The breadth of your knowledge is amazing. You must have had a great education and paid attention 🙂. We enjoy every waffle. I would love to travel with you from John o' Groats to Lands Ends - it would be a memorable journey.
Good old fashioned quirky fun facts. If you didn't tell us, who would? Great video. Continuity of the Blue T-Shirt and Red Jacket was excellent.Thank You.
Very interesting, thanks. I've been to Telegraph Hill in St. Johns, Newfoundland, which is where Marconi received the transmission. Telegraph Hill has been preserved and has information about this - such a shame we don't do the same thing in this country.
Agree with your sentiments. I worked in my youth for Western Union when it was a telegraph & communications company, so became familiar with such British Isle locations such as Poldhu cove, Porthcurno and Valentia island (Dairbhre) just off the coast of Kerry, Eire.
Loved this. As others have said, please keep on waffling! As soon as I saw the lump of concrete in a field I knew it was one of Marconi’s aerial mounting points. As an amateur radio operator it’s part of the law of my hobby. Thank you. Les
Thankyou for taking us on this most excellent and informative expedition around Great Britain. My Mom was born in Lowestoft (the Brown family emigrated to Canada in 1924- she was the second youngest of 12 kids when they got on the ship to make the passage). I always knew that my Mom came from Low-stoff! I had no idea it was the eastern-most point though. Ha pardon my waffle! Another great video!
Super video! :) Subscribed! When it comes to commercialisation of the extremities, they don't come much worse than Land's End! (Worse than Lizard Point.) But as you say, Corrachadh Mòr is the most westerly point of mainland Britain anyway, around 22 miles further west than Land's End. And lots of people drive through the Ardnamurchan lopolith to get to beautiful Sanna Bay, without realising what they're driving through - which you could argue is a good thing, to help keep it unspoilt, but also a pity to miss out on the wonder of it. It really is a stunning part of the world, and I'm lucky enough for both Ardnamurchan and Dunnet Head to be day-tripable.
Thank you so much for putting in so much hard work in travelling around to make this video! By the way - never apologise for "waffling" ; your channel gives a lot more interesting information that most others in precisely those moments!
I did the a similar thing last year where I went to the most southerly point of the whole continent of Africa. I sat there for a really long time and just pondered that sitting there alone there wasn’t a soul south of me on that huge continent and it was extremely humbling. I’m loving this video for similar reasons.
this is a fantastic video. Every time i go to the coast I try to go as far as I can one way until the sea stops me. this is such a fun way to look at GB and is really captures that feeling of being on your own looking at a beautiful british landscape. really inspired me to go to the scottish highlands soon as i havent explored there enough and it looks absolutely beautiful.
Great video, I was in New England recently on the Cape and visited Marconi Beach and the Wireless Museum there which was very excellent. Lots about Marconi and the transmission to Cornwall.
Absolutely brilliant video, great when you learn new stuff. As a radio student many years ago we were taught about the radio transmission but this refreshed my memory. Old concrete blocks can hold secrets and with some research can bring their stories to life. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I just stunbled upon this video in my UA-cam feed and I'm very glad I did. This was such an interesting video. I particularly love all your added extra fun facts and points of geographical/historical intrigue. Keep it up, you have one new subscriber 😊
Some more quirky facts. The far west you can go on the railway system is Malaig! It beats Penzance by less than one degree if I remember correctly. Penzance is as far south as you can go. Thurso is as far north and Lowestoft is as far east. I've done all four extremes!
Thanks for taking us along on a fun adventure filled with history, geography, geology and travel. You are a treasure for those of us who love to explore.
The Radio 4 shipping forecast has a slightly different pronunciation for Ardnamurchan Point! More emphasis on the U. You should do a video where you visit all the coastal stations - Gibraltar Point, North Foreland, Selsey Bill etc.
Fifty plus years ago I got my map-readers cubs badge and as a result ended up being the family navigator rather than my mother and swapped places in the car. So I had to look out for my father when on continental Europe so he could tell when to overtake! So I was pleased to find someone who is passionate about maps and also the Marconi antenna point. My maternal grandfather's first job was in the South West of Ireland at Telegraph Field on Valentia Island where the first undersea cable came ashore. Interestingly Marconi, his servant (who likely did the work) nor the scientific establishment knew about the ionosphere which acts as a miror allowing radio waves to bounce over the Atlantic. So it was luck on Marconi's part rather than a breathtaking new theory. BTW I have subscribed.
