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  @user-yd9bj3bs8g6 сағат бұрын

  The bats in Greywell Tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal are legally protected and boats cannot go in or through , thereby cutting the restored Basingstoke Canal in two. Bats in enclosed spaces can create and spread diseases like covid. Using a mask is advisable in such places.

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  @richardhenshaw5660Ай бұрын

  You were in Connahs Quay.

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  @StonecatWales9 күн бұрын

  Thanks for your observation. However, I beg to differ. It was Shotton. We were 200 yards from the railway bridge. Wepre Brook where it issues into the Dee is the Connah's Quay boundary and that was downstream somewhere beyond where the bore comes into view at the start of my clip........................ The mid way point of the river is the boundary between Shotton and Sealand......................... If this link works okay, you can zoom in and it quite clearly shows the boundaries. We were just downstream of the derelict landing stage on the far bank and that is marked on the map when you zoom in........... mapit.mysociety.org/area/12772.html Cheers.

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  @goshawkishАй бұрын

  Great looking egg mate,i bet you couldn,t do that again 😀,great vid 👍

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  @PaulPhilbin-wu5nyАй бұрын

  What 🏚

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  @PaulPhilbin-wu5nyАй бұрын

  Quite 🛖

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  @macrolithicАй бұрын

  Da iawn, it just means yn gymraeg, craggy island, ever heard of a comedy series like that?

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  @StonecatWalesАй бұрын

  Someone's tried to have a laugh. That much I know :) I've tracked down an adjective with what seems to be the same historic root and it describes a 'lle ber'. It'll be in my next upload on this subject of the ynys when I drill into the translation.

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  @decliche1286Ай бұрын

  It truly is a bird eat bird world

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  @lakedistrictcampingwitAceАй бұрын

  Cool

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  @zaragozakid3102 ай бұрын

  Well in, Scott. You're a good guy

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  @WyeExplorer2 ай бұрын

  Ah, good going Scott. I've done a coupl, of lamb rescues when they get their heads stuck actually in the fence. It's great to see em run free. Mark

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  @davidhintz12 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much!!

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  @gavinwestern46192 ай бұрын

  Congratulations on getting to 500 subs mate 🎉🎉

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  @StonecatWales2 ай бұрын

  Thanks for that mate. Much appreciated. :)

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  @BadgerBotherer12 ай бұрын

  Good work you're doing with those trees. I'll share on my Twitter, if that's okay.

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  @StonecatWales2 ай бұрын

  By all means mate. Thanks for the support. Awesome :)

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  @macrolithic3 ай бұрын

  Yes, there was a chap doing a project in east Carmarthenshire in the 1990's like yourself, Have you ever seen any seed on them? I think I have read that they are an ancient introduction like some of the elm clones, Bronze age possibly and spread along rivers and muddy flood plains by vegetative reproduction and then obviously got completely decimated in the last 150 years. They are more typical of Europe further south and east with warmer summers and there are several varieties (e.g. the north Italian one), and including one with snow white bark which you wouldnt think was a black poplar!

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Female trees seed most years and much is fertile but according to the 'experts', there's only one known location in Britain where seedlings have been known to germinate. I actually visited the site in the south Wirral and saw a couple growing in the mud; they have exacting conditions to germinate which means population increase from seed is almost impossible in Britain in the wild. Naturally black poplars would spread via a combination of broken off branches and seed. The British black poplars are a sub-species of the continental ones and this 'betulifolia' is found only here and in parts of the Low Countries in Europe. The well known Lombardy poplars are black poplars bred as 'italica' since at least the 1700s. When I'm long gone and someone looks at black poplars as adult trees in the Dee Valley say 100 years from now, it will be pretty certain they will be one of mine :)

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  @macrolithic3 ай бұрын

  Is it like a fluff with very small seeds in it? In Italy, the arrival of that fluff or down blowing on the wind is seen to signify the arrival of spring. Yoy need to get the seed under a decent lense to see if it looks like there a content in the seed coat. @@StonecatWales

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  @macrolithic3 ай бұрын

  Da iawn, nice to see somebody helping wildlife. Made some woodcrete ones years ago cheaply with wire netting inside the crete which keeps the squirrels out a bit, they seemed quite attractive to the feathered folk. Got a bluetit nesting above me now in part of the roof space and there sometimes a noctule batting its wings above the ceiling.

