Could You Do This Remote Lonely Job?
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
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This video is dedicated to John Mounsey. A dry stone waller who I was planning to make a video with before he sadly died of cancer this year.
Video of one of John’s poems
• The Wounded Waller (Po...
It was an interesting turn of events, because John ended up watching one of my videos, and he had built the walls that had featured in it. We wanted to get together and talk all things walls.
I was glad to have some breif chats with John before he died. He said he reckons I would have made a 'good waller', which made me smile.
I follow my favourite wall in this video and chat about the great, hard, brutal profession that it is and was. Especially back in the day without modern day equipment and waterproofs. You were exposed on these hills, and the walls still stand hundreds of years later.
Thanks for building them John. I am glad I got to look at them
Untill next time,
W.T
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John the Waller was my Dad. He loved his walls, he loved the outdoors but more importantly he loved people. I’ve not come across this channel before. I’ll be sure to watch.
Ah my condolences. What a talented dad! The product of his hard work gets to live on for generations and be appreciated by lots of folk.
John was a very good friend of mine . I think he would be highly amused and bubbling over with enthusiasm for this vlog . He was great with kids ,and a fanatical communicator ,artist , waller ,activist . Condolences for your loss .@ luke❤
Ah I’m glad this video has found you then Luke. Im glad I got to chat with John when I did, brief but great. A top bloke
@@wanderingturnip if you haven’t seen it wait till you see the film that’s been entered into film festivals (picking up traction and wins I believe) it’s an absolute peach of a film.
@@lukethegardenman3747 Not made by thewanderingturnip, then. Who made it and where might we be able to see it? I hope it gets online so people from all over the world can see it.
What a lovely heartfelt and fitting tribute to John the Waller. I’m sorry you never got to meet him and make that film. It seems he’s still with you though, and all those who admire his walls for many years to come. What a solid legacy. Rest in peace John. Keep on trucking David 🥾🥾
It had never occurred to me that there are people who are still building and maintaining these walls. Thank you for showing this to more people!
Rest in Peace Dear John Mounsey 😢 A great builder of the most beautiful stone walls.
Thank you for this video honoring John’s life’s works.
A great dry stone waller can build 6 metres of wall a day, a bad one can build 12 metres. RIP John
Love this comment! 👍
A mate of mine Birdy Bob has been re-doing the dry stone walls up on Crompton Moor in Shaw and he is in his mid 70s, used to work with him as we were engineers. We called him Birdy Bob because he loved Bird watching. He would take a month off (to the companies annoyance) to go bird watching in exotic places. His Wife told me once they went to India camping in a flimsy tent and the week before there had been a Tiger attack in the village they were staying in! Bob wasn't arsed, but his wife was bricking it with every little noise! He is still alive and still a character! If you go up onto Crompton Moor you will probably bump into him!
Love this story! 👍
The rainbow at the end was John smiling down at you because you were celebrating his legacy. RIP John. ❤
I really do feel sorry for someone who can look at these old stone walls and think they are boring. Thank you for sharing your love for these walls with us.
R.I.P John ❤
Great video David, all the best to you for 2024 🖖
To the many who have said this is a boring subject for a film which it is not.
This is part of the British Isles history that formed the landscape where people lived before the modern towns, villages and cities alike.
Maybe this isn't the video that John had imagined, but I bet he would be proud of this anyway.
He must have been very happy when he passed away. You validated his work to a global audience and he watched it in real time.
Cheers buddy, thanks for your work, and may he rest in peace.
RIP John, you absolute hero.
That rainbow is a message man.
What a lovely tribute to John’s life.. They build dry stone walls abroad too.. I watch a lot of builds in Portugal & they build in the same way, it’s amazing they stay standing for so long..
What an amazing video. Such a niche hobby to have but you really put the point through. You can tell John's soul was there when you visited the walls. RIP John. 😭
All the best for 2024, WT!
As a Welshman that now lives in Tbilisi, this has given me great hiraeth. A not so simple, simple beauty on a landscape that is certainly taken for granted by most. I hope people can keep this skill alive across Britain. RIP John
What you doing there? 😂
Fabulous! A Christmas treat for sure, heartwarming, real, British 🥰
Had me tearing up mate! Thank you for making this video, I'll bet John is beaming mate!
