two failed stealth camps.

they dont all go as planned. here a couple of stealth camps i started and bailed one.

[@slmont8915]

Mate this is a great video for reasons people are missing. Your popularity grows becos your honest and a normal guy. We learn by failing. Showing failures is something most cant do. Bravo sir

[@basichomebrew610]

spot on. billys video's are great because hes one of the more authentic people out there

[@steveh100]

Totally agree, it's good to see people trying out new stuff and sometimes getting it wrong, some people must rehearse elements of their videos, whereas Billy just shows how it really goes and the honesty is great

[@gordonj498]

Who knew that a stream at the back of a Sainsbury's car park could become such a life or death situation.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

Lmao

[@jamescleary5198]

KZbin gold

[@bigdawgggg]

Hahaha its where hes like im kinda just stood in the water at this point that got me 😂😂😂

[@ldougle2018]

Pure gold “ I’m just standing in a river really deciding on jumping the fence” 😂😂😂🤣🤣👌🏻👍🏻

[@roddyk05]

What’s the worst that can happen? If I was out with my dog and met someone wild camping where they maybe shouldn’t be I’d pass the time of day with them and that would be that. I imagine most folk wouldn’t give a dam about you camping up a road embankment or on a large roundabout. Keep up the great videos 👍

[@Haksdo2]

I wouldn't mind either, I'd frankly be interested in how his/her experiences and setup are. But far from everyone thinks so, loads of people quickly think of drug users or other homeless people causing trouble when they see someone camping at a random place. And some of those will instantly call the police.

[@stephenday345]

Are you fucking joking me....

[@atakd]

@@Haksdo2 And what are the police going to do? My guess is nothing but even if they turn up it's civil trespass and nothing to do with them, or anybody else except the landowner.

[@insomecc]

@@atakd Just causes unnecessary hassle when youre tryna stealth camp

[@Knobblytyressoggysocks]

I Wouldn’t stop and chat but definitely wouldn’t care seeing someone just doing their camping thing :)

[@manomano8939]

I’d like to see how how close you can stealth camp to a camp site just for the irony of it

[@P100KLE]

Make it happen billy

[@olirc]

Good shout. 😂

[@andlook]

or stealth camp ON a camp site

[@Anygodwilldo]

or stealth camp close to a stealth camp site

[@DR-sg4hr]

That made me giggle 👍🤣🤣🤣

[@Jay-333]

You are funny mate! 😄 You have me in stiches 👍🤣 Well done on this channel its waaay better than these polished efforts everyone else does. Keep it real Billy 💯 That steak still had a pulse,tasty looking though. Look forward to the next one 👍

[@K.Pilkington]

Why is my new obsession watching men sleep in their car or in a bush on the side of the road.

[@Karl-dg7rm]

Same here.... Are we weird🤔🤔😂😂

[@ryanmoff1]

Yes, and then you do it........

[@rhondarichmond9259]

Watch stealth camping with Steve

[@al3k]

....... What happened dude??? Did the steak kill you? :) What a cliffhanger..

[@timypp2894]

Constipated for the night.

[@VagabondAlbertan]

Perfect little creek to cool your feet, while sitting in a camp chair enjoying a step 2!

[@rhondarichmond9259]

No no he said it's a river 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffkaraokeking]

Love these, its like im right there with ya bud.Keep em coming.See ya in the bushes

[@Zerg435]

If you build your tent in the evening and leave early in the morning, you can sleep everywhere. No need to dramatize it. I have been wild camping for three years when I was homeless. Sometimes the police ask you to leave, but as it was already morning, no problem at all. Best is to eat where you are not camping. 6 PM is a great time for dinner and 22 PM is best to place your tent. You may have scouted the surroundings long for that. Nobody will bother you if you wait for dawn on an open spot, and move to your camping spot when it's time to sleep.

[@dannybloom]

I hope you're doing well now 👍

[@crawf8544]

Doesn't sound like it'd be great youtube content though although I appreciate what you're saying

[@Zerg435]

@@crawf8544 Nope, the same cheap stuff every day. No tarp or other fancy stuff. Just some cooking utensils a tent and a sleeping bag. And my dog with me, who didn't like camping at all. I am in a fine warm home now. That's better. I am not the youngest anymore.

