Yeah, it's not ideal. I think I've gotten slightly better with it over the years but it'll never go away totally. Thanks for watching my video. Adam :)
It is indeed! Not very well known either, so hopefully a few people might go and have a look in person after watching the video. It's definitely worth an afternoon out to explore. Thanks for watching, Adam :)
We are lucky to have good history and heritage in the UK. It's one of the few good things we have left these days, but we are lucky in that respect. Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed it. All the best, Adam :)
A lot of effort but a zip-wire would make for a handy descent perhaps from the summit. A useful video thanks for helping me to avoid this site - many thanks for posting
Enjoyed the follies. Didn't like the menagerie, poor animals who had to live in that. Like you, the heights bother me. The hidden walkway with the emerald moss covered sides was sublime. I always wondered what these gardens looked like when they were created. The garden is full of slow growing trees and bushes so they were no where near as lush as they are now. Same thing with some of the palaces in France, Versailles in particular. Some of those trees take centuries to grow. Thanks for all your hard work.
You're welcome, and thanks for watching. We need as many trees as possible, and I appreciate their importance, but I'm a bit torn on some of these estates where they grow a bit too tall/wide and spoil the historic vistas, where eye-catchers were obviously meant to line up from one spot to another, but they're now obscured by tree growth over a couple of hundred years. It would be interesting sometimes to go back a couple of hundred years just for a day to see how they would have originally looked. Thanks again, Adam :)
Hello. Thank you for the very nice video and tour of the follies. I did not catch the name of the character who is supposedly in the company of the duke of Wellington in the tower at 9.45. Who was he? I found that Hawkstone Hall was owned by the Hill family until 1895. In June 2017, the hall was purchased by The Distinctly Hospitable Group Ltd. who turned it into a "luxury hotel". Everything was fine until I found on their website that they do not accept cash. I hope they will be boycotted as they deserve.
You're very welcome. I believe that the gentleman with Wellington was the 1st Viscount Hill (Rowland) who served in the Napoleonic Wars. Thanks for watching, Adam :)
@@AdamExploresBritain Thank you Adam! You are right, I forgot that Rowland Hill (in the opinion of the leading military historians) was Wellington's finest general. Have a nice day!
I have really bad vertigo too. It’s annoying really. I can get over a fear, but a body reaction is beyond me to change.
Yeah, it's not ideal. I think I've gotten slightly better with it over the years but it'll never go away totally. Thanks for watching my video. Adam :)
Wow what an amazing place
It is indeed! Not very well known either, so hopefully a few people might go and have a look in person after watching the video. It's definitely worth an afternoon out to explore. Thanks for watching, Adam :)
Wish we had places like Hawkstone Follies in the states. Thank you
We are lucky to have good history and heritage in the UK. It's one of the few good things we have left these days, but we are lucky in that respect. Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed it. All the best, Adam :)
A lot of effort but a zip-wire would make for a handy descent perhaps from the summit. A useful video thanks for helping me to avoid this site - many thanks for posting
Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd enjoy that. Thanks again for watching. It is a lot of walking to be fair!
Enjoyed the follies. Didn't like the menagerie, poor animals who had to live in that. Like you, the heights bother me. The hidden walkway with the emerald moss covered sides was sublime. I always wondered what these gardens looked like when they were created. The garden is full of slow growing trees and bushes so they were no where near as lush as they are now. Same thing with some of the palaces in France, Versailles in particular. Some of those trees take centuries to grow. Thanks for all your hard work.
You're welcome, and thanks for watching. We need as many trees as possible, and I appreciate their importance, but I'm a bit torn on some of these estates where they grow a bit too tall/wide and spoil the historic vistas, where eye-catchers were obviously meant to line up from one spot to another, but they're now obscured by tree growth over a couple of hundred years. It would be interesting sometimes to go back a couple of hundred years just for a day to see how they would have originally looked. Thanks again, Adam :)
Hello. Thank you for the very nice video and tour of the follies. I did not catch the name of the character who is supposedly in the company of the duke of Wellington in the tower at 9.45. Who was he?
I found that Hawkstone Hall was owned by the Hill family until 1895. In June 2017, the hall was purchased by The Distinctly Hospitable Group Ltd. who turned it into a "luxury hotel". Everything was fine until I found on their website that they do not accept cash. I hope they will be boycotted as they deserve.
You're very welcome. I believe that the gentleman with Wellington was the 1st Viscount Hill (Rowland) who served in the Napoleonic Wars. Thanks for watching, Adam :)
@@AdamExploresBritain Thank you Adam! You are right, I forgot that Rowland Hill (in the opinion of the leading military historians) was Wellington's finest general. Have a nice day!
You too :)