I had a wonderful afternoon and night in an awesome spot among the trees. The forest isn’t far from where I live, so after work I headed out for a wander through the forest to a hillfort. I then stopped and found a spot to camp on the return journey.

I saw lots of grazing cows around the forest and heathland. I spotted…

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Here’s another I mistakenly deleted from April this year.

I headed to Hampshire again for a walk around an area I had never visited. I did a good long walk, bagging two trig points, and found a pretty good spot to camp for the night.

I was treated to both a gorgeous sunset and sunrise. I was also treated to a spring frost on the…

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This was from last winter that I am uploading again after deleting it. I found a lovely patch hidden between lots of gorse and not too far from a village.

The reason I wasn’t too far from a village was because I needed an internet signal. I did venture further into the countryside to more remote places, but I lost the…

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An interesting camp. I found a great spot alongside a stream and set up the hammock. The night sky was beautiful, and plenty of bats took to the air at dusk.

It wasn’t forecast, but it started raining during the night. I had to untie the hammock and seek shelter a little further away, alongside another stream, where a tree…

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I headed out to Hampshire again for a quick camp and a night out.

I wished I’d brought the bivvi with me, as there were many more suitable spots, and I found it difficult to find a couple of suitable trees in a suitable area.

#hammockcamp #ddhammock #wildcamp #hampshire

I spent a wonderful night out in the forest with the DD Hammock. I took the hammock as I didn’t know the area, but I knew there would be plenty of suitable trees.

I had a wander around to explore a little before settling on a spot, which was quite close to a railway line, so I had the company of passing trains during the…

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Another deleted camp that I am putting up again. I took the Dutch Army hooped bivvi out again.

It was a fantastic spot, and the bivvi blended in so well with its surroundings, sitting below the height of the surrounding bracken.

There was a lovely sunset, but I couldn’t sit and enjoy it because the midges were terrible that night.…

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An old camp I mistakenly deleted. It was a lovely night, but a cold one.

I headed out for a quick night in the forest with a friend. We found a great spot alongside a small river, with perfectly flat grass banks that were ideal for the tent and bivvi.

#bivvicamp #dutchhoopedbivvi #wildcamp #hampshire

Another wonderful evening spent on top of another hillfort in Dorset.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video showing everything I took: Nortent Skjul Camp | Dorset Hillfort (link to be added)

I was fortunate enough to enjoy not only an amazing sunset and sunrise, but also an almost full moon. It was just one night before…

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It had been a while since I’d spent a night in a decent woodland, and it had also been a while since I’d used the DD Hammock.

So, with that in mind, I headed to a woodland in Wiltshire to find a spot for the night.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video showing everything I took: …

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A lovely, quiet forest in Dorset.

It’s a fairly large area with a mixture of heathland and forested sections, including some big old fir trees with plantation areas too.

There are lots of paths and tracks criss-crossing the whole area, ranging from wide, solid stony tracks to smaller sandy and soil paths. There are also lots of…

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I didn’t feel like travelling far, but I did feel like I wanted a night out under the stars, so headed to a local forest a short distance away.

A big reason was to go trig bagging, then find a spot for the night and make camp.

The night time temperature was going to be below zero, so I was double-bagging tonight. I’ve been to…

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This trip reminded me that sometimes plans go wrong.

I have camped on both sides of the peninsula before and know the area quite well. This time, however, plenty didn’t go to plan.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I took, including why I went with the Nortent Skjul setup: …

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For this camp, I had planned to follow the river that ran through the area until I found a suitable spot along the bank to hang the hammock.

That all changed when I encountered a fence and private land. The river disappeared and I couldn’t find a way around the fence in the time I had left, so I started to look for alternatives.…

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Another hillfort, and another hill in Dorset.

