Alkham Auxiliary Unit WW2 Bunker

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @WW2HistoryHunter
    @WW2HistoryHunter 3 года назад +16

    Thank you again for sharing your great adventures with us. Interesting stuff. Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter.

  • @derekmiller8917
    @derekmiller8917 3 года назад +3

    Superb viewing,thanks for showing. That summer of 1940 must have been a hell of a time to live through.

  • @philipmcdonagh1094
    @philipmcdonagh1094 3 года назад +3

    I had visions of that ending in an interment. Its easy to see how some people go for a walk and just disappear and nothing sinister about it. They simply fell down one of these places or an old well that's been forgotten about. Thanks for sharing.

  • @ALWResearchTeam
    @ALWResearchTeam 3 года назад +4

    An interesting find! They were particularly good at hiding these operational bases

  • @VandashStumpedKnee
    @VandashStumpedKnee 3 года назад +5

    3:47 Those are Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' or corkscrew willows there is another called curly oak also a very interesting and pretty tree.

  • @sampointau
    @sampointau 3 года назад +4

    Oh and the antenna wire generally fed from the emergency escape tunnel end of the main room from memory, up a clay water pipe.

  • @ExploringWithin
    @ExploringWithin 3 года назад +1

    There’s another one of these down in Salisbury that I went to (believe it’s the same), much better condition. Amazing what lays beneath us!

  • @paulharvey7223
    @paulharvey7223 3 года назад +3

    Great explore! Trying to find a place is definitely part of the fun! 😀👍🏻

  • @ToledoZombie
    @ToledoZombie 3 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this one! I was out literally this time last year searching for one in South Devon. Eventually found it although the main area had collapsed

  • @aspidistraelatior3363
    @aspidistraelatior3363 3 года назад +1

    Alpine butterfly loop knots work well for improvised rope ladder - fixed loops and relatively easy to untie afterwards 👍

  • @ghostseeker46
    @ghostseeker46 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for doing what you do and sharing forgotten history!

  • @MerlinVI
    @MerlinVI 3 года назад +1

    I met a snake once, It was curled up crying so i said wassup, it asked me if he was venomous and i said yes you are a very dangerous snake.
    He then broke down completely and said Oh no I just bit my tongue!!!!!!!

  • @Dusty357
    @Dusty357 3 года назад

    Few years ago while looking at old maps with shelters on a found one of these bunkers at West Chevington Northumberland found two both all dug out by a jcb unfortunately, but it makes you wonder how many if any have been left untouched and forgotten about a no they are all Scotland as well , fascinating really especially all the kit that was used by them brave lads

  • @glennchuckie773
    @glennchuckie773 3 года назад +3

    That was awesome, such a shame it had collapsed, like you guys I wish these little gems would be preserved and maintained forever.. such an important part of our history, thanks for sharing this one 👌👍

  • @wilfbm9067
    @wilfbm9067 3 года назад +5

    Great video folks, it always makes an explore more rewarding when you have to search for it!

  • @keeganbay3490
    @keeganbay3490 3 года назад

    Great little find! Those spiders an eggs are bit nasty lol
    Seems like you guys get to drive faster on your back roads than we do.

    • @chrisstacey1984
      @chrisstacey1984 3 года назад

      100% looks faster on film - i think we should do a vid to show sooner or later

    • @keeganbay3490
      @keeganbay3490 3 года назад +1

      @@chrisstacey1984 just a quick snippet of the speedo next time would be sufficient

  • @columbo7927
    @columbo7927 3 года назад +2

    Nice one fallas Thank you Ian

  • @bikerleo1966
    @bikerleo1966 3 года назад +3

    Use gloves like scuba diving gloves when decending or assending a rope they are the best gloves.

