*Afterthoughts & Addenda* *Beyond Survey Point 33* - I revisited Chesil beach to take a look at the stones between the last survey point and the very end of the beach - it's detailed in this video: ruclips.net/video/ty8g4Vw_VbE/видео.html coal fragments* at 10:16 - this isn't relevant to the 'fisherman's handful' thing and isn't something they would be assessing; these pieces of wood and charcoal probably came from a beach fire lit by someone night fishing, quite recently, at the place where our sample waypoint happened to land. Not in any way pertinent to a legend dating back hundreds of years.
this is the kind of pedantic weirdness that I love. Right up there with calculating the unemployment rates of various video game towns. I am very happy about that time-lapse of the stones at the end. Very interesting, thank you.
I enjoyed every second of this video…and I’ve no idea why. I really don’t care about the size of gravel/pebbles on Chesil Beach. But I’m going to watch Part 2, and I’m sure I’ll be just as transfixed again. There’s just something engaging about a true enthusiast, and Shrimp is an enthusiast about so many things. It’s never dull or boring watching and listening to Mike just doing his thing. Ah, there you see, I answered my own question as to why I enjoyed this video so much.
Not only is it a thing of wonder and joy that Mike embarks on such expeditions with the care and curiosity of a scientist, it is of comfort to find a large tribe of similar-minded people who find it utterly riveting. Thank you one and all.
Waves do go over the top but the water goes through the middle of it to create those river like effects, fished the beach for 20+ years i am local,i walked it 2nd march 2014 when a cargo ship lost loads of containers off chesil and millions of packets of cigarettes were washed up the length of beach, and bmw motorbikes among other things wish i could share the pictures with you. Great video as always thanks
If anyone had said to me I’d be watching a guy measuring, counting and listening to pebbles from Chesil Beach on a Friday night, I’d have told them to do one! Yet, here I am , from start to finish, riveted to every word you say. I’ve turned into a geek haven’t I? I used to be cool at one time. Ah well, C’est la vie. Lmao xxx
Thank you Mike's friend! I was thinking as you were walking along, taking your measurements, that it would be cool to find some really old fishermen, and ask them if they had been taught to know the difference in the stones. Also, for two years in college I worked in the mailroom, to this day, some twenty plus years later, I can hold an envelope or package in my hand, and tell you how much it weighs, lol Humans are quite amazing. Oh, the color of the stones changed a lot; the bigger they got, the lighter they were, hmmm. Loved this video, I love Chef Shrimp, Gardener Shrimp, History Shrimp, but best of all Science Shrimp. You get a kind of small excited child aspect to your voice, it's awesome. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Have a lovely weekend.
I concur with the envelope and package weight assessment ability. I once had a job where daily we mailed lots of stuff (old style airline tickets and other documents). I really couldn't tell you how much they weighed, but I knew when they were even a hair past the ounce markers and would need more postage. Also, not very long after I started cooking, when following recipes, came a time when I realized it had become pointless to bother with measuring cups. Once a disbelieving friend put my measurements to a test, and there was no easily discernible difference between my amounts and the markings on the measuring cup. Humans truly are amazing. And I also agree wholeheartedly with your statement regarding the wide ranging Shrimp!!! SO well stated.😊
it's like the time i was in conversation with my dad and held my thumb and finger an inch apart. my dad, who hadn't done any carpentry work in 20 yrs said, no, that 1 1/8". at 5 feet away, he could see the difference of 1/8", lol wow
I find videos with incredibly niche, specific and "odd" titles like this the most intriguing, so I simply had to watch :) Discovered this channel a couple of weeks ago and watched through a bunch of videos, I've really enjoyed it! I'm already a massive nature enthusiast but your content has sparked a strong new-found excitement about little things like foraging, and identifying plants and rocks. I really appreciate your content, Mr. Shrimp, and wish you all the best on all your future journeys!
When I was a child, my imagined futures did not include watching someone pick up gravel, but here we all are. I got myself a (soft) drink to enjoy while I watch.
A friend who will join you in such an endeavour is certainly one to treasure. I have been looking forward to this experiment eagerly, and it was worth it. I love pebbles, and seeing so many of them in this video made me strangely happy.
Chapeau, that’s a tough long walk on gravel, it took me 3hrs to cycle to Portland from Bridport on the bridleway and lanes on the north side of Chesil Beach this week to look at the quarries from one of your other videos. Thanks for a whole hour of gravel 😹
Been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I just have to say that these are so comforting. Even something that may seem 'unimportant' to some like surveying on a beach, is oddly relaxing. Thanks a lot for sharing these little projects with us. Much love for you, Jenny, and Eva
The large, yellow object is a cautionary buoy used to mark a hazard or some notable feature of the waterway such as an underwater structure, pipeline, strong currents, or hidden hazards that make passage unsafe.