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Diolch. Sut mae pethau'n mynd? Indeed, those greys squirrels like rats will bore through concrete given time. Reinforced woodcrete! Awesome.

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  @missyoubeth4 ай бұрын

  Enjoyed the vid.

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Thank you :)

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  @daniellindsay40534 ай бұрын

  You need to castle cut top of can to let it draw properly

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  @StonecatWales4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your comment. Appreciated. :) I'm familiar with castellated rims. Of course I could have done that however my point was deliberately using just two tools of whatever came to hand with eyes shut delving into a tool box. Had I done that at home, I could have used a drill, tin snippers etc. That was too easy. My whole aim was one of crudeness enough to get it to work.

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  @stealthop4 ай бұрын

  great idea. cheap as chips works for me

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the positive response. Appreciated :)

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  @dane24874 ай бұрын

  Hi there. This video was a good find and saved a few of your other ones to watch. I heard they grow best on flood plains but have a heard of a few on sandy soils inland on the Wirral. I hope to visit them this summer. Have you seen big ones in drier soils? I tried to find some others a few years ago but failed. Fingers crossed this time

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  @StonecatWales4 ай бұрын

  Hi.............. Thanks for yourr comment and question................ Traditionally and normally, they do indeed grow on flood plains and along streams and rivers elsewhere than on flood plains. They will also grow away from obvious water and even quite high in altitude........................ They do need to be near some water supply so long as it is enough to feed the tree daily. They consume a huge amount of water each day and it is seemingly true that they should never be planted on clay soils near dwellings as they can draw so much water, the clay dries out and shinks causing subsidence............................... In the wetter west of Britain, they will grow at those higher altitudes. I see no reason why they wron't grow on sandy soils. It will depend on how deep is the water table. If the moisture is there year round, they should grow well tbh............................... At Formby, there is a consideable number of genuine black poplars growing in the sand dunes thiugh most ae not huge at all. At first glance the terrain would appear arid, but some feet down below the dunes, the soil is damp as it is below the high water mark of the shore, so water penetrates quite a way inland which by then is free of salt............................ www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mystery-hidden-grove-rare-trees-26189069 ............................ Hope this proves of some use to you? ............................. I'd write to Wirral council as a FOI request and ask them for any info' on the location of black poplars in the borough. Most local authorities in Britain have BP data bases........................ Cheers :)

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  @dane24874 ай бұрын

  Thanks that is very interesting and sounds logical@@StonecatWales

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  @jordanadam46933 ай бұрын

  I've planted 40 of these on and around my allotment site. Males and female plants. Barnsley area. Hopefully they will grow ! 🙏

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Good work. The more the merrier. I find they are quite easy to grow and even if only half survived, it's still a huge plus.

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  @WyeExplorer4 ай бұрын

  I was going to say that - I liked how the water heated up a distance from the flames. A good test - great result. Mark

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  @davidmills59184 ай бұрын

  panad gymreig yn nyffryn ddyfrdwy. Ardderchog

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  @StonecatWales4 ай бұрын

  Diolch am y geiriau caredig cyfaill. Byddaf yn mynd i'r ynys yn fuan. 'Dwi'n edrych ymlaen at y peint a sgwrs wedyn. Sut mae pethau'n mynd? :)

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  @WyeExplorer4 ай бұрын

  Ah, nice one. The fuel burned alright - and you got to burn the label too. An easy fun stove - good going. Mark

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  @WyeExplorer4 ай бұрын

  That was for sure mesmerizing. It's a great natural wonder - really good you could be there for it. I wonder how much energy that exerts - a fair bit no doubt. Down here on the Severn they surf the bore. Great show. Mark

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  @mikeoglen68483 ай бұрын

  People have been known to Canoe it - where the channel narrows and makes the wave bigger.

