Adventure without problems wouldn't be an adventure lol got through everything mate well done

Classic. I would have been crapping it big time getting stuck like that.

That Hill looks sheepish 😂😂😂😂 anyone??? hello anyone OK just me

Re-watching all the old nostalgic adventures, miss the old shenanigans

That last off road excursion could have ended much worse 😵

Hi Martin, You said your van doesn’t charge on idle and that struck a note with my situation. I commute on a scooter in Scotland through the winter and use most of the spare electric running heated grips and a heated jacket. How I saved some power was by fitting a quality (not cheap rubbish) LED headlight bulb made by Osram. (Osram LEDriving H4) They now sell these in Halfords and if you fitted a set to your van it would reduce your electric consumption at 14 volts on idle from approx 7.8 amps down to just 2 amps. As you will know 5 amps goes along way towards getting a positive charge and you could go further with other lights too. The bulbs in question are around £100 but they are quality with a good beam pattern and it might make your life a little easier with less power consumption. Best regards Scoots

Excellent stuff. I've done the pass a few times but in a T5. I felt for you, both top and bottom but you are very good at extricating yourself from problems, although you also appear to be quite good at getting into them in the first place.

So glad you accepted those waffle boards now mate . They’ve saved my ass so many time when out in the landrovers . But definitely worth the trip for views like that .. thanks for sharing . Atb Matt 👍

Lmfao you with the mountain lions priceless

My anxietjy would have spiked being stuck up there - just goes to show much I need to chill out a bit! The least bit thing winds me up to the point of a panic attack sometimes, it's ridiculous - thanks for posting this, its given me a new perspective... there's always people to help. even miles up a big hill in January lol

I once took our Auto sleeper Rambler over that stretch of road. Challenging but quite a sense of achievement when you reach the summit. Luckily I didn't have the numerous misfortunes that you encountered. Well done .....hope you checked brake lines and any external gas and electrics soon after.!!! Thanks for bringing back fond memories.

The kindness of strangers is a wonderful thing :D

Brilliant mate love how you have zero fucks to give and just go for it

The charging fault at low rpm sounds like a alternator for a petrol engine may have been fitted which doesn't start to charge till 1000 rpm where a diesel alternator starts charging at 700 rpm due to the lower idle speed of a diesel engine if you have to rev it up to put the battery warning light out its probably a petrol alternator

I took that particular scenic route in a works Sprinter, with a few wacker plates in the back. I hadn't realised how heavy the payload was, and I must have burnt half the clutch plate off, getting it up. My blood still runs cold at the thought of getting the boss to find me a tractor, and explaining why I was there. My favourite road in the country, though.

Wow, heart was in my mouth a few times watching that, watched it twice. Been over that, in a car, and that was bad enough!. Great that ppl helped. Cheers for the video and happy future adventures! :)

Brilliant. I can see a recovery joint clog coming on.

Nice video matey. I went over Hardknott on my R100rt BMW loaded up with camping and walking gear and got stuck behind a car on a 1 in 3 hairpin. I dropped the bike and the bloke behind me stopped and helped me pick it up.....petrol pissing out.....me slipping in the fucking stuff, lol

Good to see a Landy pulling you out.👍

Well done. That road is more like a path! Stunning area though.

Well done, love it when a plan comes together

Thanks for sharing this, was thinking of having a go in the Spring but think it’s a no no in a LWB Relay

Great Video always nice to see people helping each other in difficult situations....if only more of life was like that.

Looks amazing up there 😮 Glad you got a pull out 👍

Amazing scenery, very tricky roads with large van. Saved at the end by the Disco,Great video.

Amazing video grate stuff. Ron

The joys of van living 😀I've been watching another van dweller video and she is always getting stuck good job you had them boards .next hill apple cross Scotland love to watch that video be safe 😁

What do you reckon about converting a Toyota hiace? Seem pretty cheap, decent size for a few days away, and it's a Toyota, so reliable. I was thinking of getting a transit connect but they're a bit too small, so I think a hiace seems decent.

Great video, great scenery

Good job that you had folks around to help. I agree stunning views 😊

I hadn't even considered getting waffleboards but they're definite on my list now. Any other tips for bits of gear that sit taking up space until the time comes and they save the day?

So lucky to find such helpful people . I got half way up in ice and then my wheels started spinning so much that my only option was to reverse all the way back down ,much to the annoyance of a guy in a BMW X5 who was driving down the hill ,he just kept beeping his horn the whole way ,not sure where he wanted me to go ?????

Wow what a beautiful parlor country.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, well put together.😎

Fair play mate, I’ve done a fair bit of off reading but I’ve gotta say, if I were on my own in the middle of nowhere, I’d have totally over reacted and I’d have forgot to film. You took it in your stride and considered just staying there lol

mate you have some humongous hairy balls of steel there!!! I keep getting vids like this now, because last Sunday December 13th or march 287th in 2020 days I had to reverse down, pitch black and torrential rain.

Awesome! ✌🏻

Well done getting out of that one,,you did well,

haha... adds to the adventure even if getting stuck was unintended! whats the name of the music you used at 7.10?

This is the place where different colour wool comes from. 😜

Great scenery there mate, I snipped a bit out and using as desktop background lol 😃

Holy Shit Martin! I found this Road quite narrow for my T3, but you pushing it to the Limit. Glad you've got out there.

Where is this hill? It has to go on my bucket list

Another quality video Martin :)

Priceless absolutely priceless! well done on getting out

Certainly a bad day at the office!... glad you’re obviously sorted!.. 👍🏻

Quality mate well done.