Would it have some kind of identification markings on it? If so I would have written them down and reported it to the relevant authority in case they wanted to rescue it. 🙂
Many years ago I kayaked around Portland Bill exiting on Chesil Beach. One of the most difficult things I have done, just climbing out of the kayak and then hauling it up the Portland end of the beach with the surf breaking, I'm not sure how fishermen with boats would have coped. Another interesting kayaking thing was swan herding in the Fleet for Abbotsbury Swannery so that the new signets could be weighed and ringed. Kayakers from local clubs lined up across the Fleet and had a gentle paddle down corralling the swans along.
Yeah, the roundness of the pebbles makes it especially hard to ascend the slopes on the beach (it's also part of what makes the surf zone dangerous even with only moderate waves - it's like trying to remain upright standing on wet ball bearings.
I know EXACTLY what you mean by desolate remoteness. I made that walk back in the 90’s, and apart from the gruelling nature of walking in shingle, I felt oddly uneasy. Suddenly I had a terrifying feeling of claustrophobic panic. I felt so ‘cut off’ and isolated. Really weird.
“Ah I’ll just watch a few mins, then wait for the follow-up analysis” I thought to myself. Few moments later, I’ve almost finished the video! Thank you mr shrimp, never change.
I love all rocks. I'm 68, and I have rocks of all sized, textures, and colors both inside and out, from all over California, and a few other places. I know you aren't supposed to take rocks home with you, but I didn't always know it. I get pretty excited when Atomic Shrimp posts videos with rocks (and stones) in them. I think pebbly beaches are so curious! The Pacific ocean delivers mostly very fine particles of sand to us.
Isn't there a beach in Hawaii where people take rocks when they're not supposed to and there's supposedly a curse? Apparently people send them back through the mail because they believe it's brought them bad luck. I don't really believe in that though.
32:50 Just wanted to highlight the precision of the pocket placement on your shirt, the fabric pattern lines up perfectly. Oddly satisfying (and great pattern on the fabric btw)
I've got a Digital Caliper that can pretend to be a Bluetooth keyboard and can log measurements automatically. It is very useful for logging large amounts of data.
This was so enjoyable. I’m so glad I saved it for a Friday night. Thank you for taking us with you. I can’t walk on beaches now and it was lovely to get out and about with you.
Thank you to your friend for joining you! I'm glad you did this video as I found it super interesting. I enjoy the discovery and explorations :) Thanks so much!
I swear, Mike is the absolute master of making the mundane fascinating. I USED to give that honor to James May, but Atomic Shrimp has stolen the crown with this one. If you ever start tearing apart random household items and rebuilding them, he's FINISHED, lol.
Amazing to see the lengths people will go to, to find answers... It's a certain thing for certain people. I'm guilty of this, just not about pebbles. Really enjoy how your mind works 👍🏻 Looking forward to seeing the results!
I loved Chesil Beach when I visited! It was actually very comfortable laying on it, the stones are small enough not to poke you but it also moves enough to not be compact and hard like sand can be
I grew up around here and spent many days playing (and swimming 😬) on this beach, and roaming those fields around Abbotsbury, so this was some unexpected nostalgia!
Well done! The legend I heard was that the fishermen could tell where they were along the beach in the fog by the SOUND of the surf breaking on the pebble beach. I did a similar crude survey myself years ago but I only went to a few locations accessible by car.
That's interesting and it does make sense. We did capture a bit of the underfoot sound in this video, which will be related in some way to the surf sound. Off the top of my head, I think it's true that the surf sound at Abbotsbury (small stones) is a sort of hissing noise and at Portland (large stones), there is a more distinct clatter or rattle. Might be worth investigating...
@@AtomicShrimp I thought as I watched/listened that your audio of the different pebble sizes underfoot would end up in the analysis for the changing pitch or frequency etc. and could thus render another graph or table - or even just an audio version of the images in timelapse - played like a tonal scale form one end of the beach to the other, maybe with your customary video notations showing the numbers of sample spots you're in between, to break up the visual sameness...? Oh I hope you see this even though it's been a week! I realize you might already have put it all to bed. Just a suggestion!
@@sarahshelton396 I think we might need to leave that promising line of inquiry to someone else - it really deserves to be investigated by someone with the proper equipment to capture high quality recordings and the skills to do the audio analysis.
First I thought: 'I am not going to watch it, a whole hour of only pebbles'. But I did watch and it was more interesting than I imagined. And now I'm looking out for the data and conclusions!