Oh my god this was so sweet, I wish you had got to meet in person but from the phone calls, you can tell the mutual respect you had & the sweet friendship that could have been. Rest easy John ❤️
Sad but also a positive recording. This video will stand as a record for John, as will the many walls he constructed. RIP John. He left his mark on this land, like a true legend :)
To John, genuinely great walls
Well done to you for doing what you're doing, keep it up.
This was exceptional, a great tribute to the builder John.
Greetings from Germany.
I was a dry stone waller for 15 years... And your right it can be lonely sometimes.. but I loved doing it..I found it rather therapeutic
Dry stone walling. I was employed by English heritage back in the 1980’s. We were building back up collapsing walls it was extremely hard work but absolutely a skill I would never forget how to build and the plus your out in the fresh air with nature it’s something I look back on with great fondness 😊
Started following you via the original stone wall videos
Please do a few more of your early type videos they are brilliant.
New stuff is great too but chick a few random walks in and general musing
Hey thanks for this. I totally agree, this style is my favourite and much more fun. I’ll get more like this in 2024 👍👍
Love your videos mate. Your ability to inject genuine enthusiasm into everything from chimneys to dry stone walls is infectious. This is a great tribute to John. He's left a lasting impression on the landscape, yourself and now everyone who watches this video. Bravo.
. . . just such a beautiful tribute to wallers, walls, and where they are found. Very well delivered vlog. Top class content.
Nice video pal. Big respect to John, was quite touched by the whole thing. RIP
Being a fellow lover of the lakeland fells ,i too have admired the miles of stone walls that i have hidden behind in foul weather, Alfred Wainwright dedicated Book two of his pictorial guides to the memory of the men who built the stone walls which have endured the storms of centuries and remain to this day as monuments to enterprise perseverance and hard work. !!!!
Great video. All ways make sure to watch ever one.
I grew up in New England USA. When they originally cleared the Woods or Farming, they used the Stones to Make Dry Walls. Now those Farms are Woods again and the Walls remain.
Excellent video, I love your passion for these works of art. I lived in Northumberland for a long time, and Cornwall, both had a tradition of dry stone walls.
Ive always wondered about these walls!! Would love to know more like the oldest ones, and perhaps some history / why they’re built the way they are etc
What a heartwarming and fitting tribute to John Mounsey.. I've enjoyed all your dry stone wall vlogs, but this one had me shedding a tear!
Beautifully compiled.. Listening to John's words was very touching.. You certainly had a lot in common with him, David.. a love of poetry included.. and how poetic is that breathtaking drone footage across the Cumbrian landscape.. 🤗 Even though you never managed to make a video together, you did John proud with this one.. 👏
I built drystone walls for a few years in my twenties, by far the most enjoyable and satisfying job I've ever had. Only down side was in the summer, sweating buckets and being eaten by insects.
I have recently done a course in dry stone walling. The process is enjoyable and super satisfying when finished. Deffo recommend giving it a go if the opportunity presents itself
For me that's your best video yet. It was like an extra Christmas present - thank you!
Wow, thank you! 😀😀
@@wanderingturnip Added your other video on coal mine to front page on my website, Title , George Orwell first book 'The road to wigon pier' and turnip coal mine ancestory. Turnip: What a shift in the world, he was down into the earth; with a pick axe hacking at the mine and I walk around with a camera on a selfi stick...
Oh buzzing thanks for that. Cheers for including me on there 👍👍
I build fibre infrastructure underground and get a sense of satisfaction when I've finished a big job. Can't imagine the sense of satisfaction that building something as labour intensive and at the scale of some of these walls. A real legacy to leave behind you when you're gone.
Great video, RIP John
Great video. I'm a dry stone waller based in the Shetland Islands. It's a wonderful job to do, even in typical Shetland weather. Those walls are really epic 😳
So sad you never got to meet with him...
The stone walls are amazing. We studied Hadrian's wall and these smaller stone walls in art history at university. Stones are used because not enough trees and hedges grow in the area to make a sturdy wall, and the stone will survive the elements better than wood. Hedgerows are also used in some areas.
That was the end of nomadic pastoral life and the beginning of the feudal lords farming and keeping herds inside the boundary of the walls. If you value the feudal system, it's certainly an appropriate topic for Boxing Day.
