Got to applaud ya mate thats some graft you've both put in.theres no better feeling then to stand back and say i made that.cant wait for all the videos and photos.👍👍

Putting some seriously hard graft into your homestead Simon & Dawn and its coming along tremendously, Fantastic job with the bridge and parking area , Cannot wait to see the hide. Hats off to you guys your smashing it ..well deserved holiday due i think 🙂 👍👍

Coming along nicely simon my little Grandson loves watching your videos looking forward to the next episode

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Nice one Paul, tell him 'Hi" from me!!👊🏼😃

Brilliant as always .what a lovely homestead and bridge is wonderful your a graffter!! Can't wait for your campsite Ha Ha

Can’t wait to put my new camper on that top section pal 😜 absolutely smashing it buddy really looking forward to popping down 👍🏻

That’s amazing Simon 🙂 It is so interesting to see the “wildlife homestead” developing so well 🙂 Mind you, I think when the word “graft” was invented, they definitely had you in mind! You are working unbelievably hard to create something special for yourselves and for the local wildlife 🙂 I love your dogs in a lot of the film supposedly supervising the labourer 😂 It was great to see you again at BirdFair on Sunday. I guess 3 days on the Tragopan stand at least gave some respite to your muscles and bones!

Simon, no wonder you always look so fit, you sure are not afraid of a little hard graft !!! Love yout videos.

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Joe, no need for a gym round here !!🤣🤣

Brilliant! Love it! The bridge is great 👏 You've the energy of someone in there 20s👍

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Cheers Michael, ive got the enthusiasm of a 20 year old and the knees of a 70 year old !!🤣🤣👍🏼

Great to see someone living his life to the fullest. I am a lazy person with 2 left hands and no imagination of creating something. I work 36 hours a week but still…

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Ron, cant wait to retire and I'll get loads done!!🤣 Bring it on 👌🏼

Hi Simon yet another great video you really know how to graft. It’s great to see it all coming together can’t wait for the next one.

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching 👍🏼👀

Fantastic, great progress. Serious graft. Bridge looks bang on. Good attention to detail. Love a draw knife, great tool. You should be proud of yourselves, making a beautiful place even better. All the very best to you both. 👍📷😎

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Rob, I appreciate the kind comments !!👍🏼👊🏼

Love your work and boy do you work i get tied just watching. All the very best to you have a good one. I am 65 years old and have just got a nikon D500 and 500mm lens i'am getting out there taking some ok wildlife Photo's thanks to You

@simoneardley

13 күн бұрын

Brilliant Peter, thats what its all about mate, getting out there and enjoying some of our amazing wildlife. All the best, Si👍🏼

Brilliant .see you at the Fair.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

See you there 👀👍🏼

That was a fantastic video mate, and that Irish folk/rock music while you were building the bridge was awesome…

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Cheers Blue, I'm getting better on the guitar!!🤣

Looking amazing :-) I look forward to a homestead update, living the dream. Thanks for taking us with you on this adventure

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Tom 👍🏼

I always look forward to your videos. Thank You

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!!!cheers for watching 😃👀

Ay up Si. Nice montage of how it's all coming too. By 'eck you've all put some graft in, no wonder you needed a couple of days gigging!. Love the bridge, not bad for first go eh. Might want to add some chicken wire over the decking boards and kick boards for continuation of the bark chippings right across. Boards will keep chips in place and wire will prevent slip slide in wet! Hope you got emails ok, no rush but confirmation all received ok would be good mucker. Can't wait for hide build. Stay safe and well mate.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers for the tips Richard, not sure about the E-mails?? Can you resend them to simoneardleyphotography@gmail.com

Brilliant video Simon, your making great progress, keep up the good work.

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Thanks James 👊🏼

Top notch as always Sir! Master craftsman at work..❤

@simoneardley

15 күн бұрын

Cheers Chris, i'll take that!!🤣👊🏼

Brilliant Simon what a place I don't know how you find the time for your job with all this going on at home just fantastic.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Andy, youve gotta make time mate!! Not enough hours in the day 🤣

Excellent again, see you on Friday

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

See you then Edward 👍🏼

"Brilliant", a proper hard grafter, it's comin on and looking great!

