LAMBLEY VIADUCT AND POW CAMP — Transcript

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1. 0:09Yep. I'm back
2. 0:12and it's Friday again. I cannot believe
3. 0:14it's Friday again. That was a quick
4. 0:17week.
5. 0:19Two sides to being busy at work, isn't
6. 0:20it? There's like one, you're knackered
7. 0:22by the time you get home. Two, the weeks
8. 0:26and off fly past the days. There's like
9. 0:29the weekend again already. Unbelievable.
10. 0:32All right, so welcome back to the
11. 0:34channel. Is that what people say? I'm
12. 0:37going out. It's van life again, but not
13. 0:41as we know it. I'm going out uh Friday
14. 0:44and Saturday and don't know about the
15. 0:47weather. I don't know. It's a mixed bag.
16. 0:49I think it's a little bit chilly now.
17. 0:52Seeing as it's 11°, it feels cold
18. 0:54though. There's a little bit of a
19. 0:56breeze, you know, not wild wind, which
20. 0:58that's that's the happy medium there.
21. 1:00The bit breeze is fine.
22. 1:03I don't mind that.
23. 1:07Old man shouts at wind. It's gone a
24. 1:10little bit. I just don't like it.
25. 1:13Tell me, what phenomenon do you hate?
26. 1:17Is it Al N?
27. 1:19Is it? And that's now there's going to
28. 1:22be a beast from the east coming again.
29. 1:24What the hell's that all about? A beast
30. 1:26from the east. I'm the beast from the
31. 1:28east. Me.
32. 1:30All right. So, I'm going to go up there
33. 1:33as wire tonight. The reserve wire. This
34. 1:36is me like Friday to get away. I think I
35. 1:38said a while back in one of my videos. I
36. 1:40will be out camping again. I will go out
37. 1:42camping in the tent. Just at the minute,
38. 1:47it's just
39. 1:50it's not an option. Like I can't
40. 1:52organize myself properly, you know. So
41. 1:55easy just to throw everything in the van
42. 1:57and go. But to organize all your camping
43. 1:59gear. It's a nightmare.
44. 2:02Well, it's not. I mean, I always used to
45. 2:04do it. But I didn't always have the
46. 2:07distraction that I've got now,
47. 2:09the hard life I've got now.
48. 2:13You'll know what I mean. Anyway, so
49. 2:15yeah, I'm just going to go up there. Um,
50. 2:17I have got a new fridge, right? And I'll
51. 2:19tell you why. you like, "Oh, not another
52. 2:22not another review." And I'll tell you
53. 2:24why I've got this fridge. Cuz when I go
54. 2:26away on me big trips, like when I go
55. 2:29away to Scotland and that, I was around
56. 2:32I always run out of space in the fridge.
57. 2:34So, and I take the um that Alpicool
58. 2:37fridge. The I know how many liters it
59. 2:40is. I've not really researched this.
60. 2:44Anyway, the Alpicool one is a bit bigger
61. 2:46than the original one I had. But still,
62. 2:49if I go on a long like week away, just
63. 2:53not big enough. So, this company, AO
64. 2:57Bossy,
65. 2:58A O A O Bossy, B O SI, AO Bossy, I don't
66. 3:05know how you say it.
67. 3:08Um, they offered me this great big
68. 3:12fridge. Honestly, you should see it.
69. 3:13It's great. And I think it's ideal
70. 3:17because it fits it fits in the back of
71. 3:20the van where the other one was.
72. 3:23And uh I think it's a bit higher. It's
73. 3:25definitely higher. It's a little bit
74. 3:27wider and longer, but it doesn't take up
75. 3:30that much more room. And inside there's
76. 3:33loads of space. Loads. It's quite good
77. 3:37actually. I'll show you later. I can do
78. 3:40a separate review of that. So, I've got
79. 3:41to do a separate review on my other
80. 3:43channel, which they've asked for, but
81. 3:45it's mainly for this channel. It's like
82. 3:47a camper life. It's a camper van life
83. 3:49fridge. It really is. It's good. I've
84. 3:51seen a couple of them like I think
85. 3:53Heather and the Hounds has got one and
86. 3:56uh the Daily Meat. Rob has got a a
87. 4:00version of one. I think his is a bit
88. 4:02bigger. I think his is the one with the
89. 4:03wheels on. That's the one they
90. 4:05originally offered, the one with the
91. 4:06wheels on, but that that's far too big
92. 4:10for this van.
93. 4:11This one's just about right though. If
94. 4:13you want a big fridge for a week long
95. 4:15adventure, this is your boy.
96. 4:18And they're not that expensive.
97. 4:19Compressor fridge, you know, so they
98. 4:21don't use a lot of uh they don't use a
99. 4:23lot of energy. So, I've got I've got it
100. 4:26plugged into the um Vtorm at the minute,
101. 4:29the power bank, and that's drawing. I'll
102. 4:31see what I I did that because I want to
103. 4:34see what power it draws.
104. 4:37And I don't think it's any more than
105. 4:40what the other one drew. And once they
106. 4:42get down to temperature,
107. 4:45the switch off, but it stopped drawing
108. 4:47the power, you know. He flashed me in
109. 4:50there. Oh. Ambulance. Ambulance.
110. 4:51Ambulance. Oh. Ah.
111. 4:55The matter with you, man.
112. 4:57I'm of a nervous disposition.
113. 5:01So I a bossy. Ao bossy.
114. 5:06I just don't know how to say it.
115. 5:09So anyway, we'll see that when we pull
116. 5:11up. We'll have a look at it and see what
117. 5:13I can get in it. I'm just pulling in at
118. 5:15little now and then I'm going to Aldi
119. 5:20because we've got get different things
120. 5:21from Aldi.
121. 5:23So we'll see you up at the reservoir.
122. 5:27I'm in. I'm in
123. 5:29and we'll be back. Right. Well, we've
124. 5:32landed at the reservoir.
125. 5:35I was just doing a little bit of video
126. 5:37about this fridge. Look, there it is.
127. 5:39The a bossy.
128. 5:41Big old thing in it. Look at all the
129. 5:43room in there, man.
130. 5:47Meat manifesto
131. 5:49food.
132. 5:52Usual orange cappuccinos.
