I enjoyed that, you have an easy manner in your presenting which is much better than watching other people on RU-vid having very public breakdowns. I think you are developing a grand theory of R-Britain, I can see it in how you present.
spot on observation AllotmentFox - I love his style / broad and detailed history accounts, and humour. such a shame that some of these so-called niche channels like his & yours don't always ramp up as much in the viewership rating via the algorithm, even when some are done brilliantly, compared with a dolled-up 'populist' channel, or showing a pretty lady or glammed tourist destinations or podcasted celebrity spouting bs etc etc!
Well, every day is a school day, Darren. I never knew about this place at all. It is really nice to see the first workings of the old Roman Empire in Britain. I bet the knees were cold. Unless you are a million subs and over, then RU-vid doesn't really pay. Us little channels do it for the pure joy of recording our outings, and it is always something to look back on in later years. Thanks for imparting your knowledge. I really do learn something new each week. I do wonder how they knew how high that arch was or are they basing their assumptions on previous arches elsewhere. It'sa pity the bottom end was cut off with the railway. Did they ever excavate the bit past the railway to see the extent of the outer parts? I hope you are having a great weekend, and I look forward to your next video. Thanks for sharing, Darren.
Cheers Chris! I think the arch height is estimated from the footprint. Bit like Hadrian’s Wall - they don’t really know for sure. It must have been an impressive sight to those arriving at the port for their first visit to Roman Britain. And interesting that it was demolished whilst we were still under Roman rule. The disappearance of the rest of the fort platform really dates back - the sea used to come right up to the edge of it, so I guess the sea spent some time removing part of it, before retreating! 1 million subs, you say? Bit of a way to go! Cheers for watching and commenting!
I Haven't made it out to Richborough yet, but visiting all of the Saxon Shore forts is definitely on my list of things to do. And any mention of Carausius (i remember reading a Rosemary Sutcliffe book involving his Reign was i was very young) is always a plus for me. Another thoroughly entertaining video, and what an excellent way to start a Sunday Morning. And how fitting is it that the footage of the Magnificently Triumphal Arse was kinda wobbly. Well done once again
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get to visit it - well worth the effort. I was blown away by the preservation of the third Century fort walls. They could never have foreseen a future day when the footings of their triumphal arch would be filmed on a wobbling flying camera, could they?!
What a gem Mr WC21, that ditch really is quite magnificent. Those Romans weren't messing about were they? I'm reminded of "The Doozers" from Fraggle Rock. Not sure if you ever watched that. Once again you managed to make this both fun and fact filled, with lots of creative camera work to keep it varied and interesting. I found the more introspective bits of this video really engaging and I would happily watch a whole hour of that! I too am still a bit crestfallen about the fact our Long Man video didn't "blow up" - I really felt we were doing all the right things there and you'd think there would be at least as much interest in the Long Man as there is in the other chalk hill marks you've covered... As we keep saying though, 'tis a cruel mistress...
Thanks Tweedy! I will have to look up the Fraggle Rock reference! Unlike Jay Z and Ice T yesterday, of course. I filmed loads of introspective stuff in that amphitheater! Even ended up doing a long piece about my disappointing family history! It all ended up on the editing suite floor, of course. We just dust ourselves down and try again, don’t we? This is how “they” control us!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I haven't eaten any crisps since Friday in protest against the underwhelming reception of my last pubs video... but now I think I'm ready to just move on (and open a packet).
Mr Tweedy neglects to mention that after watching his wonderful crisps (I dare not say vid here) vlog, he cost me a fortune given I medically needed to have Scampi Fries shipped to Tasmania.
I love a good Roman site. Although I've visited many in the north, I've rarely had an opportunity to see any in the south (where it all began). So thank you for your time and effort visiting these sites for us. RU-vid really need to sort the funding of up and coming smaller channels out if they wish to continue having interesting and informative content from channels such as yours. There's already far too many bubblegum channels swamping the place.
That was a very interesting history lesson and you deserve a lot more subscribers. The mind boggles at the effort it took to build those structures. It is a pity that the Romans left.
I just found your channel, and your woes that you express about RU-vid are the same for all small channels. But I’ve seen so many small channels take off that I can say soon it’s going to surge. You’ve got something unique and entertaining to offer keep up the great work!
@@Torsten389 thank you Torsten - very nice of you to say and I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel. RU-vid, and how it works, is endlessly fascinating, and I suspect, endlessly changing! Even in my short time on here, I’ve seen the algorithm’s behaviour seemingly alter. I like to occasionally present the bemusement of a mid-50s RU-vidr, because I do find the fact I’m doing this quite hilarious. First year was very slow and then this year the pace has picked up. It took 16 months to get to 1,000 subs and then just over 4 months to treble that. I really appreciate the support, following and engagement of the subscriber base. The feedback and comments really do make it for me. Thank you very much for your encouragement and we’ll see where it goes next!
You're right about RU-vid. Many people do get rich,some of whom I follow.Many people don't, I follow them too. As for me, well I have no chance of monetisation but I enjoy sharing whereI live with friends and family and the few subscribers that I have. Still here, still watching, still enjoying!
