Martin & James Cornwall Podcast 

Two exciting videos on top of each other Kingston upon Hull and Cornwall. You’ll have to start doing a video called travels with Martin. Hope you enjoyed it

From North Cornwall. Best place in the Universe (as far as I’m concerned) ❤❤❤ Meur ras.

Martin, why didn't you let me know 😭😭 I live 5 mins from the Eden project. A real shame as I could have taken you to the old engine houses and the turntable, maybe next time ??? . You see those stairs to the right of frame at 13:14 well people used to have to walk up those to get to the castle before the new bridge was built and yes that is supposed to be the spirit of King Arthur. No you are not being naive guys, there are some beautiful little fishing villages, Mousehole is one (pronounced Mowzul) or Portreath and quite a few others. Fowey is gorgeous (pronounced Foy). Martin, 5 mins by car from our house I can take you to a place where they had horses to pull the mine carts with the rails still there intact and other industrial buildings but you will need to walk though. With the Engine Houses you saw at The Jenkin Mine, they were used for the Cornish Beam Engines to pump out water and to take the men up and down the shaft. You could have gone to Helston and visited The Poldark Mine where they take you on a tour of the old mine and show you the tools etc used in mining. Martin, did you not contact the owner with the contacts I gave you to do with the Turntable ??? I spent a year trying to get that for you and got you an open pass, what happened ?????. Sorry I haven't been around but on Feb 26th I was rushed to hospital with a very bad kidney infection, my kidneys were at 12% function, I have only been watching a reduced amount of channels video's but sometimes I didn't even comment as I have been recuperating as I nearly died that time. Thank you for sharing, much love to you and James. xx ❤

Pretty sure that cave at the start was actually a mine drainage adit, hence the water running out.

Loved the engine shed. They looked tucked in for the night, like a children’s book.

Great job lads ... Loads of interest and humour, not sure sure if I will recover from the sight of two "Jams Bonds" exiting from the surf. 🤣🤣🤣

That giant woodlouse was probably a 'sea slater', and they are massive!

Thank you Martin and James. Timmy is a scene stealer. That pup is so cute and I would imagine very spoiled.HA HA HA.

That was a very entertaining video. The red wine was nice too, an Australian shiraz. How could you forget your big torch, we’re you not a Boy Scout! 😂 Quality always beats quantity, and they are worth waiting for. You two make a really good double act.

I’ll get the red wine out if we are looking at holiday snaps! 😂

Hi i wish i could have know you in the 2000 , i was a railway nurse and in rochdale ,i went every three months they made rail tracks , and of course i did their medicals as they worked on or near a running line in the big warehouse . By law they required to have medical to show they are fit to be near a running line . But close by in another warehouse they had steam Engines there too . i seem to remember there were at least four when i last went . and they brought them out every now and again. when the steam Engine restorers group.came down out they came .They were amazing ! but i left shortly after as the company i was working for lost the contract sadly . but i had some fun working for for the rail ways . i worked all around the country . the best was crewe i saw the Royal Train that was amazing too ,along with her Engine. my regards liz .

Yep, the engines would have been Newcomen beam engines with the beam sticking out of the wall The engines were mostly used for pumping (though somee might be for 'man engines' ) They would pump water from the mines, some of which wass for boiler water, the rest would have been channelled away or sent through pipes, might explain the gulleys The mines near the coast go down deep enough to go under the sea, they just followed the vein wherever it went. A turntable with surrounding sheds in a curve is commonly known as a roundhouse, specially if the turntable is also covered with a roof, though Blazey hasn't got much of an arc of buildings.

A nice video today with the visit to Cornwall. Always happy to see them when they come up. Good to see you both today. Enjoy the week ahead, and see you on the next! Cheers mates! ❤❤😊😊

Most excellent little doggy.

Was down in Newquay when you was in the area ! Nice area if you go off the main areas

You were in my neck of the woods and didnt say hello? Did you know that they mined silver here in SE Cornwall? The first silver was taken out was made into a ring for Queen Victoria. The mine workings are still around with the shafts and the engine works. There are loads of mine workings here ( you should have taken James's advice and come round Gunnislake and crossed the Tamar at New Bridge. You would have come right past the silver mining valley - as well as arsenic, tin and copper). St Ozzle ( Austell) ...... sometimes called St Awful. But Charlestown is quaint. Glad you enjoyed yourselves and got around a bit.

