How to Build a Hillfort

[@hedleythorne]

Being filmed for this was the most fun I've had whilst still wearing trousers. Thanks for the opportunity WC21- your channel goes from strength to strength. Now, give us back the keys to our Wessex Ways podcast... (unbeknownst to you and Tweedy, I travelled to the FUTURE!)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Our plans have been foiled! Dr. Evil Tweedy will be furious! Cheers Hedley - I couldn’t have done this without you - you’re a star. Expect to see Mercian Ways soon….!

[@davidberlanny3308]

Aha ..... Great!! Can you give me the result of the 1:30 at Kempton Park next Saturday

[@hedleythorne]

​@davidberlanny3308 Michelin Man comes first, followed by Hedge Diver, Geography Teacher and Tweedy Connoisseur 😅

[@davidberlanny3308]

@@hedleythorne 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@WildwoodTV]

Great fun chaps! What a relief to watch a bit of fun & history. Funny enough I started building a turf rampart last month, and have no intention of finishing it, just need a couple of artifacts to bury to confuse 'em...

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. Make sure you plant a mixed species hedge around your rampart too. That will really throw a spanner in the works!

[@stuartbridger5177]

Great fun mixed in with interesting antiquarian content. Essential Sunday evening viewing.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Stuart! What an instructive place that fort is. Interesting that we’ve only realised what had happened there since we were able to get a view from above.

[@tweedyoutdoors]

Packed full of carefully researched and skilfully presented facts, and so much beautiful photography from the pair of you. What I love most about this video though is that given the constant laughs from start to finish, nobody will think our evil plans are in fact deadly serious.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Tweedy! Apparently Hedley travelled to the future and knows where our machinations lead us. Which is worrying…!

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd We've succumbed to the classic Bond villain pitfall of arranging overly complex and easily escapable demises for our adversaries. I feel like such an amateur.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@tweedyoutdoors how did we miss the possibility of him going into our future to ensnare us?! I’ve cancelled the builders and planning application for our base under the Uffington White Horse.

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd 😢...although I bet those jobsworths at the National Trust would have objected to it regardless.

[@adampascoe1084]

This was utterly brilliant. Well done chaps 👏🏻 Also, what an amazing site.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Adam and glad you enjoyed it. Yes, a really fascinating and instructive place. When you know what it is, all the lumps and inconsistencies make perfect sense.

[@HelenKempster-t6y]

Oh! You are so funny😂 I love your videos The perfect balance of quirky humour and serious info and evaluation ❤😅😅

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Many thanks Helen - great to receive that feedback which reflects what I try to do here!

[@harley419]

I really enjoy your productions, i learn and i am entertained.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That’s great - thank you!

[@philcollinson328]

Thanks

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

You’re a gent. Will share this with the lad.

[@philcollinson328]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd No need 🤣

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@philcollinson328 🤣

[@Annadilly]

Genius. This really made me laugh. Well done everyone. Has anyone seen Hedley since he fell down the Time Portal?

[@hedleythorne]

I transported myself to the future when everyone else is old, to exact my revenge.... 😂

[@hedleythorne]

(2027)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers! Apparently he’s in the future and it’s not looking good!

[@Annadilly]

@@hedleythorne Dare I ask what it's like there. Is the Broadway fish and chip shop in Didcot still open?

[@hedleythorne]

@Annadilly fish and chips shops were banned last year LOL. The new housing estate on Dalton Barracks (Buccaneer Park) means that car travel out of Didcot is no longer possible and so the remaining local fast food outlets have huge delivery teams. Especially since we are outside of the nuclear protected zone, we are the lucky ones. Life isn't the same since you and Guy moved to Orkney, but on the upside your old house now has a blue plaque- Grims Ditch was a nationally loved exhibition after all! Hail Lord Trump. Hail Lord Musk our saviour and we salute the militant wing of the National Trust!

[@andrewlamb8055]

You said you would not sing again!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Joking apart, thank you for your great footage and pre-history episode … Hedley is a good sport…. Very well done 👍 😎⚔️⭐️🐑🙏

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Andrew and I do feel bad about the singing - I just couldn’t stop myself! Hedley is a superb sport - perfect for my madness!

