An Unedited, Rain-Soaked Ride on Claughton's Aerial Ropeway
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025
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A few people tried to call my bluff on last week's pinned comment, which promised this video. Here you go! The real star of this video is the GoPro 9: I have no idea how it managed to keep stabilisation through some of the jolts, particularly those turns. To be clear, it's attached to the bucket!
Nice
Balls
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Awesome
The rain added to that strangely relaxing video.
So, clay soda stream video next?
Another ASMR video for Clive's list?
it really did. I somehow imagined being Fred Dibnagh in the bucket on the way down.
Nice to see you here too.
Hey ! It's Big Clive ! I saved this relaxing video as a new wallpaper.
“Intermittent creaks and wind noise, continuing through the journey.”
Yep, sounds like me
Ikr, just walking trying to be all quiet cause it's 11 pm but your feet start making all these creeking noises and it doesn't sound like I am healthy
And to think soon this footage will be a unique historical record.
@@presidentburnell5224 wtf
@@presidentburnell5224 How is this related to the ropeway?
@@presidentburnell5224 Wrong video mate
@@presidentburnell5224 go away
@@hierrikmedan6934 what did phil say??
This video starts of at a high point but it continues to go downhill all the way till the end
Just like r6 seige
Oh you
I would say the footage is consistent throughout
Yes, that is indeed how gravity works.
That's low
When the bucket travels through the trees I thought, "this could almost be a rainforest!"
Then I remembered that this part of England actually once had rainforests.
Can we get a video about the rainforests of England?
That would be awesome
the rain is still there. :D
Well, there is rain...and there is forest so make from it whatever you like.
@@Conartist666 fair enough 😂
Wales still has a few
I just watched over 18 minutes of dirt going down a hill.
10 out of 10, would do it again.
It’s mesmerizing and relaxing. Almost like an ASMR.
@@MiCnWww I was just gonna say, it's very calming! The mechanical noises are oddly soothing. Not too loud and still complex sounding to be interesting. That's weird to say isn't it. Maybe a bit. (The view through the forest was also absolutely stunning!)
Well, did you watch it with the subtitles turned on?
That was lovely! I don't think I fully appreciated the length of this ropeway until I saw it like this (I know you must have mentioned it in the previous video, but hearing a fact is not the same as experiencing it)
Haha, thought this would be up your alley.
Hey atomic shrimp! I definitely agree, I wasn’t really sure how long it was either, this was definitely cool to see.
It's weird seeing you here. Nonetheless, gonna watch your videos from this weekend after this one.
When is there a new weird stuff in a can?
Y'know, this is the _second_ un-commentated, raw, just-under-20-minutes-long video in my subscriptions in two days.
A bucket of grey stone swinging over a post-industrial landscape through grey rain under a grey sky... possibly the most English video I've ever seen. 10/10
And it's somehow very cozy to watch this while being cuddled into a warm bed 🙂
@@ProtectFreedomOfSpeech but the HEATWAVE
The Hovis kid pushing his bicycle up the hill would push it to 11/10
If you lived where I do, it would be the green that stands out!
And we watch it too. Do non-English people watch?
Imagine being in that bucket. That would be really cool.
More like sketchy af, but you do you
I watched in vr
Like a ski lift, but way more dangerous.
you? nah, It can only support up to 250kg
@@proxymurphy7357 Live on the edge
It's odd, but this is easily one of the most relaxing videos I have watched to try and cure my insomnia.. ever! Really enjoyed It!
ah yes, a bucket carrying stone thru an aerial railway.
Did it work?
you should try train ride videos, plenty of that on RUclips
Oh i never expect you to be here Lath
Try a healthy diet, exercise, and a routine.
Next: We Sent Garlic Bread Along Claughton's Aerial Ropeway
And Then Ate It After It Got Fired In The Kiln.
We Built an Aerial Ropeway at the Edge of Space
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Then we flew a kite in a public place.
@@BoldAndBrash5683 *Doon doon Doon*
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 one of these built on the moon would be epic
I love at 18:29 when the worker realizes "hey, this is the bucket with the camera on it!" Just the delight on his face.
The little wave at the end made my day
He's just so happy to be here.
@@david65219 Mine too
My only disappointment is that it doesn’t include the return journey.
The empty cart probably rattles like crazy
Potentially you could send some beer up, doesn't weight much :D
Watch it in reverse
@@nothereandthereanywhere cool idea
@@FSXgta yes and i want to hear it
Aerial Ropeway ASMR: You are newly unearthed clay on your journey to becoming a sturdy brick.
my one true goal in life.
