7 Channels You Should be Watching. [& why I disappeared]

hello you lot it's been a while so getting  on three months ago now i let out a video   not very well articulated basically explaining  that um i wanted to take some time away by design   that video was only supposed to be out for  24 hours because i knew it was going to cause   more uh heat and interaction than i  was willing to deal with at the time   yeah i joined the height of the male strum going  on in my brain that i just wanted to grab and stop   but essentially guys i just  took a bit of a tumble um   things just got on top of me um so many people  knowing absolutely everything about your life   wanting to know more this wave of of interaction  and messages over multiple platforms that you just   can't get away from like the online world  and the real world is so integrated now   it gets a lot and fell down and needed to take  some time off from posting to the big wide world   and it also allowed me to realize that i just  totally got sucked in by the youtube machine the   constant pressure of you need to post  regularly you need to be more clickbaity   you need to add all these adverts more adverts  more adverts you need to sell it's just churn   out content basically and the whole love the  whole everything that i loved about making   videos and all that lot just slowly started to  get stripped away and replaced by this narrative but during that time i've still had plenty of  you messaging and asking what's going on when i'm   coming back so what this video aims to do is cast  a bit of a light on the fact that all of you from   the vast majority of decent people that enjoy the  content they watch and stick with certain creators   right down to the balance that just  like to piss and moan about everything   is that there is an almost infinite amount of  creators out there creating content very similar   to what you currently enjoy and that you miss them  because of your viewing habits or the algorithms   just don't show you them i want to show you seven  channels that really should be explored more   channels that have blown me away by  their production their storytelling   their personality and their journeys and why  i'm baffled why they're not bigger than they   already are i could show you so so many more  and in the future i might but for now here is   seven van life off-grid and alternate living  channels that you really should be watching jake and his journey mate was brought to my  attention last year when we met a band gathering instantly i enjoyed his company his energetic  personality and his ability to click straight   into the group and make everyone laugh and smile  jake was a soldier in the british army but after   serving seven years he's recently got out and has  now begun his adventures into van life he started   out in a ford transit connect micro camper that  he confirmed which gave him a taste while serving   but now that he's free he's upgraded to a  peugeot boxer that he's building whilst living in   the old soldier to nomad coming out and that  transition um and also especially not going into   just normal life as well into the nine to five  it's like sorting your head out or coming from   such a a mental institution and then being just  chucked into flipping hippie life man his videos   now follow along with his re-entry into civilian  life and the ups and downs of such a drastic and   unique change of pace his van build all manner  of outdoorsy goodness the odd adventure thrown   in that are always great to watch and of course  throughout he's always cooking up some form of   awesome van scram a little bit of sauce a little  bit of avocado a little bit of bacon a little bit   of whole grain wrappage and man he's all over  that little bit of love and tenderness jake's   video style and editing is seriously impressive  and encapsulates his personality and gravitating   cheekiness in them providing a more modern faster  paced vlog and some serious laugh out loud moments   make sure you drink all this sort of good stuff  because i need it because i'm literally a grown   child and i'll forget to drink and then i get  grumpy and then no one wants to be around me   all while still being real and relatable i can  see big things for this channel and look forward   to keeping up with jake's journey mate and i  definitely think that you guys should too on   to the next adventure it's been a pleasure  what love gangsters i'll see you next week from rooster road trip is the story of  lucy and ben their incredible little ldv   that could and continues to see some places way  out there that it really wasn't designed to go to   as well as their newest addition their  project bedford cf camper conversion   what i enjoy most about ben and lucy and  what they bring to their videos is their   passion for traveling to places that most just  wouldn't dare much like myself they won't shy   away from pushing their van to the limits  to tackle perilous roads and dirt tracks   all in the aim of exploration and adventure  i really want to go home the road is not good it's usually the place for the falcons it's  not whether you're allowed to drive the road   it's when you can drive the road   these guys have an extensive list of countries  traveled under their belt 28 to be precise but   judging from their videos they seem to have a  soft spot for eastern europe and the balkans   we are in the flushkagora national park in the  north of serbia just outside of navisad and have   managed to cast a beautiful light on places  that most wouldn't think twice about which   has definitely inspired me to add some of those to  my list they're huge fans of hot springs so we'll   always make a beeline for a dip and i've had some  wonderful encounters with the locals of where they   are that so often come with traveling