Wild Camping Self Sufficiency Experiment

In the pub me and me mate decided to take to the Shropshire hills in me van and see how little money we could spend.
Not a good start tracks like a river


Got the farmers permission to pitch up and fish the river



Dog not impressed with weather conditions


Managed to catch enough for two men and a dog


Managed to trade beer for fish at the pub in the next village, weather picked up as well.


Complete with Shropshire traffic calming

 

Arranged to swap crayfish for beer and food plus camping outside the pub next night

Delivered, managed to get a bucket full, enough for 2x baskets of scampi chips and a couple of pints
Then plan came unstuck and we bought a load more beer and whisky




Pitch outside the pub



Woke up with a hangover but managed to catch a couple more fish to take home, bar the weakness that lead to buying a load of beer it was a success and a good time was had by all.

 

Cut the heads and tails ect off the fish we caught and chucked three traps in overnight

 

We have tried bacon, dog food and all sorts in the past with hardly any luck, trout heads is the way foreword

 

Yea flat pack plastic with like a funnel at each end

 

That pub is well worth a visit and not far from you, its called the Bridges at Rattlinghope, The landlord is a great guy.
We met a farmer called Phil who runs his own music festival based around the pub, its called Farmer Phils Festival of all things!!