Do you have a head for heights like Gary? You can book onto our Tower Tour and climb to the base of the spire: www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/visit-us/tower-tour/
@philipwhitty28383 сағат бұрын
I drive past the cathedral quite often. I don’t think I’ll look at it in the same light again. Absolutely remarkable workmanship and a great film. Greatest respect to you all.
@chriskennard59203 сағат бұрын
I passed the Cathedral on the day this was taking place and as I often do, I looked up to the spire and had to question what I was seeing...blimey you guys are brave - sooner you than me. Great vid by the way.
@ronniemorton-y5k2 сағат бұрын
I remember Roy Spring, one of your predecessors, doing this very same thing back in the seventies. No safety equipment, just a little fortification beforehand - followed by a lot more fortification up the local ale house after! God bless.
@Mark-ec3lp17 сағат бұрын
I live in Salisbury, not far from the Cathedral, and saw you climbing when you made this video. Impressive considering the time it was built, and there must have been amazing views back then from the same height.
@janoginski5557Сағат бұрын
Think back to the incredible skill of the stonemasons & carpenters who built this what an astonishing achievement, not to mention working up to this height. It’s mind blowing. Brilliant, ecclesiastical architecture is in the realms of miraculous. I have been fortunate enough to have worked in a church many years back in Time, and it had a special atmosphere, definitely one of the most wonderful places to have worked. I’ve also carried out remedial work on an old bridge that was built in 1789, it was situated far out into the countryside, in a beautiful and secluded location. Two great memories it was a real pleasure to work on these old but beautiful structures.
@PhillipYewTree18 сағат бұрын
I’m sitting in my arm chair, safe and sound, but my stomach is turning. Fred Dibnah would admire you for this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Back2TheBike5 сағат бұрын
Never realised it took 3 men to change a light bulb 😊 Well done.
@ajons1903 күн бұрын
I felt a bit queasy watching it on YT, so I can only admire you guys!
@theinspector10232 күн бұрын
Only a bit queasy? I had to hide behind the sofa!
@philthycat1408Күн бұрын
One eye closed and toes curled 🫣
@cathydyer377420 сағат бұрын
😁@@theinspector1023
@cathydyer377420 сағат бұрын
@@philthycat1408😁
@towerdave48362 күн бұрын
Jeez, felt sick just watching the top bit. Respect!
@cathydyer377419 сағат бұрын
😲😲. Such calmness and confidence in the spire. 🎩🧢🎩🧢 off to you all.
@petersumerauer2 күн бұрын
I visited Salisbury Cathedral some years ago. A friendly guy took me for a tour and we talked about the managing to build such a structure. We stood at the foot of the medieval timber-structure and he described how men were building up the tower cap in that days and how men do climb this nowadays to change the lightbulbs up on the tower. So this was a must-see. Thanks for the upload!
@fredMplanenut6 сағат бұрын
I was lucky to do the tour a couple of months ago. Fascinating history, and sad that at the bottom of the medieval scaffolding, one is still so lower that your climb in this video, thank you.
@grahamhawthorn23202 күн бұрын
Just think of the men that built it.
@stephendodds6480Күн бұрын
And all the safety equipment they had!
@rogernightly9097Күн бұрын
Well done, you are both heros for climbing right up there.
@patrickwalker23573 сағат бұрын
thank you so much, it was exciting to watch
@johnvanstone53363 күн бұрын
I have been up this tower with a group of people, wow, what an adventure and went out on the balcony and looked down! My legs were shaking but I am glad I did it!
@beverleybutler76852 күн бұрын
Wowser what an amazing vlog, what a building! My stomach was churning watching you brave guys! Well done 👏
@NOELTM2 күн бұрын
Clerk of Works " I feel like it's time I had a rise" Bishop " I agree - here's 4 light bulbs" 🙂
@copferthatКүн бұрын
No safety equipment for the amazing souls who built that majestic structure in the first place. What astonishing men they must have been
@Wyndhamlane6 сағат бұрын
That was mind blowing to me. I can't even change the lightbulbs inside my house.
@jennifermatthews1983Күн бұрын
Gosh, rather you guys than me! Well done all.
