30 Years in a Cave. The Lonely Life of Henry Ewing Torbet, the Hermit of Snibs Cave. Girvan.

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @poinendev2932
    @poinendev2932 4 месяца назад +101

    A man doesn't spend 30 years in a cave because there is something particularly compelling about living in a cave. He does it because the world outside is too painful for him to bear.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +13

      Can't argue with that......

    • @SoItGoes1985
      @SoItGoes1985 3 месяца назад +5

      I believe Torbet was traumatized by the world of tight squeaky pants and red shoes. Christ almighty, there is only so much of that a man can take. RIP Torbet.

    • @Cyberhacker3
      @Cyberhacker3 3 месяца назад

      I bet a Woman was involved.

  • @R4GEMcOc
    @R4GEMcOc 4 месяца назад +71

    My grandfather used to take him food every week and have a good chat with him from Girvan where we lived. Told me many of stories about him as a person was a proper nice gentleman and had a great sense of humour he was an accountant. He moved to the cave because of heart break. Didn't want to be part of the coggs of society anymore. Nice video.

    • @Evilzionistbabykillers
      @Evilzionistbabykillers 4 месяца назад +4

      Sad story 💔😩

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +3

      Thanks for sharing the story and for watching. 🙂

    • @alysontaylor393
      @alysontaylor393 4 месяца назад +4

      My family lineage came from Girvan and Dalry on my grandmother's side Montgomeries came to Australia in 1916 ish..

    • @ProserpinePomegranate
      @ProserpinePomegranate 3 месяца назад +4

      How kind of your Grandfather😊

    • @garydouglass9577
      @garydouglass9577 3 месяца назад

      So why was he arrested a few times Earl on?

  • @lefroy1
    @lefroy1 3 месяца назад +23

    I like how he was treated sympathetically by the community, and pretty much left in peace to be a hermit. Different times.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад +3

      @lefroy1 yeah, it's heartwarming isn't it, and paying tribute to him after he'd gone. Different times indeed.

  • @mercury8180
    @mercury8180 4 месяца назад +75

    I remember seeing him walking along the road back from ballentrae with his two water containers in the mid seventies. He was also known as Johnny seven coats. He wouldn't take a cigarette of you in person but if you left it he would take it for later. The local people built the wall at the mouth of his cave. It was incredible that he survived in there for 30 years. The winter nights must have been long and cold and very dark. I feel honoured just to have seen him. Even though it was summer he was wearing that big black coat with a water container in each hand with a 2-3 mile walk.😢

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +8

      Thanks for sharing your memories, and for watching 🙂

    • @johnwayne1464
      @johnwayne1464 4 месяца назад +3

      I used to live in Ayr and we would cycle down to Ballantrae and camp out during the summer, we saw him walking along the road couple of times, we knew him as the old tramp. This would have been around 1978.

  • @StephenReid-hk8hs
    @StephenReid-hk8hs 4 месяца назад +56

    Respect to this man, the way the whole country is going sometimes I feel like finding a cave and living in it, it's all about what you have and being better than others

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +5

      Yeah, a quieter and calmer way of life would be good. All the best 👍

  • @alisonb4898
    @alisonb4898 4 месяца назад +40

    Nowadays the council would forcefully evict him and make him live on the streets.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +9

      Sadly, you're probably right 🫤

    • @williebobs3830
      @williebobs3830 3 месяца назад +7

      That's happened in an American state. Lots of people living in their cars. The local council made it illegal. Now they're all in tents on the pavement.

  • @theRhinsRanger
    @theRhinsRanger 4 месяца назад +36

    So nice to read comments from the locals who left him stuff 😊

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +4

      Yeah, it really is. I've loved reading them 🙂

    • @Wasp25
      @Wasp25 4 месяца назад +2

      As a local I used to see him in Girvan on his way home. I always believed that it was locals that built the wall for him. I met him once in the cave after asking permission to enter he spoke to me and my young son I offered him some cigarettes he asked what brand they were and refused the reason being they weren’t strong enough as the ones he made from the “doubts” he picked up.

    • @theRhinsRanger
      @theRhinsRanger 2 месяца назад

      @@Wasp25 packing that super strong nicotine 😂

  • @paulhampson8496
    @paulhampson8496 4 месяца назад +17

    Wow what a story poor man had rough but to be fair to him living in them conditions for 30 years a good solid strong man god bless him thanks for sharing enjoyed it .

