I cannot believe it’s been 4 years! I loved waiting for each instalment of the build and the final build is fantastic - as it still is today! All the best and keep up the great work!

@TAOutdoors

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Me neither! Time flies.

@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide

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What I cannot believe is that it wasn't taken over/occupied/dirtied/set on fire by randos. Is it on private gated land? edit: sorry, hadn't gotten to the part about the missing window yet. Still in good shape, considering

@edwardfletcher7790

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@@TAOutdoors If you want an easy window replacement just grab a scrap oven door from the kerb 👍

There are a lot of bushcraft builds on KZread, but nobody does them like you guys!

Yes!!! Of course I remember the OG Bushcraft Camp! That was the series that got me into Bushcraft at the start!!!

Can I just give a shout-out to your Dad - total GOAT - inspirational

how time flies that it was already 4 years ago when you built it is astonishing

I am SO PLEASED that you came back to review and update the building of this structure. YES to revisiting and using all of the structures this summer!🤩 Bring them back to life with fellowship, food, and fire in the hearth. I do remember your bushcraft camp series. You taught so much then about making a bushcraft kitchen with a swiveling crane to take hot pots on and off the fire and so on.

The fort series is something I watch all the way through occasionally. Such a fun build.

I'm enjoying your explanation of how Saxon housing improved over the decades, to become the ancestor of today's stick built home.

Yes, it's saturated, but take it as a great compliment that they have mimicked you. But, that shouldn't mean that you can't continue on the same path. You've built a community of over 2.2M viewers that looks forward to your next project... no matter what the rest of KZread is doing. You don't see Gordon Ramsay giving up cooking just because there's a million other cooks on KZread. Do what makes you happy as working for work's sake only leads to burn out. Do what makes you happy and don't worry about what others are doing. We'll be here no matter what... Look at "This Old House" (American renovation TV show) on the air for over 44+ years and still going strong! 💖🌞🌵😷

This is actually a channel we all have been lookin for even if we didnt knew we do.

You have every reason to feel proud about what you have done! The only thing wrong with it is that I am not in your part of the world, so I can't come visiting! All the best and love to your Dad!

I look forward to revisiting the Saxon house redesign and use. I also remember the bushcraft fort.

In a shop in Rye, when they were renovating, they saw a hand print in the same sort of mud and daub used for the walls and it was over 400 years old! The shop keeper carefully renovated over it so as to not disturb the hand print and try to keep it safe for another 400 years! Neat!

Jeez, was it really 4years since I watched this project take place? Impressive effort back then, even more so now.

I love watching videos in your woodland, but I do sometimes miss these woods. The pinetrees give a very different vibe. Also this is the forest from the OG bushcraft camp, when I started watching you, giving a nostalgic value too. Thanks for making another video here!

I love this retrospective, so good. I can't decide which is crazier, how well it is holding up or that it has been 4 freaking years since you did that!!

@riuphane

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Also, I miss the og bushcraft camp. That was the reason I started following the channel and what set you apart.

Wow 4 years old, that’s great work. You and your Father, excellent!

.... The fingerprints in the wattle and daub are the signature of an artist....

I can see how putting the logs vertically instead of horizontally across the front might help with water drainage off the building. It should channel the water to the ground without as many spots for it to seep in. I would also put a large window in the back wall. I never like having a fire in a building and only one way out. I watched you build this one and I still love it!❤️🤗🐝

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Two 👍👍 for you, and another two 👍👍 for your father!

Would love to see a Saxon House overnighter. Get your Dad to come along!

Definitely use it! But a note on TA Fishing. I don’t even fish and I love those videos. Your dad is really entertaining. I especially liked the shark jumping in the boat! It’s really is awesome!

WAY TO GO, DO HOPE U GO BACK TO DO MORE WORK AND VISIT MORE OFTEN, I REMEMBER THE BUILDS, HAPPY U CHECKED IT OUT AGAIN, BIG THANK U

Can’t wait for Mike’s Saxon Life!

I have been watching you for 8 years. That was a hell of a build. One of your larger builds.

