Fantastic Matt. Me and a few mates stayed in the old coast guard station for a few days. Didn't get to see much as we were on bikes and and it's hard to walk any distance with all the clobber on. Would so love to get back there and see more.
Your drone explorations of these big sites are excellent, especially having only visited the accessible touristy bits of Portland. The selfie shots of you sat on the cliff flying the drone are an excellent advert for dji. It's not the kind of content you normally put up, but would you consider making a short description video of the drone and fpv kit you use?
Had a family vacation in Weymouth summer 2022, we all went over to portland bill see fancys farm and the disused RAF rotor bunker sites. Also light house and the M.O.D magnetic range site. Fantastic history and amazing site seeings. Thanks for the upload mate 👍🏼
Looking at the former Osprey site reminds me of when they trashed HMS Cambridge, the gunnery school at Wembury Point near Plymouth. The site sat between the sea and the clifftop, and contained numerous independent gun systems, magazines, shell-rooms, classrooms, and offices. But when they went to town on the demolition there was barely a sign it had ever been there, and all you can see on Google Earth of the systems is the road that passed the canteen, and the faint circular ghost of one of the turret foundations in t he grass, down near the shoreline in Historical View for 2005. There were a few excavated magazines into the cliff, but the terraced step these were set into the back of has been completely filled in, so that the current grassy slope is now continuous where once it had flat areas. One punishment there in the 70s consisted of being told to pick up a dummy shell (56 pounds) from the classroom you were in and deliver it to another classroom down the slope. Once there, you would then be told to take the thing to the Master At Arms or the on-duty Regulator in the upper camp. He'd bleed your ears and tell you to take it back to where you picked it up from! The terrible accommodation there also had cellars, but I can't see a single sign of the mess block any more. Whoever does the demolitions in these places is obviously being briefed to do a proper job.
Paul Cook has been doing some poking around at portland recently. Certainly a fascinating and very ancient site indeed. Having not visited in years I am looking to go back there myself this summer and have a gander at the "block work" with "fresh eyes".
Been researching the rift caves of Portland for when we go there for a annual holiday to Portland. Love this drone footage of portland too, I have seen most of the island from the ground so seeing from above is great. Thanks for the footage.
This is awesome to see from the air. Portland is an amazing place with so many hidden gems. I was hoping you filmed the underground hospital from the above! Maybe next time hey. There is a lot of underground stuff at the front of the vern too.
For anyone that's interested, the battery at 17m 54s is Blacknor Fort and is on an aerial oblique on the Britain From Above site showing the original gun emplacements, guns, bunkers, and block houses in 1946. The image number is *EAW002982* It's in the bottom-right corner and at full zoom you'll see some pretty stunning detail.
😂🤣😂 I'm sitting here watching like..... wth.... I dont see crack heads or a shitty city.... then I realized that this is the Good Portland lol not Oregon 🤣😂🤣😂💀
Great flying and music, to fly like a bird and see what a bird see's, Well edited and put together. Nice one Matt.
So much history around there
Makes me want to get a drone 🤔
Hello from Tasmania
Fantastic Matt. Me and a few mates stayed in the old coast guard station for a few days. Didn't get to see much as we were on bikes and and it's hard to walk any distance with all the clobber on. Would so love to get back there and see more.
This was almost soothing to watch after a long day at work thanks Matt 😊 🙏 ☺
Your drone explorations of these big sites are excellent, especially having only visited the accessible touristy bits of Portland. The selfie shots of you sat on the cliff flying the drone are an excellent advert for dji. It's not the kind of content you normally put up, but would you consider making a short description video of the drone and fpv kit you use?
Your drone footage is always phenomenal @Matt, takes us to places we can't physically go to x
Stunning video - perfect just before bed. So relaxing and with impeccable music, start to finish.
Had a family vacation in Weymouth summer 2022, we all went over to portland bill see fancys farm and the disused RAF rotor bunker sites. Also light house and the M.O.D magnetic range site. Fantastic history and amazing site seeings.