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah. It's quite a story isn't it. I hope he was content. Thanks for watching

  • @Suve35967
    @Suve35967 4 месяца назад +20

    Don't blame the guy. The way the World is now i would imagine a few would like to live like him..If i didn't have family, children it would be tempting.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Yeah. A few have commented the same.....maybe its the future 🤔. Thanks for watching 😊

  • @amigaorange
    @amigaorange 4 месяца назад +21

    That brings back memories. We used to occasionally see him on our way to my Gran's caravan at Cairnryan in the late 70s/early 80s. Usually just saw the smoke from his fire.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for sharing your memories, and for watching 🙂

  • @anniejones1839
    @anniejones1839 3 месяца назад +7

    Somehow it felt wrong to watch you looking around his cave, this was his sanctuary. May his soul be at peace ❤

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад +3

      I get how you feel, but I like to think we were respectful there. Thanks for watching

  • @OrthodoxChristian809
    @OrthodoxChristian809 4 месяца назад +26

    So interesting. He must have been a tough person to have lived there for so long.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +4

      Yeah definitely. 🙂

  • @TheSpexxyboy
    @TheSpexxyboy 4 месяца назад +49

    Left food every year on way from Prestwick to sand head BB camp this was 70s never saw him left food at entry n leave 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +8

      That's wonderful. I wonder how far his lifestyle story had spread during his lifetime?

  • @jamesburns6000
    @jamesburns6000 4 месяца назад +37

    Used to give him sandwiches on our journeys back and forward from Irvine to Stranraer, forgot about it until I saw this.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for sharing your memories 😊

  • @barryjacobs8524
    @barryjacobs8524 4 месяца назад +8

    That was so interesting. A nice but sad story. I bet he was a happy man. All the distractions we get in our everyday lives, he must have been at peace. RIP Henry. Is he buried there, he loved that cave I think. Thankyou. 😢

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @barryjacobs8524 cheers. Glad you enjoyed it. Good question on the burial....I'm not sure. I think the cairn is just a memorial rather than a grave. Thanks for watching. 😊

  • @sandpitwtfover
    @sandpitwtfover 4 месяца назад +20

    Trauma causes people to do this…

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Yes, good point....🙁

  • @mariemcbride3918
    @mariemcbride3918 4 месяца назад +5

    Bradford jesus man I often saw him walking about , always had a smile and a wave ❤❤❤

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, I did my degree at, and worked in Bradford, so spent the best part of 20 years there....saw him quite often. 🙂

  • @Lisa-ju6vy
    @Lisa-ju6vy 3 месяца назад +3

    Never ever heard of this story,imagine living in a cave for 30 years...unbeliveable!!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Yeah, 30 years is a long time. At least he had people checking out for him. Thanks for watching

  • @williammcilwraith9304
    @williammcilwraith9304 4 месяца назад +15

    It's Bennine cave. It was an old Blacksmiths shop.
    He didn't build the wall.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      No worries 😊. Thanks for the info 👍

  • @theRhinsRanger
    @theRhinsRanger 4 месяца назад +10

    We actually had lots of families that lived in the caves all around Carrick and The Rhins of Galloway 😊

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Amazing 😵

    • @theRhinsRanger
      @theRhinsRanger 2 месяца назад +1

      @matparks08 i met snib as a kid, he was drunk in a lay by. We had parked up. I can't really remember much about it but my big sister, mum and aunt can. We were just talking about it a couple days ago. I will need to ask more about it come to think of it.

  • @theparadoxclub1326
    @theparadoxclub1326 4 месяца назад +8

    Loving this road trip.. some fantastic places you’ve been too✌️

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Thanks. A couple more to come 😊

  • @jarrahdrum
    @jarrahdrum 4 месяца назад +3

    very interesting and I like your presentation style, subscribed, thank you

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      @@jarrahdrum thanks so much. 😊

  • @sylviagrinham3382
    @sylviagrinham3382 4 месяца назад +5

    Interesting story. Thank you for sharing.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @sylviagrinham3382 thanks for watching 😊

    • @susandoig4192
      @susandoig4192 4 месяца назад

      What a strange life

  • @daftmonkey7296
    @daftmonkey7296 4 месяца назад +4

    this is excellent matt!