@Keyswiz712 күн бұрын
Anyone else got sweaty palms after watching that? 😆
@robertkupper1327Күн бұрын
As someone who abseils as a hobby, I am envious of you guys being able to climb such a famous landmark. I would love to abseil from such a height, just give me a long enough rope and my bridge rack. I have watched the video of someone abseiling "El Captain" What a marvel !!! Well done you guys.
@Back2TheBike19 сағат бұрын
I did the tour a few years ago. Highly (!) recommended.
@hb1338Күн бұрын
Thank you for this video. How wonderful to see the cathedral free of scaffolding. According to Wikipedia, the tower and spire were completed by *1330* - that is quite hard to comprehend. The courage and skill of the men who built the cathedral were both quite extraordinary; even today it requires steady nerves and considerable care to get up and down safely. Once upon a time, I would have been keen to get to the very top, but nowadays the climb to the top of the tower is sufficient.
@WiltshireHare3 күн бұрын
Marvellous bit of maintenance. Absolutely the best cathedral!
@Allied-Aircraft-WW22 күн бұрын
Fabulous work. Keep it up. I walk past the cathedral almost everyday and genuinely appreciate the wonderful work you do to keep it in such great condition. Love the Perigees as well.
@steelman86Күн бұрын
Drat!!! I was hoping for a night shot of the new lights working!! Great job and what breathtaking views from up in heaven!
@clivewilliams36612 күн бұрын
Well done, you have my deep respect, that is not a job that I would consider and when I look at all the work that must have been carried by trades people on structures and electrics it sends a shudder down my spine.
@juliegale3863Күн бұрын
That made my legs go to jelly while sitting in my armchair. Heights have always done that to me. Very well done and interesting, what a view!
@kevinhemmings5447Күн бұрын
Thanks lads ..What an incredible view from the top of the spire .😂
@FlyingDarkLord2 күн бұрын
Incredible individuals! 😮 Not a job I could do!!! 😳😱
@johnchurchward7255Күн бұрын
Well that certainly sets off the vertigo, amazed at the guys doing that. What baffles me is how on earth was the place constructed as it was started in 1220, working at those dizzying heights without all the equipment that is now available.
@jpedrocp2 күн бұрын
Wow, amazing job!
@gordonmorrow4720Күн бұрын
I painted window exteriors on a historic building starting at first floor and working up to the top - 6 or 7 stories high. You kind of get used to the height. But I was never at 370 feet! That’s crazy high. Makes my knees wobbly thinking about it. Well done.
@marianbuller265Күн бұрын
That was incredible! I did not see much climbing equipment!!!!
@cncshrops2 күн бұрын
I literally could not watch. Absolutely terrifying.
@GalootWrangler2 күн бұрын
It’s the season of scary movies, with none of them remotely this frightening.
@martinc.72011 сағат бұрын
Could you watch figuratively?
@paulus8942 күн бұрын
What beautiful work 💯👍🏻💯👍🏻💯👍🏻💯👍🏻💯👍🏻
@jdmjesus6103Күн бұрын
Job description said 'basically just oiling squeaky doors and changing light bulbs...'
@fredm52452 күн бұрын
Glad I clicked on this.
@leftpastsaturn6717 сағат бұрын
If parts of me had twitched any harder watching this, I'd have imploded. Kudos to anyone that can enjoy that view without shaking like a leaf.
@martin16982 күн бұрын
Totally awesome well done chaps
@islandhopperstuart3 күн бұрын
Anyone else remember a short documentary in the early 1970s about changing these bulbs? I'm pretty sure then the climber was Mick Burke (he later died on Bonnington's SW Face of Everest expedition) and I think it might have been filmed by the famous caving cinematographer Sid Perou.
@hb1338Күн бұрын
I have seen previous videos of cathedral staff climbing to the top of the spire, but my memory is that they were a lot more recent than the 1970s. Of course, I may be wrong.
@CarlStJohn-x9wКүн бұрын
Great video ❤
@goddam99252 күн бұрын
Just wow amazing !!
@K1W1fly2 күн бұрын
awesome structural detail! love it. Bit worried about a random wrench just lying on a platform part way up the spire - you wouldnt want that to fall on anyone below...
@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube285815 сағат бұрын
Old Fred would have been proud
@GeoffAdams-pj3ec3 күн бұрын
Now did I leave that little door open ???
