The Daymark - Another Coastal Walk in Devon

[@AtomicShrimp]

*Afterthoughts & Addenda* *Audio Weirdness* - There are some odd audio artifacts in this video. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary and they don't seem to be present in the raw video I uploaded. KZbin's recompression did it, I think. *Apple Cores and Litter* - it is, I think, good practice to take home anything you brought with you when on a hike - biodegradeable items like peels and food remnants may seem benign, but... extreme example: there are places such as mountain heaths where the nutrients, particularly potassium, in a banana skin could cause the dieback of plants (plants that are adapted to a low-nutrient environment) and the subsequent bare soil can then form an erosion cascade. But the general principle of leaving nothing is a good one, because *litter begets litter* - someone seeing discarded fruit peels may feel comfortable or justified in discarding a plastic wrapper or something (this is a documented phenomenon in psychology). I felt it was reasonable to leave the apple core there, because the apple came from there, but even that is debatable.

[@PlayaSinNombre]

In 50 years time future youtu bers will make a pilgrimage to see where Jonny AppleShrimp began his great orchards of the last native apple species.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Maybe that type of apple is better cooked.

[@sarahstrong7174]

It is a rather elegant day mark. Have you visited a soundwall at all? There is one outside Plymouth.

[@patricialavery8270]

It's just returning nutrients to the soil. People who claim they don't know the difference between dropping a fruit peel that will rot away and a plastic bottle which will survive the Fall of Civilization are just too lazy to walk their fat rears to a trash can.

[@__-bk6mm]

@@AtomicShrimp it’s caused by the way the audio is processed for sure, it sounds like compression artefacts from the editing process.

[@dragonbrat]

I love Eva's expression seeing the cows: "you're VERY big dogs!"

[@thany3]

For some reason I wasn't expecting it to be hollow, but it kinda makes more sense after seeing it.

[@vikram0bharadwajs]

I watch all your videos, and that’s how I know you read all your comments too. I’m an Indian settled in the Irish midlands, and I regularly watch your videos. I genuinely look forward to each upload. I want to highlight your unbiased stance against racism-it's inspiring. I’m actually 40 years old, and I admire your lifestyle; I, too, dream of relying on nature for food and settling far away in a distant town, just like you. Hats off to you and your videos! Please don’t doubt yourself; you’re absolutely on the right path to experiencing life fully (I understand you quit your job as Program manager?) . I respect your confidence in leaving your job to make these videos. I hope you live for hundreds of years, and I wish people, especially in the UK, could see what it means to be a true Brit. Hats off to you once again. Namaskara!

[@Pooky-Cat]

.... and Jenny's famous "yeah it's alright" makes another appearance 😄. 👌

[@ellaisplotting]

I literally said that just before she did 😆 woman of few words.

[@mandym2808]

Love the way Eva runs ahead, stops and turns around to make sure you're still following😊😊

[@rotundrodent]

Daymark! Fighter of the Nightmark!

[@ellaisplotting]

We started singing exactly the same thing 😅

[@signchap]

Visited the Daymark this summer. A very defensive squirrel lives at the top.

[@ktritchie123]

Wow is right!! Oh my goodness. The Daymark is amazing!!!! Had no idea of its most unusual and beautiful construction. Thank you so, so, so much for sharing!!!

[@jonathanreedpike]

Thanks for bringing us along on your adventure. I wonder if that daymark howls when the wind is right.

[@mandym2808]

What a lovely place to have a bench where you can sit and look out to sea and listen to the babbling water

[@Vicki_Benji]

Eva looks like she is always having so much fun.

[@applegal3058]

Especially when let off the lead on the freshly plowed field...rocks everywhere lol

[@thomilo44]

"This end of the year" is such a lovely expression.

[@dianefields6056]

For a structure that just needed to be tall, they managed to make it rather beautiful.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

That's an amazing shot when you looked up through the day marker.

[@markduggan3451]

Thank you for taking me on a walk that I will never be able to do as I use a wheelchair. It's nice to see as much as I can.

[@BluishGnome]

Waking up on a Saturday morning and enjoying a cup of coffee and warm pastry while going on a virtual walk with Mr. Shrimp is becoming a wonderfully calming new routine for me! Thank you for posting these videos!