  • @Joel-we2gg
    @Joel-we2gg 3 месяца назад +1

    Greetings from Alaska. Top job Mate's.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks a lot. Alaska? That's amazing 😊

  • @Creaturecomforts77
    @Creaturecomforts77 4 месяца назад +6

    This place had a metal gate put up to protect it after he died. Of course it's now been removed and the place has been vandalised:( He didn't put the walls up, they were already there when he moved in. Used to see him when I was a kid and that road was still in use

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      I guess the locals put the walls up for him, though? It wouldn't make sense to do it before. The graffiti in there is annoying, I agree. Thanks for watching

    • @Creaturecomforts77
      @Creaturecomforts77 4 месяца назад

      @@matparks08 if you Google search Bennane cave there's a Scottish Cave and Mine database article that gives a reference to the walls from the 19th century.

  • @geoffreypiltz271
    @geoffreypiltz271 3 месяца назад +2

    An old couple, Doug and Anne Moller, lived rough in an old castle like folly built around a cave on the rocky outcrop of The Roaches in Derbyshire in the '70s and '80s. They were well known to rock climbers who referred to the old man as Lord of the Roaches. In 1979 the Peak National Park bought The Roaches, ending Doug’s plan of buying the land around his home, and offered to buy Rockhall for £3,000. The Mollers fought a decade-long fight against their eviction, which ended when the authority offered them the tenancy of Knotbury End Farmhouse, near Flash. Anne died in a fire in 2003 and Doug died in 2022.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Interesting. Thanks for sharing that 🙂

  • @fyrish100
    @fyrish100 4 месяца назад +8

    Remember many road tramps around Scotland in the 70s while going on holiday with folks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Maybe you saw Mr Snibs?? 🤔

  • @paulinepolly3280
    @paulinepolly3280 3 месяца назад +1

    fascinating.More adventures of a similar ilk please.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching, lots still to come 😊

  • @OfficialWelshWoman8309
    @OfficialWelshWoman8309 4 месяца назад +6

    Gr8 vid.. interesting spot. I'd live there, no worries, lush view. ❤

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks very much for watching. Yeah, the view was great 😊

  • @CharlesFitzgerald-pm5uk
    @CharlesFitzgerald-pm5uk 3 месяца назад +1

    I think its incredibly brave and daring too live how this man did.People are so quick too judge their was a time when man lived in caves and hunted for food, obviously society has changed drastically as long as he was happy that's what counts

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Yeah. It's nice the local folk looked out for him too. I hope he was at least content with life. Thanks for watching

  • @Cyberhacker3
    @Cyberhacker3 3 месяца назад +5

    There are homeless people living in the caves next to the Mississippi river in St. Paul MN right now if anyone wants to bring them clothes or food.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for the info

  • @Useaname
    @Useaname 4 месяца назад +1

    Very interesting. Thank you. Subbed.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @@Useaname fantastic 😊 thank you

  • @jimmymac9388
    @jimmymac9388 4 месяца назад +6

    Occasionally would see him walking into Ballantrae...I did see him take a package of a local who ran after him to give it.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      It's nice to hear from people who saw him 😊. Thanks for watching

  • @britpackdog4545
    @britpackdog4545 3 месяца назад +1

    Interesting story ty.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching 🙂

  • @johnbanjo2310
    @johnbanjo2310 3 месяца назад +2

    Great man i admire him a born survivor

  • @oldfella4096
    @oldfella4096 4 месяца назад +15

    Always looked out for him when we passed the cave often a plume of smoke coming out of the cave there was a lady that wandered the roads with him sometimes called Dundee Annie , when we misbehaved we were told Snib and Dundee Annie would come for us...🤔😁....I don't think Snib erected the wall???

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Aww, good memories 😊. Yeah, a few have mentioned the wall... obviously my knowledge is limited so it's good to read first hand accounts of the time. Thanks for watching 😊

  • @peterlamont1533
    @peterlamont1533 4 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for that tour! I remember reading about him at the time as I was up and down that road fairly frequently then and had the impression he had been a bank manager. Also, I had thought that road widening had destroyed the cave as a habitation. Thanks for supplying the correct history. I shall look out for the cave next time I am down that way. Cheers!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @peterlamont1533 thanks, it's worth a visit. All the best 👍

  • @carolescutt2257
    @carolescutt2257 4 месяца назад +4

    ❤ a big thumbs up before viewing 😊😊 pt,2 what a truly lovely upload your teM are inspirational to so sensitively covered without being condescending or cringey... i hope ya'll know what i meN.,, its a compliment ❤❤

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      @@carolescutt2257 thank you so much. 😊

  • @dianebree774
    @dianebree774 4 месяца назад +9

    You wonder what triggered such a drastic decision to live like this . Im glad he was cared for .

