Dogs will always reveal the character of their masters. You're obviously a good man, Sandy.

Being an Aussie girl I always love seeing countryside and woodlands over in the UK and other countries. Thankyou for letting us "go along" with you on your trips.

At 81 It now takes me all my time to get out with my aerial and mast, and operate CW QRP Portable for a short time without my bike . Amazing Sandy many thanks .. your efforts much appreciated

Thanks yet again Sandy - always enjoy your videos and find them relaxing - cheers

Good military exercise weather that sandy. If it’s not raining it’s not training 😂 carmen is a right daddy’s dog, she loves ya. 😉 ❤

Love the solo camp and you captured some glorious birdsong. Completely agree, hurry up Spring! I've only managed one camp myself this year with how crap the weather has been. Thanks so much for taking us along.

Love it ..Good video.. I'm out in my Pomoly Hex Plus and Outbacker box stove, fishing chair, my old military issue Arctic bag and self inflating kip mat.... for March...raising funds and awareness for homeless veterans through the RBLI Tommy Club, Great Tommy Sleep out, have done a couple of nights under the DD tarp and getting the Hammock put next week. Thanks for sharing, lovecwatching your adventures👌👍🙏🥂

Enjoyed the camp vid. Thumbs up my friend.

Thank you Sandy I really enjoyed your lovely video, I liked your candle lantern. I love your dogs, so pleased to see you .

Enjoyed the video you're certainly not put off by the colder weather. Your setup with the fire is brilliant and the candle lantern does give off a really nice cosy glow. Thanks for sharing your outdoor adventures with us it's always a pleasure to watch.

Brilliant video, better at lowering my blood pressure than medication, love the candle lantern 👍

Nobody could accuse you of being a fairweather camper, Sandy. There's defiinitely a stark beauty to to the woodland in winter, but with that northely wind whipping through, it makes life a bit more challenging. Thanks for posting. I know it takes a lot of work to put these videos together.

As usual Sandy, an excellent video and way to spend a pleasant evening.

Amazing....

Glad to see you back, we were starting to worry where you'd got to.

Thankyou friend 😊

Very convenient for you to get away in the quiet woods and only be a short distance from home. The wood stove, tent, candle light and your cooking make a nice winter camp. Thank you.

You can’t beat an occasional personal endurance test. Cheers Sandy.

Thanks for sharing your time outdoors, the sheer effort behind all the camera placements to create the journey and camp is greatly appreciated, I need to get out myself at some point!!

Hi Sandy,like me you can’t wait for Spring & some sun on our backs,it’s seemed like a long haul this Winter,you tube & your videos especially have kept me upbeat,I’m off out today for a bike ride & some fresh air myself,atb Colin P 👍.

Love watching your videos. You obviously put a lot of time and effort into them. Still can't believe you got all that gear on your bike. Especially the flue! God bless you.

And off he goes, venturing on his trusty stead. Loved it sandy

Excellent camping there. Can’t get over the lack of front gardens there at the start. All paved driveways 😄. Makes you wonder why they moved out of the cities in the first place.

Thanks, Sandy. Pretty nice meal. 😋👍🙂

Nice Vid Sandy, perhaps roll some of those long bits of tree near the Tent to act as a excluder at foot of the tent. A Guy of Your Talent could easily make up a Apron for the tent bottom, press Stud fittings ?. Both Dogs really missed you 👍

Cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos ,you bring the outdoors in. For some one who does not get out much thru terminal illness makes a difference.

Lovely video I admire your respect for your environment.

Quality, as always Sandy. Love these uploads🥰

Thanks for the upload bud. That salmon meal looks awesome. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

Always, always a pleasure Sandy, thank you. Nice to hear the Woodpecker just as you were leaving, definitely a sign spring is just around the corner 👍 ATVB from me in deepest Dorset 👍

Nowt like the sound of rain on a tent when warm ,no leaks,well fed,and the right company..until that got to pee moment!!!

As always Sandy I find your trips enjoyable to watch and relaxing. I like to eat Idahoan potatoes too out in the woods. I throw in various veggies....peas, carrots, onion, broccoli and beef or chicken if I have it but I find it best with chunks of cheese. The best part is that the leftovers are great for breakfast warmed up in a frying pan with lots of butter. To solve the draft around the base of the tent you could sew a couple of small panels around the base that you could put rocks or pieces of wood to hold the bottom down. You certainly would have some air coming into the tent to give good enough ventilation. Love the stove and candle lantern. Thanks and stay well!