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  @WyeExplorer3 ай бұрын

  @@mikeoglen6848 Just as good as a surf that sounds.

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  @StonecatWales3 ай бұрын

  Someone on YT has a vid doing just that :)

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  @WyeExplorer3 ай бұрын

  @@StonecatWales Would like to see that.

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  @WyeExplorer4 ай бұрын

  Ah, lovely time out on the hill. I do like a bit of pine needle tea - I also like how we can busy ourselves on the hill making small fires, boiling water then enjoying our concoction. You looked at peace there at the end. Very mellow and satisfying. Some good info there. Mark

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  @robbridges59754 ай бұрын

  Brill video. I’ve often wondered what the bore would look like from that location… now I know. Pity there was so much fresh water in the river, else it would have been more spectacular on such a good spring tide. Thanks for posting.

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  @TheF0nz14 ай бұрын

  Nice one Scott hope you are well mate!

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  @AAHomeGardening6 ай бұрын

  i was looking for some last year and did not find any - i need to go out and look again soon

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  @StonecatWales5 ай бұрын

  It's naturally found in the western parts of mainland Britain but will grow almost anywhere it is introduced. If you are in such western parts, I'd suggest mooching about in deciduous woodland which isn't too dense as the shoots and leaves are just appearing now and are very obvious. In a few weeks, woodland floors will be covered with it where it occurs.......................... Thanks for commenting :) Always welcome.

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  @AAHomeGardening5 ай бұрын

  @StonecatWales OK, probably I was too easy Ii was in one of UK national forest looking last Friday

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  @WyeExplorer6 ай бұрын

  Really good you being able to get out finally. It has been wet down here too. I love these usually on trail - just good for a munch. But as you say good for cooking too. A nice forage there. Here's wishing you a happy new year a great 2024 up there in North Wales. All the best from the shire. Mark

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  @StonecatWales5 ай бұрын

  Hi Mark. Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated. The countryside is one big smorgasbord to me. Have a great 2024 too. Looking forward to your uploads this year. Best wishes from North Wales :) Scott

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  @WyeExplorer5 ай бұрын

  @@StonecatWales A pleasure there. Yeah, I get that about the outdoors - never wanting for anything. See how 2024 unfolds.

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  @thebonsaiprojectkernow6 ай бұрын

  Hi mate, just to let you know those black poplar I bought from you have done really well 💪

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  @StonecatWales6 ай бұрын

  Hi. I'm glad to hear that mate. They aren't too difficult to get going. I watched your vid of the unpacking. I'd be really interested to see how they come on as bonsai over time. I always offer some to enthusiasts in February and that'll be the case again in 2024. I've been responsible for the planting of hundreds of black poplars now across Britain via my own efforts and the cooperation of a whole network of enthusiasts. Your project is a welcome added dimension....................... Good luck with your endeavours mate. Cheers. :)

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  @johndodd43756 ай бұрын

  Tell me why did you have wafers on fishing the canal

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  @StonecatWales6 ай бұрын

  I wasn't wearing waders. I had waterproof trousers on tucked into wellington boots. I did check when you posted and it looks like waders. but just 'wellies'. :)

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  @archangel200316 ай бұрын

  Cotton wool? It's either made of cotton from a plant, or wool from a sheep!

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  @StonecatWales6 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your post. All my life, cotton wool has been so called no matter what it's actually made of. I'm 61 years old and as a youngster, cotton wool. In other countries it might have different names. It is actually pure cotton and has no connection with sheep. It's just another peculiarity of British English, the wool being a colloquial word for the fibres....................... That said, cotton fibres are sometimes now mixed with synthetic fibres to create yarn and some clothing materials.

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  @richardwebb53177 ай бұрын

  My father skipped school and dodged guards* to watch the aqueduct getting blown up. (He lived on the next farm but one upstream). There is a very fine bridge in Little Hereford, now hidden away in a back garden but it used to be visible from the road and really puzzled me as a child - why would there be a big bridge in a garden away from the railway or river? The canal was somewhat forgotten *Only the Home Guard.

