CAMPING hints and tips - SLEEP SOLUTIONS!

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3 жыл бұрын

Here is my video about camping hints and tips and in particular all my suggestions to help you perfect the best night's sleep possible whilst camping. If you follow all my sleep solutions I guarantee you will sleep for longer when you go out camping.
I personally have struggled to sleep whilst camping for years. However, I have learned lots of camping tips along the way that has help me achieve the best night's sleep possible.
Here is a long list of suggestions to help you sleep when out backpacking and wild camping.
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1) Earplugs £3.65 amzn.to/3iIlRvA
2) Face Mask £4.99 amzn.to/3CNw41L
3) Pegs you tent out properly
4) Blow up sleeping mat
Trekology UL50 £27.99 amzn.to/3AKRdaP
5) Insulated sleeping mat
6) Correct season sleeping bags
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7) Stay away from birds and therefore, trees in spring
8) Stay away from animals
9) Stay away from people
10) Pillow and sleeping bag with straps
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11) Pitch your tent on a flat piece of ground
12) Pitch you tent on soft ground
13) Pitch your tent with the aerodynamic parts into wind
14) Wild camp legally
Check out my other helpful videos on backpacking and wild camping.
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Thanks, Andy
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Пікірлер: 59

@ManontheOutside 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andy, some great tips here, a few I'd definitely never have thought of - I shall defo try some out on my next wild camp! Thanks!

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@terrypatterson1481 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andy, some great advice.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@bonariablackie4047 11 ай бұрын

I use a hoopless bivvy in which I have my thermarest and my sleeping bag. I have a strapped pillow so it doesn't move. Underneath, I have a bottom tarp, with a roll mat and then I do various things with my top tarp - usually A line, but also tarp tents with and without doors, depending on the weather. I use a summer sleeping bag in summer and a ridiculously warm sleeping bag in winter, but the bivvy keeps the heat in as well. In summer I use Smidge and a head bug net. No bites from anything. And I always use a black out blind fold and soft ear plugs. I have a Cloud Peak 2 tent, I just prefer tarps.

@deanwood1338 3 жыл бұрын

Some great advice as always there buddy 👍

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@stevew585 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel!

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@polarbear109p2 3 жыл бұрын

I always take some Jack Daniels and have a couple of half’s before I go to sleep.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’ve ever been camping without a few beers or wine in the evening 😁 It really helps me fall sleep!

@thebayfish9508 3 жыл бұрын

@@BackpackingUK is that not why we camp 😂

@ianrudd7442 3 жыл бұрын

Some good stuff here Andy.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍

@markgoeshiking72 3 жыл бұрын

Went camping for the first time since 1996 (!) on the weekend; your videos have been invaluable. Wish I'd seen this one as I didn't sleep well at all! :D Keep up the good work, I've taken a lot of good advice from your content. atb Mark

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark 👍

@ririeranggasari 3 жыл бұрын

great tips! When you mentioned spring & trees I thought it was about pollen 😁 but "aah, birds!"

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I suffer from hayfever too and tree pollen is one of my triggers. That’s why I head for the mountains in May and June!

@StanTatws 3 жыл бұрын

A little pillow trick I do is fold any excess clothes inside a jacket zip it up so it is nice and padded and then tie the sleeves under the inflatable mat Great vid!

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea, thanks for sharing 👍

@singechamberlain2967 3 жыл бұрын

Good advice there Andy. I would add it's worth investing it's a good quality eyemask rather than a cheap one. I totally agree about staying somewhere you can really relax like Dartmoor or the lakes. Peace of mind makes all the difference! Nice one as usual.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I think I may need to upgrade my cheapo eye mask! 😁

@thewiltshirewomble 3 жыл бұрын

Some good tips here Andy… decent sleep pad and bag… in a well pitched tent for the conditions… add a wee dram or 2 of whiskey, with a good meal after a good walk…..and Bob’s yer uncle / Fanny’s yer Aunt….! Cheers Mark

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

100% 👍

@Simsydav 2 жыл бұрын

To add to your final point, if wild camping where you shouldn't be, do your best to find a place to pitch where you are confident that no one will see you. I sleep much better the more hidden or difficult I am to find

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@N4MQU 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to try the mask.

