River Waveney 3 Day Canoe Trip, Part 2. Canoeing with Kent Survival.

[@MSJERSwenson]

Fish farts! And you left that part in lol You have been dubbed the gassy little bloke in the woods! hahaha I love the banter between you two. I am binge watching so this one threw me off with Andy's long hair. Keep paddling boys!

[@aulii11]

Great video! I laughed out loud when Andy photobombed you at the campsite!

[@judithfaber2667]

Made me think of the baked bean scene in Blazing Saddles. For the oldies amongst us😅

[@KentSurvival]

Great vid.. It was like I was there :p nice music choice too mate

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers matey! I didn’t spot it before, but loving the background walk-by in the campsite clip haha!

[@pdxblazer5819]

This trip was awesome, really entertaining to follow. I like to make bets to see what your next meal will be! You guys should plan a trip to somewhere in the wilderness in the Alaska, bring some guns, do some real survival stuff.

[@grantc5587]

Thanks for posting, from the area although now live in Canada. Great to see the East Anglian countryside again

[@TOM_OUTDOORS]

halfway through this one and the jam tart sold it for me! i'm still wiping the tears from my eyes, proper made me belly laugh!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Better out than in!! 😂

[@TOM_OUTDOORS]

@@simonablokeinthewoods great video by the way, but the jam tart was definitely the highlight. I'm a simple chap. Cheers pal.

[@kevinedw2002]

Hi Simon, many thanks for yet another great video. Very much looking forward to part 3. Makes an ex-Norfolk resident very homesick!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thanks Kevin, glad you enjoyed parts one and two! Sorry they induced a touch of home-sickness, you’ll just have to come back for a visit! Part three up next week. Atb, Simon.

[@loves2spin2]

Great photography! It's almost like being there!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thank you! 🛶

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Watching you fight your way through the English waterways jungle I thought what a good idea it would be if someone/ authority could clean up those waterways a bit, trimming back the overgrowth to make it easier to find your way through and not having to up canoe and carry to the next good spot. What a glorious feeling gliding along in the canoe with you though.

[@Woodsman_wildcamper]

Great vid Simon, some of those views along that river are stunning. I have to agree with Andy, those sardines are just wrong...apart from that though, really looking forward to part 3. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Haha - not a fish lover then? Cheers Andy, Atb mate.

[@HJKelley47]

I thoroughly agree about those sardines and ketchup. I love sardines packed in water, along with some crackers. I can make a lunch out of that along with some kettle chips. But ketchup - NOPE!

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

@@HJKelley47 Hot sauce on sardines is Yummy for the Tummy.

[@tinkersparkie10]

Great video of my home town of Bungay and a river I learnt to swim in and canoe in as a scout in the early sixties. Ps love all your videos keep up the good work.

[@JosephStealin]

Some of that river is tight and swampy. Thought Yoda was going to jump out at one point

[@clairecooper197]

The Homersfield Bridge was constructed in 1869. It was designed by Henry Eyton. Thanks google. 😉😉

[@arcadia1081]

Greetings from Germany from a Brit who went up the Waveney in 1981 with his parents from Wroxham / Breydon Water.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hi Jeremy and thank you! How far did you go? And has it changed in 37 years? Atvb, Simon

[@arcadia1081]

Oh Gosh I have to dig out the Broads map! Hey have you ever seen the Alan Ayckbourn drama "Way Upstream" about a boating holiday similar to the Broads? It's on KZbin. btw we had an idyllic mountain biking trip here in Bayern today.

[@bigjohnsbushcraft3540]

Awesome video pal as always. There just something about your videos that's so relaxing and enjoyable to watch. One of my favourite channels atb john

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thanks John! Appreciate it mate, Atb.

[@xsirdavidianx]

Wow! Andy got long hair and a huge beard! I like it, he looks so different to how im used to seeing him though lol

[@glennhealey5619]

Canadian Paddler here. When I do Bannock I make a hole in the middle like a big donut. Cooks through the middle better and faster.

[@alanwainwright473]

Another great video, some of those shots remind me of Jungle training in the Army in Belize in the 1970's.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Alan - it felt like the jungle at times haha! Atb, Simon.

[@smokeybarr]

12:44 - Firing up the outboard 😂

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

😂😂😂

[@CampLifeBushcraft]

Very enjoyable, I've seen Andy's take on the trip too. I'm inspired to get out on the water. Thanks. ATB Dan

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Dan, it was a really nice trip and Andy is a top bloke! Can’t wait for our next adventure!! Atb, Simon.

