Beautifully filmed, great content, awesome music!

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Garth. Thanks for watching.

Well, that's quite the treat for me. I've done pretty extensive genealogical work, and so far the only Welsh family I've found were the Johnson family from Trevor in what was then Denbighshire. Mary Johnson, my 11th great grandmother, was born in Trevor about 1604, and moved with her parents to Massachusetts sometime before her father's death in 1659. Her mother, Hannah Throckmartin, was evidently English, but her father John and grandfather Edmund were Welsh.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Well done with your research. It must be good to see the old village is still going :)

Another best ! Love these!

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! Glad you like them Peter

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda Will, thank you for a lovely walk ❤

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Diolch Tuula a Nadolig Llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda i chi.

I know this place well. I lived in Fron when I was 6 yrs. old and remember paddling along the Dee with my sister and parents underneath the aqua duct, way back in 1957.You are sooo lucky to be living in Denbighshire Will. I wish I still was.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Oceanwanderer, yes indeed it is a glorious place.

Really enjoyed that Will :)

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Welshy.

Thanks for posting this! I’ve often walked over here - wonderful views. I don’t live far away from here, and it’s a wonderful place for a walk / visit.

@WillHuw

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very enjoyable passed it on to my Welsh friend who lives here in Essex. X

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Caj

Great video and story Huw. Watching from a dry, hot Kalgoorlie from a Chepstow lad, cheers.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Another great video Will. We first visited the Aqueduct a few years ago after watching a BBC programme presented by Monkman and Seagull, (who first appeared on University Challenge), when they made a series called "A Genius Guide to Britain". The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct featured in episode 2, "A Genius Guide to Wales". On another visit, we paid for a trip back and forth over the aqueduct on a canal barge but I think that this business has closed down now - longer and more pricier trips ARE available though. Now we have started to have a go at learning Welsh, I suspect we will make the 70 mile trip a little more often if only to see if we can use what we have learned in the odd cafe or two!

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

The more visits the merrier eh?

Another get video. Thanks

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers. Thanks for watching :)

Looks great....coming here for a walk on Monday...really looking forward to it

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

You'll really enjoy it. :)

@atrampinthehills.841

Жыл бұрын

@@WillHuw ...Thanks we did enjoy it on a 12 miler from Llangollen...beautiful countryside

Excellent as usual

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Barbara! Cheers!

Great stuff

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers. Diolch am wylio Garth

Ardal hyfryd 👍

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Ie wir. Diolch am wylio

"Messing about in boats" lol. Not your usual refined narrative. Pretty accurate though. Bloody advert kicked in just as you did your Jeremy Clarkson line ("In the World"). Do you know where the missing railings went on the water side of the aqueduct? Great Video :)

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian. No, I've no idea where the railings went, but whoever got them (1008ft) must have made a few bob!

Also a UNESCO world heritage site. I never managed to walk all the way across, heights and I don't mix.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's quite a height isn't it?

Happy New Jear , Will Huw

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Robert. Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi

have you been to clyne woods ? it has a bit of old insdustrial stuff left in it including a centuries old collier winch.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

I haven't, whereabouts is it?

I am having a hard time pronouncing “Pontcysysllte”

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Lol - Many people do :)

Enjoyed that Will - I bet that was a nice pint in the pub eah? :-)

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes Rob! A great way to end the day :)

@RobCharles1981

Жыл бұрын

@@WillHuw Absolutely! :-)

Heya Will, I loved this walk and will try and do it this year. I like how your shots slowly move as you walk past, is that something you do while editing the footage?

@WillHuw

11 ай бұрын

Yes, it is! I can move the camera when I'm shooting, so I do it in post

When are you doing film directing videos again ? 🎬🎥

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, KZread demonitised the channel, and they were quite involved videos to make, so it's probably not going to happen :(

@robertmakin2259

Жыл бұрын

Had a night in the Telford in 03, when passing through on the Dyke. A local family told me of a lad who fell in the canal on the pont, drunk, and climbed out the wrong side. Really nice video. Makes me wanna do a 20 yr revisit this March.

I’m wondering what happens if two boats meet in the middle. Diolch yn fawr Huw.

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

First to the middle wins! ;) Croeso Gwil

@Orwic1

Жыл бұрын

It’s even more interesting when two boats meet in the middle of the tunnel leading to the Chirk aqueduct - it’s over 400 meters long (no equivalent of ‘street lighting there!). Chirk aqueduct isn’t far from Pontcysyllte aqueduct, by the way.

I would love to sing Suo Gan and sound authentic and I have tried several different ways but can't make all the snippets I've found make one cohesive set of phonetic lyrics. Can you help at all if you have the time, please? Thankyou. XXX

@WillHuw

Жыл бұрын

That might be a bit beyond me but if you can get a recording of it on KZread, click on the video settings wheel thingy and you can slow the playback down to make it easier to identify the words.

@cajsheen2594

Жыл бұрын

@@WillHuw There are lots on KZread. Charlotte Church, Bryn and a young chorister lad. I can't see how they shape all the words as the camera moves round them, I am told by my Welsh friend there are two dialects, from North and South and they don't all sing the same verses so it's very confusing. X

@Orwic1

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@cajsheen2594Yes, two ‘dialects’, North and South Welsh. If you learn Welsh, there’s two versions of the Welsh course learners’ book. Not huge differences though.

@cajsheen2594

Жыл бұрын

@@Orwic1 Thankyou! XXX