Thanks for the upload mate 👍🏼
Looking at the former Osprey site reminds me of when they trashed HMS Cambridge, the gunnery school at Wembury Point near Plymouth.
The site sat between the sea and the clifftop, and contained numerous independent gun systems, magazines, shell-rooms, classrooms, and offices. But when they went to town on the demolition there was barely a sign it had ever been there, and all you can see on Google Earth of the systems is the road that passed the canteen, and the faint circular ghost of one of the turret foundations in t he grass, down near the shoreline in Historical View for 2005.
There were a few excavated magazines into the cliff, but the terraced step these were set into the back of has been completely filled in, so that the current grassy slope is now continuous where once it had flat areas. One punishment there in the 70s consisted of being told to pick up a dummy shell (56 pounds) from the classroom you were in and deliver it to another classroom down the slope. Once there, you would then be told to take the thing to the Master At Arms or the on-duty Regulator in the upper camp. He'd bleed your ears and tell you to take it back to where you picked it up from!
The terrible accommodation there also had cellars, but I can't see a single sign of the mess block any more. Whoever does the demolitions in these places is obviously being briefed to do a proper job.
Superb video- I walk the island most days, love it here.
Great to watch 👍
Paul Cook has been doing some poking around at portland recently. Certainly a fascinating and very ancient site indeed. Having not visited in years I am looking to go back there myself this summer and have a gander at the "block work" with "fresh eyes".
Absolutely stunning drone footage. Great music. Spent alot of time in Portland when I was in the RN
30 years ago.
Nice vid. I was there last summer. I thought this was a really interesting place
Been researching the rift caves of Portland for when we go there for a annual holiday to Portland.
Love this drone footage of portland too, I have seen most of the island from the ground so seeing from above is great.
Thanks for the footage.
Great video Matt awesome drone footage! Your videos always cheer me up! 😁👍🏼
This is awesome to see from the air. Portland is an amazing place with so many hidden gems. I was hoping you filmed the underground hospital from the above! Maybe next time hey. There is a lot of underground stuff at the front of the vern too.
Very useful since most of that is an exclusion zone now.
Very interesting, thanks.
thanks, interesting place👍
also great music, what's the song that starts around the 35 min mark?
Its all from PCiii and the albums called SGONS
@@TheSecretVault awesome bud, thanks! 🤙
For anyone that's interested, the battery at 17m 54s is Blacknor Fort and is on an aerial oblique on the Britain From Above site showing the original gun emplacements, guns, bunkers, and block houses in 1946.
The image number is *EAW002982*
It's in the bottom-right corner and at full zoom you'll see some pretty stunning detail.
Great flight and marvellous views thank you xx
Great filming & production.
Perfect song choice for this 💯
fantastic footage, some pretty cool stuff down south, we have nothing like this up here in Scotland
I live on this beautiful island lots of secret hidden gems
Liked the music and vlog from Margaret P
Awesome Footage Matt
Interesting Matthew Thank you Amazing Cheers
Wow, I am 16,978 km away stuck in bed virtually flying thou a far off land. Thank you, Mat
Great footage matt 👍💯
Drone control excellence.
Cool I’m staying in portland now. 👍🏻
WHAT A PLACE TO LIVE MATT UNBELEAVABLE
As always Totally Amazing 🥰
That Bloke in the green viz coat sat down must have shit him self looking up at the drone said what the fuck going on here !!!!! LOl
That was Matt
Drone: Infinite unique perspectives.
The drone has me in awe. Matt is boss.
Great view
👍
What is the music?
The music is by: P C III
😂🤣😂 I'm sitting here watching like..... wth.... I dont see crack heads or a shitty city.... then I realized that this is the Good Portland lol not Oregon 🤣😂🤣😂💀
No methlabs here....
Not very fond memories of the YOI 😂