We're Chris & Tina from the UK and we love travelling in our van and country. We're completely new to campervanning and enjoying every minute of it.
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I really liked your walking route graphics! How did you do that? Haven't visited Baltic Wharf yet, but it's on our list 😊
Hi there - I used TravelBoast for that. I think we're back there again later in the year.
Thanks for a great tour - we're delighted you enjoyed your visit!
We have a Stokesay here in Reading PA USA that looks almost just like this. Our city of Reading is named for Reading in the UK and there is some sort of yearly meet up between the two cities each year. I can get more info if you would like. Our Stokesay Castle used to be a restaurant and I'd have to look into what it was originally. I am thinking maybe ours was based on the one there in the UK.
@@christinacolon9326 wow that’s super interesting. I was actually born in Reading UK.
Well done reviewing a place that most Brits never even think about. I'm a Brit that misses the homeland. You should do more reviews of those forgotten British landmarks
The guys laying the pipe are part of the dredging operation that happens in the outer harbour prior to Easter every year. The sand that has washed into the harbour is sucked up and piped onto the beach.
Yes it's not a hard place to live I live here and it's a beautiful place to live 😊xx
Milne and Tolkien served in the front line in 2016???
Oh! Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll add a note.
Don’t forget semaphore
The "good old days" of WW-1? Are you serious? And if it weren't for this "whizz-bang wireless malarkey" you wouldn't be collecting your monetization payouts, now would ya? Your channel is fake because nobody in England actually talks the way you do in your description, in fact, it's a bit insulting. According to three different Brits in Discord ten seconds ago.
Hi there, Thanks for commenting. For the record I'm not monetised and I did take a look back and the ref to good old days, I saw it as being more about the simplicity of the tech - obviously not WW1. What the video does do is shine a light on this regiment and in the medal hall I do recognise service and bravery. If you are still offended, I'm happy to change the description as to be insulting was absolutely not the intention. On this video there has been many people comment about their experiences and relatives' experiences. This really is a great museum capturing the history of the regiment. Genuinely, thank you for your comment.
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Did my Tech (Systems) Equipments course at Blandford. Sep 96 to April 97. 2 years at Harrogate AAC before that.
My Grandfather served in the Royal Signal Corps.
You shot my speckled jim .
Visited there some years back and found it very good.
Lovely pavements
04:35 It's pink because one day in North Africa during WWII the SAS stumbled accross a crashed american bomber in the desert that had been burnished pink by the desert sandy winds. They literally stumbled accross it because the colour camouflaged it. Other colours tend to appear as a darker blob in the distance. It also avoided blue on blue casualties ;)
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
Some nice exhibits there but as far as I can see one piece of kit is missing, the yellow handbag. (6 pack of Herforder Pils). Ex 7 Sigs, BFPO 15 (Herford).
Great point Simon - this is something we're hoping to rectify with a new Cold War display coming soon 👀
more crap AI graphics
Excellent...thanks for sharing 🎉
I'm a yank who admires the respect the British seem to have for their long military history and their veterans. I don't love the idea of war, but preserving and honoring the memory of those who are called is really important.
I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I know recently some remains of British soldiers from the revolutionary war were discovered and given a joint funeral with military honours by US and British troops. I thought that was a touching and classy gesture.
It's often been argued which service in any military organization is the most important. Signals had to be up there very near the top; without communications, an army is pretty much useless.
Just exelent
Wow that looks like a beautiful museum. I’m American so I love videos like this so I can get a glimpse at the history you guys have. Definitely a bucket list item of mine is going to the UK and seeing the museums then sort of re trace both of my grandfathers routes from France to Germany during WWII.
2016?