[@110adventures7]

Slowly working through you back catalogue, loving the canoe video's. Especially ones with your hand built canoe.

[@LundysWildcampBushcraft]

A cracking part two andy was lucky to find his camra I would of been happy to live in that summer house 😂😂 some great camra work and editing atb jimmy 😎 😎

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Jimmy! Some of the places along the river were insanely plush - yep, a shed is all I’d need haha! Atb, Simon.

[@MrRamyourcar]

Enjoying your journey..

[@linneekay98]

Great video! Looking forward to Part 3! :)

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thank you! Simon.

[@martinoutdoors6941]

Fantastic really enjoying these, I’ve been following your route on a map, for future trip planning.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Martin, it’s a good river to paddle, but better in the Autumn when the river is higher and the insects and nettles have died down a bit! Atb, Simon.

[@martinoutdoors6941]

Simon, a bloke in the woods Thanks Simon, a paddlers map I’ve got shows the Waveney going through to Diss have you gone from there to where you put in this time?

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

I’ve tried Martin, but it gets really shallow and overgrown as the river passes the golf course - I couldn’t get through - might be okay later in the year or after a good drop of rain.

[@chrisandsamlivingthedream]

Awesome guys .. loving the vids … cheers Chris & Sam

[@denaredford6701]

So nice and relaxing . No stress videos . Love the calm of the waters and birds and friendship. Good video , and thank you .

[@dianejacklin4338]

Another great video. So pleased you found Andy’s camera and I liked his impression of Eric Morcombe

[@MrRamyourcar]

Oh my Lord Simon. Did you pass gas on cam.nice..lol.not bad manners just good lunch.i got a good chuckle out of it. Cheers

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hahaha - it was those beans again!!

[@chrisneedham5803]

When you passed under the willow trees you could see how high the water has been. Thanks for your video

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

We had some flooding a couple of months ago - water gets really high in spate. Cheers Chris!

[@tomllewellyn1544]

12:41 Sasquatch behind you 😂

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hehehe!

[@andyoutdoors4350]

Look forward to seeing Andys video now. Great to watch thankyou

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

His video is great! Cheers, Simon.

[@thcdreams654]

Beans beans they're good for your heart the more you eat the more you.....maybe the canoe bumped something.

[@justjeff3107]

Your river is more like Clark's Creek here. (Lewis & Clark) Small, slow and mellow. Mellow is good though.

[@Jaydcoke]

OK I don't feel so silly now. I'm not the only one who goes 'Quack quack' at ducks, or 'Mooooo' at cows as if they understand me. 5:55

[@robertshand8101]

Nice camera work again, and blessed with such surroundings and glorious weather. Trip of a lifetime ... That campsite looked ok, a bit more comfortable than nettle city lol..Some of the more out of the way campsites are not bad really...especially when the kids are at school (....or other peoples screaming kids haha..!) Aye,....great stuff 👍

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Robert, you’re not wrong there- about the nettles and the kids haha! Atb, Simon.

[@jt659]

Caught that KT Tunstall reference

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hahaha - 10 points! You are the only one that did (or at least, mentioned it!!) cheers, Simon

[@xl5006]

we couldnt get through from homersfield where we started near black swan . completely blocked with reeds and branches, had to go back and start again from outney meadows campsite.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Yes, it can get pretty choked up along that section upstream from Homersfield - late Winter, early spring is a good time to attack it - more water in the river and the reeds haven’t grown up too much. Cheers, Simon

[@Voodoo_Ray]

Another great video Simon. I may be slightly jealous of your trip

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Oh man, I remember spam fritters for school dinners. How were they allowed to feed us that muck!

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Special Processed American Meat

[@Tony-outdoors]

Looked some nice spots to fish as we'll..

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Plenty of good fishing spots along the river! I’m a terrible fisherman haha! Atb, Simon.

[@GSCARFF]

I’m gonna have to do that trip next time I come home ...as yer fond of corned beef hash, I’ve found you can dehydrate those cheap cans of potatoes cut into slices and they rehydrate ok and make a change from powdered spuds..another enjoyable video dude

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Good idea - I’ll try that, I love tinned spuds! Atb, Simon.

[@GSCARFF]

Simon, a bloke in the woods don’t dry them too fast or you’ll “case harden” them, later mate

[@norfnifelemon]

Great filming as always Simon! Yer had me at Damper n spam lol...ATB

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Haha, good old spam - it’s weird, I’d not had it for years, decades even, but now I keep getting it for camping trips - I blame Stuart (Scottish Wanderer). Cheers mate, Simon.