Hi, yes absolutely. It will be nice to look back on our bodies of work in years to come. A legacy for the family! Now I’ve been monetised for a few months I’ve realised some larger channels I follow aren’t actually earning that much!
Oh thank you very much. Me too. The big, famous sites are great, but it’s the lesser known antiquities that fascinate me the most. I’m glad I found the first Roman ditch!
Thank you Mr WC21 for another entertaining on-site feature on Roman history. I somehow find the symbolism of the Richborough arch quite striking. The Romans built one of the most impressive arches in their empire, probably thinking it would stand there for eternity, and then, only 200 years later, the triumphal arch became a testament to how things had changed, nobody cared about its significance anymore and it was dismantled. It unintentionally showed how success is relative and transient. Perhaps there's a parallel to RU-vid success? The numbers of views let alone revenue seem to rarely reflect quality.
Thank you and I was affected by the arch in a similar way. When I first heard of it I assumed it was trashed by the Anglo Saxons. It’s quite a shock when you learn of its decline under Roman rule. I like the RU-vid comparison - cheered me up!
I think you deserved the rest at end. You look very dapper in those tweeds! Thank you so much for this Richborough video. It definitely looks like a place I would love to visit. Some of my ancestors came from Kent.
Hi Jane, hope you get to visit one day - it’s a great site. Funnily enough, it’s very close to the earliest known location of my father’s family. Cheers.
hi again Darren, im not surprised some people climbed where they shouldn't TBH, its why we cant have nice things , nice and very interesting as always , well done and thank you 😊
Mr WC21 Last Monday I visited Richborough, while there I said this would be. Good place for an antiquarian treatment, lo less than a week later you were there. Well done, good visit to one of the most important places in Roman Britain. Cheers, be well.
Your wish was my command! This is absolutely one of the most important places in Roman Britain and I was really impressed by what remains to be seen. Hope you enjoyed your day there as much I did. Cheers.
Yet another thoroughly well researched, scripted, filmed, edited and delivered film Darren. We, and I think future watchers of your vlogs will, massively appreciate the time and effort it takes to create them. Its a shame that YT's payment algorithm doesnt have a "quality" measurement...and was thus able to skew payments accordingly in favour of them...youd be a millionaire! Failing that, maybe you could reach out to EH and see if theyre interested in a sponsorship deal? 😮😉
Thank you as ever for your support and encouragement! I do it for the love, not the money, so all’s good! I hope I’m creating something here that will have some longevity.
Great video! Mr Vobes is a nice guy, and like many of us, is concerned about the growing authoritarianism across the Western democracies. He does good work, just as you do.
@@ziggurat-builder8755 thank you, kindly. I agree he’s a nice guy and really enjoyed his old style videos. Personally, I just can’t cope with the sort of things he covers now - it makes me feel depressed. Totally respect that many don’t feel like that and value it. In this seemingly dark world, I stick my head in the sand!
I hope to all that is holy, England does not get hot enough for the tweed speedo. Another great episode, thankyou sir. (I am sure you would look great in the tweed speedo, my comment was aimed at comfort and the accompanying itching)
thanks for the video. I'm from the US, south carolina to be specific, and I so do appreciate getting to see sites like this. and message received, I'll try & send you some coffee money when I get a chance.
Hi Joel, thank you so much and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I get so much satisfaction from sharing this with overseas viewers. Don’t worry about the coffee - it’s just my daft British humour!
The Geordies didn't, most old farmhouses and churches in northern Northumberland decided old Hadrian left them a useful and easily accessible stone quarry.
Oh thank you so much - glad you enjoyed it! I’ve had the tie for years and alas, the shop I got it from, has gone “trendy” now! I’ll keep my eyes open!
Hi Darren. I apologise for not watching this interesting video on its release. Again you show a location I was unaware of and which i definitely would like to visit. I am baffled why channels like yours and Tweedy’s don’t get the traction you both deserve. 🤔🥴😔🤬
Cheers Andrew - would definitely recommend a visit - a lot of fine upstanding remains there! I think with RU-vid you can see there are trends and things you can do - like "How to" videos - that will almost certainly work, but I take heart from channels like Paul Whitewick, which is huge, and is doing a lot of history-based stuff. One day I'll "blow up", I'm sure!
I'm sure that after Caesar finished inventing a salad he did a quick propaganda tour of Britannia. Duffed a few chieftains up, then nipped back to the Med to catch up on his tan rather than focus too hard on serious defensive ditches that'd be easy to find modern day. He made the British tribes promise they'd pay their taxes, then buggered off. I can picture the scene as the British tribes waved him off...Wishing him well, telling him he's welcome back anytime. The moment he was over the horizon...and in very British style the tribes saying ''What an awful chap!. If he ever pops back dear, we'll lock the door, pull the roundhouse curtains shut, hide behind the couch and pretend we're not home''.
