OFFROAD EXPLORING AND WILD CAMPING IN THE LAND ROVERS

can you believe it another trip back to Wales this time me Chris and Zach are heading to Elan Valley and Nash Oakland wild camping gonna be cooking camping off-roading and just generally having a laugh come with us this time I hope you enjoy the video [Music] so we've just arrived at Nash Oakland I was two and a half hours late and I met Chris and Zach at the pub and now we're heading up to the woods um it's cool to be back here again I think we're going to be here alone haven't said hello to the family yet but uh yeah we're just heading straight up gonna go find a place and we've got lots of gates in our way so just opening the gates now but yeah it's great to be here be a good first night and then head to Elan tomorrow [Music] if you haven't been Nash Oakland really is one of those spots you just have to visit you get to be on your own in the woods no amenities and you really feel like you're in the wild it was time to set up camp Chris and Zach were in the roof tents and I was in the back of Boris [Music] I volunteered to be Chef for dinner and breakfast and I definitely felt like sure no from four-wheel drive action it was great to just catch up after a few months and not see each other no agenda just have a few beers and put the world to rights and before long it was time for bed it's safe to say we had a pretty slow morning all quite tired Zach and Chris were woken up in the middle of the night by a branch fully on Chris's Bonnet I had no idea what it was thankfully I was tucked up inside sound asleep and didn't wake up [Music] if you've seen my videos before there's no guessing what I was doing the classic bacon and scrambled eggs in a wrap all I can say is don't knock it till you try it and the boys definitely enjoyed it foreign [Music] [Music] now it's got a few clips for ore and with Chris and Zach and uh next we're gonna do a few lanes this here just a few little bit around the Woodland here and then head off to Elan Valley which is a great spot I'm sure you've either been there or heard of it or seen it in one of my videos but back to the agenda for today and then we're going to stay in a pub tonight and uh yeah just chill out obviously it's quite nice to just sort of have a really relaxed plan with not too much involved but we'll be cool to get up there because these guys have never been up to Elon Valley before and it's a nice spot so yeah that's what our day holds for us not sure if you could hear it there but Boris obviously has something squeaking going on not sure quite what it is but oh steady on just thought on the way out of Nash Oakland we could just explore some of the trails that they've got around the woods see the other Camp spots that there are that we can sort of maybe find for next time and see if we could come across anything a little bit more difficult than a muddy track just up ahead of us around the corner there was this left hand they're very sharp quite steep obviously you can't see it on camera and excuse me generally I just tried to make things look a bit more interesting [Music] um it's good to get that demand exhaust chirping and get the wheel spinning [Music] Scout is definitely a lot more of a pretty Beast than Boris but still manages this steep little corner easily Chris is up next in his rebuilt amazing 110. look at that nice and easy [Music] look at them crawling it while I was making a mess spinning the wheels and making loud noises [Music] [Music] with a small taste of green leaning under our belts and Hunger for More it was time to the head to the next location he's in the middle again we were just teasing Zach for being in the middle of the pack every gate of which there is three heroes in the middle I opened them Chris closed them so we just have to get him back for that and finally as we got to the final one finally he's done one Jesus when you pay a visit here you have to do their water crossing we did it a few times oh it's quite cool it's quite a good one though it's not too bad is it now it's Zach turn to do the little water crossing here it's not too bad there you go he had water up over the bonnet I have to say with all that mud collected from the campsite proper soggy mud it was good to just get the chassis and tires and wheels washed off before we head off onto the Road easy peasy really just a bit of a Wheel Wash but fun nevertheless and pretty cool to have it at a campsite so it was time to pay up say goodbye to the owners and then head back through the water one last time [Music] [Music] so right now we're heading on the main road between Nash Oakland and uh Valley which is great it's about midday now and we'll just have to you really um we've had a really good day to advise you saw we just hit all the boards did a little bit of the new lanes that are in the works at Elan not too much yeah we're just on our way now which is great I love The Valleys you know it's beautiful around here you just feel like you're on a proper adventure and you're around this part of the world and it's a fantastic place to be and it's great to be with a good friend so yeah looking forward to getting to Elan and having a little bit of an explore thank you the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere Bridges dams reservoirs green lanes and amazing views Elon Valley has it all and I just love bringing people here that haven't been before I still remember the first time that I came here and I was amazed [Music] it's mandatory you get a photo here and also a great thumbnail [Music] thank you thank you reached the top of one of the valleys you get to this Reservoir with an amazing gravel track around the outside little narrow Bridges which take some people by surprise but it's just a beautiful place to explore [Music] it's not often you get traffic up on here it's great to be followed by three Defenders have a chat with them and all get abused by a dog walker [Music] shot of Chris's truck by Zach Zach owned Scout or Scout the defender on YouTube so do check him out he provided quite a few clips of Boris for this edit I just want to thank him for that and make sure you go and check his channel out in the description below cool spot isn't it [Music] it's not a difficult Green Lane it is a cool gravel track and the beauty definitely is the USP for this it's time to head back down to the other Green Lane and say goodbye to this great spot just below that previous Lane a short drive later you get to another track starting at a farm and ending at another one running alongside the river and next to the road you've got a Green Lane starting with two gates and a river crossing it's more challenging bumpy with water Crossings but it's really good fun shutting the gates a bit of a thing so what we could do is all go through and then I'll reverse with someone holding if you heard that correctly that was we'll all go through then I'll reverse back with someone on the car just keep that in mind for later this truck is always pride of place at the shows it's good to see it's also capable covered in ore bits check the description