Dry Stone Legends Episode 2: Sean Adcock BEM

[@Puukko79]

I'm going to watch this many times. Thank you

[@drystone-tv]

That's great, thanks for watching, I really enjoyed making this one!

[@icedrum555]

Superb interview, wonderful stone work, stunning location!

[@drystone-tv]

Thanks, I had a great day filming it!

[@jaei_snack]

Thank you for making this! Great job!

[@drystone-tv]

@@jaei_snack thanks! It was a real pleasure spending the day with Sean. Good craic!

[@BTHobbies]

Great stuff!

[@phil3572]

To a lay person like me who can only stare in wonder at the functional work of art that is a professionpally executed and well presented dry stone wall, this series your'e doing of "legends" is a fantastic concept. So thank you and please keep it going. It is not overstating the case that our posterity requires the insights of people such as yourselves and your subjects for the sake of history and learning in how our landscapes were enhanced for human prosperity. Just saying.

[@drystone-tv]

Thank you for your comment! I've got a large list of people I'd like to visit I'll try and make it to one a month in 2025! There are so many stories out there and many people that had a hand in saving the craft from extinction and creating the boom that we are seeing today.

[@seanadc]

@phil3572 . Thanks for your kind comments, I like to think my whole ethos is centred around recording and spreading knowledge regarding the craft, both practical and general through my writings and speaking around the world (or a few bits of it anyway). My BEM citation read "...for promoting the craft of dry stone walling and recording dry stone treasures, both home and abroad, for others to enjoy, has made an invaluable and selfless contribution to ensure that this ancient skill continues through future generations". In light of that I agreed to this interview and hope it will add to that legacy. I had some reservations about being a legend as it is, (I hope from what I say) clear that there are many better wallers than me out there, but it was a huge honour to be invited to speak as a 'legend' by one of the finest younger wallers in the UK today. Its not for me to judge whether or not I am worthy of that status, I just hope that my combined work with both stone and paper has some merit.

[@djk0125]

​@@seanadc I so enjoyed the video!

[@djk0125]

God, I love a beautiful rock wall. You've done fantastic work! I think I would've loved to build rock walls because I like to work alone/independently or maybe at most with one other person. I like to do skilled work with my hands in or outdoors (as I did before retiring). I might try to make a small wall project in my garden. I do some artwork nowadays & I'm always making multimedia art which inevitably includes a rock wall somewhere in the piece. Thanks for this video. 🩷

[@footshotstube]

i Kno IM. spent about 6yrs in BTCV too. Great time learned all the old des , ran holidays , never got a bloody paid job tho

[@kenbaker347]

Really nice video. Love the wall. Just wondering though, why those walls are so tall?

[@drystone-tv]

To keep the sheep where they're supposed to be. They are good climbers so everything is based on keeping them where they need to be.

[@seanadc]

The taller walls are running across slopes and are all around 1-4 to 1.5m tall on the lower side, they are often 900 mm wide at the base and from one side to the other there can be a difference in ground level of 600mm or more. basically they are as tall as they need to be to maintain the more standard height on the low side. As it is they only just about keep the sheep in - they are very athletic around here - but dont always deter the feral goats

[@kenbaker347]

@@drystone-tv Thanks for explaining that. The sheep breeds on the farms hereabouts (SE Australia) don't seem inclined to climb anything so it's interesting to learn that yours are so energetic.

[@bhartley1024]

He's dead right about those triangular stones. You want the squeezing, wedging forces parallel to the wall. If they are perpendicular, the stones will eventually be forced out, but if they are parallel, they have no where to go (unless you are near the end of the wall).

[@howisyou5891]

Siur

[@zenorr1786]

Have anyone ever heard of wallers from north of england called joe Gough or sam pig? Sam had a wee dog

[@dougoneill7266]

There were a lot of excellent wallers in the competitions Sean mentions and frankly he has a rather over inflated view of his own work at that time.

[@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886]

One doesn’t get to be the best thinking he’s not any good.

[@dougoneill7266]

@@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886 Considering that there is even a 'best' underlines my point, the walling competitions were a means of promoting Walling and to think of oneself as the best is a bit silly really. but if it helps you sleep at night, good luck to you.

[@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886]

I’m sure it helps this gentleman sleep at night thinking about how he can improve. Whether it be through efficiency, technique and/or aesthetics. I’m guessing those thoughts help him fall asleep each night. Cheers

[@paulf2529]

Who cares if he is the absolute best or not , he can clearly build some fantastic walls.

[@dougoneill7266]

@@paulf2529 Absolutely, so could/can a lot of other people. The whole tenet of this vid is disrespectful to some very good wallers. even the mention of there being a 'best' is absurd.