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks John 👍🏼

hi Simon another great video fantastic job the hides going to be amazing sleeping in it what a set up. Iam going to the show on Friday look forward to meeting then best wishes clive ,

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Nice one Clive, look forward to having a chat👍🏼

Brilliant video. That's unbelievable work you are doing to the place. Fair play. Such an amazing space you have. Really enjoying following along. Look forward to when the photography starts too

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Andrew , me too !!🤣👊🏼

Superb as always Simon, coming on nicely, its hing to be stunning, cant wait for my invite to the big opening😉👌

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Its in the post Jon!!🤣👊🏼

That's some solid graft your putting in, but the place is looking great.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thankyou Gordon 😃

Great video Simon all that hard work is certainly paying off hat's to you fella amazing progress looking forward to the hide video

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Chris, coming soon 👊🏼👍🏼

Fantastic video once again Simon & you've certainly been busy & none of it being light work either. Looking forward to the hide video

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Absolutely, thanks for following along 👊🏼

Jeez mate youre certainly no stranger to hard graft thats for sure🤛 it looking great Simon, so many different elements all coming together in unison with each other. The dogs are also loving it, great environment for them too. That hide location is going to be amazing with so many perch options & species both on two legs & four to photograph all in one location, it’ll be a gem👌- already looking forward to the next one👍

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Roy, yeh the dogs dont know theyre born and cant wait to get the hide operational. Already getting some great species in !!📷👌🏼

Great work youve both done already coming together nicely 👌

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Derrick 👊🏼

Great to see the progress, some graft done there. Please let us all know when the hide is ready to hire, I’ll definitely visit.

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Nice one Frank, I'll put any updates on the channel mate 👍🏼

Awesome stuff Simon keep the videos coming 😊

@simoneardley

15 күн бұрын

Thanks Nathan, will do👍🏼

The place is looking fantastic mate, it's a credit to you both, you've put some graft into the place since you've had it. Don't forget to find some time to get out with the camera. Catch up with you soon. 👍

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks John, yeh youre right. All work and no play......... 👊🏼📷

A man of many talents, do like the Foo Fighters T shirt. The homestead is really taking shape now with a lot of hard graft. Where do I book the cabin, I'm packed and ready to go 😄. Great video Simon, waiting in anticipation for the next.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Ray, that'll be coming later in the year. We'll get the hide up and running first 👌🏼📷👀

A thoroughly enjoyable video to watch. I don't know where you get your energy, ideas and motivation from but I'm glad you share it with us!! This is one of my favourite channels!

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Lovely comments, thanks for following along 😃👍🏼

looking amazing Simon

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Tony 😃

Great TV mate, some grafting your doing, it all looks amazing.👊👍

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Cheers Keith, thanks for watching pal 👊🏼

Simon loving the homestead. Cant wait to join you in the shepards hut or if you are allowing people in the hide i will be there. great video by the way

@simoneardley

15 күн бұрын

Thanks Danny, yes the hide will be available for public use. Just need to build it now!! Thanks for watching 👀👊🏼

Fantastic thank you

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Our pleasure!

Great videos of your work. New subscriber now going back to see what I missed. Beautiful property. I’m certain your visitors will appreciate the effort you have put in for them.

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Thanks Richard, youve got a few films to catch up on😆. Thanks for the sub mate👍🏼👊🏼

Shepherds Hut, book me in. 🙏 Another great video👍

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Coming soon John !!👍🏼

@JohnWilkie-dl6lh

17 күн бұрын

I am serious, but expect lots of others who follow you would also like to visit. Regards John

great video look good

All coming together si!!!,bridge looks stunning nice added feature to the homestead.Looking fwd to seeing the hide completed,im sure it will loolk class!,welll done both of you on all your hard work you've put in.!!Da iawn pobol😊

@simoneardley

15 күн бұрын

Cheers Neu, getting there mate. I'll be getting you to come and test it out when its built pal !!👍🏼👀📷

Really coming on! You really are a hard grafter Simon fancy a job😂

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Paul, i'll give you a shout when ive retired!!🤣🤣

Fab video. Thank you.

