Originally I was just planning this as a casual running vlog for my new channel: www.youtube.com/@runwithstevetoday . I've seen crash sites before and usually there's very little left, they are not very interesting and it's hard to get information. This one astonished me as there's a huge amount of wreckage and scattered over a very large area. The fact this plane took part in Operation Crossroads makes it even more poignant as these were tests that took the world further to the brink of nuclear war. Or some might argue, led to the nuclear stalemate of mutually assured destruction that has held the world in relative peace since WWII. I wish I'd had more time to research and get more info for this video but it was a last minute run at the end of a busy day, here's a bit more info with a link for reading more. Boeing 'RB-29A 44-61999 was part of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st Reconnaissance Group, 311th Air Division in the Strategic Air Command of USAF. The aircraft bore the name Over Exposed after it was flown in July 1946 by the 509th Composite Group during Operation Crossroads to photograph nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, including the dropping of an atomic bomb by B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream. The aircraft had also taken part in the Berlin airlift during 1948.[1][2] The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on the Bleaklow moorland plateau near Glossop in Derbyshire on 3 November 1948. The aircraft was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain Landon Tanner and co-pilot Captain Harry Stroud were flying by instruments as the area was covered in low cloud. Based on the flight time, the crew believed it had passed the hills and began to descend. At about 11:00 the aircraft hit the ground at 610m above sea level, 300m north east of the summit of Higher Shelf Stones and it was engulfed in flames.[2][3][4] All 11 crew and 2 military passengers perished in the crash SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleaklow_Bomber
So glad to hear how well prepared you are. I live in the Highlands of Scotland and every year people die in the mountains locally. Satellite PRB's are not exactly cheap, but what price your life if you get seriously lost and/or injured, especially in winter. Also people wear camouflage gear! The last guy to die near me wasn't found for weeks despite mountain rescue passing within a couple of hundred yards of where he fell and broke his leg. His grey trousers and green jacket blended perfectly with the rock and scrub!
I'm not a runner but a mountainbiker (the downhill type) but I salute anyone who gets out there and does what our bodies were meant to do: roam the earth on our own power - because it is awesome! 🤠 And loving the bonus of visiting a historic site, learning about that plane and its crew. Thats what made me click on the video.
Really enjoyed this adventure Stephen. A deep RIP to my American brothers... Always wondered what the Peat District looked like and wow, what an amazing place. Thank you!
So envious Stephen. A motorbike accident ended my running days & now pretty much even my walking days 😢 I'd love to be able to do what you experience. 🌟
My home town glossop and got dragged over all those moors as a child ,love it now though 😅 yep trail running is a form of condensed walk also makes you focus more on where you put your feet 😊
More interested in the wreckage than the running (sorry), so glad you posted it on this channel. Also nice to see that visitors are still leaving poppies.
That is a very impressive crash site, with still a lot of remnants in place. And eventhough you were 'just' trailrunning there, you managed to get a couple of great shots there. The moody weather kinda helped too I guess, as that site will look totally different in sunlight with a blue sky.
Thanks for sharing this even though it was intended for your running channel. Yea we love the production quality of your videos but more so, we tune in for the adventure and entertainment factor. Happy running!
I'm so pleased you posted this here, as I totally forgot you started a separate running channel, and this type of video is probably the main reason I follow you. So thanks for the reminder, now subbed to your running channel too!! 😊
brilliant as ever Stephen, you captured the atmosphere of the place perfectly. I have been there a couple of times, albeit in better weather, but it is an amazing site.
Hi Stephen been busy with life and family, and just playing catch up, I've seen this place a couple of times and it gets me every time, very spooky place to be, especially on your own, when it looks just like the weather they would have been flying in, we'll it's definitely not a flop . And I love watching camping and a bit of running and learning about most things, just one person missing you should have took are GARY, he would loved the weather. Take care as always and see you soon. Alan 💯👍🇺🇲🙏
@@sqwidink1 I agree but I can barely walk nowadays - struggle to get from my bed to my indoor wheelchair to my outdoor wheelchair...but still I believe, if possible (& sadly it isn't for _me_ anymore) horseriding is the best form of leisure transport / travel...ever. (apart from, perhaps, a really comfortable, safe, well maintained & fuelled vehicle of some description!)