[@TheBrkndoll]

Jenny is looking radiant as always! Love to see your walks. I'll never get to England myself, so I adore seeing these little peeks at pieces. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@sunnasmilieu]

I'm one of those people who'll always taste wild apples if there's an opportunity. I've found plenty of good trees around here with great tasting fruit to make pies from. I don't always pick them, because other people also deserve good pies, but what always baffles me is how many good apples are just dangling out there without anyone knowing. Being in the Nordics, I can just walk out into the forest. Sometimes you find old abandoned gardens without any buildings. Sometimes there are old apple trees. They're almost always good, but too small to do anything with.

[@chucky2316]

They might be cider apples which will give you gut ache if you ate them.

[@pheart2381]

Crab apples make outstanding cider.

[@sunnasmilieu]

@@chucky2316 Tasting apples is very different to eating them, to be fair

[@johnp8432]

I don't usually like to pick holes (so to speak) but I think it's worth mentioning that at least some of those things you identified as nooks where actually crannies. :p

[@tgcpark]

I'm not sure how we can ever trust Shrimp again after such an egregious mistake.

[@accountnamewithheld]

I was telling him about the alcoves

[@__-bk6mm]

@@accountnamewithheld Alcoves and no crannies makes Jack a dull boy.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Apology video in progress, just as soon as I learn the ukulele

[@nathanhorst8886]

Laughing out loud, literally. lmao

[@pheart2381]

The sky looks amazing!

[@MarkB-33]

...totally natural .. 🤔

[@lli747]

Mott the Hoople bassist, Pete Watts, walked the Coastal Path, and wrote a book about it. “The man who hated walking” I can imagine him having to shelter under that rock you pointed out.

[@verdigris1457]

4:10 that's one incredible shot right there the angle of approach on the daymark paired with the cloud streaks in the sky that almost point towards the daymark look absolutely blissful

[@haroldbeck4351]

Just looking at it up close sort of took me back to the 19th Century.

[@cynthiajohnson6747]

I was so surprised when the day mark had a sky hole. Was not expecting that at all

[@tricky2917]

Love the sea-nery.

[@smiller6925]

I was surprised at how beautiful the Daymark was inside. I'm delighted to see a quick peek of your lovely sweet Jenny.

[@DrawStuffWhatever]

What a lovely and beautiful day you have immortalized in video format! Thank you for sharing.

[@sandrosliske]

Half an hour video with half an hour until my roast is done baking. Perfect.

[@hightreegarden]

wtf you cook your roast at like 9 am?

[@sandrosliske]

@hightreegarden 8pm where I am now in Eastern Australia, and it smells wonderful. Just turned the oven off and letting it sit. So tempted to still a corner bit before it cools down enough to eat.

[@larsgrass1899]

Someone doesn't know what time zones are... I hope that is due to age.

[@BellaRainDrops]

That was amazing to see thanks Mike, Jennies apple review was on point and Eva was as always A delight.

[@accountnamewithheld]

not a lighthouse, it's a heighthouse

[@samhenwood5746]

What a beautiful walk & thanks for sharing Atomic shrimp 🦐🤗🐾

[@Moffit366]

My back and knees are screaming at this point.

[@larsgrass1899]

I have a root canal scheduled for Tuesday, so my mouth is screaming so loud I don't notice anything else right now.

[@johandeklein5253]

that is a great excursion and exploration. Thanks for sharing. All the best wishes from Missouri.

[@ares395]

Never heard of those but wow these look absolutely beautiful. I like architecture a bit, I suck at terminology but I know the shapes and styles I like, and this is just marvelous. It looks out of this world. I wonder what went into designing it like that. My first thought was that it looks a lit like an obelisk and sure enough one daymark is an obelisk. I've looked it up at the one you showed is definitely my favorite.

[@johanneswerner1140]

As far as I know, some butterfly species are actually migratory, the admiral being one of them. So they are fueling up for their trip. Stunning views, and thanks for the information regarding littering, makes sense. Since I eat my apples including the core and despise bananas I'm sort of safe 😉.

[@peterfishley3951]

That was a nice walk and now off to bed quiet relaxed. Thanks again for taking us with you.

[@jmshrrsn]

Another inspirational walk. You’re a man after my own heart. Like you, I find everything on a walk like this fascinating . . . really, who needs Disney+ or Netflix when you’ve got the real world to explore and learn from. On apples, I mapped all the “wild” apple trees I’ve discovered this summer local to me. I even rated their taste, texture and look, not to mention their accessibility (pickers versus fallers)! I think it’s been a good year for apples, some of them were delicious, reminding me just how rubbish supermarket apple varieties are.