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a game changer in the summer.

@adib396 Жыл бұрын

From experience I agree with all these tips. I have one to add....don't pitch right near flowing water. It will be on your mind all night if that water is going to rise when it rains and you will hear the water flowing and crashing on rocks all night and you will hear it in the ground like a constant rumbling. Again, learned from experience.

@BackpackingUK Жыл бұрын

I’ve felt the same too!

@graemer3657 3 жыл бұрын

I upgraded this year from a thick foam mat to an inflatable insulated sleeping pad. I could not believe how much better it was both comfort and warmth. Sounds obvious, but I’ve been camping with foam mats for 40 years and didn’t realise that there as such a better way of doing it.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I think once you’ve tried a blow up mat you’ll never go back.

@scottmcneill8654 2 жыл бұрын

Good tip to insulate your tent even more is to get a foil picnic mat rolled up wieghs nothing and really keeps the warmth in aswell as protection for your ground sheet 😊👌

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

Those mats cost nothing too. Well worth a purchase!

@zedddddful 2 жыл бұрын

This may sound way off topic but damn that's a nice lawn 👍

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@that_which_is_not 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had real beef with inflatable camping pillows forever. Just cannot get comfy on them. I now put an insulated jacket or fleece inside a little bag and use that instead, no idea why but it just works for me!

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with that, I did it for years!

@jasonmaddison6148 3 жыл бұрын

a put pillow in sleepingbag hud

@TimFromWales 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for a hot august night this year! 😜

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I know! We're off tomorrow to do a Tour of Wales on our motorbikes. Saturday is looking wet all day, gutted.

@paultownley5825 3 жыл бұрын

What's a really hot August night? 😕😂 good tips 👍

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean 😂 I think this year we’ve gone from Spring straight into Autumn!

@jonfrance7201 Жыл бұрын

Here in Aug 2022 and it’s damned hot in England 🥵

@jasonmaddison6148 3 жыл бұрын

good vid andy. a like to put sleepmat.inside me sleeping bag .

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that before!

@jasonmaddison6148 3 жыл бұрын

@@BackpackingUK a thermarest zlite . or alpkit si. or even one on ground sheet one in the bag . worth a try andy. let's no how u got on fella

@traceyevans6412 2 жыл бұрын

Was testing out my new Bobcat I tent in the garden… do you think I could figure out the wind direction so I could pitch side on to it… nope! 🤪

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

Golfers chuck some grass in the air, you'll have to give that a go 😂

@stevew585 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, what season back should I get for early Sept?

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

I'd use a 3 season bag for early September.

@stevew585 2 жыл бұрын

@@BackpackingUK Great, Thanks.

@muymuy_gaming4739 2 жыл бұрын

Uncle.do you know goalzero brand?

@BackpackingUK 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I’ve got one of their torch / lanterns. I really rate it!

@muymuy_gaming4739 2 жыл бұрын

@@BackpackingUK thank you for reply.

@christianbinder4655 3 жыл бұрын

I so hate sleeping on a slope.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds such a silly little thing but in sleep terms it’s a big deal! I definitely can’t sleep unless I’m perfectly flat.

@christianbinder4655 3 жыл бұрын

@@BackpackingUK We have this cute little campground just a few hours away, they offer wooden decks for tents right next to the Atlantic ocean, my favourite spot for a night away. BTW, I’m living in Nova Scotia. Just started camping last year, and in 2 weeks I will go for my first wild camp trip, we have a lot of crown land where you are allowed to camp.

@BackpackingUK 3 жыл бұрын

I have friends close to Halifax!