Solo Winter Camping In My Jeep XJ / Cold Conditions

[@danamoroso-xjq]

I am really glad we get to see and enjoy your humor on this "new" channel.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Haha I'm glad you enjoy it and thanks for watching!

[@one-WildCard]

I love you adding some bushcraft to your overlanding adventures. It amazes me how many "overlander/car campers" have no idea how to make a fire or safely chop wood without ridiculous tools... adding some MCQbushcraft is always so welcomed. Man i learned a lot from you! Cheers from Canada a long time MCQ student if you will :)

[@FreeRange4x4]

26:41 I love watching you sniff that wood Mike. Again at 29:03 Who doesnt get hard sniffing a nice fat wood! Love the front locker. That was epic lol. We are all really glad to see you as always Mike. Your humour makes people around the world smile! Cool stuff.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

I can smell Fat Wood from miles way. Its probabaly why I left that first spot, picked up a scent. Thanks for watching.

[@FreeRange4x4]

@ Just be careful. As you well know, Bigfoot can smell your fat wood too.

[@williammrdeza9445]

Love winter camping--from the looks of it, you do too Mike! Also, love the throw back to the MCQBushcraft days with the fires. Looking forward to future winter adventures that you care to share with us.

[@Welsheee]

It's so nice watching a familiar face on these outdoor videos with a different style,.moving away from bushcraft and hunting but keeping the outdoors adventure with the jeep. Feels like a natural progression that I've kind of followed myself over the last 10/15 years, having two kids myself too. Brilliant watch as they've always been. Hope you and family are keeping well man

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment. I will certainly hunt again and probably within the next year or two but for now I can wait. Having the kids certainly slows me down on what I get up to on these outings. I could literally sit around a fire and drink tea all day sometimes lol! I just miss Megan sometimes as we always did this together, but perhaps my youngest will join me one day. Anyway thanks for watching for all these years and best wishes to the family!

[@English.Andy1]

Fantastic Mike. Glad to see you out enjoying yourself. Loving the humour in these recent uploads.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks mate, its nice to be out in nature just to take it all in and decompress. I'm glad you enjoy them and thanks for watching.

[@brandonasevedo1877]

Thank you for another amazing watch. Love these videos so much.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

I'm glad you enjoy them and thanks again for watching!

[@EthanDavis.w]

Dude! To be able to watch you camp and improve your XJ with the seat mods and other issues that I would want to address with mine is something I am super thankful for. I'll be doing that "pull-pill" mechanism myself. That is, if I can't figure out a way to make the seat turn 180 degrees easily...

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

I'm glad you enjoy them and find them useful! Making the seats swivel around would be sick. You could make the inside like a van and chill and sit down in the evening in the driver seat while facing the back. There must be a way but it would require a new base with swivel right? Thanks for watching.

[@EthanDavis.w]

@WorkshoptoWilderness I'm sure you're more familiar with the seat brackets than I am, but yeah. I assume it would take a custom job or macgyvering an existing swivel bracket in.

[@Gu_Gus]

Appreciate the time and effort you put into going out on one tracks and camping out, always a great watch and love your sence of humer.

[@Snarge22]

Nice fun camping video. Your Jeep XJ is impressive! Thanks for recording your adventure.

[@kaidudenhoefer3360]

thanks for a great video, front lockers work perfect. have a nice winter in sweden. greetings from germany

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

I'm really happy with the front locker, its a game changer! Thanks for watching.

[@niafer9444]

Courgettes. Thank you for another great video. Cheers.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!

[@betulaobscura]

Very cool video! Great views! I love such landscapes!

[@MaryK4242]

Ohh that what a locker does. Well there ya go. Huzzah! Thanks for the obligatory bushcraft fire lighting. ... and the laughs.

[@051biohaz]

That front locker comment at the end was fantastic, super fun video…thanks for the upload..:)

[@yahoodlums]

Camera work and editing are super impressive! Especially the drone shots. Love this new channel.

[@banterman]

1:49 Bloody hell m8. Not used to these big budget productions :D. You were never the same after that first oscar. Merry Christmas!

[@mikeradcliffe122]

Thanks for Sharing Mike !!! This was Great !!

[@gilbertdonnell715]

I love this channel...ive no jeep... don't live in Sweden.. ive an old xtrail and live in Ireland. ... never change how you do it lol... highly enjoyable

[@ashandfireline]

Mike, my partner and I have loved and watched your videos for so long, but I think this is the first time in a very long time that we've seen you look so excited about something. it was great to see, and it's awesome that the locker worked out so well! I think we were almost as thrilled about it as you were 😄

[@togray619]

Mike, your camera work is the best as are your adventures!

[@WintersGhost243]

God how I have yearned for more of this. Glad to see you having fun

[@williamdomey8140]

Thank you for sharing this great Adventure. Gives me more ambition to get out once my Cherokee is done.

[@turksahailesi]

Your content is truly amazing. I follow it with great enthusiasm. Greetings from Turkey.

[@Loudlevin]

Enjoying your videos brother, getting some great shots with that drone.

[@mikewood7294]

New to your channel…pretty quick subscriber! Enjoyed your humor and skills and tips and humor!!!

