Return to the big bottle dump. A mudlarking adventure.

Re-uploaded due to a mistake (lacked the music track).
Filmed after the easement of lockdown restrictions in the UK, on the hottest day of the year so far.
This was my first re-visit in 3 months to a site that's given me a lot; it's changed a lot.
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#Mudlarking

[@stephanieparsons1056]

I have to stop and thank you for your videos. Your walks and outings are incredibly soothing to me. I am battling cancer. My anxiety can run rather high. Watching your videos,listening to your voice and getting lost in scanning the ground with you soothes my nerves like an old lullaby. Thank you.

[@shelly-7236]

I agree, very soothing voice, that was one of the first comments I put after watching my first venture with Tom.

[@KittyGrey13]

So many crafting opportunities on that beach! Mosaics, rebuilding bottles and jars in new and interesting ways, jewellery, decoupatch, wind chimes and mobiles..... Heaven! I found some of that green tile in my garden recently with some pipe stems and broken bottles. I had thought maybe it was more modern but nice to think it may have more age than I thought.

[@tomburleigh9261]

I'll certainly be attempting some of those crafts, hopefully very soon... though the videos might take a while. I'm still moving, it's a mess, but... I'm going to have a dedicated craft area. 🙂 I think the green tiles became popular in the mid Victorian period... I'd guess they were probably made for at least a few decades; might still be.

[@katherinepeskor8965]

I could listen to your soothing voice all day. You are so very intelligent. Keep on mud learning wish I lived there.

[@bushpushersdaughter]

Don't forget that Japanese Knotweed is not only edible, but good for you. If there comes a food shortage, they could help you survive.

[@tomburleigh9261]

I keep trying to remember when it's spring time, but still haven't tried eating the young stems. 🙂I think a food shortage in the UK is actually quite likely, we have a few months worth of food in stock; might not be enough... but my girlfriend has tought me quite a lot about foraging. 🙂

[@noraleestone2859]

Another pleasurable video. I'm starting to 'sink' into your monologues as you ramble along. It occurred to me that my beachcombing hobby is just a disguise for my desire to be out in nature alone.

[@marshacrom6206]

The figurine bit would make a good wolf disguised as Grandma....I enjoyed your walk along the river. I will never complain about having to walk 11 extra parking spaces in the Walmart parking lot.

[@seasidepaper]

I’m watching this on a cold, dull and rainy Vancouver Island day. A hot summer day seems far in the distant past :-). On the first sunny day I’ll be heading to the beach for a nice long walk and maybe I’ll find a treasure or two. Thanks for your video. Always nice to listen to your calming voice .

[@brikhouse22]

"little baby fish, smile". That's was cute lol

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks. 🙂

[@angelamillard6418]

I love you so much! Little baby fish! I was gasping over the bottles you were passing by and then 🐟🐟

[@tomburleigh9261]

Sorry my camera couldn't pick them up; those fish fled from my looming shape over the water. I wish I had a spare camera I could set up in the water near where they like to be, and back away. Maybe next year. 🙂

[@aliencat11]

Thank you for the video....always enjoy your rambles in that beautiful countryside. Stay safe and well.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Mary, I'm glad you liked it. 🙂

[@beckyholmes7340]

Going there tomorrow! Can’t wait! X

[@tomburleigh9261]

Hope you have a great time, and find some treasures.🙂

[@beckyholmes7340]

Tom Burleigh Thanks Tom, just hoping the weather holds out. It’s pretty grim this morning! Thanks for your amazing videos. They bring me a lot of joy, especially the mega dump ones! X

[@mbstoneseeker]

Wonderful as always 💖💐

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you. 🙂

[@elainecrandall1059]