133. 5:54Take four boxes of beer. Probably get
134. 5:57five, six, seven, eight. Probably get
135. 5:58eight of them in here. This is a um an
136. 6:02ice cooler separator. So you fill that
137. 6:04with water, freeze it, and then on this
138. 6:08side it'll stay frozen. I suppose it
139. 6:10will on that side, but because it's a
140. 6:12con small area, it'll probably stay
141. 6:14colder in that side than it will on that
142. 6:17side. I don't know how it works. Should
143. 6:18have should have thought about it. Comes
144. 6:20out anyway.
145. 6:23You can use it either side as well. You
146. 6:24can take the lid and swap it around. So
147. 6:26you have the lid lifting that way and
148. 6:28that way. two two-way lid vents, all the
149. 6:33power on the top there. This is the on
150. 6:36off. And that it's currently drawn one
151. 6:39watt of power. Power bank.
152. 6:43And you know why? In the winter, these
153. 6:46always so much more efficient cuz the
154. 6:49ambient temperature is cold. So they
155. 6:51don't have to do too much work.
156. 6:54In the summer, you know, when it's hot
157. 6:55outside, they they work harder trying to
158. 6:58keep it cool inside. But yeah, in the
159. 7:01winter they'll God, they'll run for a
160. 7:03month on that.
161. 7:05So, yeah. Anyway, we set up and more new
162. 7:08things. More new stuff. More new stuff.
163. 7:12Here is the cupboard of dreams. B.
164. 7:16It's not finished yet, right? I've got
165. 7:18it in, but I have to paint it. So, it
166. 7:21looks a little bit rough.
167. 7:24But at the end of the day, I've got a
168. 7:26light there. So, I switch on there and
169. 7:28just knock that off. So, that's that
170. 7:31ambient light for when you're chilling
171. 7:33out. When you're cooking,
172. 7:36you can put that on.
173. 7:39This is stuff like this comes out.
174. 7:43He's put a switch there. So, that's easy
175. 7:45to get to. He's put a C type and a USB
176. 7:50charger there. Charging port.
177. 7:53Den.
178. 7:55And there's two
179. 7:58two
180. 8:0012 volt
181. 8:02plugs there. That's for the fridge to go
182. 8:05into eventually when I'm not testing it.
183. 8:08That fridge will go into them 12 volts
184. 8:10there. So
185. 8:12that's the cupboard.
186. 8:14I broke the catch when I was putting it
187. 8:16putting it back together. It opens up
188. 8:18like that. So there plenty of space.
189. 8:21There's room in there for all me
190. 8:24coffee and that. Oh, there's flies in
191. 8:25here.
192. 8:29So, there you go. Yeah, I need I'm going
193. 8:31to finish painting it. I think I'll
194. 8:33paint that.
195. 8:37Now, do I varnish that or do I paint it?
196. 8:40I think I'll paint it black. I think the
197. 8:42whole thing will look better black. And
198. 8:44underneath as well,
199. 8:47cuz it's black paint, heat proof paint.
200. 8:50So, if I'm cooking, I need something
201. 8:52heat proof.
202. 8:54But yeah, that's the cupboard anyway.
203. 8:56What do you think? Good or not?
204. 9:00So much better.
205. 9:02So much better. That's storage. Loads of
206. 9:04space under there now to put more crap.
207. 9:08But I like this.
208. 9:10I like the lights.
209. 9:12I love me lights, mate.
210. 9:15So, I'm just going to have a beer and uh
211. 9:18get settled. I'm going to bring the
212. 9:19bring the air fryer out and got some
213. 9:22chicken to cook and some chicken wraps
214. 9:26tomorrow. I've got fish cakes. I'm going
215. 9:28to go for a walk tomorrow. Hopefully
216. 9:30back to that vioideuct
217. 9:32where I was last time where I parked
218. 9:35last time and this time actually walk to
219. 9:37the vioideuct.
220. 9:40Right, we'll come back later.
221. 9:45It's down there. is still not drawing
222. 9:49much power, right? But there is a little
223. 9:50drawback. It's rather big
224. 9:54and I have to turn it that way so I can
225. 9:56get the bed out. But that's all right
226. 9:58cuz I've still got me space here. And
227. 10:00I've changed the the lid round as well.
228. 10:03So that's dead handy
229. 10:06cuz I have it there. It won't open. But
230. 10:09yeah, it's a bit big for this little
231. 10:11van. If you had a transit or something,
232. 10:12this would be ideal. It's perfect size.
233. 10:17So
234. 10:19yeah, I'm going to put the double bed
235. 10:21out. Just going to make this up.
236. 10:25Put me feet on this, didn't I? My dirty
237. 10:27muddy feet all over it.
238. 10:30I'm going to put the laptop on.
239. 10:34There's me
240. 10:36mode light underneath there. And if you
241. 10:37put that one on,
242. 10:42nice and bright.
243. 10:45So, cheers everybody. I'll see you in
244. 10:47the morning cuz I'm going to put me
245. 10:49laptop on and watch some YouTube
246. 10:52and I've got a movie downloaded.
247. 10:56Actually, no. It's Clarkson's Farm.
248. 10:59That's what I've got downloaded. Right.
249. 11:01So, I'll come back in the morning
250. 11:05when we can see. It's pitch black out
251. 11:07there. I've never I've never known
252. 11:08darkness. Like, it's like pure darkness
253. 11:10out there. Can't even see any lights
254. 11:12whatsoever.
255. 11:14Just nothing.
256. 11:17Right, it's the morning. It's tomorrow.
257. 11:20Like it's a sweet transit now. The water
258. 11:25levels is unbelievably low. Look at
259. 11:28these. Right. For when it fills up
260. 11:29again, you can do some comparisons. Look
261. 11:31at that tower.
262. 11:35Blimey.
263. 11:41I recognize that van over there
264. 11:45with the black wind, one black window.
265. 11:48Anyway, here I am in me. This is a
266. 11:51favorite pitch.
267. 11:54Oh, just about to get me breakfast. Had
268. 11:56a lazy morning.
269. 11:58Get some uh
270. 12:00maple and pecan. P of chocolate, coffee
271. 12:04usual, and
272. 12:07know that I'm posh.
273. 12:10I got all the coffee in that up there.
