Hi Richard, As a builder as well as a farmer I appreciate the skill and the work that goes into building traditional walls every county has its own style of wall the art in repairing these walls is making it match in and when it weathers in you have to look hard to see which bits have been repaired .it’s great that you are repairing it properly and not just throwing it up or blocking it up and taking the cheap quick option nice one Rich and compliments to Nigel and you are quite right that you are the custodian of your farm and things should be done properly.👍
It is nice to include a bit of local history and craft skills, you are lucky to live in such a beautiful place, and you are right, you are just the custodian looking after it for future generations of your family.
Good morning Richard, You have done a fantastic job of getting your wall repaired and your builder have all so done a fantastic job of rebuilding it I could sit in your garden and just enjoy the rebuild , I just love that style off stone all we get in Norfolk is red bricks not nice to look at, May you have many more years to look at your wall all the very best to you, As always take care of yourself and stay safe.🛠️⭐️⭐️👍👌👌🏆
Back in the 80s I had a regular fortnightly trip to East Grinstead. Using the back lanes was far nicer than through the towns. One morning I crossed the bridge over the river Eden and a Milk Tanker was coming the other way,, downhill and in a hurry. I got onto the verge as far as I could and stopped. He overcooked it and the back wheel slid and the whole truck tipped over onto it's side. No contact, no one hurt (except the drivers pride) Before mobile phones took an age for plod and a big recovery truck and empty tanker to arrive. Made an interesting morning
It's nice to see local skills still being done. And if this generation and the next one don't learn how to do it, we will loose it 😢 Like wall building Thatching etc
If you get gone of yogurt or milk and mix it with cow muck and splash it all over the wall it will create a green moss affect the man has done a great job masonry is a work of art well done 👌👍
Richard I agree.. the walls are very important part of history.. Even our dry stone ( not flat stones but more round) the amount of wildlife that lives in and around them is amazing.. obviously rabbits tend to collapse the walls with there digging but I remember someone not realising where the stones came from and thought they were bought.. So.. every vid you put out there is silently educating people who just never new.. stay safe 🏴
Compliments to Nigel. That is a great looking wall. Surprised for the small amount of time it would have taken him that you didn’t get him to point up the other odd bits you noted while he was there. Yes it’s all money but what are you going to do with it when you’re gone? Rich. Is your place Listed. Mine is - can’t even replace a timber fence without Planning and LBC which is just another process to have to go through as custodian
Red stones that I used to see a lot on walls built ,sometimes tops only and sometimes complete walls when holidaying in Torquay in the sixties/seventies, their soil always fascinated me as it's red compared with the soil where I live in Essex which is boring brownie/grey and somewhat clayie.
All stone walls eventually fall victim to gravity. Yours looks like a Panzer Tank took a wrong turn. Looks great now. ✌️ Old stone walls and ancient trees can make us feel so insignificant. We're here for just a spec of time by comparison. 👍
Lovely job .don't worry Richard i bet Harry will be telling them stories in 40 years when hes rebuilding another part of the wall ,well thats if there's someone that still knows how to do it😢
When l was a lad l used to go on holiday to a place called Nubagubo which is a lake in Uganda back in the 1800s an eccentric bloke built a Cotswold village on the shore of the lake
@@kieranosullivan02 facing the stone with cold chisel and mallet to knock off the snots to have the correct shape to look right in the wall it was a time consuming the off cuts would be used in the middle infills nothing was wasted
Hi Richard, As a builder as well as a farmer I appreciate the skill and the work that goes into building traditional walls every county has its own style of wall the art in repairing these walls is making it match in and when it weathers in you have to look hard to see which bits have been repaired .it’s great that you are repairing it properly and not just throwing it up or blocking it up and taking the cheap quick option nice one Rich and compliments to Nigel and you are quite right that you are the custodian of your farm and things should be done properly.👍
There's 162,000 of us that have a 400 year old farmhouse in the family. So cool 👍
i like that
It is nice to include a bit of local history and craft skills, you are lucky to live in such a beautiful place, and you are right, you are just the custodian looking after it for future generations of your family.
Great to see a skilled tradesman at work, fabulous job well done to Nigel and yourself also for getting the job done as it should.
👍👍What a fabulous job, work of a true craftsman seeing anything likes this makes you proud to be British.🧐
i hope future generations appreciate your efforts
Is so good that you see yourself as a caretaker of this historical property. Thank you Richard
Good morning Richard, You have done a fantastic job of getting your wall repaired and your builder have all so done a fantastic job of rebuilding it I could sit in your garden and just enjoy the rebuild , I just love that style off stone all we get in Norfolk is red bricks not nice to look at, May you have many more years to look at your wall all the very best to you, As always take care of yourself and stay safe.🛠️⭐️⭐️👍👌👌🏆
Haha, hear hear to many more years of looking at your wall.
That place is lucky to have such a diligent steward. Thanks for sharing.
