Open Bronze Age Grave

[@tweedyoutdoors]

Sorry for being very late to the party - I've been busy with, ahem, you know what! What a beautiful, fascinating and enigmatic landscape! Hard not to say the word "evocative". Some lovely sunset shots here as well.The sort of terrain I'd love to sit in and have some Gevrey Chambertin! Thanks for the very pertinent warning about megalithic energy. This could also explain why the Cockpit was never excavated!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Mum's the word. They just don't know what's coming their way! I imagined you with a bottle of Gevrey - just outside the Cockpit, obviously - watching the sun setting on a prehistoric landscape. It was, of course, the only time the sun really put a look in! Cloud cover is good for lurking UFOs too. I expect that's why Waistell Taylor disappeared from the history books. Well, I imagine he did!

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd They really have no idea!

[@bathshe]

I love the music the hat and the voice . Dont ever stop darren , me and my bird live for sunday morning post !!!!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much. I now have a stock response for comments like the one featured: "Thank you for your comment. The contents of which have been noted." What made me chuckle about that one is that he was basically saying I had to change everything about the channel! Oh, and the fact he had 19 subscribers and a range of truly terrible videos shot with a 15 year old phone!

[@peterbradburn9115]

Still can't believe you don't have more subscribers. Have introduced the channel to a number of like minded, and to be honest similarly aged, friends who also love it. Criminally underappreciated by the wider community

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Peter - appreciate that very much. I try to see the glass as half full because this time a year ago, I had been doing it for coming up for 12 months and had under 500 subscribers! Something hasn't definitely happened in 2024, hitting the magic 1K in late April and then trebling that by late August. I suspect that, whilst KZbin - like Facebook - is an old social media platform, unlike FB, it has been quite successful in reinventing itself for younger audiences. But I think more of us are landing here.... Thank you very much for sharing the channel with your friends - that really is fantastic.

[@peterbradburn9115]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Have to say, did chuckle to myself, having forwarded to my 57 year old mate, me being, as it turns out the same age as you, when the viewer demographic came up, and we are clearly bang on the money

[@peterbradburn9115]

But, honestly, you clearly put so much into these videos, and must take so much time. I'm glad the numbers have picked up over the last year, but really hope you get the wider recognition you deserve

[@nickcarter7990]

@@peterbradburn9115 And here is that 57 year old mate keeping that demographic going strong, have to say really good and quirky videos you create.

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Interesting and a bit of fun! Would not change a thing🎉

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you kindly. Comments like his only spur me on all the more to be authentic to myself! I'm very lucky and get little of that. It's funny to imagine what motivated him to spend 5 to 10 minutes of his life telling me to basically change everything?!!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd His comments likely best directed towards himself 😂

[@ThreeOldDudesshow]

I'm a bit late today (well I'm 58 and ¾ so my marbles are not what they used to be) but I was lying on the floor of an old peoples home listening to a very nice concert by a japanese pianist. I kid you not... But now I can sit on my sofa for fake spilled beer, slow motion sheep and my favourite behatted divock. THE place for bronze age cumbrian youtube content. I may dust of my facebook and pop over.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

The image of you in that old peoples' home - I won't ask questions! I may steal "behatted divock" - too good not to! And, "THE place for Bronze Age Cumbrian KZbin content" is pretty good too!

[@robjmorse]

Thank you for another interesting video, do not change a thing (I am jealous of the hat and your Space saucer), this is a British history video made and edited by an English Gent.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Rob! Wasn't that comment something else? Basically asking me to change everything - including myself! He has been confined to the bin and I loved giving him that peevish voice. Nothing will change!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Well said🎉

[@philcollinson328]

Phew! Relieved to see that no real beer was spilt in the making of this vid. It looked a nice, if chilly day out. So many fascinating features up there that it's little wonder it took you five hours to walk a few miles. I hope the aliens kept the probing to a minimum.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Phil. I guess it wasn't that cold, but when you keep stopping to film, it feels colder than it is. A bit of an antiquarian's paradise up there. May have to pay it another visit - assuming I can escape from this alien operating theatre....