274. 12:14So, let's get that out of there. Yes,
275. 12:18the genius.
276. 12:20That's actually the wrong one. That's
277. 12:21the That's the one that's in use.
278. 12:25That's Prawn Cocktail Crisps from Aldi.
279. 12:27Beautiful. Lovely them. Like get them.
280. 12:32Highly recommend them. Right. So, I'm
281. 12:35going to make a perfect coffee
282. 12:37with some bottle of water.
283. 12:41This is what
284. 12:43This is what this is for. I have to find
285. 12:45somewhere securing everything in there
286. 12:49like this.
287. 12:54And I've also knacked this. Look, that's
288. 12:57me. I tried to get that out. Can't get
289. 12:59it. Oh, I'm going to have to I'm going
290. 13:01to have to take it apart and get a pair
291. 13:05of pliers on that just to get that ring
292. 13:06out there cuz I have
293. 13:10in me possession
294. 13:13somewhere amongst the drawer of many
295. 13:15things. I've got a new one like I can't
296. 13:19get the thing out and I think
297. 13:22I don't know if the screw thread or not.
298. 13:26But yeah, I've got a new one to put in.
299. 13:29That was my fault that that's no
300. 13:31reflection on the people who put the
301. 13:33cupboard in. That was me trying to get
302. 13:35that out for painting and I realized it
303. 13:39wouldn't come out when it broke off.
304. 13:42Idiot. Idiot. Right, get this coffee and
305. 13:46then we'll head to our um walking
306. 13:50location. Hopefully I can get parked.
307. 13:54Hopefully I can find the place.
308. 13:57The fridge, by the way,
309. 14:00is brilliant. It's drawn hardly any
310. 14:02power. It's been on all night.
311. 14:05Yesterday at 4:00, I plugged that in and
312. 14:08the power bank was on 100%.
313. 14:11So from 4:00 till now it's drawn 6%.
314. 14:15It's on 94 now that
315. 14:18good. Like I say in the winter they
316. 14:20don't draw as much power.
317. 14:23So yeah, we'll see. But yeah, I like
318. 14:26that.
319. 14:28Anyway, coffee.
320. 14:32Well, heroes and villains, we're out.
321. 14:35We're parked up along there at a little
322. 14:38place called Cornwood.
323. 14:41car park. C O A N Wood. Cornwood car
324. 14:47park. Because the other one was full.
325. 14:50The one where I camped last week was
326. 14:52full. I hope it um I hope it empties for
327. 14:55later on cuz I want to stay there. It
328. 14:57should do. There was a lot of cars, a
329. 14:59lot of walkers. Look at this place
330. 15:01though.
331. 15:03I'm going to go and try and find the
332. 15:04vioaduct.
333. 15:06And then I think we've got to double
334. 15:07back and go north.
335. 15:10We'll see where we end up.
336. 15:13I like it. It's a lovely still autumn
337. 15:16day. Like just a lovely atmosphere. I
338. 15:18like this kind of weather. No wind. See?
339. 15:21No wind. This place
340. 15:23the colors.
341. 15:26This path. Brilliant. See how it
342. 15:28stretches off into the It reminds us of
343. 15:31um
344. 15:33Oh man. like you know like the the sand
345. 15:36ringham estate
346. 15:38like an old country estate
347. 15:42trees are lovely. It's a shame that the
348. 15:45leaves fall off, isn't it? Cuz it' be so
349. 15:46nice if they stayed that color.
350. 15:52Well, we're coming up to the coming up
351. 15:54to a bridge. Don't know if this is the
352. 15:56vioaduct. We shall find out in good
353. 16:00time.
354. 16:03So yeah, it is the viuctuct coming up.
355. 16:07I don't know if you can read that.
356. 16:12That's the vioideuct. So you got to walk
357. 16:14over it. And then of course I've got to
358. 16:16get down here somehow.
359. 16:19I think you can. The South T Valley
360. 16:21appears remote and unspoiled. During the
361. 16:2318th and 19th centuries, the north
362. 16:25penines was extensively worked for lead,
363. 16:27coal, and limestone
364. 16:29and support the railways all the way. I
365. 16:32mean, it must have been mad here.
366. 16:37It must have been crazy. It was restored
367. 16:38in 95 96
368. 16:43like the size of it.
369. 16:47Be honest, right?
370. 16:49Be honest.
371. 16:51Who knew? Who knew this was here? Cuz I
372. 16:54didn't.
373. 16:57I never even heard of it until I just
374. 17:00happened upon that car park the other
375. 17:01week and then I did some research as you
376. 17:05do. And this this was discovered, right?
377. 17:09We'll come back on it. I've got to get
378. 17:11underneath it though. I hope you can get
379. 17:13down cuz looking up is going to be the
380. 17:16view. Like let's see now from up here.
381. 17:20So here it is.
382. 17:22They said it's not for people who are
383. 17:23nervous of heights. Why?
384. 17:26You drive your car over here. I think
385. 17:29people do. It looks like a a road. Solid
386. 17:32enough.
387. 17:34But look at the views. It's all about
388. 17:37the views, folks.
389. 17:39Nice, man. Look at that. And I know back
390. 17:44there there is a little way down. It's a
391. 17:46bit scrambly, but I'll get down.
392. 17:49Unless there's a path, proper path on
393. 17:52that side.
394. 17:54Ah, you've got to see it from down the
395. 17:56bottom of extended
396. 18:01selfie poles. But look, that's the view
397. 18:03across there. Wow.
398. 18:08And this is the view over here.
399. 18:10Whoa.
400. 18:12Look.
401. 18:14And bridge.
402. 18:16How do you get to that?
403. 18:19I've got some discovering to do here.
404. 18:20Like I've got to get down there. Got to
405. 18:26the river south tine whatever that
406. 18:29means. So if you go up to Ashgill Force
407. 18:32and Giggill, that's where this runs to
408. 18:36if you know them areas and uh up and all
409. 18:40that. Amazing here. Like why have I
410. 18:42never come here? Look at them trees. The
411. 18:46size of them trees. Blimey.
412. 18:51There you go. The lambly vid completed
413. 18:53in 1852. That's about 10 to 6, no 10 to
414. 18:577 by the Newcastle car used by Olston
415. 19:00Branch Trains until 1976.
