in your Hello Fresh ad, you said you went to the supermarket every day, EVERY day? Um we go like once every 2 weeks or so. Who had the time and energy to go every day?

Great video, I have always had a huge interest in the railways, and was absolutely gutted when Beachy boy cut half the tracks out. Typical governments in the UK, just like the mines closing down,they make a decisin on money only not the livelyhood of thousands of men and women. You may or may not be aware of this but one of the reasons that the railways lost money was due to the prices charged fpr freight. The railways were told that they had to stick to a strict pricing gauge, and subsequently were more expensive that road transport. If the railways could have competed with road transport on a level playing ground, they may, just may have managed to break even, or even made money.

@pwhitewick Think the car is probably a Morris Cowley 6-light built 1932-1935 (morris 14/6) From an article about the cafe, it was demolished in 1935 and became the site of the first official car park. So im guessing you were probably bang on with your initial assumption that the picture is possibly from c1933

its never been found ???? this click bait

Great stuff, very interesting. 👍

Why are you whispering? There is nobody overthere 😂

You probably don’t realise but your shirt is hanging out

The remains of one pumping station are at Starcross in Devon there it is stated that the salt Sea Air caused the Leather to split apart Brunels answer was to Grease the Leather Flaps unfortunately the Rats enjoyed the taste of the Grease and ate the Flaps.

Bewdley town fc, there ground is right on the river Severn, it must be the only football ground with fishing 🎣 pegs

Click bate.

There is a tunnel there its 6 miles long its comes out by pen y fan and rumer has it it even went under pen y fan

Dan Snow and his father found the battle site in one of their programs and it's not where you're saying that it is

Now I am intrigued... Somewhere before I have come across The Old Slow Coach Road. Wish I could remember where 🧐

This is so Romantic. I mean in the true meaning of that word. Not kissy-kissy stuff. Its good for our souls that there are still these links to our ancient past,of whatever era. Not everyone wants to inhabit a mediocre suburb environment in which Dominos and McDs are the height of culture. Or even if we do,some of us love to know that this road was once a lane known to be infested with footpads,that funny bend in the road was where a farmyard wall was prior to 1880 when that terrace of houses was built,and that 1970s estate was built on the site of the old Vicarage,the church of which was built circa 1820 from Queen Annes Bounty.

A simple trick for making out hard-to-read inscriptions on things like milestones or gravestones is to use some flour. It will rub off the main surface but stay in the grooves. My mother used this technique years ago for transcribing gravestones in the local churchyard.

The land access laws in England are backward. Access works fine without problem in the National Parks. The whole thing needs turning on its head such the access is the default position.

I think much of Fletching lock still exists but it's on private land. You can however see some of it from the road.

Truth be told, there is no one source but a collection of sources. The Thames starts where these sources converge.

Called, in Latin, Vallum Hadriani or Vallum Aelium, Hadrian's Wall is a fortification whose construction began in 122 CE, in the Roman province of Britannia, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian - Trajan's successor. The grandiose construction began on the shores of the River Tyne, close to the North Sea, and reached the Irish Sea. It represented the northern limit of the Roman Empire, beyond which began the territories belonging to the free tribes of those lands, including the Picts. The wall was built by the Roman legionnaires, among whom there were also architects, masons or stonemasons. The components of the Roman legions had the status of Roman citizens. The soldiers who worked or carried out military activities at Hadrian's Wall came from northern Europe, there were also units brought from greater distances, made up of fighters of different nations. Among them were Asturians (from the Iberian Peninsula), Syrians and Geto-Dacians from the kingdom of Dacia, conquered by the Romans in 106. Current Romania.

Hi Paul. My family lived in Bradford Peverell, and were from the local area. Our neighbour had a vegetable patch in that groove up from Whitfield Farm in the 1970's! My dear mum and dad lived in the area all their lives, he was a coppice worker by trade and served his apprenticeship in Compton Valance. He always said that the Roman aqueduct source was there, and that it was 'always bl**dy wet there' I hope this local 'knowledge' may help, and is just not another tale....

Thanks again Paul for another fascinating video, this is just up the road from me,must get my walking boots on !

Before the turnpikes, people would travel on the 'high roads' i.e. to routes that followed the ridges and/or high ground that avoided the wet and sometimes impassable lower lands. The turnpikes tended to be built for more direct travel often through lowland areas with a large cost of building bridges etc to provide all year round 'fast' transport routes. This case looks like someone tried to monetise a high road.

atmospheric railway... it still exist and operate commercially, the brazil version aeromovel, but politic this and that made things hard. as so called modern wind propelled train, the only operator currently is Brazil and ex-operator is Indonesia, but it so hard to developed because how it can be game changer in commute. based on the paper they released, they claim they reach same level BTU as very populated metro or commuter train, but unfortunately oil companies didnt like it and the politics and business in Brazil and Indonesia try to surpress their existence. well, at least there is a new one in Guarulhos Airport iirc

.....Is this the one that goes across Whitesheet Hill...? If so that section at least, was a pre-historic trackway and a roman road before it was a turnpike...

I almost scrolled past this vid and the thumbnail looked like little Alex Horn.

How did they control the water in the caisson so the boat/barge would be floating?

quite a bit thinner than the old Welland Canal and Rideau Canal locks

I imagine all one needs to know is where clearings were back then. Britain was mostly forrest before England used the oaks to build ships of the line.

Well done Paul. Another well researched vlog. Very interesting. Thank you for all your hard work.

I guess both Bath and Sarum would have been important settlements in Roman times, a period which the ridgeways would have predated. I wonder just how old the Old Slow Coach route really was.

Great tune!!!

thats some research Paul

The council are at fault for selling off public land and what did they do with the money ?

Rode the Hampton Load ferry when i was i kid, sad to see it no longer the attraction it once was.

I'd heard of Brunel, but I don't recall this type of railway. I bet I read some vague description that didn't work, so I didn't catch on to what it was. I wish I could have had places like those to explore...here, if you go wandering around on other people's property, you might get arrested or shot. Not to mention the disgusting habit people around here have of tearing old buildings down, not making any effort to protect historic or otherwise valuable places. Just a few blocks from here was an old YMCA, that had started life as just a house. It was a beautiful building, and I would have bought it and lived in it, if I'd had the chance...and they tore it all down just to have a vacant lot to put a baseball diamond on, and they tore down the mansion across the street, that was also a great building. It had been used as an apartment building for many decades, and should have stayed. But people around here are good at sneaking in destruction before anyone who cares finds out.

Great video

Great research. The most important river in English history deserves to be accurately studied. Giving out false information regarding the river source severely undermines the competency of those in authority.

The railways we use now are 150 years old. The HS2 would have been used by generations to come and the cost over time will be miniscule in the great scheme of things. A spiteful political decision for a few votes by someone you only travels by helicopter. We will regret it big time.

Jenny Draper has an interesting video on railings which was a real eye-opener to areas of London that we think have public squares, which it turns out they aren't.