[@JJ-of1ir]

If they let you come back to Earth I will be watching for your next video post. Thank you for all your hard work. You could make a puddle interesting, so something thousands of years old is ... well, riveting! Not sure you should still be in shorts this time of year though, especially in northern Cumbria. Just addressing your fourth question ! Take care

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - what a nice thing to say - means a lot. Yes, the shorts in late September was stupid. I just don't know how my postman does it!

[@David_Avidmind]

I love the hat, the guy with the hat, the large dots, and the 8 bit arcade music was especially wonderful.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks David. I put that bit of music in for him especially - just in case he came back!

[@Edward_Spratt26]

Another excellent video! Very happy to be in the 3.1% of 25-34 year olds that watch the Chanel!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Edward and you’re very welcome here - tell all your mates - 5% is within my sights!

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Every channel gets a troll. I just ignore them. They feed off negative energy. Another great video Darren. Thanks for sharing.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Chris. I have a new stock response for them: "Thank you for your comment. The contents of which have been noted."

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I have 2 that I block and they make new profiles every now and then to make a personal attack. I was featured by a Vietnamese channel and got over 1k extra subscribers. They accuse me of buying subscribers. I am here just to enjoy the outdoors and film it. I'm 2k viewing hours off getting my 3 quid. Some are just full of hate which amazes me. Oh well, life goes on.

[@martinwood9014]

Love it all, v entertaining cheers

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Martin. Appreciate your support!

[@gibjamie]

Scrambling Hiking and Rambling for hours through an obviously Ceremonial Landscape and not a single mention of anything remotely Mumbo Jumbo. Well done Darren, another hugely entertaining Sunday Video

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Jamie! It's hard not to sometimes! Although I do think there might have been a glimpse of a UFO abduction at the end, but I imagine no one spotted that...!

[@-old-school-motorcyclesltd]

Brilliant work Darren Stay exactly how you are fella works 💯 Entertaining and informative great fun and very different 😊😊😊👍 Phil

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Phil - appreciated. That comment I shared in this is staggering, isn’t it?! I’m lucky though - I don’t get too much of that sort of thing!

[@hedleythorne]

Your adventures and videos get better and better, your unique presenting style is absolutely superb. Curious site this one, I am not familiar with this end of Ullswater.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much, Sir! A really interesting area, packed full of antiquities and yet again, little known. Until, that is, I come along!

[@MattMesserPics]

Yes, indeed, thumbs up for the music, hat, voice and generally classic appearance! I also like the rambling, story-telling style of this one!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - can you believe he expended 10 minutes of his life telling me to basically change everything about the channel?! Wouldn't you just move quietly on and find something you like?! He gave me some great content, though!

[@MattMesserPics]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd In fact, as an old landscape and street photographer, I am always deeply annoyed to find my shots ruined by people in jeans and bright gore-tex jackets, people, in short, like myself 😂. I vote for more tweed suits, hats, long black dresses and parasols (I meant for women) out in the fields - Those would even enhance our images! But, I'm preaching water and drinking whisky - I have ditched my lovely dark-green Beaufort-jacket years ago, alas...

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@MattMesserPics I sense a potential convert to the cause here!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

A nice Sunday surprise....well done sir....best wishes from deepest Prenton.....E

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Eamonn! Have a good week.

[@davidhowe6905]

Grateful for the updates on the welfare of the rucksack! On a solo wilderness hike I remember viewing my rucksack with real affection, as it contained my sources of shelter and nutrition for several days.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers David and glad you appreciate those bits! I do it because when filming, I have been so distracted on occasion, that I've walked off and left it...!

[@tinplategeektoo]

For a seemingly remote area, there was a lot happening there over 2k years ago. Great video as always (we won't mention that AI one) and loved the astral energy and UFO clips. Nice to have a laugh ever now and then.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and yes, what an active place it seems to have been. I've wondered about that. Beyond the Cockpit the "Roman" road climbs to pretty lofty heights. I wondered if all the activity is on this lower shoulder of the fell because it's high enough to be seen by the valleys on each side, without having to venture any further up? Plus it has that Winter Solstice sunrise alignment that seems to have been important. Enough for further investigations, I'd say.

[@richardstoppard3738]

Totally Awesome!! Thank you 🙏

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Richard and my pleasure!