A few weeks ago I got made redundant so went out on my motorbike to get some fresh air to clear my head and got hit by a car, all on the same day. It was a country lane, and I was fortunately thrown clear from the bike across into the hedges. I can actually remember laying on the ground thinking today hasn’t gone as planned, but laying there staring up at the sky, without having anything else to do but wait for the ambulance, I got to thinking that this must be what wild camping feels like. Aside from being a bit battered, It was actually quite comfy laying on soft ground, and all wrapped up. When I can afford a new bike I might even bust open the tent I bought 7 years ago and never used, and take it on a wild camp. You are so inspirational Sandy, thanks for all your wonderful uploads. It keeps us all going when the chips are down. Very much appreciated. Rich.

I very much enjoyed the video. I looked like a grand time no matter what the weather was. Have a great one and I will see you on the next adventure. Dwayne

These Wiltshire Man chronicles are so awesome. Such wonderful short films. Thanks again for another great video. These really make my life more pleasurable in a huge way. Mark from Maryland

Good to see you out camping Sandy. I have nor been out camping or on my bike for awhile.

Good to see another camp video. Here in Melbourne today we are having a very unpleasant 37c day.

You have to really love camping to be out in those conditions but we all know that you do love every minute of it Sandy. You always put together a very functional setup when you go. Spring is just around the corner and plans are rolling around in our heads. I enjoy the anticipation and preparations almost as much as the actual camping I think. Your camping lamp collection is always very fascinating and enjoyable to behold my friend. Thanks for taking us along with you again and I will look forward to seeing you on the next one. Stay safe and stay healthy.

Loved it..

that mash is outstanding

I thought those woods looked different before you mentioned it. Another great overnighter, Sandy. Always a pleasure to tag along👍

Another great video Sandy. So relaxing. I love your tenacity with winter camping. On another note, I have now completed my move back to Upper Stratton (I’m up by the garden centre) - so will probably see you around when out with the dogs. May do a wander to Stratton woods & Stanton over the weekend. Currently sat in the Bakers with a pint of 3B’s whilst watching and posting this.

Wonderful

It's nice to have the woodland so close to your home Sandy. It must take a while recording with so many setups Thanks for sharing!

Always enjoy your videos, Sandy. And if you give an opinion on something, it is always honest. Thanks for taking us along, stay safe and warm.

Great video sandy really enjoyed watching that 👌 such peace and solitude and there’s nothing like cooking and eating in the outdoors 😋 and wat a welcome home from the pooches ✊

I really enjoyed this thank you

Lovely relaxing vid Sandy. Always watch your content, and what a fantastic welcome home waiting for you. As somebody once said 'try locking your wife and your dog in the boot of your car on a freezing cold night, and in the morning when you let them out, see which one gives you the best welcome'.

Proper Job!

Very interesting thanks!

Such a good video Sandy, really enjoyable as always

Great video . The bird you referred to singing a two note song is a great tit . After that a Robin the the dominant bird with a repetitive set of phraases is a song thrush . As you are putting away the candle holder there’s a short waffle call like laughter - that’s a green woodpecker

I’m a big fan of this tent. Breezy yes but putting snow on the sides subsides this when the whites stuff falls. I’ve added a snow skirt which makes it work very well.

Great video Sandy 👍

Nice outing. Have fun stay safe.

That feast you prepared with the salmon and mash was incredibly visually appealing in addition to the rest of your video which was great!

Well done Sandy, i admire your attention to detail..raking the leaves to leave no trace. Keep the videos coming, we love them , cheers Jon

I know what you mean, mate, about the springtime coming back I can't wait to see the woodland come back to life ...

Thanks for taking us along, W.M. and yes, ‘urry up Spring.

great vid again andy how is mandy lovely to see them dogs make a fuss of you

What a beautiful looking candle lantern! Looked like a lovely night away Sandy - your stove and tent worked a treat and great that you could carry them on your bike 😎Fab that you have such fine places to escape to so close to home!! 😉

Hello old friend , superb to see out the bike on a local camp trip. Always amazed by your seemingly endless collection of ilumination devices. Brilliant that you can fit such a comprehensive setup on bike. ATVB2U Sandy, Scott Somerset

Always appreciate how you go through the bother to take us along with you.

Great Video Sandy; I feel a bit sad for the track cut through your permission woodland, We need to preserve wild woodlands. It Reminds Me of the Dire Straits Song, Telegraph Road.

Always a good day when one of your vids pops up Sandy. Thanks fir taking us along mate. AtB Coops 👍🏻🚴

Lovely video Sandy, thank you. Looking forward to getting out camping.

Really great video! I find these very relaxing to watch. I also saw you in Charlie's Royal Enfield meet up at the airport.

Got some fancy gaffs round your way mate !

