Places to ride things to see Hidden history civil and military, and engineering explored, discovered by Motorcycle and the odd bit of hiking, camping. Outdoors is better than indoors and of course usually a kettle and stove features somewhere. So bring a mug and lets go exploring.Extensive local and historical knowledge powered by motorbikes, off road and on road , coffee and the odd box of military rations. Lets get out there folks.
Good idea Adam! Stay off main roads there full of people driving too fast and don’t know where their going😀 Never been down that old track bed opposite scorrier estate, good path down through there mate. Bet you felt better after that ride out!👍
Great video, bikes were a great focal point and loved seeing them power along while on the devil. Hopefully meet you next year for the 70th anniversary.
@@twowheelexploration9228 and great seeing you bud, see you in April for Trevithick day hopefully, the puffing devil runs under her own power up and down Basset Street all day, I'll be there with the rest of the society. Take care.
@markhaines172 Thanks mate no WESES rally is the same without a trailer ride. Petrol Diesel or steam. I'm hooked lol. Glad you enjoyed the vid of this top day out.
Very well done Adam! You managed to cover rally in 41 minutes. You can spend three days there and not see it all, I thought that raised viewing platform was great idea too. It’s looking good for the 70th anniversary Next year isn’t it mate!?👌
@Dave.w-ev9qn1962 yes mate thanks. It's a hit event on the calendar every year and so much work goes in behind the scenes but 3 days of the show come together great.
@@kernow..exp. That sound like a plan mate, Friend of mine bought an engine like that and has some fun with it. He’s been up rally all weekend trundling around 👍
When I go in pendennis always think of my grandfather. He was in the royal garrison army, they trained at pendennis before being posted to serve on the howitzer guns on the Somme.
@@twowheelexploration9228 Yes these things should be remembered, he would not talk about it much. He did tell me he always had a mild headache, no wonder sitting on top one of those guns! I don’t remember seeing that battery before! Great that it’s sorted out now mate.
Great look around the vehicles! Little bit of Cornish mizzle by look of it. Like you said” good rally” and always friendly atmosphere! Let’s hope it’s dry for the west of England rally next weekend. Great work Adam👍
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It sure covers some acres up there, yes I bet the aviation fuel tanks must of been massive with how busy that place was in the wartime. When did the place officially close Adam ?
@Dave.w-ev9qn1962 RAF Davidstow was put into care and maintenance in late 1945. Officially struck off by the Air Ministry by early 1946. The very last squadron and it's Aircraft left in Jun 1945 and it was used as a as a F1 racing circuit in the early 1950s.
@@Dave.w-ev9qn1962 RAF davidstow was officially closed in 1945 put into care and Maintenance in the final months of 1944 and completely closed by 19 46 the airfield was used for Formula 1 racing in the early 50s
@@twowheelexploration9228 So soon after war ended then! No Cold War use or training camp roll. Remember father taking us up there on family days out in the 70s and it looked much the same as it is today. Was told it was built there because it was high ground and didn’t get fog bound. Interesting place Thanks for info!👍
@Dave.w-ev9qn1962 no worries glad you enjoyed it. By VE day Davidstow had out lived it's purpose as it became beyond useful range of Europe and it's operations that had ceased at wars end. It was unfortunately realised throughout the later part of the war that the station was becoming less practical as the war came to an end. Inhospitable conditions and infrastructure that was inadequate due to the severe conditions in winter backed up by notorious training accidents and crashes. Although the runways were the longest in much of Southern England it also pioneered FIDO and GCA which were new effective progressions in flying safety.
Very informative mate! All this going on back in the day without public knowing much about it. That square pin plug dates that one a bit later. As far as I can remember they came in around mid 60s I suppose main thing they were tracking was submarine? Good teamwork 👍
@lewismacandrew Hi mate it's a very simple job on a T25 if yours is a DG series engine petrol. Loosen the alternator mounting bolts then slacken the tensioner bolt swing the alternator towards the engine the belt can just now be removed by hand. Reverse process to fit new belt. Use a metal rod or a piece of wood to put tension on the belt. Hold with one hand then tighten up bolts. Sadly I no longer have the van but this is a very simple job and you'll be fine. Best wishes
I thought that alcove might be the Loo. LOL. So where did folks go to the bathroom? Did they just use a bucket? Also in the United States, the bomb shelters I guess were more focused on longer times being in the shelter. (Due to Nuclear threat in the 1950s). So they would have more food storage etc..
@outoftheforest7652 the many shelters built in residential locations here in England for WW2 were mostly either occupied at night as a precaution or during a raid, often during day light attacks and normally folks would leave the shelter as soon as the all clear was given. Many civilians were lost as a result of almost daily and highly raids so people took these shelters and air raid precautions very seriously. A bucket would of likely been an essential item and as the situation was so dire in the early war years survival was favoured more than comforts. Not many private public or military Air raid shelters had a toilet incorporated. Hope you enjoyed our look around this. TwEx
Great bit of history Adam! What you call “Hidden in plane sight” We don’t know what little gems we walk by and don’t know they are there. Looks very well built back in the day.👍
Lovely place for an evening walk at wheal basset and your right Adam it has been like summer today! That frue vanner building with the signs could do with a bit trim out this winter, surprising what manages to grow in that old floor. Looks like Charlie enjoyed the walk too! Good watch mate!👌
Thanks for the video; they are a nice piece of kit. A point of information re the "Test" sequence: I understand that these units incorporate a very small radioactive check source, adjacent to the detector, which provided a few counts to help establish functionality of the equipment. These sources really were very small and of either Sr or Cs isotopes having half lives of the order of thirty years. Of course, this doesn't mean they no longer provide check counts after that time, only that the rate is halved (quartered in sixty years, etc etc). I mention this because I gather PDMRM 82 units have been know to "Fail" the test sequence because of check source problems (rather than genuine non-functionality of the instrument). I hasten to add that I've no personal experience of this, but worth Googling if you do have an issue. Finally, I don't know the service/storage time that Plessey designed these units for - and check source size to remain sufficiently active for the "Test" function correctly - but Plessey did a very professional job on these meters & I imagine they should be still good for some time yet...
As they say” everything comes to those who wait”🙂. It’s been a monumental job and hellish winter to work through but it will make some difference now for getting around in cornwall!! We will soon forget what the old road was like😀👍