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  @StonecatWales7 ай бұрын

  Next time I'm that way, I'll look out for that bridge in the garden you mention. Thanks for that :)

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  @ianmaddams95778 ай бұрын

  Has anyone been back to sign the visitor book since this was made ?

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  @StonecatWales8 ай бұрын

  Hi............ I'm assuming not. The visitor book had contact details and no one has contacted me. I wasn't the first person to enter that tunnel. i was beaten to it by a few months by a couple of canoeists who only took photos. I made this brief video. It is possible no one has been in since or, they have but have simply not bothered to advise me..................... It was a gesture on my part out of curiosity so, the result is what it is. Should I ever get a response, I will update viewers and if the opportunity arises, I'll go back and explore the tunnel again :) Cheers for the question. Appreciated.

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  @simonmcowan68748 ай бұрын

  Just found this, i know its ages ago but a great post, i know the area a little but not heard of this canal.

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  @StonecatWales8 ай бұрын

  Hi.............. It's easily located on Google Earth for starters and the portal I entered has a public footpath just 50 yards away which takes you over the railway line. It is all accessible from the appropriately named Tunnel Lane which runs out of Orleton village. The footpath I mention is just before the lane crosses the railway line......................... The canal as I mention has been gone a long time but still quite visible in places. If you get the chance, it's well worth a visit. :)

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  @johncunnane15828 ай бұрын

  thanks, greetings from Ireland.

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  @StonecatWales8 ай бұрын

  Welcome! And thank you :)

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  @extrememiami11 ай бұрын

  Im in south Florida and keep finding coal scuba diving 3.5 miles off-shore. I figured it was a shipwreck. So far ive found around 100 lbs of it. Pieces from a coin size all the way up to a 30lb rock 1/2m long. Theres no coal naturally I believe or is coal rock just found all over the place nationally. Does anyone know more? Shipwreck or natural occurrence. My areas has calcium carbonate rock and oolite. Ive never heard of coal natural to Florida especially off-shore.

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  @StonecatWales8 ай бұрын

  Hi................ Thanks for your message. Apologies for the delay in replying. If you are sure there is no coal being brought up from the sea bed in storms which gradually comes ashore, then it could be there is a ship wreck of sorts off shore...................................... I'd be tempted to examine the coal itself and note if there is seaweed attached or barnacles. If much of the coal has either but especially the latter, then it's probably been in the sea for a long time before being cast up. If the opposite and free of marine life, it must be coming from a source close to shore. This might suggest a wreck eroding and finally spilling its cargo or in some cases possibly coal for a steam engine!....................... Hope this suggestion helps? ...................... Thanks for the post. Appreciated :)

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  @gavinwestern4619 Жыл бұрын

  Wow that's unusual it's something I've seen many times on holiday in Greece but I'll keep my eyes peeled during the evening from now on. BTW thanks for saving the Llan tree, it's great to see it still there and hopefully the council have seen sense now 👍

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  @StonecatWales8 ай бұрын

  Hi........................ I know of several colonies of glow worms in North Wales but I came across a random natural history note referring to one being spotted on a country lane outside Llangollen. I went for a mooch and discovered two. So, result. Apparently they were more common in the Dee Valley in the past but no one seems to see them now........................................ Yes, those who proposed removing the tree backed down almost as soon as the petition appeared especially when it was publicised in the local press and shaed on social media. So, another success story. :)

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  @nicholasjones7312 Жыл бұрын

  Fantastic! I always wondered where this canal was! Diolch!

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Ti'n croeso :) For its short length, still quite visible and accessible in places. It would have been quite the engineering feat had it all come to fruition and carried cargo.......................... Thanks for commenting. Much appreciated. Diolch eto.

