[@robsdiscovery]

That's quite alright, Donna 😊 Though I'm now at a loss to help you 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CLacy]

Soup looks yummy!

[@robsdiscovery]

It really was!! 🍵😋 Especially after it had cooled 🥵😆

[@airamillerot]

Thanks for sharing with us all this beauty. ❤

[@robsdiscovery]

Once again, Maria, you're most welcome. It really was a pleasure. I'm always open to new film ideas by the way 😊

[@airamillerot]

@@robsdiscovery i would like to know more about ancient flora (pre-atlantic exchange)of England, plants the Romans brought there etc. I love palaeobotany as a subject and food history

[@robsdiscovery]

An excellent suggestion, Maria. I've made a note of your suggestion. Thanks!

[@sallycalverley5917]

Loved this episode Rob, what an adventure and what a gorgeous tiny home! Just one small tip that I hope helps, I tend to "cut" JBTH with nettles to tone down their tummy turning impact!

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you, Sally And what a useful tip! Nettles are usually so abundant that I'll be certain to try that next (and every!) time from now on 🌿🍳👍

[@steveo_o6707]

Good to see all is well with you my friend. It's funny that you still have to get away from your "getaway from the city" forest garden.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Steve 😊 Yeah, that is funny! I don't have to get away nearly as often as I would from somewhere urban but it really is necessary sometimes. That's the trouble when your home becomes your place of work 😆

[@timhoffman5683]

Wow, great editing and content! Looks like a great trip

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Tim 😊 It really was thanks!

[@janebotten2969]

I so enjoyed watching your adventure, and now I can make nettle soup!!!!

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you, Jane! 🤗 I'm so pleased you're going to try the soup! My recipe was very much improvised, there are far better ones out there. Cream of nettle is my fave 🍵🌿😋 Let us all know which one you make! 😊

[@gaylehogan3277]

aww Rob, that was delightful, thank you for sharing with us. I hope getting away helped, although I realise you might be ready for another holiday by now :)

[@robsdiscovery]

It was a pleasure, Gayle 😊 It really did help, thank you 😌 Though you're right, I'm ready to do it all again now! 😄 Perhaps an autumnal edition 🍂🤔😁

[@sevenstaramat]

This is a really beautiful inspiring well executed film Rob. I enjoyed watching it. so much free food everywhere.

[@robsdiscovery]

It's amazing what's around when you look, isn't it? 🌿😍😋 I'm really pleased you think it's beautiful & inspiring 🤗 I'd like to do a repeat/contrasting autumnal version now 🍂😄

[@nobletruthshealingandascen183]

Once again, loved the video Rob! Everything we watch you we just see us all hanging out at each other's towns and Woofing for each other some day ! Love Pan and Amrita - New Zealand

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much! 🤗 The day when that's possible shall come.. It just depends how long it takes 🤔😄

[@annicktorfs7596]

I love what you said at 10:45. Best advice for exploring. The bird songs are so striking... it's different from here in Canada. ;-)

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks, Annick 😊 I'd love to be able to take the credit for that one but I'm pretty sure it's a Winnie-the-Pooh quote! 🐻🍯😆 It's funny how the bird song seems do normal to be 🐦🎶 but I suppose it must be different where you are! Maybe I'll stop taking it so much for granted now! 😁

[@annicktorfs7596]

@@robsdiscovery So happy to have struck a chord. Birds and bird songs are simply magical, and their chorus in the background add so much to your video! Perhaps a video on the different species that live in your forest...?

[@robsdiscovery]

That'd be wonderful if I knew what they all were! 😄 Maybe it'd be a good time to improve my bird-song knowledge 🤔 Despite how peaceful I make it look in the videos, I have very narrow windows of time in which to record them as my nearest neighbours constantly has loud machines running 24/7 🙄 Well, maybe 20/6.5 😆

[@rompstar]

Cool trailer and I like that vehicle too, you have definitely figured out what life is all about, many people never do, cheers!

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much, Ray. I'm proud of them both 🤗 And yes, I agree, many never do. One of the reasons I make the videos is to let people see what's possible and an alternative way of doing things. Cheers!

[@rompstar]

@@robsdiscovery keep doing your thing, Cheers!!

[@robsdiscovery]

Will do 👍😁

[@abc_cba]

Thanks for month-end gift ! Would watch it by bedtime. I'm sure it is just as soothing as all your other videos.

