Tale of Two Villages (Wicken, Northamptonshire) | S14E07 | Time Team

[@TimeTeamClassics]

Apologies for this previously being uploaded in the wrong aspect ratio! Please enjoy the amended version in full!

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Thank you. I won’t request a refund now.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

I find it odd that several episodes of Time Team on this channel are blocked in the UK.

[@bradlong7651]

@@MagiTailWelkin I believe that was a different channel just called Time Team. Time team classic is the legitimate channel, I'm in the UK too, I've watched all the episodes currently available. Have a look at the Time Team official channel, this is the second channel to that.

[@OfflineSetup]

@@bradlong7651 I think if you go to this channels playlist it does refer to videos that are blocked in the UK. I am guessing that either the UK rights holder has blocked them (they can only do this for countries they have the rights to), or the copyright holder is posting them and knows they can not legally upload to countries where they have already sold the rights to a third party.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

@@bradlong7651 Episodes like Roman Town Durobrivae, Northborough, Roxburgh and Hall of A Saxon King on this channel are blocked.

[@johansmallberries9874]

I’m a bit of an archeologist myself. I’m excavating the time team playlist for episodes I haven’t watched yet.

[@WickedChild97]

“I’m something of an archaeologist myself”

[@DarthRektar]

Indeed

[@richardsanchez5444]

I can picture the meme already

[@katrinagwyn3768]

I dig this

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I'm so happy these episodes have been saved. Those of us not from the UK, who didn't get to see it originally, now have a chance to enjoy this magnificent show.

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I know it played in Canada (not sure what channel) my brother and I have watched this show since we were young kids and happy to see them again.

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kzbin.info This guy and another called filask (?) have been posting these episodes for years. The quality is so-so. Still, been enjoying them for years on their channels.

[@brandon074]

I'm an American living in Oklahoma and never saw this series prior to the last two or so weeks and just LOVE watching it.

[@Song_about_a_girl]

@@brandon074 im in FL, they have all the seasons on Amazon prime, i watched most of the episodes there for about 1 and a half year’s but only recently found them on youtube which i like bc the interface is easier to use

[@ccrider3435]

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[@suefidler3472]

I love Helen, she adds neverending emotional joy to the digs... up or down she's like the barometer of the dig and just cares so much for everything they find

[@kactus_3008]

We're all in love with Helen, and I bat she was well aware of that, back then...😊

[@NorwayT]

When Time Team was released in my neck of the woods, I watched it for a long time without noticing Stewart much. But through the years and with Time Team reruns, I have garnered an immense respect for his Knowledge and Talent! Sure, sometimes he lets his imagination get the better of him, but it's amazing how many times he is absolutely on target! And with his view for the broader landscapes and times, he really puts together stories in marvellously holistic ways both in terms of Time & Space! Respect, Stewart! 👍

[@debswan5750]

❤🎉😊

[@LoneKharnivore]

Yeah Stewart was always my favourite.

[@piccalillipit9211]

Yeah he is good

[@millsvalleycrafts]

I'm from Central Minnesota and have just found this series. I am very impressed with the quality of the show and so far am enjoying the people. I love following history.

[@ThisAlbino]

I love the spirit of Time Team, putting those glasses on Sam while he's pulling a face is exactly what I'd expect.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Paul Blinkhorn is just my favourite. How he can recognise what kind of pot a tiny fragment came from just boggles the mind!

[@CaliopePie]

Do you follow him on Facebook? He posts some really interesting stuff.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

@@CaliopePie thanks for the tip

[@marcl.1346]

@@CaliopePie Thanks for the tip!

[@markorollo.]

@@CaliopePie i follow him on twitter, had a conversation with him about a certain band ive suddenly forgotten the name of once lol

[@mike_lowndes]

And Paul was back on site today (Sat 24th Sept) for dig 2, 2022.

[@notpublic7149]

Yay! I see Mick is in this one. I am a real fan of the fellows incites. I so wish he was still around writing books and running digs. Sigh, what would Mick make of the current situation we are in? He loved the medieval period, they were no strangers to these lockdowns and such. How I would love to have Mick draw parallel with today. Mick, you are loved wherever you are.