Every Friday, I look forward to a new AS video and, every Friday, I hope it's a long one (not that I don't enjoy the shorter vids, I do, I enjoy all your content, but I prefer longer, more in-depth videos to shorter ones), I was in ecstasies seeing such a long video, especially of such a mundane but strangely fascinating subject! Hope we don't have to wait too long for Part 2, I'm so interested to see the data! Edit, forgot to say, huge thanks to Shrimpy's nameless friend for helping make this happen! Kudos to you, our anonymous hero XD
Congratulations on checking this something off of your lifetime to-do list. Be sure to add another something so you don't run out of things to do. I have an idea that something horrid happens when that occurs.
@@AtomicShrimp I wanted to let you know that your videos have brought me comfort during some of the most excruciating times of my life of late. I have experienced a series of soul-shredding losses recently, the latest a couple of days ago. I do not tell you this to elicit sympathy, but to let your know that upon hearing the latest, I had to find something to distract my broken heart and screaming brain. To soothe me. I chose your videos. I played (I was going to say watched, but mostly I didn't, just listened while I kept my hands busy) your most recent long video of grainy goodness, the bread making video. I'm sorry if this is a disjointed post, but my head is not altogether together at this time. I just wanted to let you, Mrs. Shrimp (whose video appearance reluctance I appreciate and share), and the most excellent shrimp dog, Eva know, that I, a stranger who lives in another land, appreciate your existence, and I wanted to share that with you lest I miss this opportunity. Please take care of each other. And know that your videos are more than . . . videos. Thank you.
Thanks Mike, as usual, a great video. On a side note, a busload of us came to Chesil Beach from Camborne in Cornwall on a fishing trip during the winter, when the cod run. I was casting 6 oz weights with a 13 foot beach caster rod using 30lb breaking strain line with a 50lb leader line and an Abu 7000 multiplier reel. The wind was coming off the Channel and my weight seemed to hang in the air, such was the strength of the wind. I did manage to catch a few mackerel but it was a thoroughly miserable day.
I never thought I'd be interested one bit in the size of rocks, pebbles or stones, however I'm sure I will be by the end of this video. Mike is so knowledgeable about so many things I've learnt much from watching Atomic Shrimp videos since 2020. In relation to the pillboxes, apparently there exists a study group in Abbotsbury with an interest in the history of beach defenses
This was a great watch! A video idea comes to mind... perhaps condense everything related to preparing for the hike in a shorter video, including lessons learned. As a "So you want to hike Chesil Beach" sort of prep video.
That’s an oyster farm long wooden trays, they are farming them in bags in Portland harbour as well( they are farming sea weed as well!) my friend owns the farms very interesting
There was a question on Tom Scott's podcast 'Lateral' about this beach recently and I am convinced someone saw your video and that's what inspired them to send the question in!
I feel as thoygh there should be a welcoming committee at the end of your journey to recognise the work you have completed. Well done to both of you. I hope you got your well deserved fish and chip dinner.
Thank for the video of Chesil! It really is quite a stunning natural feature that we are gifted with down here. The shingle banks are very steep in places and having fished there (many many years ago) and the weather turning for the worst, it really was a struggle just getting back up the bank from close to the water's edge. It doesn't take much imagination to see how it can go very wrong. If anyone visits this area, do go up on Portland Bill and take a look back down the coast from the viewpoint, it really is quite awe inspiring.
This is my job in a video! I fully endorse this video 🙌 And I was literally planning on doing a TikTok video on Chesil, now I don't have to (and my poor boyfriend is saved an awkward hike keeping me company)
re: that final remark about walking to the point of exhaustion without realizing, I've been in such a situation and it's scary. I didn't feel hungry or thirsty but my mind was sluggish so I stopped to eat a bite. Took me 10 minutes to get food out of my backpack due to loss of dexterity and mental acuity. I had to slap myself in the face to get some stress hormones going.
Yeah, I think it's one of those things that can just creep up on you and rob you of the mental faculty to realise that something is wrong. There have been a couple of notable cases in the news this year of hikers who died after presumably just trudging on to the point of exhaustion and dehydration.
VERY interesting. And it's a cliffhanger!! It was so very visually pleasing too, with the vibrant colors, thanks to the lovely cloud cover. You two have to be in good shape to have walked ten hours on pebbles. I hope your legs still worked the next day, and day after that. Mine wouldn't have. Thank you.
Abbotsbury Swanery is lovely. When I visited there was 1 flamingo,and we approached the entrance by horse and cart. In Whitby,which faces north,the tide comes in from the left.
At 53:36, my jaw audibly dropped. The difference is phenomenal, and I wouldn't have expected it whatsoever. Shows the power of exploration and curiosity - thanks as always, Mr Shrimp!