Your videos are the best! The waffles are brilliant and add these unexpected gems of knowledge that might seem trivial but actually add significant value. I definitely have to get Great Britain on my travel list.
Really appreciate your generous and easy to follow teaching . Just made up a new mnemonic for paths . M's . Missing ( overgrown) MIssed . Muddy Marshy . Misleading ( animal paths into impassable scrub or onto an impossible slope)Misty. Mysterious and Memorable
20:52 I think you might be missing a few out. For example in 1759 John Harrison completed H4, his fourth attempt at a high precision nautical chronometer. The solving of this problem made world wide navigation much safer and allowed for the creation of much more accurate maps. That's a pretty important one for a map reader to know about. There were many others. John Harrison's story is well worth learning about.
Got to say I skip through most videos, but this one I watched all the way through .very interesting a lot of work and effort gone into make this .thanks for sharing your knowledge
Ive got to say i absolutely loved this video. Ur really cool man. Loved the extra bits u add in and it’s a rlly interesting video idea that taught me a lot. I’d Love to see more
Well done, Wayne - you get more and more awesome by the day! Is there anything you don't know?😅 This video must have taken you so much time! And wow - the weather and views. ❤ the places you've visited are amazing😊 so much education in one video!
Outstanding. Love the geographical/geological insights ... fascinating. caldera vs Lopolith, I thought Caldera I have to admit. watched a video recently about Marconi’s base in Newfoundland, so seeing the remnants in UK was great, if somewhat depressing. Surely we can do better, and re-erect a replica antenna at least. Anyway, great video, thanks. New subscriber.
Of all the points you mentioned, Lowestoft is the nearest to continental Europe, being 115 miles from Ijmuiden port (to W. of Amsterdam), but this is still at least 5 times further than from Dover to Calais (which you can see easily with the naked eye, provided you're in the castle or on the cliffs) - at ground level you can only see about 7 miles ahead because of the earth's curvature.
An additional thank you for showing Marconi’s concrete plate! Topic suggestion - „places that are not quite where tourists take their selfies“. Starting with the 0° meridian - we now know better, but back in the days a transit telescope using mercury in a trough as a mirror got misaligned due to a local gravitational anomaly at the Royal Observatory. And the historical line is slightly off, so to speak.
Wow!! I absolutely love this video! It was awesome! You did such an amazing job…! I literally felt that I was there with you, traveling Great Britain! You had my undivided attention, I was completely blown away! I’ve never been there, however, I felt like I was. What a journey!! I loved all of it! If I may ask, how long did it take you to make this video? 3000 miles is a long way, time, a lot of work, also, the editing…! outstanding!! Brother, I’m completely impressed, you got me HOOK, LINE AND SINKER! It was fascinating to travel with you! Thank you so much!! 👍🏽👍🏽💯💯I really love your channel and content 👍🏽👍🏽💯💯❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸 from Washington state, USA.
Absolutely love these videos. Keep the waffle going. But - radio the greatest invention in the last 2000 years? How about the seam engine and mass production of steel?
Glad you went up to the lighthouse, stomped up there in December 2007 while I rented I house for a few days up the road. At the time I rented it because it was the most northerly rentable property on the mainland but I went up to Easter head to go to the most northerly point and to see the buildings there. I did do a day trip up to the Orkneys too, came back in the evening when the ferry was hit by a mighty storm. Everyone on the boat turned green including the crew, except me, so imagine the effect when I ordered 2 double bacon sandwiches and the bacon stank out the lounge, the hatred was palpable, it was nice. I swear I'm jinxed, every time I use a sea ferry I always get hit by a storm in one direction, I don't know what I did to offend Thor and deserve such punishment.
No need to keep putting down your passionate asides on history or geography, they're an essential part of what we enjoy about your channel
Seconded.
I’d definitely subscribe to a second channel that is just him talking about the cool history and geography across the UK.
The breadth of your knowledge is amazing. You must have had a great education and paid attention 🙂. We enjoy every waffle. I would love to travel with you from John o' Groats to Lands Ends - it would be a memorable journey.
Good old fashioned quirky fun facts. If you didn't tell us, who would? Great video. Continuity of the Blue T-Shirt and Red Jacket was excellent.Thank You.
Very interesting, thanks. I've been to Telegraph Hill in St. Johns, Newfoundland, which is where Marconi received the transmission. Telegraph Hill has been preserved and has information about this - such a shame we don't do the same thing in this country.