[@jimbowlyn]

Yes I'm whit you on this one being a rough sleeper for a few years I didn't realise I was wild camping I do love watching these vids

[@Neilukuk]

Hi how long did you camp for? Glad you got a house sorted.

[@oscarcrownshaw9949]

I would love to walk past a bush one day and see you in there. I’ve been stealth camping once myself and it was great fun. Keep up the good work

[@thegroove2000]

It is. I do it as well.

[@GTLB302]

Bit rapey

[@thegroove2000]

@@GTLB302 Whats wrong with been buggered?.

[@Squidgy55]

We used to do it loads as teenagers and thought nothing of it. It's strange how when you get older you think about all the bad stuff that could happen. To be fair though, this increasingly authoritative society really doesn't help.

[@hatsquaredfilms1382]

I love your videos Billy! Been binging then. But I have a question (sorry if you answer it at some other point). Why not take your shoes and socks off to wade through the river, then dry your feet and put them back on? Keep it up mate you're an inspiration

[@Ruberoidberg]

Sharp stones, broken glass...

[@billyaitken1713]

Last Friday I did a kayak to a Gold Coast inland island for a day camp with tarp on a wooded island. One end of the island was literally a full blown nesting site for cormorants and Ibis so I was up the other end. My site was under descending tree canopy but with a cascade of Lantana thorns over the top (think if Blackberry bushes liked to climb up into trees😬‼️). I'd been there about an hour when 2 council guys came walking up to within 7 metres of my stealth-tarp without finding me 😳😜👍‼️- I don't know whether someone had grassed me up as 'likely to be camping' as I kayaked out or what the story was🤔. Anyway, they went away but two hours later the wind shifted round and my campsite was now downwind of a large seabird colony 🤢🤢😝😳, yep! Forced to bug out after surviving a near- council confrontation, nature can be tough😞.

[@danjames5552]

Before you jumped into that river and stood there like a lost person you should of walked down stream 20 yards and used the little brick foot bridge to cross over 🤣 I even know someone who used to live under that bridge and he set up home there with bed and bookshelfs and everything and he used to sit there sniffing lighter gas all day this was back in 1998 , his name was Gordon! Now if he can set up home under that little bridge you must feel a right foolish for not even being able to cross it !!!! P.S love the videos that you do as I used to live around that way for a few years and my other half was from there , in fact we met in front of that sainsbury you went in on the grass right next to where that Russian was poisoned

[@nopretribrapture2318]

River rocks and stones can be slippery,get some of those water shoes with grip on,i might get some,sometime, as i love camping in my van near rivers and streams, Fed up of the storms we keep getting just lately, keeping me awake all night ,even with earplugs, :/ Another fun vid Billy 😊👍

[@andlook]

damn, I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm on the edge of my seat - that river is well fast. Reminds me of my days in Nam 😂

[@unclemonty9506]

this channel is comedy gold 😁

[@paul0gb]

@@unclemonty9506 cant believe ive only just found it 😀

[@sophiapazinas82]

Just come across your content seem like a really cool guy keep up with the good content your gonna get big

[@balmacarascotland9106]

No.1 UK stealth camper!!!

[@LadsOutdoorsCamping]

Agreed

[@Hootyhoo-jq9vq]

I wasn’t even hungry until I saw that steak. Now I’m off to the pantry.

[@alexandermoore6244]

Quite possibly my favourite village idiot. Really enjoy watching his videos pure escape from reality entertainment. Keep up the good work mate.

[@silversubaru590]

Best camping channel on KZbin

[@timypp2894]

Careful now, there might be still some Russian perfume nerve agent stashes in those Salisbury bushes.. 😂😉

[@BobbyTreacle]

I think it’s time I put my phone away. That is officially one of the oddest videos I’ve seen. Geezer walking through a stream, knee deep with a Sainsbury’s carrier bag. What is going on ?

[@chucky2316]

You wish it was you. And a polish blonde who looks like a doll dries youre feet by a open fire 😂

[@BobbyTreacle]

@@chucky2316 definitely

[@stevejones6503]

Great comment, hilarious 🤣

[@chucky2316]

@@Blobby192 have you taken over the world with youre laser beam yet

[@colinwiggins2500]

🤣🤣🤣 pissed myself at this

[@plutoplatters]

I lOVE the camo ORANGE beer bag !!!!