416. 19:04I mean, you know,
417. 19:06I think it was 50 years ago, but it's
418. 19:10not that long, is it?
419. 19:12Look at this.
420. 19:14I don't like it. Everything's um greasy,
421. 19:18you know, like wet and greasy.
422. 19:21Be careful how you're putting your feet
423. 19:23down. Oh, we'll be able to see the
424. 19:24bridge from here. Nice.
425. 19:26Look at this old place.
426. 19:29There's a few arches. And the
427. 19:31architecture making these is just it
428. 19:34just blows your mind. Like I don't know
429. 19:36how the hell they do things like this.
430. 19:39It's like that Glen Finnenv as well.
431. 19:41That's another one.
432. 19:43I tell you, this is just as good. The
433. 19:46Glenn Finn still running though. It
434. 19:48still has trains. Right. So, you just
435. 19:50follow the path down. So, you need again
436. 19:53good boots, sturdy walking shoes time
437. 19:56this time of year cuz all the leaves
438. 19:59make everything dead slippy.
439. 20:02All right, we'll come back. We'll get a
440. 20:03good view of this.
441. 20:08Dicey,
442. 20:10slippy, you know. Slippy steps.
443. 20:14This is the way to the foot bridge
444. 20:15though. So you got to do it.
445. 20:24There's the dog comes bounding down.
446. 20:25Make me look like a
447. 20:28Look at that.
448. 20:44All right there.
449. 21:01Not too bad actually.
450. 21:05It's the bridge of doom.
451. 21:11Oh yeah.
452. 21:13Don't like things like that.
453. 21:16This is where you get the good view
454. 21:18though.
455. 21:19Yes.
456. 21:21This is it. This is the view. Ah.
457. 21:26You think a lot? It's huge.
458. 21:30How many arches? There's like 1 2 3 4 5
459. 21:326 7 about eight eight arch bridge.
460. 21:39Yeah, it's good. I like it. I like a
461. 21:43foot bridge as well.
462. 21:46Look at this.
463. 21:56Nice.
464. 21:58So you go you go over the bridge, right?
465. 22:00And at the right at the end there's a
466. 22:02staircase. Come down the staircase and
467. 22:03there's finger post telling you which
468. 22:05way to go. One of them points to the
469. 22:06bridge, this bridge. And it takes you
470. 22:09back over there, which I think I was
471. 22:10going to do anyway cuz I want to find
472. 22:13another place a bit further north it
473. 22:16said. So I've got to get me bearings and
474. 22:20find out where where to go next. Right.
475. 22:23So we'll be back. That was good that
476. 22:26though.
477. 22:27That was mint.
478. 22:30Look at that.
479. 22:32Imagine a train going over there,
480. 22:35huh?
481. 22:37So, further down, further down, I came
482. 22:40along the the bank. I looked on the map,
483. 22:42right? And I think I could be wrong. And
484. 22:47there might be another bridge, but I
485. 22:48think I should be on the other side.
486. 22:51I should have stayed over there. And
487. 22:53there's a path. There's a path along
488. 22:56that way on that side, but we'll see.
489. 23:01Usually you always come to a crossing,
490. 23:03don't you?
491. 23:05I'm just enjoying this walk, though.
492. 23:06It's absolutely amazing. I love this.
493. 23:08You know, this is what I love. I've got
494. 23:11no idea where I am, but I really don't
495. 23:13care.
496. 23:17I really don't care. Slipped.
497. 23:20Um,
498. 23:22yes, it's great.
499. 23:24There's quite a few walkers out as well.
500. 23:26Groups of walkers.
501. 23:29My worst nightmare is group of walkers,
502. 23:34but you know, I'm sure they're lovely
503. 23:36people. I'm sure they're lovely people.
504. 23:41But I'm just going to keep going. I've
505. 23:43got the map um tracking where I am, so I
506. 23:46always going to know where I am. just to
507. 23:49find me where
508. 23:52hopefully come across the thing I'm
509. 23:54looking for. Just done one mile. One
510. 23:57mile.
511. 23:59Well, turns out I'm a genius.
512. 24:04I can read a map. You see, just cross
513. 24:07the road there. Follow the river. That's
514. 24:09all I did. Just follow the river and you
515. 24:13shall find what you are seeking.
516. 24:17So this is the the river south tine
517. 24:21trail
518. 24:22or the river tine south trail like
519. 24:27I'm just making I don't actually know
520. 24:28where I am. Yeah, you just follow the
521. 24:31river along and on the map it says
522. 24:33there's a campsite disused
523. 24:37and then there's something else disused
524. 24:40up here. So we'll see.
525. 24:43We shall see if there's anything
526. 24:45interesting.
527. 24:46If not, I'm just going to turn back.
528. 24:49I've done just done under two miles. So,
529. 24:52it's not far.
530. 24:55This is what I came to see. This is the
531. 24:58old Featherstone
532. 25:01prisoner of a war camp. Old remains of
533. 25:04Look, this is where the built Tom over
534. 25:09there was Dick and that was Harry.
535. 25:12That's where Steve McQueen spent most of
536. 25:14the film.
537. 25:16In the cooler.
538. 25:18In the cooler. Electric fence up. What's
539. 25:20this all about here? Dare touch it. Nah.
540. 25:25That is live.
541. 25:27Oh, the old prisoners war camp. I'll get
542. 25:29in. Like they're not stopping me.
543. 25:33I think they can stop me.
544. 25:36If that's all that was stopping the
545. 25:38prisoners. No wonder they all escaped.
546. 25:40What a place to come. Look how we
547. 25:42trapped our prisoners of war.
548. 25:45This place
549. 25:48little have eaten apples,
550. 25:51rabbits,
551. 25:53sheep probably.
552. 26:01That's the old remains of the old camp.
553. 26:06See if I can find a photograph online
554. 26:09obviously of what it used to look like.
555. 26:12I really don't want you going in. Look
556. 26:14at this. Electric fence everywhere.
557. 26:16Electric fence everywhere. I can get in
558. 26:18there easy.
559. 26:21And I will once these people are gone.
560. 26:25We're in.
561. 26:27Look at the old World Old World War II
562. 26:30farm machinery.