the world  from watching them on and off for a while now i've   been massively impressed with how their videos  have come on leaps and bounds knowing the extra   time and what it takes to get some of these shots  that they get makes it all the more jaw dropping   their level of detail and storytelling makes  for some great watching that you feel a part of   their travels and ldv itself almost came to an  end when an mot inspection basically condemned   the poor van completely complete the mot you just  said no you know what guys this is it's just it's   just too far gone this will never be on the road  again as this was a similar time to when my van   decided it was ready to die i shared this helpless  feeling of loss of our mechanical counterparts   but at the last minute in the most incredible turn  of events that's usually reserved just for movies   xavier came all the way from japan requesting  them to become hosts of a hot springs tv show   stating that the ldv really needs to be a  part of the show and they sent the funds   to start the extensive life-saving repair  work and let the van see the road once again   a truly amazing story that you can hear  much more in detail on their channel   as well as the bedford restoration series  and what they plan to embark on next going over now to something close to my current  standing a couple that makes me feel a total   off-grid noob luke a chef by trade and sarah  an early childhood educator have shared a   passion for travel like many of the channels here  touring through asia australia new zealand and   america they've done the graft within a food truck  business from their home country in malta but this   brought money and not happiness this is when they  stumbled across you guessed it portugal however   these two found this gem before it went mainstream  and all these bloody youtubers started rocking up   they arrived four years ago to check it  out and never left i don't know what it   is but meatball if you move out of the  way people can you move people bait ball   look one take two ticks on meatball  i'll take them off for you in a second   i don't know why i keep trying to film with the  goats it's always a disaster i started watching   these guys whilst i was over in portugal myself  hunting for my land and constantly find myself   dipping back in to see what they're up to and  some awesome projects they also live out here   off-grid on a 17 hectare plot that by the way  is massive just reference you could fit our plot   into theirs almost 41 times i got hooked by their  energy constant smiles and mind-blowing work ethic   their ability to do the things they do and  make the things they make is a true inspiration   and i myself have been inspired by many of their  projects they got to grips with the land made   massive headway built their infrastructure  out of items they could get on their budget   or could find that includes dismantling  their entire caravan to make a chicken coop   and eventually they started to pick up a camera  and record their antics to bring to us in a   wonderfully pleasant and feel-good manner that  in turn would also bring in some money that would   continue to do what they love to do new things  in here too all driven by the need to save money   and make our life more comfortable here and  it's been such a huge learning experience   and we absolutely love it they often throw caution  to the wind and leave the health and safety   behind favouring to get stuck in which is very  much my style okay too many kilos as usual i'm all good and now seasoned off-gridders with  four years under their bout they have created a   playful paradise complete with an ever-growing  animal family that is truly spectacular and a   testament to their dedication and hard work i  bumped into these two a few weeks back by chance   at river beach had a lovely chat and weirdly got a  bit fanboy on them as they've shown me so much of   what is possible out here and can do the same for  you too so get yourself over to luke and sarah's   off-grid life and check them out when we bought  this land i felt like we bought ourselves a huge   present and now we're still unwrapping that  present four years on and we have many many   many more areas to discover now on to the newest  channel of the bunch road viking joe only started   his channel this year but it's already become a  delight to watch being so new to video making he's   not as polished as some of the channels here but  you can see improvement in each and every video   and considering he doesn't have a laptop and does  all of his editing on his phone it's actually   really impressive i don't have a laptop i don't  have anything fancy i'm using a gopro six from   like five years ago the most modern thing i got  is the microphone on the top and a little light   joe's also a full-time vanlifer living in his  big red of aco daily and traveling up and down   the uk as a mobile mechanic and he'll take you  along giving you a refreshingly honest account   of full-time van life in the uk and making  a living on the road joe's a s** hot mechanic   and seemingly mostly he's been working on old  mercedes lately including mine joe played a   part in getting amber back on the road helping me  out and saving the day when i found yet more rust   disclaimer though if you want him to do  welding you need to provide the welder   i mean the man lives in a van he can't carry a  welder everywhere in many ways joe's videos remind   me of myself when i first started i focused on  the storytelling and having a laugh with it rather   than the fancy edit in the music which when you  boil things down all you really need is the story   and he doesn't mind sliding into it i mean yeah  drifting an ivico daily into the field probably   wasn't on his plans well no but it worked he  got me