[@-old-school-motorcyclesltd]

A little ☕️ for when get cold 🥶

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers and that’s really handy right now!

[@andreamassari9099]

Another brilliant episode 😃 thanks! Cheers

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - so glad you enjoyed it!

[@barryconway]

There were two “question number fours”. This is why the perfeshenals have a producer. Oh wait. It was a test, wasn’t it? Carry on. Entertaining viewer comments. I do hope that they return.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Counting is getting harder now I've turned 56. I expected to start feeling a bit creaky, but forgetting how to count? I avoided displaying that viewer's name, lest my hounds set to work on him. The bit where I dance to some God awful 1970s experimental music, whilst berating him, ended up on the cutting room floor.

[@barryconway]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I like him. He also is entertaining.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@barryconway I don’t want you to think he got to me, but I did check out his channel. There’s nothing wrong with 19 subscribers and a motley collection of videos shot on a 2011 Samsung phone.

[@barryconway]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd huzzah, I say and look forward to further comments. Also, English Heritage upgraded to Flying Saucers? On further consideration point him at Tweedy who can be criticised for just doing stuff about pubs when we all know variety is key. Oh, wait… is that a Tweedy Does Jigsaws channel? 🤭

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@barryconway Tweedy is the only KZbinr I know who is doing 4 channels. And I wouldn't be surprised if a fifth pops up soon. I don't know how he manages it - full credit to him. We all get the occasional snidey comment - apparently it's good for us!

[@cynthiastrawson3316]

Dont change a thing!! Love your presentation just as it is.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers! I will not conform to what that viewer requested - the cheek of it!

[@the5faces]

Quatermass ending! Ringtone round!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

"Hufetty, Puffety Ringstone Round, if you lose your hat it will never be found..."

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Stellar ending Darren. 😂 Thanks to you I will never again view a pile of stones near a moorland track as no more than a cracking place to rest my weary feet and have lunch. Now I understand that such stones may indeed have some historical significance and indeed could be a reverential place. Thank you for opening my eyes. 👏👏👍😀

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Andrew - glad you enjoyed the ending - very expensive! Moor Divock is a fantastic place for antiquities - everywhere you look, they're there. But any old looking pile of stones in these landscapes may have a story.

[@debsbennett5632]

Absolutely loved this.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Debs - much appreciated!

[@joed285]

Nice Sunday breakfast watch again whilst the wife sleeps in and I have a relaxing coffee without the need to visit all these places as I do by proxy via you thanks. Sure you could of got in that grave it looked like you could of and arn't that fat ( note I said that lol / joke ). Learning so many places which are in and about my native north west so keep going and I will keep watching. I have tried to spread the word to increase your subs however I think we all have to agree it is pretty niche ! imho

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Joe. When I started this channel one of the things I wanted to do was show people who aren't inclined to to explore, the obscure antiquities that are out there - so it's great to get your feedback. I've been pretty niche all my life and it feels good to me! Thanks for pushing the channel. There's been good growth this year. Far better than I would have expected at the start. But the main thing is all the positive engagement the videos generate - that makes it all worth while.

[@shanewallace1126]

Fantastic! Looking at the things and getting a head full of sky for free...great photography👍. Thank you!🙃

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Shane! That's very encouraging feedback - thank you.

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

I do enjoy your videos … they actually make me think … most stimulating, sir.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks David. I don't think I can ask for a better compliment than that. Cheers!

[@poppadog53]

Great video, Darren. I like the progression from one monument to another. Keep doing the things you do as you see fit, young man (I can say that since I’m 15 years older 😂)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - greatly appreciated. The comment I included in this video did get to me a bit at first, then I started laughing at the absurdity of someone wasting a 10 minutes of their life telling me to basically change everything! I'm very lucky in that I get little of that and a lot of support. Cheers.

[@tangofox7124]

Thank you for the great presentation, must be marvellous to walk around and touch something out of the Bronze age! Cheers from Tasmania!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much. Yes, it was a great place to be and it was one of those occasions where I could sense that distant past. Difficult to choose a favourite out of these monuments, but the White Raise cist was certainly the most affecting.