@@ninamarie177 Aim for the president like I am.
Newly unearthed clay
Here's it is as a haiku:
Aerial ropeway
Unearthed pieces of clay,
becoming a brick.
@@Luuk3333 doesn’t work in a british accent, smh my head
Tom. Just to say thank you. I loved seeing the whole run. It was only at the end that I realised, I’ve seen it before! When I was very young with my mum and dad on holiday. We stopped on the road to watch the buckets go over. A memory I’d have lost without your hard work. 👍
epic win
Epic
The worker waving at the camera at the end brought such a smile to my face
I didn’t know I was interested in watching a bucket descend a ropeway for almost 20 minutes but now I want more
I know, something like this is just such a rare treat.
It's mesmerizing.
there are trainspotters and you're a bucketspotter then
I'd love a view of the other way too
Rail enthusiasts actually…
I think the magical thing about videos like these is there is no jump cuts, no loud obnoxious music, no emotional spiel or hyped commentary. Just relaxing sounds and an interesting countryside to observe
Riding along with a bucket of dirt in the rain is the most English thing ever.
Nah, that's what they call "Public Transportation"
My thoughts exactly. Can't forget the fields full of sheep as well.
your statement is almost accurate. it’s missing the tea and crumpets that it needs to be the most British thing ever.
@@Cherr1Bomb06 You forgot the Cucumber Sandwiches with the crusts cut off, and an Umbrella
You can't forget about their warm beer!
I can’t believe Tom got in there with all that dirt for us
He's really getting us the dirt on it
I thought 18 minutes was going to be the round trip time - nope that's just one-way. It gives you a good impression of how seriously long this arieal ropeway really is.
I ff to about halfway, looking for the factory. Nope.
👍 same
About 40 minutes long!
I know you're a perfectionist, Tom. But there's nothing wrong with this footage. xD
This. The entire trip wouldn't have been used in the original clip anyway. There's plenty of good stuff here to be used
Exactly what I thought! I would have used it on the main video
It's cool and all, but what about at 14:30 to nearly the end when a raindrop completely blocks the view?
As a glasses wearer this is just what the world looks like in rain. I'm used to it.
Perfection lies in the imperfections
Wow, I can't believe Tom pulled this one off in a single take!
Not like he could do much about it once it left
@@Corksy r/wooosh
The guy at the end was so wholesome
omg the lil wave 18:39
@@mountaindrew2241 Be honest; did you wave back?
@@LeafHuntress maybe
You can't honestly expect anything more from British weather than this
British weather is good
@@erihic7172 That’s a joke right
Living in an arid place makes one envious of Britania's rainy weather. Look at all these lush greens!
@@kdmedia1534
Well, it's certainly nowhere near as bad as it's reputation suggests
@@kdmedia1534 Hell no, I love that kind of weather.
you just have to love how the trees avoided the ropeway. near my house there is a railroad crossing, and the bourgainvillea vines that grow above the tracks bend themselves perfectly in the shape of the train. now there's this tunnel-ish thing hanging from the electrical wires above the tracks.
that guy's smile and waving at the end made me extremely happy
god i wish i was a bucket of dirt being transported through the rainy countryside without the use of electricity or gas
My new life goal
I don’t think that sentence has ever been uttered before
Well actually, you Can generate a bucket of dirt and having it transported instead. And since you generated it, it's a part of you, so your wish is still complete.
What are we all but buckets of dirt being transported through time?
How does it work without gas and electricity? Someone pls explain in short. Didn't watched the original video, and too lazy to watch right now
Anyone else cheer when that big raindrop cleared just before the flyover the road at end?
Yup!
17:44, I cheered a little.
Not so anybody could hear.
I love how it's able to go uphill in certain sections by going _generally_ downhill :)
Yes, just like a siphon!
Perfect description of my life!
@@Patrick_Engels nice
@@Patrick_Engels is everything fine bud.
@@Patrick_Engels yea, you ok?
I've watched a Garlic Bread go to space
I've watched a car drive for a Billion Dollars
I am ready for this.
Every time I think about that garlic bread strapped to a rocket I crave it.
@@deborah3250 bro, it was a weather balloon
And a car go to space
@@Gsrsesgs oh you're so right. It's been a while.
There's "content" that lasts a couple of seconds that make you feel like you're wasting your life.
