Been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I just have to say that these are so comforting. Even something that may seem 'unimportant' to some like surveying on a beach, is oddly relaxing. Thanks a lot for sharing these little projects with us. Much love for you, Jenny, and Eva
I enjoyed every second of this video…and I’ve no idea why. I really don’t care about the size of gravel/pebbles on Chesil Beach. But I’m going to watch Part 2, and I’m sure I’ll be just as transfixed again. There’s just something engaging about a true enthusiast, and Shrimp is an enthusiast about so many things. It’s never dull or boring watching and listening to Mike just doing his thing. Ah, there you see, I answered my own question as to why I enjoyed this video so much.
Waves do go over the top but the water goes through the middle of it to create those river like effects, fished the beach for 20+ years i am local,i walked it 2nd march 2014 when a cargo ship lost loads of containers off chesil and millions of packets of cigarettes were washed up the length of beach, and bmw motorbikes among other things wish i could share the pictures with you. Great video as always thanks
I find videos with incredibly niche, specific and "odd" titles like this the most intriguing, so I simply had to watch :) Discovered this channel a couple of weeks ago and watched through a bunch of videos, I've really enjoyed it! I'm already a massive nature enthusiast but your content has sparked a strong new-found excitement about little things like foraging, and identifying plants and rocks. I really appreciate your content, Mr. Shrimp, and wish you all the best on all your future journeys!
Abbotsbury Swanery is lovely. When I visited there was 1 flamingo,and we approached the entrance by horse and cart. In Whitby,which faces north,the tide comes in from the left.
Thank you Mike's friend! I was thinking as you were walking along, taking your measurements, that it would be cool to find some really old fishermen, and ask them if they had been taught to know the difference in the stones. Also, for two years in college I worked in the mailroom, to this day, some twenty plus years later, I can hold an envelope or package in my hand, and tell you how much it weighs, lol Humans are quite amazing. Oh, the color of the stones changed a lot; the bigger they got, the lighter they were, hmmm. Loved this video, I love Chef Shrimp, Gardener Shrimp, History Shrimp, but best of all Science Shrimp. You get a kind of small excited child aspect to your voice, it's awesome. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Have a lovely weekend.
The large, yellow object is a cautionary buoy used to mark a hazard or some notable feature of the waterway such as an underwater structure, pipeline, strong currents, or hidden hazards that make passage unsafe.
I had to pause to leave this question/idea before I forget it: if we consider the legend of the fishermen to be true, could it be that they had a particular way of looking at this "handful" of stones they picked up? Perhaps they would look at what the average stones were like, as well as the biggest ones, and from some such combination of analysis come to the conclusion of how far along the beach they were. Certainly, I was thinking about this as I was watching the gravel change while you were getting farther along. I figured that if I was a fisherman and: 1) had a good knowledge of Chesil Beach and how the gravel looked like there (at least in a few major checkpoints of the beach, and with an understanding that there was such a gradient), and 2) I really really wanted to try to find out where I am, then I would most likely employ this kind of technique. I'd look around myself (if I was able to see with the naked eye in the night), then I'd pick up one or two handfuls and look at the average and biggest stones. I think I would discard the smallest stones because those will always exist on every single part of the beach, it's part of how beaches work as the water erodes away at everything. I would focus on the "average" ones (aka the ones that are most plentiful) as well as see how many bigger-than-average ones there are. Obviously, I'm not yet sure how you analyzed the data later on as I paused the video to get out this idea, but it's just my interpretation of how a fisherman might have done this (if indeed this ever happened). Edit: oh gosh, just after I posted this comment and resumed the video, I got to the point in the video where you got that anomaly with the small rocks! That's exactly the reason why I thought I would discard the tiniest rocks (as long as they weren't part of the "average" size).
Many years ago I kayaked around Portland Bill exiting on Chesil Beach. One of the most difficult things I have done, just climbing out of the kayak and then hauling it up the Portland end of the beach with the surf breaking, I'm not sure how fishermen with boats would have coped. Another interesting kayaking thing was swan herding in the Fleet for Abbotsbury Swannery so that the new signets could be weighed and ringed. Kayakers from local clubs lined up across the Fleet and had a gentle paddle down corralling the swans along.
Yeah, the roundness of the pebbles makes it especially hard to ascend the slopes on the beach (it's also part of what makes the surf zone dangerous even with only moderate waves - it's like trying to remain upright standing on wet ball bearings.