563. 26:32Pretty sure it's not like
564. 26:34I don't know why I'm walking in here.
565. 26:36Look at the roof. Oof.
566. 26:39Look at the oof. This is the um
567. 26:47This is the the bunks.
568. 26:51Colin Jackson was uh in here in the top
569. 26:55bunk
570. 26:56and he jumped on the top bunk and it
571. 26:58just collapsed because they took all the
572. 27:01slats. And this is some of the slats
573. 27:04there.
574. 27:06The old beds.
575. 27:09This is where the stove was where they
576. 27:10had the the tunnel.
577. 27:13That's like the coffee pot on top of
578. 27:14there. Big coffee pot thing.
579. 27:20That's the view you had when you were
580. 27:21locked up.
581. 27:23If that's true, make me a prisoner of
582. 27:25war.
583. 27:34The old history lessons.
584. 27:37It's mad. Look, I found the tunnel,
585. 27:39right? I found the tunnel that the
586. 27:41Jerry's found.
587. 27:44Come and see. This was the first one
588. 27:46they found when that Scottish broker
589. 27:49killed himself.
590. 27:51It's here. Here it is. Here it is.
591. 27:56Basically, this is all I came to see.
592. 27:58I'm going to push on note to the castle.
593. 27:59Look, that's the first tunnel.
594. 28:02This where Steve McQueen's head popped
595. 28:04up.
596. 28:06And I had to The guy was there. He's
597. 28:08like, "Don't shoot."
598. 28:11So, the shot
599. 28:13that was it. This is the old prisoner of
600. 28:16war camp at Featherstone. Google it. I'm
601. 28:18not making this up. This is real.
602. 28:22It's real. It's the only reason I came
603. 28:24here to see this.
604. 28:27I can go back now. But it says there is
605. 28:30a castle a bit further along.
606. 28:33I can kind of see it. So, I'll sort of
607. 28:35push on to the castle. And when I come
608. 28:37back, I'll come back this way. Right.
609. 28:40I'm going to have a poke around there.
610. 28:41I'm getting I'm ducking under that fence
611. 28:43like I will give it electric fence
612. 28:47probably probably electrocute myself
613. 28:50hopefully on camera for your
614. 28:52entertainment
615. 28:55for your viewing pleasure I shall
616. 28:57electrocute myself live
617. 29:01it will be live
618. 29:04but this is some places oh
619. 29:08tell you what right if it's a bag and it
620. 29:13makes quite interesting reading. I just
621. 29:15had a quick look there on tint internet
622. 29:17and it said it housed up to 4,000
623. 29:21German and Italian officers and
624. 29:24prisoners soldiers and 600 orderlys.
625. 29:28Christ
626. 29:30one of the biggest ones in Britain.
627. 29:33So there was like German SS officers
628. 29:35here scum. Nazi scum that before they
629. 29:40let them out, they brought them here to
630. 29:42dnazification.
631. 29:44And that's a word, dnazification.
632. 29:49And apparently it was successful and a
633. 29:51lot of them integrated
634. 29:53into um society. closed in 1948
635. 29:58and it was bought out in 1950 and then
636. 30:00just left left as a a stark reminder.
637. 30:07Not the Star Wars
638. 30:10sound like they had it made. Yeah. Like
639. 30:13unlike James Rockford
640. 30:16on the Great Escape when he flew that
641. 30:18motorbike over the tank, he crashed
642. 30:23or something. Yeah. Anyway, so I'm going
643. 30:25to go to Featherstone Castle, right? I
644. 30:27don't know if it's a ruin or or what.
645. 30:30Can't really tell. And here's the rain
646. 30:32as well, by the way, but have no fear.
647. 30:37Let it rain. Let it rain. I don't care.
648. 30:39I simply do not care. Right. Right.
649. 30:45So, yeah. So, we'll go to the castle,
650. 30:48then we'll do a sharp turn and come back
651. 30:52because the car park is
652. 30:54way over that two mile that way.
653. 30:57Actually, no, it's about a mile.
654. 31:00But I don't want it to get dark before I
655. 31:03get back cuz I haven't brought a head
656. 31:04torch, which is a rookie error. But
657. 31:07never mind.
658. 31:09Upon reading further about this prisoner
659. 31:12of war camp, why they had it made, they
660. 31:14had a bakery, a library, a chapel, had
661. 31:17three orchestras. They were allowed to
662. 31:19work for the farmer
663. 31:22and then they could go to the local
664. 31:24village dance on a Saturday night. Why
665. 31:26are
666. 31:28Richard Atenburgh never did that? He got
667. 31:30shot. Where's the justice? Where's the
668. 31:34justice? So, we're coming up, right?
669. 31:35This was the entrance to the prisoner of
670. 31:37war camp. So imagine you're captured,
671. 31:39right? And you're brought here and
672. 31:41you're thinking, "Oh, prisoner of a war
673. 31:44and then you see the place and you're
674. 31:45like actually
675. 31:48not too bad after all." This is the
676. 31:50entrance. Look, this is the should be a
677. 31:52plaque on the other side as well. Oh
678. 31:54yes, there it is. Let's see. Here was
679. 31:57the entrance to the prisoner of war camp
680. 31:5918 where thousands of German officers
681. 32:02were held in the years 1945 to 48. 1948.
682. 32:06When did the war end?
683. 32:08The interpreter since January 1946,
684. 32:10Captain Herbert Sulzbach, OBBE,
685. 32:14dedicated himself to making this camp a
686. 32:16seedbed of British German
687. 32:18reconciliation.
688. 32:20Our two nations owe him heartfelt
689. 32:22thanks. The friends and members of the
690. 32:24Featherstone Park Association, former
691. 32:26inmates of comp 1982. I wonder if
692. 32:29there's anybody still around.
693. 32:31There might be, you know, be really old.
694. 32:35gunshot. But yeah, that's the entrance
695. 32:38to the camp. So you brought in look in
696. 32:40there, right, lads, this is where you're
697. 32:42staying. And they like, oh, well,
698. 32:44actually,
699. 32:46and there's the castle over there.
700. 32:49It's apparently a function place, so you
701. 32:53kind of gan in and wander around.
702. 32:56It's um it's available for functions and
703. 33:01posh dues. Really posh dues.
