Wild Camping UK | Peak District | Derwent Edge and beyond

[@fuoridalsentiero]

What a beauty of nature! 😊The time is not good but your journey is very interesting. Good company made best adventure! Thank you for sharing friend 💚 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, Chris 🙂

[@DesGreene]

Hi Chris. Must have missed the notification for this one! Great little remote spot you found, but you're certainly not getting lucky with the weather lately!👍😁

[@ChrisJB]

Oh it was grim at times Des. Saying that, rare for me, I was organised round the tent and managed to keep quite comfortable. 👍

[@carolfitton2007]

Really enjoyed the video, keep up the good work. 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks, Carol.....I'll try my best. 👍

[@sshaw37]

Great video as always. What I like about your videos is that you talk about the flora and fauna, not the latest rab sleeping bag. I e camped up that way a couple of times. Great location although it can catch the wind….. Keep up the good work. I hope you and your family are safe on you holidays!

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks for that. It makes me happy when my interests come across and liked by viewers. Don't get me wrong, I like nice gear but at the same it's not a big deal either. It's all about the place with me and the wildlife, stories and history woven in. Apologies if that sounds a bit pretentious! 🤔🙂. We are okay here on Hawaii, it is the neighbouring island of Maui that is experiencing the wildfires. The situation sounds very serious there. 🙁

[@adge_ventures4915]

Ah yes! British summertime 🤣 Good to see that you and your mate threw caution to the wind and just went for it. Sometimes you just need to say B*llocks to it and head out🙂 Stay safe and well Chris, Adge

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Adge mate. Yep, bollocks all the way 😄! Going solo I would've almost certainly fired it off and gone back to the car but having a companion gave me the encouragement to continue. Hope you and the family are well mate. ATB, Chris

[@anthonypayne1]

Great video as always Chris, well done for going for it in that weather! At least there were no midgies! Lol! Hawaii? Have a great time👍👍

[@ChrisJB]

How do Anthony. Aye it was hard going at times but it had been arranged ages in advance so we just thought sod it! Hawaii was great (currently responding at Heathrow.....we have a six hour wait for our plane to Manchester! 😭).

[@WainwrightWalksWiaLocalLad]

You're a braver man than me! I wouldn't of set off in weather like that these days! Good to be out... but 😲🤔 Thanks for making the effort to film, edit and share. ATB Alistair 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Under normal circumstances neither would I Alistair. Its just that the trip had been arranged well in advance and we just decided to give it a go. 🙂

[@seanmurphy6139]

Great video Chris, well done filming in those conditions. Hope you and the family have a great holiday. Out of all the possible dangers you didn't mention wildfire. Stay safe and looking forward to watching your next one.

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks mate. In such conditions I was lucky even to get even these few minutes of film out of it. We are still away at the moment but the wildfire situation on neighbouring Maui sounds very serious. Bye for now, Chris

[@FeralFrolics]

Me and my partner have recently began our wildcamping journey.. I've really enjoyed your videos Chris, as you wild camp in a lot of places that we love to go.. Marsden Moor, Blackstone Edge, Black Hill etc.. But bloody hell, you don't half tackle some weather on your camps!! 😆 Your adventures and knowledge of the moors have been a good reference point for us. Enjoy your upcoming holidays mate and all the best. 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Many thanks. Although I do a lot of gadding about, the moors you describe have been my playground since I was a lad and I'm very attached to them. If you see me up there please say hello. 🙂

[@FeralFrolics]

@@ChrisJB And what a glorious playground they are.. Maybe see you up there one day! 👋

[@JackKlumpass]

Blimey!! Interior of your scarp looks like an MTV video set 😂😂😂

[@ChrisJB]

Ha ha! Very true. 😄

[@seasicksteve8089]

Aup Chris , can’t beat a bit of tent time. Reminds me of my last camp in the peaks in September last year. Alport castles on a lovely “sunny “ autumn day. Rained that much, I had to set up tent about 13.00 and didn’t get out of it till 11.00 next day. But I loved every minute 😂😂

[@ChrisJB]

How do Steve. As long as I'm dry, etc, I don't mind a bit of prolonged tent time. It's quite cosy. 🙂

[@philjones3335]

Had a lovely camp at Abby Brook few weeks ago now, went up from kingtree upto Margery Hill that way, camped down by the river next day walked on and came back along Howden Res lovely walk.. and better weather than you had too, hope Hawaii doesn’t get too hot for you 🔥

[@ChrisJB]

How do Phil. Yep brilliant is Abbey Brook area. I've been nearby a few times but never visited the cliffs. All okay here in Hawaii but the neighbouring island of Maui is being ravaged by wildfires. 🙁

[@titothetroddler]

