Vlog: Walking for Mental Health - 27th Nov 2023

[@Pantbeard2036]

Great video. You are right on the money re the outdoors, mental health and dogs. All the best. 👊

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Thank you.

[@CrowdSurfingGeezer]

Thanks for this! Very timely topic

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Glad if it helped buddy.

[@StansOutdoorAdventures]

Glad your feeling a bit better. Winter solstice fast approaching then we can look forward to longer days and spring.. Always enjoy your videos and Navigation ones would be good 👍 Lots to look forward to. Keep treating yourself. Have some pleasures to keep mind fresh and to enjoy. ❤

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Always good to have something to look forward to! Glad you like the videos and thanks for watching.

[@3riverspiper1792]

Some wonderful gems of shared solutions .... certainly from my own experience, I can concur that a four legged friend in your life { one that fits in with your lifestyle } can be a major plus. 🐾🐾 👍

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Definitely, my best buddies.

[@nigelh3253]

Thanks for the video. Yes, navigation tips would be very welcome! I've been a walker/explorer for around 55 years and I'm still hopeless! Fortunately my phone has an app with footpaths and a LOCATION marker. Wow, it tells me when I'm shooting off in the wrong direction!

[@dogdadoutdoors]

I will look into that. By 3 it's already getting darker out there so this would be a good option.

[@jonbroadsword7572]

The darker days of Winter can really affect your mental health, especially if you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark like I do. Often on the weekend I feel the need to just throw on my ruck and go hiking in the park near my house. The fresh air and sunshine are like medicine, and I can feel life's problems melting away -- even for only a few hours. Oh, and Yes Please to Navigation. I loved learning LandNav in the Army and need a refresher course.

[@dogdadoutdoors]

I think I definitely get affected. I'm lucky and work from home so I do get to walk the dogs for an hour every lunchtime which I really enjoy and this forest I'm always in is right behind my house which is a massive bonus. Nav, I'm on it. Thanks for watching.

[@phillbrotheridge4014]

Glad you're feeling better and have turned a corner. As a 58 year old man, I know what you mean. Yes please, navigation videos would be great. I haven't done any nav training since I was in the Air Cadets and haven't used it for years but want to do more on Dartmoor next year.

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Will do!

[@philipcopestick5850]

A yes from me on the navigation videos. It'll be good to brush up om those skills. Getting too reliant on my hone to be honest. Keep up the good work👍

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Will do. Thanks for feedback.

[@jaynesierakowska3120]

Thank you. What a lovely video with some very heartfelt words of wisdom .❤ Your clothing blends in perfectly with the bracken and trees!

[@dogdadoutdoors]

You are welcome. I tend to wear 'Coyote Brown', adaptive green or Olive green when I'm out in the woods, sometimes it really pays off and if you are quiet and still foxes and deer will wander right past. a couple of years ago I was sat down boiling water in my stove and a deer wandered up with its head down I had to call out 'hello?' as I thought it was gong to knock my stove over. I still laugh thinking about how I could see its eyes widen and it jumped in the air when it realised I was there!

[@jaynesierakowska3120]

@@dogdadoutdoors ah great story. I love having magical moments like that. The closest encounter I've had was only a robin who sat on the arm of the bench right next to where I was sitting. I hardly dare breathe. Nature is beautiful isn't it 😀

[@hampshireoutdoorsandsurviv9340]

well done mate brill video and you hit the nail on the head ,videos from home great plan im doing like wise as you have said 7 hours of usable light are not helpful when filming glad your feeling better ,iv hit the 1000 now myself wow it makes a difference and adds a bit of pressure but on wards and upwards mate ,,,mick out

[@dogdadoutdoors]

Ah great news Mick. I checked last week and you were getting really close, glad you have finally rounded that corner!