There must have beem something in the water at Hemingfield as my wife who used to live there is crazy about castles. Thanks for sharing and keep em coming
It's a dangerous route over to Piel, unless you're very familiar with the route. Shifting sands, sinking sands and rapidly filling gulley's, like most of the Bay and the channels that feed it, more than a few people have not come back. Spent many many years over there, my cousin's own the caravan site and the farm you rode through to get to the nature reserve. Been a long time since I walked over, pub can get very busy, houses have no utilities and are passed on to people can't remember any ever being sold. Castles linked to Furness Abbey and trading routes. You could have got the ferry of course from Roa Island (where Hairy Biker Dave used to live) It's all changed since I were a lad lol
Hi I hope you are both well .loved the history about the island,you have educated me to the fact there is a pub you neglected to tell me the most important information is it still trading if so what are the serving times,alsO have you nearly finished the little projects and returning home.
Oh Mate Great channel and Lovely truck/RV (i used to drive those Mercs in the 80's/90's, drove most models all the way up to the "Powerliner") you seem a top down to earth bloke, with nice "English explanations"! I've just watched all your vids ....look forward to your future vids, love to see your truck in person one day! always fancied an overlander, M.A.N. are smooth but are riddled with costs and tech that breaks down easy, Merc LF, LK & LAK are nice but are a hard beast to drive, and when you've took your ear defenders off you know you've driven one (makes a series 1 landy feel like a rolls royce), your model is perfect, and any hiccups or sputters can be fixed with a basic cable tie, WD40 and small spanner kit!! Im based in Ascot Berks ( a northerner living in Ascot, can u imagine, I do stick out like a sore thumb😁) if your ever stuck or in the area give us a holler. You and your other half enjoy your travels and stay safe 👍
Hey, hello there. Thanks for a great comment and i’m pleased your enjoying the vids :) The merc’s make great trucks, the old stuff anyhows.. yes a little noisey but great to drive (once you forget how modern vehicles handle) Thanks for the offer, we do get around a fair bit ( pre-covid ) and its always great to link up with other like minded folk :)
the king of piel has keys to the gate that gets you up to the top of this castle . i have been up and walked around the top a few times over the years . sadly now elf and safty rules stop publick acess now . many years back any one could walk around the top , and you got a great veiw of the local area up there .
Awesome place guys cheers 👍🏻
Nice place. Sorry to hear about the bad weather, but you had a good day then! Thanks for sharing your journey with us. 👍
Roa is one of them places where when its nice it can be beautiful... and when its not, it can be horrible :)
There must have beem something in the water at Hemingfield as my wife who used to live there is crazy about castles.
Thanks for sharing and keep em coming
Well Hemingfield’s has pub called the elephant and castle! 😁
It's a dangerous route over to Piel, unless you're very familiar with the route. Shifting sands, sinking sands and rapidly filling gulley's, like most of the Bay and the channels that feed it, more than a few people have not come back.
Spent many many years over there, my cousin's own the caravan site and the farm you rode through to get to the nature reserve.
Been a long time since I walked over, pub can get very busy, houses have no utilities and are passed on to people can't remember any ever being sold.
Castles linked to Furness Abbey and trading routes.
You could have got the ferry of course from Roa Island (where Hairy Biker Dave used to live)
It's all changed since I were a lad lol
Hi Pete, thanks for the info. The small ferry wasn’t running at the time due to c19, but we loved the place and will return some day, Cheers 😊
Hi I hope you are both well .loved the history about the island,you have educated me to the fact there is a pub you neglected to tell me the most important information is it still trading if so what are the serving times,alsO have you nearly finished the little projects and returning home.
Haha, yes it was a shame the pub was closed :)
Oh Mate Great channel and Lovely truck/RV (i used to drive those Mercs in the 80's/90's, drove most models all the way up to the "Powerliner") you seem a top down to earth bloke, with nice "English explanations"! I've just watched all your vids ....look forward to your future vids, love to see your truck in person one day! always fancied an overlander, M.A.N. are smooth but are riddled with costs and tech that breaks down easy, Merc LF, LK & LAK are nice but are a hard beast to drive, and when you've took your ear defenders off you know you've driven one (makes a series 1 landy feel like a rolls royce), your model is perfect, and any hiccups or sputters can be fixed with a basic cable tie, WD40 and small spanner kit!! Im based in Ascot Berks ( a northerner living in Ascot, can u imagine, I do stick out like a sore thumb😁) if your ever stuck or in the area give us a holler. You and your other half enjoy your travels and stay safe 👍
Hey, hello there. Thanks for a great comment and i’m pleased your enjoying the vids :) The merc’s make great trucks, the old stuff anyhows.. yes a little noisey but great to drive (once you forget how modern vehicles handle)
Thanks for the offer, we do get around a fair bit ( pre-covid ) and its always great to link up with other like minded folk :)
@@Overlandtraveladventure Awesome have fun!
the king of piel has keys to the gate that gets you up to the top of this castle . i have been up and walked around the top a few times over the years . sadly now elf and safty rules stop publick acess now . many years back any one could walk around the top , and you got a great veiw of the local area up there .
Thanks for sharing that info Colin, we did see the pub up for sale a little while ago! So not sure what the out come will be, Maybe you know more?
The pub landlord is know as the king of Piel
yes our friend that lives on Roa did mention that. How strange :)
i know the king and queen of piel . so there are more tha one king or queen of the british isles
Hope you can buy a map in the pub! I'd hate to get lost!
😁
Who Shall now Become King of Piel Island!? 😳
The world wants to know! 🧐
I was thinking it had a new this year!?