‘Show us your metal’ what a wonderful explanation for that commonly used expression. Lovely drone shots. I was so pleased to see that such a piece of the agricultural past has been preserved. A beautiful video. Thanks
Great video as ever, love the windmill, looks great inside and out, always good to see a bit of history, I do hope they put the sails back on would be great to see a fully working windmill.
What a fascinating place to visit! Thank you for sharing. I'm guessing that's where the phrase 'show us your metal' comes from. Loved the staddlestones and granary too!
In India, i have never seen such beautiful windmill. England is full of such fascinating things. good to know the mechanics behind such a huge wooden metallic capped windmill constructed next to the pond. wonderful work done but i could not properly understand sharpening windmill part of the video..but thanks to Richard for beautiful Drone view.
What a fantastic production. So informative. You were fortunate with the weather & the drone shots were exceptional. Wish you every success with your crop Richard & Julia! 🚜 🍞 😊 💜
Fascinating and educational. Many thanks for sharing this one with us all. We really enjoyed learning more about how the windmill works and what a beautiful setting. Must visit one day.
I remember visiting nearby manor farm on a school trip. I love these old buildings.What a lovely video with the drone footage included. Thanks so much. Xx
Fascinating. I learnt several facts - particularly that mill stones need and can be sharpened, by a skilled craftsman who had "metal". Lovely drone footage too. Gary mentioned that there was an earlier mill adjacent to the current one. The dry weather revealed a subtle parch mark in the grass which is just visible from your drone.
Very interesting. Thank you for all that historic information, especially as I have Millers in my ancestry (not windmill Millers though) and great Drone footage too 🙂
Brings back Super memory's of our walk with Richard and Julia just last Saturday where we visited one of these magnificent buildings. Also being of an age to remember Camberwick Green and Trumpton where Windy Miller resided. Windy loved this stuff called Cider which helped just in case he ever got hit by one of the sales sorry Sails. New words and some familiar ones learned. Sailing close to the wind anyone. David & Lily.
Fantastic video, about a magnificent piece of restoration work. Full of interest. A real education in the miller's art. Let's hope those sails are soon turning once again. Thank you.
Just discovered your channel recently,and have watched a lot of your episodes.very educational. great to see things,from the past,and ways of the past preserved.im loving the episodes,with julia.shes has a great personality.all the best, for the future sir.
That brought back pleasant memories of my own visit to Bursledon mill (circa 2000). The sails were still up at the time & operational. At that time the millers name was Gavin. I can see the merits of having your own grain milled there.
Gavin was the miller for many years, I was his nipper until the time came for him to retire. Through many years of watching over the skills which he taught me I obtained the role as miller, I still see him from time to time he came by the mill the day this was filmed and had a catch up. We look forward to one day getting the sails back up and to have Richard and Julia to come and film a part2 mill in action. Gary
Thanks for the tour of the mill, I found that most interesting. Mills are the one thing that I have never been to, as I was quite content as a kid with steam trains, trams, boats and castles.
Great video. I have passed by the windmill on many occasions then traveling to the New Forest and when visiting nearby Manor Farm. They probably took their grain there for milling. Thanks for showing an important piece of our heritage, obviously well worth a visit.
Very interesting video Richard and Julia. So lovely that these places are still here to remind us of our history. It inspired me to attempt a Haiku. Bursledon still, unyielding. Millstones silent, hopper bare, Listen! The bell rings!
Wow another amazing documentary. That was brilliant. In fact the nostalgia of it all gave me a lump in my throat as they say. Thank you so much for educating me again. Constantly learning.
Hi Bob Your welcome to come visit anytime, Jane is here with me today although raining today. She said you’ve been interested in windmills as long as me and as long as I’ve been here for, If the sails were back it would be a good days milling to be had, I’ll ask Jane to forward my email to you so you could plan a visit at some point Regards Gary
Great Vlog, one of your best yet, many thanks. You get a glimpse speeding along the M27 but I've never got round to visiting. Interesting facts about showing your metal, sharping the stones (never know the miller did that) and the purpose of the balcony just like the one around the smock mill at Shipley you've been to a few times. Southampton is not one of my favorite places, sorry Julia! but it proves there are some nice places in the Southampton area. BTW Shipley might be a good base for one of your walking groups? Plenty of parking, views of the mill (don't think it's open any more -might be wrong?) North to see the remains of the secret WW2 underground hideout and the pub at Dragons Green or East to Knapp park and the village I can't remember the name of - just off the A24.
Great Vlog ! You should do the whole job ! Plant the grain, Grow the wheat, Harvest the wheat, (by hand), Thresh the wheat here, with the steam engine, Then grind the flour ! What a great weekend of activities, to promote the mill, that would be ! How people would love to see that ! Stay safe ! Stu xx
That's part of the three stage plan Richard and I have at Ian's field. Last time we were at the field we cut the lawn to mark out the patch we hope to prepare for growing the heritage wheat 😃💜
Ah, Derbyshire Millstone Grit where would we be without it, I wonder if the Staddle Stones are made from the same material? Surprising how volatile flour is! Excellent Vobavision production Richard and the Lovely Julia.
Hello Richard and the lovely Julia, looking forward to every video, thank you so much. But I seem to be the only one who gi es a like, I don't get it..... Wish you all the best 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗
Something I was waiting for you to ask, - how does grit from the stones get separated from the flour? There must be grit in it otherwise the stones wouldn't wear down.