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Yeah, that's a question i i can't answer unfortunately. He seemed to find his place though.....

    • @R4GEMcOc
      @R4GEMcOc 4 месяца назад +3

      Heartbreak from a loss of his partner, he didn't want to be part of society anymore... had enough of it all. He had plenty of money, was an accountant and just let everything rot and took nothing with him. He could have left that cave at anytime but decided not too. My grandfather spoke to him every week and used to have a good chat with him at the cave.. very rarely he invited anyone in as many came to visit. I guess you could say my grandfather became a good friend of his as they used to sit and have a wee dram of whisky.

  • @exploringthepastandthepres9793
    @exploringthepastandthepres9793 4 месяца назад +3

    What a guy !

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 3 месяца назад +1

    Very interesting. Where is this? I have no idea what those place names are.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      It's called Bennane Cave, near Girvan in Scotland. Hope that helps 🙂

    • @joewoodchuck3824
      @joewoodchuck3824 3 месяца назад +1

      @@matparks08 Scotland was the missing piece. Thanks.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      @@joewoodchuck3824 ah, great 😁.

  • @mahulad7298
    @mahulad7298 4 месяца назад +2

    There were a many very interesting rough living characters around our area during the 60s all with life changing stories one in particular Wriggley he would get us kids to carry his bags of empty soda bottles back to his old rail tender he lived in, as payment we all got a great story & a piece of chuddy, hence his nick name Old Wriggley was good times.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      I miss these old characters to be fair, similar around where I was brought up in Hebden Bridge. Everybody knew them.....
      Thanks for watching 😊

  • @patrickrose1221
    @patrickrose1221 4 месяца назад +3

    It's got its appeal lol 😅
    Cracking vlog 👍🕊️

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Watch it turn up on 'rightmove' next week 😆. Thanks for watching 😊

  • @chucky2316
    @chucky2316 4 месяца назад +6

    We have a similar character down in devon smokey joe and his dog 🐕 on haldon hill.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Cool. Still alive? It's good you have these characters about I think. Thanks for watching 😊

    • @natscat4752
      @natscat4752 4 месяца назад +1

      Possibly best folk don’t know 🤔

  • @williammcilwraith9304
    @williammcilwraith9304 4 месяца назад +3

    He actually was knocked down a number of times on the road outside as was very busy and a main route

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Gosh...the poor man. ....bit still battled through....

    • @theRhinsRanger
      @theRhinsRanger 4 месяца назад

      Aye that was the main road, we used to travel it a lot

  • @23clownshoes
    @23clownshoes 3 месяца назад +1

    Henry Ewing Torbet.. LEGEND!!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад +1

      Definitely 👍

    • @23clownshoes
      @23clownshoes 3 месяца назад +1

      @@matparks08 These are People I want My Kids to know about..THank You, top Vid

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      ​@23clownshoes that's an awesome comment, thank you so much 😊

  • @OrnamentalHermitVisage
    @OrnamentalHermitVisage 4 месяца назад +3

    Id have it, just as a hermit crab struggles to find a better shell, caves dont come on the market often

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Hehe hehe....I think you'll have to join the queue. A few on here want it now 😆

    • @IngenerateIngenue
      @IngenerateIngenue 4 месяца назад +1

      I couldn’t live in there with all those cave spiders! 😩

  • @iangallager4091
    @iangallager4091 4 месяца назад +4

    It's simple, I MUST find a comfy cave, obtain a worn out overcoat and greet the locals in a cheery manner. The food, clothes and cigarettes will pour in .

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Get to it!! I'll come and film you 😉

    • @iangallager4091
      @iangallager4091 4 месяца назад

      @@franckorphanos2998 I agree.Best wishes. cancelled the coat!!