in here while i've been sat down there   again joe is a friend of mine although weirdly  having both grew up in coventry both having close   friend circles similar interests and both going  to the same bars and clubs in our youth it took   until just last year for us to meet but with his  beaming smile and ability to keep you hooked on   a story it'd be hard not to instantly like him  it's safe to say one of my first experiences   of jogging dogging places and then i heard  a male's voice go hello what are you doing   i replied with i was like what do you want and  he said can i come in and my response was maybe   he was a bit savage right but i said no and if you  come in this van i'm gonna you're gonna leave in   pieces the lawyer said to her was sorry and then  jumped into this car and then i heard it drive off   so i can only assume he was looking for a fun  time and he definitely didn't get one recently   joe's had to go back to full-time work for the man  but hopes to get to a stage where he can work from   the road again get over to europe and see what all  this fuss is about so if you enjoyed my early days   and videos head over to road viking subscribe  and watch another newcomers journey flourish   but yeah i'll leave that one now and i'll see  you guys next week hiya welcome back for those   of you who don't know me my name's ivan i've  been traveling the world since 2015. um this   year i decided that i was gonna buy a motorhome  and travel around europe let's see how this goes the next channel is possibly one of the  most well-traveled people i've watched   ivan of curbside travel retired from the world  of finance after having us fill up the rat race   he started with vw campers fixing them up  going to shows and getting a flavor for it   but soon wanted more so he sold his vw his house  and all his belongings bought a plane ticket and   never looked back it's i think it might be tuesday  i don't know what the date is though i think it's   may as well with no plan or time frame ivan has  wandered through some of the best destinations   this planet has to offer starting in copenhagen  where he stepped out the airport had a cigarette   thought bugger this is too cold so went straight  back in on a plane to dubai once there he had   another cigarette in 35 degree heat nah too  hot straight back on a plane to sri lanka   where he found it to be just right and his travels  took off and that story sums up why i really enjoy   watching ivan his videos take you through all  kinds of incredible places around the world   he brings you right into the places where he  is filling the videos with info but also his   brilliant dry humor little rock formations and  caves to walk through look at that pretty amazing   and here is a bloody great hole that i can't even  see the bottom of don't fancy that he's been to   some serious book bucket list locations including  bali indonesia australia singapore malaysia   thailand hong kong mexico usa canada i mean  the list goes on the latter two particularly   caught my eye as ivan often accomplished by his  daughters encapsulated what it's like to travel   through the states in a true american rv something  i've always longed to do another night in the bush   i like it in the bush actually honestly with  59 flights 33 countries and eight equators   of crossings under his belt that's hard to say  i feel meager in comparison as a traveller now   back and having sat through covered like the  rest of the planet and i had the fortune of   our paths crossing down at stonehenge when lance  took a [ __ ] outside his door we then had a very   random night with some awesome welsh guys around  the fire pit and the rest is history we still   keep in touch to this day ivan bought a motorhome  whilst back in the uk and has once again hit the   road to explore europe and has currently gone as  far as turkey if his instagram's anything to go by   there is some seriously good content on his way  so head over to curbside travel get stuck into   the archives of ivan's travels and prep for the  new stuff and i promise you won't be disappointed   boats there's water sunshine *** lovely. we're  those weirdos a family of seven nearly three years ago we gave up our conventional lives  to live travel and work in our self-converted   sprinter vern formerly known as those weirdos  the wildlanders are on a very similar life   path to myself having settled into portugal not a  million miles from us and are now living off-grid   and south sufficiently this is a fantastic  van life and alternate living family channel   consisting of dom missy their daughter rosie dog  juan and cats more flio and bella starting out   in their awesome bright yellow sprinter known as  the sub they fell in love with travel and spent   three years living and traveling on the road  homeschooling rosie and like myself feel travel   is hugely educational and beneficial for kids and  the family should have much more freedom to do so   so they also felt the draw to portugal like so  many others these days and after three years in   their van decided to head on over find a plot of  land way out in the wild settle down and begin   living south sufficiently growing their own food  to live off sussing out what it takes to live off   grid and inspiring others to detach from the  rat race morning and welcome to today's video   on the wildlands where we're slowly building our  off-grid paradise in central portugal we've got   four new ibc's a thousand liters each giving us 8  000 liters of ibc's on the land as emma and i were   forced back to the uk during covid and sentenced  to a year of limbo and van building or rebuilding   dom and missy were just signing the d's to their  land and it's truly awe-inspiring and what they've   managed to achieve in just one year recently  i've had the pleasure