[@robsdiscovery]

You're most welcome, Sam 😊 Yeah, it's another soother 😌😁

[@stevereed9391]

Brilliant, thanks Rob, you do so well xx

[@planetmaxretroreview]

Rotter..... Just when I thought there was going to be no intro song and there it was 😃 I should confess I'd already sung it to myself about 3 times prior anyway😂. Very happy to see another upload Rob you should definitely have your own TV show.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much! 🤗 I'm glad not to have disappointed you 🎶😁

[@lelleithmurray235]

I do so enjoy your forays into the English countryside! It's comforting to see someone knowledgeable in the old time plants. Used to avoid stinging nettles as a child as I always managed to get stung somehow!

[@robsdiscovery]

Likewise! I used to fall off bikes & skateboards into them all the time I seem to remember! 😄 I'm glad you're enjoying the videos 🤗

[@daughterofgodcarolv8411]

He's gonna meet Shrek I just know it! 😂

[@robsdiscovery]

😆😆✨

[@Fat2Fit5k]

So glad I found the short version that brought me here. Your narrative voice has gotten you a new sub. I swear the background sounds and music felt like Lord of the Rings! Seriously look into narrating audiobooks I'd purchase every book

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you very much again, Brian 😊 And welcome to Rob's Discovery 🤗🤝🏽

[@robsdiscovery]

There were a couple of Hobbit quotes in there if you noticed them 🧝‍♂️🧙‍♂️😉

[@Fat2Fit5k]

@@robsdiscovery I noticed them as the video went on, it felt like the Hobbit from the minute you started narrating and then when I heard the quotes it made me smile even more

[@robsdiscovery]

That's a lovely thing to read 🤗

[@monles2352]

Will we have another episodes of story telling? Thank you for the beautiful video ❤

[@robsdiscovery]

Would you like more stories? 📚😁 You're most welcome, Yen 🤗 I'm so glad you liked it 🙏😊

[@monles2352]

@@robsdiscovery Of course, I always listen to audio book while working. Your voice is very wonderful.✨ I would like to have more stories, Rob😊

[@robsdiscovery]

I'll see what I can do 😉

[@carolsirio]

You made my day🥰♥️ I woke up wondering when you would post a new video again🤔

[@robsdiscovery]

Awwww, thank you Carolina ❤️ I'm so glad! 🤗

[@clairesarchet2340]

Rob!!! Can't wait to watch this properly and with full attention once kiddies are in bed... Does this mean you've sorted your computer issues?! Are there more on the way?! 🙏🙌

[@robsdiscovery]

Awwww, I've tried to make it a relaxing watch so it's perfectly suitable for before bed 😌 Tis a bit on the long side though! 😄 Alas, the computer problem isn't solved yet. The footage used in this video is from before my laptop refused to recognise the file types. There are indeed more videos on the way but maybe not all that soon depending on how my earning/ability to save goes this season! 😄

[@danielpotter9629]

Thanks for sharing another great episode. Tasty hot things teaches patience! I appreciate your equanimity when things don’t go as planned. Do you purposefully avoid the stems of the nettles for eating? I snip the top inch of two with scissors, don’t need gloves that way.

[@robsdiscovery]

That's quite alright, Daniel, 'twas a pleasure! Thanks for the equanimity compliment 😊 I pride myself on that particular characteristic so it feels good to have it recognised 😇 I do often eat the nettle stems but as they usually get blended up in soup I wasn't sure how tough/stringy they'd be when only roughly chopped. Are they mostly okay that way, do you know? 🤔

[@danielpotter9629]

@@robsdiscovery for me the top of the nettle stem is fine roughly chopped when sautéed, but I’m a fairly rough and ready chef! Would probably pick the leaves like you do for a first date

[@robsdiscovery]

😄 Thanks for the advice! 👍😆

[@barbar-w4d]

youve gotta be new, you shoiuld have 200K views on this one.

[@CLacy]

This...

[@tarasavaheli6779]

Thank you thank you soo much for the videos !!! You can not imagine how much it gives to my nervous system 💚 your videos are healing for me ! Please may I ask your email address ? In private some how ?

[@robsdiscovery]

Once again, you're most welcome Tara 🙏 I'm so glad the videos are helping you 🤗😌 I don't mind giving out my email address on here 📧😊 The one I only use for this channel anyway 😉 It's (predictably 😄): [e-mail]