[@hilarysoloff8936]

A beautiful walk. We are lucky enough to live on a coastline with cliffs and coves and a view across the wide river mouth and have just started revisiting the many different walks and their hidden gems. Nature is wonderful.

[@sunnasmilieu]

What a nice morning video!

[@nathanhorst8886]

Being in School whilst at work. I love it, lmao.

[@gigi3242]

Beautiful walk, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@sevenjane1]

Beautiful scenery 😀

[@petitwallaby]

I enjoy taking those walks with you!

[@rhunl]

Up and down was the biggest surprise when I did the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. I was thinking it'd be lots of nice beach strolling, but several days had lots of climbing with relatively little flat! Often as challenging as walking hills and mountains once you're away from the towns and villages that tend to be on the flatter parts.

[@etaoinshrdlu927]

I'm impressed that the builders of the Daymark resisted the urge to put anything unnecessary in it. They were building a huge edifice already; surely the budget could have been fudged to put a plaque on the inside, or the faces of 8/9 of the Muses on the columns, or see if anyone's got an extra bell lying around from a church renovation.

[@ghostladydarkling3250]

Beautiful scenery, the walk seemed very long, I got tired just watch walking along.🤔

[@patriciawaplington9808]

Thanks for a lovely walk!

[@brianartillery]

I first saw this in a National Trust book about Follies - which is what it looks like. But it's not a Folly, as a Folly usually has no function, and the Daymark most certainly does. Have you ever read the HG Wells short story, 'The Sea Raiders'? It's set at Sidmouth, and tells of an incursion by a new species of squid (Hapteloteuthis ferox) on the coast. These squid have got the taste for human flesh, by the way. It's a cracking little tale, not as good as 'The Cone', but brilliant nonetheless.

[@lyndseybeaumont7301]

That’s a very unusual edifice. Hey but, what an absolutely perfect day. The clouds were spectacular, and apart from the undercurrents you observed, the sea was like a mill pond. What a stunning day, great weather, beautiful countryside, flora and fauna, and a bit of historical architecture. What more could you want? x

[@MarkB-33]

Yeah, normal clouds right? 😂

[@lyndseybeaumont7301]

@ if you say so x

[@I_pirated_premium]

Perfect time to remember your channel again. Im in America, and yeah. Im a young woman, this was my first election... dystopian to say the least. I need to work with my fish, but I can't find the energy. You're very relaxing to watch, you remind me there's still beauty in a world that wants me dead for the benefit of others. I don't know how I'll go on but I guess it'll sort itself out.

[@susanhoughton1104]

It will all be ok….. somehow…….

[@I_pirated_premium]

@susanhoughton1104 I hope so. I suspect there will be more attempts on him (we can only hope, get Vance too while theyre at it), but either way this could end up being a serious civil war or worse. Ive had a bad feeling in my gut for a while. Doesn't help Im from FL, my whole family minus my mom and dad voted red. Disgusting. And when they did a survey it all came down to Kamala being a woman of color.

[@soulieobelissevan]

Mother Smith! Ha ha!!! Jenny is looking radiant in pinks and purples xoxox

[@SirArghPirate]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@ArtSMRdianne]

Incredibly beautiful 🥺 My dream is to be able to visit one of these magnificent places you've taken us to

[@phronsiekeys]

What an interesting structure!!

[@retrowave762]

4 am with atomic shrimp

[@MyFriendsKitchen]

My sister has an apple tree that has two different varieties growing from same root. Apparently not a very common thing but a great idea if your short on space.

[@321CatboxWA]

thanks

[@mickstupp6300]

Limousin steer - "who you calling a lady?". 😊

[@PeteJohnson1471]

I appreciate the noise reduction from the wind, but it sure as heck creates some creepy artifacts. Thanks for the walk Mr. and Mrs. Shrimp (And Eva).

[@mattheweagle223]

I'll have to watch this later

[@TheOwlman]

8:42 You had large on the brain when you captioned Pieris rapae! I used to be able to tell them apart at a glance, but these days it is only the green veined and marbled that are certain for me (though I can't remember the last time I saw a marbled). I am sure the small whites have become bigger over the years.

[@littlemiss_76]

That daymark was interesting i dont think I've heard of one. At least you got your steps in.

[@hahahello7519]

oh my god, I just saw the "TAPE 12" video by briscoe park (who makes horror videos of him walking through different landscapes at night with nobody around), which was released 4 days prior to this video, and I recognized that building immediately. So weird, to see it from another perspective and during day time (also so weird to see that the fields got harvested)

[@321CatboxWA]

Not desperately sour ?! love it!