  • @hilltop521
    @hilltop521 3 месяца назад +1

    God bless the man he didn't interfere with anyone

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      He didn't, he just cracked on with the life he decided to live....all power to him 🙂

  • @davidponseigo8811
    @davidponseigo8811 3 месяца назад +1

    At he didn't die alone but in a warm hospital with food and people around him. No one wants to die alone.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Yeah, I thought the same. Thanks for watching

  • @dulciemidwinter1925
    @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад +3

    Bet those trousers are hot to walk in!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Surprisingly, they're OK 👍 🙂

  • @John-wg6xw
    @John-wg6xw 3 месяца назад +1

    I wonder how he was able to keep warm with that big hole in the ceiling? Did he have a fireplace in there?

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      There was a fireplace, yeah, built onto the back of the wall at the front of the cave 🙂

    • @John-wg6xw
      @John-wg6xw 3 месяца назад

      @@matparks08 Thanks! I was curious. Was that giant open ceiling always like that or did it fall in later?

  • @PaulGappyNorris
    @PaulGappyNorris 3 месяца назад +1

    Harry’s cave, just a few hundred meters from the Robin Hood pub near Baslow. Harry lived there after he was ‘stoned’ out of his other cave by hooligans 😕. Smelt like a dead Badger but blimey, what a tough man to be able to survive that life 😬

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for sharing that, and for watching.

  • @waynerandles6126
    @waynerandles6126 3 месяца назад +1

    I heard a podcast of a man who lived under a tree in Australia for a few years and he was previously a millionaire, walked away from everything, I can’t remember what the podcast was called 🤔

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Interesting 🤔 thanks 😊

  • @patgallagher9028
    @patgallagher9028 3 месяца назад +1

    My family used to get on Anthony mcginleys bus to gweedore in gorbals at the glasgow fair and on the way to the boat Anthony used to say look out for the hermit

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Awww, he was certainly a well known figure for someone living a reclusive life. Thanks for watching 😊

  • @Hesnotimpressed
    @Hesnotimpressed 4 месяца назад +1

    The storms that roll in from the atlantic and the Irish sea. Yeesh he would have seen some grim winters

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, definitely. One bad storm was sadly what finished him off in the end 😕 thanks for watching

  • @hapanjuuri
    @hapanjuuri 4 месяца назад +4

    Looks like there is Meta Menardi living now. A cave spider. There was many eggsacks hangin..

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Yeah, as I shone the torch I was amazed how many were above my head 😅. Thanks for watching

  • @louisep5178
    @louisep5178 4 месяца назад +4

    Heartbreaking

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for watching

  • @cindyeastbourn7642
    @cindyeastbourn7642 4 месяца назад +1

    How did he close the door at night?

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      He didn't, which is why, in the end, a storm blew in and gave him pneumonia 😔

  • @ronxlii
    @ronxlii 4 месяца назад +2

    I wonder what a cave like this rents for?

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      A few have asked since I posted 😅

  • @Someonegottasay6620
    @Someonegottasay6620 4 месяца назад +2

    Crazy story . Wonder was he happy

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Let's hope so 😊

  • @jeepsthetimebandit
    @jeepsthetimebandit 4 месяца назад +7

    That would do me. I'd have to find a different food source though. I don't eat meat and especially fish.. it stinks 🤢😅

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Maybe seaweed 😅.

    • @chucky2316
      @chucky2316 4 месяца назад

      Fresh fish doesn't smell

    • @silkie8511
      @silkie8511 4 месяца назад

      You wouldn’t last a day

    • @allwrighty100
      @allwrighty100 4 месяца назад

      You could eat the eggs.

  • @williammcilwraith9304
    @williammcilwraith9304 4 месяца назад +3

    He caught Rabbits.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, should have mentioned that alongside the fish....

  • @bruceshaw2402
    @bruceshaw2402 4 месяца назад +5

    He wouldn't last to long today living like that , the " authorities " wouldn't leave the man alone , I wonder what set him off to live like that in the first place .

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Yeah, I dont know.... just wanted to go off grid I guess? Yeah, not a safe way to live these days. Thanks for watching

    • @StephenReid-hk8hs
      @StephenReid-hk8hs 4 месяца назад

      Probably the authorities?

    • @oh-hello
      @oh-hello 4 месяца назад +2

      he would have been a prime candidate for service for the war, a lot of people came back with different viewpoints on life.

  • @petemullen842
    @petemullen842 4 месяца назад +2

    It was his own decision to live, that way he had a good lifestyle before this obviously had mental Health issues because what sane person would want to live that way .

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Going off the comments, quite a few would like to try living the lifestyle....