Aloha Chris, I wasn’t expecting this, I guessed it must be a Valarie(singleton), one you made earlier, that looked a bit like mine the other day, like you say even when the weather is rubbish it’s still worth getting out, no fun in being a full shilling, be daft appeth that’s what I say 😂, hope your holiday is going fab, all the best Tito 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Aloha Tito (though the kids are giving me grief as I pronounce it like Alloa 🤔). Under normal circumstances I doubt I'd've gone out in this but the trip had been arranged a good while so we just thought sod it. Glad I had the Scarp 👍. Hawaii is awesome, though they are having terrible wildfires on the nearby island of Maui. Sounds very serious. 🙁

[@titothetroddler]

@@ChrisJB Alloa 😂😂😂brilliant 👏👏👏 well I hope they get the fires under control and there not caused by careless wild campers 🤞 keep safe 🤞

[@CountrysideWalking]

It certainly looked miserable weather for your walk Chris, but you both seemed to be brisk walkers. Can't have been ideal under your tent either. I had similar lens problems with my camera on a recent walk. I do enjoy sharing your experiences in wild camping but from the comfort of home. Sorry to read about the tick attachment afterwards, which I hope got treated. Hope holidays were great for you all.

[@ChrisJB]

It was hard going at times Shanita but I was fine in the tent. I managed to get the tick out okay but did keep an eye on the bite spot for any signs of Lyme Disease. I was fine as it turned out. Bye for now, Chris

[@goexploringwithcolor-shawn]

You are awesome , could hike in such bad weather conditions👍👍Love the views out there ❤. Thank you for wonderful sharing 🤗🤗

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Shawn. Under normal circumstances I'd stay home in these conditions but was keen to get out this time, whatever the weather.

[@DaveGoodman1959]

Ohh you captured the atmosphere of that trip right good there Chris. A taste of winter. Have a great holiday. 🍻

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Dave. If it wasn't for having Dave's company to gee me along I would've probably returned to the car! Saying that, the camp itself was pretty comfortable. Bye for now, Chris

[@chriswhite2714]

Great one Chris, it's been a horrible month of rain, but it won't be raining in Hawaii hope you have a lovely family holiday look forward to seeing you back wild camping soon 👊👍🥃

[@ChrisJB]

Many thanks Chris. Hawaii has been wonderful and it will take me a week or two to shake off the post holiday blues I'm sure. Saying that, a nice wildcamp when I get home will help 🙂. ATB pal, Chris

[@WyeExplorer]

Aah, the great British summer in July Chris - never fails to impress. A bit of a challenge this one - well it's a day and a night but still you got a soaking. A lovely nature bath literally I would say. Along with a lumpy pitch - perfect! Well, we got some views in - loved what I did see. Great landscape from what I could tell. Enjoy your holiday - see you back out in more agreeable weather. Mark

[@ChrisJB]

Horrendous weather Mark and a stark contrast to the drought conditions we had up here in May and June. As for the holiday, things are pretty bad on Maui, a neighbouring island, with over 50 dead in the wildfires. Thankfully, where we are is out of they way. ATB pal, Chris

[@WyeExplorer]

@@ChrisJB Yeah, what a contrast to May/June Chris. Take what we get eh? I never knew your holiday was over there. Yeah, a teal tragedy. Stay safe.

[@Hengists_Wild_Camps]

Great video Chris. I was out last night on Kinder, and this is the first video which I've watched since getting back. Cheers mate, that was some good viewing. 👍 Have a top time in Hawaii and don't over do the Hula! 🙂

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Hengist. Hope KS was good mate. I think I'm due another up there. I'm still in Hawaii but only have a couple of days left, then back to the rain by all accounts. 😭.

[@Hengists_Wild_Camps]

@@ChrisJB Hawaii was on the news t'other neet Chris, about the fires. Obviously you're okay, as you wouldn't be replying👍, but I'm glad that you & yours are safe and I hope that it didn't impact upon the trip, if at all.

[@ChrisJB]

@@Hengists_Wild_Camps Thank you Hengist, thinking of us like that 👍. We are okay as the fires are on a neighbouring island. It does look very serious though with over fifty confirmed dead the last I heard..🙁

[@BorderRambler]

Can’t beat the good old British summer weather for camping in 😂, still you were cosy tucked in the tent out of the weather . Honolulu baby 🎶🎶 laurel and hardy at there best . Hope you had/having a good holiday 👍atb Dave

[@ChrisJB]

I like a bit of L and H...."Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" an' all that 😄. I've got a couple of days left here then a long journey back to Blighty....where hopefully the weather nas bucked up and I get another camp in. Cheers, Chris

[@ANTHONY_ROWE_L.R.P.S]

Have a great holiday Chris.