[@notpublic7149]

I wonder if our "non archaeologist just to presenter" Tony has made public comment based on his experience with making this fine program.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

@@notpublic7149 he has but i can't remember where or when

[@KAT-ew9wz]

RIP Mick, I agree, he really was an extraordinary person. I also don't understand why everyone says he was a grumpy old codger, he's really incredibly patient with Tony, who's like an excited puppy sometimes, and a grumpy old nag the next moment. He also looks like he would have given fantastic hugs, and hugs are something the pandemic has really lessened.

[@Mpayne1472]

@@KAT-ew9wz yes I can’t remember my last

[@LoneKharnivore]

*insights

[@Al_Ellisande]

"This is Mick's attempt to show the altar, and this is Victor's version..." lol. It's a funny thing being in such awe of these guys, especially Mick, and being taken in by the banter.

[@rasingirl75]

I have become more and more interested in history, especially since I started watching Time Team. I am glad they're on YT for all to see.

[@MarcoMeerman]

I watch these video's because of teamwork and the glory of drawing conclusions on facts and science. Different from main stream media.

[@LoneKharnivore]

...these programs were made by a public broadcaster in the UK. Very much mainstream media.

[@margievm2101]

I am absolutely loving this show. I always dreamed of being an archeologist when I was young girl. This is all I watch each day, just bingeing on Time Team episodes! Don’t know what I will do when I get finished them all!!!!

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Start all over again. You'll be surprised how many new details, moments and feelings you'll discover. After second round make a break, couple of months. And then go again.. Its marvelous! This show keeps giving even when you think there's nothing more to be given💗

[@lightwoven5326]

New series now out on youtube....

[@lucywarner7031]

You'll watch them all again, just like me!

[@gerardmartin6448]

It's great to see Mick Aston at his best. Miss you mick . 😢

[@lucywarner7031]

Mick had a touch for human interactions that was truly uncommon. I might compare him to David Attenborough. They both are (Mick still lives, on the screen and in my mind) supremely benign people. They would never take an AR-15 and mow down a bunch of people enjoying a parade, or storm the Capitol like rabid dogs. Yesterday a group of "Proud Boys" were convicted of seditious conspiracy and more, so it's on my mind. I use Time Team to go to sleep by at night. The whole tenor of the show is soothing and relaxing. When America gets to be too much I just go to Britain. If I were wealthy I would move there. I never thought I would feel that way before.

[@thomasbell7033]

@@lucywarner7031 I know exactly what you mean on every count and feel the same way. However, the Brits have their own problems these days and might not welcome us.

[@richard8417]

I’m always impressed about the fact that they always keep the crew out of view. Never a camera team in sight. Remarkable 😅

[@neilmccaughan5149]

A personal favourite. My grandmother's family came from Wicken. I may be related to those bones!

[@Lanternsinthesky-studios]

One of my favorite episodes of the series. Greetings from PDX.

[@makara80]

I vividly remember this episode for the scorchingly hot weather! Indeed, with not a cloud in the sky for the majority of the dig it must’ve been _really_ hard work scraping away all day in such oppressively high temperatures. All credit to them.

[@countesscable]

I can’t understand why they aren’t all burnt to a crisp and have sweat dripping off them…which is what happens to me….

[@jeanpeuplu5570]

​@@countesscable You sweat as much as you drink. I let you jump to the conclusion ;)

[@taylorgall9516]

Best show, awesome humor.

[@hedvighelmeczi6412]

My heart hurts from this episode. Golden summer lights, the fashion of the 2000s (those short little tops), when I was young, and covid-free serenity.

[@JimBob-lz1gy]

I know what you mean

Another nice episode. The ones in peoples back gardens are always special

[@veldawells2839]

Nail biting stuff. Incredible history of Wickham - Deve/Hammond. Superb chronology. So tantalising. Can almost touch the history. Wonderful narrative. TT does it again ❤❤

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

I very much wish I was there on there on a sunny English Summer day instead of struggling through yet another freezing Canadian Winter one.

