Baby STRID? The ROMAN EMPIRE? + Channel Updates!
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Visiting the River Gelt in Gelt woods today which is very similar to the Strid at Bolton Abbey but on a much smaller scale. I also show you an interesting fact about the Romans 1800 years ago from this very location. Channel updates too as a thank you for all the amazing support since my more frequent uploads!
That looks so much like the Strid. I noticed the same types of rock formations and potholes, and "wrinkled" look to the brownish water. It looks deep here too. It's too bad you can't get closer to find out how deep this is. Britain certainly has some fascinating geology. I just subscribed to your channel btw, and really enjoy the research you are doing. The Strid is my new obsession and I think yours is my favorite Strid channel.
Thank you Otter that is always great to hear! I am very lucky to have all of this on my door step. It's a beautiful place!
@@jackasnacks Indeed you are lucky, but sometimes you make me nervous when you walk so close to the bank's edge. Those rocks look so slippery. I know others have said this, but please be more careful with the Strid!
Hey I was in one of those quarries in Gelt Woods about 25 years back (a pal lived at Hallbankgate at The Howard). There was an inscription from the 2nd Legion Aug on one of the faces of the quarry. I'm sure it mentioned Agricola. I lost the photo (it was a 'real' photo, printed at Boots and taken before I had a digital camera!). Can you go and get back and do some filming of Roman Graffiti in Gelt Woods quarry? It will save me from having to travel so far South again.
Yeah i can do Lanarkish. I am going back to get some more footage of the Gelt river at some point so i will go and find the text for you too
@@jackasnacks Collab with Metatron? That would be cool.
I'm one of those who signed up after the Strid but very much up for some wider content with a bit more of an in-depth look at things. It's refreshing to see adventurous outdoor content that's not just sensationalised "danger" and over-excited music.
Great to see more of our beautiful Yorkshire countryside. Trojan 62, (Barnsley).
Very cool. I’m in the USA and I love camping. It’s cool to see the outdoors in the UK.
thanks for your videos.i will be looking forward to future ones.
Glad you like them!
from the fire ravaged deadlands of the West, it's wonderful to see water and green life....congrats on the partnership....
The strid videos brought me here, but i'm quite certain that your way of presenting the content played a major part in why i found it so entertaining.
You do you!
No joke these deep narrow channels of water remind me so much of locations in Dark Souls lol. And no wonder, the game is definitely based on the geography of the British Isles.
The Roman connection is incredible. How they went all the way up to Scotland and built the first roads than interconnected all the celtic tribes and the first peoples who arrived in the UK, presumably Celts from Iberia. I still remember some of the Roman stories that a scottish tyour guide told me as we walked around Stirling castle. He told me that 1 in 16 British men still carry the transalpine gene, descended from the Roman garrisons stationed around the country... 2000 years ago (madness).
Showing these sites is nothing short of amazing Jack. Well done and thank you.
Charming fellow, glad to have found your videos!
Wonder if it’s possible to 3D-Map the interior of the strip with sonar?
Next time you visit the Strid take a walk up the Valley of Desolation. There's a pretty waterfall and at its base a nice pool to cool off in.
Congrats on the partnership! I think videos on strange, hidden or historic sights around the area would be cool, it’s nice to see a sight that’s not only cool looking but got some history behind it, or at least some cool facts, Think kind of like Tom Scott’s videos.
Cheers Shuggy! I like the style of Tom's videos in that sort of short burst of interesting factual information. That's kind of where i was going with the Roman info in this one but yeah definitely enjoy doing those. I also learn something too! :)
Maybe show our American friends the Bolton Abbey, too and that river running past it?🤔.
Definitely seconding this!
Just an FYI I was subscribed and the YT system unsubscribed me, happens a lot with a lot of channels. You should use the sonar ball on the Gelt area that is like the Strid and test to see has major undertow. Love camping in wild areas stuff.
I suspect a sonar ball might be an expense for one job but great idea, rental?
How Stean Gorge mate 👍. Do your research, get a decent head torch, drop into the hole in the field and descend into Tom Taylor’s Cave. Pop out into the Gorge 😎.
