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The Watlington White Mark Myth

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What is the Watlington White Mark in the Oxfordshire Chilterns? Does its existence really relate to the common myth of the local squire and the church tower? In this joint production with ‪@WC21UKProductionsLtd‬ Hedley is joined by Darren in the town of Watlington to use telephoto drone technology to confirm or deny this tale, and the results may turn out to be a surprise.
Script/story/drone - Hedley
Ground shots/production - Darren
Camera operator - James Thorne
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28 авг 2024

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@smallsleepyrascalcat 5 месяцев назад

Hillarious! Whoever had the idea of putting you two in a video deserves all the love. I enjoyed this video very much. The chemistry between Hedley and Darren is en point. Oh and speaking of Hedley: I love the cap.

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!! The cap is great, if perhaps a tad small

@WC21UKProductionsLtd 5 месяцев назад

It was great working with you on this Hedley. Hopefully the owners of Glebe Farm are subscribers and we get an invite!

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

And you Sir!! Your presenting and editing is second to none

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 5 месяцев назад

So enjoyable and interesting. In fact I have watched it twice, via Darren’s channel 😮 A stellar collaboration with a brilliant debunk too. Please Hedley, post weekly. 👏👏👍😀

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha I will try!!

@IanDDalton 5 месяцев назад

this did make me chuckle, and an interesting topic to boot, hope to see Hedley become RU-vid's answer to Victor Meldrew :D

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha thank you. I don't believe it!

@barryconway 5 месяцев назад

Huge fun. Huzzah. More “Hedley Thorne investigates” please. Well done WC21 (UK) - is that your real name? - for your part in this endeavour. I still think it’s a giant Neolithic willy. Or has that been debunked too? (Also well done to Henley’s teenager).

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha I have passed that onto James!

@keithm603 5 месяцев назад

'Carry on up the spire', Quality stuff, squire.

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha thanks!!

@oliverghunter 4 месяца назад

Lol, very good! I'd be happy to watch more of these... weekly might be a stretch... perhaps fortnightly?!

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

I am planning the next, but as this took me a while to plan and script I don't think I can do these as regular as Paul and Darren's channels. But yes, there will be more!

@Linleys 5 месяцев назад

I think it is an old medieval landing strip for very large drones in the days when drones didn't have four propellers, but wings (so not drones at all of course) and so needed a full landing runway. Yes? Did medieval drone-plans have wings? ;)

@travelbugse2829 4 месяца назад

Absolutely. You only have to look at Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings!

@SamWalksALot 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha well done you 2! Ill pop over to Darren's channel and watch it there too 😁

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Sam xx

@travelbugse2829 5 месяцев назад

I was fascinated, diverted and entertained - but none the wiser. Thank you so much for 13 and a half minutes minutes of inconsequentia (if that is a word). Subscribed!

@travelbugse2829 5 месяцев назад

Skuse the repetition. It's the effect this channel has on me.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Haha thank you!

@barryballard1408 4 месяца назад

This is so good! I'm not sure if we're witnessing the creation of an antiquarian version of Holmes and Watson here, or Morecambe and Wise. Either way, well done. Very entertaining.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Haha thank you, I'll gladly take that! This was fun to script and film (Darren edited it). I am conjuring up another already...

@RussPinder 4 месяца назад

Great start, and not cheesy at all, very entertaining.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@AdeptHavelock 5 месяцев назад

9:47 Darren "Lets go and see if it's worked"...takes 5 paces to the left 😂 Great collaboration chaps 👍 Keep 'em coming...

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha thanks will do.

@BassistInATutu 5 месяцев назад

If that poor man keeps getting "furious" every time you learn something he should probably stay at home and have a cup of tea. Probably camomile tea, help him keep calm.

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha!! I love playing "furious"!

@Linleys 5 месяцев назад

Also, seriously this time, what an excellent video! And I love the intro for the new style DI Thorne's videos :)

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Credit to Darren for this style of editing! Really enjoyed this but couldn't do these without him.

@Fellmandave1 4 месяца назад

Really entertaining. Like the two Ronnie's you two. Only better.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Haha I'll take that, thanks!

@jameswalksinhistory3848 5 месяцев назад

Totally enjoyed this

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. Darren is great to work with!

@jameswalksinhistory3848 5 месяцев назад

@@hedleythorne This mark may be anything , great to watch your reasoning of possibilities unfold-You can't beat a feet on the ground investigation followed by a possible Mc Takeaway 👍👍

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

@@jameswalksinhistory3848 bloody teenagers.