[@plutoplatters]

I could never do this without a backpacking chair.

[@MikeBarnacIe]

The stealth campers arch enemy... the humble wire fence !

[@dannybb2000]

Fairplay for posting these two clips. Love what you are doing Billy. Keep it up

[@JokkeHimSelf]

Next time when you are planning to cross a small river .... use plastic bags to keep your feet dry :)

[@jimbo4375]

Every time I walk or drive now I look for potential camping locations. Chuleta in Spanish means chop (like pork chop), I remembered that from my GCSE days. It looked delicious to me but you could always slice it thin and fry individually

[@davidsturmer3646]

Billy you are the bollo KS mate, good on you! Thanks for posting, most would cut and run! You put it up with courage, honest and real, 💯%!!!

[@skinlesswalnut6259]

This was funny as fook lol

[@brother__Jon]

Gareth from the office goes camping

[@offcamping]

fat gareth maybe

[@scum_d0g]

Might be worth watching a youtube vid on poisenous plants there Billy. I'm absolutely no expert but I think, I think, the flower you were crouched next to before you got in the water was Hemlock. Easy way to see yourself off!

[@stevepettifer4896]

Yeah could be right there - plenty of it in the streams of Wiltshire and Dorset. Hemlock water dropwort. Very nasty.

[@treubuchet]

I'm not sure it is. True, this plant is growing in the right location (damp/water course), the height looks about and the flowers appear to be right too but the leaves are a good give away. It's related to carrots and the leaves look just like that, smooth on both sides. 2:10 is the best shot I got of the leaves, which appear to be few and spear-like. Happy to be corrected. Whatever though, you're perfectly correct about awareness and treatment, especially when in shorts and a t-shirt.

[@FoxtrotUniCharKilo]

Wild parsnip is my guess due to the color of the flower and the best shot of the leaves I could pause on. What ever it is, it’s still a really good idea to be aware of potentially dangerous plants since the conditions where perfect for hemlock.

[@scum_d0g]

Thanks for all the replies. I'm only just starting to try and identify a few more plants and its nice to learn a bit more about the environment I see each day. With the cooking and eating that Billy does I thought it was worth a heads up even if i was wrong - and it looks like i probably was, but thats ok :)

[@scum_d0g]

@@treubuchet Thanks for the heads up about leaf shape. I will look into it a bit more and see if i can better my identifications. Im very new to it so your input is gratefully received

[@kapegede]

When I'm cycling on holidays I often start about an hour before my daily goal looking around for a hidden camp site. I then check every nice dirt track beside the road and looked on Google maps, too. With some patience you'll always find a nice spot. So don't mind if the will find you. Nothing terrible will happen. I had been "caught" sometimes, but always I had a nice talk and that was it.

[@wildtroutangler]

M&S bag might be more stealthy.

[@johnqueen9508]

If you watch the video leave a like ffs.

[@stewartpeter7845]

you may av got wet feet but you had a tasty monster steak there billy nice one 👍

[@offcamping]

Thanks 👍

[@88langton]

Was just waiting for someone to walk up on you when cooking the steak 😂 wouldn’t say that last one was such a fail really

[@paulwright4765]

Hey I'm enjoying your adventures! Carry a furry mic and tripod and disguise yourself as a bat conservationist. Keep it up

[@1invag]

Picture the security guards at sainsbury watching some dude flap about in the stream on the cctv in the office then surrender to their fate and leave 10 minutes later

[@stevejones6503]

Brilliant 😄👍

[@johnel47]

nothing wrong with your steaks, Billy, they all look great, you know your stuff, mate.

[@reiver3419]

I’ve been following your channel for a couple of weeks. Keep up the great work, you make some really entertaining videos!! Especially since you’re just being yourself, thanks mate 👍👍

[@lefroy1]

Still a good vid Billy. SteakShop should send Patrick Dickinson some. That dude takes things to another level. I've seen him carry an oven up the Peak District for cooking roast beef with all the trimmings in his tent.