[@andrewlamb8055]

@ … regarding your singing, so do we!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Only Joking, your humour and wit, as well as your great knowledge, is perfect for what you do! Hedley had great fun … shame you blew up my mate Paul W!! 👏👏😎🤣❤️⚔️

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd...Eurovision beckons.....😅😅😅

[@markstott6689]

Hearing "Brighteyes" made me feel incredibly old. I remember my mother buying the single (something else children these days will have no concept of). I had read the book before the film or music was released. I wasn't scared. Not after mid 1970s Dr Who. 😂❤😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I wasn’t scared, either! If you’ve survived the Talons of Weng Chiang, Watership Down really is for kids!

[@markstott6689]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd The one that terrified me in 1975 was "The Ark In Space." Being trapped in a space station with nowhere to run to.....nightmares were had. 😬😬❤️😬😬

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@markstott6689 yes that was scary. The year before that I was scared of the dinosaurs in Invasion of the Dinosaurs. If you’ve seen that as an adult, you’ll know how ridiculous that is!

[@markstott6689]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd I have just watched a clip. The Stegosaurus was almost cute. The T-Rex was laughable. In the stills, it looks moth-eaten. 😄❤️😄

[@AdeptHavelock]

Ah...you cant beat a bit of wild speculation on a Sunday... Wonderfully put together Darren...good to see the office junior getting a bit of excersise and earning his money there around the ditch 😂 Was just thinking that much like you guys looking back at the hillfort now and feeling your confusion...Imagine how befuddled anyone stumbling on this film would feel in a hundred years time...😮

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! I do sometimes wonder what the future will make of me! I like to think - if this stuff is still out there - it will inspire people to leave their pods and explore! I doubt that will happen!

[@topgrafter2007]

Love these videos, reminds me of the old school style programmes from late 70's early 80's bit of a mix of Time team and Monty Python.. brilliant 😜

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - that’s great feedback! You’ve described my bizarre vision for the channel there!

[@topgrafter2007]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd it's perfect, nice to see something more unique than the usual, keep em coming please.

[@CosmicImperitive]

@@topgrafter2007 that's brilliant Time time cross Monty python 👍

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@topgrafter2007 With a dash of Up Pompeii added! Sooth off!

[@philcollinson328]

For the awesome Sir Hedley.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Phil! @HedleyThorne - I will give this to you next time I see you!

[@hedleythorne]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Thanks Phil and Darren - this can buy me a nice coffee!

[@JustcallmeKathi]

Here I was thinking it's all harmony between antiquarians. Instead, we're looking into an abyss of treachery and evil ambitions!😲 Thanks for the laughs and info about how to build a hillfort, whenever that could be useful.😄

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Kathi - you made me “lol” there! KZbin antiquarianism is like a bear pit - super competitive! I wonder how many people will find this video when they’re planning to build a hillfort?

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd It is indeed not dissimilar to a jungle out there, ofttimes I ponder how I keep from going under.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@tweedyoutdoors I see this as a setback. Wessex Ways WILL be ours. Nothing in the world can stop us now.

[@RonSeymour1]

I do think that you could have given Hedley the teleportation app used on other videos. No wonder he chased you with the drone. Another great journey into the past. Thank you.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Ron - glad you enjoyed it. He’s landed in the future and is currently planning his revenge, apparently!

[@hedleythorne]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtdYour future is in my hands, Geography Teacher. Tread lightly...

[@Sk8Bettty]

What a brilliant villain origin story!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Ha! Yes - I could be at the start of a franchise now!

[@brynmorjenkins4376]

Hi Darren, loved the latest video it must have been fun to do. If you are in need of further material for future subject matter you could consider coming to West Wales ie Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. For years many learned scholars thought the Roman influence ended in Carmarthen with their fort and and town. However roads of antiquity have been found further west. A certain Martin Davies has just brought out a book titled " A few causeways more". Only a thought, we tend to be forgotten down here ! Also along with others the Romans were sea fareing as well.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Bryn, thank you for your kind comments on the video and even more so for the invitation to West Wales. I would very much like to do that and will at some point. At the moment, having given up my business, I tend to go down to the south for videos that require an overnight as I have family there who put me up. Or put up with me! I’m acutely aware that I have neglected Wales and will address that. I’ve got a huge list of ideas there too. Thanks for the book recommendation too.