Great and interesting video for something you described as being much easier to produce than one that would normally go on this channel. IMO not every video has to be super high stress for you, this one was every bit as informative and entertaining as any other that I've seen from you. Thanks!
2:20 for once I’m a little disappointed Stephen 😂 missed a wonderful opportunity there! “Anyone who says differently is selling something” Dread Pirate Roberts/Wesley Great vid as always 👌
I have never been a runner. I have had a lifetime of rubbish knees and am due now to have replacements done. Years ago I did do quite a bit of hill walking which I loved, however those days are now long gone. 😞I still get out camping , bushcrafting and canoeing as often as possible, which I love. This video was wonderful to watch. I am an avid aviation geek and into military history, so this was fascinating. I knew a little about this tragic crash, but had never seen any of the site. Good to see the memorial and tributes up there. By the way...your squeaky voice ending was truly inspired!! 😂 All in all, a highly entertaining video. Thank you. 😊
Love it up there, can get very busy in summer with people going to the crash site, a lot end up getting rescued as being lost or I'll prepared. There are numerous wrecks up there too. Great vid as always.
That was great, Stephen! You are always so joyously hyper when you go trail running. Interesting what you were saying about "if this was a main channel video...research...", because I was sat here waiting for all the background to the plane and crash, waiting for the story, that you always tell so well. You told us some, but it left me wanting more.
Well done Stephen, they just get better and better. I’ve been lost up there too, until I worked out that I have a compass on my iPhone! I was walking from the southern start point of the Pennine Way at Edale, (great pub!) up to the Snake pass , and back. Didn’t know about the crash site not far over the main road. That has annoyed me a bit. Need to go back. Do it right. Pity about the mist. Standard conditions. These vids are really good. Keep it up. The vids I mean.
Love that part of country side. At first I was like I wish you had gone on a nicer day. But then your footage of the crash site was absolutely perfect. They need to designate it a grave site ! Sadly people have been steeling bits of the plane. Loved the video thanks for making this Steve
I agree on the trail running thing, it's a nice walk, but quicker! 👍 How's the Harrier jacket holding up? I've just bought one and am very impressed on the first few uses!
Great video, thanks. You are lucky you didnt find the "bleaklow beast" that we have been warned about, apparently theres some waist deep peat bog patches just off the Pennine way!
Very similar to the sight on Black Mountain in Wales. There's the wreck of a Wellington bomber that crashed in similar circumstances. It's been left exactly as it was the day it crashed. There's significant parts of the airframe there, including entire wing sections.
My dad was USAF in the early fifties on a B-29 group and died young his brother was Army and and said that they flew through the clouds to test the survivability of the aircraft and crew I don’t think my mom knew my uncle was on the ground at a site also and died young please be respectful of these crash sites they were sons,brothers and dad’s . Thank you for the video I think of them every time I’m waiting while filling my car with gas I think one of those planes could empty a gas station
Great video Stephen. My uncle died in a plane crash just south of Penrith April 1945 returning from a training run in a very similar and tragic loss. Very sad. On a lighter note: you’re still a big child at heart! What’s your running shoes as they must be easily cleaned 😁
Something especially tragic about deaths happening during training. My running shoes need hosed off after runs like this. They are an old pair of Salomon wildcross
The squeaky voice was a cool addition. Good vid m8. It would be considererate & nice for anyone visiting to bring respect & lay it at the site in the way of flowers .
Yea on snake pass then follow up the path and round to the trig point and u shall see it :) but most people need to be warned its not an easy thing to go to and easy to get lost on bleaklow area!
Brilliant video Stephen - I've seen other videos of that crash site but that was a really good look around. The atmospheric conditions suited the sombre subject. 👍🏻
Brilliant Steve. I am really looking forward to you getting the UA-cam 100K subscriber plaque in the not too distant future. It will be so well deserved. Best wishes from an Ulsterman in Murcia, Spain.
