So interesting. Thank you to you both. Now, what about Kate, the maid? Maybe it was her lover's engraving. I admire you two so much, how you get out and about and are so easy to listen to and watch.
I bought some yarn while I was visiting Shrewsbury, lovely stuff, I'm making a cowl with it. There's only one skein. It's blue, maybe it was dyed with indigo, but it turns my hands blue! I knitted with it on the train yoday, the girl with the refreshment trolley, we discovered when she dropped her hook, that she is a crocheter! She showed me pictures of her hebredian sheep! A connection was made! You were so right with what you said! We keep saying at our crafting meet-ups, age means nothing when we all get together! The girl on the train was about half my age, but we made a connection with our crafting!
Very interesting ! Love your vids.I adore Cornwall . I was surprised by the Name of who William Prater married ( Jane Larkins ) , as my maiden name is Larkins, , Susan Jane Larkins , i also had an uncle Henry, and a Joseph in the family . i now want to check my family tree out , as we had a John Larkins living in London in the Metropolitan police , the timeline is about right too . Weird thing is , i have been to Cornwall around 15 times for holidays , and from the first visit , seemed to know my way around better than i should be able to , and always felt like the Cornish coast is where i should be . The sea has always been a fascination and draws me .
Talk about a walk on the wild side, it couldn’t get more wild could it! the tides looked scary, interesting but very sad story, Andrew lightened the mood as always with his red herring joke 😅 a fascinating mystery, I agree it was probably Ethel and maid that met an untimely end poor souls 😞 my son and his family visit ‘Holly Well Bay’ each year and visit the cave they featured in ‘Poldark’ I would loved to have known about it when we visited Cornwall years and years ago:) thanks 🙏 again for a great video 🤗
@@CornishWalkingTrails I only remember it from ‘Poldark’ have you done a video of that beach and cave, my memory not so good these days I know my Sons family love going and did some videoing there:) 🤗
Excellent video. In my opinion the painting you showed us of Ethel bares a noticeable resemblance to the carving. Notably her chin. Thanks for making this one. I'll have to visit Crantock sometime soon.
not been to a beach in over 10 years would love to go but depression and anxiety doesn't let me leave the house and its quite a journey from Gloucester nice to have these videos instead
Crantock, our holiday destination every year. I can remember about 10, 15 years ago the carving was at waist height. Great channel both, here's to a great year 👍
Sand depth regularly changes through the year with the winter storms dragging it out into the bay, it will come back in again over the summer! Sarah :)
Спасибо Сара и Эндрю за рассказанную вами историю. Сразу представилась красивая романтичная история любви с трагическим концом. Мне особенно понравились стихи на скале. Всё это уйдет в вечность!!! Просто интересно, как всё это выполнялось технически, какими инструментами, как долго, учитывая время прилива и отлива. Ну, а история действительно занимательная и загадочная. Спасибо.
Interesting story (ies) and a great mystery. Thank you for telling us and showing us about this little known carving. If only one could use a Time Machine ….
Dear Sarah &Andrew ,we enjoyed this Video so much ,this is a sad but interesting story , glad there is a memorial of both women at the graveyard ,thank you so much for being so brave in the wind and rain for us.Beautiful beach!Erika &hubby
A very interesting story which was very poignant. Must get down to see the sculptor some time. Glad you are getting back to your walks despite the awful weather. I think Andrew's hair looks very smart. 27:07
Hi Sarah and Andrew…this story has everything, wow extraordinary and as you say too many questions but your conclusion was sweet. Thank you for the journey it was amazing to see and discover it with you. The lovely church and graveyard wow so ancient and for those memorials to still be there…amazing … thank you England for keeping history amazing! Till we see you again…stay well Sarah and Andrew (we felt for you both in the cold) Ana 🌼
Sarah and Andrew,you truly are real troopers and professionals.No matter how horrible the weather can be,you still make videos.Fantastic videos.Always high quality,informative and entertaining.Your hard work is always appreciated and enjoyed.Thank you.
How have you managed to miss Crantock all this time Guys! I am biased of course, I have been going there since 1971. Along with Polly Joke, my favourite beach. The Old Albion was the scene of our evening libations!
Well done on another brilliant video especially in this dreadful weather. The story this week really drew me in and I really enjoyed it. The North Coast - rugged, dangerous but very beautiful.
What another fascinating mystery. You really do discover them ,don't you! Have stayed at a campsite near Crantock and the long slog to the beach was well worth it. If you are led to believe that the carvings have been re-carved ,a clue could be in the font of the verse.🤔 It looks too modern to me. Please keep on delving into your vast library to give us more gems like this.😃
Very enjoyable video. So many quesions and not as many answers 🙂 I really like the Crantoc area, and to be able to walk on the seabed at low tide. I never knew about this carving, so thank you for this story. Torunn 🥰
It's a shame us locals only get to enjoy the beaches and sea when it's cold and wet. Thank you for braving the weather to tell us this fascinating story. Crantock is a very treacherous beach where, sadly, many people, mostly holidaymakers, have lost their lives over the years. I was always told as a child never to swim there. Apologies if I didn't hear you mention the initials in the rock which look like KAY. I got quite excited when you mentioned the maid was called Kate. I ran the video back to check the initials again, but they do seem to spell out KAY. Maybe these were added by someone else later? Well done for finding the graves, particularly Kate's, which is very hard to read.