I had a thought near the end of the video where you were showing walking footage of the beach, how cool it would be to have drone footage of the trek straight from one end of the beach to the other, before thinking for a moment how incredibly difficult it might be to do just that because of the length or the beach. Then to consider how cool this video was on its own. The observations and data followup is gonna be awesome. Great video
I used to live in Switzerland near the mountains (the smaller ones on the French border) and I’d nearly always bring a 1,5 liter Evian water bottle (I had a huge glass jar that I’d refill at the source itself for free 😂) and a nuts and raisins mix. Never had a protein bar in my life 😂
I used to live in France near the Swiss border lol.Thonon-les-Bains, next door to Evian-les-Bains. I remember all those taps where you could fill bottles for free.
We were in Abbotsbury for our late summer holiday just at the start of this month (and we used parts of this beach for walking the dogs), so I’m slightly wondering whether there’s a chance I’d have unknowingly seen AS (and friend) at some point.
@@AtomicShrimp It does indeed. That was the same week we were there. (I haven’t seen us in the video yet, but those footprints you mentioned did look like they could very much have been ours as we were definitely home before that downpour arrived.)
(I’ve just double-checked the holiday photos, and that’s the day that only one of us was doing that walk while the other two [including me] were doing the third batch of our _Doctor Who_ locations tours for the week, so the probability that we were ever there together would be 0.)
Would be super weird if that did happen, but I do occasionally run into people who know me. We were quite a way along the beach when that rain happened - like maybe 3 miles in at that point - we set off from Abbotsbury sometime just after 8AM
This reminds me SO much of my geography field trip to Chesil Beach and Lulworth Cove many many MANY years ago now. My project focused on the size distribution of rocks relative to the high and low tide lines. To nobody's surprise, the big rocks were nearer the sea than the little ones. LOL
*Afterthoughts & Addenda*
*Beyond Survey Point 33* - I revisited Chesil beach to take a look at the stones between the last survey point and the very end of the beach - it's detailed in this video: ruclips.net/video/ty8g4Vw_VbE/видео.html
coal fragments* at 10:16 - this isn't relevant to the 'fisherman's handful' thing and isn't something they would be assessing; these pieces of wood and charcoal probably came from a beach fire lit by someone night fishing, quite recently, at the place where our sample waypoint happened to land. Not in any way pertinent to a legend dating back hundreds of years.
This is one of the atomic shrimpiest videos you've ever made and I'm here to watch it all
Brought a friend... Man you took that 'bring a spare of everything' to heart.
I would like to thank Mr. Friend for keeping Mr. Shrimp safe.
This video might have the ultimate anti-clickbait title. I love it.
I can know no greater happiness than to see Mr Shrimp measuring the size of gravel on a beach. RUclips does not get better than this.
This is peak! I can't wait to visit gravel beach!
this is the kind of pedantic weirdness that I love. Right up there with calculating the unemployment rates of various video game towns.
I am very happy about that time-lapse of the stones at the end. Very interesting, thank you.
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Ayyyy, a fellow AnyAustin enjoyer!
The only thing more bonkers than doing this, is me spending an hour watching it.
Part Two to come 😲
I enjoyed every second of this video…and I’ve no idea why. I really don’t care about the size of gravel/pebbles on Chesil Beach. But I’m going to watch Part 2, and I’m sure I’ll be just as transfixed again. There’s just something engaging about a true enthusiast, and Shrimp is an enthusiast about so many things. It’s never dull or boring watching and listening to Mike just doing his thing.
Ah, there you see, I answered my own question as to why I enjoyed this video so much.
Not only is it a thing of wonder and joy that Mike embarks on such expeditions with the care and curiosity of a scientist, it is of comfort to find a large tribe of similar-minded people who find it utterly riveting. Thank you one and all.
I honestly can't think of a better way to spend an hour of my life. This is top Shrimping.
Waves do go over the top but the water goes through the middle of it to create those river like effects, fished the beach for 20+ years i am local,i walked it 2nd march 2014 when a cargo ship lost loads of containers off chesil and millions of packets of cigarettes were washed up the length of beach, and bmw motorbikes among other things wish i could share the pictures with you. Great video as always thanks
How amazing!!! Did you hear about the fisherman's 'pebble size' tale?
Man the trash must had been terrible
I remember seeing the photos of those guys pushing the BMW bikes out of the shipping containers, lucky buggers!