I’m with you there…on both ones I love hiking and trail running is fun….while still living in the city I tried going trail running but it required a lot of time…but I loved running through paths with roots and just it was fun the landscape was changing…I had to reverse back to road running as had no time to travel to hills…but I’m hoping once my foot heals get to trail running finally as we live out of the city now with less hills around 😅 but more nature like places 👏 I’ve got once lost in close by hills exactly in these sort of conditions which came during the day and I was on the top of the hill very flat one…I was going in circles for hours until I heard voices and finally found a rout….it was a learning experience! 😬 this was really interesting…I’m surprised so much is still there…it makes one think of a story behind and trying to picture them flying and crashing…😢 plus the creepy atmosphere in such weather 👏
You only get lost in those kind of conditions once. Happened me once too. Now I always make sure to have offline maps, battery pack and often even a map and compass
Been to a B29 crash site up in Scotland Stephen, like that site, there is tons of wreckage, probably due to the size of the aircraft. I rode past one not far from Dalry, where you were on the bike recently, I'd stopped before so didn't bother this time as I was riding in a monsoon.. Very little wreckage there but a nice wee granite memorial in the dry stone wall. Next to a house called Brockloch Tower on the Dalry to Ayr road, it would have been almost completely cleared due to its proximity to the road. Have a look at BBC NI news, they have dug up some wreckage on Sawel Mountain in the Sperrins last few days. I hunted for that wreck twice and failed to find it. Grumman Hellcat I think. I also ran up to one on Agnew's Hill?? near your neck of the woods I think.
That’s a devastating and eerie site, tragic. I spent the last few years running to plane crash sites in my backyard, Eryri. A mix of fascination and horror at each location. This has been a very good video, thanks. Have you got the Derbyshire peat stain out of your feet yet? It was always a sign I’d had a good few days running around the moors. I also had to get used to the funny looks I got at the swimming pool. Who makes the running jacket? I like the idea of the double zip for extra ventilation - I get so bloody hot running, even in the cold.
@@dewindoethdwl2798 I use the socks to make peat tea now. 😂 It’s a harrier Trail running jacket, Derbyshire based company too! Great for colder weather
I hate running! But I love your videos... Is it a mouse on your chest, or perhaps a grey squirrel and that's why you needed hazlnuts last time? I'm just asking...
I think they were beginning their descent but as with a lot of early aviation accidents they miscalculated where on their journey they were. They must have thought they had passed the moorland hills already.
My local fave spot to visit. Lot of inst turds have been taking pieces as souvenirs recently unfortunately 😢 Remember being up there in a snowstorm at night up there, was a tiny bit creepy that time ha!
"I have offline maps and battery backups for offline maps" my guy, have you considered a compass and printed & laminated topo maps? A good compass would keep you oriented too when climbing in and out of those ditches.
I regularly carry map and compass as backup. Most people never will though, so it’s easier to encourage people to use offline maps and make sure their phone is charged up.
This is fascinating! I had a nosey at the wiki you linked but there seems to be no reason as to why it's still there? Either that or I'm not awake yet, but is it just the awkwardness of the area? Also the soil looks like its still charred from burning, is that the case or just darker because of the damp?
I was curious about that too, I’ve been to more remote crash locations and all that’s left are the engines. There’s definitely loads of it has been removed, but there’s a huge amount still up there and it’s only a couple miles from a road. I’m guessing it’s been left alone out of respect so souvenir hunters leave it alone. The ground up there is peat bogland so the soil will be nearly black. Peat burns when dry and a huge area around the crash site has no peat, Im guessing the crash and fire burned a lot of the surface away, or damaged it enough that water erosion removed a lot of it
I live in the area (literally watching this video whilst looking at the hill from my window). Fairly certain it's been left as a memorial/grave site. Not sure if it's in the video but there's a plaque with some info about it :)
The blackness and barren areas are from the fuel seepage and subsequent erosion, when its a little less wet can still sometimes see traces af the fuel in the ground/waterpuddles.When you consider it's one of the highest roads in England and even now was closed for landslides, you can see why much of it was left at the time.