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  @ruthfield4083 Жыл бұрын

  good video scott, love t he country side and the history with it, 👍

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Hi. Thanks for your positive comments. Much appreciated. I like to add in these snippets. Look out for a vid on a wild camp at Llyn Irddyn in the next couple of months :) Definately going back. Cheers.

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  @NotAnotherBonsaiChannel Жыл бұрын

  Very nice video Scott. Sounds like this was quite a challenging walk, you sound out of breath. Beautiful scenery though.

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated. I was out of breath, but it sounds far worse than it is as I tend to hold my camcorder right in front of my face as I look into the small screen, so it picks up everything and amplifies it. A good stretching of the lungs is always good :)

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  @robbridges5975 Жыл бұрын

  Very relaxing to watch. Bet you enjoyed that egg butty and a cuppa. 😊

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Oh yes. I eat a lot of foraged foods too but only the best tea (or coffee) is made from pure stream water :)

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  @haggispixie Жыл бұрын

  Thank you for sharing. Had not seen that type of trap before.

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for your kind comment. Appreciated. Cheap Chinese versions of a traditional lobster/crab pot. They work well, but don't last long. :)

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  @ftr841 Жыл бұрын

  We actually tried to do this walk recently but there were restricted access signs on the forestry tracks.

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  The whole forest belongs to Natural Resources Wales as such, the entire forest is public access. The signs you will have seen are old and were placed when former thinning/felling operations occurred. They are only advisory anyway. Several public foorpaths cross the woods too but are generally unuseable as they planted on top of them. I have tackled NRW about this and about 25% of the forest is to be felled between this autumn and 2027. The footpaths are to be reinstated. 12 months ago, they cleared the access roads and built a new bridge over the Dee within the forest to take the weight of the lorries. :) :)

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  @plakebake1286 Жыл бұрын

  Whistlin' time

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  @jurgluthi9568 Жыл бұрын

  A bit shaking but otherwise good!

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  @robertogarrido3192 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for upload your videos God videos bro

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Glad you like them! :)

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  @nicholaskelly6375 Жыл бұрын