[@tangofox7124]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd closest I get to the distant past is my wedding photos from the 90's LOL. (55)

[@janecapon2337]

There is so many features in this area. I am sure you could do another presentation on this beautiful place. Don’t climb into graves if you can avoid it. I always enjoy your cheerful, thoughtful discourse. I look forward to every Sunday evening when they are available here. Many many thanks!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Jane! Such lovely feedback to receive. Yes, absolutely - lots to see up there. That open grave really affected me. It feels awful that they cracked it open and left it like that.

[@AndyJarman]

Love the concerned viewers tips, trust you'll be following through in one almighty "heft".

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks! I loved giving him that voice! I now have a standard response to anything like that: "Thank you for your comment. The contents of which have been noted."

[@martianleaderrichy1520]

Nothing better on a Sunday than a cup of coffee and watching your vlogs. Glad the weather held out. Thank you 😀👍

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Martin. It's really nice getting feedback like this and I appreciate it very much!

[@philcollinson328]

Thanks

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Phil - you are so kind and supportive of the channel.

[@jeningle8288]

I wondered if you would go to Moor Divock. I spend a lot of time there, I think it has a special atmosphere, and must have been a very special place .

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

It does have an atmosphere, you’re right. I’d never studied it properly and Waistell Taylor’s report got me really intrigued. Can’t believe he left that cist with its capstone off like that. Pretty sure I’ll do more up there. So many questions. Thank you.

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Looks great Darren..i must make a point of visiting

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Steve, yep would recommend for a longer hike up High Street. So much to see!

[@pwhitewick]

Enjoyable trip. The viewer comment.... goodness me.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Paul. I need to develop a thick skin for those sort of comments. Basically he's saying, completely change everything....

[@pwhitewick]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd thats kind of how I read it. But the fact he needed to type all that rather than just... move on. Too bizarre. (PS. Don't change anything).

[@jenniferharrison4319]

Lovely area and good to see them from above. Me think’s definitely an ancient track as there are more monuments along the route. The only thing you are lacking us a time machine 🤣

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it. Literally packed with antiquities up there. Interesting how the "Roman" road terraces to visit the Cockpit... I wonder why it was so popular in prehistoric times. Possibly because it's high, but without having to go right up to the top of the mountain range?

[@afvasmr8035]

Thanks for another enjoyable video

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you so much - glad you enjoyed it.

[@AllotmentFox]

Can you see Cockpit from the valley below? The Romans did sight their equipment by prehistoric monuments. There is also a stream nearby and though I don't think it is at the highest point water sheds either side, judging by the map. It is also very close to a parish boundary. I think you are right, it is a different type from the others. You should've climbed into the cist so we can watch your gopro melt like Tweedy's.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That’s a really interesting point. If you look at the map, the “Roman” road doglegs to visit the Cockpit. It’s on a shoulder of the fell before High Street climbs to the lofty heights that have given it that name. I imagine travellers on that road have stopped at the circle for a break and a prayer for as long as it’s been there. I totally bottled getting in the cist - it was unnerving just putting the camera down there. Waistell Taylor obviously didn’t have such qualms!

[@Lemma01]

Recent vid on Avebury suggested rectalinear structures INSIDE circular "rings", wood, later stone. Idea might be to commemorate where someone important had lived/loged/died. Can't be bothered with alignments, with so many data points ignored - I'm too much of a fogey! Subscribed.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and welcome! I saw that video from Paul. I think this one is probably too small for that, but maybe. They found layers of burials, so possibly that shape came from the original one. It could equally result from the Victorian interference, I guess!

[@esoomynona5813]

I wonder if 'The Cockpit' might be a relic of a once large cairn? The remaining stones possibly used as kerbs ? I'm reminded of Beltany Stone Circle in the North of Ireland, which though looking all the world like a 'circle' was once a substantial cairn. I was intrigued also by the name 'White Raise', difficult of course to know when that was first coined, earlier antiquarians at play perhaps? Whatever the origin it's interesting that it's position, sited towards the Winter Solstice, should be associated with 'white' and raise'. Thanks for an excellent video, and should you ever require a mumbo-jumbo consult drop me a message :)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and that’s a good observation re the Cockpit. I have read a report on it where the kerb stones have been noted and the question raised as to whether it was itself originally one large burial cairn. Interesting that there are, what appear to be, two Bronze Age burials built into it. There’s another “White Raise” in the Lake District too. Another really good question and I’ll see what I can find out. Aren’t these antiquities so thought provoking? Consultancy offer noted - whereabouts are you based?