You have a 2nd channel?? Now I get to watch you twice and increase my chances of having a fun laugh! Run another mile by proxy for me next time would ya : )
😂Nice video I visited the site myself about 20 years ago I found it very interesting yet somber there are books available called the wrecks of the dark peak
I spend a bit of time trying to create a grade that works best for each video. Went for a cooler grade with this with raised blacks and flatted highlights to reflect the cloudy conditions
These days they'll go to great lengths to recover every scrap, not least for investigation of the cause. Sadly back then crashes were much more common and generally treated as an acceptable risk. The RAF, in one month in the fifties, lost almost as many aircraft as they've got on the front line squadrons now. Added to that environmental concerns were lower and they didn't have heavy lift helicopters to remove wreckage from remote areas.
indeed although back then it would have been virtually impossible,due to the locartion the reason not much grows at the main crash site is the fuel that seeped into the grouind that wasnt burnt of in the crash.can still see it.
Originally I was just planning this as a casual running vlog for my new channel: www.youtube.com/@runwithstevetoday . I've seen crash sites before and usually there's very little left, they are not very interesting and it's hard to get information. This one astonished me as there's a huge amount of wreckage and scattered over a very large area. The fact this plane took part in Operation Crossroads makes it even more poignant as these were tests that took the world further to the brink of nuclear war. Or some might argue, led to the nuclear stalemate of mutually assured destruction that has held the world in relative peace since WWII.
I wish I'd had more time to research and get more info for this video but it was a last minute run at the end of a busy day, here's a bit more info with a link for reading more.
Boeing 'RB-29A 44-61999 was part of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st Reconnaissance Group, 311th Air Division in the Strategic Air Command of USAF. The aircraft bore the name Over Exposed after it was flown in July 1946 by the 509th Composite Group during Operation Crossroads to photograph nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, including the dropping of an atomic bomb by B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream. The aircraft had also taken part in the Berlin airlift during 1948.[1][2]
The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on the Bleaklow moorland plateau near Glossop in Derbyshire on 3 November 1948. The aircraft was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain Landon Tanner and co-pilot Captain Harry Stroud were flying by instruments as the area was covered in low cloud. Based on the flight time, the crew believed it had passed the hills and began to descend. At about 11:00 the aircraft hit the ground at 610m above sea level, 300m north east of the summit of Higher Shelf Stones and it was engulfed in flames.[2][3][4] All 11 crew and 2 military passengers perished in the crash
SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleaklow_Bomber
Less than a mile away is the Blenheim Mk.I L1476 Crash Site from 1939
So glad to hear how well prepared you are. I live in the Highlands of Scotland and every year people die in the mountains locally. Satellite PRB's are not exactly cheap, but what price your life if you get seriously lost and/or injured, especially in winter. Also people wear camouflage gear! The last guy to die near me wasn't found for weeks despite mountain rescue passing within a couple of hundred yards of where he fell and broke his leg. His grey trousers and green jacket blended perfectly with the rock and scrub!
Such a beautiful place.
May they rest in peace
I'm not a runner but a mountainbiker (the downhill type) but I salute anyone who gets out there and does what our bodies were meant to do: roam the earth on our own power - because it is awesome! 🤠
And loving the bonus of visiting a historic site, learning about that plane and its crew. Thats what made me click on the video.
Been to the B29 crash site many times in different weather, my first ever visit was a day just like you got, its a sombre place for sure.
None the less, nice vid, buddy, I like your editing of the crash site. Simon
There’s definitely a spooky vibe up there. There are a few more crash sites close by too.
Really enjoyed this adventure Stephen. A deep RIP to my American brothers... Always wondered what the Peat District looked like and wow, what an amazing place. Thank you!
So envious Stephen. A motorbike accident ended my running days & now pretty much even my walking days 😢 I'd love to be able to do what you experience. 🌟
My home town glossop and got dragged over all those moors as a child ,love it now though 😅 yep trail running is a form of condensed walk also makes you focus more on where you put your feet 😊
Bonkers but a great vid! Thanks for posting!