Nice into. Very straightforward. I think the parking up shots were a bit long on each one and maybe an external shot once parked would have finished that little part of the story. Nicely filmed and I think people who are going to use that site will love it. Maybe you could have added value to your walk round with 4-5 seconds of a map just to orient folks. Nothing at all wrong with your filming but mix it up with B roll. People’s interest quickly slips away. B roll will keep their attention. I suppose what I’m saying is keep shots short 4-5 second (obviously not if action is going on ) to keep people interest. Nice walk round the site but more B roll. For example you walked quite a long way down the site road talking good stuff but maybe B roll of a crow in the tree or swap the camera round to show your face or a sign about tents and no dog walking. Little things like that would keep the attention going. When you were talking about the shower buttons you could have shown a push button ( doesn’t need to be the exact one) from a couple of angles. By the way David Akerman makes a gadget to over come the button issue. Just don’t tell the wardens. I saw you did a bit of B roll with a vending machine. A bit of speak with that would have been good but you said nothing. A revisit to the Landry room would have been good. I know why you didn’t go in as somebody was there. But as a viewer it left me wanting to know about it. Not because I love laundry rooms but because you told me you were going to show it to me. If that wasn’t possible I would have cut out the aborted attempt then as a viewer I wouldn’t be waiting to see it. Agree with you about tarmac roads by the way. Nice video Chris. Please don’t take my comments to be anything other than helpful to you. 🧙♂️👍🚐
Nicely filmed and great narration. I did feel a little disconnected with what you were showing on screen with what you were talking about. I suspect you had it scripted ( if I’m wrong you memory is amazing) and you delivered the speak beautifully. But I felt that I either wanted to listen to you or watch the video. They seemed to go down separate roads. By the way I was watching on my phone not TV so it was even more difficult and not your fault. I would have tried to make my B roll absolutely to fit in with my speech. In your case the quality of filming and panning was excellent but I definitely thought why am I looking at that but Chris is discussing something else. For example you are discussing Tolkien and the effect the war had on him but all my visual is about a land rover and control boxes. Yes I know Tolkien was in that Regiment but the odd bit of B roll showing him rather than the land Rover would have been better. I’m not saying this to be troll more as you asked and this is my opinion. It was much better when you showed the medals and talked about that. I loved the 2709 story but while you were talking about that you could have showed pictures relevant to 2709. I was much more zeroed in when you were talking about the pink panther because that is what you were showing. It engaged me rather than conflicted me. Hope this is helping Chris. If you want me to stop no problem. Whatever I said though it’s made me want to visit the museum 👏🧙♂️🚐
Yeah I need to do a bit more planning and agreed syncing a bit more with the visuals will help. Appreciate the feedback.
Nice to tell people what you are doing and I appreciate you don’t want it to take long. But…. And you wanted critique… that was an awful lot of info. In my opinion too much info even though each bit of info was good stuff I doubt most people will be able to take that in that quick. I’m sure somebody will disagree and I tip my hat to them. But I would need to watch that at least twice. In fact I watched it 3 times. Great idea though. We’ve dabbled with doing promo/info vids and they seem to have little impact. You’ve got a great voice but maybe a little slower. Just my thoughts. G 🧙♂️🚐👍
My son trained at Blandford, learned his skills and served for 13 years with four tours of Afghanistan and thankfully came home safe and ended up in Hereford for the last four years of his army career. So proud.
Four tours is quite something and to be proud about for both of you. Thanks for dropping by.
Salute…
Spike Milligan was a signaller with the RA in WW2. He mentions in his books some of the kit he used and there are examples in this museum.
Oh wow, another famous connection. I liked Spike's work very much!
I must visit the next time I'm anywhere near Blandford Forum. My late father served with the Royal Signals. A regular, serving between 1934 and 1947, his WW2 service saw him serve extensively throughout the Middle East and Western Europe, including an extensive spell in North Africa where he was a radio operator with the LRDG.
What a time for your father to be serving in the regiment! Thanks for watching and commenting and hope you enjoy the museum when you visit.
Will have to pay a visit. My father was in the Royal Signals. He was called up twice, once for his National Service and the again when the Korean War broke out. He spent his second stint as a sergeant instructor.
It's definitely worth a visit but will be all the more meaningful with your connection. Thanks for watching and contributing.
The contra rotating props on the Wyvern helped reduce the effect of high engine torque trying to flip the plane to one side particularly on take-off. Acute vibration was less of an issue. The Fairy Gannet had a similar set up with its double mamba engine.
Can't imagine what that was like to fly. I've only flown the PA28s but right rudder is needed! Thanks for watching.
Just watched your video, very interesting. Im insured with caravan gaurd. £60k campervan £535 last year , just renewed this year very similar.... and a customer service second to none.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Good if you can keep it roughly the same. There are so many variables involved and a bit of black magic I'm sure!
Will have to visit.
Well worth it. Thanks for watching.
My company has just got a training contract here! I've volunterred to go there! You know, the good of the company etc. 🤣
They used to have huge screens on either end of the carrier hall - one showing a jet landing on and another showing a jet taking off - the whole carrier experience thing was really well done.
Yeah it still is well done. If you don't try to question what you're seeing (a bit like watching a film) it's quite the sensory experience. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you, I am amazed by the museum, its now on my bucket list. Cheers
You're very welcome. Breakfast is good which is in the cafe on a mezzanine above the museum.
Lots of rare vehicles and kit there
Certainly is - I really liked the chess set made of bullets. Thanks for watching.
@@vanandcountry Including a GS10 internals! Though they don't have the outside trailer. I'm part owner of the only one known to be left! 🤗
Imperial War museum london. Please take note on how to lay out a real war museum...