Here in America and having mudlarking and river trekking envy. I used to bottle dig when I was a kid ....but like all things ...changes happened, more people, less access with private ownership. I so enjoy how you look at objects and don’t collect like a dragon adding to its hoard. It’s refreshing and purposeful. Would love to see a restoration of a earthenware pot using the Japanese method of repair. Imperfection and perfection in balance. Be well. Thank you for the great videos. They are refreshingly simplistic ....but not simple.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Elaine. As luck would have it; I was a bit clumsy with one of the stoneware pots I brought home from a previous outing, and have one to mend. I shall probably practice first on some simple dinnerware plates and bowls I have which have fallen recently... and hope to make a nice video out of them all as well as some beautiful things. I'm glad you like me being more selective about things; I was far less restrained when I first started, and even as recently as my previous video at that site. Restraint is something I've been learning, and is now an imperative in my lock down circumstances. 🙂

[@catherinewilliams3850]

Finds or not I love your relaxing videos, enjoyed the round up of the interesting pieces you found.

[@kayk8123]

Always a pleasure/treasure! Thank you!!

[@MrPhuselton]

another wonderful video.....love what all you find in your tach video.....be safe...Joseph

[@anndudley9023]

Loved it Tom great to see you back being a busy bee 🐝🐝🐝 doing what you love x

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Ann, it was good to be out and about again, albeit with some of the wild abandon I used to have about picking things up there curtailed. 🙂

[@nicola.00]

Hi Tom! Brilliant video :) Your piece of uranium glass was a honeypot in the shape of a bee hive and there would have been a thatched roof lid to go with it. It is American I think, a company called Boyd bought the mould and still makes different versions so it’s quite difficult to date it.

[@cherylberry1613]

The tiles you found are beautiful. I hope you show your bird feeding table when it is done. That was a fun hunt for treasure. Not nearly as nice as other times but I still saw things I would of picked up. Thanks for taking us along!

[@thomasnathan7328]

The scenery outside your window is simply beautiful. It will be a pleasure to have a workbench by the window to do your craft or work though i wouldnt get any work done becos i would constantly be gazing out the window.😁 Tammy🌻

[@jacque06henderson57]

Amazing about stuff.Birds had alot to say was all very nice.

[@jenmorricone4014]

Tom you're such an amalgamation of curiosity, quirk, verbal talent and sensitivity. I like bees too and not long ago the gas company called and asked me to cut back my lavender because the bees were "an industrial hazard." Thanks again for such a lovely diversion .☺️

[@shelly-7236]

I'd have told then were to shove there idea.

[@beedumpling3820]

I do so love your outings to the river. I find myself scanning the beaches along with you. I see things I would probably pick up myself, being me....and that you don't...being you. It does make me quite sad that there are so many things in the river that do not have any place there. I am glad you do what you can to take away the things you can manage. But oh those tires....:( Thank you so much for taking us along. I always look forward to your new posts. :) (Waves from Oregon-USA)

[@agnessi7449]

“It’s not the same and neither am I” - your video reflected my current introspection. Uncannily, like an analogy. I also see a window of opportunity. Pun, sorry. I am not alone. Thank you.

[@tomburleigh9261]

I think most people have been changed through this period; I hope the good changes stick around. I'm looking forward to some of the opportunities my current window provides, and I hope you have some opportunities too. 🙂

[@jackiejames4551]

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[@agnessi7449]

If the good changes stick around, that would be salve for me. Luckily, I always keep my windows open. Please keep posting your forays. I do live vicariously.

[@myhomeonthehillside]

Yet another brilliant mudlark! I love that 1st old light switch, so pretty :) THat third 'fob watch thing' is bound to be a dragon egg :D

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Caroline, I live in hope that it is indeed a dragon egg... with a live baby dragon inside. It could come mudlarking with me, and provide arial photography if it has opposable thumbs and a good eye. 🙂

[@myhomeonthehillside]

@@tomburleigh9261 Fingers crossed :D If it is, you wil be able to go to the most inaccessible mudlarking sopts, as you can hitch a ride on him when he's big enough. Just watch he doesn't scorch the GoPro ;)

[@christinacocci8959]

A very poetic mudlarking adventure, Tree on the cliff edge ,Great inspiration to write a poem about before it disappeared in the river!

[@Janettemay64]

Thank you Tom for another ramble by the river, here in sunny Queensland we have had most restrictions relaxed, it is winter and the nights are cool to cold, the days warm and sunny. It's 11.53 pm and I have been trying to go to sleep before 12, not always with success. Love the english countryside, I don't care how long you linger at one place by the river. Nite nite and God bless.