This is the kind of shrimpy pedantry I absolutely live for
If anyone had said to me I’d be watching a guy measuring, counting and listening to pebbles from Chesil Beach on a Friday night, I’d have told them to do one! Yet, here I am , from start to finish, riveted to every word you say. I’ve turned into a geek haven’t I? I used to be cool at one time. Ah well, C’est la vie. Lmao xxx
Thank you Mike's friend! I was thinking as you were walking along, taking your measurements, that it would be cool to find some really old fishermen, and ask them if they had been taught to know the difference in the stones. Also, for two years in college I worked in the mailroom, to this day, some twenty plus years later, I can hold an envelope or package in my hand, and tell you how much it weighs, lol Humans are quite amazing. Oh, the color of the stones changed a lot; the bigger they got, the lighter they were, hmmm. Loved this video, I love Chef Shrimp, Gardener Shrimp, History Shrimp, but best of all Science Shrimp. You get a kind of small excited child aspect to your voice, it's awesome. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Have a lovely weekend.
I concur with the envelope and package weight assessment ability. I once had a job where daily we mailed lots of stuff (old style airline tickets and other documents). I really couldn't tell you how much they weighed, but I knew when they were even a hair past the ounce markers and would need more postage. Also, not very long after I started cooking, when following recipes, came a time when I realized it had become pointless to bother with measuring cups. Once a disbelieving friend put my measurements to a test, and there was no easily discernible difference between my amounts and the markings on the measuring cup. Humans truly are amazing. And I also agree wholeheartedly with your statement regarding the wide ranging Shrimp!!! SO well stated.😊
it's like the time i was in conversation with my dad and held my thumb and finger an inch apart. my dad, who hadn't done any carpentry work in 20 yrs said, no, that 1 1/8". at 5 feet away, he could see the difference of 1/8", lol wow
I find videos with incredibly niche, specific and "odd" titles like this the most intriguing, so I simply had to watch :) Discovered this channel a couple of weeks ago and watched through a bunch of videos, I've really enjoyed it! I'm already a massive nature enthusiast but your content has sparked a strong new-found excitement about little things like foraging, and identifying plants and rocks. I really appreciate your content, Mr. Shrimp, and wish you all the best on all your future journeys!
When I was a child, my imagined futures did not include watching someone pick up gravel, but here we all are. I got myself a (soft) drink to enjoy while I watch.
And you didn't try to make a meal out of things found on the beach?
Seaweed soup with cuttlefish crunches anyone?
A friend who will join you in such an endeavour is certainly one to treasure. I have been looking forward to this experiment eagerly, and it was worth it. I love pebbles, and seeing so many of them in this video made me strangely happy.
Chapeau, that’s a tough long walk on gravel, it took me 3hrs to cycle to Portland from Bridport on the bridleway and lanes on the north side of Chesil Beach this week to look at the quarries from one of your other videos. Thanks for a whole hour of gravel 😹
Thank you! BTW got your message about mushrooms - appreciate the tip!
@@AtomicShrimp Great, happy to help find the elusive Dorset wild mushrooms 😉
This rocks
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Get your like and think what you did.
Been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I just have to say that these are so comforting. Even something that may seem 'unimportant' to some like surveying on a beach, is oddly relaxing. Thanks a lot for sharing these little projects with us. Much love for you, Jenny, and Eva
The large, yellow object is a cautionary buoy used to mark a hazard or some notable feature of the waterway such as an underwater structure, pipeline, strong currents, or hidden hazards that make passage unsafe.
Would it have some kind of identification markings on it? If so I would have written them down and reported it to the relevant authority in case they wanted to rescue it. 🙂
Mate if you filmed grass growing, we would watch it.
Mr Shrimp... you are, I honestly think, the only person who can make gravel interesting for a whole hour! Thank you so much😊
Two hours. This one is part 1… 😂
@PlayaSinNombre Of course! Looking forward to part two !
Many years ago I kayaked around Portland Bill exiting on Chesil Beach. One of the most difficult things I have done, just climbing out of the kayak and then hauling it up the Portland end of the beach with the surf breaking, I'm not sure how fishermen with boats would have coped. Another interesting kayaking thing was swan herding in the Fleet for Abbotsbury Swannery so that the new signets could be weighed and ringed. Kayakers from local clubs lined up across the Fleet and had a gentle paddle down corralling the swans along.
Yeah, the roundness of the pebbles makes it especially hard to ascend the slopes on the beach (it's also part of what makes the surf zone dangerous even with only moderate waves - it's like trying to remain upright standing on wet ball bearings.
"I stopped after a few thousand" The words of a man who has also said, "I can quit whenever I want to!"
I know EXACTLY what you mean by desolate remoteness. I made that walk back in the 90’s, and apart from the gruelling nature of walking in shingle, I felt oddly uneasy. Suddenly I had a terrifying feeling of claustrophobic panic. I felt so ‘cut off’ and isolated. Really weird.