Hi Darren, What an interesting place, did they dig that ditch for defensive purposes or was it dug such they had a safe place for their amphoras full of wine .... Were the first drops of Gevrey supped there? We'll never know. I feel I must apologise for the incursion of the railway onto this site. I have requested that the "good" Dr. slates this line for withdrawal ... I might be a tad too late and he may be dead but it's the thought that counts. I've scrolled back to look at the revenue graph, if you were to do a projection on that it would be very positive, maybe not exponential but well positive. The investment in the tripod would be spread over a longer period too. That said I have no idea at what point you could gain a decent income, maybe Paul could give an idea. I've really enjoyed all that you've shown us closer to home but I can imagine you need to foray further afield now that you are a known face amongst the EH goons. The amphitheater looked enormous and well worth braving the thistles to get there, thank you. All the best!!
I think it may have been John Cleese said this in a eulogy to Graham Chapman when he said ..not verbatim - Graham has been dead a year, frankly, he's just showing off now.
Thanks David - I knew that railway would create a moral conflict for you! To be fair, I think the sea did most of the damage and/or the river. You’re right, a very interesting place. Because I do a lot in the northwest, I often get comments about how lucky we are here in terms of Roman stuff - and we are - but the fort at Richborough in Kent is a magnificent ruin, with so much to see. There are others too and I’ll get to them one day!!
I found the details about Richborough Roman fort interesting and would love to see it when I visit Britain. The trouble is that the closest I will get to Richborough is Gatwick airport on my next visit to jolly olde England. Is it worth it or other places more interesting like Wroxeter or Vinolander? Being a northerner you must had a big trip to go to that far from Northumberland.
Hi Andrew, thanks and glad you enjoyed. Yes, the Saxon shore forts are a long way from home for me, but always worth the effort as they’re quite different to the Roman remains across northern England. As to suggestions for your trip and as you’re going to be northern based by the sounds of it, I would recommend the wall. There’s so much variety, from forts, mile castles, bridge abutments, temples, earthworks and roads. The scenery is great too. Vindolanda will not disappoint. The museum of finds there is absolutely fascinating. Wroxeter is a long haul from the wall corridor, but if you’re in the Midlands at any stage, I’d recommend checking it out. I just love how that one great chunk of basilica wall has survived there!
Caesar wasn't interested in conquest in his "BC" visits. He was just taking a holiday from his conquest of Gaul and though he'd bring his mates along. Several legions worth. That was Caesar. Very generous.
Hello Jim. It would be great if they could find a marching camp from that expedition. There must have been some! It’s interesting as to what he was doing here!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtdI think there might be one found on the Alice Roberts "Digging for Britain" series and it's not far from Richborough. And historians aren't quite sure as to what he was up to. It's debated.
@@JimBagby74 oh I didn’t find that and I do watch that show. I know there are arguments about Caesar’s intentions, but I lean towards it being an attempted invasion. The likely overthrow of the camp - now called Devil’s Dyke near Wheathampstead - suggests some level of intent to me. I think there was a call on resources and thus the conquest was called off.
It's just a curious question. The large defensive fort seemed a mix of cobblestones and Roman bricks cemented together in the core. Were they quarrying or recycling older structures to build such? I know the Saxon-Brits used it as a stone quarry centuries later as happened on Hadrian's wall, but there were bricks included in the fort featured as core filler rubble from torn down previous structures. Maybe the bricks were recycled from the magnificent arse? Arch!
That’s a good question. The style of these third century Saxon Shore forts are very similar. The natural stone in much of the east is flint and you’ll always get some nice red tiling/brickwork with the Romans. But with so much rebuilding, it makes sense to me that rubble cores would include demolition rubble.
Well, it all seemed a little petulant, chap. I look, and there you are with over 2000 subscribers. What price adulation? Do you know own a tweed tie, sir? Maybe a tartan Stanley thermos flask? Anyway, jolly good. Especially enjoyed the Vlog-bombing. Carry on.
Sorry about the petulance - I’ve subsequently had words with myself! I don’t really do tweed ties - I sort of channel an inter war look and I’m not sure they did that, but I do want one of those flasks! Let me know if you see one!
3:51 Erm wrong way round and wrong century...not AD but BC or not CE but BCE . He said pedantically from his lazy sunday sofa 😛 I wore a roman helmet on friday. True story (at The Prehistoric Park in Eindhoven Museum in Holland ) The Romans were here first (the Lowlands). Not much in the way of visible ditches though..
Cheers! I’m still old school with the BC and AD, plus I frequently get the BC dates the wrong way round. It’s good wearing a Roman helmet, isn’t it? When I tried one on I felt powerful and part of something. Then the lady in the shop made me put it back!
We're all losing money, it's the rate we're losing it at that counts. It's pronounced...Fo Net Ics... Prof. J.Thackray, University of Irreverence, Swaledale....
@@twanderson7756 I wasn’t aware he’d said that - he usually thinks everything is ritualistic! I have no doubt they had a role to play in trade, but looking at these mighty walls - and the sweeping away of that arch - must surely indicate an increased need for defence? I’m not very good at being woke, so I’m probably wrong!