[@vonny10096]

Love how you add the commentary after, it means we can hear the sounds of your footsteps and nature.

[@marinawilkinson5840]

Beautiful scenery. Relaxing sounds. Thanks Tom. 💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧💦💧

[@Bebbis77]

I love jasper ware. Your consideration of the bees and trees is heartening...awww and the little baby fish.

[@theresac.3216]

Thanks for taking us along again! That river sure has carried a plethera of items on it's journey through the beautiful landscapes of Britain! Also, I'm convinced you've been staying safe in a castle deep in the countryside. There are glimmers of benefits to this terrible pandemic!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Yes, the river carries so much; this particular one is still spitting out ancient treasures by the time it reaches the sea... last year someone found a Bronze Age Sword there. It's possible some of the things going into it today will be ancient by the time they're found. 🙂 Not quite a castle, but a very nice little 17th century cottage... it's going to be a nice place to live and work on videos. 🙂

[@lyarnes]

Perfect way to end the day...nice cuppa and a new Tom video!

[@leemcginnis738]

That dumpsite still amazes me. It will still produce finds for years to come. It was nice for you to go back and see what it looks like. Over grown but it will flood again I'm sure of and you'll be back to find wonderful things.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Lee, I think so too... every time there's a lot of rain, I check to see if it's likely to flood there. I like to film by the light of summer, but the finds in winter are so much better. Maybe I should do walk videos in Summer, mudlarking in Autumn and winter. 🙂

[@tinyTears]

Love your voice and your videos thanks for taking us along with you .x

[@joseymour207]

How we look at the trees from above, never stop to think what the anchor roots look like, it was quite intriguing to look at them from this perspective. Thank you Tom for a lovely outing as always. I wish you and yours good health take lots of care of yourself, you are precious.

[@joysinclair4513]

Fascinating Tom thank you for the walks with you .

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it🙂

[@debcattell7059]

Hi Tom Thanks for sharing your latest mudlarking video 👍😊 Lots to see in the dumb site i would not have been able to stop myself from taking lots of bottles and the jasper ware, my husband and i love it ❤😊 Such a shame about those trees though, very sad.

[@janicestevens8469]

I really love your videos with the history you share and pretty sights and sounds. Thank you so much!

[@priba11]

great video, lots of good stuff can be found! 👍😊

[@garypeterson4483]

i'm sure Alex and Gail would love it here

[@lovelyskull3483]

Good to see you, thank you Tom☮️🇨🇦

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Lovely Skull. 🙂 Glad you're still watching and enjoying mudlarking videos.

[@grittykitty8005]

Glad to see that you are outside again , Tom . Enjoyed the video tremendously , as always .

[@kellymcfadden7514]

Beautiful tiles! I can’t believe that thin piece of glass was not broken! I love bees too! Can’t wait to see your tiled bird craft.

[@ErrolJones1]

Thank goodness, Tom has uploaded a new video! It is 11:57 pm and I am not even worried that I have to work tomorrow morning!!

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@Errol Jones They're very relaxing before turning in for the night :-)

[@lindaopperthauser2284]

Wow!! I didn't know you knew the Northern Mudlarks!! They were the only other mudlarks I watched until I found you!

[@tomburleigh9261]

They're lovely people, have only met them once so far. The mudlarking community is friendly, and I've had the pleasure of meeting a few other KZbinrs. 🙂

[@raimamohommed7518]

Will Tom this video is so beautiful love it so many bottles hope u well take care I enjoyed it thank u Tom 👍

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you Raima Mohommed, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and hope you're keeping safe and well too. 🙂

[@raimamohommed7518]

@@tomburleigh9261 I was a bit sad to see that beautiful place like that take care waiting for next video 👌💯

[@carolcourtney1122]

I always thoroughly enjoy going on any of the walks or wanders you choose to take us on. So peaceful and pastoral. Thank you!