[@hainanbob6144]

Ignore the comment that you read out, sounds like an AI bot to me. Your voice and your clothes are you! Keep them good Sir! PS Found the Facebook page.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much, Sir. Comments like his spur me on to do it my way and I loved giving him that peevish voice. I'm very lucky and don't get much of that. Don't understand why he felt the need to do that - the beauty of KZbin surely, is that you can just move on and find something you do like? Thanks for finding the Facebook page - see some potential in that.

[@MrLoonzy]

great video, and loving the Facebook page too....most of the people who say they hate Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg like to express their strong opinions about it all on Facebook, pretty bizarre stuff! 🤣

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much! Yes, I don't really get the anti-Facebook thing - aren't all the social media platforms guilty of the same things and it's down to us how we use them? I think that for the purposes of a page linked to a KZbin channel it offers the most flexibility - you don't have to link videos in the description or any of that carry on. Thanks for supporting the page, I do see great potential for it.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hi Darren, That area is really rich in ancient remains of all types, the maps showed some had a straight alignment but perhaps the alignment is multiple between all points and the focal point draws in alien energy? Or maybe they just remember you from Shap Avenue .... The burial chamber looked very crisp in its shape, I couldn't tell, was it stone lined? Looked quite deep too, getting in would be ok but getting out might be more problematic!! I do have a FB account but just do not use it, I found it too invasive, maybe I'll give it another go. One of the benefits of it, so I understand, is that the group users can also post photos, videos, etc. I'll have a think. Your thumbprint preview made me wonder if there were any stone circles near me. I had a look on the neolithic portal, and couldn't find anything nearby but there are quite a number further north. And then I came to the Basque region where there were 359 identified, I swiftly came to the conclusion that you have family there!! Why should there be so many, although I suppose it's unlikely that all have been registered. If I find one I will log it on to the modern antiquarian and, ahem ..... learn to accept my reward ...... Lots of dolmens very close in the Gore Valley and an abandoned railway line with a very interesting bridge building story. I've certainly enjoyed your scrambling and hiking videos, the best for me was the mine half way up the mountain which also links into the history aspect. Don't change anything about your channel at all, unless you want to of course. Anyway, pack your shorts away, and have a great week!! All the best. PS: Happy Birthday now quite belated I think!!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks David. Yes, stone lined and very small! It did feel a bit wrong to me the way the capstone had been left cast aside like that. And as far as I can tell, the remains have now been lost - as is the way with so many Victorian excavations. It's like they just had to see inside and that was it. Ironically, Waistell has quite a go at the likes of Camden and Stukeley... I do intend to continue with the hiking videos, where there's some history to discuss along the way. Truth is, I'm starting to struggle a bit with the tougher climbs and need to concentrate, without the hassle of filming. Still puzzled about the Cockpit stone circle and whether there's any link with the avenue. Will probably do another up there at some stage. Have a great week. Shorts packed away and big coats coming out!

[@davidberlanny3308]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd The grave almost sounds like treasure hunting, but I suppose we view the past through 21st century lenses now. How will we be viewed in one or two centuries? Totally agree about the hiking ones, you can't film and scramble safely at the same time or wr i t t e .... C O Mm En Ts Aaaarrggghhhhhh On KZbin at the same time. Can you call for mountain rescue please!!

[@Lemma01]

Oh, and tie with shorts: very Baden-Powell. DYB DYB, Sir. ❤

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! It’s a summer season look that I’m fond of. My wife less so.

[@davie941]

hello again Darren, i always find stone circles and the like so interesting, *why are they there and what are they for*? , dont have facebook sorry, lmfao at that stupid comment , enjoyed again , well done and thank you 😊

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Davie, don't worry about Facebook, just alerting those who do. It's unlikely I'll do any of the others - never been able to get on with Instagram and X just makes me feel down! That comment was something else - basically he's saying completely change everything and I might watch. No thanks all the same, mate! Glad you enjoyed. It's a fine location for stone monuments and the Cockpit circle is rather special and little commented on.