[@maryespinoza4933]

So you are looking for a time machine from the Time Team😅

[@ranonampangom2185]

Soon you'll miss winter, soon it won't really happen anymore. Appreciate it while you can.

[@lucywarner7031]

I like your username.

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

@@lucywarner7031 Thank you!

[@michaelmerta8956]

You are always make my day love the show so informative. Great time team.

[@SarahH-rh2jx]

I just want to say thanks for keeping the ads reasonable on all your uploads :)

[@martinmarsola6477]

Miss you Mick Aston. RIP mate.✝️❤️

[@anntee9036]

I’ve come to affectionately think of time diving into time team playlists on YT as best use of time-team-time😂

[@irt1971]

I'm Canadian, that heat they were working in puts the fear of God into me. I'd have quickly collapsed. Well done, team! Great dig.

[@dannymiester5825]

11:50 " my wife dug all that out by hand " 😂😂😂😂

[@RUFU58]

Tony Robinson stood with the people that refused to wear the T-shirts was hilarious! It was like a child telling off some giants 😆 I always knew he was small didn’t realise how much so!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@gkess7106]

I knew something was wrong but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Then it came to me… It hasn’t rained once!

[@coloringwithd]

Nice episode.

[@jennydavis4198]

Tony is so on form in this episode

[@GreySectoid]

23:30 slick move by Matt

[@KAT-ew9wz]

yesss someone else spotted it!

[@andrewtongue7084]

This episode is something of a throwback for me, because as a teenager, I resided in the next village - Deanshanger, in Northamptonshire; even then, Wicken seemed implaccably old, & having watched, some forty-three years later, post Secondary level schooling, it's all rather surreal....Tempus fugit !

[@ltlbuddha]

A lace end is an aglet. I learned that from the Bard and from professors Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher

[@ldg1030]

Paul is wearing a Chicago White Sox shirt! I’m from Chicago and am a Sox fan!

[@thomasr5121]

This show makes you just want to leave the hustle and bustle of everyday life, pick up a shovel and forget the rat race.

[@marjane4344]

TT Mick , Phil. Helen, Raksha , John, Paul , & Tony are the best.

[@Placer1267]

It seems that these programs may be ‘dated’ in comparison with each other by observing how worn and discolored Phil’s hat is when in situ on his head. :-)

[@darrenadams-mv7mu]

time team good show

[@PtolemyJones]

Fun to see what you can do with more than 'just three days'.

[@bosse641]

England are one of the most beautiful nations in this world.

[@davidpeterson5647]

...until a fútbol match is on...

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

​@@davidpeterson5647Football..

[@AndyMartin401]

Brilliant

[@CrankyScientist]

By this point, those University students are probably fans of the show. They would have grown up on it.

[@douglasruss2889]

Bravo !

[@BNewtonUK]

6:00, why does the realisation that my cereal could be grown from deceased humans horrify me?

[@DHealey]

Did you ever get the radiocarbon date of the bones?

[@ShepStevVidEOs]

Tony, “shepherds pie size.” Now I’m hungry.

[@richardevans8979]

I saw the post before I heard the comment on the show, ingredients are now added to the shopping list. Sadly, I don't have any 10thC Saxon pottery to cook it in, 21stC Pyrex will have to do!

[@OfflineSetup]

Glad to see the mods have removed a certain post! Thanks ❤️

[@Hannah_Em]

Same! Idk if it was channel mods or youtube (I reported it to the latter, so maybe it was? who knows), but it's good to see that nonsense like that doesn't fly :)

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Why what was it??

[@OfflineSetup]

For a few months these episodes were live streamed and there was a particular person who tried to turn everything into how he hated immigration. As the weeks went by he got nastier and nastier.

[@fusion-music]

People like that do annoy me, but really, why ever was he watching Time Team? It's all about invasion (immigrants) and the likelihood is that he's an immigrant. I'm English, living in Scotland and my father-in-law hates the English, me, etc - yet he doesn't even know if he's Scots, Pictish or some other race. I was brought up to love the Scots and love people. I take it you are involved in video production?