[@eddiek0507]

Hi Tom, Great video, I always love your visits to the river. Judging by the size of those stone beds that river must be really fast flowing in flood conditions...😎👍👍

[@vilstef6988]

I rewatched the beginning to get the theme, which I always enjoy. I do like the half of a Jasperware teapot which you didn't take.

[@PiraticalBob]

+1. It's not the same without that comforting guitar theme at the beginning.

[@lacossanostra]

and a shame someone threw the turquoise jasperware wedgwood teapot away

[@vilstef6988]

@@PiraticalBob Indeed-having the theme really sets the mood.

[@romancewiththepast7979]

They should have a mud-larking day. For all the rubbish and lost treasure people remove from beaches. Free clean -up for the waterways. Enjoyed as always.

[@MarylynBroomhall]

What an enjoyable stroll along the river bank. loved your chat as to how the river is changing and the the erosion that the high flows produce. So much stuff that I would love to have dropped into a bag as I wandered along with you. Thanks for the adventure and really looking forward to more in the future. Cheer from Melbourne, Australia - still stuck deeply in Covid 19 lockdown. So journeys like this one for we in isolation are a godsend :-)

[@aliencat11]

They have been for me as well in the USA. Stay well

[@catherinemoore1426]

I miss it when I do not see a video from you but I have to say I love your walks and finds and. I feel like I am there with you ! The cliff face has certainly changed, I would love to send you some sea glass if you would ever like some as I live by the ocean! Thank you Tom ❤️🇨🇦

[@tomburleigh9261]

That's very kind of you, thank you. I do have a project in mind that could use a lot more sea glass than I currently have, so sure. If you PM me either through my Instagram or my FB Author page, I'll give you my address. 🙂

[@gerbrand8132]

Oh,a new video,wich I am going to watch at lunch.I am already looking forward to it.A bright spot because I am sick at home while I am actually have vacation😖Trombosis in my right leg.Thank you already👍😊

[@PolyvoreThea]

I really love the spine. I am a skull collector. As an artist I just don’t find bones creepy. They are cool! It was very satisfying to have you pick up pottery! It is the one thing I know I would collect if I could ramble with you 😃

[@gracehennessey772]

I do truly enjoy your larks so calming and always beautiful.

[@dadams9158]

Your voice feels like mystery and intrigue, the content of your videos promises the same. Your videos are well shot and edited. Chalk up another good channel recommended by the YT algorithm. It's been a while since that has happened.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

YOU STEPPED OVER SOOOOO MANY GOOD BOTTLES AND LEFT THEM BEHIND !!!!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Yes, Covid-19 made me leave my home, my new home hasn't got anywhere near the space that my old one had. 😢

[@dawnnaylor7064]

I love your videos you know what every thing you pick up. It amazing me !

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you, I'm glad you like them. I didn't know much when I started, it's all learned along the way. 🙂

[@trashrat4544]

Thank you again for a great video. I've managed my first couple of mudlarking trips out since the lockdown this week and the stresses and worries of working in a suppermarket through the last 5 months just slipped off me with the peace of the river and nature. You have a much richer picking ground than I do in rural Shropshire but I still find the same things as you do interesting and worth collecting.

[@angeladooley2653]

I have just discovered your videos, and they are so very interesting. You also have a very poetic way with words.

[@charlesperez9976]

I admire your thoughts on bees! I agree,I would love to have a few hives,not for the honey,as I can buy local honey,but to annoy my neighbors,who are unpleasant!😂

[@Mudjie50]

Love the view out the window.. and it was a nice relaxing walk, Thank You!

[@KatyDidRocks]

All those pebbles - maybe better start rock collecting! :D You have great fortitude, passing up all those bottles - I was impressed. I am so happy you are well and able to get out again.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Katy, I do have a rock collection, but there's very little variety in these rivers... mostly limestone, shale and millstone grit. I have much smaller spaces now, so I have to change a bit; at least for the near future. It's propably going to mean more focus on craft videos; and more explorational outings that are about finding the places rather than the things. 🙂

[@pigoff123]

So glad to see you again my friend.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you. I'm still a bit constrained in the places and times I can go larking, but getting out and about more 🙂

[@sarahcarter-ali4096]

Great trip along the river with you as always, very relaxing and that view from the window in your round up 😍👍

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you. Yes, I love the new view... that's going to be my work room, and I shall get to enjoy the ever changing weather... and film it in round-ups and probably craft videos too.🙂

[@SophieT1416]

I would have a very hard time deciding what to take and what NOT to take. Thank you for the video.