[@seanharris2125]

Mate - I loved this video . Your off tap and loose . It's great to see . Been on shift change from night to day shift had your channel rolling for the last 16 hours lol . Loving it .

[@bushnut8305]

Love your set up. Nicest XJ on the internet. There is something to using hot tents in winter though. Mery Christmas from Manitoba.

[@eversleyowl]

Nice trip, looks to be working well with the in Jeep sleeping set up. I have to say the stance on your XJ is about as good as any I have ever seen. If that is it for content until after Christmas I hope you and the family have a great festive season!

[@Wolf4wdadventures.576]

I just love your solo camping in winter... Yes we get a winter here in Australia QLD, but nothing like you're winter. We have to drive to another state and be in the High County to experience something similar. Great video, I enjoy the awesome scenery you show also.Go the mighty XJ Jeep. Cheers. 👍🇦🇺

[@ipaales7552]

Outdoor boys are like scouts compared to John...brilliant cheers all the best 👍

[@ocervin]

Love your videos - so relaxing. These are almost my home woods :-) I grew up in Sollefteå. Going up there over Christmas now, with family - and the totally booring family car. Would have loved to come there with my LC and all set for camping, your style

[@chocolatecoveredchainsaws2570]

Thanks for sharing another great adventure with us your humor and knowledge are just a bonus. Safe travels 👏

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks for watching!

[@DeanOwen]

That video was bloody hilarious.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

[@anic0485]

Another sweet video mate! We just left central Asia (stored the car in Kazakhstan) before the big winter hits and kinda miss the snow and traveling in our car now :O. Love the "bloopers" and the outro/channel trailer

[@bibsoutdoors4786]

You make my heart smile!

[@nathanbarns3750]

It's a simple concept: Mike makes a video, I watch the video. Happy holidays to you and yours!

[@819ANT]

Should be watching *Dog soldiers* that would help you get the old chap awake. even in that cold. it kept me awake for days after i watched it. perfect watch just before going out into the woods.

[@ipaales7552]

Sense of humour brilliant aswell 😂

[@justin_time4fun]

Great trip enjoyed your location and seeing you and the Xj in action! I’ve heard some guys successfully swap the two door Xj latch for the four door which folds the front seats down further.

[@benny_mc]

Entertaining and enjoyable video as always Mike. Hope you and the family have a great Christmas ⛺🎅

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thank you and appreciate you watching. We are all geared up for Christmas, I hope you have a wonderful one and take care!

[@ianhowells6749]

Still Chicken oriental mental mate I miss doing the old bushcraft !!!! Really need to come over to visit . Love your Welsh brother private pile

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Haha, Ian thanks for saying hello. Harry Ramsdens went out of business mate after we stopped surviving out there. Your always welcome mate! From a wildlife perspective there are some cool opportunities but its hard to find anything out here.

[@ianhowells6749]

@@WorkshoptoWilderness I think more about the experience of being out in that lovely country you’re in !!! The long lines aways catch harry Ramsdens 😜

[@iancox468]

Nice one Mike

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks for watching.

[@johnnyloco11]

we're so back

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks for watching!

[@pnwadventuresandgearreview8749]

Mike really enjoy this channel was an original follower from your old bushcraft channel. I like this channel more because we get to see your sense of humor and I am a Jeep owner as well so there’s that 😁

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

I'm glad you enjoy the content. Its a enjoyable experience for me also. The snow is absolutely insane now. I think almost 1 meter since this video. I think the next camp will be a mission! Thanks for watching.

[@blackedoutgst]

What a rig!

[@KellyRaeMcInturf]

Love this video ❤

[@filipwennergren2712]

Love ”hur ska jag annars få stånd” 😂

[@p3ggy80]

Thanks Mike. Really enjoyed that. What if you fitted a rotating base to the passenger seat then you could spin it round 180 degrees and you would have all the space you needed!

[@a.kraj1389]

Utterly brilliant, and thank you per usual! Amazing humor. How is the other XJ progressing? Last episode with the break down was very interesting, would love a episode where you declare your gear in terms of clothes, sleeping bags, mattresses etc. Also, how is Ivo doing with his Disco? Will he be joining you any time soon? All the best from Stockholm and merry Christmas!

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

The other XJ is on standby just for the moment. I'm hoping to have a complete floor for it in the new year, in which it can be welded up, painted and the interior rebuilt. In really looking forward to it so hopefully it arrives and fits! I've been thinking of an episode on camping gear, something more detailed, so I appreciate the idea. Ivo I don't see anymore unfortunaily. He didn't seem to like me prioritising my family over a trip we had arranged, he flipped out and got personal. Hes a nice guy and I wish him well, but I'm fine with the friends I have, despite us having different interest. Thanks again for watching and also the idea on a video!

[@edpikestone6800]

Great content this this and thanks for it all. Have a great Christmas and I hope you and your family have an amazing 2025.