[@sotony7483]

One of your best productions yet, WC(2A)!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - that’s good to hear! A lot of fun to make - Hedley is a fantastic sport!

[@CosmicImperitive]

😂 LMAO... That was the funniest episode to date..the bright eyes section had me in tears, of laughter not sadness..thanks for the knowledge and the laughs every Sunday, loved the collabs...you gonna go for Xmas top 10 with your rendition 😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - smashing feedback! I reckon I should get my “Bright Eyes” out there, don’t you?! I did actually record the whole thing. For some reason!

[@CosmicImperitive]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd it's great 😂 I think it would be a funny stocking filler for your family get it into DVD format with a cheesy pic of you on the front holly in hand , sipping sherry, XL santa hat, eye watering xmas jumper and a small ant aquarium on your lap... someone could possibly dig a copy up 1000 years from now 😂..look forward to next Sunday.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@ 😂

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd You certainly should put that out for the Season. Been a while since Bill Nighy's hit! 🤔😈

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hahahaha, just drying my eyes from the tears if laughter ...... or was it the singing!!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I’m sure it was my heart breaking rendition of Bright Eyes, David. My wife sobbed when she heard it!

[@davidberlanny3308]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd😂😂😂😂

[@hedleythorne]

So much fun to film this one.

[@chrish5319]

Absolutely fascinating exposition on hillfort construction, thank you both. I was sad to hear how badly Art Garfunkel's voice appears to have deteriorated with the years. I look forward to the Christmas panto, Sam Walks a lot as Princess Jasmine, Mr WC21 as Widow Twankey, Tweedy Outdoors as Abanazar, Hedley as The Emperor and Paul W as the Genie.

[@hedleythorne]

Crikey don't give Paul W even more powers! 😅

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Chris and I absolutely love the idea of an antiquarian panto! I’d make a good Twankey, I think!

[@JMV1110]

Thanks for the song that will live in my head now for the coming week. 😑 Darren, I insist you recruit your guest again for that annoyance and make him run uphill next time 😎

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and I do apologise for any distress caused! My wife tells me I’ve been singing it all week - I had to practice - and she’s optimistic that will stop now!

[@JMV1110]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I suppose as it's December you could always sing Christmas songs now 🌲🌲

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@JMV1110 now there’s an idea…!

[@davie941]

hello Darren and Hedley , loved this one, so very interesting, so much fun well done and thank you 😊

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Davie. It was fun to make and good that’s come across. Cheers!

[@keithm603]

Very, very good.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Keith - much appreciated!

[@tasmania1111]

Absolutely brilliant! I laughed so much, what a team. A fab cameo from Tweedy too! Now, do you think we can stop the constant and disturbing singing of Bright eyes, please and thank you?! 😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and I promise to try! I had to practice in order to achieve that level of artistry, you understand? X

[@tweedyoutdoors]

I love the sound of Mr WC21's dulcet tones! Although I do agree that song has an air of menace about it.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@tweedyoutdoors thank you for your support at this difficult time!

[@raedwulf61]

Well, that was delightfully bizarre.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! Every now and then I probably jump the shark! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@raedwulf61]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I look forward to your videos every Sunday.

[@philcollinson328]

I must have grinned from start to finish watching this (also learned lots). Absolutely brilliant throughout. I expect BAFTA will be on the phone to you soon begging to give out three awards 🤣 . Fantastic stuff, Mr WC21, Hedley, and a marvelous cameo at the end by Tweedy. You're all mad!

[@hedleythorne]

Hahahaha it was superb to film

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Phil! We definitely deserve some gongs for these “performances”!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Usually, I just comment on scenery and narrative. Not this time😂🎉

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you @liberty_and_justice67 - really appreciate your support, especially when I occasionally jump the shark! Hope you enjoyed the scenery - we were lucky with the weather that day - and the secrets revealed by the unfinished hillfort. Sorry about the singing bit!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

@ Scenery was spectacular and history interesting, as always, but there were many LOL moments too. Thanks!

