Yes, getting ready for another interesting history lesson they failed to give in school.

Another fantastic and interesting video! Thank you Martin James Roy and beautiful Timmy! 🐕❤

What some fabulous scenery we were treated to in this video. Just stunning! And the crane is a marvel and just amazing that it's stood there so silently and undisturbed for so long. From an age when our engineering was the best in the world. An enormous thing and in a strange way its size made me think of science fiction movies and H G Wells' War of the Worlds. A smashing video guys, thank you!

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Yes it did have a steam punk quality

Another masterpiece lads. Got to thinking how many dawns and dusks that old crane has seen from its resting place it’s steel frozen by the winter of 63 and hot to the touch in the summer of 76. Comet Hale - Bopp that was clearly visible in the sky in 95 for many months maybe the occasional spitfire in the sky during world war 2 - fireworks in the far distance celebrating each new year someone tell me I’m not the only one that this lovely video didn’t cause the mind to wander 🫠

@ih8hertz1

Жыл бұрын

U need to get out more

Fabulous chaps and timmy. Hope you all enjoyed your trek. James hit the nail on the head when he mentioned "no graffiti" lovely to see that, clean and undisturbed. 🥰🐾🐾🐾

Omg what an amazing video that crane looked like time stood still it's amazing what you find out & about when you find history another excellent video Martin 👍

Hidden away in the middle of nowhere for over 100 years. Nice to see it in situ as the day it was left. What a lovely place and great video!

I loved this video Martin and what a great way for one of the industrial Goliath's to return back to nature. Looking at how the cast parts are surviving I'm pretty sure they will still be around in another 100 years. With regards to the holes in the stone, thats not for explosive, it is for a technique called plug and feather. A series of wedges are systematically driven in to a row of drilled holes until the stone can no longer stand the strain and splits. Some dressed stone quarries still use the same process today as explosive can cause fracturing making the stone useless for dressing. A modern technique is in esscence industrial grade expanding foam which is injected into the holes.

@ewansim8069

Жыл бұрын

did that as a job when i first left school. one hard going job lol.

Fascinating video and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Lovely to see you've recruited and new member to the team. Thank you Martin, James, Roy, and last but not least, Timmy.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Martin

When you first showed that old crane, in its "natural environment, it literally took my breath away. Like you guys. i fervent hope that is left alone for all to enjoy, and marvel at, for many years to come.

this is the only think i look forward to on a Sunday ... watching a new M.Z. Vid being i cant walk i dont get to go out and do this type of stuff anymore ... and i do miss seeing things no one else does ... TY again Martin i live a lil though your vids

Ah ha! Someone else has found the steam crane! Yep, great little nugget of industrial heritage tucked away from view, plenty more to find. Plus a pint at the Buck as well, classic Bowland day out👍

Another wonderful vicarious adventure -- thanks, Y'all!

Great video, and what a stunning find. The tranway, the tracks, and that steam engine especially.

Particularly enjoyed the cascades at 20:30 -- and seeing Timmy once again. Thanks for another look at your beautiful regional countryside.

And yet another time to say: Thanks Martin, great clip, cool history and a pleasure to follow you!

Many thanks, guys. Love ❤️ your outside video, brew up and chit chat.

You have some fantastic old industrial landscapes in Britain. Glad you share it with us. Regards from Denmark

great to see Timmy out and about, he's a funny little guy

Thanks for the videos Martin

Excellently filmed/presented, as always, of an enchanting story. Thanks Guys.

Ooh.. that was a good one.. thanks again all.🐕

Working steam engines are living creatures and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

That is absolutely stunning, and a testament to the quality of the steel used to make the machiney because the Forest of Bowland is notorious for bad winters. Snow, frost, freezing conditions so for it to survive all that is a hats off moment to the engineers who made it

@rowgli

Жыл бұрын

If you look carefully, you can see the remains of a Lancia Beta next to it ;) ;)

Absolutely blown away by what has just happened to me whilst watching this video!!! Parked up in my car in Shaw near Oldham mid video I raise my head and James and his dog were walking towards me. Utterly gobsmacked I just stared in disbelief as they passed 😂😂 Didn’t say anything cos he was on his phone, probably talking to Martin Made my day that😊

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

What are the chances, you should of said hello to him 😃👍

Brilliant thanks Martin and co really enjoyed this.

You beauty! Another cracker. Thanks Martin! Getting my fix of UK history. Now, make sure you lads run everywhere now too, at least 10km!!😆😆😆

Stocks reservoir was build by Fylde water board for Blackpool and the fylde coast, Warbreck Hill water tower was built as part of the same scheme to improve water pressure to Fleetwood. Not quite the Thirlmere aquaduct but a massive undertaking nonetheless. Good video Martin, and on my doorstep 👍

That’s an easy restoration with so much metal left on it, someone should get it looking nice again and into a museum.