Incredible discovery! Thanks for sharing this piece of history Sir
Amazing find! Chilling to think about the history behind this crash sir
Great vid! The poop weather really added to the atmosphere 😊
More interested in the wreckage than the running (sorry), so glad you posted it on this channel. Also nice to see that visitors are still leaving poppies.
20:40 bro became tiny tim🤣
That is a very impressive crash site, with still a lot of remnants in place. And eventhough you were 'just' trailrunning there, you managed to get a couple of great shots there. The moody weather kinda helped too I guess, as that site will look totally different in sunlight with a blue sky.
Thanks for sharing this even though it was intended for your running channel.
Yea we love the production quality of your videos but more so, we tune in for the adventure and entertainment factor.
Happy running!
Great video..keep these coming.. thanks for sharing 👍
Excellent Stephen. Nice to see a bit of history from across the shuck.
I'm so pleased you posted this here, as I totally forgot you started a separate running channel, and this type of video is probably the main reason I follow you. So thanks for the reminder, now subbed to your running channel too!! 😊
Start off Glossop side of snake pass if anyone is looking to go there.
Yeah I was parked up at the summit
@@StephenJReid we walk up there from shepley st and it's a good walk up from the bottom with a loop
@@rikaus9273my preferred route too. Not as boggy and much easier to navigate
brilliant as ever Stephen, you captured the atmosphere of the place perfectly.
I have been there a couple of times, albeit in better weather, but it is an amazing site.
Hi Stephen been busy with life and family, and just playing catch up, I've seen this place a couple of times and it gets me every time, very spooky place to be, especially on your own, when it looks just like the weather they would have been flying in, we'll it's definitely not a flop . And I love watching camping and a bit of running and learning about most things, just one person missing you should have took are GARY, he would loved the weather. Take care as always and see you soon. Alan 💯👍🇺🇲🙏
That was a really well produced video. Beautiful weather given the subject.
Hate running but love your videos pal ❤
Thanks Paul 🙂
Walking is better if you have good legs
@@sqwidink1
I agree but I can barely walk nowadays - struggle to get from my bed to my indoor wheelchair to my outdoor wheelchair...but still I believe, if possible (& sadly it isn't for _me_ anymore) horseriding is the best form of leisure transport / travel...ever. (apart from, perhaps, a really comfortable, safe, well maintained & fuelled vehicle of some description!)
Great and interesting video for something you described as being much easier to produce than one that would normally go on this channel. IMO not every video has to be super high stress for you, this one was every bit as informative and entertaining as any other that I've seen from you. Thanks!
I'll be honest and admit that for me to run anywhere, there's got to be a hungry bear not far behind. Reallly enjoyable vid though.
No bears here but rumours of the odd werewolf
Fascinating! 😊 UK.
2:20 for once I’m a little disappointed Stephen 😂 missed a wonderful opportunity there! “Anyone who says differently is selling something” Dread Pirate Roberts/Wesley
Great vid as always 👌
I have never been a runner. I have had a lifetime of rubbish knees and am due now to have replacements done. Years ago I did do quite a bit of hill walking which I loved, however those days are now long gone. 😞I still get out camping , bushcrafting and canoeing as often as possible, which I love. This video was wonderful to watch. I am an avid aviation geek and into military history, so this was fascinating. I knew a little about this tragic crash, but had never seen any of the site. Good to see the memorial and tributes up there.
By the way...your squeaky voice ending was truly inspired!! 😂
All in all, a highly entertaining video. Thank you. 😊
Think I’ll do all my videos in the squeaky voice from now on
@StephenJReid 😂🤣😁
Love it up there, can get very busy in summer with people going to the crash site, a lot end up getting rescued as being lost or I'll prepared. There are numerous wrecks up there too. Great vid as always.
That was great, Stephen! You are always so joyously hyper when you go trail running.
Interesting what you were saying about "if this was a main channel video...research...", because I was sat here waiting for all the background to the plane and crash, waiting for the story, that you always tell so well. You told us some, but it left me wanting more.