Ah that was lovely Mike. This made me realise that I've been subbed to your channel for more years than I thought, from around or even before the pallet wood cabin build. In fact I think the only build I didn't see go up live was the Fort, it's been such fun. I didn't know how to comment in the early days, have since learned a lot more and acquired a lot more channels to sub to, especially in lockdown. So I learned about how I could use KZread from you which has opened our my life massively. I'm disabled but the platform showed me about e-bikes as a disability aid, so buying one got me outside in lockdown. I found out about ev's and have been lucky enough to find a used one when our old petrol car was written off. We're looking at solar PV, battery and water storage, air source heat pumps for when we win the lottery! All this good stuff stems from stumbling around the internet and finding you chaps and the likes of Phil @Shady Acres Woodshop on KZread all those years ago. So while we're having a reminisce I thought I'd thank you for not only getting me out in the woods again, I grew up in woods as a kid, but for starting me on this journey of discovery and knowledge which has really opened up my life that had begun to shrink with the constant battle against ME/CFS. So there you go, you're still teaching... although I'm a bit older than your former pupils at 65 this year and you've even contributed to my attempts at helping the planet a bit too! Blessings to you and Graeme and your family...I was touched when you named your daughter Evelyn as that was my late mum's name who died not long before she was born. If you've spoken about the newest arrival I've either missed it or not been able to retain the memory which is a shame but congratulations to you both. 👍💐🍻🙏

Yes! Please go back and use it more. Getting a glance of what it would be like to live in that time period is a big appeal of the building and experiencing of these structures. Would love to see more of it.

Wow, for four years it's still in pretty good condition. Nice work, mate.

It’s impressive to see how so many architectural features like the overhangs and gable ends are driven by practical considerations for the long term survival of the building. Observing the natural deterioration really tests the longevity and shows that what many consider to be aesthetic forms are in reality part of ‘building for sustainability’.

Enjoyed seeing you experience thatching. My dad only recently retired after a lifetime as a Master Thatcher in Hants, Wilts, and Dorset. I used to go to work with him as a kid. Wouldn't profess to be any good at the main job, but I know the process, how to scrape up and do other menial tasks for the masters. My favourite when I was little was bumping bundles on a spot board, ready for use. Cheers.

“Authentic and Saxon like “ 👏👏👏👏👏

About 40 years ago I built a thatch tepee shaped hut in the woods. I lived in for several years. It had a better doorway than a tepee and I remember it as quite dry. I learned my thatching from "The Thatcher's Craft" by the Rural Industries Bureau. It has many pictures of the beautiful thatched roof houses in England. The book says that roofs that are not under trees and are made of Norfolk reed have lasted over 100 years. It says that the moss on the roof is from water dripping from trees above the roof. I did have an open fire in the center with the smoke going through the roof. Even with the fire bugs still lived in the thatch and would fall into the room. That would be the main thing making the thatch undesirable these days. I really enjoyed my years living in that thatch structure.

love to watch again this with your dad💙💗🙏🙏

I built a primitive Double Wattle wall hut. Thanks for sharing this hut - it's similar to what I built. The shutter boards for the roof gap - yes I live in a very cold climate. The moss gaps in the walls. I just used plastic bags. haha. We don't have much moss - none at all. More clay though! I used horse manure for the cob also - and a horse manure lime wash over the cob on the outside to water proof the cob. I posted a vid on it but I made NO measurements - and so it's very primitive. haha. I use it quite a bit though - for a farm work structure. Also my roof is rockwool two layers insulation since it's fire proof.

I honestly still rewatch all of your vids T A Outdoors is an amazing channel!

The bushcraft fort is not only what I remember most well...it's also what made me originally sub in the first place. I still envy those days/nights you spent there. I remember you taking your wife to the fort that time and she was not as impressed as you and all of us were. I love those memories. Keep it up mate! Still love seeing your videos so very much.

The Sexton house, I imagine the Saxons would build and they would learn from the from season to season throughout the years.

Wow how time flies. I remember watching this being built. I wish I had the area to be able to do things like this when my dad was still alive.