[@mykahlifischer379]

Maybe you should scout out a location first before taking your stuff with you.

[@cuzzyXXL]

love your vids man you're a great guy, should try pump out some quality content because your channel hittin the algorithm

[@ibrstellar1080]

That has to be the biggest steak ever cooked on a stealth camp and needs to be reqistered in the Guinness book of World records!.

[@johnmiddlehurst9136]

Less than 5 minutes and i had to switch it off - a fast flowing river ? Was he RAFRegt ? - i bet ed stafford is shitting it

[@kentdavidsonurbanadventure7699]

Billy , fantastic content mate , have been enjoying all your videos in recent weeks and just saw this one. Love your dry sense of humour and always keeping it real. Respect.

[@leonperry123]

Well what happened? I always pitch tent up just before bed time.

[@jase12349]

Mate I’m from Salisbury if you went behind you where sports direct gym is go over the bridge and edges down the right side of the bridge but opposite side of the river (so you don’t have to physically cross the river) and there’s at arch (train bridge) can stealth camp there I done it a few time and bunked from school there lol

[@offcamping]

I did have a look down that way but it was too Bushy

[@colinwiggins2500]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the steak, so funny. Honestly though I'd of just cut it long ways and whacked back in pan!!

[@offcamping]

That what I did in the end

[@colinwiggins2500]

@@offcamping lol was a monster

[@theuglyhairmonster2]

That was the biggest sainsburys car park I've ever seen. Still good viewing even if you consider this failed lol

[@markh2615]

Hi Billy ,another good video mate, I wouldnt say u failed ,you just keep it real like all your vids, look forward to the next one ,take it easy mate 👌👍

[@ukbushcraft7533]

M8 hide the carrier bags and u might stand a chance

[@jase12349]

Yes the plastic round the trees are biodegradable there there from saplings to stop deer/ other wild animals eating them whilst the plant/tree is young

[@offcamping]

I wonder how long it takes though

[@Lonewolf__666]

Non rehearsed stealth camping , keeping it real as always billy 👍

[@mtbalot]

Smell of a cooking steak coming from a roundabout? Slight give away hahaha.

[@robertwalker6023]

No roundabouts ?😃🙈

[@paulhakin5004]

Nice one billy ... good therapy watching these

[@petervoller4255]

Dude what happened at the the end there? I need to know what the steak was like. Looked awesome.

[@offcamping]

I was annoyed how I could just packed-up left and eat the steak in my van it was nice

[@treedude1464]

I love exploring

[@offcamping]

Me to

[@texasstealthcamper8139]

Awedome steak! 🥩🏆 Thank you for the great videos.

[@plutoplatters]

I really don't get why so many people "stealth" it by roads ?? seems like most places I see one could walk another 5-10 mins are be in far less noise... of being seen,etc

[@bigupyourself]

I would have put that back on for a bit more and devoured the lot. Looked lovely.

[@Knobblytyressoggysocks]

What a beautiful stream, the sound is lovely :)

[@joemartin7607]

Missed your video’s mate glad you are back

[@Kath1320]

Steak looks like what we call in US, a bone in rib eye. Best steak in the world.

[@tysay8170]

Japanese kobe beef is the best in the world, also the most expensive

[@Kath1320]

@@tysay8170 I have had several varieties...I don't care for it. Leaves a coating in my on my palate. No real favor, like eating old butter.

[@tysay8170]

@@Kath1320 Personally, I prefer a good lean fillet, Australian beef. Ive lived in Australia, UK, Dubai and the far East, Australian beef is the best. Ive never actually tried Kobe beef in Japan but I do know it is the most expensive.

[@CC-fi3pp]

Would you consider Afghanistan when things settle a bit over there? Lots of nice countryside and no permits needed, you could have grand 'ole camp in the 'stan, it'd be epic !!!

[@rokorodgers8514]

Great vids pal really enjoy these great viewing keep it up!!