Then there's Tom Scott, forcing us to watch ~19 mins of unedited unmanned GoPro footage down an otherwise perfectly normal scenery and making us feel like we've watched something which someone, someday, will look upon and use as historical record.
10/10, recommend viewing with popcorn.
Is there anything Tom Scott can't do?
Its obvious in hindsight but I was suprised how much this looks, feels and sounds like an old chairlift
Rode one last year in South Africa
Same… makes me miss chairlifts
Very similar technology, only this one is built heavier to deal with the industrial use of the ropeway.
I grew up in the Australian outback where the predominant colours are red and blue, so seeing so much green (and grey) was astonishing.
Go to Caprock Canyons state park in Texas. Red dirt, blue skies, green grass, yellow flowers.
I grew up in Victoria, where things are generally a bit greener. But thus is a completely different kind of green. I'm used to the pale green of grass that is used to being bleached 5 months of the year, and the grey-brown-green of eucalypts. The verdantry on display is sickening.
Many years ago there used to be one of these in Tasmania. Not identical in design but the same concept being used. It was a fairly similar visual setting too, surrounded by forest and yes it crossed the road at one point.
@@shaun5552 There was one at Kandos (?), Mudgee Valley, NSW, until the 2000 (?), and loads more elsewhere nationwide.
I love the fact that your Gopro uses more electricity than this machine.
Oooooooo! Nicely done!
BTW you can use a 3-phase synchronous motor to both start it comfortably and act as a speed regulator & power generator. The Černý Důl→Kunčice nad Labem ropeway does precisely this.
@@vaclavtrpisovsky i mean, you could also use single phase if you so pleased
FYI: The spray that motorcyclists use on their visors is great for stopping water droplets spoiling footage 👍
What's that spray called?
@@GhostPuddle not familiar with a particular spray they mean, but simply Rain-X may work just fine. The “ceramic coatings” being hocked by so many influencers on social media should do well too.
this is the kind of video that will appear in everyone's recommended in 10 years
Nah, it's too long. Everyone knows "The Algorithm" favors short videos under a minute long.
Inshallah it will.
@@WanderTheNomad The Al Gore Rhythm changes all the time, it already weights watch time much more than it used to.
I'll keep an eye open....
@@WanderTheNomad not really, under half an hour definitely but this is like post10s videos, or that one of the demolition of a Texas HOA dam
The dude grinning and waving at the camera made my morning
Mine too, was worried no-one was gonna talk about it! :D
The sound file from this on a loop would make an amazing noise machine file.
This for some reason, is satisfying
Relaxing too.
@Jordie Jordan grammer
it's like the trash is taking itself out. Or rather ... in?
@Jordie Jordan Somebody ban Jordie Jordan please. Incorrect spelling will not be tolerated.
And very restful when it's 30 C outside.
I find myself somewhere between "why am I watching this" and "hell, this is GREAT content".
I used to walk in the countryside when I was younger. Seeing this made me miss it, All the trees and rain. Ahhh so calming
that dude at the end waving to the camera is so wholesome
There was a nice meditative aspect to going on the bucket's journey.
I found it overwhelmingly hypnotic with the intermittent rain drops, bucket swaying, brushing against foliage. 😵
@@DiscreteMiscreant I went for an inside walk in front of the screen as it was pouring outside...
18:30
There’s something special about them seeing and waving to the gopro on the bucket
There's something special about watching a rainy, green vista slowly move past while you're curled up in a warm bed. I'm glad this will still be around long after the ropeway is taken down. Thank you, Tom!
Tomorrow is my final exam.
My brain: Let's watch a bucket for 19 min straight
ooof good luck
@@liam_hurlburt thanks :)
I watched it for only 10 minutes. Watching it at 2x speed really doesn't effect much
I heard that watching bucket ropeway brings luck ;)
exam. ah yes, I remember that word
This was oddly relaxing and calming to watch. I'm saving this for stressful days, I feel like it would be great to put my mind at ease.
It sure beats the garbage on TV. It's a great white noise video to fall asleep to!
It's a pity people can't take this ride, just clumps of dirt. Lucky sods.
I suspect at least one person has gone down it at some point
Well played
@@recycledsteel3693 Hell there is so much inertia that you could even go up no problem with all this mass going down.
👏
I thought Tom was going ride it. This was a misleading title.
Going between the trees was so blissful and satisfying.
It was cool how there was a bucket shaped hole in the trees because they constantly bust through! I wonder if Tom knew how much his camera was going to get hit by branches?