The hillfort itself has plenty of options for camping. The ramparts are high, some overgrown with brambles and ferns, while on the summit there’s a large flat grassy area with no trees, just a few sheep grazing. I picked a spot on a narrow path on top of a rampart path. The ferns…

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What a cool place Cheddar Gorge is. I’ve driven through here a few times over the last year and always promised myself I’d come back properly to explore it and camp.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I took, including why I went with the Nortent Skjul setup: …

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Some are just a photo, a lesson learned, a sunrise view or a few thoughts from a night outdoors.

This is where I share them.

My plan was to bag three or four trig points, then find a spot to camp using the Phoxx 1V2 tent.

The weather was great and I have been close to this area before, so this was a new place to explore.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I…

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This was a spur of the moment camp on a crisp and clear beautiful night.

I have never camped in this area before and so I wandered around for a few hours checking the whole place out and looking for a suitable place for the bivi.

I took so long looking for a spot that it was getting pretty dark. I…

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A peaceful, albeit a windy night on a Dorset hilltop

This huge Iron Age hillfort in Dorset is one of the most impressive I’ve camped on, with stunning views in all directions. The sunset didn’t disappoint.

I bivvied right on a path, avoiding the long grass because it was June and nesting season. No…

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This was the first camp on the South Downs Way on my walk from Amberley to Winchester.

This great little spot and I set up on the grass track behind a bush where I cooked a hot meal on a wet and rainy evening. I wasn’t disturbed and heard no one apart from cattle in an adjacent field.

#wildcamp …

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This place made me feel so good. I wasn’t sure why. The whole time I was there, I didn’t see another person until I returned to my car the next day.

The woods have quite a few eerie and ghostly tales linked to it. I’m not sure if that added to the feeling, or if it was just the right place at the right time.

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This place is a real gem. It offers beautiful woodland with winding forest tracks, plenty of open meadows, a river, and best of all – no people.

The sound of the nearby motorway didn’t bother me, but it was loud. It’s a major route in and out of London, and the noise carried on through the night and might be off-putting to…

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Only the very top of the hill is actually raised and it is flat and grassy at the top and surrounded by trees, which obscure the views from the top. There are gaps in the trees where is it visible to see surrounding hills and even the coast

The grassy flat area on the top is perfect for a tent or a bivi,…

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Stubbled on the beautiful little woodland. It had a great vibe from the moment I entered.

Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I took with me, including a quick look at my Nortent Skjul Setup: No pillow!

After wandering around for a bit, I came across this woodland. It was surrounded by…

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Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I took with me, including a quick look at my DD Hammock Setup: Simple kit setup

There was no shortage of trees for a hammock, along with plenty of flat ground suitable for tents or bivis.

During the early evening I heard distant voices of people walking along…

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I came across this rundown bird hide a long time ago and promised to return.

So tonight was the night. A rather blustery, wet and windy late October evening.

I had a litter pick around the hide and found a plastic bottle, a drinks’ can and some pallet strapping.

I stayed dry in the bird hide, and it was a wise,…

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From time to time, I’ve driven past this location and thought that one day I’d love to camp up there and look down at the motorway. Well, tonight was that night.

For the full wild camping write-up, including photos and route details from St Catherine’s Hill, you can read the main blog post here: …

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M3, St Catherine’s Hill, Hampshire - OEX Phoxx 1V2 Motorway Camp

The last time I came through here, it was at the end of the South Downs Way. This time, I came back with a plan - to wild camp along the M3.

Good to be out for the first time in a while with the Nortent Skjul bivvi on the Isle of Purbeck coast in Dorset. The weather was supposed to be dry and fine, but it was windy and rainy with lots of sea fog.

Full write-up here: Dancing Ledge Wild Camping (Dorset Coast Walk & Camp)

I…

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Wild Camping on the Isle of Purbeck Coast, Dorset – Dancing Ledge to Winspit Quarry

Wild camping on the Isle of Purbeck coast in Dorset, exploring Dancing Ledge, Seacombe Cliff and Winspit Quarry with a stealth approach.

A quiet, low-profile camp using the Nortent Skjul on exposed ground in Dorset.