down below to find anything you need who's that hanging on it's me no I didn't mind doing it my feet got a little bit wet had to hold on to the hinge four times I've been to Elan this is the second time I've done this Lane it's nice and open but still quite challenging for the other guys that actually have good paint jobs doesn't scratch them down the sides like the Devon Lanes do but it's still a good challenge a few Rock steps to drop down a few water Crossings and it's just good fun with a good view [Music] I just can't get over how good the demand exhaust sounds Zach has one too behind me and they just sound amazing [Music] foreign [Music] didn't have a camera facing forward for that bit there's a left lane there's a lot deeper than I expected didn't go in with any power but still came out been a little while since I've been on a trip like this but it's really great to come out with the guys just be in the middle of nowhere no real agenda and just use the trucks as they're meant to be Boris was actually away from the house for about a month at this point and when you've not sort of driven it you get to it it's Rusty lots of stuff to do you sort of get disheartened and trips like this just being able to use the trucks on these amazing little gravel roads just really get your head back into the game of just how good these trucks are how much of a privilege it is to own these and go on adventures and I'm just really excited for the rest of the year the shows and other trips that we're going to be doing [Music] foreign no challenge at all it's a really cool Lane I've never done it going up actually I quite like to do the other way around um I've only done it coming down this way and that would be a bit of a challenge but that's good fun though look at these three trucks in this environment brilliant isn't it on it foreign down through the final sheep field and you emerge in a farm it's a little bit of a challenge trying to work out how to leave the farm without entering any of their other yards or barns but you get out and you find yourself back on the main road so there we go we are back down from the top of Eland we've done the lane as you just saw the Top Lane as well and uh the guys really like it here just nice to show people it it really does feel like you're absolutely out in the middle of nowhere and it's just a fantastic place to come so yeah just heading back down now I'm not sure what the plan is now what we're doing it's about half five so probably time to sort of start wrapping up and to be staying in a town just nearby which would be great so yeah just heading back now and literally as I'm looking now on the way out Skye look at that it's really good it's been raining all day it's always rainy when I'm up here I think I think all the four times I've been here it was sunny once but I guess it all adds to the sort of moodiness of it all doesn't it so cool so after this we head back down into the town and we stayed at a pub that night I had such a good time and the next morning it was time to head home to those gravel tracks and clay and muddy Lanes it was time to give Boris a proper wash first at Tesco and then finished at home I'm sure everyone has their methods when it comes to cleaning cars everyone seems to be an expert I definitely don't claim to be I just try and get most of the debris off first then go over with the foam brush and make sure there's lots of nice suds all over it I find that if you're just you know jet washing the car you seem to get loads of the mud off and it looks great when it's wet dries off and there's loads of stuff left over I'm sure a lot of people have had the same sort of situation I just like to come to the uh Supermarket first to give it a good clean a good sort of get everything off uh not get them driveway really muddy when I get back get the bucket and some microfibers out with some soap and properly clean and finish it off when you get back but just doing this first just means that you don't get everything just absolutely coated when you get back home assistant [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm not sure if you're like me but I definitely enjoy watching sort of detailed videos I know this isn't actually caked in mud but it's nice to just sort of watch people get to work and just sort of transform their track a little bit I like to do it every now and then you know most the time you get a comment from someone saying oh they're meant to be dirty but I do agree you know when you're out and about and you're you've got it dirty it does look good like that but I feel looking after it well and stopping it from getting too rushy like mine is is always a good idea as you saw I didn't actually use the tent in Wales but as it was sunny the day I got back it had been closed for the whole winter I thought it was time to get it out in the sun get all the flaps open give it a nice sort of wipe down and make sure it's nice and dry for the next season seeing Chris exactly there's definitely made me want to get back in mine foreign did manage to get in a lot of places obviously up in the cabin where your feet go is bad but also the carpet under your feet in the actual sleeping area and even on the rear table managed to get everything out give it a good wipe give it a clean and also while I was there I thought I would organize these sort of storage containers remove some of the food that's been in there for a little while replenish that and just give everything a little bit of a neat enough oh so not too long ago I made this little bracket on the back here which is this wooden piece now if I showed it before but it's sort of um a sort of quick design just to try and keep this sort of attached there because it did sort of fall down quite a bit I used a piece of the elastic there to hold the pillow to it as well that elastic me to just go along the whole thing and try and keep the wood and the cushion towards the back um so what I've done is just made this long piece with a loop underneath so what you do you pull that and then on here there's a hole and you you use that long piece to feed it through the hole like that and then as you pull the loop through you um you put this piece of dowel through like that and then the loop holds it to the wall and even though it's not the most neat thing it is when you put the cushion down and uh it does really hold it up well and then that piece of elastic holds that there I don't like this I think I'd rather have like Velcro on the back of this but you know if you've got the blanket on it it holds there and you can still lean on it and it just doesn't move around so that's the thing I just thought I'd show you so here you are I thought I'd show you a little bit of a before and after and with that the cleaning is done and the trip is over I hope you enjoyed this adventure and the video that came from it thanks for watching and I'll see you next time [Music]

Channel: Boris The Defender

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Length: 22min 24sec (1344 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 23 2023