Soggy solo wild camp on Shelstone Tor | Energy bar recipe

[@catarinalarsson2605]

Those bars are something I have to make! They look delicious! Thank you!

[@johnpatterson5744]

Excellent! have you ever camped up at the Vixen Tor.someone wrote a book about a wee adventure I went on there,called the dream of Vixen Tor.where I’m the 3 main characters in it,the coachman,the ranger and the waif.a very odd wee book but nevertheless a true story.👍

[@thewanderingforester]

Now that sounds interesting. I'll put Vixen Tor on my list! Thanks for watching. ATB, Roger

[@ksgonewild]

Heyyy lovely!!! So glad you tried a Steak Detective meal, I love the steak and dumplings but the meatballs is my absolute fave!! Thank you for the mention! 🥰 Jeeez so glad you found your keys!! What a nightmare!! I’ve not been up Sourton way for years and have never camped so need to explore that area! Great vid lovely, hope you’re both well. Xx

[@thewanderingforester]

Hi Karen, yes we're both well. Starting to get into Dartmoor more each time I visit. It's a long journey but dead easy thanks to the M5 and A30. I got two each of the Steak Detective's meal so will be trying the others soon. Good to see you back on the moor.ATB, Roger

[@rhw5810]

Glad you found your keys!

[@thewanderingforester]

Yes, me too! Thanks for watching.

[@SetForAdventures]

That was an adventure with lots of ups and downs Roger both physically and metaphorically Loved the history talks on the hike in but I felt for you with car keys drama (glad it worked out mate ) Thanks for the recipe too 🤠🙏🏼 Best wishes Simon

[@thewanderingforester]

Sure was an adventure. Dartmoor is chock full of history as well as being stunning - but hard to navigate in the fog! ATB, Roger

[@holmesaway]

Losing/breaking/forgetting things is slowly becoming your MO mate 😂. Glad you found your keys, not sure I would have had the drive to go all the way back to the car! Fair play!!

[@thewanderingforester]

Tell me about it! Must be my advancing years kicking in.

[@andypotts8062]

So glad you found your car keys, similar has happened to me, very worrying. I really love all the Tors on Dartmoor, they would be great to photograph. Hopefully your next camp will be a bit more tranquil. Many thanks and best wishes.

[@thewanderingforester]

Next time I'm going somewhere I know well so I can relax! Some of the rock formations are very picturesque to be sure. All the best Andy.

[@ChrisJB]

What a nightmare re the car keys Roger! Saying that, it's something I'm quite capable of too. Looked a good little camping nook that, amongst the rocks. 👌

[@thewanderingforester]

Tell me about it - 150 miles from home too. Really annoyed with myself over the navigation error - but I did get back ok You'd think by my age I'd have run out of mistakes to make.😀😀

[@unclepeteswildadventures]

I am the world champion at losing stuff. But never my keys. I have them on a chain attached to my pants by a small karabiner. The chain is long enough that the keys can be in the ignition. I know the frustration of losing stuff. I do wonder how many wild campers have ADHD? I’m quite scatterbrained but also very creative in finding solutions to a problem, like having taken the wrong tent and therefore having the wrong poles! 🙃

[@thewanderingforester]

Love your key idea. Maybe I should try attaching everything to my trousers to stop losing stuff. My life is generally a fight between a slight OCD and a helping of laziness, I should let the OCD win more often I think. Thanks for watching, ATB, Roger

[@wendingourway]

Very cool toque!! Love it!! My grandfather made and kept ice for his neighbourhood way back in the day in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Those sure look like great energy bars!

[@thewanderingforester]

The toque was an "emergency buy' when I lost one away from home last year it was the only one in the shop. We'd call it a "beanie". Nice family memory about the ice too. ATB, Roger

[@mandyrunonvegemite]

Glad you found the keys 😊 definitely going to make your energy bars.

[@thewanderingforester]

Let me know how they work out for you.

[@bohs2000]

Feel your pain... I dropped my Debit card on a cinema seat, 20 minutes later in BK I realised, and had to track back the 150metres and into the screen, while patrons where starting to enter for the second screening. Found it. all good.

[@thewanderingforester]

My mum used to say I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on! Thanks for watching. All the best, Roger

[@rontocknell]

Roger, I have to applaud your stamina mate! As you can probably imagine, I would have decided sod the keys, sod the car! I'll just stay here and die (I haven't changed that much since Lydmet days). I do like fog... though probably not on Dartmoor. I like the sense of isolation it gives... although you probably get that on Dartmoor anyway. Beautiful views in the morning! I didn't realise you had a KZbin channel so I'll definitely check that out when I've finished typing. Good to see you.

[@thewanderingforester]

Hi Ron, been a while😀 I was pretty near exhausted by the time I got back to the tent to be honest but I wouldn't have been to sleep. Fog is fun as long as you know the countryside you're in, not so much when you don't.

[@rontocknell]

@@thewanderingforester That's true. Fog is no fun when driving or in unfamiliar surroundings. Fortunately, I've managed to avoid both those situations (mostly). I did have to get a scooter for my last job before I retired. I was working at a care home and not turning up wasn't an option. I didn't encounter much fog but we did have a harsh winter when many roads were closed and people were advised to stay home. Problem was that most of the staff relied on cars and many couldn't get through so we were bound to be short staffed. If the staff levels dropped below the legal minimum, the home would have to close and the residents would have to be farmed out to other locations (which would have been a logistic nightmare). The staff were limited to those who lived close enough to walk and those who rode motorbikes or scooters and could push the thing across fields to get to a more accessible road. Quite often we had to stay until enough of the next shift had made it in to relieve us. As much as I enjoyed the work, I was only too happy to retire.

[@Scoutadelic]

oh wow thank god your car keys stayed put, but very hectic journey and camp... but unique at least

[@thewanderingforester]

Was quite a squeaky bum time for sure. Good story for the grandkids one day.

[@atrampinthehills.841]

brilliant...i shall be trying that energy bar recipe

[@thewanderingforester]

Let me know how you get on with them. Thanks for watching, Roger

[@atrampinthehills.841]

@@thewanderingforester will do

[@clivenewton7609]

Sorry Roger, but what tent are you using please? Regards from deepest Dorset 👍

[@thewanderingforester]

Hi Clive, thanks for watching. The tent is a Big Sky International Chinook 1P.

[@lifesahobby]

Oh dear .. what a terrible time looking for the keys .. Thank god you found them . Gortex gives me two hours of water proofing . I was out the other day its so easy get off the bearings . At least you succeeded . Weather has been well off .

[@thewanderingforester]

What didn't help was that my OS maps app stopped tracking me when my phone got wet in my pocket . The little position arrow thing just didn't move for ages.