The story of Shap part 5.

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
  • Before the M6 motorway there were only two major roads linking England and Scotland - the A1 and the A6.
    This series of videos covers stories from one of the most hazardous roads, The A6 over Shap fell in what is now known as Cumbria.

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  • @chrisg6086
    @chrisg6086 4 роки тому +6

    We collected that memorial stone from the Shap Granite Quarry and delivered it direct to the stonemason at Troutbeck Bridge, in 1992. To keep things nostalgic, we used a Gardner-engined Atkinson!

  • @ocaphoenix5347
    @ocaphoenix5347 2 роки тому +1

    Great video!

    • @walt-sh7ju
      @walt-sh7ju  2 роки тому

      Thank you. A friend wanted to see the video during lock down so we up loaded it to you tube, I think quite a few people have enjoyed it too.

  • @richardmiller8028
    @richardmiller8028 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic bit of road for some spirited driving in car or bike....😉

  • @cloughajack2102
    @cloughajack2102 4 роки тому +3

    The "cafe made of two buses" was called The Eagles Kitchen", and many a life-saving cup of tea I've had there, when as a schoolboy, I'd cycle from Lancaster to Penrith.

  • @geoffmassingham785
    @geoffmassingham785 3 роки тому +1

    At night you could see the glow from some of the exhausts! Gardners, Cummings AECs etc.

  • @RoadRunnerLaser
    @RoadRunnerLaser 3 роки тому +3

    4:00 - “... through carnivorous woods...”
    Stay on the road ! Don’t be going out into the woods at night !!!
    ;)

  • @inregionecaecorum
    @inregionecaecorum 3 роки тому +3

    3.58 Carniverous woods, ooh dear.

  • @davewatson428
    @davewatson428 3 роки тому +1

    Stayed many a Saturday or Sunday night in the Crown Inn Georgina &Benny Bentley also snowed in 3 days how the time's have changed.

  • @ianstewartorr8455
    @ianstewartorr8455 4 роки тому +4

    Much nicer drivers in those days

    • @miketroup847
      @miketroup847 3 роки тому +1

      It's possibly because drivers were not treated like something you would scrape of your shoe back then

  • @Nastyswimmer
    @Nastyswimmer 4 роки тому +2

    4:04 - Carniverous woods???

    • @johnkeepin7527
      @johnkeepin7527 3 роки тому

      When I heard the narrative for the first time, I just interpreted it as “coniferous”, which it is, so it made sense. Could just be a minor accent effect, perhaps? Mind you, no shortage of carnivores on the road!

  • @volvos60bloke
    @volvos60bloke 3 роки тому +3

    02:22 just found who Brian Potter is based on

  • @fatturbo7680
    @fatturbo7680 3 роки тому

    The music hahaha 🤣

  • @MePeterNicholls
    @MePeterNicholls 3 роки тому

    Why is this uploaded in 5 min sections? You can upload longer full lengthy videos?

    • @walt-sh7ju
      @walt-sh7ju  3 роки тому +2

      I'm a novice been educated by my 11 year old son.
      Some reason we could only get it to work in 5 min sections.
      It was originally uploaded to show a friend during the 1st lock down then we tweaked it adding the thumb nails and it's become hugely popular. Thank you for viewing.

    • @martinmillar8447
      @martinmillar8447 Рік тому

      @@walt-sh7juit’s great. 👍

  • @984francis
    @984francis 4 роки тому +9

    I much prefer the name Westmoreland.

    • @mikesaunders4775
      @mikesaunders4775 3 роки тому +1

      Yes , full marks to that man for using the true county name.