@philthycat1408Күн бұрын
Our old friend Mr Dibnah, God rest him. Would’ve loved this wee job. 👍🏻
@TheBaron481Күн бұрын
one foot wrong and its a half day out wi' t' undertaker !
@tresparivet63482 күн бұрын
Love it, great post! If Fred Dibnay was still with us, he'd be up there like a rat up a drainpipe!
@keithbriggs6698Күн бұрын
Dibnah.
@mallamal5578Күн бұрын
Without a rope.
@MikeFloutierКүн бұрын
Well worth reading Edward Rutherfurd’s excellent book “Sarum”, which includes the building of the cathedral
@grahamrankinКүн бұрын
Also important to read William Golding's "The spire" to appreciate the work and politics of building this masterpiece---one of the greatest wonders of the world.
@johnchapman5819Күн бұрын
"so what did you do at work today?", oh just changed some light bulbs.
@nortonmolly7 сағат бұрын
It’s hard to imagine those stone masons lifting those stones that high
@jimhooper4252Күн бұрын
My legs were jelly buzzing ….these guys certainly earn their money
@annenewton5403Күн бұрын
My hands are sweating watching it😱
@johnrubber11442 күн бұрын
Credit to the two that rushed back down to use the loo. I would have gone done it from the top, not into the wind obviously.
@dougdavis8367Күн бұрын
Steeplejacks hold on to the side of the ladder but as a fire fighter we hold on to the rungs
@opathe2nd9732 күн бұрын
2 things - Are you just a bit crazy? and when it was built, did they have the safety equipment that you had. I'm glad there are people like you because I would die after the first hundred steps. I've been there and I can appreciate your work. Great video!
@ptonpc2 күн бұрын
It's 800 years old (13th Century if I recall). So safety was not a thing back then. Even in the 1970s / 80s. it was not taken as seriously as it is now.
@cejay67Күн бұрын
So many no’s!
@Fercough2 күн бұрын
Bricking it just watching.
@anthonyharrison3343Күн бұрын
Shake hands with Fred, whilst you are up there. He will be in heaven waiting to greet you!
@ptatpc7925Күн бұрын
I remember Kevin McLeod (yes him of Grand Designs) doing this about 25 years ago.
@ptonpc2 күн бұрын
Even just watching this, I know if I had to do that, I would have brown adrenaline running down my trousers!
@cms9902Күн бұрын
As they say' how many people does it take to change a light bulb'.
@bendenisereedy7865Күн бұрын
Read The Spire by William Golding (Lord of the Flies) for a fictional account of the increasing of the height of the tower and addition of the spire and subsequent partial collapse of the tower's foundations under the extra weight. You can see the damage inside the nave.
@justaroundthecorner28833 күн бұрын
Brilliant , thanks for the upload. How on earth does that top part take your weight?
@mreckes99672 күн бұрын
Look how neat, smooth and square those blocks are, the place must have been built by Aliens.
@elizabethg3332 күн бұрын
Hats off to you guys! I couldn’t do that job, it gave me the heebiejeebies just watching you!😂
@davidking9707Күн бұрын
Wow!!! That made me feel a little dizzy and that was nothing compared to the transmission towers.
@davecap26417 сағат бұрын
Not good with heights, I do not think my knees will ever be the same again.😱😱😱😱😱
@tikkathreebarrelsКүн бұрын
Sphincter all of a twitch watching this. I want to believe I could do it if the opportunity presented itself but I would not be in any kind of comfort zone.
@jpvdw70Сағат бұрын
But ... some had gone up first/before to adjust all the robes, or not?
@emmaearnshaw328217 сағат бұрын
I could see so many ways I could have got something wrong then. Right which clip does....oh!
@jackpayne46582 күн бұрын
If I was a firefighter in a blazing building, or a soldier in a war zone - I hope I could act with a decent amount of courage. But there is no possible way I could do that climb.
@madbadger1327Күн бұрын
How many people does it to replace a light bulb at the top of Salisbury Cathedral?
@steelman86Күн бұрын
I hope they have LED LIGHTS now!!!
@georgeprout42Күн бұрын
They'd need to be replaced even more frequently. By design. Look up Dubai lights (Big Clive). LEDs could be environmentally good, but the way they're overdriven outside Dubai, absolutely not.