We also learnt try and fix down waffle boards before moving off. Good video .

Excellent photography and stunning views.👍👍👍 that's no place to be in January. Could of been a lot worse 😬😬. Still you managed get out ok. I bet you won't be going back in a hurry.

Bit of an epic you had there 😂 good adventure 👍

Sounds like you let off the gas too soon when getting yourself unstuck. Don’t kill your momentum like that. (From some who’s hung vehicles in way worse places then that.) The waffle boards are gold. You may want to get some heavy duty stakes And a small but heavy metal mallot. You can secure the waffles into the dirt so they won’t slide as easily. I keep stakes of different lengths, just make sure they don’t stick up too far and go through a tire or the van. Cool adventure, keep enjoying.

Drove the Bealach Na Ba in Applecross Scotland, think i will give this a miss.

Oh at 4:09 when you went over the bridge, the song postman pat, post man pat and his black and white cat came to mind , And I didn’t even watch it eeek lol

Have you done the Highland 500?

What you doin in the Puke Man, Weather fantastic down on the Algarve ;-)

That looked fun man! Haha.

Last 30 seconds. Great advert for a Land Rover. 30 degree hill, and it pulls a 3 tonne beached van back onto a road from a ditch.

Sketchy road for a car at the best of times! Waffle boards are a must off-roading or in this case your circumstance :)

That was epic 👍👍

Funny as fuck!!!Martin it not the van you need to worry about letting you down😂😂😂it you letting the🚙🚙🚙💥💥💥down

Wow lucky there

Now you know why that sheep was grinning at you. Fortunate you went at a quite time. Can be a nightmare when it's busy. I once had a sticky moment on one of the sharp bends just after the road had been resurfaced. The loose gravel have no traction and had to roll back onto a grass verge with a very steep drop down the hillside. Got two passenger side tyres on the grass then jammed the petrol tank on a rock. Wife was not too happy especially when she saw the drop right outside her door.

I've done it b4 in a van and used cardboard to get out. I went to turn around on a nice grass verge only part the van sunk. The grass verge didn't look so nice one I was finished with it. Sorry

Your jumper is awesome, where’s it from?

Haha nothing like a bit of adventure... I was on the edge of my seat watching that.. Good job mate 🤙

Omg, I was up there last wk end, those roads are torturous!! Ha.

Stay away from cliff edges for gawd sake ... lol. Luvin the vids. New age traveller from 'the bean field' myself. Woukd never have got my coach up there. Where you to ?

Well, I've learn something from that - if using waffle boards secure them with rock pegs! Chris

Best video ever

That moment when everyone realizes that Martins van is hard as fk !!!!

maybe get some different tyres and wheels and maybe have van lifted for clearance. always best to have a solution before it happens. be prepared for anything. maybe a front winch.

You're mad :o) (and I like it)

Mate, thank you. You do these things so we don't have to. 😂😂😂

I was admiring the wood burner then clicked, it is a gas bottle looking at the bottom. How do you do the chimney! Take care Ian

Hi, we're new to your channel! Will you go to Scotland anytime soon? We just arrived in Scotland ourselves in our camper 🤘

Martin as ever great entertainment BUT you sure are a gluten for punishment and DO get in some very sticky situations.Lucky for you that some good hearted people are about.I have been stuck myself when I wildcamped on a beach car park that looked solid on the grass bit but once we went to leave the back went down to the axle,as the grass was hiding soft sand.So we know where you are coming from keep making them atb Mike

God you had me holding my breath a couple of times there

My god you get yourself into some sticky situations man! I think the too difficult light would definitely have come on for me. All credit to you Martin. Where to next?

I now have a new favourite type of waffle :)

Not even going to try this in our T25. Unless we want to end up walking home

Great video for us to watch but not for you, we really thought you'd blown it at the top that really was squeeky bum time 😂 thanks for sharing a true van life moment , safe travels and what a beautiful setting to get stuck 👍

Videos like this are usually from India or Russia :) brilliant mate !

Waffle boards and land rovers ..... and all is well 👍🏻 Nicely filmed too Martin, many wouldn’t have and just been in panic mode !

Excellent proper van dweller

Wow, you don’t half abuse that van at times 😂😂😂

well that was fun :)

He who dares wins Rodney :)

Think I need some of them waffle boards lol. Nice views up there. 👍

I've lived in Cumbria all my 60+ years and I have never had the courage to drive up hardknott and wrynose pass , never been there . Over on continental Europe the road builders zig zag up a mountain so I am amazed that the Romans who built this stuck to their ideas of straight as possible roads, 30% what a bunch of idiots !!! What did the Romans ever do for us ? Did you visit the Roman fort up there ?

Need a winch of some sort mounted on the front

I think you should go back to stabilizers

Martin what roads this and brilliant attitude when all’s against you to have a coffee and carry on

You need to invest in a 3ton trolly jack

well stuck like that i would have been well stressed lol was that a cb aeriel on back of your van ? prob no one on cb to call if there were not people around to help you

Next time you get stuck on that pass with no traction on your front wheels try this.. Just roll back a meter and let both back wheels touch the ground. When you have traction on the tar take the corners wide on the the tar in low gear and you will get up whiteout getting your shoes damp. I hoe this helps.. Jed

Why do you get yourself in those situations, good footage but could be costly. The skill is not about getting out of shit but more about avoiding it. Keep safe all the best.

Martin I reckon them sheep have use the same barber's shop as you Think thay need bandanas 🐑🐏👍

😝😝 you mad man hahaha

Let's see you use the cb radio in a video

lucky this time