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 Those holes are probably trimmed to that shape, not just made by the bucket pushing through
@@kirstinmccarty8920 tbh the bucket probably trims it on the way through. You ever try to stop a few hundred pounds of moving stuff with some wood? I did, and it ended poorly for the wood.
The happiest 19 minutes I've ever felt.
@@joshuacheung6518 it's just like roads on country road where overhanging trees conform to the largest vehicle that comes through, due to pruning by said vehicle.
I just sat through all 18 minutes of this. It was spectacular. This really does deserve a 360 degree 3D VR capture so we can experience it in a VR headset.
This shows how far away these Two plants really are. Incredible work
I can’t help thinking "I wish this could be my daily commute".
Not a far cry from (relaxed) cycling.
Source: I commute by bicycle.
I mean, it's a one way trip to the furnaces, but besides that...😅
I mean it is essentially just an old fashioned cable car if you think about it. Find a job downhill from you and illegally set one up lmao
shale rock rides! ride the old and creaky claughton ropeway today! tickets only £20!
Move to Pittsburgh, PA and you can take the Incline as often as you want, although Mt Washington will not take 18 minutes, and the slope of the bluff is a lot steeper.
For some reason while watching this, my brain concluded: "In the 90s, this would have made a killer screen saver!"
Yes brain, yes it would have. Thank you for this contribution.
I've gone retro of late and have mystify screensaver back on. I know it isn't needed and is actually worse than it just turning off but I like the visuals. Now to find me some flying toasters :D
Not really, there are a few sections that remain the same color, so it wouldn't be a very good screensaver.
Almost 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated joy, just pootling along the countryside in the bucket!
Truer words never.
The only thing better would be being garlic bread sent to space.
*booket
Is this Tom's longest video?
@@Synergiance No, that would be 2.5 hours of uncut garlic bread and weather balloon footage
This bucket is now a celebrity, the trees are merely fans giving it a high 5 on its way down
I like that thought 😌
All the trees are hoping to be featured in the video.
I just hope there won't be a tree with a sign in the way.
@@woroGaming oof
Wow another wannabe comedian in the chat
At least Tim Vine, Gary Delaney and Milton Jones know their jobs are safe
I love how the continuous travel of the buckets makes for these tidy lines where branches more or less don't grow past.
"This footage is not good enough to make its way through the final cut"
But also: "This footage is too awesome not to be released in full"
This is why Aerial Ropeway Tycoon 3 is the best of the series, because you can ride your own aerial ropeways.
That's a game I want to play.
code this game
That genuine welcoming smile at the end was a nice, spontaneous touch.
That worker's little wave to the camera at the end is priceless.
*midway through the video*
Tom: i am standing inside a bucket of the claughton aerial ropeway.
Timestamp?
I read that in his voice
And here I'm going to show you how gravity doesn't always point straight down.
Nobody likes this bucket, not tourists, not locals, nobody.
@@jsmith4230 🤣Tom Scott had to hurriedly retrieve the GoPro before it was sent to Yakutsk.
That was magic. Having previously watched your interesting background on this, it was great to also witness it from the viewpoint of a lump of clay.
I love how once you know it's been stabilised, the bucket begins looking like a cardboard cut-out because there's no change in perspective when it moves
Me: I'll just watch for a couple of minutes...
Me 19 minutes later: What no return trip?
I was expecting the 18 minutes to be a ride down and back, but 18 minutes one way - damn thats a long ropeway! :)
Me too. Round trip please!
Me: I'll just watch a couple of minutes of this.
18 minutes later: Is it over already?
This actually brings me so much joy, to a frankly worrying degree
Welcome to my world!
It's peaceful here.
A calming, rainy ride. Somehow, we needed it this year.
🤫
I love how they're just like, "Meh. We'll let the buckets prune the trees as they go by."
It’s odd how busses do this it really makes you realise how many go by so often
PUT CHAINSAWS ON THE BUCKETS
I know. A few times I thought the buckets would be stopped, but they kept on going
Tom Scott can publish anything and we’ll watch it all the way through.
Truth
Is there gonna be one of those "I made people watch 19 minutes of mud in a bucket, and this is what I learned"- Tom Scott video's?
'It really rains a lot in the UK'
So relaxing. Some of the footage of the forest made me think of the many stories and legends that were generated by and in English forests. Really cool!
Lovely friendly smile and a wave at the end. A perfect end to a surprisingly compelling video. I ate my breakfast whilst watching. Not that you needed to know that.