704. 33:05So, I think we've come as far as we can.
705. 33:09We're still going in there. More
706. 33:10buildings back there under the ley
707. 33:12fence.
708. 33:17Okay. But that's not dangerous at all,
709. 33:18is it? Look at all the wires. Look at
710. 33:22that.
711. 33:23All right. So, there's your there's your
712. 33:25home for the next four years, lads.
713. 33:29Imagine that. They'll be like, "Oh,
714. 33:30well." Uh, not to worry.
715. 33:34Let's try and escape. Ah, let's not.
716. 33:38So, yeah, they worked the land and then
717. 33:40integrated into society after the war.
718. 33:42Some of them I would love to know if
719. 33:44there was any of them still still alive
720. 33:46or like descendants of them, you know.
721. 33:50Be interesting to find out.
722. 33:53Well, I think anyway, this road looks
723. 33:56like it's seen better days. Probably
724. 33:58went right out there, didn't it?
725. 33:59Probably went right out. Miles out.
726. 34:02Let's get the big wagons coming in.
727. 34:05Right back to the Stallag Luftwaff camp
728. 34:10or something. Stalag 18. I'm just
729. 34:13thinking about these these trees here,
730. 34:15right? I mean, look at the size of that.
731. 34:17That's more than 100 years old, right?
732. 34:19So, basically what I'm saying is that
733. 34:21tree was there when these prisoners were
734. 34:24walking out. So, imagine they're just
735. 34:25milling about wandering around stand by
736. 34:28the tree. Obviously, won't have been
737. 34:30that big.
738. 34:31But I bet it was there and that one.
739. 34:37They're just wandering about here,
740. 34:39chatting, chatting about what they're
741. 34:41going to do when they get home.
742. 34:46I like this, you know. I don't like it.
743. 34:49I love it. This is This is a bit of me.
744. 34:52This I like this so much. Like old
745. 34:56World World War II stuff, like old
746. 34:59relics of the war.
747. 35:01We must never go to war again like but
748. 35:05what we have done in the past
749. 35:09needs to be remembered. And on that
750. 35:12note, it's remembrance Sunday this
751. 35:14weekend tomorrow. Uh so I have to choose
752. 35:18where which way I drive back cuz
753. 35:20there'll be a few roads closed for the
754. 35:22parades. It's only the 8th of November
755. 35:25though.
756. 35:26They bring it bring it to the nearest
757. 35:28Sunday, don't they?
758. 35:30So 11:00, let's not forget,
759. 35:34especially here,
760. 35:36like see that tree there, that'll have
761. 35:38been there. All be a little springrig of
762. 35:41a thing.
763. 35:44Mad, isn't it? Mad. I love this.
764. 35:47Absolutely love this. We've got one more
765. 35:48bit to see and then we'll set back off.
766. 35:51Set set off back to the car. It's only a
767. 35:54mile and a half to the car. I'll just
768. 35:56look around the map and there's a path
769. 35:58to take you straight to it. So that's
770. 36:00all right. It's not a strenuous walk
771. 36:03this from from the car park to the
772. 36:05viuctuct to here. The way I've gone was
773. 36:10just under 3 miles.
774. 36:14So it took us over an hour and a bit
775. 36:16just cuz I've been fanning that out.
776. 36:20Old World War II farm machinery lasted a
777. 36:22long time, hasn't it?
778. 36:25What we've done is we've dipped under
779. 36:28the fence. Didn't electrocute myself
780. 36:30live on camera for your view pleasure.
781. 36:34And we're in in here. I think the cow's
782. 36:37coming here.
783. 36:42Wonder what this was.
784. 36:48Oh, the mud.
785. 36:51It's not great. It's not great.
786. 36:54You say old out buildings now old barns
787. 36:57and suppose I' got it
788. 37:02god look what I'm walking in
789. 37:08right
790. 37:11they brought
791. 37:12they've repurposed it
792. 37:15for like cattle I think cuz they've got
793. 37:18a gate here
794. 37:20it's they're being shot we're being shot
795. 37:22at Run.
796. 37:26Save yourself.
797. 37:29I'll be I'll be fine.
798. 37:55Yeah.
799. 37:56Oh, look. Just be careful where you
800. 37:58putting your feet. That's all loads of
801. 38:00mud.
802. 38:02I don't think you get in here. Don't
803. 38:04think they want you. Somebody taking
804. 38:06shots at us. It's also really muddy.
805. 38:13>> Oh, yeah. You hear voices, right? I'm
806. 38:15hearing voices. It's been fun. I've left
807. 38:17the map running.
808. 38:19It's telling us how to get back to the
809. 38:21car park. But yeah, that's the old
810. 38:26>> infirmary.
811. 38:28I don't know. They have just done three
812. 38:30miles. Just clocked three miles now.
813. 38:33So, that's not bad, is it?
814. 38:35And it's not uphill or anything.
815. 38:38But it's good. No chimney stack. How's
816. 38:41that still standing?
817. 38:46A lot of old history here.
818. 38:50Yeah. I don't think bad things went on.
819. 38:54I think we treat our prisoners quite
820. 38:55well.
821. 38:58Right, going to head back to the car
822. 39:01because the rain's coming on. So, I'm
823. 39:04going to have to cinch in. I've got to
824. 39:05get under this fence again.
825. 39:08And that's it. We'll get back. We'll go
826. 39:09and get find park up. Hopefully, I'll
827. 39:11get back into that car park where I was
828. 39:13before.
829. 39:18So instead of following Google Maps
830. 39:22suggestion, I just come back the way I
831. 39:24came.
832. 39:26And
833. 39:27can I just say it's a really nice little
834. 39:30walk this there's so much more to it.
835. 39:34I've literally only done like 3 mile and
836. 39:37it goes on for
837. 39:39long a lot longer than that. You can
838. 39:42literally walk all day.
839. 39:45So highly recommend it.
840. 39:48the South Tine Trail, I think you call
841. 39:51it, right? There's a charity in the
842. 39:53northeast called Daft's a brush
843. 39:56and they do um charity work for like
844. 39:59handicapped kids and that
845. 40:02mental charities and what have you. And
846. 40:04they've named this trail the Daft of
847. 40:06Brush Trail cuz I think they bring the
848. 40:09kids out and walk users. You can see why
849. 40:13it's mint. This is like one of the best
850. 40:16walks that I've been on
851. 40:19anything anywhere.