of meeting up with them all   seeing their place in person and i've had my eyes  open to what can be done plus a sense to get the   finger out my ass as well as being entertained you  feel you come away from their videos having learnt   something and admittedly i've watched a good few  of their videos as how-to guides i've never been   in a well in my life it's interesting it's a bit  scary really a genuinely lovely bunch of people   and animals lance likes juan which says a lot and  their videos are a wonderful insight into family   van life and alternate living so as always thanks  so much for watching and we'll see you next week and last but certainly not least is houseless not  homeless uh what can i say about my i mean most   people are already into van life probably already  know who marty is honestly the first time meeting   him i wasn't sure if we'd get on but very quickly  i knew he was michael petty and that we shared a   thirst for adventure even at our own vehicle slash  homes detriment and this first meeting and getting   to know this at the time stranger was followed up  by me being overtaken down a field by marty's van   without marty in it he just casually ghost rode  his home down a field like playing a giant game   of shuffleboard and managed to overtake me 10  meters from the controls and that is probably   the best way to sum my up his legendary antics  and adventure put a huge smile on many faces   and water to the eye of many pristine moho owners  marty's been in the youtube game since before me   and has had numerous fans and vehicles during this  time most notably his old chalk painted rape wagon   honestly i've never quite seen repairs  and vehicle care quite like it but with a   beautifully unique custom interior and a delicate  ecosystem shall we say keeping the thing alive   it was quite the vehicle that later ended up  being a studio for car throttle i couldn't tell   you how many times he had that van toad out of  ditches and places it should really not have been   which is exactly the reason why i enjoy his travel  ethic how the hell did i end up in here how how   how right and tremor martin fashion we ended up  in the valor in the trench so i'll keep you posted   he also toured in an estate bmw for a time and  now living over here as well he's moved into his   newest home so far a custom-built motorhome which  was brave which despite doing surprisingly well   for a long time even with marty at the helm and  all the off-road tracks he used to thunder it down   unfortunately the coachbuild motorhome slowly  started to give way and causing major issues okay   so this is one of my repairs it's held up really  well this isn't repaired there's another big crack   there's a repair in between my groin  here this is good another repair   this is where i haven't prepared so everywhere  i haven't repaired has split it's the same over   this side firstly with his roof followed  by the walls and now mechanical issues too   honestly during his time it's very impressive  to see how he's kept in such high spirits   when the van life is truly kicking him in the  balls and he does despite all these mechanical   issues with his home and he's very open about his  mental health it's inspiring to see maya continue   and enjoy life his way whereas most would  have crumbled down to the floor like rivita   so marty's next step i believe is to find  somewhere to retire the old girl and who knows   what he'll get up to next like myself mighty took  some time away from youtube to reevaluate and has   some new ideas and directions he wants to take  his channel in so as well as going through his   backlog of videos there's new stuff on its way and  i highly recommend you should check him out too so there you go seven incredible channels i really  think you should explore and watch more you know   just while i'm away or sharing of the channels  distributing your audience social media suicide   i don't think so i am genuine fans or friends  with all of these people and i feel this rivalry   between creators especially in the van life scene  these days is pathetic and honestly their demise   focusing on positivity and raising the people  around you lifts the entire playing field and   makes youtube and all of the scenes within it a  nicer place to be so break the algorithms spread   the viewership the positivity and the opportunity  further along everybody on here works so hard   and sometimes solo to bring you some top quality  content that doesn't cost a penny facing wind best   views i'm running this on 4k so every second that  i'm not talking and getting this bit in the bag   it's just filling my hard drive right go go and  check out these channels i've shown you all the   links in the description below and also let me  know some of the creators that you watch down in   the comments i'd love to see some more channels  that i've missed don't post your own channel   oh yes i watch this amazing channel called project  amber honey informative strategy bold right that's   about me done whether i come back to regular  vlogging or not still remains to be seen hello   buddy um yeah we'll see on that one but there  is some more videos coming up in the pipeline   that i will be putting out i've definitely got the  spark back and i've come up with some other styles   better i think video ideas that take a little  bit more time but overall will be a lot more   entertaining and that's possible now thanks to the  amazing people who come over onto patreon so thank   you to all of you so for the first time in a long  time it was like forever i'll see you next time i should definitely work  here more often this is just   this is nice the table is minging now because  it's come out of the caravan we've got you

2022-08-18 22:28

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