I haven't been watching to many videos. I store them up and bindge watch them all

Perfect mix of vacation and the history of industry we all love. I cracked up at The Baywatch moment coming out of the ocean! AS always you lads smashed it. Next time I am in Manchester, probably spring ,man would it be an honor to not only have pints or a brew ,but taking part would be fun. Excellent job ,and no worries on video frequency we are lucky you are so talented at this.

We would be happy to have a video every few weeks or so. The editing would take a lot of time ⏲️, you've got a very loyal band of followers who enjoy everything you guys do. More please

oh great guys , happy holidays , we went to padstow it was fabulous, great food curtsey of mr Stein, cost a fortune but well worth it !

A good watch as always. Tintagel was reported to be the birth place of King Arthur, but going further back in time, the Romans called Great Britain "the tin isles" and that was why they wanted to conquer the land. I hope that James's cap was hung on his belt and not something else when he was up that big tree! 😂

Top class job guys! Loved the explores round the Tin mines....though those colapsed in shafts looked abit scary 😮 ....and as for James's Jesus sandals😲

This was the most entertaining evening looking at slides from a vacation ever! 😄 Those old tin and copper mine structures are so majestic, dotting the landscape! Bravo Martin, braving the dodgy heights, and bravo James, squeezing under the fences! To be honest, I think it would be more fair to liken that boy to an ox! 😂

Lovely visit to Cornwall. But I admit when I was last at St Austell, I was there for an ordination. I rejoice that at 75, nobody expects me to do anything daft such as your obstacle course above ground. Growing old had advantages. Do not fear it.

Just a quick note.. Your lockdown content was amazing, it made a huge difference and I'll always hold those memories Dearly so thank you

Martin, you leapt over that gate , fantastic, James. I think you've been eating too many custard pies 🥧 😅😂😂😂😂😂

Fab, thank u chaps. James.....a holiday video from u dear. 😎 🐾🐾🐾

Great to see your trip down to Cornwall, you saw a good mix what we have down here. Mines often had 3 mine engine buildings, a pump, a winding engine and a stamps to crush the ore. The steam engines were Richard Trevithick high pressure engines and he also made the first steam car which famously went 'Up Camborne hill'

Thanks for the tour. I may never get there. Glad the piskies didnt carry you away on Bodmin Moore. I just love doggy's hairstyle!

Wonderful adventures as always. I was 15 in 1982 as well and I enjoy your look back at memories from the 1970s and 1980s as it brings to mind a lot of my own times long gone. You're doing our generation proud there Martin with all the hiking and running you do, keep up the good work.

On the Saltash side of the bridge is the Union Inn. Next to the Inn is a statue of Brunel himself.

Thanks for this Martin and James really enjoyed it ✌️❤️

Enjoyed looking at the holiday vlog,nice to see Gary again, very enjoyable history of the mines, I see the similarity with the magpie mine. Agree with quality not quantity, thanks for posting.

I love to see a shaft with a rainbow!

Nice video guys, I love Cornwall. I went there with my parents has a child in the 60's, went to Tintagel too like you, then went back before I got married in the 70's. Anyway took my present wife there in 2011, what a fantastic place, she loved it too, stayed in St Ives. Did quite a bit of walking too, did the coastal walk which was fantastic. Only problem the wife got sunburnt feet the first day we were there.....lol. Go for quality any day with the video's, thanks again. Chris

Brilliant, loved it.

I can tell you an odd tale of synchronicity about Brunel's Albert Bridge: in 2007, my brother and I went to Cornwall to visit his daughter/my niece. Both our parents died within a couple of years of each other, and we both wanted a few days change of scenery. Anyhow, my brother flew there, and I had always fancied taking a train along that astonishing route built for the GWR by an all-time hero of mine, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It did not disappoint. Worth every penny of the fare. Anyhow. Got there, had a marvellous week. My brother went home a day before me, and the next day, I'm on the train, approaching Saltash, and the River Tamar, crossed by Brunel's wonderful bridge. My mobile rings. It's my brother, who explains he's in the pub, and they are doing a weekend lunchtime quiz, and the following happens: TIM (my brother) Hello, bro. What's the name of Brunel's bridge over the Tamar? ME: What, the Prince Albert Bridge I'm just about to go over, you mean? TIM: What the f**k? I hung up, and took a short video to prove it, which I immediately sent him. He was proper freaked out by that. Anyhow. Corker of a video, gents. Tidy. 👍👍👍

I love these vlogs! Thanks again for taking us along with you!