[@jagolago-bob]

How did you get Mark Felton to narrate at 9:41 ? 😆

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

He was really keen to do it and didn’t even charge?!

[@jagolago-bob]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd 😄 Either way, a very informative and entertaining video. Thanks.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@jagolago-bob thanks Dan - glad you enjoyed it!

[@matt-of-lancs]

I can't believe the rudeness of some commentators! I especially like the dots, the music, etc.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Matt. It is astonishing, isn’t it?! If I don’t like a video on KZbin I just stop watching it. He spent 10 minutes explaining how I should basically change everything to suit him?! I’m fortunate, though, I don’t get much of that and nearly all the feedback is positive and engaged. Cheers for your support.

[@TheSonsofFalstaff]

Please don't apologise for using the Go Pro. Happily when you're using it we are spared the sight of the short, fat, hairy legs. Very enjoyable as usual.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers. I hadn't thought about that benefit, but it's a good point! Shorts are away now till next year, so it's safe now for the next 6 months.

[@billykershaw2781]

Infuriatingly interesting....thank God the Romans turned up!

[@lablackzed]

Victorians loved trashing ancient mounds .😱😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

They were so eager to get inside that nothing else seems to have mattered to them. They didn't even take care to preserve the finds, either!

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Ooh think I'm your bad books Darren!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

No you're not! What makes you think that? Have you been getting into graves?

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

​​@@WC21UKProductionsLtdthought my original comment mightn't be to your taste! - oh ignore me got an effing cold which has progressed to uncontrollable coughing fits , so might be suffering from brain hypoxia ! Did enjoy the vid though, and keep that open grave free may need it soon the way I'm feeling!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@CarolWoosey-ck2rg no, all’s good and hope you feel better soon!

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Me too Darren me too - x

[@vsvnrg3263]

whats the difference between a 'cairn' and a 'pile of stones' as shown on the map?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That's a great question. I think I'm right in saying that way back, the use of "cairn" implied that it was ancient. Some still appear in that old style lettering on the current O/S maps. I'm not sure if it's that carefully managed now. If anything, those wonderful old "antiquity" features are disappearing from O/S maps. Not something they invest in now. Back in the 50s/70s, the O/S had a team walking the line of Roman roads and so on, making sure they were marked accurately on the maps.

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd , okay, so it might be that the ancients built cairns and farmers made piles of stones to clear their paddocks.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@vsvnrg3263 yes - the clearance piles noted in the Cockpit are probably just that. They can, in themselves, be prehistoric.

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

Look at a pile of stones and you’d be forgiven for thinking anyone must be out of their tree telling you it was anything special. I believe a cairn is an “engineered” construction to mark a place or an event … as against a pile of stones being … just a pile of stones! It would typically, I think, require a very sharp eye to differentiate between the 2 distinctions in the majority of cases. Traditionally, in the mountains, a cairn would mark a significant waypoint on a route to aid navigation or signify a summit (back in the day .. 1970s and 80s … many paths in the Lakes were difficult to identify from random sheep tracks … unlike the 3 lined highways they’ve become since the popularisation of fell walking), or be associated with an ancient feature, such as a barrow. In more recent times … although it is often impossible to miss the path, even in heavy mist … some enormous piles of stones have appeared where unfit walkers pause to extract oxygen before continuing onwards and upwards. In truth, I think that farmers have cleared stones from fields as long as we’ve had farmers … and those stones will always find themselves tossed onto a convenient pile … but usually without any structure … a cairn needs structure to maintain significance in the landscape .. to have “presence”. How else will Aliens find their way around?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@davidrowley-ic6dx it does get quite confusing, doesn’t it? On more than one occasion I’ve discovered that cairns I’ve visited previously are in fact considered to be Bronze Age. As I’ve mentioned in previous videos, some prehistoric cairns have been turned into shelters. Not in the Lakes, but Brownthwaite Pike above Barbon is a good example. And once I knew what it was, I felt uneasy about using it as a shelter…

[@twanderson7756]

Well I was just thinking alien transmission point when ...