Always admire you for getting out In whatever season. It seems to have been a long winter 🥶 so I’ll be pleased to see spring coming in. As always a lovely camp out

-11⁰ and a foot and half of snow here in Norway .. You make it look very "Spring'y"

Really good to see you out in the woods for a camp again mate. Love the video, always keeps me entertained, and I can enjoy the relax with you, so cheers for that Sandy. Still my turn this weekend after madness of the week I'm hitting the wood for a couple of nights myself. Keep up the good work Sandy, love all the videos bud. Regards to one and all in the house of the Wiltshire Man. Moose.

Another enjoyable camp bro, hope your summer turns out better than our wet one and we are still getting rain it poured down last night. Was hoping with the wind going back to the default west last month we would get back to normal , well still getting rain. Safe travels.

Brilliant video Sandy, like a Wiltshire version of Patrick Dickinson. (I actually found you because of your commenting on Pat's videos and checked your channel out, glad I did, to see a collab of you two would be something special!) Liked and Subbed 👍 And Wiltshire has beautiful Countryside, very similar to Cheshire, (where I'm from) and I've a soft spot for Avebury, been there many times, and have a few friends in Marlborough. Take care All the best Dave (and Buddy the doggo)

Always a pleasure watching you and sharing in your videos!

Top video & excellent knife maker :-)

Nice work Sandy

Always love your videos, just such a lovely chilled woodland camp. I see you do the same as I do when you return home..greet the dogs first before the wife😂, case of who shouts loudest me thinks. 😉

I can't say why but that was one of your really good 'uns. 🙂

Really enjoyed this one buddy, that stove is some job might consider that for my own adventures. Congrats on the gear haul on the bike too, even at 6 miles you’ve a good bit of gear!

Another inspiring overnight Sandy. Keep them coming please. I use the verbal equinox as my signal to start cycle camping for another Spring, so plan to get out next week. Useful looking tent, but my old bones couldn't cope with those draughts. Cheers from Spain.

Great video again Mr W, thank you. Your meals look amazing too, everything always tastes better when outdoors (food or drink), thanks again, thumbs up left for you.👌👍

Been meaning to try the idaho mash sandy , I've seen it in so many tube videos 👌 thankyou for taking us along , As Scott says the camera work alone is a chore in itself 🙌 my pleasure to give you a 👍,s Up 👏 A PROPER JOB as the bottle states 🍻👍

Thank you for sharing your adventure! I always enjoy your videos, Sandy. Cheers!

Another relaxing watch as always. Thanks for taking us along with you. Since discovering your channel a couple of years back I've been much more inspired to get back out on a few wild camps myself. Now my son has taken an interest too I think it's a good idea to find a permission, do you have any advice on approaching landowners?

I have to say your Chanel is amazing I appreciate the quality if your video skills it looks like a lot of hard work thank you so very much .❤

This showed up on my feed. I’m a 50+ yo just looking at getting into bikepacking in the southern US. Seeing you do what I dream of is an inspiration and gives me confidence that I can also do it myself solo. 🙏

Great to see you out making the most of life. looked very good for the soul. thanks for sharing

Fab video as always thanks for sharing your quality adventures

Well done Sandy a great adventure 👍👍

Yay!!! One of my fav you toobers in another video sneaking off for a while!! X

Thanks for another good video. I used to love the cold. As I have got older, I now just want to be warm! I am hating the cold. It just causes pain. Which is sad because it means in the winter/spring I hardly go out. I do miss that.

The cold hard camps make the nicest camps twice as sweet. We had false spring here too. Went from best weather of the year to cold and grey.. Hoping it swings back the other way. Good things to come if we watch and wait.

You’re a brave man being out there in that cold damp weather. To get some of the video takes extra energy so it’s appreciated . Just wondering, how come the majority of your tents don’t have a floor to them, why is that, wouldn’t it be warmer and cozier. Thanks for sharing. Tony.

Awesome camp mate, your an inspiration to me, if you can go camping so can I😀 And I will after healing a bit more from my knee surgery. I’m 61and a bit over weight, but must get back out there. Cheers from Oklahoma.

Thank you for bringing us with you on your trips

Simple stuff, done really well Sandy🖤👌Thank you and KTF🙏

Lovely video Sandy. Candle timelapse was great and that dinner !!!! You earned it 🤘

Love the candle lantern 😻

If my feet get cold, it takes a very long time for me to stop shivering! If my feet are cold then I am cold! I love a good fire, and the stove is fantastic, especially as it is another way to cook, too!!! It's a shame the airflow gaps are taking away the heat 😢 The Spring Equinox or Vernal Equinox, is next week, Monday 20th March 2023 at 0924pm, where the dark and the light is equal. See you on the next one 👋

Lovely stuff Sandy. What a pleasant wee camp. I like your lantern- very retro. Bike camping with style that was.