My next video has A LOT of research. 🙂
Great video Steve
Thanks
Well done Stephen, they just get better and better. I’ve been lost up there too, until I worked out that I have a compass on my iPhone! I was walking from the southern start point of the Pennine Way at Edale, (great pub!) up to the Snake pass , and back. Didn’t know about the crash site not far over the main road. That has annoyed me a bit. Need to go back. Do it right. Pity about the mist. Standard conditions.
These vids are really good. Keep it up. The vids I mean.
Great video, interesting and Stella, love watching ❤❤
reminds me of the manx marathon [12 mountain peaks accross the island , and the the 3 peaks too, ... i can see the glee in yer face
If you think that is low production quality, let me invite you to the rest of UA-cam. Awesome video, fantastic story!
Love that part of country side. At first I was like I wish you had gone on a nicer day. But then your footage of the crash site was absolutely perfect. They need to designate it a grave site ! Sadly people have been steeling bits of the plane. Loved the video thanks for making this Steve
Thanks for the info 👍
Wish I was that fit
Great video but, the last time i ran was 1982, after a bloody burgler! Fawcinated by that aircraft wreck and its history.
Did you catch them?
I agree on the trail running thing, it's a nice walk, but quicker! 👍 How's the Harrier jacket holding up? I've just bought one and am very impressed on the first few uses!
Great video, thanks. You are lucky you didnt find the "bleaklow beast" that we have been warned about, apparently theres some waist deep peat bog patches just off the Pennine way!
Yep, there is one just before the steps (if you're coming from Snake Summit). Both sides of the path.
Very similar to the sight on Black Mountain in Wales. There's the wreck of a Wellington bomber that crashed in similar circumstances. It's been left exactly as it was the day it crashed. There's significant parts of the airframe there, including entire wing sections.
Similar crash site on the Arenigs in North Wales too.
😂 it is good to wacht you films on Monday. Good start of the week. When you get bored by your homeland areas, please feel invited to Poland.
My dad was USAF in the early fifties on a B-29 group and died young his brother was Army and and said that they flew through the clouds to test the survivability of the aircraft and crew I don’t think my mom knew my uncle was on the ground at a site also and died young please be respectful of these crash sites they were sons,brothers and dad’s . Thank you for the video I think of them every time I’m waiting while filling my car with gas I think one of those planes could empty a gas station
I agree. People died up there and its disrespectful to pick pieces up and toss them anywhere.
@@paulatterby7507 50% of the small pieces that were there 5 years ago are now gone because it was made popular by tik tokers who kept taking pieces.
Wooly headed ninny muggins. I love these subtle movie references you put in r videos
I loved the video. Probably because you were about 5 miles from my Mum’s house and yes it can be creepy up there. Fantastic dance skills 😂
Great video Stephen. My uncle died in a plane crash just south of Penrith April 1945 returning from a training run in a very similar and tragic loss. Very sad. On a lighter note: you’re still a big child at heart! What’s your running shoes as they must be easily cleaned 😁
Something especially tragic about deaths happening during training. My running shoes need hosed off after runs like this. They are an old pair of Salomon wildcross
Great video mate a lot of thought and work as usual went into it.
The squeaky voice was a cool addition.
Good vid m8.
It would be considererate & nice for anyone visiting to bring respect & lay it at the site in the way of flowers .
Great video Stephen, thoroughly enjoyed that! Even with your madness 😂
i liked the video keep it up👍
You morphed into Bernadette from TBBT at the end. Great video, glad you decided to expand it and put it on here.
Great video as always! Great scenery for those of us who don’t have moors in our backyard. ❤ Oh, a question: What the heck IS a moor?
An area of heather and boggy peat and sad looking sheep ,bleak but beautiful
It's where Frodo saw the little lights
wasn't that the Dead Marshes?
Plenty of interest there!
Oh how I wish I still had the knees for running :)
Yea on snake pass then follow up the path and round to the trig point and u shall see it :) but most people need to be warned its not an easy thing to go to and easy to get lost on bleaklow area!
Want to go to this wreckage. Seen a few videos on it.