@SalisburyCathedral1Күн бұрын
The bulbs at the top of the spire are neon gas bulb. We are currently updating all of our lights to LED lighting. Best, Cassie
@billy40727 сағат бұрын
You need more caribiners..
@NewCastleIndiana23 сағат бұрын
Drone opportunity missed.
@googlebeaglie4 күн бұрын
I don’t know what sort of mettle you guys are made of to be able to do this, but grateful God has equipped you to be able to take care of this wonderful old building. As much as I enjoyed this video, I pray that this cathedral would be filled with people whose purpose is to glorify the one true God made known by His Word.
@nigelamor668223 сағат бұрын
Is it true you can see The Isle of wight from there ?
@eichfelder1951Күн бұрын
I hope each of you got a GBP 20,000 bonus for hazardous work.
@charlesaeneas4 күн бұрын
All part of your standard tower tours!
@hb1338Күн бұрын
The tower tour ends at the top of the stone steps, just by the first ladder.
@charlesaeneasКүн бұрын
Yes, I've done it a few times now. I always gaze up inside the spire when up there trying to imagine what going higher would be like. I think I'd just seize up in terror if I tried 🙂
@salamander5703Күн бұрын
Think I'd be having a very good look at the mortar between layers of blocks on the way up. Before hanging on to that topmost one especially. Does the post with the anemometer go further down into the spire to stabilise it?
@bendenisereedy7865Күн бұрын
Look again and you'll see the steel staples that hold the stonework together inside.
@salamander5703Күн бұрын
@@bendenisereedy7865 Thanks. I saw them lower down and wondered what they were! Makes sense if they are a wide U (ie staple!) shape.
@Rob-e8w2 күн бұрын
Thank you, that was most interesting. I wonder if you could tell us what sort of bulbs are used in the aircraft lights?
@SalisburyCathedral1Күн бұрын
They are neon gas bulbs. Best, Cassie
@patshiels54294 сағат бұрын
Bugger that for a game of soldiers
@JackRT3Күн бұрын
Do you ever get to the top and realize you forgot the bulbs?
@davidwinkle2818Күн бұрын
In the video of a Blue Peter presenter climbing it, a previous workman mentioned a time where he went up and forgot the spanner!
@JackRT3Күн бұрын
@@davidwinkle2818 Ouch!
@hb133812 сағат бұрын
That is what checklists are for.
@martyncozens56542 күн бұрын
Wow no way I could do that, how on earth do you get the safety ropes up to the top of the spire in the first place, that you used after climbed out the little access hatch??????
@hb1338Күн бұрын
There was a lead climber ahead of the clerk of works. He would have safety ropes, they are just configured differently because they cannot be attached to the top of the spire until he reaches it.
@grayman999Күн бұрын
I closed my eyes o lordy 😖
@jerrycornelius34663 күн бұрын
i can see everyone's house from here
@Tim0912 күн бұрын
I saw Bill's mum's house!
@rib877Күн бұрын
Was it dark over Will's mum's?
@mark3141582 күн бұрын
👍
@kenmay1572Күн бұрын
Can't watch it let alone doing it
@MrDaiseymayКүн бұрын
I THOUGHT THOSE STEPS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS VISIT'S BY SCARED PREDECESSORS
@kevinsomervilleweir567719 сағат бұрын
Some people have all the luck. Imagine being paid to do something so cool. I would pay for the privilege. (Maybe, having been 20 years on a mountain rescue squad, I have a slightly 'unusual' view of this).
@theotherandrew55402 сағат бұрын
It scared me just looking at your view! Definitely not a job for the faint hearted. How the hell did those medieval builders manage to build that?
@phillwainewright4221Күн бұрын
There's no way I could do that. Some of those brackets they're holding on to are more than 800 years old. Even the new ones have been there for several decades. If one failed ... Well, as ol' Fred would say - "It's half a day out with the undertaker."
@hb1338Күн бұрын
They are roped up, and would not fall very far, and the brackets are all modern.
@rayteale88832 күн бұрын
How many does it take to change a light bulb?😂😂
@gowdsake7103Күн бұрын
Lightbulb 2.50 fitting £2500 pounds priceless ! Why if it is gods church do you need a lightning conductor shouldnt it just be PROTECTED !