[@corneliawissing7950]

Mr Victor imbues a row of stones with life!

[@crowjr2]

what is the concoction being poured at 29:34? Looks like cold tea with cucumbers and mint?

[@pwimbledon]

Pimms. It's a type of gin mixed with lemonade - to which you add a whole bunch of other bits and pieces.

[@Temujin1206]

Pimm's, a gin based spirit with various botanicals added. It's pretty widely drunk over summer throughout the UK so it's one of those things where everyone has a recipe which they adamantly insist is THE right one but broadly speaking lemonade, mint and cucumber (sometimes along with lemon) are the essentials which virtually everyone agrees on.

[@rjk69]

It's only drunk on hot summer days so maybe once or twice a year. Everyone has most of a bottle tucked away somewhere.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

@@rjk69 too right! @Stefanos, it's widely drunk, but only on the few days of the year that Britain has a summer

[@CHEEEZ-UK]

Pimm's is lovely on a hot day, the fresh fruit, mint and cucumber takes it to next level

[@jamesburton-carter6093]

I think next time Stuart should give Tony a white stick & guide him over the earthworks as he's ckearly BLIND

[@townview5322]

Check out the unfenced pool!!

[@160rpm]

Test pits: "You always do need more..."

[@janicebrown3413]

Love that White Sox shirt. Went to many games as a teen. Fox, Aparicio, Lollar, Minoso et al. At seventy five I still have a school girl's crush. The only problem was they seldom win the game.

[@charliebalch3023]

That’s three forest enclosures. Perfect pigs for a year whilst the goats have one whilst the other rests. 👍

[@vondur.kottur]

Historia est magistra vitae

[@davldmorand8125]

At 18:15 ..... the circular feature to the left..not mentioned.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

They must know what it is if they never mentioned it..

[@ianmoseley9910]

Mick's hair in that helicopter makes him look like he's being electrocuted!

[@patriciawicken5949]

I'm curious to know what's in the drink with the lime slices.

[@Art4ArtsSakeVideo]

From personal experience of hot British summer afternoons, I'd say Pimm's Cup, so cucumber not lime. Classic version for 4 people goes like this: 8 oz. Pimm’s No. 1 (That's the alcoholic base, a branded speciality) 12 oz. ginger beer or ginger ale 4-8 cucumber slices 3-4 sprigs fresh mint Stir over lots of ice in a pitcher.

[@desbelfastireland9982]

THANK YOU.. DES CREAN,, BELFAST ,, IRELAND

[@PtolemyJones]

I wonder if the town was split in the days before primogeniture inheritance became the style.

[@broshmosh]

Tony's closing thoughts at the end of the vid suggests the towns joined in late 16th century, so find out when that inheritence became the norm and you have your answer. :)

[@Near_miss]

My T-Shirt would say, Deva Victrix.

[@wildandbarefoot]

I still think Mick is always hoping to dig up a date...

[@terrydamron4770]

WHAT WAS THE DRINK IN THE PICHER WITH ALL THE GREENS IN IT..?? ANYONE KNOW

[@Near_miss]

Projectus Vomitus.

[@dvddale111]

Wicken is just off the A422 between Buckingham town and Milton Keynes, both in Buckinghamshire? Estate agents say Wicken is Bucks too.

[@Mpayne1472]

Yes I came to say that too. Northamptonshire is not that close to Milton Keynes

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Ah, they are going to have to look for post-holes again. Saxons rarely built in stone unless it was a Minister or a Church.

[@brianhaskard1042]

Who has th best shorts? Phil or Helen? No contest for me.

[@nintense5317]

That one lady who always wears a skull and crossbones top whenever they find a burial 🤣

[@Art4ArtsSakeVideo]

Stands to reason: Jackie McKinley is an osteoarchaelogist: a specialist in bones. I expect TT keeps her on speed-dial on days they're digging, just in case they find...

[@wysiwyg_m8]

Sam Newton is a long-lost Beatle.

[@barbaradyson6951]

Hang on there's another Wicken. Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire.

[@unclerojelio6320]

Helen!