852. 40:21This is really good. And that prisoner
853. 40:23war camp. Well, I just capped it off.
854. 40:26There's cows. There's cows over there.
855. 40:29There were cows. There's people walking
856. 40:32beside us before. They were panicking
857. 40:33like mad about the cows and I just I
858. 40:37just overtook them. Just plowed through
859. 40:39them all. They just followed me.
860. 40:42Right.
861. 40:44So
862. 40:45the daft is the brush trail the south
863. 40:47the river south time trail
864. 40:51if you want to do it look it up there'll
865. 40:54be loads of maps but the path is pretty
866. 40:58well marked like there's loads of finger
867. 41:00posts and you can see where the path
868. 41:02goes and follows this river.
869. 41:09So yeah, we'll see you back at the car
870. 41:12because everything now is just a repeat
871. 41:14of before. I should come out at the
872. 41:16viuctuct again and then just back up
873. 41:20back up to the track to the car park. So
874. 41:24yeah, I think I'll do probably about
875. 41:26five mile just over five mile maybe.
876. 41:28It's not bad. It's not it's not great,
877. 41:31but it's not bad. But it was a lovely
878. 41:34five mile.
879. 41:37Right.
880. 41:44So, we are back in the van, nice and
881. 41:46dry. I got a little bit wet, but it was
882. 41:49all right. And just having some lunch.
883. 41:52Uh, cheese and onion. Cheese and onion.
884. 41:56Caramelized. No, cheese and caramelized
885. 42:00onion toasty. Should get the packet out.
886. 42:03from Aldi. This is this is another
887. 42:05inspiration by the cheeky meat man. He
888. 42:08had one the other day. Look lovely. So
889. 42:10you just do it in the air fryer. It
890. 42:11tells you to do it for 7 minutes.
891. 42:14So I've done I've done five and then I'm
892. 42:16going to flip it over when it's done and
893. 42:19then have that. So I've got another
894. 42:21coffee to have cheeky coffee. Bit of
895. 42:23juice. Cheeky juice. Couple of bananas.
896. 42:27It's a good walker. I enjoyed that.
897. 42:31a prisoner of war camp with mint. Really
898. 42:32good. There's another one somewhere
899. 42:34which I'm going to try and find and I'll
900. 42:36go there.
901. 42:39It's like really really
902. 42:42I don't know. There was a funny
903. 42:43atmosphere. Can't really describe it.
904. 42:45You got to go got to go for yourself. Go
905. 42:47and have a look. It's meant fee stone
906. 42:51castle prisoner of war camp. Right. I
907. 42:55can have this and then come back later.
908. 42:59More people turn up. I did get me spot
909. 43:01at the um
910. 43:03where I was last week. I did get a a
911. 43:05pitch. It's not the same pitch, but it's
912. 43:07just as good.
913. 43:09So, I'm in. I'm happy. I'm in. I'm in.
914. 43:13That's the van lock. Can you tell? You
915. 43:15see?
916. 43:18And the fridge draws hardly any power.
917. 43:20The the leisure battery is still on 12.7
918. 43:23volts. So, it's not even been drawn
919. 43:25power while I've been away. And it's ice
920. 43:27cold.
921. 43:28mint after seven minutes and using no
922. 43:33Oh, no bars. Look at that. Oh, yes.
923. 43:38Oh, that's lovely. Smells lovely.
924. 43:41Toasted.
925. 43:43Just bit plain on the other side. Like
926. 43:45toasted though. Nice. Going to have
927. 43:48that.
928. 43:49And then just chill out for a bit and
929. 43:52put the football on. Don't even know
930. 43:54who's playing. Doesn't matter. Just put
931. 43:56it on. Well, I might just say that
932. 44:00toasty was absolutely beautiful. Highly
933. 44:03recommended.
934. 44:04I'm cooking now. I'm doing
935. 44:08um
936. 44:10Keep throwing that packet away.
937. 44:14Smoked hadock melt in the middle fish
938. 44:17cakes in there.
939. 44:21That's them. I've done the chips.
940. 44:25I'm going to put them back in just to
941. 44:27reheat them once they're done cuz they
942. 44:30take a little while. This is still
943. 44:33going. Like it's still on uh we're on
944. 44:36two bars now. But don't forget for the
945. 44:38other one is back up. Fridge is still
946. 44:40running perfectly.
947. 44:43Not drawing much power from the leisure
948. 44:45battery. Can I hear that? I heard it
949. 44:48kick in before, but that that was it. I
950. 44:51can't hear anything since then. Had to
951. 44:53keep checking it was still on.
952. 44:56Right. So, yeah, we're going to get them
953. 44:58melt in the middle.
954. 45:00It's cheese in the middle, isn't it? I
955. 45:02mean, they're so decadent. Deluxe ones
956. 45:04as well, you know.
957. 45:07Couple of beers and Craig Jaws. That's
958. 45:09it. That's the crack. I had to have a
959. 45:12little nap earlier like which did the
960. 45:14trick. I was listening to the football
961. 45:17and uh I dropped off. We scored and then
962. 45:222 minutes later Fulham scored. I was
963. 45:24like, "H." And then I fell asleep. I
964. 45:27heard the commentator.
965. 45:29I heard the commentator talking to you.
966. 45:32Blah blah blah blah blah. 54. I'm like,
967. 45:3454. Bloody hell. What a match. And it
968. 45:36was a different game. They were talking
969. 45:37about a different game. We were one all.
970. 45:40One all. We're blooming full, man. We
971. 45:42need to win games like that. Can't keep
972. 45:44going like that.
973. 45:46But we do. Right. So, yeah. Everything's
974. 45:49set.
975. 45:51Give them a shake. You got to It reminds
976. 45:54you to shake them, but you don't need to
977. 45:56shake fish cakes. Just give them a move
978. 45:58around. All right, we'll come back when
979. 46:00it's all done and the feast is prepared.
980. 46:05There we go. Melt in the middle
981. 46:09fish cakes.
982. 46:11Oh, yes. Oh, look at that. Very nice.