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Everyone does - it’s an understandable mistake. Although on this occasion, it wasn’t! Thanks for watching.

[@AdeptHavelock]

Late to the party this week and too lazy to think of anything witty to say but commenting anyway to help massage your algorithm 😉

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and all algorithm help is gratefully received! I wonder if comments influence it?

[@AdeptHavelock]

​@WC21UKProductionsLtd Me neither but many of your YT peers seem to think so if it helps you're welcome

[@_Hold_My_Beer_]

Great vid thanks. I have a theory - think of stone circles as places you go to find people or people find you - ancient roundabouts. If i want people to find BobsTown - I go to the 'local' stone circle and align Bobstown with a stone if standing in the middle, or drive a wooden sign 'Bobs Town' into ground where needed by a general stone. Then tell visitors pick stone 17 - thats the direction to us. - Lose direction? No problems - two sticks in the ground at sunrise puts you back on the path or during the day - use the sun. The proof would be finding the marker stones for all the other stone circles close by - you go from circle to circle to cross the country until you get to the closest one to BobsTown. Even carry a small portable wooden 'stone circle' device that allows you to align your path whenever you need. The druids would know most paths and inform travellers.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you. I think you're right about the monuments playing that sort of role. I see them as multifunctional, and of course, we're talking about huge spans of time - I'm sure they did become navigational aids. Interesting how the "Roman" road doglegs to visit the Cockpit too.

[@Pugggle]

No. Meeting / gathering place yes, but a roundabout is merely a means to move traffic in a small area. Just because they're both round, the functions are not the same. You don't need a stone circle to move walking traffic in an anti clockwise fashion around it to keep people moving. This is the function of the roundabout.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@Pugggle I suspect these sites were also used for trade too. The Cockpit would be perfect for a regular meet up to exchange goods. Not sure how the exchange worked, but the finds of goods across the country suggest that it did happen.

[@andrewbarnett5542]

Enjoyable as always…the mistress keeps asking serious questions as we watch the latest comedy sketch from Darren. I give her a serious answer as I giggle in my head. Keep trying to make your dream come true, one day you may make money from being a youtuber? Maybe not? Do you know any Northern lasses who could be your sidekick? Hold your kit bag or tripod?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Andrew! I love that your mistress is asking serious questions! I do try to have a mix of serious and absurd. If you paused the screen when I displayed those demographics you'd have seen that our viewer base is very male dominated. What do I need to do to appeal to more mistresses? My wife is politely indifferent to it all. I would love to get her involved, but she doesn't want to. For some reason? September was the best month yet for income. A whole £200!

[@TalesFromTheBlahSide]

To be fair I only watch for the hat.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That made me laugh! I wonder how many others do that?! Cheers.

[@AndyJarman]

I saw the rather comely Dr Alice Roberts remarking how she knew the exact day an English roundhead died while holding the crumbling remains of his skull up to the camera. Made me wonder, just when does a dead body become 'remains' ? They're poking around WW1 soldier's "remains" with their trowels these days. My grand dad was one of those fellahs! I trust the "energy" off that stone didn't leave any stains?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I know, it does raise questions, doesn't it? I understand that by opening White Raise we learnt something about this interesting Bronze Age avenue, but to leave it open like that with the capstone just cast aside struck me as ghastly. The WWII digs strike me as slightly uncomfortable too. Although Alice is very welcome to poke around in my skull if I go first.

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

The Victorians really did have a particularly selective take on the respect due to human remains. In part, I am sure this was simply the surplus of bodies they suffered all around them, with the start of more significant population growth at the time in conjunction with the poor living conditions of the ordinary folk. One has to remember that this was a time before cremation was a popular practice and it was common practice to stack corpses into a common grave slot … or to remove bones to a charnel house when digging out a new grave. It was also a time when antiquarians would take opportunity to open tombs to investigate the state of the remains within, including past monarchs … often as an incidental occasion associated with the remodelling of various churches, chapels and cathedrals. Then there was also the attitude towards ancient remains of those that would be classified as pre-Christian and, therefore, already living in eternal damnation and thus not blessed with any true deference … also runs with Creationism being still widely held. Really just down to these diggings being performed at a time when intellectuals were desperately looking for enlightenment without the understanding of the damage they might be doing for future generations. Not withstanding all this, the treatment and apparent lack of respect given to the cist burial is quite atrocious to our modern eyes … little more than a systematic desecration of a final resting place … but fair game when outside the sanctity of a church … also remember how suicides were treated and not permitted burial within hallowed grounds. Very different times. I’m still gobsmacked they didn’t take their shovels to the Cockpit … it’s such an obvious place to dig. Maybe they tried and were immediately abducted by aliens ??