  In September I had a look around the Ffrwd branch. It was in a largely similar state when I first saw its remains in 1968. The branch was originally planned to reach Coed Talon. It was one of a number of branches of the Ellesmere Canal that were either not built or not completed. The branches being as follows. 1) The Coed Talon (Ffrwd) Branch. Which would have served the collieries around Coed Talon etc. It would also have been a navigable feeder linking reservoirs which would have supplied water to the summit level of the Ellesmere Canal Western Main Line for the locks descending to Chester, Holt and Trevor respectively. 2) Holt/Farndon Branch. Like the Coed Talon (Ffrwd) Branch. The Holt/Farndon Branch was to come off the Western Main Line of the Ellesmere Canal. This was planned to serve the main section of the North Welsh Coalfield. Running from Trevor to Chester via Ruabon and Wrexham. Like the Main Line it was never built. 3) The Prees Branch. This ran from the Ellesmere Canal towards Prees between Wem and Whitchurch. However It was decided to terminate the branch at Quina Brook on the Turnpike road between Wem and Whitchurch and the locked section down to Prees was abandoned. Today apart from a short section of canal the bulk of the Prees Branch is abandoned. At the wharf in Quina Brook lime kilns were built to supply local farmers etc etc. Today the kilns still exist albeit in a derelict condition. 4) The Shrewsbury Branch. This branch was planned to run from English Frankton to Shrewsbury. However once the Shrewsbury Canal had reached the town from the Coalbrookdale Coalfield it was decided to abruptly abandon the branch. So it literally terminates in a field north of Baschurch! A terminals basin with wharehouses and lime kilns was built a short distance from the terminus at Weston Wharf near Weston Lullingfields. Returning to the the Coed Talon Branch. By 1796 or so about three miles of level canal between Gwersyllt and The Ffrwd had been built. It was at that point that all further construction was abandoned. But it appears that the canal was used for some years until c.1808 delivering coal from the collieries around The Ffrwd to a Landsale Yard at or near Gwersyllt. By all accounts the canal was abandoned for two reasons. 1) The Ellesmere Canal Co was unwilling /unable to spend any more money on a short isolated stretch of canal. 2) Improvements to the local Turnpike road system meant that it was pretty pointless loading up a wagon taken it to the canal put it on a boat (It is believed that there were three boats on the branch. In all likelihood they were originally the boats used in the construction of branch) take it three miles or so by a rather indirect route and then unload the boat and put it in another wagon for onward road delivery. The most substantial structure on the branch would have been the aqueduct at The Ffrwd which was later demolished/rebuilt when the Wrexham, Mold & Connahs Quay Railway used a parallel route. It's site can be clearly seen today. There is an illustration of the Ffrwd Branch at work. Which shows a boat loading coal from Ffrwd Colliery with a (highly stylised) Caergwrle Castle in the background! On the subject of canals on the North Welsh Coalfield I was told many years ago about "Y Cwt Bowser" (Bowser's Canal) which apparently was a navigable drainage leat. Presumably with an underground section into the mine (Like the Duke of Bridgewater's underground levels at Worsley near Manchester or indeed the navigable adits serving the Flintshire lead mining industry). I have never been able to find out very much about "Y Cwt Bowser" My informant was pretty vague about its location and wasn't sure if it was located in the Moss Valley or the Westminster Valley! The only other local canals that I canal think of are the Flint Coal Canal which was never actually built. However the short lived concern did build an iron bridge to provide access to the canal that was never built! Also on the south bank of the river Dee to the west of Chester a short Tub boat canal was built around 1768 and lasted until around 1780. This was Sir John Glynne's Canal. Today it's route is taken by various drainage ditches. Most of the local collieries etc etc prior to the Railway Age relied on Turnpike roads and Tramroads (Particularly on the Flintshire section of the Coalfield). The only other local canal mystery is the experimental Boat Lift that was erected at/near Ruabon! Edward Rowland and Exuperius Pickering patented a design for a canal lift. This caught the attention of the Ellesmere Canal Committee who thought that it would be a good idea to try the idea out somewhere between Ruabon and Trevor. That it was built is clear as it is mentioned in the Ellesmere Canal Co minutes. As well as by various canal engineers including John Rennie. It would appear that it was built in 1794 and was demonstrated until June 1795. What is certain is that the patentees were paid by the Ellesmere Canal Co for their efforts in 1800 ( By then the Ellesmere Canal Co had lost all interest in the Western Main Line). However It appears to have completely vanished. As that great canal historian Charles Hadfield commented in his 1966 book 'The Canals of The West Midlands' "Perhaps somewhere along the ghostly line It's inexplicable remains still stand, waiting to be found" Well in 2007 Richard Dean published an excellent article in The Canal & Railway Historical Society Journal on a possible location for this enigmatic boat lift. It is possible that the Lift (or "Machine") was erected at Home Farm on the Wynnstay Estate. Thank you very much for an interesting video.

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  @WirralWill Жыл бұрын

  Hello Scott. It's been a while, always love your camping videos! 🏕 Children of the Corn style there, were there any vibes after dark? Trail cameras always a cool addition. Good to see you're keeping well, Will

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  @StonecatWales Жыл бұрын

  Hi Will. Thanks for commenting :) Appreciated. Hope all is good with you? Had a bit of domestic stuff going on for the last 6 months or so which has stifled my wanderings. Hopefully things now getting back on track. No vibes afer dark. Incredibly silent. No breeze but heard the odd owl hooting, ducks passing overhead and some canada geese calling in the distance as well as the odd car on a road about a half mile away. Otherwise, totally quiet. Glad it was dry though. Not recommended if wet. The trail cameras picked up a fox and a duck on the pond but the footage wasn't too good and for me bog standard animals. I prefer the rare or unusual, something different so, nothing of note. AYB Scott :)

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  @bobp3390 Жыл бұрын

  great to see you getting all the way through ;emerging safe on the other side .good for you .

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  @AnglerDj.2 жыл бұрын

  It is free fishing place ?