However I wouldn’t touch and move pieces out of respect.
Wouldn't a compass be quite helpful for maintaining a straight route to the wreck and also for finding your way back to the main route?
Brilliant video Stephen - I've seen other videos of that crash site but that was a really good look around. The atmospheric conditions suited the sombre subject. 👍🏻
Brilliant Steve. I am really looking forward to you getting the UA-cam 100K subscriber plaque in the not too distant future. It will be so well deserved. Best wishes from an Ulsterman in Murcia, Spain.
Great video Stephen. Are you trail running shoes waterproof?
they used to be 🤣 no shoes stay dry in those conditions for long
I’m with you there…on both ones I love hiking and trail running is fun….while still living in the city I tried going trail running but it required a lot of time…but I loved running through paths with roots and just it was fun the landscape was changing…I had to reverse back to road running as had no time to travel to hills…but I’m hoping once my foot heals get to trail running finally as we live out of the city now with less hills around 😅 but more nature like places 👏 I’ve got once lost in close by hills exactly in these sort of conditions which came during the day and I was on the top of the hill very flat one…I was going in circles for hours until I heard voices and finally found a rout….it was a learning experience! 😬 this was really interesting…I’m surprised so much is still there…it makes one think of a story behind and trying to picture them flying and crashing…😢 plus the creepy atmosphere in such weather 👏
You only get lost in those kind of conditions once. Happened me once too. Now I always make sure to have offline maps, battery pack and often even a map and compass
@@StephenJReid exactly
The bit with the squeaky voice was my favourite part of this one 😂
Would love to do a calaboration video with you. You’re my inspiration 😊
Been to a B29 crash site up in Scotland Stephen, like that site, there is tons of wreckage, probably due to the size of the aircraft. I rode past one not far from Dalry, where you were on the bike recently, I'd stopped before so didn't bother this time as I was riding in a monsoon.. Very little wreckage there but a nice wee granite memorial in the dry stone wall. Next to a house called Brockloch Tower on the Dalry to Ayr road, it would have been almost completely cleared due to its proximity to the road. Have a look at BBC NI news, they have dug up some wreckage on Sawel Mountain in the Sperrins last few days. I hunted for that wreck twice and failed to find it. Grumman Hellcat I think. I also ran up to one on Agnew's Hill?? near your neck of the woods I think.
That’s a devastating and eerie site, tragic. I spent the last few years running to plane crash sites in my backyard, Eryri. A mix of fascination and horror at each location. This has been a very good video, thanks.
Have you got the Derbyshire peat stain out of your feet yet? It was always a sign I’d had a good few days running around the moors. I also had to get used to the funny looks I got at the swimming pool.
Who makes the running jacket? I like the idea of the double zip for extra ventilation - I get so bloody hot running, even in the cold.
@@dewindoethdwl2798 I use the socks to make peat tea now. 😂 It’s a harrier Trail running jacket, Derbyshire based company too! Great for colder weather
Thanks for the top-tip. Definitely keen to support a homegrown company.🎉🎉
I did appreciate the American Werewolf In London reference :)
@@dermym1 😁
I hate running! But I love your videos...
Is it a mouse on your chest, or perhaps a grey squirrel and that's why you needed hazlnuts last time? I'm just asking...
that's running rat, he's my coach
@@StephenJReid This is perhaps what I need to enjoy running...
Been up there a few times just shows how technology has evolved and the chances of a crash happening today like this today are slim to none
thumbnail looks veryy high quality bro
The question is why was it flying so low .? , cheers shane uk 🇬🇧
I think they were beginning their descent but as with a lot of early aviation accidents they miscalculated where on their journey they were. They must have thought they had passed the moorland hills already.
My local fave spot to visit. Lot of inst turds have been taking pieces as souvenirs recently unfortunately 😢
Remember being up there in a snowstorm at night up there, was a tiny bit creepy that time ha!
Elmo J Reid at the end lol
"I have offline maps and battery backups for offline maps" my guy, have you considered a compass and printed & laminated topo maps? A good compass would keep you oriented too when climbing in and out of those ditches.