Another grand day out lads ( and Timmy ), beautiful place , thanks for taking us along 👍

Thanks Martin, superb camera work, editing and history!!

Up near Tosside! I haven't been up there for at least twenty five years. We bought a tractor from a dealer at Tosside! Looking at those gears, they've taken a lot of wear and tear, and despite the rust and corrosion, it's clear to see that crane was far from it's first flush of youth. I'm wondering if it was already well worn before it was taken there, probably with the idea in mind that it wouldn't be coming home after the job was done. From all the missing parts, it looks like it was well picked over at some point - All the brasses are gone, no gauges left behind, not even corroded remnants, boiler inspection ports all taken out - They certainly don't just fall out. 'Thas certainly suffered for its sins over the years.

Nice one lads brilliant part of history hope it stays there for another 100 yrs 🙂✌️

What a amazing day and adventure just imagine such a hard life for the workers.thanks from New Zealand for your many adventures and such fun 😊😊😊😊😊😊

probably your most intriguing vid...charming and beautiful history but I can't help thinking about those who worked there...Great!!!

Brilliant little dog. 🐕👍👍

Another grand job lads ...

Great video, Martin. I’d love to go back in time and see that last shift on that machine

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time.

Great video. Thank you for sharing your adventure with your friends.👍

another well produced informative video of days gone, enjoyed watching, cheers Martin

Lovely owd crane ! I've driven quite a few cranes, but nothing like that ! Awesome !

Great video guys, the music used really sets the mood for that days gone by feeling......

What a find , history at its best , most things we make today don’t last five minutes let alone one hundred years, magnificent

Looks like Timmy's going to be a regular star of the channel! I have never been to this particular reservoir and wood, but I spent a lot of years in the North West, and the nature of the countryside is unmistakable. Very different to and somewhat contrasting with my home county of East Yorkshire, but so very beautiful. There is a way in which the stones in rivers blend from grey to green in the north west that is unique and magical. I do hope the trippers leave the crane alone, but its so great to see it, very poignant I think. You know the Portuguese tart is really just a glorified egg custard, but v tasty, yes. I do remember the famous Holland's Meat and Potato Pie, but my favourite was the Meat Pie, if you remember, which was like an organic robot's head, you got the little round pastry case for its skull, and inside, the brain, which was a blob of meat (mostly minced lamb) floating in the encepholitic fluid (delicious clear lamb stock). The trick was to get them to put the chips in the tray, then the gravy and stick the robots head on top. Then you made a small hole in his tiny cranium and the delicious encepholitic fluid would dribble out onto the chips and gravy, turning the whole into an Al fresco post-pub delight! Really hit the spot. I envy you. You got 2 horrible catering sausages on YOUR breakfast, but the stingy b******s down here only give me one. Nice one anyway Martin! 🌟👍

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Marvellous descriptions 😄

What a lovely story, well done Martin

What amazing crane lasted all this time and looks still great nick ,it's a shame it's not put in a museum from the elliments

Another great video Martin and James. We certainly made things to last back then. You could just see Fred Dibnah trying to get it going.

One of your best videos. Wish I had been there to see it in person. Cheers from the States. Well deserved pint of Guinness for you guys.

Your Breakfast looked like the perfect way to start any adventure... I wonder why the crane was left at the quarry, I'm almost sure it was a expensive piece of equipment when new. The long walk to get there could why there is so little damage and no graffiti, "graffiti artist" may not like to walk that far. Another great watch, looked like a great day for doing a journey. Thanks to the Team.......

Brilliant video. Thank you for sharing Martin.

Practically on our doorstep, We go out there for a drive and take pics like ya do. Never realised about the old tram lines up there. Will look out for them next time. The steam crane was an amazing site sat there in its resting place 🙌

Tatham Fell, Jumbles quarry, used to build Stocks 20mins from my house👍 and it’s the one I mentioned

Another excellent video, another gem . Being Portuguese,i love "Pastel de Nata" , Portuguese Tart , Lidl does some very good ones , i always take some home when i go to a Lidl . Take care guys

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

I love them Victor

Wow what a stunning find and video... Superb editing ... 👍🏻

love the atmosphere and poeticism Mart, makes one very reflective indeed. cheers lads

I found this one particularly lovely, thanks

Great video guys, used to come to the trough when I was about 11 yrs old really lovely place to visit. Sadly didn't see the tram way. Thanks.

Fantastic 😊 love your new comrade timmy!

Incredible video puppy and all.

A very enchanting video, Martin.

PUPPY ! Hi Martin, OK, who's puppy he's cute. Thanks for a beautiful walk, I remember back in the 60s, there was a steam tractor in a corner of an almond farm. I still love finding old machinery out where no one goes. Thanks again

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Puppy belongs to James 😀

Another facinating video Martin, Wow what an area the Forest of Bowland is , very bleak .Looking at open street maps there is another large quary with a Aerial Ropeway at a place called Claughton off the A683, that might be worth a visit to see what is left, for a future video. Cheers lads .