[@MTwoodsrunner]

Thats is a spot of good fortune finding Andy's Camera.....i was really wondering if you guys were going to find a decent camping location that last evening as well, i could tell tell Andy was a Happy Camper !!!...Its hard to beat those ceramic pump filters, i have an old MSR Filter and its still going strong after nearly eight years of occasional use....you boys covered some territory...great trip for sure brother Simon...atb...woods...P.S....waiting on #3

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Woods! Yes, that campsite was welcome - I’d have preferred to wild camp, but there just wasn’t anything - all floodplain and long grass. Really pleased with the filter, apart from Wiels disease and bacteria in the water, I was concerned about pesticides and herbicides from the surrounding farmland - this filter removes them all (or so they claim! Haha) Episode three will be up this week! Thanks buddy, Simon.

[@abefrohman1759]

Great video 👍

[@SwampValley]

Awesome adventure, was watching Andy's vids too, you guys did good to find his camera, I've got a canoe trip planned for next month and I'll need to be careful I don't do that too, might drill a few camera mounts into the gunnels 😂

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

That’s a good idea - I’ve thought about doing the same (now!) cheers, Simon.

[@bamaman39]

Simon! Did you just make a smelly?💨🤣

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

💨💨💨 it was all the beans and spam! 😂

[@bamaman39]

@@simonablokeinthewoods no worries mate like my father used to say better out than in LOL 🤣🤣💨💨👌🏾

[@MrMeltedwellies]

Bring on part 3 Simon first class vid ,just got the MSR water filter so ill will be doing a review on it, good to compare ATB Mark

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Mark! I was really pleased with the filter, has a 0.4 micron pore size so removes all viruses, pesticides and herbicides along with the usual bacteria, diseases and other horrible stuff! I’ll check out yer review when it’s up! Part 3 of the trip is uploading - it’ll be online early week (very s....l....o.....w.... internet here haha!) Atb, Simon.

[@billygoatfilms7531]

What a brilliant film Simon, I was paddling along with you both. Very impressed with the HD clarity, only hope my new Sony a6300 camera comes some where close. You were very lucky to find the GoPro camera (always have it tied to the canoe). I'm certainly going to check-out that campsite and canoe hire. Is there a good pub nearby serving food? Cheers Simon, you certainly filmed that well.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Cheers Mike - your Sony will film amazingly crisp shots!! The campsite is on the edge of Bungay and there are a few pubs in the town, not been in any of them though. There is bound to be some good ones with food. Atb, Simon.

[@richlee509]

Black Swan

[@mikehuntley7562]

Decent size fish swirl in the water at 2.22

[@daviddingleberry5666]

Looks like you both had a great time. Hopefully you'll do another trip together at some point. Cheers.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thanks David - it was good fun - I’m sure we will! Atb, Simon.

[@neilengland6057]

Hi Simon would I need a water ways licence to canoe?

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hi Neil, yes, you do need a licence to paddle most (but not all) of our waterways - easily obtained by joining the British Canoe Union - membership includes the licence (although I have never been stopped and asked to produce it!) cheers, Simon

[@geoffhynam7057]

Great three part series. River Bure nexr?

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

It’s on the list! I’ve done sections, but not the whole lot at once. 🛶👍

[@jacqueline7118]

What a great river trip! I am not a camera buff so have no idea about this really but is there such thing as a lanyard for cameras so that they can be attached to the boat in case they come off their boat attachment? If not, I think I would make one because both of you have had real good luck to have found your cameras during this trip! Thanks for sharing!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thanks Jacqueline! We were very lucky to have found them! You can get lanyards and floating gizmos so they don’t sink!! I learnt a lesson on this trip - I do take more caution now - any deeper and I’d never have found mine that’s for sure!! 😁

[@duckypam]

Canoeists need to put gps and floatation devices on go pros

[@evanrobertson9174]

Great

[@ianginger5540]

Spam, spam, spam, spam. Spam, spam, spam, spam....another great video!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hahaha! SPAM!

[@ijursic]

Enjoying these videos, ,.... It's a good thing you found your camera. But next time, bring garlic bread.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Yeah, had it been a few weeks earlier we could have made some with wild garlic! Atb, Simon.

[@abefrohman1759]

I think a turtle swam under the canoe and blew bubbles.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

I thought that’s what it was haha!

[@neilmacdonald1676]

What make is your hat please ?

[@扎巴依]

Will you try fishing next time?

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

I’m a terrible fisherman haha! Thanks for watching. Atb, Simon.

[@扎巴依]

Gave a thumb up

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thank you!