@simoneardley

14 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Andrew 👊🏼

Blimey Simon thought you was looking little more "toned" up" these days, can see why now a lot of hard physical graft is going into these projects. More power to you elbow mate !!! 👍

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Haha, who needs a gym Glenn. It does keep you fit around here mate. Thanks for following our progress 😃👍🏼

Hard graft again Simon with the bridge and the hard standing not even time for coffee

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Theres always time for a brew and a fig!!🤣👍🏼

Well done Simon great viedo, great to see someone else who doesnt mind doing some graft to fo!low their dreams. it reminds me of me when I bought my little place on the edge of the Kruger park in ZA, why lie on a sun bed when you can graft all day eh lol! Good luck with it all keep them coming, always enjoy your videos mate!

@simoneardley

15 күн бұрын

Cheers pal, I dont mind a sun lounger at the end of the day with a beer in my hand but I certainly feel like I need to have earned it!! I bet youve have some fun in the Kruger Park, I'd love to get there one day 🤞🏼📷 Thanks for following the channel👊🏼

@BwanaFoster

11 күн бұрын

@@simoneardley Thanks Simon, if you ever decide to go to the Kruger drop me a line and I'll help you out with any questions you might have, keep well and don't overdo it!

The picture of your dog and the bridge is wall worthy.

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Aye, its a good un John, cheers 😃📷👌🏼

Incredibly interesting series of videos Simon. You must be one of the hardest workers I have seen. Everything you do, you seem to do yourself and the end result is always absolutely perfect. Well done and I cannot wait to see the finished project and the new hide in action.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Henry, its always wise to make the best job you can rather than rushing it. thanks for following the progress 👍🏼

Simon your channel is in my top five, I love watching you build things. Your wildlife homestead is really coming along can’t wait to see your permanent hide. I had no double that your bridge was going to be amazing. Thanks for taking the time to share looking forward to your next video. ❤

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Debbie, its always worth putting a bit of extra effort in when youre making something that you want to last!! Thanks for following the series 😃

Nice one Simon👍

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Dale👊🏼

@dalesutton1284

21 күн бұрын

@@simoneardley It's funny you know, I used to visit the elan valley many years ago to photograph Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers, I often thought of moving down there myself, but ended up in France for 5 1/2 years and now in Spain for 6 years. But you have picked the perfect location in the UK, Looking forward to your next vid 👍

Fantastic vlog as always, when can we book to stay in your shepherds hut 🤣🤣 sounds like a great plan.

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Cheers Alun, it'll be advertised when its ready 👍🏼

Quality bridge. Noticed you make the same noises as me when you stumble. Ha. An age thing hate being old. Ha.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cant help it George !!👊🏼👊🏼🤣

Really enjoyed this again Simon, you really are living the dream and effort equals reward and with all the effort that you and Dawn are putting in !!! You deserve all the rewards that will eventually come your way. 🙏👍

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Paul, all the graft will be worth it in the end !!👍🏼🤞🏼

loving the effort you are all putting into these projects ! no heavy machinery no quad no Ride on mower fair play !! who knows maybe Il get a chance to stay in that Shepard's Hut sometime ! Great to see Dawn in the video too !

I wouldn't miss one of your videos for anything, Simon. I love to watch you photographing birds but right now I'm even more interested in watching your homestead come together. Good luck and God bless.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks very much Clifton, not enough hours in the day at the moment. Very satisfying work though, i just wish everything would stop growing!!!!🤣👊🏼

Really like the small bridge you built. But had it been me, I would have coped the rail instead of the post. The hollow on the bottom will collect water when it rains, and will accelerate decay.