In my country of origin, the game is to erase our history and replace it with hogwash.
We were also there in August 2022. Parks Canada National Historic Site. Fascinating place (amateur radio operator here). Love Parks Canada.
Agree with your sentiments. I worked in my youth for Western Union when it was a telegraph & communications company, so became familiar with such British Isle locations such as Poldhu cove, Porthcurno and Valentia island (Dairbhre) just off the coast of Kerry, Eire.
I've seen every video this channel has produced. And still, each new one offers something new and interesting.
First class waffle 👍🏼
I learn so much from your videos. My problem is remembering it all 😁
Cheers,
GaryB
Loved this. As others have said, please keep on waffling! As soon as I saw the lump of concrete in a field I knew it was one of Marconi’s aerial mounting points. As an amateur radio operator it’s part of the law of my hobby. Thank you. Les
That cliff. The landscape is stunning.
Not sure how I stumbled across you but I’m glad I did. So interesting. I’m addicted!
Thanks!
Hi Dan, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Excellent. Well done for making such an epic trip and for adding such interesting details. Very educational.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Very informative & educational.
Thankyou for taking us on this most excellent and informative expedition around Great Britain. My Mom was born in Lowestoft (the Brown family emigrated to Canada in 1924- she was the second youngest of 12 kids when they got on the ship to make the passage). I always knew that my Mom came from Low-stoff! I had no idea it was the eastern-most point though. Ha pardon my waffle! Another great video!
This was an utterly absorbing North, South, East, and West tour de force of Great Britain. The presentation was brilliant.
Amazed at how captivated I am by a relatively simple concept. Excellent execution on a topic a lot of people try to make content on to lesser success
You are truly a font of knowledge. Utterly brilliantinio
What a fantastic video! Thanks UA-cam homepage for recommending this gem!
The whole video is full of great information and engaging presentation!
Super video! :) Subscribed!
When it comes to commercialisation of the extremities, they don't come much worse than Land's End! (Worse than Lizard Point.) But as you say, Corrachadh Mòr is the most westerly point of mainland Britain anyway, around 22 miles further west than Land's End.
And lots of people drive through the Ardnamurchan lopolith to get to beautiful Sanna Bay, without realising what they're driving through - which you could argue is a good thing, to help keep it unspoilt, but also a pity to miss out on the wonder of it. It really is a stunning part of the world, and I'm lucky enough for both Ardnamurchan and Dunnet Head to be day-tripable.
So stuck down here in drizzly cloudy Cornwall I see heading for the far north of Scotland for the sun & wonderful views.
I think the blue line is ‘Mean Low Water Springs’
Lowerstoft = Low’a’stoft.
Yeah I've never heard it pronounced Low-stoft before (although Wikipedia lists both as acceptable pronunciations)
@@flappetyflippers Maybe a deep Suffolk accent may say Low’stoft but there are very few proper Suffolk accents left in the County.
Thank you so much for putting in so much hard work in travelling around to make this video!
By the way - never apologise for "waffling" ; your channel gives a lot more interesting information that most others in precisely those moments!
Ah Ness Point. My sister had a job in the Birds Eye frozen chicken nugget factory there one summer from uni. Never again she said!
Be nice to see the observatory building on Ben Nevis restored.
An excellent tour. Thank you. And I enjoyed the waffles. I love the way you love the land.
Loved it! Great video.
I've just ticked-off the four UK extremities/cardinal points. Took me four years...
Happy days!
You keep waffling fella. It's very interesting 👍
Incredibly glad I've stumbled across this channel. Thank you.
😀😀😀 Thank you Mr Nalor
Thanks
Thank you, it is really appreciated
Outstanding, and the interesting concrete is more thought provoking than anything on the tele - bravo!
A superb video as always, very informative and enthralling waffle, especially the lopolith. Keep up the great work.
Some of the most interesting waffle I've heard for ages, nice little departure from the usual.
Love this channel.
This was a pleasure to watch! Your energy is lovely - Thank you 😊
I did the a similar thing last year where I went to the most southerly point of the whole continent of Africa. I sat there for a really long time and just pondered that sitting there alone there wasn’t a soul south of me on that huge continent and it was extremely humbling. I’m loving this video for similar reasons.
this is a fantastic video. Every time i go to the coast I try to go as far as I can one way until the sea stops me. this is such a fun way to look at GB and is really captures that feeling of being on your own looking at a beautiful british landscape. really inspired me to go to the scottish highlands soon as i havent explored there enough and it looks absolutely beautiful.