Chapeau, that’s a tough long walk on gravel, it took me 3hrs to cycle to Portland from Bridport on the bridleway and lanes on the north side of Chesil Beach this week to look at the quarries from one of your other videos. Thanks for a whole hour of gravel 😹
That Sentry Station @36:13 has the oddest brick pattern that I have ever seen, it definitely appears to have been done deliberately so there has to be a reason for it although I can only guess ! It certainly has an MOD look to it though !
That’s an oyster farm long wooden trays, they are farming them in bags in Portland harbour as well( they are farming sea weed as well!) my friend owns the farms very interesting
I used to live in Switzerland near the mountains (the smaller ones on the French border) and I’d nearly always bring a 1,5 liter Evian water bottle (I had a huge glass jar that I’d refill at the source itself for free 😂) and a nuts and raisins mix. Never had a protein bar in my life 😂
It would be interesting to know how long footprints persist on the beach - I think probably only storm waves would wipe them out easily. Maybe very strong wind and heavy rain might soften them a bit, but they're not as ephemeral as footprints in sand.
We were in Abbotsbury for our late summer holiday just at the start of this month (and we used parts of this beach for walking the dogs), so I’m slightly wondering whether there’s a chance I’d have unknowingly seen AS (and friend) at some point.
@@AtomicShrimp It does indeed. That was the same week we were there. (I haven’t seen us in the video yet, but those footprints you mentioned did look like they could very much have been ours as we were definitely home before that downpour arrived.)
(I’ve just double-checked the holiday photos, and that’s the day that only one of us was doing that walk while the other two [including me] were doing the third batch of our _Doctor Who_ locations tours for the week, so the probability that we were ever there together would be 0.)
Would be super weird if that did happen, but I do occasionally run into people who know me. We were quite a way along the beach when that rain happened - like maybe 3 miles in at that point - we set off from Abbotsbury sometime just after 8AM
This is a bit pedantic but when you were stating the "accuracy" of the calipers and scales, you were really stating their "precision" which isn't the same thing. Great video though, veey interesting!
I have worked twice for Milk and More within the last 4 to 5 years. You may not know because Milk and More still use their website livery and logo. But what you may not know is another company called Freshways now control the business and group and supply the milk. 4 or 5 years ago I worked delivering Milk and More produce to Winchester. So 5 years ago I was told that we'd be going down to a 5 day week. Around the country businesses' are moving to a 4 day week if the Employee wants it. So long as they do their hours all cool with Employee and Employer. Now second stint of working for Milk and More 4 or 5 years later Freshways have taken over the business. Twice now what they have done is reduce the amount of rounds. So they call up the Agency supplying the drivers and say we need two less. Then they share the workload between the existing Rounds people. This has happened twice. I was on a salary. Each time Milk and More / Freshways do this they add to the volume of deliveries and time taken to distribute the produce. It was supposed to be a 6 day delivery. 8 hours. 6 Nights. What has actually happened is that they have reduced the Roundsmen and increased their workload. They still profit from their sales but get it delivered for free. I've jacked the job on principle. I'll lose about a month of lost pay while I find another job. Defund Milk and More / Freshways. Cancel your account. You need to know how they treat their staff.
On another topic which I assume is coincidental. You've uploaded this on World Cleanup Day; and it's another trash littered beach. Just curious what you think about those large single day environmental charities that are heavily focussed on social media. I know I have strong and mixed opinions about it for sure...
@@AtomicShrimp fires are a bad idea on chesil those pebbles explode don’t know how i am alive with the ones we had there in my youth, they were oyster trays between bridging camp and ferry bridge btw
This is one of the atomic shrimpiest videos you've ever made and I'm here to watch it all
Been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I just have to say that these are so comforting. Even something that may seem 'unimportant' to some like surveying on a beach, is oddly relaxing. Thanks a lot for sharing these little projects with us. Much love for you, Jenny, and Eva
This rocks
I can know no greater happiness than to see Mr Shrimp measuring the size of gravel on a beach. UA-cam does not get better than this.
I enjoyed every second of this video…and I’ve no idea why. I really don’t care about the size of gravel/pebbles on Chesil Beach. But I’m going to watch Part 2, and I’m sure I’ll be just as transfixed again. There’s just something engaging about a true enthusiast, and Shrimp is an enthusiast about so many things. It’s never dull or boring watching and listening to Mike just doing his thing.
Ah, there you see, I answered my own question as to why I enjoyed this video so much.
This would be an ideal day for me.