Been a long time since I’ve been there but this was so well done.
@@vanandcountry They spent 21 million on IWM some years back. Went to re-opening, was asked what I thought. My answer, and it was and is honest. I could have ruined it as well for half the price.
You mean the 21 million quid spent on it , to re-purpose as an 'Event Venue' wasn't well spent?
It's happening everywhere. They are currently destroying the NRM in York.
Pigeon 2709 was probably very tasty. My dad was in the Royal Signals in WW2 - his unit worked on the Manchester ship canal on attempts to disguise it from German bombers, did the same sort of thing at what is now West Midlands Airport. In 1943 he was sent to I think India first not sure of his movements until VE Day when he was at a Fleet Air Arm base in Ceylon (Sri Lanka now). Everyone was called out to the parade ground and given the news that the war in Europe was over, they could have an extra bottle of beer but the Royal Marine guard on the magazine had to be doubled. He joined up in 1939 when war was declared but didn't get demobbed until 1947. William George Wilson OBE 1921-2014 RIP.
Wow! Thanks for adding this!
the corsair is a gullwing
Ahh yes, that’s it! Thank you.
What a write up! 😆 Thank you for the recommendation and info. We're so pleased that you enjoyed your stay. 💙
Thanks for dropping by and commenting - one of our fav's. All we need to do now is visit when it's not raining...
Our airfield at Halfpenny Green. The runway patching was ripped up by a Vampire jet. Jet efflux points towards the ground.
Ahh right, thanks for the addition. I couldn't quite remember which one it was! Thanks for dropping by and your comments.
If you are a flyer, you can fly into Yeovilton. Need to phone them day before for permission.
Nice you can get close to aircraft, not fenced off.
Yeah I am but only PA28's. I knew you could fly into Duxford - I think I'm there next week with my camera! I recall the folks at the JetAge museum Gloucester saying that the tower let you taxi over there too - they do a great bacon butty!
@@flybobbie1449 It makes such a difference. I went to Cosford last week and whilst it's good it's all a bit crammed in.
Hi, first quote with Caravan Guard: £1300.- 😱, second quote with Motorhome Direct (Howden) £640.- and final one with Comfort: £545.- I've got no idea if it covers rodent damage though.
Really thought-provoking, thank you. I'm just looking into finding quotes for my first campervan I'm buying next month, so I'll add these to my list of what to check. One thing to mention about mousetraps, humane ones are only humane if you check them at least daily, slowly dying of hunger and thirst in a trap is not humane. So, even if your van is parked at home, bait, or the traditional type you showed us can actually be the kinder option.
Just a quick Hello. And to say that we have been flicking through some of your videos this morning. Really good and informative, thank you. Your Insurance one for instance, very handy. Anyway, that was it really, just a positive response in general. :) All the best. Tonia and Will [Gonk and Moody]
Hi both - thank you for for watching and your lovely comment. Yeah getting our insurance was a bit of an eye-opener - so many different clauses between providers. Have a lovely what's left of the weekend. Chris.
I just clicked on this whilst eating breakfast this morning what a super video no music just useful information. I am now planning a visit to this museum. I had no idea. It was so large. I have a relative who has commander Bullivant. He has a hall there. Thank you so much, as you keep saying to the exhibits keep up the good work🇬🇧
Good morning Paul and thank you so much for your comment. I enjoy visiting these museums and I make the videos to have a record and showcase some of these brilliant places. Thanks for taking the time to watch. I was at RAF Cosford last Thursday so that'll be coming soon. Chris.
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Funny, but this video popped up on my wife's feed. She watches a number of van and motorhome channels and subscribed as you live close by. We're in Drayton. My main point is that we're going to green pastures for the first time in May so I don't know if it's just coincidence or part of the algorithm! I noticed that you said there were 4 hardstanding pitches but looking on Google maps there appears to be 2 on the approach to the 4 other pitches. We've been a few times to the CLs further up the road into silver street. One is homefield and the other just a few doors along is eden gate. They're both well worth a stay, particularly eden gate. Nice video.
Google is watching... The ones on the approach, one was used for a staff camper and the other seemed to be used for general parking. They are both outside the barrier. Thanks for the sub and especially nice you are local too! Are you van or caravan?
@@vanandcountry Yes, we are indeed being spied on! Ah, ok. I can see the barrier now. We're caravanners. We bought our first caravan in 1992 and have been doing it ever since. We love it.
Looked very interesting. Amazing collection of cars. Loved my old mini. So nice to see them there. Thanks for sharing 👍😊
Yes, any one with any interest in cars will love this visit. we used to have the JetBlack Special Edition Mini! Thanks for watching.