Very cool to revisit the thatched Saxon house and see how its fared over time. I can't believe its been 4 years!

This is excellent. Great to see how well it's weathered the, ahhh, weather. And time. Definitely would love to see you patch it up, add some furniture, rebuild the bed and fire pit and do a few more things with it. And, yes, I think we all remember the Bushcraft Camp fondly.

Hello, my friend Thank you for the great video. I love your channel! Have a happy day.👍🏼

Everything pld is new again. When you update and start to use and enjoy it this will make for compeling viewing. Watched you and your dad from scratch on this one so bring tge old fella back to enjoy the fruits of your labours. Bushyboy Oz.

Yes, I remember the OG bushcraft camp. That’s what brought me to this channel IIRC. So much has happened since then. Still love the bushcraft and camping videos. Keep it up Mike, you’re holding your own in the world of YT outdoors channels all these years.

So many memories in one vid, would love to see more of the dens 👍

Can't believe that it was four years ago. Out of all the little houses you built which one would you like( if you could) to build in your new wood. And yes I remember the bush craft camp and it is still my favorite

It was awesome watching you and your father build this one. This is where I learned to use pitch for the tenons. Very smart team you and your father. Thank you for the update

I found you on the bushcraft camp build. I was sad to see it reduced to a pile of sticks. The tower was the best! All your builds have been delightful. I do love watching you and your dad crack on!

Yes, I remember the bushcraft camp. I’ve been watching since the beginning. And I think you should use all the structures that you have built.

Hard to believe it's been so long. I think with having the little one now, you can get her into camping in your older houses you built. Camping is fun.. but much more fun with someone else... and to teach your children to love something at a young age. Yeah, it makes it where you have to keep your eyes on the little one... but I know from experience, my kids loved camping... My stepdaughter was a bit against it.. there is dirt in the woods.. but she did love the evening campfire and the peace and quiet.

Thank you for every build as well those great meals from you and your Dad .

I can’t believe it’s been that long. I remember you putting that together with your dad. It looks solid still overall

I remember the bushcraft camp. It was a great place.

I really like this house. I’m really glad you changed the door. It looks great.

It's so wild that it's been so long, I remember binging a bunch of these building videos during lockdown I can't wait to see the one about the roundhouse, I think that was the coolest build here

Really loved watching the Saxon house series. Hope to see a new build soon, despite the saturation 😂

I'm just watching the video where you and your dad are building a cabin. Im so sorry for your loss, I know its late in my condolences to you and your family, but I just saw that, where you say ,you had no idea that that day wad the last day for your dad at the cabin. So very sorry and I pray for you and your family's spiritual heart healing.

Just a thought if you where going to rebuild the front, step the frame back a foot before taking the original down that would give you the overhang plus support while taking it down. 👍

It’s been four years already? Time sure don’t wait around. Glad to see it holding up

I can't believe it's been that long...doesn't seem like it. Really neat coming back and seeing how well it's held up. Damn shame that someone vandalized the area though. I really don't understand that mindset, going into the woods and finding this cool hut/house that someone obviously spent some time and effort on...then deciding you're going to wreck it. Could have been worse I suppose, it really has held up well.

I'd love to see you maintain and use this house. I haven't followed you long enough to remember the series but will go check out the playlist. Your passion and enthusiasm is absolutely infectious. Cherish your memories. I miss my father so much. He passed 5 years ago tomorrow (4-12-2018) I try to make memories as good with my daughter.

As I watch these videos it feels like I'm watching your home movies for your future children and it's a great feeling to be a part of. Makes me want to make memories with my own little ones. If you want ideas I think using traditional woodcraft techniques to make furniture for that home would be a really interesting view into sustainability and living history.

That’s awesome that it’s still standing. Personally the bushcraft cap was one of the best because you got to see it evolve, maybe a bushcraft 2.0 would be good

Thanks for the revisit. You say you have some regrets, but remember, you can still complete the things you want to accomplish at the Saxon house.

I loved this series, I've watched you Mike for about 6 years, there's no doubt you inspired me to take up wild camping after I watched your tarp shelter video, 6 years on and I'm a seasoned wild camper and hiker, I owe my passion and health to you and that video, its crazy to think but it's true. Here's to many more years and builds.