  • @SHEARMINATOR
    @SHEARMINATOR Год назад

    Yea really enjoyed this one Ian mate the spiders are far out again 😂 good find mate

  • @neilthomas4407
    @neilthomas4407 3 года назад +2

    Great vlog as always folks! I remember as a child playing round an auxiliary unit in the woods where I lived in Wivelsfield Green. It consisted of an entrance tunnel,1 room with bed frames in and a vertical escape tunnel. Last time I visited some 30 years ago it had sadly caved in. Stay safe all,and great to see Chris' racing Transit back!

  • @kernow..exp.
    @kernow..exp. 3 года назад

    We've discovered one near land's end be doing a film on it soon

  • @ALWResearchTeam
    @ALWResearchTeam 3 года назад +1

    Portsmouth fuel bunker flash backs of Ian and Chris

  • @SirMichael2u
    @SirMichael2u 3 года назад

    You guys need to invest in a couple of machetes to cut through the blackberry bushes and stinging nettles. This is one of the things I keep in my truck when I go fishing. I sometimes will make a bad cast instead of loosing a 10 or 15 dollar lure I will cut my way down to where the lure is and retrieve it

    • @AJ-qn6gd
      @AJ-qn6gd 3 года назад

      Could be a problem in the U.K. if you get stopped by the police as it would be classed as an offensive weapon !

  • @oldmanhuppiedos
    @oldmanhuppiedos 3 года назад +1

    "The home guard" is known for the TV series.
    Again managed to find a bunker in the middle of the forest.

  • @stemtm
    @stemtm 3 года назад

    I think the Siders had gone into overtime with the amount of egg sacks that are down there lol

  • @paintingsbyjamescooper4330
    @paintingsbyjamescooper4330 3 года назад

    Thank you for the video!

  • @johnashford2892
    @johnashford2892 3 года назад +1

    Hi Ian, big fan here from Sydney. If I can make a suggestion? Get some decent rope and harnesses and the skills to use them! I almost papped myself watching you go down that shaft.
    Other than that, helluva gem.

  • @kylereese4822
    @kylereese4822 3 года назад

    The weird trees that`s a sign of an old footprint of a building or other man made events on the land... Time Team shows it on there programme..

  • @ScotlandsGold
    @ScotlandsGold 3 года назад +7

    Now this is how I want to start today!

    • @calderilsEFG
      @calderilsEFG 3 года назад +1

      estoy interesado en las camisetas IKS . DONDE SE PUEDEN comprar. Gracias

  • @williamsimpson8115
    @williamsimpson8115 3 года назад +1

    Have you boys tried using the National Library of Scotland mapping overlays … ?

  • @dandesjardins2552
    @dandesjardins2552 3 года назад

    Hey Ian and Chris long time no see hope all is good 👍.

  • @markcantemail8018
    @markcantemail8018 3 года назад +1

    That HQ for a small Unit was well thought out if you consider the small amount of time used to plan for it . Thank you for the video .

  • @jeffreybail353
    @jeffreybail353 3 года назад

    excellent vid and i havent even seen it yet.
    bytheway:::red mercury cannot be seen in a mirror.

  • @six7529
    @six7529 3 года назад +1

    Quality 👍

  • @caveman__ogof
    @caveman__ogof 2 года назад

    Get in!

  • @dalesmithies9051
    @dalesmithies9051 3 года назад +1

    Your rope packing up was 8/10.Your rope standing on it was 0/10.Great explore,bit tight for me.

  • @andrewkiwi1
    @andrewkiwi1 3 года назад +2

    When it was in operation you would have walked right past it and not seen it in the trees after a few months. I think a lot of this stuff you find didn't have a long life expectancy. It was just needed there and then so it was well made but not made to last any more than 5 years or so. A lot of work would have gone into that. Dig the holes, box it up and concrete it. Assemble the iron and fill it in. Set up the interior and stock it. Recontour the ground around it and on to the next one. And all of this done while trying to do it on the quiet.

  • @stevethetiler4913
    @stevethetiler4913 3 года назад +3

    Great stuff guys keep looking , are there any undiscovered places still waiting to be found do you think ?