Full write-up here: Melbury Down, Dorset – Low-Profile Bivvi Camp on Exposed Hills

I knew beforehand this area had very little in the way of cover. The exposed grassy hills are visible from a…

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Here is the YouTube link to the kit video of everything I took with me, include my shelter of the OEX Phoxx 1v2 tent: Gear List For A Forest Camp

This was a spur of the moment camp, on a clear, sub-zero night.

The place was busy with walkers and horse riders. Worst of all, there…

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First camp out in a while. Recently, I left quite a few items of gear including my bivvy, tent, tarp, boots, and backpack at a place that got flooded. It took a while to clean and replace some things, and in the meantime, I lost a little motivation.

Here’s the link to the YouTube kit list video of…

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Headed back to Surrey for another forest camp. The forest, which is a pretty large area and full of many wide and well-maintained tracks. It also has many small trails that wind through the forests. It’s a bit of a mountain biking heaven with signposted routes and many trails.

Here’s the link to the YouTube kit list video of…

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I needed a quick night out camping, plus the chance to bag another trig point, so I headed to some woodland not too far away.

Here’s a look at everything I’m taking on tonight’s Hampshire forest camp on YouTube: Tonight’s Kit For A Wild Camp

Looking at the images on Google Maps before I visited, I knew…

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I headed out to check out this wonderful chalk hill carving in Wilshire, and to find a spot to camp close by.

The chalk carving was on the side of a large, open hill with plenty of large grass areas, but I ended up camping in a not-so-ideal spot nearby.

After the chalk carving, I tried to find the local trig point to bag. But…

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Early May 2025

This was my third time camping along this stretch of chalk cliff tops of this stunning stretch of coastline.

There are plenty of large, grassy areas along this cliff top. […]

So I took the #ddhammock , and set it up perfectly, for the beautiful dawn sky

Early May 2025

I headed to an area that looked like it had plenty of potential hammock camping spots for my first one of the year.

I spent the afternoon wandering, and there was […]

Hilltop, Jurassic Coast, Dorset: Nortent Skjul Bivvi Camp

Late May 2025

I decided that on this camp, I was going to bag a spot I’d been meaning to camp on for a while. I didn’t […]

The Cotswolds Gloucestershire

Early August 2025

Another week, another county, another hillfort. This time it was Gloucestershire. Like so many of my recent […]

This was an awesome spot – my camp was pretty much above the chalk carving.

I was lucky enough to have a beautiful evening, an even better sunrise and managed to bag the local trig point.

From the top, the view down towards coast, with the town and its harbour all lit up was fantastic. I was also fortunate…

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From the moment I entered the common and wooded area – which is the whole stretch of woodland – I only saw one dog walker.

The woodland itself is a long, narrow strip between farmland, with a few protruding sections that dangle down into the farmer’s fields. I entered via one of these protruding bits from the village I…

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Early August 2025

Another week, another county, another hillfort. This time it was Gloucestershire. Like so many of my recent trips, it was another windy visit.

This place had a bit of everything: trig points, Iron Age Hillfort, wild areas and flat grassy sections. The views…

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Early May 2025

This was my third time camping along this stretch of chalk cliff tops of this stunning stretch of coastline.

There are plenty of large, grassy areas along this cliff top. […]

Late May 2025

I decided that on this camp, I was going to bag a spot I’d been meaning to camp on for a while. I didn’t get the weather I’d hoped for, so the sunsets and sunrises were saved for another day.

I woke up in a wet mist or low cloud, with poor visibility.…

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I headed to an area that looked like it had plenty of potential hammock camping spots for my first one of the year.

I spent the afternoon wandering, and there was so much to see in the area. I visited the Hell Stone Dolmen while on the way. It’s definitely worth a visit. It’s not particularly hard to find, but it is…

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This was my third time camping along this stretch of chalk cliff tops of this stunning stretch of coastline.

There are plenty of large, grassy areas along this cliff top. I set up the bivvi and settled down. I twice heard a stamping sound. The second time, I looked out and saw the silhouette of a large deer – that wasn’t on…

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