Its kinda the best of BOTH worlds isnt it?
Being extremely happy to have done it and just as happy that its over.
Hello, Mr. Emergency Friend. Thank you for spending your day off sciencing with the Shrimp Gang!🎉
“Ah I’ll just watch a few mins, then wait for the follow-up analysis” I thought to myself. Few moments later, I’ve almost finished the video! Thank you mr shrimp, never change.
The one we've all been looking forward to, at last!
Strong levels of preparation here kitwise. Reminds me of when I climbed my first mountain and packed as if it was Everest 😂
Probably overkill, but there's no way to just pop to a shop halfway along the beach
I love all rocks. I'm 68, and I have rocks of all sized, textures, and colors both inside and out, from all over California, and a few other places. I know you aren't supposed to take rocks home with you, but I didn't always know it. I get pretty excited when Atomic Shrimp posts videos with rocks (and stones) in them. I think pebbly beaches are so curious! The Pacific ocean delivers mostly very fine particles of sand to us.
Isn't there a beach in Hawaii where people take rocks when they're not supposed to and there's supposedly a curse? Apparently people send them back through the mail because they believe it's brought them bad luck. I don't really believe in that though.
32:50 Just wanted to highlight the precision of the pocket placement on your shirt, the fabric pattern lines up perfectly. Oddly satisfying (and great pattern on the fabric btw)
One hour of shrimp and rocks. Hell yeah.
I've got a Digital Caliper that can pretend to be a Bluetooth keyboard and can log measurements automatically. It is very useful for logging large amounts of data.
This would be an ideal day for me.
This was so enjoyable. I’m so glad I saved it for a Friday night. Thank you for taking us with you. I can’t walk on beaches now and it was lovely to get out and about with you.
Thank you to your friend for joining you! I'm glad you did this video as I found it super interesting. I enjoy the discovery and explorations :) Thanks so much!
I swear, Mike is the absolute master of making the mundane fascinating. I USED to give that honor to James May, but Atomic Shrimp has stolen the crown with this one. If you ever start tearing apart random household items and rebuilding them, he's FINISHED, lol.
Hairy arsed biker and my Friday night starts with a gravel survey 🤘
Why is a video on gravel survey, on a Friday night too, so good?!
Very much the most Atomic Shrimp video, and we love it!
Amazing to see the lengths people will go to, to find answers... It's a certain thing for certain people. I'm guilty of this, just not about pebbles. Really enjoy how your mind works 👍🏻 Looking forward to seeing the results!
Absolutely terrific video, very much looking forward to part 2
I loved Chesil Beach when I visited! It was actually very comfortable laying on it, the stones are small enough not to poke you but it also moves enough to not be compact and hard like sand can be
I've walked a hundred or so yards at abbotsbury and was knackered so hats off for walking the whole bloody way !!!
I love this unapologic honest nerdism you have. Keep up the strong work
You should publish a paper on this research. That's some proper science!
I grew up around here and spent many days playing (and swimming 😬) on this beach, and roaming those fields around Abbotsbury, so this was some unexpected nostalgia!
Wow, flying over the area on google earth, what a majestic place! Abbotsbury looks like such a cute lil place. 😂
Afoot on small pebbles is beyond therapeutic, it's... Heaven. Great one shrimp 💜
Excellent video, would love to know where you get your energy and enthusiasm !
I'd love the secret to this too. 🙂
He showed us his snacks at the beginning.
Beans on toast, mainly, I think.
That was fascinating, thanks Mike (and friend!).
If you ever need a prize for a competition, a day out with Mike filming a random video has to be it.
I love watching these videos before I go to sleep. So soothing.
you honestly never know what you're going to get with an atomic shrimp video and I am here for it.
Well done! The legend I heard was that the fishermen could tell where they were along the beach in the fog by the SOUND of the surf breaking on the pebble beach. I did a similar crude survey myself years ago but I only went to a few locations accessible by car.
That sounds interesting. Maybe Mike would do a sound experiment sometime ...
That's interesting and it does make sense. We did capture a bit of the underfoot sound in this video, which will be related in some way to the surf sound. Off the top of my head, I think it's true that the surf sound at Abbotsbury (small stones) is a sort of hissing noise and at Portland (large stones), there is a more distinct clatter or rattle.
Might be worth investigating...
@@AtomicShrimp I thought as I watched/listened that your audio of the different pebble sizes underfoot would end up in the analysis for the changing pitch or frequency etc. and could thus render another graph or table - or even just an audio version of the images in timelapse - played like a tonal scale form one end of the beach to the other, maybe with your customary video notations showing the numbers of sample spots you're in between, to break up the visual sameness...?