[@basichomebrew610]

to be honest mate id still call that steak a success. looked on the lighter side of rare, but definatly edible, looked really juicy. making me hungry :)

[@tjwadsworth6967]

The rocks are always slippery... just take off your shoes and inch yourself into it

[@rehenhawksmusic]

Hi mate I can't find all the info in description. Really was interested to know what steak it was and stuff. Cheers mate love your stuff none the less

[@lordbacon3936]

The camouflage netting was mustard

[@offcamping]

Wasn’t great

[@lordbacon3936]

Was funny mate. Definitely need a bigger one.

[@philipstaite4775]

Suggestion for stealth. With that camo netting, incorporate some local flora into it. For example, collecting the light brown pine needles from the ground (not all in one place) and spreading them over the netting or into it would help lighten the color of the tent and make it blend into the ground more. Beautiful steak! Every dog out being walked within a mile or more was pulling his/her owner towards your camp! ;-)

[@canabis2crush543]

Get ya self a hammock and a nice underquilt best thing in Britain descent tarp to can pitch up anywhere it's quick easy and super comfortable and cooking will get a small pack grill and cook on open fire much easier fire don't have to be big easy to hide just dig a small hole put fire in grill on top I camp alot in places I should never been caught and can fit everything in a back pack easy

[@treksntarps]

Brontosaurus steak there man . Unlucky with the camp . That's how it goes sometimes . Did you get spotted ? Anyway take it easy 👍

[@plutoplatters]

be just my luck someone would have a huge accident on that road and it would be swarming with HUMANS !! lolllll

[@James-gf9jl]

Listening to that stream running while you were pontificating, I had to dash off for a pee.

[@THESPORTINGCAMP]

Chuleta! 🥩 Gracias amigo! 🏆

[@maximXX]

Still the funniest thing on KZbin 👍

[@MartieMc]

What happened on the second stealther? Did you get caught?

[@markjohnston7869]

Looks like a fairly clean river for the location.

[@darrelwhetter9185]

When you said this is not stealth?Well that cracked me up lol 😂🤣😆🏕🌳🌲👍🏻😎🥩great video

[@stevejones2477]

Brilliant your boots gonna be ringing wet

[@offcamping]

sure were

[@blank-dr2kx]

What you should of done mate, @2nd location is walked toward the ridge line half way between your landing spot and the ridge, take photo, get it printed onto a sheet and hang the sheet between the two trees haha

[@mykahlifischer379]

Don't you scout out these locations before camping?

[@dontfencemein.6125]

Bloody hell Billy! That there is a Fred Flintstone Steak.

[@davidrobert4246]

That steak looks excellent! Hope you enjoyed it Billy! Great video as usual.

[@rob-henderson7322]

Shame mate but at least you are big enough to show your failed attempts, thats what makes a successful one even better. Must admit, we all thought you were busy with your new girlfriend ;) Love your channel Billy!!

[@MartieMc]

Yeah I was hoping he hadn't got a really needy girlfriend who monopolizes all his time.

[@jamess5920]

I take it you spat it out bill 😂😂

[@ChickenofEvil]

If you want to ever camp in Basingstoke, we've got loads of places you could successfully camp at! We've even got a 'Hampshire Hog' trail so your video could also feature some weird coloured pig statues :-) Hope you're safe and well!

[@nighthawkarts]

I like to imagine he’s Karl Pilkingtons cousin or something 😆

[@robertwalker6023]

Hide with gnomes!😆🤣

[@notpublic6465]

Don't become a slave to those steak people. Unless they're paying you decent cash, it's hardly worth lugging that ridiculous chunk of meat around. Hopefully camping gear places will get in contact with you,, and give you things that you'd find useful and can review. Cooking a steak the size of your head is not conducive to stealth camping

[@offcamping]

It was a video from 3 months or so back when I did a video for them. Which I'd never posted because I didn't like it but I didn't have a video this week so I thought I'll post it

[@madgardener5820]

That didn't look like you popped into the river for a slash at all

[@offcamping]

haha

[@seandoherty7081]

Lesser spotted river sharks. Highly dangerous lad. Careful now!

[@offcamping]

ill watch out

[@TheGreasyCamper]

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[@offcamping]

it wasn’t bad

[@berthold64]

in video games like kingdom come you just jump into the river and get on with it, not so in real life haha

[@smallplots]

Ahhhgg man that foot in the drink. I know it well. Good on ya, I would have also bounced.