[@CanleyClassics-n3o]

Best yet, keep up the good work

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you so much - great feedback that inspires me. Cheers!

[@OonaghEllis]

That was awesome 😆

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Oonagh! We had a great time making this and it is such a revealing site.

[@BenMcCloskey-t5m]

Another excellent episode entertaining, informative yet terrifying. Terrifying as I was a wee boy when I saw that Traumatic Film about Rabbits. I'd spent a few summers on my Aunts Croft during the Miximoticis times with decomposing rabbits being a common sight.. When the cow pat kickking contest betwixt my brother and I turned to surprise attacks with Rabbit carcasses I was already traumatized. I'd been hit full on in my face with a severely decomposed rabbit carcass. Not long after my mum took me and my younger brother to see THE Movie. Now 50 years later I still cant eat food with bones. Chicken bones look like rabbit bones.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! It is an horrendous film for kids when you think about it! I must look up if they still show it. Bet they don’t. Sorry to hear about those traumatic childhood experiences. They sound really terrifying too.

[@afvasmr8035]

Comedy genius what a amazing episode absolutely mad as a hatter keep um coming

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much! Music to my ears! It always ramps up when Hedley’s around.

[@hedleythorne]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtdWe're not finished yet WC man, nowhere near...

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@hedleythorne ha ha ha ha etc!

[@janecapon2337]

The wayfarers walk looks a fascinating walk to take. I loved this presentation of Ladle Hill. What a beautiful place to go! Thank you for bringing me there.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Many thanks Jane. It is a very beautiful place, packed with antiquities along the ridge. Seems a bit forgotten, despite the Watership Down connection.

[@PaulTimlett]

Brilliant Darren. And a welcome return to your singing. Oh how we've missed it. Did the boy behave himself? He's not usually allowed out without adult supervision.

[@hedleythorne]

Well I now seem to have been cast into the future. At least I don't need to hear that blardy singing again...

[@PaulTimlett]

@@hedleythorne His voice is truly magnificent - the perfect remedy for any and all digestive complaints.

[@hedleythorne]

@@PaulTimlett 😆 😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

He was good, Paul. Apart from stealing my time bangle, obviously! Thanks and glad you enjoyed it (the video AND my singing).

[@PaulTimlett]

@ You won’t get your bangle back. He can’t be trusted.

[@chriswillsdon992]

Brilliant! Best one yet

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Chris! That’s really encouraging!

[@stevenperkins-p5x]

cracking stuff gents

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Steven - glad you enjoyed it!

[@horriblechris9656]

Forget Dr Who, I just watched Dr How and Dr Why.

[@hedleythorne]

Haha love this

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That made me “lol” - thanks and apologies re the singing!

[@horriblechris9656]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I like your singing. Looking forward to the Christmas special with all you collaborating KZbinrs singing carols

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@ Another viewer has made a very specific request that I might just have to deliver on!

[@_Hold_My_Beer_]

Please name the member of that pop group that plays the tambourine!! They were the best - I bet they have a stage name too. - Unfinished pyramid, sorry I mean hill fort...I reckon the guy that was whipping the locals to build the fort as some vanity project died and with him his dastardly plans - the locals went home..... Great vid, love all your energy and knowledge.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers! I was waiting for someone to say it wasn’t a hillfort! Every week now I seem to get someone saying things are much older than I’m saying. Is it that Hancock geezer, do you think?!

[@_Hold_My_Beer_]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd - there must be a time in history when Hill forts stopped being built - maybe this was it Someone upped stumps and said 'Nah, hill forts are so yesterday!' - Work stopped - The last hillfort ever built... it must be out there..

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@_Hold_My_Beer_ now that’s a video waiting to be made! Cheers!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Always interesting and informative....perhaps a guest appearance at Eurovision...??? ...😅😅😅...E

[@hedleythorne]

😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I think we’d finally win again if I did it! Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers.

