Risking life and limb in oceans of fallen trees to keep the mission alive (ENGLAND PART 2)
Good evening patreons! Here's episode 2 for you. Hope you enjoy.
Some speech might be difficult to hear - use good speakers/headphones if possible and use the man made subtitles
Day 1 of my most ambitious adventure to date continues and not only is there plenty more farmland to sneak through, but there is also unforeseen trepidation ahead. Completing this epic 14 mile day would deliver me to the freedom of the remote and rugged lands of Northumberland. If the farmers don't have something to say about that however, ghastly swathes of fallen trees left by recent storms certainly would...
$4 TIER: I am technically on paternity leave but I'm hoping to get a little something filmed for you in the week which will hopefully be with you the following week :)
Risking life and limb in oceans of fallen trees to keep the mission alive (ENGLAND PART 2) (YouTube)
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I was wondering, have you ever considered not wearing Camouflage? If I was a Farmer in rural England, watching someone in Camouflage entering my properties, I'd be very cautious and fearful even... If that person were to wear something less soldier-y, I'd look at that more relaxed I think. Congratulaions to Verity and you! You're a lovely couple and you will be fabulous parents!
Having a child changes your outlook on life Tom - I've been there recently. Things that you'd have done in a heartbeat previously, you stop and think about when you have a kid. There's nothing to be ashamed of, you're putting your family first and that's admirable. It may sound stupid, and kinda against the spirit of these adventures - but have you ever thought about trying to carry a lightweight collapsible ladder or something for parts of your missions where you're likely to encounter these fallen trees?
Im so late to this party, watching them tonight. Also, Northumberland is my home ❤️. Such a beautiful place
Boy or girl? Congrats Tom and Verity! 😊
Great series so far! Also love that you're still using the same music of yours, it's giving me nostalgia to watching Wales 1 for the first time!
Hi Tom! I just subscribed here on Patreon after seeing this new Mission, and I wanted to let you know that I found it surprisingly difficult to find you here on Patreon! There's the link in the youtube video, ofc., but just typing in "Geowizard" directly on patreon showed me 2 other channels (TTSVoiceWizard, Jonas Kwiedor) as suggestions and I had to go into "See all results" to find you. Very minor thing of course and not "difficult" to do if you know it, but it's just a bit strange to me and it did make me question and double check if you had a patreon when you first didn't show up. So maybe something patreon could answer or explain, because it would be a shame if people didn't do the double-check I did, or just said f**k it and didn't try further, just because there's something weird with how you show up in the search results. Could also just be me who had this issue, but in any case, thanks for the years of fun and advanture I could very comfortably join you on and best wishes to you and Verity!! Cheers!
for the fallen tree sections I would think putting microspikes on your shoes would be a wise step (pardon the pun).
Congrats to you & Verity! Hope you guys are all well. Loving this series so far, didn’t realise how much fear fallen trees could strike into me just from watching though!
Leaving this video with the urge to play kerplunk, no idea why
Sitting here watching this episode when I stopped to think what a profound impact your videos have on my week. I usually dislike sundays and get the monday blues in advance, but when ever a series of yours is running I wake up excited to make a proper fancy breakfast to have with the episode and my mood starts of at 10/10. Thanks for that man!
Lil boy or girl???
Wizard
Great effort Tom. Fully appreciate the difficult judgement calls. Onwards!
Honestly can’t believe you made it through those pines. So dangerous, especially those underneath parts where just one wrong shift of weight could leave you pinned or worse. Be careful mate, the little one will need you. That being said, I know you’re a professional. Having a kid changes a person. I used to do a lot of spelunking prior to having a kid, including semi water filled challenges… now I just can’t face that rush. Anyhow, enough waffling from me. Hope all is well with the newborn, I’m now six weeks away from the second. Depending on how many parts there are to this series, I could be watching the finale from the delivery room! I just hope my kid can make it a straight line mission into the world from the womb… ok, that’s just too weird. Apologies.
agreed mate, I was treading a fine line. I figured the force at which they would have come down would have planted them pretty solidly into that position, but what do I know.. Best of luck with the birth of your second child!
Paternity Leave indeed! Congratulations to you both! I'll watch the vid in a bit...
Brilliant thank you! Quite concerned by the last few seconds of next week's preview though. Look after yourself!
I've been looking forward to this all week
Trooper you are Tom, anything lined up with Russ Cook in the near future?
hopefully yes! but He'll be a busy guy now
Have you considered having the support crew film themselves? I think it would make as an interesting mini series.
Yes, I agree. I’ve suggested in the past a “Verity Cam”
I think there's an audio issue at 12:15.
Finished all my Saturday todos around the house, took one to the dome, then I see the next video has dropped. Great start to the weekend, cheers.
That van is an absolute gamechanger for a mission like this. Obviously there's the shelter/supplies element, but mostly I just can't imagine there being even the slightest chance of getting through this one without having two friendly faces and a warm van to struggle towards each day. It's an emotional support van with added benefits.
Thanks Tom for putting this up at Champions 🏆 League Final time, 👏 but F**K IT Straight line trumps it Lol 😆
The Master returns! I've done my fair share of beasting plantations, those fallen sections are a nightmare true enough, but you navigated 2 of them in good time - let's hope you keep it up and persevere! You have to do this!
strangely, i dont find the forests dangerous, just a fun obstacle course but i do love chaos :D.
I agree, they are kinda fun! It's mainly the fact I was on my own that makes it so unnerving..
I'm digging the zoom effect in the edits! Pass it on to the new editor.
Tom kept saying he was going to have to go through someone’s garden, but never did. Just their back yards. I didn’t even see a garden.
in UK garden means back yard!
The irony of a shipping container with massive letters saying GOLD immediately after a 28 metre deviation 😂
It knew.
Another corker. Wanted to ask if you re planning on doing another video with your brother, where you guys try to live from the land? I really enjoyed that one. Thanks Tom
I reckon we will do another one of these yes! He's currently travelling the world, but when he's back I'll try and get him on board!
So so so happy
The good thing is that we at least know you made it through alive, as we are seeing these videos.
Curious if you've ever though about bringing a light, telescopic ladder along some of these? Mostly for those wooded sections, I used to lay a ladder down on blackberry patches to climb over them
I've thought about it yeah, it's just hard to know where the really bad patches will be, and as light as some of them are, perhaps not quite light enough!
The abandoned chicken place was actually (probably very active) pheasant shelters that they use to breed then ultimately hunt them
Champions league's on mate!?
Tom, mate, you have an uncanny knack for posting videos that do the job of brightening my spirits just as I’m in the middle of an absolute shit day. I was rightly moping around the house when this arrived. Thank you so much, your content is top notch.
Huge congratulations agin Tom! Thank you for still making content for us even on paternity leave! Much love x
Congratulations Tom on the birth of your baby!
Paternity leave! Congratulations!!
Bro the champions league final just started 😂
Released just as the champions league final starts. You tease 😂
GET IN, this has saved my night
Let's go