Great video. Surprised I hadn't heard of this story. The Quantocks is somewhere I haven't explored anywhere near as much as I should have by now. Subbed (Y)
I can only imagine how many UXO's were in those fields after the war😮 Two bombs, one lands and doesn't go bang and then another lands 50 yds away and buries the first.😬 Extremely brave soldiers and the mad lad who lit things manually is incredible considering it was used to simulate a city on fire with explosions😮
We have a beacon in Chulmleigh (North Devon) which is more of a basket on a pole, would this be related to the pathway of the one shown? We are not near the coast
It’s more than likely, yes. Beacons can be further inland too as the chain of alarm needed to go to higher populated towns so more people could be rallied to defend.
This is a fascinating video of a piece of history of which I was not aware. I visited Glastonbury Abbey a few years back now and also visited the Bishop's Gardens.
That was really interesting (and very gruesome). I don’t think I have heard that before and history often goes over my head, but I am likely to remember it now as you narrated and illustrated it so engagingly. I was staying near the Tower of London the other day and was thinking it’s high time that I go back to refresh my faded childhood memories of it. When I do visit, I will remember this story about Whiting being taken there. A really enjoyable vídeo Luke with gorgeous Glastonbury scenery too.
There was a rail spur (reportedly from the main rail tunnel), into a very different and much larger Mendips bunker. Dad said he'd been involved in supplying machine tools for it, supposedly for building an aeroengine factory. Hesaid it was plagued with poor industrial relations and never produced anything.
This sounds such an interesting tradition and lots of fun. I have not been able to see it yet myself in person, but would love to one year, Another fabulous video! RU-vid suggested your showreel to me too. I really enjoyed seeing that compilation of superbly narrated and presented stories. Your presentation and editing are really engaging. You are brilliant on the radio and you’d be equally brilliant on TV too.
Its actually not just a May Day tradition. I think you need to do some googling before you go posting a video about something that you know nothing about… The other may day hobby horse tradition is in Padstow and the other (not May day) is the hunting of the Earl of Rone
What an ignorant comment. I think you need to learn how to speak to people before commenting on a complete strangers work. I KNOW about the Padstow Obby Oss. I did not say this tradition was unique in any way. In fact I feature Padstow in a longer video which is not on YT because YT shorts are 60 seconds. Maybe you should do a video on the others if you’re the font of all knowledge. I look forward to seeing them.
@@The_Knight_Tales I was just saying that you did not specifically mention that you were talking about Minehead which lead to the impression that you were talking about all hobby horse traditions similar to the one.
@@user-jf2hx2sj9i Yes I did. If you’d listened instead of trying to find fault you would have heard “It involves lots of music, dancing and parading this brightly coloured horse around the streets of Minehead”. Whats the next quibble? The text was the wrong colour?
Far more likely the man given the perilous task of painting on the clock numerals in 1788 was innumerate. In those days you counted sheep by putting a straw in a pot for each one, and if a straw was left over after getting them through the gate, you knew to go looking for a lost sheep. That however doesn’t tell as good a story.
