Hiking & wild camping in the New Forest

Liam is like that random cousin you are relieved to see at a boring family get together.

The New Forest is my local national park! If you find yourself over here again, I'd recommend Rhinefield - where you'll really see some giant sequoias, douglas firs, and redwoods like you'd find in California or Oregon. There are some great spots. Ringwood Brewery is local, and makes some really great beer - the razorback being a favourite pale ale of mine. Enjoying the videos dude!

Found this channel recently and I'm so glad I did. It's good to be reminded of the pure beauty of just being out in the wilderness, exploring and enjoying everything around. Making me want to take up wildcamping and thinking about routes and places I'd like to see. Thank you!

Lovely video. New Forest is our ‘local’ national park. ‘Forest”, as well as usually meaning a large area of woodland, also means a hunting reserve set aside for royalty and in which special (and draconian) laws applied. That’s the original meaning here. Lesser nobility had ‘chases.’ Just for info.

I love the New Forest, one of my favourite places. So happy to hear the cuckoo too, they are becoming quite rare in the UK.

A lovely camping spot and great vid, the area described as "deforested" is actually heathland, are rare and significant environment in its own right.

I went camping in the new forest a long time ago near stoney cross and was amazed at the thousands of carnivorous sundews around the bogs and the new forest is a great place to camp, i remember there was a pub call the oliver cromwell that sold some really fine ales

Love your videos, the perfect way of relaxing after a tough day at work, supporting autistic teenagers in a school. Thank you for sharing such relaxing appreciation of nature.

Howdy mate. Great vid...thanks! So, the tiny BRS 3000 stove is quite famous for creating a furious hotspot and destroying nonstick coatings. Its brilliant for boiling water, but cooking and frying can get a bit challenging. I can't remember where, but I came across a lightweight hack, that really works a treat. It revolves around half a mesh sphere, from those tea clampy things, you can pick up for peanuts, in the kitchen utensils isle. The half sphere fits perfectly between the folding potstands. You have to put a dent in the mesh with your thumb, but it really does a great job in dissipating heat more evenly.

Hey Liam! Loving the videos at the moment - they’re so relaxing and easy to watch! Would love to see you do a hike all across Dartmoor! I think you’d really love the scenery and the history. Either way, keep up the great content x

Only came across you last week or the week before. And you have inspired me so much. I find myself eyeing up flat spots good for camping. I've got a list of bits ready to order and I plan to go to the highlands and Snowdonia.

Thank you. I'm a recent scriber. Loving your hikes. My son's a wild camper, recently did Norway. Wild camping isn't illegal in Norway. Beautiful in summer. But expensive. Wouldn't your feet fair better in hiking boots. Trainers aren't water proof. Hiking boots will keep your feet dry, warm. Better for long treks.

Gorse bushes burn easy so don't start a fire near them, farmers normally burn them in the winter. Normally control burn them so they don't set fire to everything in the summer

You are the most inspirational person I watch on YouTube. Keep it up mate.

Hey Liam, not sure about the UK but in Australia we have a thing called ‘back burning’ where the fire brigade will burn sections of forest in a controlled manner so that if a wildfire were to break out, it would not have as much fuel available and could be managed easier. Loving the videos

Live in the New Forest area, awesome to see you walking the same places i have.

Loving this series. Probably going to do this myself. As for the coffee get yourself an aeropress. Less waste and better Java 👌. All the best.

Will watch this evening and so looking forward to time with you.

I loved the sounds of the birds. So sweet! :-D

Grew up in the New Forest. Love this!