Walks, drives and history of the North Wales coast. All the older videos have captions to inform and entertain so please make sure you turn on captions. Please comment to help me improve. Thanks for watching.
As a child my Father would always talk about Donegal, when he died I got the urge to visit Donegal, I have since been 3 times and loved it. I was passing through the village were I thought Daniel lived (Kincasslagh), I stopped out side a pub on the corner and asked the gardener mowing the lawn where Daniels house was? He replied "Do I want the good news or the Bad" the said he has moved to Cruit Island, but his mother still lived there, he guided me in the direction, as I was going past his mother walked up the path. I would love to go back again.😀
@@baywanderer4199 Some people like their glow engines for nostalgia, for tinkering, and the sight and sound etc. But it is noisy and messy. More and more people are moving to EP.
No worries. I just wish I had gone down earlier and I could have had many more as they left the showground. I loved the Ford Corsair pulling the classic caravan. Saw it pulled up in Rhos on Sea later. A lovely little unit.
Yes, it's a lovely story. The island looked beautiful on the day we visited but life there must have been so difficult. I can't imagine how winters must have been.
The concrete structures are called DOLOS and they were all constructed in the quarry. I don't know if they used that channel to get some down to the beach where they have been placed. I don't know if they used sea water for mixing the concrete to mould them either. What surprises me is the fact that there was thousands of tonnes of rock and boulders that had been blasted in the quarry before it closed and it could of been used in place of DOLOS.
The concrete building was the 'Gunpowder Magazine' It was surrounded by a 2 metre stone wall and had a sturdy metal entrance door . The interior was lined with pitch pine boards. The gunpowder was delivered in thick cardboard boxes, by lorry from Cookes Explosives a company that manufactured it at Penrhyndeudraeth. Detonators for blasting purposes and fuses etc. were all stored there. Before entering the store quarry workers hob nailed boots were to be removed in case they caused sparking on the concrete floor, and replaced with a soft pair of 'Magazine Slippers.' Harry Foulkes who was the 'Blaster' never removed his hob nailed boots to enter and he would stand in the doorway smoking a Woodbine. I shudder when looking back to the risks taken by the quarry men in those days before Health and Safety. It was a time when 'Common Sense' prevailed and there were seldom any accidents. Thanks for your very interesting filming. I have many happy memories of working at the quarry during school holidays 1960-63.
That's an amazing story, thank you for sharing it and for your interest in the video. I thought the hut may be for that use. I have also noticed the metal framing on the edge of the cliffs on the path towards Colwyn Bay. I was wondering what the purpose of those was.
I mentioned on the video that it may have been cut during the laying of the sea protection blocks so you have confirmed my thoughts. The concrete shapes, whatever they are called, must have been off loaded there. Thank you.
Have seen Daniel in venues all over Ireland North and South, here in England and over in the US. Fell in love with Nashville. Wonderful entertainer.❤️❤️
I can’t even imagine how wonderful it would be to sit in the audience listening to you all singing. Your Voice Daniel makes everyone happy. I love listening to you and Mary Duff and your wife sing
Have been to Donegal many times over the years. Have seen St.Mary’s church also went to Cruit Island whilst in Kincasslagh. Daniel has done much for the place of his birth. Thanks for this tour of wonderful memories.❤️
Thank Hazel, you really must. It was different than I expected. I was expecting a tiny harbour like Looe or St Ives but it is a large modern fishing port. Lovely, none the less. And the locals were so welcoming in the bar.