Waves do go over the top but the water goes through the middle of it to create those river like effects, fished the beach for 20+ years i am local,i walked it 2nd march 2014 when a cargo ship lost loads of containers off chesil and millions of packets of cigarettes were washed up the length of beach, and bmw motorbikes among other things wish i could share the pictures with you. Great video as always thanks
I find videos with incredibly niche, specific and "odd" titles like this the most intriguing, so I simply had to watch :) Discovered this channel a couple of weeks ago and watched through a bunch of videos, I've really enjoyed it! I'm already a massive nature enthusiast but your content has sparked a strong new-found excitement about little things like foraging, and identifying plants and rocks. I really appreciate your content, Mr. Shrimp, and wish you all the best on all your future journeys!
Living the dream, I say.
Abbotsbury Swanery is lovely. When I visited there was 1 flamingo,and we approached the entrance by horse and cart.
In Whitby,which faces north,the tide comes in from the left.
Excellent video, would love to know where you get your energy and enthusiasm !
I'd love the secret to this too. 🙂
Thank you Mike's friend! I was thinking as you were walking along, taking your measurements, that it would be cool to find some really old fishermen, and ask them if they had been taught to know the difference in the stones. Also, for two years in college I worked in the mailroom, to this day, some twenty plus years later, I can hold an envelope or package in my hand, and tell you how much it weighs, lol Humans are quite amazing. Oh, the color of the stones changed a lot; the bigger they got, the lighter they were, hmmm. Loved this video, I love Chef Shrimp, Gardener Shrimp, History Shrimp, but best of all Science Shrimp. You get a kind of small excited child aspect to your voice, it's awesome. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Have a lovely weekend.
The large, yellow object is a cautionary buoy used to mark a hazard or some notable feature of the waterway such as an underwater structure, pipeline, strong currents, or hidden hazards that make passage unsafe.
The one we've all been looking forward to, at last!
Hairy arsed biker and my Friday night starts with a gravel survey 🤘
10miles on gravel is hard work, it's like three or four times the work of a path.
@22:22 That is called longshore drift
Mate if you filmed grass growing, we would watch it.
That brick bunker would be a fun little place for a rest stop to cook a meal.
I had to pause to leave this question/idea before I forget it: if we consider the legend of the fishermen to be true, could it be that they had a particular way of looking at this "handful" of stones they picked up? Perhaps they would look at what the average stones were like, as well as the biggest ones, and from some such combination of analysis come to the conclusion of how far along the beach they were. Certainly, I was thinking about this as I was watching the gravel change while you were getting farther along. I figured that if I was a fisherman and: 1) had a good knowledge of Chesil Beach and how the gravel looked like there (at least in a few major checkpoints of the beach, and with an understanding that there was such a gradient), and 2) I really really wanted to try to find out where I am, then I would most likely employ this kind of technique. I'd look around myself (if I was able to see with the naked eye in the night), then I'd pick up one or two handfuls and look at the average and biggest stones. I think I would discard the smallest stones because those will always exist on every single part of the beach, it's part of how beaches work as the water erodes away at everything. I would focus on the "average" ones (aka the ones that are most plentiful) as well as see how many bigger-than-average ones there are.
Obviously, I'm not yet sure how you analyzed the data later on as I paused the video to get out this idea, but it's just my interpretation of how a fisherman might have done this (if indeed this ever happened).
Edit: oh gosh, just after I posted this comment and resumed the video, I got to the point in the video where you got that anomaly with the small rocks! That's exactly the reason why I thought I would discard the tiniest rocks (as long as they weren't part of the "average" size).
Many years ago I kayaked around Portland Bill exiting on Chesil Beach. One of the most difficult things I have done, just climbing out of the kayak and then hauling it up the Portland end of the beach with the surf breaking, I'm not sure how fishermen with boats would have coped. Another interesting kayaking thing was swan herding in the Fleet for Abbotsbury Swannery so that the new signets could be weighed and ringed. Kayakers from local clubs lined up across the Fleet and had a gentle paddle down corralling the swans along.
Yeah, the roundness of the pebbles makes it especially hard to ascend the slopes on the beach (it's also part of what makes the surf zone dangerous even with only moderate waves - it's like trying to remain upright standing on wet ball bearings.
Eva could have helped enormously as official stone inspector . I expect you were aching the next day. 😊
Chapeau, that’s a tough long walk on gravel, it took me 3hrs to cycle to Portland from Bridport on the bridleway and lanes on the north side of Chesil Beach this week to look at the quarries from one of your other videos. Thanks for a whole hour of gravel 😹
Thank you! BTW got your message about mushrooms - appreciate the tip!