    • @petemullen842
      @petemullen842 4 месяца назад

      @@matparks08 well that’s a fact isn’t it you see these people in the shop doorways up and down the country. Some of them are homeless. Some of them are not a lifestyle in most cases but I’ve weighed them up and most of them look mad anyway, when I first started my HGV driving career, I was on a thing called tramping which meant I was gone for the full week all around the country. Sometimes as far as Northern Ireland southern Ireland and I found it hard to sleeping in a lorry that lifestyle not for me I’ve changed to more local stuff right now. drive small tipper trucks, much better. finally, I could not do what these people do you have to have a mental health issue as far as I am concerned.

  • @craigdutton6072
    @craigdutton6072 3 месяца назад +2

    Their was a hermit up in the hills behind my brother in laws place in Australia 🇦🇺 he was bare foot in his 60s never wore a shirt ever ,and always had two pig dogs and a big Bowie knife strapped to his side 😂he was a actually a very intimidating sight if you was to be up in the hills all alone 😂but in reality he was a kind old soul that was just hating on society 👍if we shot any wild boars we would take him one ☝️

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for sharing that, interesting 🙂

  • @GillianBlack-p4k
    @GillianBlack-p4k 4 месяца назад +1

    Sorry but I can't work out where this is

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Just above Ballantrae

  • @toddmccowen8206
    @toddmccowen8206 3 месяца назад +1

    we have TAILBET was a doctor -cotton and corn big farm had a seed and feed mill -cotton gen

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for the info 🙂

  • @CarlBeer-cd6ec
    @CarlBeer-cd6ec 3 месяца назад +1

    It's better than my house

  • @AnthonyMcCaul-c9g
    @AnthonyMcCaul-c9g 4 месяца назад +1

    Those eggs are the next generation for whatever bird layed them!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @@AnthonyMcCaul-c9g indeed. 🙂

  • @fattossa
    @fattossa 4 месяца назад +6

    Good vids...by why do u wear the weird clothes ?

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +7

      Thanks.....and it's just my style. Not everyone's taste I know, 🙂

    • @raymitchell4220
      @raymitchell4220 4 месяца назад +9

      How rude, folk should wear what they like without being ostracised

    • @saorsa5
      @saorsa5 4 месяца назад +6

      And who made you perfect ya melt

    • @FloatingCroc
      @FloatingCroc 4 месяца назад +2

      @@saorsa5 😂😂😂

    • @natscat4752
      @natscat4752 4 месяца назад

      @@saorsa5spot on

  • @phildavis4878
    @phildavis4878 3 месяца назад +1

    When he moved out the spiders moved in

  • @greglewis1146
    @greglewis1146 4 месяца назад +1

    great hiking pants

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @@greglewis1146 cheers 😊

  • @ianadams1132
    @ianadams1132 4 месяца назад +1

    That was the old road to Ayr

  • @garyfinn8772
    @garyfinn8772 3 месяца назад +1

    Sooner live in there than St Paul's Road rock ferry

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Haha...oh dear. Maybe I'll head and film there sometime...try and find something 😊

  • @DavidWoods-of2ct
    @DavidWoods-of2ct 4 месяца назад +1

    I heard about him when I was mining coal thought it was alright as no rates electricity gas etc driftwood for fires ok sound

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Yeah, it has an appeal doesn't it !

  • @GarnetNewfree
    @GarnetNewfree 4 месяца назад +3

    If its nesting season in that cave, maybe it would be best to go there at other times of the year, it just somehow spoilt what would have been a far more interesting film, no disrespect guys your good people and it is an interesting thing your doing. Cheers

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Yeah, I get you....unfortunately we didn't know at the time, and we are unlikely to ever be passing there again. Appreciate and understand your comment. All the best 👍

    • @GarnetNewfree
      @GarnetNewfree 4 месяца назад +1

      @@matparks08 I'd imagine the old rascal had many an egg for his breakfast ey, I mean he probably didn't eat kippers everyday, now he'd be put in alternative living category, anyway cheers its an interesting film and you guys seem to be having a grand day out👍

  • @PINKFL0YD-s2h
    @PINKFL0YD-s2h 4 месяца назад +1

    You can't do it now because of the authorities won't let you. I tried to

  • @IngenerateIngenue
    @IngenerateIngenue 4 месяца назад +1

    The white balloon-like sacs are European cave spider egg sacs.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Oh wow..... sounds terrifying 😳

  • @platinumjack3286
    @platinumjack3286 4 месяца назад +1

    You find the eggs then After you say the word dinner there’s a creepy face on the right of the screen

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      @@platinumjack3286 ah yeah, I think (hope) it's the rock shaped like that 😬

  • @sonnylambert4893
    @sonnylambert4893 3 месяца назад +1

    Bro those pants😂

  • @sonnylambert4893
    @sonnylambert4893 3 месяца назад +1

    Mental health….