A beautiful tribute to John Mounsey and all the dry stone wallers from the Neolithic period forward. The rainbow was epic
Wow, I really love that you are celebrating dry stone wall builders! It's not your usual fare of decrepit houses/town centers but it's also nice to get to celebrate building up vs tumbling down...even if the latter is fascinating. And the photos at the end were very touching.❤
Lovely tribute to John. Just a few months ago a friend of mine posted on FB of the new hobby her hubbie had.. he was building a dry stone wall all alongside their long driveway .. Have to say it turned out nice. But the Ambleside wall you have filmed in this video was spectacular.. especially impressive were the top pieces of flat rock perched on top like dinosaur armour.. Thanks so much for sharing this wonder.
Great video! Since I was a kid I have looked at these walls that snake all over the countryside and wondered: How? Who? John has a standing and lasting legacy - thank you & RIP.
What a beautiful tribute to what sounds like a beautiful man who spent his life building beautiful walls. The appearance of the rainbow was just beautiful. This is what life is about, appreciating the small things and always looking for the positives. Thank you
This is delightful. Sad to hear of of John's passing. I would enjoy any more videos you make on this subject. Cheers. :o)
He's done a couple of other videos like this.. they're fascinating! 👍
John sent the rainbow - it had a beginning and and end - just as his walls did. Well done, brilliant.
Thank you for this
Very Intresting video. Dry stone walls your new destiny. Happy New year all 🎉🍺
Top video! Well done lad! I too loved the history and skill of these men. I also spoke with a Waller when I was younger. Each piece carefully placed had a name (I’ve forgotten what they were) and nothing was put in without it serving a specific purpose. From being a young man myself over at Malham, I marvelled at what these men created!!
What YOU have is an ability to speak to people and make them listen to you. You have a gift that many would love to have. You could be talking about grass or paint or ships or whatever and you will make it interesting. You have THAT ability and not many can do that. As you advance in making video's more people will see what you can do and I reckon that before long you will be given an opportunity to launch something nationwide on mainstream media. Maybe even worldwide, who knows but you keep doing what your doing and we will watch your video's as they are fantastic. Happy New Year Turnip.
Lovely tribute. You're a good man.
R.I.P. John.
John must have felt so good by your coming into his life bringing your passion for dry-stone walls to share his as he was leaving it. I'm certain that meeting you brought him great joy. Your film is a worthy tribute to his life's work.
Merry Christmas to you and your family brother
Fabulous video.
Some walls can be made from other materials too, such as brick.
I handmade 3,000,000 over a period of 18 years, often with a bead of my own sweat.
The buildings are often prestigious, winning industry awards for both design and traditional methods employed.
Clients were more often civic entities, or if individuals, extremely wealthy.
By sheer default l lived in a home made by my own hand, which is within a Conservation Area.
My mind wanders sometimes, and imagines a 100 years from now, a person will research these buildings for historys sake, and stumble upon my name, as not only the freeholder but one of the men who made these bricks with their bare hands too.
What a shame John passed away before you had chance to interview him on film. Guys like him are literally the history of this country and we should celebrate them.
Legend, both of you are gems! Keep making these amazing videos! A bit of light during a horrible time in the world x
RIP John 🙏 . Thanks WT. 👍👍
It's a dying art, really enjoyed that video, r.i.p John...
One of the U.K's finest attributes. Fine and skilled craftsmen, thank you.
My brother was a dry stone waller and a very good one. I’m really proud to see the pictures of the work he did.
You’re right, the walls are beautiful and and it’s a real skill to build them. Sadly the farmers in a lot of areas won’t, or can’t afford, to pay for the skill, a fence is a quicker and cheaper option.
I have a dry stone wall in my back garden.... its on a map of my property from 1640... Still there!
And thank you for a great celebration and tribute to John and his walls.
♥️🙏🏻✨🌈 Amazing wall! We have some in New York and New England and they’re old, sometimes in the woods. Local stones used and no mortar. They last when done well. Beautiful. I love them too.
"Of all the appalling callings - walling is the most appalling of all."
Fitting tribute.
What a heartfelt tribute to John. I love the English countryside but I admit to overlooking the beauty of these walls. Now from this video, il always look at them differently and think about John and remember him. Thanks wandering turnip xxx
This is beautiful bro, how amazing for you both that you got to meet each other and share your appreciation of something so under-appreciated!
What a thoughtful thing to do, it nice for him to know his work was appreciated.
The Walls ofJericho near Thornton were my favourite. I was amzed the first time I saw them looming over us as we drove between them up the hill.
What a great tribute to a man who loved building walls,,as a builder of Devon stone walls I appreciate the passion!