@@AtomicShrimp Great, happy to help find the elusive Dorset wild mushrooms 😉
All the stones Eva could ever want. 🐾
Fantastic! Very interesting! Thanks! 😘
That Sentry Station @36:13 has the oddest brick pattern that I have ever seen, it definitely appears to have been done deliberately so there has to be a reason for it although I can only guess !
It certainly has an MOD look to it though !
Oho, a cliffhanger!
I *dig* this.
Hanging out in the hospital thanks for gicikg me some entertainment while I’m injured and sick
That’s an oyster farm long wooden trays, they are farming them in bags in Portland harbour as well( they are farming sea weed as well!) my friend owns the farms very interesting
I used to live in Switzerland near the mountains (the smaller ones on the French border) and I’d nearly always bring a 1,5 liter Evian water bottle (I had a huge glass jar that I’d refill at the source itself for free 😂) and a nuts and raisins mix. Never had a protein bar in my life 😂
Hello Shrimp and assistant friend. This adventure is cool.
We did this on a geography field trip.
You should publish a paper on this research. That's some proper science!
I'm quite amazed at the number of footprints so far out. Surely most, but likely not everyone, is doing gravel surveys?
It would be interesting to know how long footprints persist on the beach - I think probably only storm waves would wipe them out easily. Maybe very strong wind and heavy rain might soften them a bit, but they're not as ephemeral as footprints in sand.
We were in Abbotsbury for our late summer holiday just at the start of this month (and we used parts of this beach for walking the dogs), so I’m slightly wondering whether there’s a chance I’d have unknowingly seen AS (and friend) at some point.
This walk happened on Wednesday 4th September, if that helps
@@AtomicShrimp It does indeed. That was the same week we were there. (I haven’t seen us in the video yet, but those footprints you mentioned did look like they could very much have been ours as we were definitely home before that downpour arrived.)
(I’ve just double-checked the holiday photos, and that’s the day that only one of us was doing that walk while the other two [including me] were doing the third batch of our _Doctor Who_ locations tours for the week, so the probability that we were ever there together would be 0.)
Would be super weird if that did happen, but I do occasionally run into people who know me. We were quite a way along the beach when that rain happened - like maybe 3 miles in at that point - we set off from Abbotsbury sometime just after 8AM
Guaranteed you slept well that night after that long trek and all that sea air. Did you get the fish and chips after?
This is a bit pedantic but when you were stating the "accuracy" of the calipers and scales, you were really stating their "precision" which isn't the same thing. Great video though, veey interesting!
His favorite ice cream must be Rocky road.
I have worked twice for Milk and More within the last 4 to 5 years. You may not know because Milk and More still use their website livery and logo. But what you may not know is another company called Freshways now control the business and group and supply the milk. 4 or 5 years ago I worked delivering Milk and More produce to Winchester. So 5 years ago I was told that we'd be going down to a 5 day week. Around the country businesses' are moving to a 4 day week if the Employee wants it. So long as they do their hours all cool with Employee and Employer.
Now second stint of working for Milk and More 4 or 5 years later Freshways have taken over the business. Twice now what they have done is reduce the amount of rounds. So they call up the Agency supplying the drivers and say we need two less. Then they share the workload between the existing Rounds people. This has happened twice. I was on a salary. Each time Milk and More / Freshways do this they add to the volume of deliveries and time taken to distribute the produce. It was supposed to be a 6 day delivery. 8 hours. 6 Nights. What has actually happened is that they have reduced the Roundsmen and increased their workload. They still profit from their sales but get it delivered for free.
I've jacked the job on principle. I'll lose about a month of lost pay while I find another job.
Defund Milk and More / Freshways. Cancel your account. You need to know how they treat their staff.
this is how i want to be when i'm old and retired
Thats lotta pebbles on the floor
I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word Swanery before.
I think it might be that Abbotsbury swannery is one of a kind
Importantly....did you enjoy it?
Yes, although it was quite a punishing journey part of the enjoyment I think is knowing that this is done now
The real enjoyment was the pebble friends we made along the way!
On another topic which I assume is coincidental. You've uploaded this on World Cleanup Day; and it's another trash littered beach. Just curious what you think about those large single day environmental charities that are heavily focussed on social media. I know I have strong and mixed opinions about it for sure...
I'm enjoying too far too much. I really am acoustic.
Discarding the wood is a mistake. The fishermen wouldn't have done that, and if they were using intuition, it would have played a factor.
Its probably from a beach bonfire someone lit in that one spot a couple of weeks ago. Its not like the whole beach is like that.
@@AtomicShrimp fires are a bad idea on chesil those pebbles explode don’t know how i am alive with the ones we had there in my youth, they were oyster trays between bridging camp and ferry bridge btw