Cheers... Thanks for the video.

Fantastic Martin. And my "garbage guts" namesake came through with a special treat at brew time. Cheers all

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Definitely Garbage guts

@ForTheBirbs

Жыл бұрын

@Martin Zero I was waiting for a twist like well over use by / best before date. Lol

Brilliant, loved the way the track had retained its basic integrity through the watercourses. I use a photoshop'd pic of that boiler in some of my virtual world industrial builds so that was great to see. Just hope no muppets go up there and ruin the remains for everyone else. Good one Martin.

Wicked video, 🙏🏻🤟🏻 great piece of history left in time after all theses years. Loved the story of your conclusion on the river- from so many years ago 💯🤟🏻🤟🏻 , brilliant when thing's like that come to happy ending 👍👍👌 Brilliant 🤟🏻 have a smashing day ahead ✊🏼🤟🏻

Fascinating subject! Thanks for sharing it!

great video , thank s Martin Bowland is a great place to go to

They must have been real tough times, Martyn, to be able to install that railway and the crane to be brought up to the site, into such a most isolated spot. This must be one of the most isolated locations that yourself, James and Roy have ventured. An exceptionally good video is this and worth the journey just to see the crane still intact, as well as the lovely scenery around. Many thanks, and all of you keep well.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ffranc

@andrewbell1105

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many of the men that laid the narrow gauge line had been doing exactly the same in Belgium and France just a couple of years earlier? Great video Martin and the gang.

Another excellent video chaps.

great video martin, the crane is lovely and nice to see it , but one hell of a trek to get there,

Trees, hills and actual real genuine bona fide green grass - - you can't beat it. Now then.

Brilliant as usual thanks lads.

I’d love to see that crane working. A magnificent thing just abandoned. Better than being scrapped though.

Most exceptional. Thanks

I worked on crawler cranes around 25 years ago and found this very enjoyable. So great to see it untouched lost in time by itself on the moor. Great stuff.👍

The tramway to Jumbles was an extension of an existing line from a quarry nearer to the reservoir. Not quite a 100 years either since it was abandoned nearer 90 years ago. Great to see the crane and quarry again.

What an amazing time capsule. You can really see the moment they abandoned the quarry after finishing the reservoir. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Best channel imo...another cracking vid...well.done.guys

Well researched, and well done lads. Great video. Thanks 👍👍🫶🫶

very touching i love stuff like this, i always wonder how they could abandon what at the time would have been a very expensive piece of machinery. anyway thankyou martin and team always appreciated to be educated in this way..

Great find Martin...👌

Martin and guys, what a fabulous video and made in my neck of the woods for a change, being from the Accrington area. I've been to 'Stocks Res' and the Trough of Bowland many times, Waddington too of course. But the story of the quarry and old steam crane is new to me and made for a trully fascinating watch. Please keep up the work you do, your documenting history in such a friendly and memorable way.

Living on another continent now but I grew up near there and seeing that bleak countryside is so nostalgic for me. The place names, the pubs… Millstone grit was used for paving stones very often besides millstones (amazing coincidence they gave it that name).

Brilliant! Thankyou for taking me to places I physically could not visit. Big hugs to the new guy Timmy ❤

That was lovely thanks! Living down in London I rarely get to go out to quiet, bleak places (though I have been to Croydon, which is bleak in its own way!) - when I do I see my dad in Scotland in a touristy area. It's lovely to see quiet places still exist.

Can we camp in this area? The scenery, with the dramatic clouds over it, it's amazing. Great britain always fascinated me since I was a child. I don't know why though.

Another great video , lovely bit of industrial heritage left behind , Does this count adventure count as training towards the marathon James and Martin

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

It certainly did count

What a lovely video. The way you go about finding all these historic pieces is wonderful to watch.. It looks like not many people venture to it. Great to see a lot of the track in situ. I don't think grafiti artists will venture that far, so it will be the same in another 100 years. Look forward to the next one. Many Thanks

Wonderful. Wish I was 10 years younger to visit it. I see the crane on the Bolton Bury canal often but this is much better but just too remote

Wowww.... so beautiful. I hope Timmy is now a member of the crew. Very partial to Portuguese tarts myself, Potuguese community in Pretoria is large so theyre readily available. We get Guinness here too but not so often. I drink it, to me its medicinal.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Iam now somewhat addicted to them Maggie

thankyou for showing us another marvel of industrial archaeology in the beauty of the English countryside

Lovely video lads, thank you so much for sharing this little piece of forgotten history way out in the moorlands of Bowland.

I thought it was a special vlog from you Martin. Wonderful to see how you rediscover history. The dog is a brave animal.

Timmy is sure a cute little thing.

Another excellent video Martin, thank you.

Top post Martin. Very well done mate

Grand video as always.

What a beautiful place. The stonework was just beautiful. How wonderful to see the steam chance with no graffiti, such a change. It was beautiful. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care