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@davidrowley-ic6dx cheers David - that's a very insightful response. We must always try to avoid judging the past by our current standards and beliefs. I hadn't really thought about them thinking that those interred in such burials were in hell, but that does make absolute sense as they were so very Christian in the 1800s. I've seen Victorian antiquarians referring to such burials as "heathen", which I think supports your understanding. From a purely historical perspective, they were so slapdash and eager to get at what was inside. As far as I know, the contents of White Raise were promptly lost...

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

Their quest for shiny things makes it even more amazing they didn’t take a Victorian JCB to the Cockpit !!

[@PhilipMurphy8]

To me Facebook is not my demographic but its different for every folk

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

No worries, just alerting those who are on it. I can’t get to grips with things like Instagram and X, I’m afraid. Although I’m told that I must! Facebook is so old now it’s the only one I can cope with. Cheers.

[@JimBagby74]

I turn 50 this month, and I'm looking forward to at least another quarter century of making sarcastic remarks on your videos. So relax. We've got plenty of time....bwahahahaha.... One more thing- I don't think your music is discordant 70s enough, actually. It should be even more 70s in my opinion. Maybe get Wakeman involved. Heck, you're already experiencing the requisite power cuts!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Jim and happy forthcoming birthday! I agree, a couple of decades left is not bad. That’s at least another 1,000 videos for you to put sarcastic remarks on. I guess in the later years, they might just be of me at home recounting earlier adventures. But the music will still be dated and discordant - possibly a bit more “drill” or “garage” by then? On a different note, one of the joys of this hobby is the surprisingly unpredictable way the comments go. In this case, I had no idea I’d end up remembering the Edward Heath era in two separate instances. Power cuts and misjudged county reorganisation - what a legacy!

[@markstott6689]

Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Furness are more appropriate to an antiquarian. History matters. Even the history central government has tried to erase. 😮❤😮

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Yes, sorry about that. I did actually record a bit of me having a go at Edward Heath, but it didn't make the final cut.

[@markstott6689]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd It would have been a little pointless, seeing as the vandal is long deceased. Not that the government that perpetrated the act will ever be forgiven. May their souls ever seek eternal rest! (I don't believe in religious fairy tales either). 😂❤️😂

[@jointgib]

you ever drop the music i unsubscribe, do you understand me

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and don’t worry, I will never drop the music or the big dated dots! If only he could see all the comments like this - it would shatter all of his misconceptions!

[@AnyoneForToast]

Megalithic poison, I got the remedy Toxic viewers, virtual frenamy Pointless comments, algorithm sent to me More engagement, only benefits me. *For some reason, I feel like I am under some poorly strung tarps, near a generator in about 1994* If only I could make that rhyme work better Darren would be a lot less wetter I approve of that hat, a real trend setter Possibly cheaper, than a new umbrella. *Shuffles off, hoping nobody has noticed*

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That's fantastic, Anyone. I sang it in my head to the tune of a Pop Will Eat Itself song that I can't remember the name of. Maybe Def Con One? I might very well put this to music via the power of AI in a future video.

[@AnyoneForToast]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I started writing feeling like I was the Prodigy, and somehow turned into Squeeze. PWEI were an awesome act, Def Con One was a classic. That and Carter The Unstoppable... I have replaced my ballpoint, and scribble pad. I may, perhaps, graffiti your channel again.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@AnyoneForToast When Karmadrome was doing the rounds, I was on my uppers and working in a really cruddy pub. It was on the video jukebox and I spent most of my paltry wages playing it to get me through the shifts. Oh those were the days...