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Anthony. A couple more days then back to rainy Blighty. 🙄

[@PaulMessner]

Welcome to the Peak District. Grim, grim with a few spells of grim. Still a good watch mate 😂

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Paul. If I was going solo I probably would've packed it in and gone back to the car with my tail between my legs. Dave was good company and kept me going! 🙂

[@andrewschofield7452]

How do Chris, that looked a proper wet camp, so a typical British summer time I guess. Glad that you enjoyed as best you could. Hope Hawaii is grand, look forward to the videos when you're back. Avoid the tiger sharks 😂😂😂

[@ChrisJB]

It was mate....a classic rainy wildcamp. Hawaii has been mind-blowing; there will be some serious post holiday blues when I get back! Saying that, I'm eager to get another camp in which will no doubt make me feel better. 🤞. ATB, Chris

[@PhilWaud]

Jeesh, awful weather. I cancelled two camps recently because the forecast was bad. I know Ive the gear to cope, but just couldnt bring myself to submit to the ordeal. Great video, once again, thank you.

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Phil. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't dream of heading out in those conditions. However we'd arranged the trip ages before and it was our only window so we thought sod it. 👍

[@thewanderingforester]

That was about as wet as they get I'd say. Well done on making a good video out of it. Hoping your Hawaii trip has been great and you're not caught up in the wildfires.

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Roger. Aye definitely the wettest I've done. It went quite smoothly too, which for a gormless sod like me is quite a result 😉. The fires are on the neighbouring island of Maui. It sounds terrible. 🙁.

[@Olan...]

Any camp is better than no camp so well done for getting out in that miserable weather and congratulation on getting your first Tick Chris, i am very proud of you...Good things come to those who wait hey.....i am 60 and been hiking all over the Peak since i was 12 years old and i still haven't had one which confirms that i must taste like shite. I have only ever had to remove ticks in the jungle in Belize in 1984 and i have been to 56 different countries so if i ever get one it will be getting framed. Conditions have been a right bummer all summer but at least the water levels have topped up and the only bonus is no carrying water up. Have a fantastic family holiday and good luck with your journey there and back.

[@ChrisJB]

Having thought about it, it is my first Pennine tick! The worst tick place I've known is Arnside Knott. I had five on me once after a day photographing butterflies. Some folk freak out about them but they don't faze me really. I'm just vigilant re symptoms of Lyme Disease. Belize! Wow!....sounds brilliant. I'm not about ticks but a pal of mine returned from Costa Rica with a bot fly grub living in his leg 😬. Thanks for watching and commenting pal. 👍

[@nickarter]

Fair play to you Chris for getting out in the current conditions. Went out onto Mallerstang Edge and camped above Hangingstone Scar below Gregory’s Chapel after doing Lunds Fell to High Seat 3 weeks ago, long day but fabulous country, could see right over to Tan Hill, and Cross Fell, fantastic wild country! Managed to get lovely weather, a one day gap between Lows!

[@ChrisJB]

How do Nick. You picked a good area for your trip....it's tremendous up there and not so often frequented. Best wishes, Chris

[@michaeldenham9681]

You said near the beginning, "It's raining a bit now .... but it's supposed to get worse." That's a good description of the whole summer after June. I've had many a foul day like you had, but one advantage of being retired is that you can pick your days around the weather as far as walking is concerned. Hope your holiday went well.

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Michael. Hawaii is brilliant, we are seeing so many wonderful things. Thankfully we are not on Maui where the wildfires are. It sounds really bad there.

[@unclepeteswildadventures]

Hard core that our kid! Have a look at my Swarth Fell camp before you go on yer hols, you are asked a geology question. Do bring us back a wheelbarrow full of rock samples from Hawaii 😂

[@ChrisJB]

How do UP. The geology here is interesting enough but there isn't much variety of rock, it's nearly all basalt. I'm a bit behind with catching up with folk I subscribe to but will definitely get round to checking your Swarth Fell one out. 🙂

[@fraserconnell21]

Na'then bigdog😊. Again my faith in humanity,KZbin and CJB is restored 🎉🙌👍🏼👏😁

[@ChrisJB]

Cheets Fraser pal. I'm still on my hols at the moment but home in a couple of days and raring to go on my next camp. 😉

[@WalkWithWallace]

This has pretty much summed up July/August. 😤 Looked a nice sheltered pitch though to spend the evening. 😊

[@ChrisJB]

How do Robin. Yes, what a transformation from May and June when the streams were dry on the moors. I was getting a bit twitchy re the pitch as my wet weather resilience was wearing very thin at that point!

[@gainesy_walks]

Eyup Chris, that opening shot was where about my pockets filled with water and phone jacked in 🙄. I'm glad we made the effort tbh though, had a good walk and time. It's a story to tell 😂 Wasn't cold either, cheers, David

[@ChrisJB]

How do Dave. Aye, that opening rain shot really set the scene! You are right though, it was still good to get out, even faced with such challenging conditions. Bye for now, Chris.