  • @calderilsEFG
    @calderilsEFG 3 года назад +1

    Quisiera comprar camisetas des IKS como se pueden conseguir.gracies

  • @ic3358
    @ic3358 3 года назад

    Why hasn’t anyone made a film about this unit

  • @arrangrant6037
    @arrangrant6037 3 года назад +1

    Top video guys 👍😎

  • @bryanwhat2268
    @bryanwhat2268 3 года назад

    oh darn i thought be more open and bigger not even any power

  • @Jamiegilman81
    @Jamiegilman81 3 года назад

    Plenty of white spider sacks around

  • @willstonvelo8100
    @willstonvelo8100 3 года назад

    2 out 10 for Chris's rope skills 😂

  • @ninja_cheetos
    @ninja_cheetos 3 года назад +1

    Great way to start the day!

  • @NRD1985
    @NRD1985 3 года назад +1

    A great find, shame it had collapsed.

  • @rogerc7960
    @rogerc7960 3 года назад

    Bomb damage?

  • @jbinthehouse1985
    @jbinthehouse1985 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant folk's 👏

  • @raymondj8768
    @raymondj8768 3 года назад +2

    SUP DUDE USA HERE !

  • @gold6923
    @gold6923 3 года назад

    Super! Thank you for video!!!👍🙏💛

  • @JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums
    @JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums 3 года назад +1

    look out for giant hogweed, folks!

  • @paulwilliams8725
    @paulwilliams8725 3 года назад

    Great video 👍

  • @tobycarvary9059
    @tobycarvary9059 3 года назад

    Is that ypur brother ian

  • @russiantoyterrier7389
    @russiantoyterrier7389 3 года назад

    Great gem, 10 out of 10 👍

  • @hellooohowareudoing
    @hellooohowareudoing 3 года назад +1

    Are you on the Minoxidil? :D

  • @theworld60
    @theworld60 3 года назад

    Salut viens explorer les carrières et bunker souterrain de ma région

  • @stanpollard
    @stanpollard 3 года назад

    What happened at the end.did a dog chase you

  • @alastairjones0
    @alastairjones0 3 года назад +1

    3.5 out of 10..

  • @StarWarsJay
    @StarWarsJay 3 года назад

    Don’t you lot get scared in these places?

    • @IKS-Exploration
      @IKS-Exploration  3 года назад +1

      Places that are collapsing I get a bit nervous lol

    • @StarWarsJay
      @StarWarsJay 3 года назад

      @@IKS-Exploration yeah mate. Don’t blame you. How about getting creeped out by weird vibes? You must have seen and heard some strange stuff on your missions.

  • @neilbethell2299
    @neilbethell2299 3 года назад

    Awesome video, shame about the collapse

  • @KRich408
    @KRich408 3 года назад +1

    Your country roads are so narrow over there.

    • @AJ-qn6gd
      @AJ-qn6gd 3 года назад

      Yes the Romans didn’t anticipate the width of modern vehicles !

    • @AJ-qn6gd
      @AJ-qn6gd 3 года назад

      @@fraggit stabby stabby pillage sounds like an average day in Londonistan !!!

  • @georgesmith8113
    @georgesmith8113 3 года назад

    👍👊😎

  • @kennethgardner3310
    @kennethgardner3310 3 года назад

    Alice in wonderland..3 guys go down a rabbit hole..graffiti spray cans are not welcomed by sex or any wonderland..watch out for mad haters and boar's..lol

  • @marywilliams341
    @marywilliams341 3 года назад

    Did not get notified

    • @IKS-Exploration
      @IKS-Exploration  3 года назад +2

      Every Friday folk just come over each Friday

  • @danielkader1817
    @danielkader1817 3 года назад

    Sainsbury’s

  • @swav_ft523
    @swav_ft523 3 года назад +2

    Hi first

  • @russiantoyterrier7389
    @russiantoyterrier7389 3 года назад +1

    Great gem, 10 out of 10 👍