[@tomburleigh9261]

It's certainly a challenge, I'm trying to learn how to do it without sounding like I'm feeling negative about the experience... it's still fun, but I do miss the wild abandon I used to have about it.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Commenting again to help the re-upload xx

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks so much Gail and Alex. It's an interesting learning experience; I think the mistake might have killed off a sizable portion of the success this video might have otherwise had... Oh well; plenty more videos to make. 🙂

[@bertie835]

I think that wooden handle part maybe one side of a toddlers push along cart to learn walking. It would have a little wooden tray between the arms, filled with wooden bricks.

[@rogerleslie4282]

Another great video Tom, I do have bees 4 hives from which I collect about 50 kilos of raw honey 🍯. See you in the next video. Cheers 🇦🇺........

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Roger, wow... 50kg of raw honey is far more than I'd have thought possible, but maybe they're not as productive in the UK. 🙂

[@anjistone2946]

Your videos always make me feel so relaxed. I really look forward to them and I'm never disappointed. I hope all is well!

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Anji. Things are going OK, moving house into a place with some nice filming spaces. I hope all is well with you, and you're still enjoying getting out on the foreshore. 🙂

[@Veritasominavincit]

I enjoy all your videos - it’s just nice to hear your relaxing voice, unique commentary and see the countryside. So don’t worry that we find them dull if there’s less finds or whatever, not at all.

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

Radio active bee ear rings... I busted out laughing.. sorry about your river changing...

[@amandabell8827]

So good to see you back there! One of my favourite places to watch you mudlark. I am looking forward to the late Autumn when the nettles and brambles die back and it's cooler and fewer people want to spend time by a river 😄 Hope you and yours are keeping well x

[@karenchapman3533]

I have just found your channel and I love it! The sound of your voice is so soothing. You find such interesting items. Thank you for your videos

[@HelenBeeee]

When I saw the yellow bee glass piece I felt like you could fix a glass jar or beaker in behind it so it nestled into the back of the bee glass and attach a glass foot to balance it up and it would make it functional but honor its broken state as well as preserving its beauty. :)

[@tomburleigh9261]

That's a pretty cool idea, thank you. I'm not at all sure I can neatly extricate the bees... so this might be a better option. 🙂

[@fluffyspit]

Loved the clock...thank you for an enjoyable mudlarkers Tom...I could feel it wasn’t as enjoyable for you sadly...wishing for better times soon.x

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Carole, I was suffering a bit that day; I'm more keen on Autumn and Spring than the full summer sun; I fear it made me a bit too negative about things.

[@fluffyspit]

Tom Burleigh oh I didn’t sense any negativity from you but rather a heightened hesitancy to be confronted by people or touching anything that may have been touched recently...which is very understandable considering the current situation. You’re braver than me...I’ve been beyond my garden gate twice since mid February...so your videos, and those of folk like kit and caboodlers, northern mudlarkers and sea glass Ireland have kept me from going downright bonkers. Thank you! Xxx

[@mirkatu3249]

Sad as erosion is, I am fascinated at seeing how different the river and dump site are compared to last year. Due to the amount of rain we receive, we have a lot of erosion here in Washington State, especially along our rivers. The Army Corps of Engineers usually will help stem that with strategically placed massive rocks or other tactics. I'm surprised that rocks haven't been used on your river there. Maybe limited accessibility and unstable hillside prevent it? Glad you are keeping healthy and staying safely quarantined. :-)

[@mymagiclieswithin]

Bottles, and pipe bowls, and bee's! Oh my! Such a lovely walk. Oh, how my heart dropped as I saw you walk past the clay pots and the few ink pots I spotted. I just love the wide mouth bottles and jars, so useful for so many things. I would never be able to go with you, as I would have you carrying 3-4 heavy bags of my finds back to my car! Ha! Yes, I said "you" would be carrying them. Seriously though, don't go cold turkey on the milk glass, as the project you might dream up for their use may need more than the bottles you already have. Would hate for you to be almost finished and be like "Oh no, I am completely out, I need at least 12 more!" And then where would you be, I ask you? Such a fun day. Until next time, stay safe and keep tight of those you cherish!