Back in the 80s I had a regular fortnightly trip to East Grinstead. Using the back lanes was far nicer than through the towns. One morning I crossed the bridge over the river Eden and a Milk Tanker was coming the other way,, downhill and in a hurry. I got onto the verge as far as I could and stopped. He overcooked it and the back wheel slid and the whole truck tipped over onto it's side. No contact, no one hurt (except the drivers pride) Before mobile phones took an age for plod and a big recovery truck and empty tanker to arrive. Made an interesting morning
Nothing like an great piece of stonework. He did an awesome job, good for you Richard on keeping the history going.
It's nice to see local skills still being done. And if this generation and the next one don't learn how to do it, we will loose it 😢
Like wall building
Thatching etc
He did such a fantastic job! That takes a lot of skill and experience to lay the wall out so it will stand. Kudos to him.
If you get gone of yogurt or milk and mix it with cow muck and splash it all over the wall it will create a green moss affect the man has done a great job masonry is a work of art well done 👌👍
Fantastic job there looks great lovely to see stone walls
Quality job, that wall will be there for generations to come.
Lovely little video to brighten anyones day. Cheers.
Good morning Richard, very nice video!!!!!! excellent work!!!!! 😉👌👌👌👌👌💪💪💪💪💪
Interesting story.
Richard I agree.. the walls are very important part of history.. Even our dry stone ( not flat stones but more round) the amount of wildlife that lives in and around them is amazing.. obviously rabbits tend to collapse the walls with there digging but I remember someone not realising where the stones came from and thought they were bought.. So.. every vid you put out there is silently educating people who just never new.. stay safe 🏴
Its great to learn about such history. Really good variation of content on this channel 👏
Great see walls get back in together and good to see back morter mix with lime Great 4 hundred years
That wall is beautiful. I think your Dad would be pleased to see that you have had it restored. ❤️😊
👀🙄🐾👍Great job Mr C Nigel's a legend
What a fabulous job nige has done .
Love hearing about the history of the farm, cracking job on the wall!
Compliments to Nigel. That is a great looking wall. Surprised for the small amount of time it would have taken him that you didn’t get him to point up the other odd bits you noted while he was there. Yes it’s all money but what are you going to do with it when you’re gone?
Rich. Is your place Listed. Mine is - can’t even replace a timber fence without Planning and LBC which is just another process to have to go through as custodian
Hi Richard that wall looks absolutely brilliant shame I live so far i love to see it 😊
The wall looks great Richard the song another brick in the wall comes to mind when seeing the wall coming along. Great video as always
History in the making!
Good morning the funky farmer
Red stones that I used to see a lot on walls built ,sometimes tops only and sometimes complete walls when holidaying in Torquay in the sixties/seventies, their soil always fascinated me as it's red compared with the soil where I live in Essex which is boring brownie/grey and somewhat clayie.
A great job done on the wall 👍👍👍
That was a interesting video Richard
The wall looks great Richard, Nigel has done a wonderful job I like the stories about the walls time goes buy into history.
Thanks Richard Good job mate. Cheers
Another great video has always Richard harry and jack and Sam 👍
Very interesting video. I love that you are preserving history!
Great that you can pass these stories & the love of your farm on to others
In the north of Normandy we have the same walls
Awsome video
Richard it is nice to here those old tails of the farm could you do a video of the farm history
Nice job
Lean in the wall would be due to the difference in ground level. Make sure that water doesn't pool on the high side.
All stone walls eventually fall victim to gravity.
Yours looks like a Panzer Tank took a wrong turn.
Looks great now. ✌️
Old stone walls and ancient trees can make us feel so insignificant. We're here for just a spec of time by comparison.
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The wall looks really good
Lovely job .don't worry Richard i bet Harry will be telling them stories in 40 years when hes rebuilding another part of the wall ,well thats if there's someone that still knows how to do it😢
When l was a lad l used to go on holiday to a place called Nubagubo which is a lake in Uganda back in the 1800s an eccentric bloke built a Cotswold village on the shore of the lake
Did you have to get more stone in? There seems to be quite a lot left over 🤔 Was some of the original stone not up to scratch?
Wall looks great. That must be a good advert for nige to anyone needing a stone wall built. Lynnes lost looks like a bum deal 😂
I think you should write a book about the farm
i already have. in 2010 i wrote a book calke A Year On A Dairy Farm. its out of print now but you might find a copy on ebay
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For sure the Mongolians are NOT going to invade New House Farm!
The steel won't be there in 400 years.
Lime or cement mortar?
Lime
The stone masons would of dressed the stones They would of be trained by building churches in all the villages not many master masons today
how do you mean dressed
@@kieranosullivan02 facing the stone with cold chisel and mallet to knock off the snots to have the correct shape to look right in the wall it was a time consuming the off cuts would be used in the middle infills nothing was wasted
@@user-yy4vr6be2z ah yes that would be slow work. at the time though that was the best option so that's the way it was done
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Did um t dumpy pay for the
Wall or did subs pay for it all
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