Will make a great video for your viewers, it’s a place I had endless fun as a kid. I was last there 10 years or so back, turned up early, no one about. Went through the cave system and into the gorge, did all the hard hat thing afterwards 😂. It’s an easy route through, I had my 70 year old mate with me 😎
Cheers on the channel's take off. The strid was definitely a good starting point, I agree with your projected direction. Maybe something to keep in mind, we're all taught these facts about such and such date in history, but what you just showed about a quarried location and the stone went to Hadrian's wall ... Some ONE had to make those chisel marks ... I think more of that kind of scope can keep things interesting and fresh while being able to vary content. Best from Ohio
I do so agree, Katy. Videos like this bring history to life and make it fascinating, rather than just learning kings, queens, presidents etc by rote. I like to think of those Romans chipping at the rock, swatting at flies, maybe slipping on moss and swearing, all in a day's work. 😀
Nice! Area looks so enchanting, i can imagine all sorts of stuff for tales to tell. Love the area.
Sonar all the dark water! throwing the camera on a string is awesome too.
Great! Plumpton Rocks. I've heard there are pathways amongst the rocks. Glad to see your horizons are growing though like the Sea, there is so much unseen under the water swirls in the strid.
I originally found your channel because of the Strid and just how infamous it is, but I'm really liking all your content so far. Being an uncultured american, I'd love to see more of the north of England, and definitely some of the Scottish highlands if you go out there.
Really interesting stuff. The Strid, Romans, Quarries and camping in the Lake district and the Dales. Plus your accent is great. Really easy to listen to. Cheers from Australia.
I'm likin' the scenery. Reminds me of home...thanks much!
I think any Roman related content is very likely to draw interest. Anything of Historical interest in fact. Quarries, lakes, mountains and camping etc, too. I would love to see North England and Scotland, as one side of my family immigrated from there generations back. Old Churches, bridges, graveyards also interest me, but possibly, not everyone holds similar interests.
Cheers Stone Wolf i will keep all that in mind :) I'm sure i can fit some in whilst out. I know when heading out for camping i go past loads of stuff like this
@@jackasnacks Cool. Thanks. Those are things that I personally find interesting. Maybe others do too? Anyway, thank for interesting content. The Strid always fascinated me particularly.
I’d be really interested in Roman history and architecture. It could fit quite well if you’re doing outdoorsy, interesting location type stuff on the channel.
I, uh, grew up on the Ohio close to the Tennessee and the Mississippi. This is what we call a creek.
It's gorgeous!!! I love your accent!!! Over here in the States we forget that not everyone has that plummy accent.
Cool, I’d love to see you out and about showing us more like the chiseled wall
Man I just found your channel,sub.this is 3rd video.hello from the U.S. Louisiana.man that stride is some kind of wild.something that narrow with depths like that.and this video seeing the marks on the stone like that.wow!!!
You are good man,exceptional quality filming and narration.job well done.
The Strid videos caught my attention, but I like your style and it’s fun for a yank to listen to ya. 👍😄 I enjoy a variety of channels where folks from all over the world are showing us cool stuff in their area. Anything about Hadrian’s Wall is great stuff!
Cheers Jim! Someone else mentioned this before about my accent :D I am very northern British and the area i'm from is called Cumbrian! Although i am on the border of Scotland so some of the Cumbrian words are shared closely with the Scottish lol
Randomly found this channel, glad I did. Looks like a wild place.
Any castles would be cool or abandoned places, Stonehenge, or monolithic sites. The piece on the Roman empire carving out rocks was really cool.
I love your ideas you presented for future videos, definitely!
DEFINITELY interested in more local lore/Roman Empire stuff! Ty from Wyoming USA
We know this place well, Cumbria really does have the best natural features. Looking forward to what to come from this channel mate.
Always interested in seeing what history has left behind. Beautiful scenery! Goredale scar waterfall is cool 😎
You should host people. Kinda of like a private tour thingie with just a few folks at a time. I, a very old lady, was thinking it would be fun to hoof around in the woods looking at serial killer streams and having a fine time. Beside, you look like you would be a kick in the ass to hang around with. Good job kid. Damn good job.
Judy thats awesome! All it takes is a good bit of motivation to get out there and have a look around! Honestly i would choose not to go out some days just because i thought whats the point. Now i can't wait to get out because i have the power of this exploring army behind me now that is just as interested as myself! The support and kind words from everyone is incredible
I am excited for the future of this channel.
Interesting stuff young man, looking forward to seeing where you take us!
You and me both!
Hi from California Mr. Jack a Snaps! Just discovered your channel and really really like it. Saw this one and two about The Strid which were amazing! I Love the marks left by the Romans on the stone face. I've been thinking about making some videos myself but have been procrastinating. Watching you has put me back to it. Thank you! Keep up the good work!
Bluke thats awesome to hear so glad you're picking the camera back up! I have had my channel for about 2.5 years and i have had 3-4 months where i haven't made anything at all. The thing i love about RUclips though is it will always be there waiting for you. Just go enjoy whatever it is that you want to create content on and dont over think it :) Also you are the first person from California i have seen comment! Someone from LA yesterday too it blows my mind that i have viewers over there :D
@@jackasnacks
Thank you!