@davidberlanny3308 5 месяцев назад

Hi Hedley and Darren, just watched again, this time on Hedley's channel. I remembered that you discussed this marker on the Wessex Way podcast, N°8 no less!! Good to see that you have returned to focus on this particular hillfiger. Whilst you couldn't quite get the exact shot you wanted, at least not yet, its surely confirms the spire theory if not the reason for doing it. I noted that MrWC broke the hat on in church rule (again) but in true Phillip Mold (or is it mould) style he just brushed it off ..... Just been snowing down here would you believe!! Where to next for Hedley Thorne investigates?? All the best!!

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Snowing? Wow we are in T shirts here in Polperro! I have a few ideas for other videos, one with Paul and one with Darren. Just early ideas.

@RWBHere 4 месяца назад

Why should he be furious? He disproved one theory, and found a much more plausible answer to the puzzle.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

I loved it really - great fun to make this video, though "grumpy Hedley" seems to be something that people like for whatever reason.

@DroneShowLive 5 месяцев назад

Amazing episode Hedley ❤ well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!

@flygrace 5 месяцев назад

That was most entertaining. 😄

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@simonmcox 4 месяца назад

Excellent video! A theory: Look to the NW and you will find Pyrton Manor. It has its own church, St Mary's, as any self respecting land owner would have as a symbol of power on those days. This would have irked Squire Edward Horne so my supposition is he created the Mark to annoy the Squire of Pyrton Manor, who perhaps regularly rode over the fields where you could see it from - there is a path on the old maps from Pyrton Manor to Cuxham road that looks like it would be in the perfect spot to see the spire! The farm you could not get into to see if it lined up, does not show on old maps and the vicarage was next to St Leonard's Church - now gone. All conjecture of course.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Interesting, and something I will speak with Darren about. Also I wonder whether Horne bought Pyrton Manor, as some resources suggest.

@johnnymac26 4 месяца назад

Really good had a proper chuckle

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Pleased that you enjoyed it!

@JoesWebPresence 4 месяца назад

You are right! I got a tripod instead of a teenager and it's the best decision I ever made.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Cheaper and less hassle in the long run I find. Also, quieter.

@ethelmini 4 месяца назад

All you had to do was sit on the bottom of the mark & see what appears past the top of the church tower.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

That would have been a quick video!

@notthatgoodreally 5 месяцев назад

I often thought about figuring out where the tower and the white mark lined up and going there. Now I don’t need to bother!

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

My OCD got the better of me to be honest!

@PaulTimlett 5 месяцев назад

Hedley you’re a natural. A natural what I’m not entirely sure but a natural nonetheless 🤷 By the way, what happens when you take your hands out of your pockets?

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

My hands are surgically attached to my pockets. It's a legal thing. 😅

@philcollinson328 4 месяца назад

Great vid Hedley and Darren, AKA the crazy bunch 🤣...I was wise enough to subscribe to Darren's wonderful channel quite a while ago, and as such, I know it's a good choice to subscribe to yours. Monty Python meets history is a delicious mix. Keep up the good work Hedley.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much! Darren is quite the character isn't he. Great to work with!

@philcollinson328 4 месяца назад

@@hedleythorne I imagine you are both quite the characters to work with! ...I stick to my theory that hill just displayed an exclamation mark of surprise having you two romping across it😂.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

@@philcollinson328 😄😄👍

@philcollinson328 4 месяца назад

@@hedleythorne hahaha 🤣👍Being serious however...Wonderful vid Hedley...your in depth knowledge of history is an encyclopaedia for future generations ...I hope you continue your channel.

@hedleythorne 4 месяца назад

@philcollinson328 thank you, I will. Most of my RU-vid work is Wessex Ways but I upload my own videos here now and again. Next up Wales hopefully

@leecollins5479 5 месяцев назад

5 minutes away from me! great video

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Ooh are you the local squire...?

@leecollins5479 5 месяцев назад

@@hedleythorne no just a tetty local

@barryconway 5 месяцев назад

I had to come back and watch this again, it having occurred to me that I didn’t see the “Gateway Tweed” item… and Tweedy has just made a video of an item “made of tweed offcuts”. Phew, panic over. Gateway Tweed firmly in place. Also, it occurs to me that an item of clothing generally unseen might be the next step? I’m thinking SOCKS, sir.

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha!! Gateway tweed in place, though I also retain a fondness for my other hat.

@davie941 5 месяцев назад

hello Hedley and Darren , great video, this was so much fun to watch, and of course very interesting , it looks like a big *!* to me lol, really well done both 😊

@hedleythorne 5 месяцев назад

Haha thank you!