Welcome to the Whitewick Mixtape. In which we explore a few places that don't quite have the story for the main channel: / @pwhitewick This week we try and reach a Hillfort on Salisbury Plain.
This is a brilliant idea, have so missed you adventuring together, not that I don't love Paul's videos, but love the interaction between the two of you, and it's really nice to go for a walk with you pair.
Love the idea of a Paul and Rebecca Raw and Uncut seeing you both out and enjoying these interesting places that may or may not be enough for a documentary on the other channel.
@@PaulTomblin They even stopped in ALL military training grounds. My only guess is that one recruit/soldier did their shovel recce and only dug a shallow hole and someone stepped in it.... Not because of archaeological reasons.
@@alastairmellor966 You could have put one of the terms in brackets (), then they would have known what if meant if they encountered the military term for it.
glad to see the OG lineup together again . Rebecca's train journeys and Paul's documentaries are good too, but the unscripted chemistry of the old married couple who are still best friends is delightful. (did you censor the tank? there's blackout !)
Time Team have done a number of shows on the Solisbury Plain. The MOD have a program called Operation Nightingale, where they train veterans with PTSD or physical disabilities to do archaeology.
Glad you have found this outlet for more show-up-with-a-GoPro-and-see-what-happens type content! I think we were discussing this on the Wessex Ways Podcast - it's so much less like "work" when there's only a single track on the timeline!
Brilliant, loved the chatter and the walk of the casual style of the video. Didn't realize I missed it from the main channel. Do enjoy the Documentaries on the other channel too
Excellent idea to produce these videos, Rebecca and Paul. Thank you: duly subscribed. When you get to my advanced years, there are never enough random countryside toilets!
I used to walk my dog there, many times we explored the hill fort years ago before we moved away from Andover. I even used to drive up the military tracks on weekends (ignored the signs -oh naughty) to park up nearer the hill fort sometimes too. There's a lot of old history around there, a lot of it relatively untouched. If you come off the military land towards Everleigh village (which also has some history too), you can get a delicious, awesome meal in the Goa Balti. Well worth a visit to eat in or collect a take away. You are almost making me wish we'd not left Andover now .....
It was great seeing you two do this sort of thing again! Incredible number of prehistoric monuments on this relatively short walk and aren't we lucky the MOD took over this land before the advent of industrial scale, intensive farming.
Shoulders is still used on motorways(hard shoulder) however it's not commonly used on smaller roads despite it still being technically correct. Loving the second channel, great idea!
I was a spectator at a tank firing on Salisbury Plain about 20 years ago. The firepower, engine power, accuracy & range of the tanks was quite astounding. I saw a big window panel in my van actually bend from the shockwave of air hitting it, I'd never seen glass bend before!
Love this. Love what you've done, and the success you've had with the other channel, but this really does have the feel of those videos back in the 10k days 😀
Mixtape - love it! The documentaries are fantastic stuff and really well put together, but personally I was missing the videos of the two of you off on an adventure bantering away. Great to see them again!
This video gives the public evidence that the military are doing their best to protect these ancient sites. Lets have more of these random videos of interesting sites we can visit.
Thank you for taking us along on your very enjoyable unscripted family day out! Unlike Danebury, from memory the top of the Hill Fort is fenced off, but for those interested, it's a shorter walk if you park in Eden Road (Gate 17), which is off the A338 north of Tidworth. Although you don't pass the burial mounds on the Old Marlborough Road, you won't be in danger of getting run over by a low flying Chinook using the Everleigh Drop Zone.
Spent a fair bit of time on Salisbury Plain and it is a strange enigmatic place, both beautiful and bleak verging on the bland at times. It certainly makes you wonder what the attraction was to build so many monuments and Stonehenge in particular there.
Very enjoyable walk featuring many ancient barrows, the odd Portaloo and a tank on the horizon. A real mixture - taped. What will you encounter next time.
If you want some steep shoulders, try the non-trunk roads of Zimbabwe - put a wheel off the road and you will find yourself upside-down and 6 foot below road level!
Love seeing you both together on screen again, great idea for the channel. Was looking forward to the next installment of Rebecca's A to Z, will this become part of the mix?
That would be a fossick. I’m not sure about Salisbury but on Dartmoor they only fly when they are firing in indeed it’s rather amusing on Woodbury common when going for a walk you have just left the car park and 30 off squaddies come by in full camouflage. Interested to see what a walk for Paul and Rebecca (apologies on spelling) away from the camera would be like.
"Steep Shoulders" sounds like a medical condition that would've kept you out of the army in WWII. "He wasn't allowed to join the army because he had flat feet and steep shoulders, so joined the Home Guard instead"...
Live in Bulford for 23 years and loved walking my dogs over the plain from the 70's to the 90's. Though from the current maps, there are areas that you can no longer walk due to more activity
Another place in the south where there is often nothing for miles is Dartmoor, with the added benefit that you don't have to stick to the paths. Still might be red flags flying 🚩 but unlikely to bump into a tank
is this one ofMOD open days i ocasionaly go up to Imber ,WHHuddsons favorit place,i should imagine it looked remarkable i went up on day and got chaced off by the sargent i must say it magic country side😊
Now how are supposed to play the _fleeting Rebecca appearance drinking game_ (TM) if Rebecca is always on screen? That's just one long chug... Actually, disregard. Who could complain about more Rebecca and a 14 minute chug?