983. 46:17Just do that. Cool down in the middle.
984. 46:19Really hot.
985. 46:23Yep. Good.
986. 46:27I shall be getting stuck in
987. 46:30when I come back. That'll be it. Well,
988. 46:33there we go. After those beautiful
989. 46:38fish cakes, by the way. Really nice.
990. 46:42I tell you which is the best ones.
991. 46:43Sainsberries ones. They're nice. The
992. 46:47sains berries. Go and get them.
993. 46:50I'm just sat here chilling out now.
994. 46:51Look, got a beer.
995. 46:54I've got the laptop. I don't know if I
996. 46:55can get um YouTube on. I don't know if I
997. 46:58can get the internet. I don't think it's
998. 47:00strong enough to stream.
999. 47:02I think it's only um I'm only able to
1000. 47:04send messages and listen to the radio. I
1001. 47:07don't know if I can stream. I'll try it
1002. 47:08like cuz I want to watch a bit of
1003. 47:10YouTube on that.
1004. 47:13So, I'm just chilling out here. Sing
1005. 47:15with me lights on. Look at us. Look at
1006. 47:18us. Look at me go.
1007. 47:22Hi. Here I am. Here I am.
1008. 47:31All right. So,
1009. 47:33I got to find something to watch. Right.
1010. 47:36I got to get the internet on
1011. 47:39YouTube.
1012. 47:40YouTube.
1013. 47:43Cube. YouTube. It knows. It knows. It
1014. 47:46remembers.
1015. 47:48Oh, look. Yeah. And there's Ruth Aling.
1016. 47:52>> Oh man. What's happened? What's
1017. 47:53happened? No. No. Busy. So, I've got the
1018. 47:56number.
1019. 47:58I do want to watch it.
1020. 47:59>> So, he has
1021. 48:00>> I do want to watch this cuz his van's
1022. 48:02broke down. Ruth Asing, right, is
1023. 48:03brilliant. She's uh she's like a
1024. 48:06celebrity. She gets in the papers and
1025. 48:07all that. Loads of videos all over
1026. 48:09Scotland. She's the one sent us to
1027. 48:11Aaron.
1028. 48:13Well, she didn't send me, but that's
1029. 48:14where I got me idea to go. She went, it
1030. 48:16was mint.
1031. 48:18But so yeah, I'm going to just watch a
1032. 48:20few videos, chill out. I'm just going to
1033. 48:22have the single bed the night. It's
1034. 48:24comfortable enough. And I only have the
1035. 48:27double bed out. If it's uneven ground,
1036. 48:30like if I'm on a bit of a slope, have
1037. 48:31the double out cuz then you're not
1038. 48:33slipping off it.
1039. 48:35And uh on occasions when I can be
1040. 48:37bothered,
1041. 48:39but it means moving that fridge around.
1042. 48:40I can't be bo can't be bothered doing
1043. 48:43that. It's easier in the morning as
1044. 48:45well. just everything's there. Right.
1045. 48:47So,
1046. 48:50we'll see you in the morning.
1047. 48:54Um, we'll see where we are. Still
1048. 48:56raining. I'm under a tree, which makes
1049. 48:58it sound worse than it is. It's only
1050. 49:00light rain, but the tree is dripping.
1051. 49:04I've got earplugs. I'm going to need
1052. 49:05earplugs.
1053. 49:07after after last week as well with the
1054. 49:09um the noisy walkers chit chatting in
1055. 49:11the morning. Definitely need earplugs
1056. 49:14cuz they had me up really early and I
1057. 49:16didn't want to get up early. Right, so
1058. 49:18we'll watch Ruth and we'll see you in
1059. 49:21the morning in the morning.
1060. 49:25Morning campers.
1061. 49:29Yes.
1062. 49:31And not only little pastry, healthy
1063. 49:35bananas cuz I'm healthy, but I'm not
1064. 49:38like six pounds a meal last night.
1065. 49:40That's how healthy I am.
1066. 49:43So, here we are. This is
1067. 49:47There's nobody here on this side.
1068. 49:51Massive van there. I don't know how he's
1069. 49:52got that in there. Like that's a a man
1070. 49:55TG
1071. 49:57180 4x4. That's a nice van.
1072. 50:02That's a beast.
1073. 50:04Here's me look covered in um
1074. 50:06condensation and leaves.
1075. 50:12So yeah, basically just chilled out last
1076. 50:14night watching watching the telly.
1077. 50:18Downloaded a series on um I play watch
1078. 50:21this city is ours. It's nuts.
1079. 50:26No idea where I am. Look at this. What
1080. 50:28is this? So there's a big wall of some
1081. 50:30description.
1082. 50:32I wonder if it's anything to do with the
1083. 50:33railway.
1084. 50:36Probably is.
1085. 50:39So anyway, about the fridge. Fridge has
1086. 50:42been magnific.
1087. 50:46I'm so happy with this. It's got
1088. 50:49everything cold. Frozen chips in there.
1089. 50:51Still still cold.
1090. 50:54Coffee ice cold. Couple beers left.
1091. 50:59Chili jam ice cold.
1092. 51:05That's a good bit of kit. That
1093. 51:08highly recommend them if you've got a
1094. 51:10camper van or even if you've got a just
1095. 51:12want to go camping with a fridge
1096. 51:15if you get electric hookup or a power
1097. 51:16bank.
1098. 51:19Very good. Very nice. Right. So, I'm
1099. 51:23going to have me coffee and me guazon.
1100. 51:25Me guzzle. It's not even this is maple
1101. 51:27and pecan.
1102. 51:30And then I'm going to head off.
1103. 51:32But it'll probably take us about 3 days
1104. 51:35to
1105. 51:36get all this condensation out here. Oh,
1106. 51:39it's bad. Like
1107. 51:42yeah, this is the time of the year for
1108. 51:43condensation.
1109. 51:46Right. So, if you've enjoyed this, give
1110. 51:48it the old thumbs up.
1111. 51:51Tell all your friends you can go my way.
1112. 51:54Did that one before, haven't I?
1113. 51:58And uh we'll catch you on the next one.
1114. 52:02I have no idea what I'll be doing. Not a
1115. 52:05clue.
1116. 52:07Get one of them fridges.