I regularly carry map and compass as backup. Most people never will though, so it’s easier to encourage people to use offline maps and make sure their phone is charged up.
This is fascinating! I had a nosey at the wiki you linked but there seems to be no reason as to why it's still there? Either that or I'm not awake yet, but is it just the awkwardness of the area?
Also the soil looks like its still charred from burning, is that the case or just darker because of the damp?
I was curious about that too, I’ve been to more remote crash locations and all that’s left are the engines. There’s definitely loads of it has been removed, but there’s a huge amount still up there and it’s only a couple miles from a road. I’m guessing it’s been left alone out of respect so souvenir hunters leave it alone.
The ground up there is peat bogland so the soil will be nearly black. Peat burns when dry and a huge area around the crash site has no peat, Im guessing the crash and fire burned a lot of the surface away, or damaged it enough that water erosion removed a lot of it
I live in the area (literally watching this video whilst looking at the hill from my window). Fairly certain it's been left as a memorial/grave site. Not sure if it's in the video but there's a plaque with some info about it :)
As well, the lack of peat may be due to the amount of foot traffic, it's a pretty busy spot especially when it's warm
Awesome, thank you for the info guys! Must check it out in person sometime
The blackness and barren areas are from the fuel seepage and subsequent erosion, when its a little less wet can still sometimes see traces af the fuel in the ground/waterpuddles.When you consider it's one of the highest roads in England and even now was closed for landslides, you can see why much of it was left at the time.
It is very difficult to look at this place of disaster and death, when there are too many of them around us today ...
Look out for parking wardens up there, they have a field day on a sunny bank holiday
You have a 2nd channel?? Now I get to watch you twice and increase my chances of having a fun laugh! Run another mile by proxy for me next time would ya : )
There are a ridiculous amount of aircraft wrecksites on that hill.The dark humour of the name of the aircraft makes it even more poignant.
I live not far from there, there's actually a few plane wreckages
What kind of vest are you wearing?!
Trail running pack. Harrier Kinder 10L pack
Id get lost in a place like that especially misty
Typical Bleaklow! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂Nice video I visited the site myself about 20 years ago I found it very interesting yet somber there are books available called the wrecks of the dark peak
What's your colour grading process, I wonder? It's vibrant, thick and moody... 😊
I spend a bit of time trying to create a grade that works best for each video. Went for a cooler grade with this with raised blacks and flatted highlights to reflect the cloudy conditions
I see he went hard with the thumbnail.
I may have overdone the thumbnail. It’s performing badly 🙈
A bit strange that they just left the wreckage out there in nature. Hopefully they at least removed components that might contaminate the area.
These days they'll go to great lengths to recover every scrap, not least for investigation of the cause.
Sadly back then crashes were much more common and generally treated as an acceptable risk. The RAF, in one month in the fifties, lost almost as many aircraft as they've got on the front line squadrons now.
Added to that environmental concerns were lower and they didn't have heavy lift helicopters to remove wreckage from remote areas.
indeed although back then it would have been virtually impossible,due to the locartion the reason not much grows at the main crash site is the fuel that seeped into the grouind that wasnt burnt of in the crash.can still see it.
All children like to run and jump in puddles. 🤣 Good video though. 👍
You can see in those types of conditions how it crashed
Yup! They would have had less than a second to realise their mistake
@StephenJReid you can see why it's called bleak low
Funny to hear a guy from Ireland saying "be suspicious of anything green" . Isn't Ireland the green island? Thanks.
If you look closely, it’s several shades of green, some more suspicious than others 🤣
Elmo runs the moors. :)
No trail running is actualy better
If the road wasn't closed you'd have bumped into loads of ill-prepared hikers.
So I’ve heard!
1:07 😂🤣
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Whoever would go up there and remove the cylinder heads and they have been taken as the studs are still perfectly straight ?
Why the need to touch and flip it all over?
I agree been a few times but just use my eyes, different interpretation of leave no trace. Just don't touch!
Playing Fallout 4 for real. 😁
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A very entertaining video, though.
@@StephenJReid I await the t shirt 👍