Truly loved this video as we normally go to Cornwall with 7 friends. The Eden project was, as always, gorgeous and well worth a visit, but its expensive. After 3 times its enough. They need to keep people coming back but at a reduced cost. All the best . I wish i could do heights !

Thanks for showing us your holiday snaps lol. James, you were very brave to jump into the harbour. You must have had a wild moment cuz that was pretty high. Thanks both for sharing.

At the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the image at 15:29 reminds me of a chia pet. Glad you didn't lose your sunglasses when you were looking down the old mine shaft. Martin the image at 21:14 could be a postcard, great shot. James, Sandles for a hike/journey???? The Royal Albert Bridge is a piece of art, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a man before his time. Looks like you all had a great time, what a beautiful place.

Mad buggers. Thanks again guys 🤣😂🤣

We were in Cornwall in early August. And spent a day at Botallack. I think the second set of buildings you went to at Wheal Jenkins were equivalent to what you would have seen at Botallack and we're therefore probably the furnace for processing ore after it's been smashed up on site and the flue was the equivalent to the arsenic maze at Botallack where the fumes from the furnace would have been routed through before going up the chimney so that the arsenic in the smoke would collect on the walls and then would be collected by workers. The 'engine room' and other buildings you saw at West Phoenix would probably have been where the machinery was to break up the ore before it went into the furnace and that maze like structure you went through in there after the engine room looks to me like that will have been their arsenic maze. We went over the Brunel Bridge at Saltash by the way as in September 2022 we went to Cornwall on the sleeper from Paddington.

Feel like I have been on holiday too 🙂 thanks lads!

Really enjoyed looking through you holiday snaps and listening to the stories!

very interesting and such beautiful scenery. Thankyou Martin and James

When i went to cornwall a few years ago, i visited the wheel martin china clay museum. It's not far from St Austel. It is very interesting with a lot of industrial history. I can't believe you didn't go.

That was great 👍

I am going again in two weeks, I stay at Botaalack evey year. So much history it's brilliant.

Great video, really enjoyed it. You and James have good chemistry, always make me smile.

Thanks for another great video lads.

Nice one Martin & James, Like your train spotting videos, you should do more .

Wow, amazing those loco sheds have survived.

That was a nice story about the then and now of that train shed. Time passes away so fast

THAT WAS ACE 😂😂❤❤ Thanks lads. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Very enjoyable

Loved this. Thanks for sharing both of you. …….

That was spot on lads thank you.

always entertaining, great stuff....🙂

Great video thank you for sharing. Cornwall is a super place to visit

Lovely change of a video Martin. Cornwall is stunning isn't it. I've been twice. Beautiful views. Thank you. I always look forward to your videos. They're always different in some way or another. Have a great week. 😊

Superb video. That bridge at the end was amazing. Built to last forever. Cornwall was great. Thank you for sharing your Holiday with us. Timmy looks adorable.

This was very different but far from a nightmare! Loved the opening sequence with James plunging into the water in St Austell harbour... talk about drop like a stone..... 🤣 Whale roots indeed! Thank goodness that's the bod shots over for the year! Bodmin moor, one of my most favourite places on earth. It has an atmosphere that's hard to explain. Glad to see you did that! Really enjoyable! 👍

Its the River Fowey which is pronounced Foy ( the we is silent). great programme.. Ive explored a good few mines in the area over the last few years.. Glad you enjoyed your visit. When your down next I can take you down a couple of interesting minbes that dont require ropes, just hard hats and light. mike

Nice one!

Lovely video Martin and James, I love Cornwall, been going there for 45+ years, never get tired of the stunning coastal landscapes.

fabulous vid Martin, really enjoyable, thanks 👍👍

Thanks for the memories of trainspotting as I had a few friends who were trainspotters in the '70s and I rode British Rail when ever I got the chance. Also seeing Tintagel Castle brought back memories of getting my father in law from Hawaii his first Cornish Pasty. It is amazing how old the tin mine remains are. A good video indeed.

cracking video guys, took me back to one of my favourite holidays in 2005. where i went round pretty much all the same places..