[@AndysEastCoastAdventures]

Rather you than me re the water filter. No filters on the market work on a bacteria level and theirs a weils disease outbreak in the UK at the moment. Purification tablets plus boiling is the only true safe way to drink the water.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

My filter removes 99.999% of bacteria, virus and disease including Weils, it also removes most pesticides and herbicides - it’s one of the only filters that does - I’m totally confident in its ability to purify - it was designed for filthy, effluent and disease ridden water in third world disaster areas. 👍 (I cant stand the taste of chlorine in my water either 😁)

[@johnroberts5896]

Mate. What did I tell you about putting some WD40 on that squeaky seat of yours !! 😜

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hahaha - it took me a bit by surprise! Felt quite apt after the clip of me saying how we were both unaffected by drinking river water through that filter! Cheers matey.

[@tomwaits4205]

Loving your videos. I'm a new subscriber from the states. I have a question, do you all have access to Sawyer products over there? Namely their water filters. If you can get one you should try the Sawyer Micro water filter.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Hi Erik and thank you! We do have Sawyer over here too, have been looking at the mini for some time - such a great, compact filter and very cheap for what it is! I might need to add one to my armoury! 😁

[@tomwaits4205]

Simon, I would strongly suggest the new Micro over the Mini. It has 3x the flow rate over the Mini. I have been using a Mini for about 4 years and recently switched to the Micro and it is a vast improvement in terms of flow. Keep the great vids coming !!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Thanks for the advise Erik- I know which one to for now!

[@hansschmid3937]

Spam spam spam spam spam..... :-) really nice tour, PE rules... :-) on such rivers!!!!

[@TheMcmunro]

Homerfield is most famous for being the birthplace of my Golden Retriever. She lives in Dorset but counts the Waveney Valley as one of her favourite walks.

[@notplaying2379]

You fellas must be rich, you keep paddling away and leaving cameras behind ;-)

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

😂😂😂

[@kayakmaccaz9256]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@malcolmsmith9232]

Do spam fritters still taste as horrible as when I was a kid? Euuugh!

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

They are truly delicious, wrong, but delicious haha! Cheers, Simon.

[@AlohaMilton]

Camera>paracord>canoe safety tether.

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Good shout! 👍

[@davidhuxtable8918]

I heard that you wandered into a norfolk reed bed and spent 20hours laying in a swamp awaiting to be rescued by drone police coastguard fire service air ambulance but it may have been that 75yr old man who said to his wife n kids when they visited him in hosp next morning where are my newspapers!!!? After scaring his entire family he went to see the seals apparently? But thought he had 1.5 hrs but only had 30mins!! Got lost in rspb reserve!! As you do like naturally?

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

He’s a lucky man to have been found - yet another good use of the drone (not just youtubers haha) I hope he got his newspapers in the end 😂 cheers Dave, Simon.

[@davidhuxtable8918]

Very interesting if you are an afficianado of concrete

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Very underrated is concrete - it’s become a bit of a fashionable thing to have in your house - polished concrete floors and kitchen worktops - I don’t get it myself, but each to their own eh!

[@davidhuxtable8918]

Simon, a bloke in the woods Yes if you make up a wooden frame what you can do is mix up some high density concrete with flint chippings they leave the edges all holey and unkempt looking roughish ind effect but what you can do then is mix in to final fine resinous mix lots of different finishes like glitter floor for a garage etc the yanks are doing it a lot but you can put in seashells from Norfolk beaches then smooth it off on surface for kitchen counter top or dye the concrete diff colors However I've just made a shower plinth out of 1000yr old oak it's bloody bullet proof harder than concrete I rescued it from An old beam I found in a 15th c barn it was destined for firewood heap I shall resist the song about spam Fried up it's quite nice actually in a breakfast or sandwich Americans like it But they don't do Monty python accent so well As yet mate

[@davidhuxtable8918]

Simon, a bloke in the woods that water filter looks like it was taken off the wall of a nhs hospital Toilet block I can still see the screw holes where it was mounted on wall as water filter in the disable peoples Toilets

[@davidhuxtable8918]

Where are the surf waves?

[@davidhuxtable8918]

Simon, a bloke in the woods If you want a good laugh try to see how many peoples you can get into a Canadian canoe then take it out in 12ft surf barrel roll it on face of a fast moving wave Its a scream Someone on beach videos it you can play it back laters for a laugh

[@MrRamyourcar]

Love me some spam....

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

SPAM!

[@blister4walken]

Your GoPros need their own buoyancy aids :-)

[@simonablokeinthewoods]

Yes they do!!! 😂💦💦💦

[@carpenterpilot487]

spam talking, I bet u felt better?