Ah finally. The much awaited sequel to "2½ Hours of Unedited Garlic Bread Flight Footage"
Can’t forget the hour of driving in silence either
Thank you for sharing this. It's the kind of thing a person doesn't get to see and there's a quiet gentle different-ness about it that's a nice change from much of RUclips's clamor and flash.
Who else is watching it at normal speed and enjoying it?
This is lovely!
And it was too short! Should have included the return as well!
"Sorry, I can't join you tonight, I gotta watch a new relaxing 19-minute Tom Scott video."
based
Lets just, for a moment, take in, that almost 300k people has spent almost 20 minutes on wathing a bucket of clay, going down a hill.
If this aren't the peak of online entertainment, I don't know what else should be.
The glorious time of the old 2D cinema
1.5x gang!
At a full work week of 40 hours and 50 weeks a year and now 400,000 views, it would take one person over 63 years to do that.
that is Questionable
It's satisfying XD
I just want to say I think it’s great to have a separate publication like this. This seems perfect to diversify your footage for the different kinds of viewers. This way nobody will be bored, and the people who’re genuinely interested in something extra are well served as well! Keep on keeping on!
Want to have a beer with that legend at the end, waving hello to the Internet.
Yup, we need a gofundme for a bar tab for "employee of the month" right there :) I'd kick in a fiver.
In a way the grey improved this as the sky didn't blow out the exposure, and some how relaxing to watch an old bucket lolling along a cable.
The rain makes this video more British than it ever needs to be.
But the trolley doesn't have tea.
@@AnshumanKumar007 We can make it transport tea.
I like to imagime Tom is actually up there holding the camera.
That would be funny
That was actually quite awesome. Unbelievably long system there, this is the only way to really put it into perspective. So glad you decided to post the footage anyway!
The guy pointing and waving to the camera at the end is so wholesome haha
Have to say that I'm glad this was actually filmed in a rain storm. Gives a real sense of the operating conditions this system has had to operate in for all these decades. Thank you! 👍🏼
Not a rainstorm. Just a very ordinary wet day in Britain.
Will never cease to be amazed how the gravity feed still works despite the sag on the loaded cable between the pylons \m/
I love how dark and grimy this feels. Would make a great atmosphere for a game
Made By Hideo Kojima
Feels like (modded) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. :0
@@erlkiing Ah nu cheeki breeki i v damke
It's called Britain
Lou2 seattle
Camera tech has come a long way in the last few years. Just to check is the stabilization only digital or is there a gimbal involved?
@Barack Obama I think you are correct Mr President
@Barack Obama thanks Obama
@Barack Obama Camera's often have a degree of sensor stabilization, where either the lens, sensor or both are moved. But the outer lens or protection will be static.
@Barack Obama the droplets will move anyway, looking at go pros specs it's both digital and optical stabilization
Tom said it was just attatched to the bucket
This video was super relaxing, but what really brought it all together was the guy who waves at the camera at the end
Shoutout to the raindrop at 17:39 that decided to jump ship so we could enjoy a smooth arrival.
I actually cheered when that happened
shoutout
18:38 the cheeky wave at the end made my day
I still find this engineering marvel fascinating.
Really curious how many people are going to watch this to be lulled into sleep. If you are, good night! 🥱💤
I want it on loop. Like a long DVD, I think it would work quite well as a sleep aid. In fact I think I'll make it into one (for personal use) tonight.
I was counting the seconds between each passing bucket to see how accurately they were positioned. I missed several by nodding off.
Three times already. Took about 5 minutes
kind of unintentional ASMR...
@@LT-de6zk there's actually a look video option for me I'm on mobile when I go to the video settings it's right there a toggle you might Wana look into it
I would be willing to pay an unreasonable amount for this ride.
How much?
@@RNCHFND An unreasonable amount. Pick a reasonable amount and then add a bit more.
@@UnitSe7en yes
Isn't any amount unreasonable for something that isn't up for sale? - Philosoraptor
50 dollaridoos ?
I know you weren't super pleased with this footage, Tom, but I'm so grateful that you've uploaded it anyways. I've already watched it a few times: It's just so incredibly relaxing of a video. Thank you.
Literally just watched this 3 times in a row. It’s so relaxing to watch.
I have never before felt so much joy in finding out someone wasn't being sarcastic.
It's nice how this structure will forever be solidified in history because of this RUclips video.
I'm so happy you did this for posterity's sake and hopefully someone can do a 360deg one before it gets destroyed!! So people can see the trip in all it's glory!!