There is a section like this on the River Elwy in North Wales, near a place called Llanefyd outside Abergele. You can see it has carved a ravine through the limestone with similar pockets and holes. Interesting series, thanks!
Interesting! It seems there are a few examples that other people live close to. Cool to hear about them. I'm not sure why this particular one has such a global interest though!
Congratulations! ✨✨ Camping videos sound interesting.
Thank you Ellie :) love that you're here! If you're not from the UK i hope your part of the world is doing good!
I just found your channel and I really like it!
Congratulations Jack!😎👏👏👏 Looking forward to following the evolution of your growing channel. I know nothing of filming or editing but I do know I always enjoy your uploads. The content, your natural delivery, the camera work, the background music - in my view, all very well put together. The measure of 'em is they're 'allus' over too soon!! You, outdoors, water - what about kayaking/canoeing?! Jus' sayin'!! Stay safe m8👍
Cheers Charlie! Uploading a new video and waiting to hear the regular commentors thoughts like yourself makes them fun to make. I used to find it awkward to vlog in public but it makes it a hell of a lot easier knowing you are actually speaking to someone so your thoughts and conversation are really important to me
Does allus mean alsway?
@@davepowell7168 Aye, it does Dave, northern vernacular. All the best mate 👍
@@charliefarleyba8940 Thanks, down in the westcountry English is our 2nd language!
@@davepowell7168 Wow, Dave, West Country, beautiful part of the world, booked next year's holiday for my son & I (cottage on the Fowey) - can't wait!!
Beautiful place!
Thanks for Sharing.
Gelt dale and Gelt wood are magical places
Can’t wait to keep following you! Good stuff
There is a certain cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland that I wouldn't mind seeing you film. A little dog is memorialized there. We live in Pennsylvania USA but I lived in Scotland for a year many years ago and recently my daughters visited England. One of them wanted to go up to Scotland and I sent her to the cemetery in Edinburgh. It was an experience for her but she didn't tape it so I would love to see it.
Thanks for that Roman Empire bit! I actually visited Hadrian's Wall on a study trip of Roman Britain that I took with university nine years ago, but I didn't know about those quarries then. Seeing your videos makes me want to come back to visit the north of England. Greetings from the Netherlands!
Hi , l liked Vlissingen Straat festival. I was performing and twice the police escorted me to where l was staying when being a beer enthusiast l was to drunk to cycle. I found this very nice.
Hello from Western Washington state; I caught the strid the other day...cool stuff, got my subscription.
Dann i just seen you're other comment before, we're 2 for 2 on the replies baby! Lets go :D
The camping videos sound interesting, as do wild explorations in North England. You are showing me part of the world I may never see. Thank you!
More wild swimming but do keep safe. And take your time with these videos. No need to rush for weekly content.
Mannnnn do more magnet videos. I'm in America and love it when y'all find old stuff. Just be sure to watch a video on how to connect your magnet lol so you don't lose it
Hidden History is of utmost interest. Some old battle grounds, castles
Tried Britain's Hidden History? Some are wayover standard.
I've been watching 2021 PCT Hikers/Camping. Really looking forward to you expanding. The RUclips partner bit worked. You popped up as a suggestion and I'm glad they did. Really interesting. Love the back story. Keep em coming.
You seem like such a lovely guy. I really enjoy these videos, thank you! I can't get out much these days as I have a spinal injury, but I can still watch RUclips adventurers 😊
Thank you pixie very kind 🙃 I hope your back recovers well and doesn’t stop you from exploring in the future! I am uploading again soon with another adventure I’m going on this week 👍🏻
That was really neat to see the Roman rock work. The sheer effort to construct Hadrian's Wall still blows my mind! I'm not so much interested in swimming and camping, but I'd watch for the historical things you find along the way. That would be extremely fascinating! Beautiful part of the world by the way!
I'm chuffed to find a fellow Cumbrian on RUclips 👍
I'm desperate to get out and explore more. Can you do some more geocaching videos please? Or kid friendly/ pram friendly areas to explore.
Reminds me of the River Calder, at Calderbridge, in West Cumbria too. That could be a potentially interesting video!
padded the gelt many years ago in spate great run
For us American subscribers and other foreigners, could you maybe show us a map or two for context about the location? That would be really helpful for me to get an idea of the geography and layout of the locations.