I don't think Crantock is any more dangerous than any other Northern Cornish beaches. I have been going there since 71.. As long as you swim/surf where instructed and keep out of the Gannel (as instructed), it is a lovely shallow sloping beach.
Enjoyed the mystery this week, the fact that I live in the Stroud and our son went to Marling school where Mrs Greenstreets husband was headmaster added to our interest
Cornwall certainly threw some wild weather at you...a real hoolie! Such a moving story...that Ethel, regardless of risk, placed herself in danger to save Kate her maid. As you say Sarah, the face/hair profile style looks early 1900s (& no earlier). It seems the Spenders & their circle were educated/literary/artistic people, and I wonder if the grand verse was an original commemoration, or borrowed from an epic poem? Either way, the words are wonderfully apt & evocative. Also, it appears that the rock surface has been deliberately smoothed (like prepping a canvas) to take the image & verse, and that it has since been weathered by time & tide :)
Thank you showing us this, so interesting though sad. We’ve had many happy holidays at West Pentire but had no idea this was there. Always enjoy your videos
Having been a hairdresser for more years than I can remember, I have also done a history of the craft. If that is a hairstyle and not a random hat , (even if it is), this dates from the early 1920’s when the flappers were doing their stuff and getting short “bobs”. It looks more art deco than anything else. Just my opinion 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What a fascinating story! I suppose it's possible that even the portrait and the verse were not done at the same time. Interesting you have not found anything more about the story in your various Cornish history volumes. It's always fun when you compare an 18th Century account with a Victorian one, or observations of the same place made during the 1930s. The wording is always so indicative of the times. I found an 1880s book about South America in a shed at my Mother-in-law's family farm, complete with illustrations of the animals and birds, and colorized photos of the harbor at Rio de Janiero with masted sailing ships and hardly any buildings. I do hope something new turns up about this lovely sad verse and portrait.
Greetings Andrew and Sarah , I thought the word on the left of the ladies head was KAY , could that be the maids shortened name of Kate ? Wonderful story with a very sad end , thanks for caring .
What an intriguing story! Thank you, I’d never heard of this. Love your channel - I’ve been catching up on your previous adventures. So interesting and entertaining! Coffee on its way. Enjoy! 😃👍
Gosh, what a story, I was a pupil at Marling Grammar School (1971-1978, an only pupil to have a 100% attendance), in the Elliott, class, but Greenstreet was anther class of students depending on your surname, I never knew about this even though my family lived in Whitehall (near Stroud) for over 54 years. Now in Cornwall I'll go visit her.
I like walking down to Crantock from the area of the boating lake at Trevemper Road and along the river Gannel on a low tide. Then back along the coast up to Lusty Glaze and back around the back of town to the area of the zoo where I camp.
Thanks for the video guys. If and when you go back to Crantock, please refer to The Cornish Celtic Way book. I walked this path in 2018. The book references St Carantoc and how he decided where the church should be built. Inside the church there is a hidden dove, supposedly the dove of St Carantoc.
If late Victorian or Edwardian ladies they would be wearing long bathing dresses for paddling.As far as I know they did not attempt to swim.So maybe the bathing dresses got too heavy when waterlogged.
As a child of five I stayed in The Crantock Bay Hotel .Every year I stayed here with my parents until I was sixteen.The hotel has now closed and is a spa and apartments.The story I was told back in the late fifties was a woman had arranged to meet her lover in this cave .She did the carving while waiting for the lover.The tide came in while she waiting and she drowned.I don't think anyone really knows but certainly the carving has been there for at least a hundred years .We always made our way from the Bowgie Inn down to the beach.There is a lovely cliff walk around the headland to Porth joke.On low tide we would swim to Goose Island seen from the main beach.The gannel Estuary over near the sand dunes is very dangerous as there is huge tidal pull.Lots of people over the years have drowned.Enormous tidal pull.And sinking sand around the edges of the Estuary.Life guards now patrol the beach as it is a popular surfing venue.Its my favourite beach in Cornwall.Love the way when the tide is in all the coves ,inclueding the cove with the carving,flood creating natural swimming.pools.
Many a holiday on Crantock. Took my son to find this. My son had to dig it out as it was under that much sand at the time. Heard she was spooked on the top cliffs when riding a horse
A very interesting story and very poignant. Must get down to see the sculptor some time. Glad you are both getting back to your walks despite the awful weather. I like ANDREW'S hair, very smart.
Brilliant as usual & really interesting & poignant. I know Crantock beach quite well so will definitely look for the cave & then go for a pint or two at C-Bay bar or the Bowgie Inn cheers Sarah & Andrew🍻
Love your channel, not always commenting…keep up the amazing Videos that shows this most Beautiful part of England….❤❤ From the Hair i would consider the Carving late 1800….
