Solo Wild Camping Tarp Tent suspended from a Tripod Frame Bushcraft Fun in the Forest!

Hi wild ones! I'm here with my tarp today and I'm gonna have a go at a suspended tarp tent. So I've done about three tarp tents I think in the past all using my amazing trekking pole right in the middle which has worked fantastically well. The only trouble is of course it does cut your living space right in half because it's right in the centre of your tarp. So this time I'm gonna try to make a tripod on the outside so it's gonna support the tarp from the outside and gonna have lots of room underneath and I've also bought a lovely little traditional oil lamp so that's really cool. Never used one before excited to try that it's gonna be lovely let's go. The first thing I'm gonna do is to set the tarp out in the tent tarp formation, peg it in and then I'm gonna find three nice bits of wood to try and make this tripod. Okay I've got some wood I'm gonna saw these down I don't know what length I'm supposed to be doing really So I'm just gonna guess I've got my silky, love my silky. I'm gonna try lashing these two together and then see if I can join the third one on as well. I think they're definitely long enough yeah I think if I can tie them together like this should work pretty well so I'm just digging these end bits in to make it a bit more stable keep it nice and sturdy. Oh I love it. So usually I would have from here at the top to the ground trekking pole right in the middle and that of course gets right in the way so yeah so much space now. I don't know if you can make it out but there is so much room in here like so much room it's amazing just not having that center pole makes such a difference this is gonna be such a nice night. That is just a little bit of heaven. Right I'm gonna move in I'm gonna get unpacked I'll show you around. So across here at the back I've got my bed set up I'm probably when I go to sleep gonna move it so my head's near the door because I just like having the fresh air but at the moment it's great there out the way and just you know if you wanted to there is enough room to sleep this way around. So in here I've got my Rabocent 900, my floofy Aloft, Trekology Aloft pillow, my Therm-a-Rest Ex-Therm Max Regular and it's all in an outkit bivvy bag so I'll do that up and that will stop any bugs getting in and down this side I've got all my gear so I've got my empty rucksack there I've got my big bag of floofy clothes there my toiletries my electronics and filming stuff my food and my cook set and water near the door so yeah I think we're all set up and I'm getting hungry so I'm gonna make some food soon I've got a lovely chilli tonight so I've had a bit of a disaster with my oil lamp already I don't know what happened with it it's like the oil itself ignited instead of just the wick and then the whole wick just burnt away and I didn't bring any spare wicks so I've not been able to fix it up that's a shame just have to sit there looking pretty no light in it dinner's nearly ready yay wine cheers guys it's such a beautiful night tonight no rain there's a moon up there the owls are out as well it's so gorgeous so relaxing that was absolutely gorgeous right new stuff that I've got for today I've got a new little power bank it is an anchor one same as my other one but this is the slim version so it's smaller thinner lighter so this will be good for my little single overnighters but it won't be enough for my multi-night trips but one overnight just takes a bit of weight off so yeah loving that my lantern which is busted up already somehow don't know what's going on with that have a look at it when I get home and read guide about that so I've been using my trangia as a little campfire which is quite nice actually although it won't last for long I'll run out of fuel all right hot water's on a lovely hot chocolate tonight so that'd be nice I've got a couple of little friends in my tarp already I've got little spotter friends and little shield bug friends so they're very sweet making themselves right at home it's quite mild tonight eight degrees at the moment and I don't think it's going to get much colder either but I've still got my hot hands in my sleeping bag I'm not quite out of my winter habits yet so I'll be nice and cozy in there I'm gonna finish my drink and then I'm gonna get to bed it's getting a bit windy out there so I was gonna lay with my head out the door but I'm on a very slight slope downhill so I don't want to lay with my head downhill I can't lay like that so I'm gonna lay like this that's fine and because I'd rather have my face sort of away from this I'm sticking out the door a little bit and that's fine because I've got the booby bag booby bags are amazing you just lay out in the rain and it's fine so really cozy it's really nice just laying here listening to the wind night guys sweet dreams the deer are out again hello dear friends morning you guys didn't sleep very well last night nothing campy really is just didn't want to sleep for some reason that's fine it's really nice listening to the little bit of rain on the birdsong this morning it's beautiful it's over brekkie I reckon hey breakfast oh it's raining let's go in so cozy in here I'm gonna finish my coffee guys and then I'm gonna get going so thank you so much for watching and I will see you next time for a can't wait take care guys bye