Thanks Martin nice to see another vlog, did a visit to Brunels Bridge with a couple of friends. Just happened that weekend the was a block on the bridgeand work was being carried out , two of my friends work for the railway and showed there passes and we ended up with a walk across good fun 😂

Eat look a worsley martin really wanted you to take a look at this. Thank you 👍

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time

Great video, that old bridge was impressive - slap some lighting on there and make it safe for pedestrians and you get a nice attraction for locals or tourists. And I have visited bogs here with no buildings, just a bog with nature, so that place was really interesting too. First time someone gifted me a Guinness I thought that the plastic thing is some defect. Dark beer I find better, less bloating of the stomach.

This was great fun! Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful! Thanks Gents! Appreciated.

I feel I've been on my holidays, I think it was 1982 when I last went to Cornwall Martin loved the mines the thing is with Cornwall there are mine shafts all over the place so I was always wary of where I was going. Thanks boy's always nice to be in your company.

Smashing, an evening in with you was a treat. Look forward to more.

Excellent! 🎉 Love Cornwall live in Falmouth.

When Martin was climbing on The cage over the vertical shaft, I was wondering if his sunglasses were going to fall out of his shirt and go down the shaft.

This is a video I'll almost surely re-watch for the beauty of the landscapes and the poignant reminders of a past age. The cameo appearance by Timmy is much appreciated, too. Glad you had such a good trip!

Last time i went there that fence wasn't there. Over the other side of Caradon Hill where the TV mast is. are another series of mines with quite a few buildings etc left with more remenants of old railway.

All of a sudden I want to go back to Cornwall, very cool video

I love your content. Put your videos out when they are ready. Don't rush it.

Brilliant video lads and the content was superb.cheers keep it up

Really enjoyed seeing holiday snaps. Oh those trains were fabulous. Loved the ruins as well. All in all awesome video. Thanks for the share. Please take care

Worth tuning in just for the double Daniel Craig moment in the sea 🌊 😆😆🧱👍🏽

5:43 A six pack of cakes in his hands, that is.

👍 Good stuff chaps! 🙂

Geez was thinkin Jimmy Bond aka Daniel Craig in Casino Royale but ok 😜😂 Nice goin blokes, haven't seen alot of those necka da woods. Although Truro, rings a bell. Probably because of Tv series Wycliffe 1993 and 1997. Nice walkabout, includin the whiskered bloke, Your phone did a bludy brilliant job Still learnin to drive my Samsung A23. Bludy rippa view through and round the bridge. I enjoyed that m8s, thanks heaps.

Hey martin a good tip for you always carry your torch that place looked great 😊

Very interesting video this time……stunning natural scenery and plenty of industrial history too. You seemed to have had a great deal of fun too😁👍👍👍

Another great film ! Great explore of Cornwall. James, keep your dog under control ! or don't !!!

very enjoyable, always enjoy your videos, as you say quality not quantity is best.

James poured the Black Heart wrong! I am mortified! Only thing that redeems him is the topless part coming out of the sea 🙂🙂

loved it , i always do. wouldn't expect one a week , would rather you concentrate on quality. problem you have is the more you do the farther from home you go, alas thats life . but i love it , i love the nostalga videos because basically i am old , my favourite one you made was about locations with regards to lowery or lowry , keep it up lads and thank you .

Great video Martin. Good to see you doing a different style and bringing a bit of yours (and James) personal touch to it. Love Cornwall and an ideal place you could try (next time,lol) is the Mineral Tramway between Portreath and Devoran - lots along there to keep you busy!

The Engine houses were used for four jobs, to power the pumps, winder, stamps and rarely a man engine. It's a shame you didn't come further west, in the Camborne Redruth area there are two enginhouses with the engines still inside, there is also a mining museum at the King Edward mine. On the way to Helston is Poldark mine lots to look at and an underground trip. Then near Botallack there is Geevor mine museum and Levant mine with a working steam engine plus a look down the man engine shaft. Look after yourselves fewer videos are better than none. God bless

Wicked, great seeing u guys getting around 💯🤟🏼 James, " Do u like the bitterness? NO!!! Was the reply 😊🙏🏻💯

@ 4.30. Its a drainage adit from probably a tin mine, a lot of adits in Cornwall run directly onto the beaches.

That was a brilliant podcast James & Martin nice places you went to in Cornwall looks Interesting good video 👍