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Its a fair point Guy 👍🏼

Looking good Simon… wi all that land get thi sel a proper petrol post borer

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Haha, trying to keep the costs down Mark !!! Dont mind swinging a spade around🤣

When it's all Done Simon ..... 17000 + Subscribers Invited To Inspect !!👍

Who needs a gym !!! You two have done so much in a short time, amazing to see the place progressing Simon. Look forward to the next video and seeing the hide coming together. 👍

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Haha, youre right there, its keeping me fit!! thanks for watching the channel Phil 👊🏼👀

CRACKING Video Simon. Thanks for putting in the time and effort making it. The Homestead is coming along nicely. Can"t wait for the next instalment.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Michael👍🏼

What an amazing amount of work you've done! Absolutely beautiful. I LOVE the bridge!

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thank you very much Elaine 👌🏼😃

A pound of flesh gone into this one simon 💪 should of gotten Rick T down he'd of dug those oils for fun 😅🇬🇧🙏🍺🙌👌

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Haha, I'd give him a bell but hes always off on an adventure 🤣🤣👊🏼

love watching the homestead videos Simon, keep up the fantastic work.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Richard 😃

Wow some serious work gone on there it’s looking great every wildlife photographers dream coming together nicely.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Neil

It's a beautiful place, Simon - and gently shaped.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Eigil 👍🏼

im fully into this series, if only you did more a week cause i am very impatient and this series always makes me wanting more. looking forward for next episode

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Haha, if only people knew what goes into filmmaking!!🤣 Ill keep at it🤣🤣

@Deccerz97

20 күн бұрын

@@simoneardley haha i know what goes into it i just have little patience when it comes to a creator i enjoy watching. your films are incredibly soothing to watch and keeps me motivated to continue doing wildlife photography ☺

Need a lie down after watching that.😂🤣

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Me too Michael!!🤣

Absolutely fantastic. Well done Simon

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Mick👍🏼

Yes Simon! Great to see you cracking on mate ❤

@simoneardley

23 күн бұрын

Cheers pal 👊🏼

Another great vlog, Simon. You really are a very busy man. I love what you are doing, very inspiring 😁 I look forward to the next one.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for following the progress Lee👍🏼

Brilliant. Some cracking progress..

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Cheers Craig 👍🏼

always a good watch

@simoneardley

23 күн бұрын

Thanks Norm 👍🏼

This is such an amazing setup Simon, so glad you found such a perfect spot and are doing it with nature in mind. Looking forward to seeing the hide build. Will you have the floor insulated and rest insulated?

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Many thanks! Thats what its all about, check out the amazing things that theyve done at the Knepp Estate!! Its amazing what happens when you give nature a chance. The hide walls will be insulated, not the floor. Dont want people to get too comfy!!🤣🤣👍🏼

see you let the wife do the hard work. got her trained well.

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

🤣🤣

Hi Simon, nice video as usual, what breed are your lovely dogs please?

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

Thanks John, they're German WireHaired Pointers. A wonderful breed of dog, I wouldnt have any other breed after owning these, they have a wonderful temperament.

So when does the Eardley wildlife park open?

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

September time all being well 🤞🏼🤞🏼

When are you going to be open for paying guests?!!

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Hopefully round about September time 🤞🏼🤞🏼📷

Quince?

@simoneardley

18 күн бұрын

No Chris, theyre definitely a plum of some description🤔🤔

You’re putting me to shame with your progress. I get ahead, then family life happens and I’m back where I started, or worse. Still, I can watch you and dream, one day………………..😂

@simoneardley

20 күн бұрын

Stick at it mate, you'll get there !!👊🏼🤞🏼

Looking amazing , you don’t mess about 💪🏼⛏️🗜️🪚🪛🔧 we love seeing the progress 👌. A photographers dream home 😊

@simoneardley

21 күн бұрын

Thanks Karen, thats what were hoping to build 😃📷👍🏼