Fabulous bit. Thank you so much for the work to give this to us.
Amazing video, great knowledge. This deserves a load more views
What an interesting journey you've taken us on. Thank you my friend. Keep Calm and Waffle on!!!
Excellent,
Very interesting & well put together, I enjoyed that .
Thank you, 👍
Great video, I was in New England recently on the Cape and visited Marconi Beach and the Wireless Museum there which was very excellent. Lots about Marconi and the transmission to Cornwall.
Very interesting video! I didn't expect to enjoy this video as much as i did.
Absolutely brilliant video, great when you learn new stuff. As a radio student many years ago we were taught about the radio transmission but this refreshed my memory. Old concrete blocks can hold secrets and with some research can bring their stories to life. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Liked, subbed and commenting for the algorithm. Loved this video mate.
Your journey / this video was very interesting indeed! Especially that "slab of concrete". :D
I just stunbled upon this video in my UA-cam feed and I'm very glad I did. This was such an interesting video. I particularly love all your added extra fun facts and points of geographical/historical intrigue. Keep it up, you have one new subscriber 😊
Some more quirky facts. The far west you can go on the railway system is Malaig! It beats Penzance by less than one degree if I remember correctly. Penzance is as far south as you can go. Thurso is as far north and Lowestoft is as far east.
I've done all four extremes!
Very interesting and well presented, I am looking forward to the next one.
Great video as always. Very informative and enjoyable
Absolutely brilliant! I’ve done S, E, W, L & H. Just N to go!
Thanks for taking us along on a fun adventure filled with history, geography, geology and travel. You are a treasure for those of us who love to explore.
I watch everyone of your videos. Every Waffle is a tiny bit of amazing knowledge. It is what keeps me coming back.
What an interesting video, thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's made me want to get out to see these places. 🙂
Very, very interesting, thanks.
What a gem of a video! Bless for the titbits of information too shout out 🙏
Ness point made me scoff there's no way 😂💀
Thanks, great video, Sugwas in Herefordshire pronounced Sugus, Bagwyllydiart also in Herefordshire Baggle iddy art.
The Radio 4 shipping forecast has a slightly different pronunciation for Ardnamurchan Point! More emphasis on the U. You should do a video where you visit all the coastal stations - Gibraltar Point, North Foreland, Selsey Bill etc.
Such an intetesting video, just come across your channel
Fifty plus years ago I got my map-readers cubs badge
and as a result ended up being the family navigator
rather than my mother and swapped places in the car.
So I had to look out for my father when on continental Europe
so he could tell when to overtake!
So I was pleased to find someone who is passionate about maps
and also the Marconi antenna point.
My maternal grandfather's first job was in the South West of Ireland
at Telegraph Field on Valentia Island where the first undersea cable
came ashore.
Interestingly Marconi, his servant (who likely did the work) nor
the scientific establishment knew about the ionosphere
which acts as a miror allowing radio waves to bounce over the Atlantic.
So it was luck on Marconi's part rather than a breathtaking new theory.
BTW I have subscribed.
this dude knows everything, im amazed. you gained a new subscriber
That's why he was awarded a dudeship
just found your channel, very entertaining and informative
Your videos are the best! The waffles are brilliant and add these unexpected gems of knowledge that might seem trivial but actually add significant value. I definitely have to get Great Britain on my travel list.
Lopolith! Magic, Geology AO level 1966!!
And it gets better - ophiolite!! Brilliant..
amazing, thank you - and I always wonder where you find these nuggets of knowledge
That was fun and informative!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really appreciate your generous and easy to follow teaching . Just made up a new mnemonic for paths . M's . Missing ( overgrown) MIssed . Muddy Marshy . Misleading ( animal paths into impassable scrub or onto an impossible slope)Misty. Mysterious and Memorable
Brand new to this channel. I thought this video was outstanding. Great research and delivery. Immediate subscribe
I'd like to see a great big Lopolith forming out there in Ness Point, Lowerstoft...
Absolutely LOVE this channel. Waffle away....
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm of the sites visited
Brilliant informative video with extra waffle! More please
Fascinating video. Well done to Marconi for his life altering achievement
Absolutely brilliant and fascinating. Please do not put down your ' waffles' - they are a joy to listen to.