[@suefeige3531]

Those tiles are so pretty and I kind of like the Jasperware too. At what point does collecting become hoarding? Asking for a friend 🤣🤣🤣

[@tomburleigh9261]

I think I have gotten dangerously close to hoarding occasionally :D I guess it's when you carry home things you already have; and have no use for and no plan for finding it a new home. I can understand people liking the jasperware, I just prefer things more rough, and simple, like the tiles. 🙂

[@irisadler6342]

The wooden piece with wheels looks to be a surveyors walking measure for property

[@leehodgson8804]

Happy to see you back! i still would love a pretty little paste jar or Marmalade jar! I will pay the shipping

[@birdie399]

I don’t see the river as damaging the landscape. The human pollution of the land has diverted the river. Thanks for your thoughtful commentary on your excursion. Very enjoyable video.

[@tomburleigh9261]

Yes, the river wants to go where humans have built a hill of rubbish, and it will. It's fun finding the things that get cut out, but it's also sad and tragic, and a duty to take some of the lead and plastics before they get into the river. I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@mudlarkingmarionette]

my favourite phrase was about the teapot and being reliant on perfection : ) class oh! and the uranium bees Stay safe

[@juliegarner802]

Well thank you Tom for leaving that bottle behind for me if you just give the location I will go and pick it up haha . Very enjoyable video again who’s coming to visit or do we have to wait and see think it may be someone I also follow . My broken pottery that I’ve found I’ve been using as mosaic for plants pots etc . I have quite a bit of broken pipe stem and wondering what I could possibly make with them . One of my river visits has yielded about 30 or so rubber bottle tops which I have painted different colours with model paints and then put them into driftwood and hung them up in the garden against a wall and look quite good . Also found an old teapot minus its spout which I have since attached another spout totally different colour to the original one but looks good in the garden all my finds end up in the garden one way or another .Its amazing what you find when you really look.Love the view from your window also lucky you .

[@littleSallyJo]

Really like this new-to-me music of yours. It'll be stuck in my ear for awhile, I believe.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Lovely river Tom.

[@susansmith4270]

Thanks Tom.... Nice view from your window... Sue from The Wirral x

[@maarinabudd]

I rewatched this video again too 🙂

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Marina, I hope it was enjoyable both times. 🙂

[@maarinabudd]

@@tomburleigh9261 It was!!! I have been revisiting/watching some of your video's again during my time being on furlough. I very much enjoyed our wooden wheels theory chat yesterday too -keep up the good work in taking us all on your beautiful scenery backdrop walks!!!! 🙂

[@suewintrup1111]

Thanks Tom really enjoyed the walk Sue in NZ

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Sue. 🙂

[@daveh1294]

It might settle your mind a bit to know that Japanese knotweed doesn't make seed in the UK. All our plants are clones of one female plant brought here by a plant collector and we have no male plants to fertilise the flowers. You still have to be careful not to move plant material about as it can reroot from small cuttings.

[@stashedawayman1521]

In the UK, Japanese knotweed - Reynoutria japonica is only present as a single female clone so any seed produced would I believe be infertile. It is easily propagated from broken root fragments being transported in soil movements or perhaps on footwear. Indian balsam - Impatiens glandulifera is spread by the explosive seed capsules and has thus colonised many counties in the UK. The cliff of the dump is unstable, as unvegetated and appears composed mainly of free draining domestic ash and clinker. The planted birch trees are clearly container grown and their roots have become 'brainwashed' into circling within the pots in which they were grown and have not ventured out into the surrounding unsuitable growing medium. The collapse of the dump may be related to the natural angle of repose of the angular clinker and domestic waste of which the dump is composed.