Oh I hope you see this even though it's been a week! I realize you might already have put it all to bed. Just a suggestion!
@@sarahshelton396 I think we might need to leave that promising line of inquiry to someone else - it really deserves to be investigated by someone with the proper equipment to capture high quality recordings and the skills to do the audio analysis.
@@AtomicShrimp Fair Enough :) I still enjoyed watching it anyway!
First I thought: 'I am not going to watch it, a whole hour of only pebbles'. But I did watch and it was more interesting than I imagined. And now I'm looking out for the data and conclusions!
Genuinely fascinating
Bloody brilliant. Well done Mike (and friend)
Hello Shrimp and assistant friend. This adventure is cool.
Every Friday, I look forward to a new AS video and, every Friday, I hope it's a long one (not that I don't enjoy the shorter vids, I do, I enjoy all your content, but I prefer longer, more in-depth videos to shorter ones), I was in ecstasies seeing such a long video, especially of such a mundane but strangely fascinating subject! Hope we don't have to wait too long for Part 2, I'm so interested to see the data!
Edit, forgot to say, huge thanks to Shrimpy's nameless friend for helping make this happen! Kudos to you, our anonymous hero XD
Congratulations on checking this something off of your lifetime to-do list. Be sure to add another something so you don't run out of things to do. I have an idea that something horrid happens when that occurs.
The list of projects I want to do only ever seems to get longer!
@@AtomicShrimp I wanted to let you know that your videos have brought me comfort during some of the most excruciating times of my life of late. I have experienced a series of soul-shredding losses recently, the latest a couple of days ago. I do not tell you this to elicit sympathy, but to let your know that upon hearing the latest, I had to find something to distract my broken heart and screaming brain. To soothe me. I chose your videos. I played (I was going to say watched, but mostly I didn't, just listened while I kept my hands busy) your most recent long video of grainy goodness, the bread making video. I'm sorry if this is a disjointed post, but my head is not altogether together at this time. I just wanted to let you, Mrs. Shrimp (whose video appearance reluctance I appreciate and share), and the most excellent shrimp dog, Eva know, that I, a stranger who lives in another land, appreciate your existence, and I wanted to share that with you lest I miss this opportunity. Please take care of each other. And know that your videos are more than . . . videos. Thank you.
Thanks Mike, as usual, a great video. On a side note, a busload of us came to Chesil Beach from Camborne in Cornwall on a fishing trip during the winter, when the cod run. I was casting 6 oz weights with a 13 foot beach caster rod using 30lb breaking strain line with a 50lb leader line and an Abu 7000 multiplier reel. The wind was coming off the Channel and my weight seemed to hang in the air, such was the strength of the wind. I did manage to catch a few mackerel but it was a thoroughly miserable day.
Just brilliant, you are the gift that keeps giving!
I never thought I'd be interested one bit in the size of rocks, pebbles or stones, however I'm sure I will be by the end of this video. Mike is so knowledgeable about so many things I've learnt much from watching Atomic Shrimp videos since 2020.
In relation to the pillboxes, apparently there exists a study group in Abbotsbury with an interest in the history of beach defenses
THAT was a very ambitious endeavour!! Tired me out just watching you! Thanks for the video, and I hope you're well!
This was a great watch! A video idea comes to mind... perhaps condense everything related to preparing for the hike in a shorter video, including lessons learned. As a "So you want to hike Chesil Beach" sort of prep video.
Thankyou for showing us. I have always found Chesil intriguing but never had much opportunity to go there.
That’s an oyster farm long wooden trays, they are farming them in bags in Portland harbour as well( they are farming sea weed as well!) my friend owns the farms very interesting
There was a question on Tom Scott's podcast 'Lateral' about this beach recently and I am convinced someone saw your video and that's what inspired them to send the question in!
I feel as thoygh there should be a welcoming committee at the end of your journey to recognise the work you have completed. Well done to both of you. I hope you got your well deserved fish and chip dinner.
Love all your videos but this was somewhat different and yet typical of Mr Shrimp. Enjoyed it so much and as usual looking forward to next instalment.
This is right on brand for mr. Mike Shrimp.
Living the dream & thanks for sharing Atomic shrimp n friend 🦐🪨🌊
Thank for the video of Chesil! It really is quite a stunning natural feature that we are gifted with down here. The shingle banks are very steep in places and having fished there (many many years ago) and the weather turning for the worst, it really was a struggle just getting back up the bank from close to the water's edge. It doesn't take much imagination to see how it can go very wrong.
If anyone visits this area, do go up on Portland Bill and take a look back down the coast from the viewpoint, it really is quite awe inspiring.