[@ARKTowlson]

A beautiful channel really, thanks for what you do

[@jonathanrichards593]

Taken from 'Sailing Directions for the English Channel', US Hydrographic Office, 1872 "A beacon or day-mark in the form of a truncated pyramid, 80 feet high, stands on the high land, about 500 feet above the sea, half a mile N.E. by N. from the outer Froward Point, at the eastern side of the entrance to the harbor [of Dartmouth]. 10:20 The Mewstone, a rocky islet 125 feet above high water lies about 11 cable-lengths off shore, a little to the eastward of Outer Froward Point… the channel between it and the land should not be attempted. From a half mile to a mile outside the Homestone the flood [tide] sets to the southward of the Mewstone, but at the Homestone its direction is about E.N.E. toward Inner Froward Point until within a few yards of the shore, gradually becoming weaker as the land is approached. Thence it turns to the southward, running close in shore inside the Castle Ledge, acquiring strength as it rounds Outer Froward Point, which having passed it sweeps to the eastward inside the Mewstone, its rate varying from 1 to 2 knots." Sounds unpleasant to navigate in a small vessel! You had a wonderful day for it, though. Thanks for taking the trouble to film it for us, too.

[@soulieobelissevan]

Ohhh 2.9miles just enough

[@birds-and-bones]

My editing brain made those background noises you filtered extremely noticeable. I don't know how it sounds to anyone else, but the digital fragments left stick out more than the noise of wind might under other circumstances

[@zingowarde3325]

I just wanted to say, I'm originally from Devon, almost exactly where you're walking, I've always loved the coast path (done the walk in it's entirety in one go several times), and this part has to be one of my favourites. Now that I'm away for university, your videos recently exploring some of my favourite places have given me such a nice sense of nostalgia, and helped with feelings of homesickness. So thank you Mr shrimp for making my day better :)

[@chucky2316]

Its a nice walk did you go further down to the gun emplacements. Being in torbay ive done this walk many times

[@stevenjohnson4190]

If fleabane repelled insects, how would it be pollinated?

[@AtomicShrimp]

There are plants that are deadly toxic to insects, just not the flowers.

[@stevenjohnson4190]

@AtomicShrimp cheers

[@KellyS_77]

By the wind?

[@likebot.]

Even if the flower were toxic to insects, there are still other critters in the niche of pollinators. Life is fascinating.

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

I'll bet those were the biggest dogs Eva has ever seen!

[@falkheintzscherfler]

The Daymark is really interesting. Either that or something built like it turned up in the most recent Briscoe Park (ambient horror?) video.

[@DavidMFChapman]

I wonder if it is marked on current nautical charts

[@nathanhorst8886]

Love, luv your thoughts. I wish you had been my Teacher. Wait a sec, You are ! lol

[@jensgoerke3819]

Down to the sea for some scenery - you could even spell it seanery.

[@TheErador]

You could but that's shaun-ery lol

[@kitm141]

I absolutely stole this joke why I showed my gf this video, so thanks. I mean, she didn’t laugh but she did exhale slightly louder than normal and I’m taking that as a win.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

​@@kitm141haha

[@thunderhead180]

It makes me think of Bickford Tower in Esquimalt. Do you suppose there was a RN semaphore station there?

[@haroldbeck4351]

Ha!...As I watch this I'm finishing off the last apple from last weekend's farmer's market.

[@rinoz47]

I had to double check to make sure I wasn't still hallucinating. Yep, big old thing sticking out of the ground.

[@bookwormbon482]

26:02 aw ❤

[@MarkB-33]

Oh dear, just look at that sky....

[@AtomicShrimp]

Is there a problem?

[@Sybil_Detard]

💜

[@croquette_fr]

I am French, living in the South East of France where English people like to go, but I really like UK. I went to Scotland twice, to London 3 or 4 times, I have been to the Lake District ; 2 years ago I went to Devon and Cornwall, and finally last year to Wales. Devon is actually a really nice place. PS : I didn't check, but "Cormorant" is in French a bird I would translate in English by "Shag". Maybe I am wrong...