[@c1ph3rpunk]

What’s his name, the pottery guy, Paul? He’s wearing a White Sox shirt, bit of my own back yard in here!

[@LoneKharnivore]

Paul Blinkhorn.

[@pwimbledon]

Did they mention why the church and other bits were demolished in the 1600s? Not sure if I missed it. Seems odd, especially with burials. Were they just consolidating the parish?

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Many manor villages that were torn down during the enclosure movement also removed the stone churches and the stone went to fences and barns or houses. I suspect a lot of the Roman villas got recycled into forts and later houses and barns.

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

One of the reasons why England lost so many manor villages was the Black Death and it's revisits. Another was the enclosure movement.

[@pwimbledon]

@@christianfreedom-seeker2025 , Ah, GCSE history comes flooding back!

[@georgedorn1022]

@@christianfreedom-seeker2025Changing land use with the transition from arable to livestock farming from the 15th century is now thought to be the primary factor in many medieval villages being abandoned. The Black Death played a role though as fewer peasants meant an increase in the price of labour, making arable cultivation increasingly less profitable.

[@Happyheretic2308]

The ruddy Roundheads. Aka the wretched Puritans.

[@leed206]

Interesting that when you do a Google search on the team, Helen is not mentioned anywhere. This is 2023.

[@Market_time799]

Helen is cute as can be!

[@markgarin6355]

They couldn't wait until after harvest?

[@charliegoodwin1933]

How many trowels were broken during time teams run?

[@georgedorn1022]

A good quality trowel will not break, it will wear down until it is comically small!

[@philliprogers4255]

Gotta love those Time Team Women....More crack shots than a Wild Bill Hickock Wild West Show!

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol charming I'm sure🤣

[@hollymunford6857]

Kool

[@georgehenry76]

This where John Wicks ancestors come from?

[@NC-ij9rb]

😂😂😂😂

[@KAT-ew9wz]

:) wick is also a dialect term for "alive". comes up in the book The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and possibly though don't quote me on this one, also in stuff by Charles Dickens

[@nopeyadayadayada1248]

I dig Helen.

[@CHILL-ST]

WHY DO THEY ONLY EVER HAVE “ 3 DAYS “

[@blossomjoseph5541]

The land looks very fertile, can England feed itself ?

[@alexrain9015]

I think a lot of English farmers switch their crops each season. American farmers tend to plant the same crop over and over and rob the soil of any fertility.

[@martialme84]

It probably could, technically speaking, but it doesn´t. If i am not mistaken, england imports the majority of the food that is consumed there. Whether that is because of taste and preference, or for economic or other reasons, i don´t know.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

No. Nowadays, Britain can't feed itself. Even during the second world war, the country relied on some things that were brought in - Hitler actually came incredibly close to starving Britain thanks to the U-boats, a few more weeks was all it would have taken according to reports later uncovered (of course, at the time, that was kept very quiet, both for morale and so that Hitler didn't find out). According to Wikipedia, the UK population in 1939 was around 38 million people. In 2019, that had increased to at a conservative estimate, 56 million people, though some sources say closer to 66 million. We should get a clearer answer once this year's census has been completed and studied, which is happening now. Fertile ground is one thing, but the UK is very small for the number of people on it, and an awful lot of that ground is occupied. I know we import a vast proportion of our grain alone from other countries, including the US I believe, but I don't know any more about it. Alexis is correct, UK farmers will usually switch crops each year. I can't remember the order or the crops, but the cycle starts with the crop that needs the most nutrients and moves through, and according to my dad, the usual in the south west at least used to be (though I don't know what's normal now) a four or five year cycle, often with one year for livestock at the end. if it's some type of grain or potato crop, this is often the case, I'm less knowledgeable about vegetables. Some farmers will also grow a winter crop like clover and vetch that gets ploughed under the soil and makes nutrients easily accessed by the roots of the summer crop. One more thing (I wonder how many people will even read this far). The soil of the UK is incredibly variable. On places like Salisbury Plain (lots of Time Team digs there), the ground is very chalky, and lots of crops are grown there, you have these vast open stretches of fields (ok, big for us here in little old England). I believe the East of England is also good for crops, correct me if I'm wrong. In Cornwall, the ground is granite, acidic, and often a nightmare for growing things (and preserving things like bone!). In South Devon (Plymouth area) you have the same, Dartmoor is granite, though you also have stretches of spectacular red earth. In North Devon and bits of Somerset, the ground is peat, clay (lots of horrible sticky claggy clay!), shale and slate. In North to North-East Devon where I am, the ground is pretty fertile as long as it isn't too flat and then gets waterlogged and drowns everything, and we have lots of crops rotated on that cycle, and also livestock mixed in. Farmers will spread muck on their fields at least once, perhaps more times a year, which also gives nutrients to the soil, unpleasant as it may be when the wind blows in the wrong direction. I hope you find some of that deluge of information useful...