Amazing 🤩

That is amazing! 4 years ago, I remember watching you and your dad building this. Just fantastic 👏. Please show us the rest of your builds, and keep it up Mike. O have your dad with you so we can have his take on things lol.

Great video Mike, you are very lucky to have a dad like Graham. He is a legend. I can't wait to see what your dad puts up this week. Keep them coming Mike. 😉👍

Great to see this build stand the test of time, also glad to hear you remember Purlins are the horizontal parts of the roof structure 😘

i would totally live in that small house

ignore the comments. i love the quality of your videos. work at your own pace. real fans understand.

That's a real labor of love! Well done.

You guys put so much work into that build especially the thatching. Love it!

@SmithHiggins-ph2dn

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Hello jeniece

Oh, I remember the OG bushcraft camp. I started following you before you built it. I kinda can't believe it's gone! *tear*

Man, hard to believe it's been 4 years. Also, can't believe you moved from the house with the old WW2 Air Raid Bunker. Hopefully whoever is living there now is getting some good use out of it after all the work you did getting it renovated/restored to a useable state. Even if it's just as a cold storage for canning or something like that.

Ta you did a great job for the first time doing it

it held up nicely, looking forward to the renovation/improvement vids!

A video on maintenance and some upgrades to the Saxon house to preserve it longer would be awesome!

I look forward to seeing how this journey goes.

I would love to see more building videos on your old builds, or even new builds if you were able.

Ive actually collected nails for 42yrs,I used to do a lot of carpentry/joinery on listed buildings and those nails AND any other hardware that I came across from my apprenticeship days onward quite often been just the job...Your work is pretty cool by the way,really enjoy yours and dad's channel

That's a great thatch house.

Absolutely worth taking a bit of time to rebuild the bed & spend a night or 2 in this space again. Give you & us a bit of an idea how the experience has or hasn't changed over time. The learning we can gain from also doing the upkeep & taking stock of the needs for the same back in the day this home would be from. Also digging a small air inlet to feed air into the bottom of the fire pit similar to an extended Dakota fire hole was done in the day too. That may be worth adding as well.

@judebrown4103

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Pretty sure they did exactly that on the next build, check it out...😊👍🙏

One of the cool things about ruins in the southwest is the finger impressions from a thousand years ago

Thank you I’m grateful you shared this visual and knowledge with us. God bless you

so awesome. i too miss the old youtube. back when it was a microcosm of little communities like the one you built here. i learned a lot from you, and applied it to my own bushcraft camp...

would love to see you build furniture inside this awesome shelter !!!! loved seeing you and dad work as a killer team on this and all your builds !!!!!

Cant wait for you to get back to this camp

I recap when you were first expecting and planing on the move pre pandemic. My oldest turns 18 before the end of the year. Crazy how that moves ahead.

I really liked the bushcraft camp, more videos please!

For a first time is great building congratulations that is how you improve your skills

Mike, it was a great build series to see. I think the extra bit about digging down in the house was also to keep the smoke from the fire above the heads of the inhabitants. I always wanted you and your Dad to build a better set of stairs going into the house. Please leave gaps at the top of the front and back for the smoke to draft outside with your slat idea. Wishing you all the best.

So great to return to the Saxon house and see how it's held up. Gosh, it's hard to believe it's been 4 years, I really enjoyed this build. 👍❤️

Can't wait to see the renovation video, it's a shame the window was vandalised.

This was great going down memory lane, would love to see you do upgrades on this house.

Yes I remember the bushcraft series as well.

I've enjoyed watching you build all of the wonderful structures you've made, but I'd also love to see more videos of you using them. Hope you go for it!

What a fun trip down memory lane. We’re looking forward to seeing what you do next here. Please be sure to enjoy it - you can’t change the past, but embrace the future. Take care, Mike.

Great video, great build. I would love to see how the viking houses look like after 4 years.

The OG wood! Thank you so much for making amazing content

I really enjoyed watching all your builds! Thanks for the update!