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

Hillforts may not have proved much of a challenge to the advanced tactics and equipment of the ruthless Romans, but they're more than just mounds on a hill. The banks, ditches and 'killing zones' for slingers and archers on the walls were fiendishly designed with regard to the landscape. So many hillforts are still impressive as it's bloody hard to build or farm up on those hills, although the Anglo-Saxons and others re-used the sites as defensive locations. Used to live at Folkestone where the early hillfort on the Downs had a Norman motte and bailey plonked inside it. Only hillfort I was a digger at was a biggie -- Danebury -- with Barry Cunliffe still around. The banks there were repaired repeatedly over hundreds of years, suggesting the tribes were constantly having a go at each other. Those video effects were fun -- the 'time travel' sequence reminded me fondly of early (pre-Woke Era) Dr Who. The Bright Eyes bit was unforgiveable -- I'm still traumatised by seeing that cartoon as a kid!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and particularly for the classic Doctor Who comparison - I’m a big fan of the original programme, but have hated its 2005 on reboot. It would be good if they could do a small dig at Ladle Hill and tie down a date. If first Century BC, it would throw up intriguing possibilities linked to what was happening with the Attrebates, or even Julius Caesar and his attempted invasions. Fun to speculate in the meantime.

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Cheers. I'd always believed the Atrebates of Sussex and Hampshire were loyal to Rome -- their famous King Cogidubnus at Fishbourne sure liked Roman-style high living. In that case, the many hillforts there were to keep rival tribes out rather than the Romans. They must've known Rome would stomp their armies and hillforts after the failed Boudiccan rebellion and Vespasian took Maiden Castle in a day. Best to pay grain or gold to Caesar. Sorry for another wordy response! P.S. I re-tuned into Who as Capaldi was giving it a go, and it was mostly not bad despite The Message creeping into the script. . Plunged off a cliff with the shrill feminist afterwards though.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

"The banks there were repaired repeatedly over hundreds of years, suggesting the tribes were constantly having a go at each other."?? Well it's hardly likely that it's only today's politicians who have worked out that a short sharp battle might get a bit bloody - but stealing someone else's savings sure beats years of hard graft to try to accumulate their own! 😉😊

[@PASTFINDERexploring]

A dig providing some dating evidence would possibly solve quite a bit here. Oppossing Celtic tribes or a plague wiping out a large percentage of population could be the answer to it being unfinished. I tend to err on the 43AD invasion. They knew it was coming. The Attrebates became a client kingdom to Rome but they couldn't be sure of non aggression which they found later to thier cost. Fascinating site.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and I couldn’t agree more. A small excavation to give us a date would really help. Interesting idea that it could have been as late as the Roman invasion. Cheers.

[@AndyJarman]

"Bright Eyes" was written by Mike Batt - now THERE'S a name to conjour with, Mike effing Batt. Wombeling free. Oh and .. "All around my hat" for the ant aquariums Christmas ball.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

He did everything back then! I hope he doesn’t watch this….

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

He did everything back then! I hope he doesn’t watch this….

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Some disturbance in the Space/Time Continuum there? 😱🙄

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@theoztreecrasher2647 yes! There was obviously a tangential deviation in the warp ellipse. In the warp ellipse.

[@SENEX12]

If you close your eyes and listen, it's like the video is hosted by Del Boy.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Oh no! I’m sorry about that - I sound posh in my own head!

[@SENEX12]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd It was excellent 😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@SENEX12 that makes it OK then! Glad you enjoyed it. I will work on my RP!

[@hedleythorne]

I just tried this... I can't unhear this now! Superb

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hi Darren, Hedley and John, what a classic collab. Very funny from start to finish. Well done to you all. I'm not sure which James Bond villain Tweedy was, I want to write Scaramanga (there I've done it!) but with that "cat" I think it must be Blofeld!! With both Hedley and Paul out of the way Wessex Ways is now truly yours!! I'm wondering whether there was a fly in that transportation scene, should that be the case and should you find a half man half fly caught in a web in your back garden, well you know what to do. I would offer to bring some rocks but I think you've got more than enough nearby!!! Returning to the actual subject it was really well presented both on the ground and on the maps diagrams, drone clips and lidar. I was just thinking what a great video this would be for history or geography classes but with a PG rating for Bright Eyes it'll never happen. I've driven up the A34 many many times and remember seeing Watership Down signposted I didn't know there was so much more to see there. Why was it never finished? Maybe they just run out of time before being invaded. Perhaps they just holed up in Beacon Hill. Maybe Hedley will be able to tell us on his return ....... Hedley? ........ Hedley? ....... Hedley? ...... I can hear that deep laughter again!! A real cracker for the start of December, bring the Xmas number 1 I say. Don that Noddy Holder wig!! All the best!!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers David! I was truly astonished by the evil Dr. Tweedy. You just wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of him, would you?! Hedley was magnificent in this, I thought. Fingers crossed he’ll survive his adventures in time and space and we can do another. Although, Hedley’s Adventures in Time and Space sounds like a whole new channel opportunity to me! It would be good if they could do a small excavation up there and tie down the date. I would love it to be 1st Century BC, so we could say it was in response to the tribal stuff going on then. Or even Julius Caesar’s first run at it. Until then, we can but speculate as to why they downed tools.