This kept me sane while cleaning my yard 🎉
Cool experiment. And the preview graph looked great; there's a natural curve in the results which is the result we were allhoping to find!
This is my job in a video! I fully endorse this video 🙌 And I was literally planning on doing a TikTok video on Chesil, now I don't have to (and my poor boyfriend is saved an awkward hike keeping me company)
Living the dream, I say.
You are gloriously insane. I salute you sir. Never change.🎉
re: that final remark about walking to the point of exhaustion without realizing, I've been in such a situation and it's scary. I didn't feel hungry or thirsty but my mind was sluggish so I stopped to eat a bite. Took me 10 minutes to get food out of my backpack due to loss of dexterity and mental acuity. I had to slap myself in the face to get some stress hormones going.
Yeah, I think it's one of those things that can just creep up on you and rob you of the mental faculty to realise that something is wrong. There have been a couple of notable cases in the news this year of hikers who died after presumably just trudging on to the point of exhaustion and dehydration.
I'm glad that you didn't stop and look at every interestingly shaped and coloured pebble.😂
I've been looking foward to this so much.
Watching this while sampling Oktoberfest beers brought back from Germany and eating Polish chilli sausage - a good Sunday afternoon!
VERY interesting. And it's a cliffhanger!! It was so very visually pleasing too, with the vibrant colors, thanks to the lovely cloud cover. You two have to be in good shape to have walked ten hours on pebbles. I hope your legs still worked the next day, and day after that. Mine wouldn't have. Thank you.
This has made my day, thanks Mike & mystery guest!
This was really informative and entertaining, I love long walks!
Oh this is going in my sleep playlist, thank you Mr Shrimp
I agree with all the prior comments, thoroughly enjoyd this. Greetings from sweden. :)
Abbotsbury Swanery is lovely. When I visited there was 1 flamingo,and we approached the entrance by horse and cart.
In Whitby,which faces north,the tide comes in from the left.
At 53:36, my jaw audibly dropped. The difference is phenomenal, and I wouldn't have expected it whatsoever. Shows the power of exploration and curiosity - thanks as always, Mr Shrimp!
such an amazing geological feature. My daughter and I drooled over those stones haha
I did something very similar on Chesil Beach for my degree, about 20 years ago.
What an amazing place! I wish I had known about it when I lived in England more than 30 years ago. Looking forward to the calculations next week.
I've seen a few beaches like this on the west coast of Newfoundland, probably not the same length but still very long banks of rounded rocks.
I had a thought near the end of the video where you were showing walking footage of the beach, how cool it would be to have drone footage of the trek straight from one end of the beach to the other, before thinking for a moment how incredibly difficult it might be to do just that because of the length or the beach. Then to consider how cool this video was on its own. The observations and data followup is gonna be awesome. Great video
The sounds of the gravel underfoot is such a nice sound. Must be super hard to walk on, especially considering how far you had to go.
I used to live in Switzerland near the mountains (the smaller ones on the French border) and I’d nearly always bring a 1,5 liter Evian water bottle (I had a huge glass jar that I’d refill at the source itself for free 😂) and a nuts and raisins mix. Never had a protein bar in my life 😂
I used to live in France near the Swiss border lol.Thonon-les-Bains, next door to Evian-les-Bains. I remember all those taps where you could fill bottles for free.
We were in Abbotsbury for our late summer holiday just at the start of this month (and we used parts of this beach for walking the dogs), so I’m slightly wondering whether there’s a chance I’d have unknowingly seen AS (and friend) at some point.
This walk happened on Wednesday 4th September, if that helps
@@AtomicShrimp It does indeed. That was the same week we were there. (I haven’t seen us in the video yet, but those footprints you mentioned did look like they could very much have been ours as we were definitely home before that downpour arrived.)
(I’ve just double-checked the holiday photos, and that’s the day that only one of us was doing that walk while the other two [including me] were doing the third batch of our _Doctor Who_ locations tours for the week, so the probability that we were ever there together would be 0.)
Would be super weird if that did happen, but I do occasionally run into people who know me. We were quite a way along the beach when that rain happened - like maybe 3 miles in at that point - we set off from Abbotsbury sometime just after 8AM
10miles on gravel is hard work, it's like three or four times the work of a path.
@22:22 That is called longshore drift
This reminds me SO much of my geography field trip to Chesil Beach and Lulworth Cove many many MANY years ago now. My project focused on the size distribution of rocks relative to the high and low tide lines. To nobody's surprise, the big rocks were nearer the sea than the little ones. LOL
Our1st Year trip was around Cornwall, with a visit to Cranborne School of Mines underground field-station at Camborne, amongst other places. :)
Any fair weather friend will meet for a pint but only a true friend will spend a day measuring stones with you!