[@blossomjoseph5541]

@@KAT-ew9wz thank you, in reality the need for farmland as well as freedom was a huge reason to colonize other lands.

[@lightwoven5326]

Reply to an old post. Up until the 1960's the UK was self sufficient in basic foodstuffs. Until they decided that properties were more important, now with every piece of agriculture under assault from greedy developers it takes a minor miracle to stop the bleeding which swells the coffers of the rich. The land here is rich, but the first thing they do is strip the top soil and sell it. God help you in a new build with sealed windows, doors and with a yard not big enough to swing a hamster in. We don't need this, every option for the average Joe to feed themselves is being taken away. Eventually it will be heating and transport, as the majority cannot afford electrically powered air pumps and cars. And they call it progress. Definitely not the good old days. Rant over.. .

[@toomanyopinions8353]

No geophys?

[@marshmallowwolf3976]

29:58 Im no achaeologist (actually i am) but i dont think taking a pick to a grave is carful archaeology

[@marcusjohnbondurajr]

Nothing about the show was ever careful and respectful no matter the spin they put on it. People don’t want to accept that it’s a TV show and it’s bottom line and it’s only true care is profit. Setting arbitrary 3 day limits regardless of anything else is down to the station deciding the amount they will pay for each excavation. Probably 200 of the 200+ episodes could have easily had a day 4 or 5 there weren’t actual legitimate reasons other than this is a tv show and rhe archeology be dammed you get 3 days worth of financial support and to hell with what is found or not founds

[@jessicakoster2543]

@@marcusjohnbondurajr they all had/have regular day jobs and were doing the time team digs on the weekends. They didn't have the time to do 4-5 day digs.

[@LoneKharnivore]

I was at uni with some people who worked on TT and they said they were asked to rebury finds and dig them up again for the cameras. This show was television, not proper archaeology.

[@anneburke3756]

Omg, a television show was a television show😂

[@l-b284]

don't hide the hat - it's a cool hat

[@colettemartin4824]

I don't mind ads but please, not the same ad over and over again.

[@fangas47210]

Being a dentist a could determinate the found tooth as a wisdom tooth from the upper arch. These are not telling anything about the age of the corps, they tend not to erupt untill a very old age. It may well be that the digging archeologist did the eruption herself....

[@wmarian5027]

Oh, the disappountments of a 12th century pit...lol

[@undeaddave9671]

Try some decaf, bruh.

[@mick7even]

Can we get a go fund me going for a Phil manicure 🤣

[@deborahparham3783]

The nails are long because he is a serious guitarist. He plays classical and he plays the Blues. He plays finger style which means he uses his nails instead of a pick.

[@covrtdesign5279]

3:34 OK, who didn't take the plastic off the transfer on her shirt chest? Disappointed in whoever made those shirts.

[@LeighPankhurst]

Ye olde Specsavers

[@anotherbrickoutthewall9237]

Ohhhh arerr Toney stone the crows!

[@MichaelStimson-ps4nh]

Sadly this fascinating episode it is ruined by constant ads every 3/4 minutes which are annoying and needs to be addressed.

[@RuffStuff420]

Every time I see Phil in his Daisy Dukes I need eye bleach.

[@deborahparham3783]

So don't look at him. Some of us thoroughly enjoy Phil and his shorts. Greatest legs on a man ever.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

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