[@tomburleigh9261]

The seeds, roots and rhizomes of the Japanese knotweed in the UK are all capable of germinating... and I have to check my clothes when I leave the site, both for the seeds, and bits of root in the sole of my shoes, I'd be commiting a criminal offence if I caused it to spread, (although sadly no authority seems to care much when I report it's encroaching presence). I agree, the birch trees were almost certainly pot grown... the council has planted 3 more rows, of younger saplings this time, though the river is coming too fast for them to make any difference. I think the cliff collapses for a variety of reasons; the river does cut out the lower level, creating overhangs when it's flooding... there's not enough cohesion in the hill to support overhangs for long. Interesting what you've said, thank you... I've learned some things. 🙂

[@stashedawayman1521]

@@tomburleigh9261 A Local Authority that I worked for had to pay out £55k to a local resident when a patch of Japanese Knotweed was found to have encroached from a LA owned car park onto land where the resident wanted to extend his cottage. The presence of the knotweed delayed his building works so compensation had to be paid. It was an uninsured risk; that money could have been better spent on LA parks and open spaces.

[@sherilynn]

You know what they say; a bad day on the river is still a good day 😊

[@tammywhalen3297]

Thank you for such a lovely video i dearly love the walks and searching for treasures from the past ...my mom got us girls into looking for things from the past i believe because she grew up in the depression and didnt have a lot of things...we once went to where we knew the army from in the 40s had dumped and we dug holes way into the ground and my mom and everyone had gotten really great bottles and other things that was back in the early 70s i was just a kid but remember having great fun and its never left heart i love searching for things it seems each piece has a tale and previous life of its own happy hunting to you from texas in the u.s.a.

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@tammy whalen !n the 60s I had my stream nearby. No relics, but nature abound! Glacial rocks of all kinds to cross the babbling brook, berry & apple trees, even wild strawberries. Oh the dragonflies and butterflies! The water was crystal clear to drink! A train track ran beside it, and hobos waved from the open car doors as they went by. They once left behind their campfire, complete with an empty can of beans :-)

[@metaldetectingengland]

enjoyed every moment Tom ,,thanks for a cool adventure ,,,i guess small jasperware fragments could be used ,,,to decorate a wooden mirror frame ? the big old jar ,,i would have put in my garden with ivey in it ,,,with broken bit hidden against the wall lols no one would know ..see you soon Adrian Simon and Rosebelle

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thanks Adrian, Simon and Rosebelle, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do reckon the jasper-ware might one day make it onto my picking list, if I get more into my crafting and have a project idea in mind... maybe one day I'll have a garden of my own to decorate 🙂

[@lizbrown7232]

At our sailboat today, Lake Huron, the marina had posted pictures of Asian carp, yet another invasive species, four varieties actually.

[@colleenmccarthy-evans3149]

Thank you.

[@traceymcadams1578]

I love watching your videos, but this one hurt! I lost it after you left that little perfume bottle...thank God your proper ears couldn't hear me hollering!

[@tomburleigh9261]

I am sorry, I just can't take all the things I used to now 😢 The Pandemic forced me into a lockdown situation away from home, and my new home is tiny. I need to keep spaces functional, and that means I can't fill them with bottles.

[@milenasorak8163]

Please, keep on picking milk glass pots. Thank you, the video is calming and peaceful

[@MsSamanthaIreland]

I really do love your videos :)

[@tomburleigh9261]

Thank you. 🙂

[@teresatorrence4158]

Hello Tom. I hope are doing well? I am wondering when you will have another video out. I do so enjoy yours. I miss your calm and soothing voice its very relaxing. Take and stay safe.

[@suettheartistickamillion9996]

hi Tom loved your video. i am a fellow artist. wow i would have loved the pieces of that big broken blue vase. I would have made smaller pieces of it and made wire wrapped necklace pendant out of it. Here in the States there is no good finds like you have there. Have you made any art lately since we have all been stuck inside. Stay safe and well. hugs