Yeah of course Ian, didn't really think of that. I am learning as i go with these videos hopefully one day i will get better at remembering stuff like this :D
It’s worth checking out the Roman History of the Wharfe, the Romans had a goddess of the Wharfe, Verbeia. A statute of her was found in the river at Ilkley which is about 5 or 6 miles below the Strid and is now on show in the parish church. It is thought that the Strid had an influence on the establishment of the deity. Some also believe that she became the goddess of all rivers in the Roman Empire. Ilkley was the site of a Roman Fort known as Olicana, but recent research suggests that Olicana was in fact just West of Skipton and the fort in Ilkley was named Verbeia after the goddess
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I know this place as well as I know the Strid... nice area!
I was born in West Yorkshire and lived there most of my life but the last place I lived in the UK was Great Corby, just outside Carlisle. I sometimes cycled to this spot and I walked through this valley many times!
Much further upstream, there's a small waterfall where I used to watch the salmon jumping. One day a salmon lept out and bounced off my knee!
Re the wild swimming, my favourite places for swimming up there were a few spots along the river Eden, the deepest pools in the river Derwent, above Grange, and at Crammel Linn waterfall.
I expect you know the cliff that people jump off into the Eden... just above Armathwaite? Some great spots for swimming along that stretch. Some nice little sandy beaches too.
Look forward to watching more of your videos!
Wild camping, swimming spots, yeah, I can go with that.
I'm one of those who watch the Strid vids through my fingers and shout at the screen, "Get back from the edge!" I can't watch them all the way through, lol.
haha! Well hopefully the newer videos are more calming for you :) I am out filming a new one tomorrow which i should be uploading this weekend! Going to an incredible place in Scotland that has a lot of interesting lore i want to share with you!
@@jackasnacks Oh well I shall envy you that one. I love Scotland, have a bus I converted to travel up that way (I'm Teesdale area) but have been nowhere since covid started last year. Happy travels.
@@jackasnacks I'll look forward to your Scottish lore, too. I'm a writer and this features heavily in my work. ☺️
Can't wait to see more stuff form you man, keep it up :D
Congratulations once again Jack! Camping videos sound really cool, I look forward to seeing more from you
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Cheers Onion, just catching up on comments now man sorry it took 4 days to see this, RUclips has been going a bit wild for me the past few days lol
It really seems crazy! You jumped from 500 subs to 3.1k in about 3 weeks!
I wish I lived in a country that has ancient roots such as the UK. Amazing how the engravings from the Romans are still so clear
been diggin this strid content, no clue how this got algorithmed but not upset about it
How Stean Gorge is a nice place to visit, you'd get some great shots there! Malham Cove, Jennets Foss, all beautiful locations around the Penines :)
Thanks Jim I will add those to my notes now for future spots 👍🏻
And Gordale Scar, if you’re in the Malham area. The scramble where the public footpath goes up the valley by the waterfall is interesting, although it’s probably about 20 years since I went up there.
those cylindrical holes are really cool, they are the result of a rock getting stuck in a whirlpool type current that spins it and it slowly drills into the rock.
Congratulations! Love your content.
Thanks so much!
Cool! Ace channel 🙌. Finland here. What I'd love to see is a full Strid drone flyover. And how about sending a tethered sub drone through as much as possible?
Hi, Just stumbled on your channel today and it's amazing. Subscribed immediately.
I love the experiments you're doing at the Strid, but I also notice you mentioning struggling with your equipment almost being ripped out of your hand a couple of times.
Please invest in some safety equipment. It would suck for you to become national news and yet another statistic a week later.
You can get a climbing harness, sling, some rock nuts and carabiners for around £200 I recon. It ain't cheap but it's cheaper than your life.
You seem like a lovely chap. Wild camping up ont' moors with a mushroom trip report. That'd be good. :-D
Congratulations on the success! I would reckon that the bronze and iron age peoples of the area must have had a fear of, and perhaps reverence for the Strid.
Cheers Nameless! Your name is a mystery just like the Strid!
Camping and history vids sound like a Great idea to me
Good stuff. These days when I go wild swimming I wear a 3/4 wetsuit it means i can stay in the water longer and its much more comfortable. When I was a younger man It didn't bother me so much. still good fun though!
I looked yesterday and it was 3.4 k . One day later 4.9 . Well done 👏
We love you Jack and respect you for the work you put in. I read everything can get my hands on and have an insane hunger for knowledge, but somehow had never heard of the strid! I love the geography in your videos and being from the US,we don't have the rich history as you do in the areas that you feature in your videos.