[@davidberlanny3308]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd Yes Hedley was a really good sport but Tweedy .... I'm shaken .... but not stirred

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@ 😂

[@tweedyoutdoors]

It's actually a dog! An old toy of my daughters which she has long since outgrown, and happened to be hanging around in the lounge while we try to find someone else to give it to.

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@davidberlanny3308 As I said to Mr WC21, it was enlightening to compare our evil manic laughter. Whilst he maintained a pantomime villain-esque lovable rogue sort of charm, I think I looked like I need to be sectioned.

[@tombra7]

very funny ! :) Flower`s Barrow-Danebury-Ivinghoe Beacon Stonehenge-Windsor Rollright Stones-Gosport Fort when you connect these objects with straight lines (orthodromes) all three of them will cross at Ladle Hill . Just for your information :) .

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and I'm glad it made you laugh! I'm not familiar with orthodromes - are you talking ley lines?

[@tombra7]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd "ley line" is just a name , often misused nowadays . I am talking about important ancient (but not only)sites located on some kind of geometric grid, they seem to be purposely located on straight lines ( on the globe we call it- orthodromes) , so also Ladle Hill is not in coincidental place, it matches a geometric pattern. Also it was placed in same distance to Segsbury Camp and St. Catherine's Hill . Additionally notice that Ladle is 2km from Beacon , exactly the same situation with Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill, and another couple : Battlesbury -Scratchbury, can you see pattern ?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@tombra7 thank you for explaining that, but I can’t say I really understand it. I guess you’re saying this was all planned and not a coincidence. I don’t understand how and why they would do that. It’s interesting.

[@tombra7]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd same here, but I also don`t understand how computer works, but still using it though :) Coincidences in such numbers are not mathematically possible , and I only presented few examples, there is much more of that . Maybe we never find out how and why, but it should not stop us from discovering these patterns .

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@tombra7 agreed - we must have an open mind! I’m very evidence driven in every aspect of life. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. That sort of thing. Strangely, I’m very open to wild speculation when it comes to antiquities, but there has to be something there to start with. I guess my natural instinct with these ideas about lines is that you can make any line on a map to seemingly join things up.

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

I thought there always seemed to be a lot of flattened rabbits along that stretch of the A34 … never knew Watership Down was a real place and never knew it was where it apparently is. The ideal location for a secret underground lair of an evil genius … lovely views from the periscope. Presumably, the perceived threat the locals might have started preparing against might well have been rumours (from a bunch of illegal emigrants sneaking across the channel from northern Gaul … I’ve read my classics… I know all about what Asterix got up to) of an impending surge of Italian tourists about to overwhelm the relatively limited resources of the local Premier Roundhouse facilities (known for their notorious blue coloured bedding and decorative themes with highly competitive rates in selected locations) ??

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers David! Years ago I was surprised to learn that Watership Down was real, but Richard Adams knew it well. If only they could do a small dig up there to get a definitive date. Would be great if it was first century and we could speculate with confidence about the Attrebates, or even Caesar!

[@HillsandHillforts]

If anyone wants a slightly less informative and marginally less manic version of this, do also catch my video with WC21 filmed at the same time! -Hedley (from the future)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

What’s it like there? You know what I’m getting at - are they still broadcasting “The Wheel”?!