[@Karen-dq8nw]

Oh no! Watch the news on Hawaii. Hopefully it still works out for you. Bad timing! On your very wet walk - I've done too many of those, to the point I'd never set out in that weather. If it happens when I'm out then I'll manage. Did a really wet cold foggy trip with teenagers once; you've never seen a brick of cheddar cheese disappear so quickly! Like rabid wolves.

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Karen. Thankfully we are all okay here. The fires are on Maui (we are on Oahu) and it looks very serious there. I typically won't leave the door in weather like that either, but me and Dave had planned so far ahead we decided to just go for it. 🙂

[@paulryan2081]

Hi Chris. It's time July and August were moved to between October and November. Consistently disappointing 🌧 If I'd have gone out in that my mother would say I was a 'pie can' 😂 Dad - effing idiot 😂 As i type it looks scary in Hawaii. If you're there now, I hope you and the family are ok. Thanks again, Paul

[@ChrisJB]

I'm certainly familiar with "effing idiot". I've heard of "pie can" but that one's not a local one to me. We also have "Herbert", "haybag", "Joe Egg", "numbhead"....etc, etc. 😄. All okay here Paul, the fires are on another island. It sounds very serious. 🙁

[@DanOpdal]

Thank you for sharing your adventure! Did you say that you are going to Hawaii, in Maui Hawaii they just had bad wildfires. I think that it might still be burning. It's a federal disaster area. Cheers!

[@ChrisJB]

How do Dan. Yes I'm in Hawaii mate however the worst of the wildfires are on the neighbouring island of Maui. It sounds very serious with at least fifty confirmed dead the last I heard. 🙁

[@DanOpdal]

I'm glad to hear that you are safe!@@ChrisJB

[@ChrisJB]

@@DanOpdal Thanks pal. 🙂

[@DanOpdal]

@@ChrisJB You're very welcome.

[@craig3401]

Well that looked pretty miserable at times the weather as been shocking but we still go out and your mum was right we aren't full shillings lol.hiws the altra doing in the wet do you wear waterproof socks.hioe your back from Hawaii and didn't get caught up in the wildfires

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Craig. Luckily we aren't on Maui where the fires are but it sounds bad. Last I heard, over 30 have died. If the forecast is grim I do wear Sealskins with the Altra but if it is particularly wet like this one, my feet still end up wet.

[@helenreeves6978]

Yep, I agree with your Mum, not a full shilling, at least you got out 😂

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Helen. Yep, my dear ma thought I was doolally going wildcamping full stop, let alone in the rain. 🙂

[@Voodoo_Ray]

Typically Damp peak weather 😂 Heading up to Back Tor from Foulstone ?

[@ChrisJB]

Very rough weather Ray. We walked up from the Strines Road to Back Tor....a nice straightforward route. 🙂

[@Voodoo_Ray]

@@ChrisJB Aye Foulstone. Did a job one year at back tor for a runner with a broken leg. Snow everywhere and dark as it was the early hours. Turned into a spectacular winter’s morning. Shame it was a rescue and not a wild camp.

[@mroconnell1775]

Where the what roosted ?

[@ChrisJB]

The lammergeier. It's a large species of vulture. One turned up from overseas in the summer of 2020 and loitered in the Dark Peak for a few weeks. It was an impressive sight and drew in loads of birders.

[@davethorpe2947]

just come across this video of yours, I used to use the wriggly tin shelter as a lunch stop while patrolling as a Ranger out of Langsett, Broomhead cabin is reputed to have cut crystal glasses for the shooting parties and my wife and a few friends " bodied" close by one night 9 years ago for the local MRT . thelangsetttwanderer

[@ChrisJB]

How do TLW. A nice lunch spot mate, though looking a bit ramshackle nowadays 🙁. "Bodied"? That doesn't sound good. Is it what I think it means?

[@davethorpe2947]

@@ChrisJB it certainly does - think half a dozen hippies high on magic mushrooms going round all the springs in the area blessing them, along come the Team plus search dog and handler who was really and genuinely upset when the dog ate " the magic mushrooms" in reality coconut mushrooms but she wasn't to know that ! It is still spoken of in hushed tones by older team members who were there. Other exercises involving us included me as a husband who wouldn't leave his wife for his fancy woman , so she left me for dead at Wrigleys cabin. Don't get me on about the sprout filled Ferrero Rocher

[@ChrisJB]

@@davethorpe2947 So many intriguing tales.....my mind is working overtime! 🙂

[@davethorpe2947]

@@ChrisJB the planning for these exercises is incredible