20:52 I think you might be missing a few out. For example in 1759 John Harrison completed H4, his fourth attempt at a high precision nautical chronometer. The solving of this problem made world wide navigation much safer and allowed for the creation of much more accurate maps. That's a pretty important one for a map reader to know about. There were many others.
John Harrison's story is well worth learning about.
Got to say I skip through most videos, but this one I watched all the way through .very interesting a lot of work and effort gone into make this .thanks for sharing your knowledge
Ive got to say i absolutely loved this video. Ur really cool man. Loved the extra bits u add in and it’s a rlly interesting video idea that taught me a lot. I’d Love to see more
Fantastic video! I learnt a lot!
This video was 10/10 and something I have never seen done before.
Well done, Wayne - you get more and more awesome by the day! Is there anything you don't know?😅
This video must have taken you so much time! And wow - the weather and views. ❤ the places you've visited are amazing😊 so much education in one video!
Used to holiday in ardnamurchan as a kid, you must check out sana bay just down the road, fantastic beach and dunes :).
Incredible work. I thought you get a crew with camera work, but it turned out you are one man show.
your passion for geography is absolutely infectious lol
Incredible video mate 👍
The highlands without a doubt are my favourite part of the UK, there is so much natural beauty and incredible nature
Amazing video. Tremendously interesting!
At last, intelligent content, I am very grateful.
Nice one indeed!
How amazing is that lump of concrete! 😊 Amazingly interesting, that’s what. I so enjoy your videos.
❤ it was very informative and love it when u waffle 😂
Outstanding. Love the geographical/geological insights ... fascinating. caldera vs Lopolith, I thought Caldera I have to admit. watched a video recently about Marconi’s base in Newfoundland, so seeing the remnants in UK was great, if somewhat depressing. Surely we can do better, and re-erect a replica antenna at least. Anyway, great video, thanks. New subscriber.
Nice video 😊 thank you
Of all the points you mentioned, Lowestoft is the nearest to continental Europe, being 115 miles from Ijmuiden port (to W. of Amsterdam),
but this is still at least 5 times further than from Dover to Calais (which you can see easily with the naked eye, provided you're in the castle or on the cliffs) -
at ground level you can only see about 7 miles ahead because of the earth's curvature.
An additional thank you for showing Marconi’s concrete plate!
Topic suggestion - „places that are not quite where tourists take their selfies“. Starting with the 0° meridian - we now know better, but back in the days a transit telescope using mercury in a trough as a mirror got misaligned due to a local gravitational anomaly at the Royal Observatory. And the historical line is slightly off, so to speak.
Amazing video! Subbed.
Well done. Nice video. Love this sort of thing. Only been to two of the places (one in England and one in Scotland).
Wow!! I absolutely love this video! It was awesome! You did such an amazing job…! I literally felt that I was there with you, traveling Great Britain! You had my undivided attention, I was completely blown away! I’ve never been there, however, I felt like I was. What a journey!! I loved all of it! If I may ask, how long did it take you to make this video? 3000 miles is a long way, time, a lot of work, also, the editing…! outstanding!! Brother, I’m completely impressed, you got me HOOK, LINE AND SINKER! It was fascinating to travel with you! Thank you so much!! 👍🏽👍🏽💯💯I really love your channel and content 👍🏽👍🏽💯💯❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸 from Washington state, USA.
❤wow what a comment. ❤
One of my favourite youtube videos
Thank you. Fascinating video journey!
Absolutely love these videos. Keep the waffle going. But - radio the greatest invention in the last 2000 years? How about the seam engine and mass production of steel?
Excellent stuff as usual thank you!!!!!!!
Lopolith.....I like that word and I like the feature.
Glad you went up to the lighthouse, stomped up there in December 2007 while I rented I house for a few days up the road. At the time I rented it because it was the most northerly rentable property on the mainland but I went up to Easter head to go to the most northerly point and to see the buildings there. I did do a day trip up to the Orkneys too, came back in the evening when the ferry was hit by a mighty storm. Everyone on the boat turned green including the crew, except me, so imagine the effect when I ordered 2 double bacon sandwiches and the bacon stank out the lounge, the hatred was palpable, it was nice. I swear I'm jinxed, every time I use a sea ferry I always get hit by a storm in one direction, I don't know what I did to offend Thor and deserve such punishment.