[@oscardewyldde]

You missed your calling for producing "Carry On" Movies by 70 years. Darren reminds me of Syd James, I don't know why? "Carry on up the Hillfort" should have been the name of this video. If only you had included the Daleks and the Tardis and maybe Captain Scarlet. Hedley is an excellent side kick. I think there is a need for "lashings of food" and references to the Famous Five. A little Scotty terrier would make it more interesting for the animal lovers.

[@hedleythorne]

Haha I love this!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Oscar - so many good ideas in this comment for me to steal! We used to think my Grandad looked like Sid James - it’s obviously happening to me…!

[@Thain-m8r]

It's a Blake's 7 teleportation bracelet, isn't it?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@Thain-m8r yes and you’re the only one who has identified it!

[@jontydenton1201]

Good site on fort banks for burnt orchid

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

In researching this I found pictures showing the whole of the hilltop as unploughed grassland. It must have been a wildflower paradise.

[@barryconway]

I wonder, sir, whether you are familiar with the phrase: “jumped the shark”. (Asking for a friend). But onwards: I trust we’ve seen the last of Map Time on W.W.? Excellent fun, do carry on.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Barry, I am familiar with that term and have feared this moment! I wonder what the WC21 version of that will be? “Stealing a plastic time bangle”? “Murdering Bright Eyes”? “Tweedy stroking a stuffed dog and pretending it’s a cat”? You can rest assured, when Tweedy and I take control of W.W, there will be many changes and Map Time will be the first to go!

[@barryconway]

@ chuckle.

[@hedleythorne]

​@WC21UKProductionsLtd I can still see this you know 😅

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@hedleythorne oops! Sometimes I still forget how the internet works!

[@johnstewartrichards5922]

Been there, done that. Got Jet Lag. (Or was that the editing?) PS. J Arthur said he still doesn’t like that joke! The Ministry of Public Twerps stopped the Hill Fort construction because circles are pointless.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi John, it can’t have been them, they’d have filled it with concrete!

[@pwhitewick]

Hi.... (speaking from beyond, of course)..... Hedley... we dicsussed this time and time again. "THERE WILL BE TRAPS". Urgh

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

😂😂. He lost it once he saw the potential of time travel!

[@hedleythorne]

I was lured by the temptation. Alas Tweedy and Geography Teacher now have the keys to our beloved Wessex Ways. 😅

[@tweedyoutdoors]

@@hedleythorne It's Mercian Ways now - there's even a logo!

[@hedleythorne]

@@tweedyoutdoors you absolute heathens.

[@martinfrancis3285]

Time! Space and Quantum physics!! Wow!!! but remember folks, It is the business of the future to be dangerous!!!

[@hedleythorne]

Very true!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Very good, Martin. Some good ideas there for future productions!

[@brynmorjenkins4376]

If you are likely to be down our way and you want a place to stay and use us as a base you will be most welcome.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you and very kind. I’ll get that book and catch up on the latest discoveries. Cheers.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Sorry I'm late, had to re- plaster my shark bites- actually Darren I thought your rendition of bright eyes was your best yet,! How long did it take you to resuscitate Hedley after his "run",? Enjoyed that Darren x

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you, Carol - you have no idea how much that means to me! Hedley puffed a bit, but give him his due, he was quickly back at “work”!

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtdhope you got your time bangle back mate!

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Geography teacher 1...Michelin man 0

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Great! Only problem is, word has it that Hedley has ended up in the future, where he’s busy laying traps!

[@atrampinthehills.841]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd oh dear...i feel there could be more shenanighans to come.

[@hedleythorne]

​@atrampinthehills.841 I am the one with the time travel abilities now. I see a bleak future for this Geography Teacher... 😅

[@atrampinthehills.841]

@@hedleythorne Ha ha..his days maybe numbered

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@ it’s got franchise potential, I’d say!

[@channel9r]

Frightening and hillarious. Should have a PG certificate ...

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! I won’t ask what bit frightened you, but I think I know!

[@GerardMurray-q1e]

Eejits!😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I can’t argue with that!

[@Beljasion]

It wasn’t originally a hill fort and possiblly pre-Neolithic. The chalk gives it away. I’ll put money on it that it’s either on a lay line or there is a high level of turmeric currents at the appropriate time of year. They would flood the ditch, then a chemical reaction with the chalk will change the charge of the area in the circle resulting in clouds, lightning and then rain. Lightning produces nitrates when it oxidises the the air. Hence free fertiliser. It has to be done at a particular time though when the moon is close because it requires the gravity pulling the earth up as well in order to get the maximum currents.