[@peterwarner280]

Great to see the woodsman match put to good use 👏 shame big ass could not be with you 😂 nice 👍 one once again keep them coming .Oh Mike to you and your family happy Christmas 🎄 and a good new year. Catch you on the next one 👌

[@sharamkh]

You’re a funny dude! Cracking me up 😂

[@JonathanBaileyn2u]

Love you videos mate… ✊ since the early days

[@cowboy6591]

I love the fact that you mix real adventures with a touch of that British Sexual Humor. I always end up laughing my ass off. Benny Hill 2.0

[@wtforce5512]

Take it easy Mike! Thanks for the video!! Happy holidays and glad you were able to get out and get some fresh air 😁

[@wtforce5512]

You’re my hero and truly an inspiration. Gotta get my jeep in the garage and dialed in. Got two limited slips ready to go in and they’ve been calling my name.

[@peterwolf3001]

that's the loudest Deisel heater I think I ever heard

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

The shotgun mic gives that impression with its directional pickup. Its on +20db to remove any interference from the camera. Its not quiet though, in mu opinion anyway. Thanks for watching.

[@Simonicusmaximus]

Awesome video as usual! I would love to see you collaborate with the Auzzies on 247 4x4. I reckon you'd have a blast! If you take vitamin d you must pair it with vit k2 or k3, the highest strength you can get.

[@jared2235]

Sausages in the mouth lmfao had me dying 😂🤣

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

We have all been there right mate!?!

[@Stuart-er8qz]

Merry Xmas old chap! Not often I laugh out loud, absolutely cracked up at this one! 🤣🤣🤣 ATB👍👍👍

[@coldfrog6542]

Good video ! thank you

[@stuartb9194]

Dogging with the Dog Man. Ouu-aah!

[@chopperchuck]

this video came out just in time I was starting to think I was going to have to go camping my self , but know I don't for another week

[@nonsequitur807]

Welcome back. You prefer being in the bush n wilderness. I prefer you wrenching in the workshop. What kinda middle ground can we reach?🤔

[@SirCrocodile162]

9:32 Terror and Madness can find cracks in the sturdiest of armors, the most resolute of minds... And below, in that limitless chasm of Chaos, they will realize the truth of it. "We are but moths and we are DOOMED!"

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

I want that sweater.

[@Dakarcamping]

Drone model please? 🚀👍🤝🙏

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Its a DJI Mini 3 Pro. It has good tracking but the front vehicle shots must be flown manually with obstacle detection off. It also has ni sideways sensors.

[@krivi7166]

Hello brother from 🇲🇪Montenegro💪🏻

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Thanks for watching and hello from Sweden!

[@Chris_LFC]

Caught a glimpse of a sliotar at 21.30s please tell me there is a hurl somewhere in the jeep. Great vid as usual👍

[@jamesa7506]

Whoa. Becoming quite the sassy Saville now are ya, and trust me, mate, no one would consider a Wallace & Grommet film a "scary movie". 😅 hope you all have a merry Christmas!

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Hahaha! Wallace and Grommet, the horror! Thank you and also for watching! I hope you also have a wonderful Christmas. Hopefully Santa brings you that Memory Svink you've been asking for. Those things apparently never stretch..... so I'm told

[@Kad3nSJ]

Nice video, I’m just curious I noticed in all your trips you hang your Cookpot... Why is that?

[@shaunmccaw2911]

It must upset you having to put up with that weather and country you must miss the UK so much 😂👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@DougMolineux]

Absolutely fantastic drone shots, what type of drone do you have? (Sorry if you’ve done a video on this, i must have missed it)

[@USMichigunPrepper]

I love your hat. It’s called a fat Albert🤷 google fat Albert.😂

[@ShroomzTV]

hey man, ive been enjoying your videos since the old channel and I think this is the first time I'm commenting. May I suggest a wireless mic for in-car-audio and maybe even for all recordings? If it's too much of a hassle just disregard my message but I sometimes have trouble understanding you

[@Topo42mh]

Mike just realized and maybe you've covered this before but do you not drink alcohol? Not that it is necessary but just surprised never see a "step 2" around the fire.

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Its very rare that I drink, but when I do its almost always whisky. Its more likely that I do it in company also. Thanks for watching!

[@KneightRiduh]

The old ways lol Way of the bush

[@theoriginaltimetraveller7597]

I think your sarcasm over the years since mcq has rubbed off on me and my wife hates me know. Thanks 😅 'old school fires' 🔥

[@WorkshoptoWilderness]

Hahahaha! Sorry, sarcasm is terrible really. I try not to use it all the time as its like a deadly weapon. Thanks for watching!

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

You could just pull those headrests and fold it flat.

[@betulaobscura]

14:35 😂

[@therevdr128]

I enjoy your snow camping videos. I also really like your rig, but as a blue Xj owner, I’m a bit biased. The one thing I can’t wrap my head around? Drinking warm water that has/had plants in it. That just doesn’t register as even tolerable to me. Much less worrying about bringing such nonsense camping. I’d rather get bent over by your hairy, smelly friend. 🤷‍♂️

[@SoaresOutdoors]

Love the jokes

[@THEWATER3UCKET]

Love from the pacific north west of the US. I didn’t even know xj’s had diesel options until I found this channel. They don’t seem to exist in the states🥲