Sounds like a good plan, Jack. Don't miss out the N Yorks Moors for camping vids, as you asked Newtondale makes quite a study.
And don't sell the channel with promise of snacks and then leave them out of your future. I've watched three so far and not so much as a Wotsit!
cheers from Middlesbrough.
Hahaha i didn't even think about the snack thing. It was just something a friend of mine used to call me that stuck! But you make a great point i might have to start a little snack feature in each video
happy the channel doing well for ya man probably the 8th video ive watched today bright future keep it up
I like the idea of doing the camping videos!
you are a happy random find, I've already subscribed.
Love it, happy and random sounds about right :D
Congrats on the partnership man!
Thank you man :)
I want to see you attach a neodymium super magnet onto a rope and drop it down into the strid to see if you can pull up some ancient artifacts.
Enjoyed your video! 🙂
Looks like a great place to go hiking. I dunno about swimming videos but I definitely sub to some camping and bushcraft channels already so probably would watch that.
Congrats on the youtube partner!
From Canada: Camping gets my vote - and Strid updates and new ideas of course. Nature is fascinating, scary and beautiful.
Subscribed. Also if you could try to find small signs of history around the places you visit and document them. The Graffiti at the quarry was super interesting. I will gladly watch you visit these sites of historical significance while on adventures like this.
Thanks for the sub! You name really confused me then i actually thought to myself how on earth can i see this deleted message ffs :D
Like to hear more about that old wall
hello Jack a snack, enjoying your videos. If your looking for interesting places the one nearish you i can think of is Gaping Gill look at braford pothole club gg winch meet . Another one at my end of the country is the Mixon hole which you may need a boat for but has similar reputation to the Strid for having down force the pulls to the bottom of the hole there is also supposed to be under water cave there. hope this might be useful for you.
I like that you are going to do a variety of things. Too many creators get stuck in a niche so far they lose the spark when someone is enjoying what they do. Camping sounds fun!
I grew up next to a micro strid in summer the stream can go in a 12 inch pipe, it flows down a single notch carved into bedrock less than a foot wide and 3 feet deep. In flood it's about 6 feet deep and has the force to sweep a car away roll it until flattened and sweeps along enough rock that in a 100 yr flood in constricted areas typically where some stupid human put in a road and bridge, it over tops the bridge by several feet and the rock hammers off all the steel railing asphalt paving leaving just the pocked reinforced concrete behind. So, plenty of force over the millennia to carve out channels in bedrock, even our tiny stream. I saw quite a few circular holes cut into rock. fyi that's from a rock or two getting stuck in a crevice banging around in the current until it makes a circular hole and gets used up then another washes in repeat. Wish we had some of those at our micro strid but maybe just not big enough. We do have 3 levels of water falls to play under, big plunge pool at the bottom and at the top a small plunge pool that the folks that lived next to it used to use as a summer 'bath tub' (wearing suits of course). A few miles away is a rock cut canyon 1000 feet deep starting with a waterfall. I've never been down there but 1,000s a yr do and only a few don't come back, most simply fall down cliff but one or two manage to drown. But, that's water. There is a stream about 2 x the one above below the strid where a few folk die every year in the gee, class 1 maybe 2 rapids they 'shoot' in big old truck tires with some netting in them for a bottom. I don't think it's as much the swirling water as the six pack of beer floating along tied to the tube. But people even manage to cripple themselves doing stupid human stuff on the mountains, ice climbing, cliff climbing, getting too close to edge for some dumb reason.
Your camping idea is cool, and I'll check out your finding waterfalls.
If you ever come to NE US in summer remember, rattle my chain, you can use the old family place to explore the water ways and mountains.
suscribed :) I like the history mixed with interesting and weird places in nature!
You should visit Goredale Scar!
It's not far from Bolton Abbey (and the Strid), and has a few other interesting features in the locality (such as Malham Cove and Janet's Foss).
Go for it mate 👍👌👏
That's good. I was not sure how far you could stretch Strid content. Apart from risking one of those new underwater drones that some channels have been hawking.
Yeah theres only so far i can go as 1 person but tthe more views the strid gets the more likely it is that someone with a lot more money or even a public company might be willing to throw some funding at it. Even if the results aren't on my channel i would still love for some elaborate project to start there in the form of a documentary!
@@jackasnacks Thinking smart my friend l shall continue to support you , posting comments.
Some will be constructive and a few to 'interest ' your fanbase, please don't take my apparent criticisms too seriously.
Get on with your work!
Can’t wait for this channel to blow up
I'd take a look at gaping gill, very similar limestone formation but straight down instead of accross
This was pretty frickin cool man!