[@janecapon2337]

I liked Hedley

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Jane - he’s a great chap and absolutely game for any nonsense I suggest!

[@hedleythorne]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtdaww thanks both

[@gaffysmenk]

Brilliant..😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you!

[@AndyJarman]

The evil genius Andrew Lloyd Webber...

[@hedleythorne]

He has an evil genius look to him, doesn't he... (wonderful composer though)

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Sorry about that - it came from deep within!

[@billykershaw2781]

Boys will be boys...😂

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That’s exactly what it’s like filming with Hedley. Any crazy idea I have, he’s up for it!

[@hedleythorne]

​@@WC21UKProductionsLtd*almost any crazy idea... 😅

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@ 😂

[@billykershaw2781]

@WC21UKProductionsLtd next week, how to vitrify stone....see Dun Deardail Hillfort.

[@billykershaw2781]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd agent Whitewick has just put out a vid...... I've phoned Smersch for the lady with the spiky shoes, no reply...Spectre seemed more interested, I asked for car chase in a Lotus Esprit, but they seemed more interested in selling me a 3 year dental plan....Hunt Sabs...?

[@musted5502]

First to ‘like’ what do I win?? 🎊 🎉

[@rileyuktv6426]

“Ad victorem spolia”

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

You have won…my gratitude and respect!

[@AndyJarman]

This constitutes a VERY silly video. Correction. A VERY VERY VERY silly video.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks! Er, I think so…?!

[@iainmc9859]

There's now five of you nut jobs doing this sort of thing 🤣 Honestly I think Hedley has got the most lovely face. I wouldn't say that on his channel as it would be bloody uncomfortable. Oh, the hill fort stuff was good as well, but lets face it ... its not really about the history when you lot get together. P.S. We have most of the remaining Police Boxes (Tardis's) in Glasgow city center, if you fancy a tour.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Iain, I think you’re right about that - when we get together, it ends up going extra mad! Anything really ancient in Glasgow to give me an excuse to film those Police Boxes?!

[@iainmc9859]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Not in the city center. The Antonine Wall is about an hour away, depending on traffic, but you really do need a clear weekend to drive from one end to the other to cover the 'sites', some of which are multiple hour visits, eg Rough Castle, to do it justice. At this time of the year you've only got about three hours of decent light. Of course during the summer you've got fifteen hours, if its not raining.

[@hedleythorne]

I'll gladly take "lovely face"! Thanks 😅

[@iainmc9859]

Most of the finds from the Antonine Wall are in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow, which is part of the University, Victorian Gothic type edifice.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@iainmc9859 cheers Iain - might be some potential in that. I have been to Glasgow and it was magical seeing those Police Boxes.

[@jacquelinetaylor8683]

With whats is going on with drones in Ukraine shouldnt you have thought the pretend bombing by drone could be seen as a bit in bad taste?

[@hedleythorne]

I don't think that we could have done any other way without it also having been "inappropriate" when inextricably linked with any of the problems or conflicts around the world. I support Ukraine and donate to a logistics fundraiser for their army and their use of drones, including the Mavic 3, are fundamental tools used for the defence of their nation. The ability of the Ukranian forces to be able to use them to save Ukranian lives should maybe be praised?

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Hi Jacqueline, my apologies for any distress caused. I don’t follow current affairs and was unaware of that. There are many reasons why I focus on the past, but one of them is that the present is pretty awful. I’m really sorry.

[@jacquelinetaylor8683]

@@hedleythorne I was not personally distressed by the light hearted clip but it did immediately bring to my mind how soldiers and civilians in Ukraine are being hunted by Drones. It won't stop me watching your history lessons as I find your usual light hearted approach to the subject interesting.

[@hedleythorne]

@jacquelinetaylor8683 apologies for my somewhat kneejerk reaction, I read it again and it was a little OTT! I was previously commenting on a Ukraine related video so was in the wrong frame of mind! Appreciate you watching, thank you