  • @massonman9099
    @massonman9099 4 месяца назад +2

    Might help if you said at the outset where the cave is. Scotland is a big place, you know.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      True...it's in the video title though, and description. 🙂

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 4 месяца назад +1

      And Google took less than a second to give full details

  • @Holeefuk79
    @Holeefuk79 3 месяца назад +1

    What’s up with the pants & shoes? My god man 😅

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      Absolutely nothing up with them 😉 Just my style 😎

  • @typerightseesight
    @typerightseesight 3 месяца назад +1

    not exactly the koolaid man graffiti. lol

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      The graffiti was terrible. 🥴

  • @phildavis4878
    @phildavis4878 3 месяца назад

    Play Conway for him to move

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      I don't follow 🤔. Sorry 😅

  • @daviddvh
    @daviddvh 3 месяца назад

    Nice pants and shoes
    Going cave diving? 😂😂😂

  • @NovChivon
    @NovChivon 3 месяца назад

    ah...always wet rocks...there would be lots of bacteria in there..lots of fungus and mold spores...perfect place to get pneumonia and die..respiratory issues would be common at best of times...terrible place to live compared to simply building a teepee out of sticks and putting cover over it

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 месяца назад

      He got 30 years from there, though ....

    • @NovChivon
      @NovChivon 3 месяца назад +1

      @@matparks08 yeah but how much of that time was he sick? ..if not there maybe he live to 90 or 100 in dry clear conditions...it doesn't matter anyway...he found a place away from the world...no doubt he had times of peace...it's a whole other topic about the physical and spiritual wellbeing of the hermit...some hermits have meditation methods and mantras...they got some magic and knowledge of herbs and plants similar to shaman...various humans having little or no dealings with people in nature...yogi...monk..nun...shaman...hermit...no doubt plenty of them have lived to ripe old ages in peace and bliss...I just watched a vid about indian yogi eating only boiled potatoes for 59 years and he is strong and healthy...another one I saw the man eating only coconuts for over a decade and healthy...it proves all nutritionists are BS artists..just one food and water and some sun gazing and meditation can have long healthy life..celibacy is important though

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 3 месяца назад

      @@NovChivon 'eating only boiled potatoes for 59 years' - that's a long time of eating. Eating for 20-30 minutes twice every day is more than enough for me.

  • @wattyler9806
    @wattyler9806 4 месяца назад +3

    What the hell are you wearing. Are you dressed like that for a bet. 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +2

      Wouldn't the world be boring if we all dressed the same!

  • @darcieedmunds2370
    @darcieedmunds2370 4 месяца назад +1

    An adult man i tights 😂

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад +1

      Never harmed Robin Hood's reputation did it 😉

    • @MrKnockaloe
      @MrKnockaloe 4 месяца назад +1

      @@matparks08 Didn't do Max Wall any harm either.

  • @StevenDavidson-y1p
    @StevenDavidson-y1p 4 месяца назад +1

    Did he have to pay council tax

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  4 месяца назад

      Pass 🤷‍♂️

    • @ianadams1132
      @ianadams1132 4 месяца назад

      God sake 😂😂😂

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 4 месяца назад +3

      Yes, plus income tax, value-added tax, road tax, customs duties, corporations tax, inheritance tax, environmental duties, petroleum revenue tax, tobacco duties, climate change levy, fuel duties, stamp duty, business taxes, excise duties ... I may have missed a few. One way or another, directly or indirectly, he and everyone else is ruthlessly pursued by bureaucrats who won't get a proper, productive job and plunder other people for an income.

    • @patcardiff2563
      @patcardiff2563 4 месяца назад

      For gods sake

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 3 месяца назад

      @@patcardiff2563 No, for the council staff. Y'know, the people who can't get a proper job as they're allergic to work.

  • @razor961000
    @razor961000 3 месяца назад +1

    Those pants 🤣