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think we have three related species here: Phalacrocorax carbo carbo - Coastal Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis - (a recently-arrived subspecies) Inland Cormorant Phalacrocorax aristotelis - Shag (smaller than a Cormorant)

[@jonathanrichards593]

@@AtomicShrimp cf Christopher Isherwood, clearly a better author than ornithologist: The common cormorant (or shag) Lays eggs inside a paper bag, You follow the idea, no doubt? It's to keep the lightning out. I'll get my coat ...

[@DarthTrotter]

Spoiling us! 😊

[@BaggieReg63]

Funny how the up always seems more than the down...

[@danhammond5424]

Too bad you missed the gun battery, though the day mark was pretty cool to see. Out of curiosity did you pass coleton fishacre and cut it? Or was it off the path?

[@missrosietee]

I got heaps of audio artifacts in this video. Often sounded like there was a crowd murmering in the background. Haven't heard it before in your videos... How strange!

[@tricky2917]

Also, the audio artefacts are kind of fascinating to me. Unexpected bonus. What would you think they were if we didn't have the context of this video?

[@CapnBart1]

Hello Mike and Jenny. Another lovely video. My wife and I look forward to every new video. Odd question for you Mike...the pocket knife you brought out to slice the apple....make and model please?? I'm a big fan of knives,and curious to know your choice. Thanks as always. Cheers Sir.

[@AtomicShrimp]

It's just a knife I bought in a hardware shop in Spain - that's really all I know about it

[@CapnBart1]

Thank you Sir. Just was an interesting specimen. I thought perhaps you were a connosieur of cutlery. Cheers Sir​@@AtomicShrimp

[@AtomicShrimp]

I am, but more in a sort of 'know-what-I-like' than 'know-what-it-is' sense

[@Bob78]

0:47, I think you are pointing out the start point lighthouse.

[@Genseago]

❤

[@JollyFigNut]

Just curious, did you use adobe enhance (or something equivalent)? There are sections where the background noise sounds... off. For example, at around 13:40 through 14:25 it's almost like hearing a conversation through a wall, as if the noise is being interpreted as distant/obscured voices.

[@adlsfreund]

I thought I was hearing demons!

[@everydaysounds3015]

looks like its designed to have a fire built inside for night too?

[@eadweard.]

I'm curious. Did you mean throwing an apple core down would be littering in some objective sense (whether technically legal or moral) - or is it some personal spiritual thing? Am I doing something wrong when I throw my banana peel into the base of a hedge, in your opinion?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Extreme example: there are places such as mountain heaths where the nutrients, particularly potassium, in a banana skin could cause the dieback of plants and the subsequent bare soil can then form an erosion cascade, but the general principle of leaving nothing is a good one, because litter begets litter - someone seeing discarded fruit peels may feel comfortable or justified in discarding a plastic wrapper or something (this is a documented phenomenon in psychology)

[@eadweard.]

@@AtomicShrimp Understood. Many thanks for the thoughtful response.

[@Thestrangepinkpie]

Also, Banana peels take like 3 years to turn into compost in north-european climate... For that whole time, you have the peel just laying there

[@eadweard.]

@@Thestrangepinkpie Would it cause a problem lying there?

[@Lykos-01]

If it doesn't come from the earth it's grown, throwing peels and such is littering because the environment is not suited to compost them. Bananas in specific, being imported in, with its high potassium content, aren't something that would benefit the European continent soil, hence a litter not a compost.

[@likethewizzard]

My school had a cormorant. Someone rubbed linseed oil into it.

[@forteandblues]

My cats ancestors are from Devon. He is a Devon Rex.

[@africa_everyday]

❤️❤️❤️

[@SUM1SLY83]

Looks like something from lord of the rings.

[@SuperDolly64]

As you are a person interested in ALL SORTS of shenanigans, do you know anything about how successful the kittywake hotels are off Lowestoft coast?

[@SuperDolly64]

Also-forgot to say thanks for taking us along on your journeys I really enjoyed it xx

[@AtomicShrimp]

I wasn't aware of them until now, so thank you for mentioning it!

[@patricialavery8270]

So glad my guy had a cane knife not a "UK Legal Carry" when a possum got into the house and started tearing into trash in the stove room. 😆And yes, he did, it wasn't gonna leave. It sat there and just glared at him. He isn't into hunting and such but had to do it.

[@MotoHikes]

Mr. Shrimp, may I ask what camera you use? As an outdoors youtuber also, I am looking for something that captures all shades of nature well and yours seems to perfectly!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I use a GoPro 10 (with a foam wind cover)

[@MotoHikes]

@@AtomicShrimp Brilliant, thank you!