GOD BLESS YOU JOHN,
RIP to John, I bet he had a handshake like a vice grip right up until the end. Great video
It still amazes to see them when i visit Wales..all that hard work involved. ..what a lovely tribute..RIP John❤
There is/was (nobody has seen him for year) a Slovakian guy called Geezer. He built most of our house walls here in Longford, Ireland. Just stones and no cement. He built our walls and pillars bare handed....legend.
What a great tribute to this guy John.
Great trubute to John. I grew up going walking with my Dad in the Peak Discrict and Yorkshire Dales and also I used to live in the Aire Valley in between Keighley and Skipton and loved walking with dog around, the stone walls were like a constant companion on my walks. They were so much a part of the countryside for me and my dad that we made sure when we made hills and valleys on the model railway in the attic we would spend hours listening to the radio and chatting and making dry stone walls and sheep pens out of cat litter.
Rest in peace John.
You are part of history.
A beautiful tribute. That rainbow! He was there....with you.
4:08 A lovely tribute to John , and I know he was with you and watching you commentating about building a wall Titled 'A Love For Walls '...🙏
Awee this is so hearbreaking but such a lovely video! Rip John! Thank you for building your beautiful stone walls on one of the most beautiful places in England. 🌈 i remember my sister taking me to the lakes when i was a teen and thinking, the walls are so cute here!
God bless John, RIP fella
have done it for a living ,and it’s the most rewarding ,and best job in the world
Beautiful wall. I have over recent years learned to build them. Very satisfying. Also a good way of getting to know people who live nearby. So many stop to chat and pay compliments. Build one and you improve the visual environment for everyone who passes by. I love them.
A lovely and interesting tribute to your friend John. So sorry you didn't get to meet him but glad you got chance to speak to him and have a friendship albeit brief. A very Happy Christmas to you and all the best for 2024. Your channel is my favourite 😊
God bless John!Beautiful tribute!That area Lake District is beautiful,I think that is the name.We have these walls n New England USA they are legally protected.There is a definite art to building the wall so they stay up.The labor is mind blowing lifting those rocks.A awesome legacy to leave behind.The rainbow did me in,.............perfection.Happy New Year early!
come across the pond to NY LA SF. High streets dying here too.
we love walls. It keeps them on the other side.
Oh my brother, you look gutted. Heartbroken for you man 💔 John sounds like a lovely bloke on the phone to you xxx
Beautiful dedication!
Brilliant video fella.
Love walking up there myself.
Only a 40 minute drive for me luckily.
😊
I am absolutly amazed by the walls in wales that go straight up the sides of mountains, I have difficulty walking up the sides of them, imagine carrying the stone up there as well.
It just bloody amazes me the amount of dry stone wall there is and how they are built in the middle of nowhere, the logistics just stagger me…
Thankyou for sharing this Video, You are a very kind and inspiring person, interested in the things that matter, such a different world Now. John would be so happy you have done this.
Excellent thanks for posting
Like all your videos but this was a very warm video in honour of John. I do a lot of hiking/walking and as a kid remember going across the north York moors with my dad and brother and talking about the walls, lol, that was over 45 year ago and still i walk and think about how old the walls are and how much they have stood to the elements
lovely video
looking forward to the new series about British made.
Talking about British made my business that i own is over 150 years old and we manufactured in the building where we still trade from today, When the first world war broke out the business got commissioned by the MOD to make things for the war effort having that we had a work shop, unfortunately we no longer make anything, like so many others we buy in. We are also the oldest business in the area and know of only one business in the uk that is older then us.
Hope you had a nice xmas an all the best for the new year
Ah yes, the Burnip! Returning to your roots, loved this video
Fantastic video, as a hill Walker & Fell runner walls add so much to the experience of being on the hills & as you say they are beautiful and will be there for hundreds of years….(enjoy your running round our valley)
Lovely video. Thank you
Such a lovely tribute. He was fascinated with your dry stone walling, videos. Rest in peace John ❤
I didn’t realise it was that John until after I watched the video.
Top man and allotment neighbour and one of a kind he was. RIP John 💕
I've always loved dry stone walls! Didnt know you'd done videos about them. How wonderful that man was inspired and ènthused by you even at that late stage in life ❤ I could definitely do that job!
What a lovely video, so many people just walk past things like buildings, chimneys and wall without actually looking and appreciating what has been made and who made it. I'm always telling my boys (grown up now) do just see things Look at things, look above the eye-line where others only see.
Such energy and enthusiasm!