We went wild camping in the winter in the UK on the South West Coast path in January. That was a mammoth challenge and way harder than we expected. We hike 35km across Dorset’s Jurassic Coast from Swanage to Durdle Door, camping in a tent in freezing temperatures along the way for 2 nights. We battle storms, soaking wet sleeping bags, rollercoaster cliff paths and extremely long, cold nights!
00:00 Intro to our UK winter van life series
00:34 Let’s go camping in a storm!
01:40 A clumsy start
03:21 What’s the Jurassic Coast?
05:12 The first of many falls
07:35 Searching for a place to camp
09:07 Setting up camp
11:19 Morning from a very cold tent
12:25 We need to cover a lot of ground
13:28 Absolutely mad weather!
14:50 Starting to doubt we’ll make it
16:47 Lulworth Cove
17:10 Camping AGAIN 😬
17:51 the WORST night in the tent
19:33 Durdle Door
If you’re new here, we’re Tom and Iz, a couple who have been living in a van for the last few years. We’ve explored Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Romania in our little home on wheels, La Bamba. If you missed any of these series you can check them out in our playlists. We most recently got back from a 10 week trip to Nepal (without the van), trekking in the Himalayas. We are now creating our UK WINTER VAN LIFE series and we would love you to join us! We usually upload on a Sunday at 5pm UK time. Our aim for this series is to get out there and explore areas of natural beauty in the UK that neither of us have been to before, getting outside in the elements and making the most of our British winter! We think winter is beautiful and we can’t wait to explore a bit closer to home.
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Well done to both of you. 👏👏
Add some hot hands hand warmers in to your sleeping bags its heavenly with the cold weather up in Scotland
As soon as I saw the route my first thought was "Well, that's a windy challenge". Next time do it west to east and take a kite to pull you!
For Goodness sakes get yourselves abroad before the British weather makes working in an office seem like a more desirable option to travel 🙂
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Great inspirational video guys…well done 👏👏
Agreed a mistake!
Good stuff guys! Looking forwards to more lost in tent….I would suggest maybe upgrading to a waterproof tent though 😅. Also, a decent air mattress will be smaller and as light as those awful thin foam rolls, and they make a HUGE difference to how much heat you lose to the ground and how comfortable your night is. Keep smashing it!
WILD CAMPING IN WINTER WAS A MISTAKE: No it wasn't, you guys will giggle remembering this in thirty years time. Well done, good stuff.
why did you change the thump nail ? well done to 40k , 100k buy the end of the year ,
The bags under your eyes after the second night are only slightly bigger than the ones you carry on your back 😄 Pity the swearing around 2.00am wasn't captured but I guess you cannot share absolutely everything…
Jesus but it looks awful. Have you not heard of Spring?
Hello Isabel and Tom, very much looking forward to your trekking the wilds of your native UK. First episode showed a rough situation with weather and rains, blustery to say the least !!! But you both stuck to the challenge. Now please , hope the Weather Gods cooperate on your next treks and destinations. Be Well and THANK YOU for sharing your adventures to the wild locations of your home country. Best always, Bernie — in Minnesota USA
Cool video! Beautiful adventure. Well done. New follower here. Crow✌️
Congratulations guys..
Guys, I know this might sound weird but I'm so proud of you both. You traversed Scotland and Ireland in a campervan. Then took on the milder climes of Continental Europe and then like mad people decided to pop over to little old Nepal for a few months. But, that wasn't the end of the madness now you are back in blighty in the middle of winter camping in a tent. You are doing what so many of us would like to have the balls to do but don't. Its lovely to see how close you both are and the way you both seem to know each other so well. I'm sure you have "small" diss-agreements but you are taking these shared experiences and challenges in your stride as a couple. I love the way you support each other *blush*.
And obviously the highlights of all your videos for me is Tom's Ireland cap !
(stay safe and stay warm, check out the Metkiio heater, might be an idea for your tent)
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So you are taking the 'worst of British weather' on the South Coast of England? I would have thought that the North of Scotland, or the Shetland or Orkney island might be the places that are better situated given the term of 'worst British weather'.
You are such a nice couple ! Tom is always telling interesting stories and Iz seems always to be in a positive mood 😅 I love watching you guys 👌👍 Please keep making movies forever !😊
Love your content. Been watching for a year… But, maybe, sleep in the van in the winter and leave the camping for the summer months !!!
Hey Tom & Iz
Nice to see you braving it out there in those storms and brought even closer because I live in these parts..
Great channel, love your content..Looking forward to more adventures 🤙🏻
Good work you two. That bit of coast is hard going particularly in bad weather. We did this stretch of the coastal path a couple of years ago when we were completing the south west coast path and it was the muddiest bit as you clearly showed in your video!
Well done. Very brave. If you are coming up to Norfolk you are very welcome to stay here, garden or house. Susan & William.
Enjoyed watching that.
We’ve dabbled in tent wild camping but only in the mountains so I think we need to consider the coast moving too 🤩
That was brilliant. More, more, more….
Please sell me the van when ye are going to upgrade it, which I see as being inevitable. She will have a lovely home in the west of Ireland….
You two are brilliant. I'm so glad I found your channel. Such a journey but having seen you in Napal I know you have no problem with UK. So proud of you both especially with that rain and wind. Take care.
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Kia ora guys, wow that was brutal British winter weather well done to yous both,on a side note my heart goes out to the people of Nepal and the tragic plane crash may they r.i.p 😞
Serious achievement, well done – and Iz retains her title of the most cheerful vegan on the planet.
Well done guys. I live just down the road from Durdle For at Osmington Mills. If I'd known you were there, I'd have bought you something hot. It's tough terrain that path.
Ye are certainly proof that when the going gets tough the tough get going and keep going! 💪 Well done 👏 👏👏
Never saw anything so pointless
Nepal's flag on the bag, I Loved it.
Blimey…well done. That looked hellish! 😆
Smashed it guys! Well played, we didn't even bother going out in the van last few weeks as it was so cold and windy so we have been shamed here with your efforts 😂.
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I hope you still have your ears Tom😊 looks amazing but maybe in the summer for us.. I do very much enjoy your vids.. Thank you guys.