Low Tide reveals some Very mysterious finds on a freezing misty day - Mudlarking the River Thames
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2023
- Someone very carefully wrapped this object in FRAGILE tape and consigned it to the deep and dark waters of the. River Thames one dark night hoping it would never be found. Unfortunately they forgot that the tide goes down and these secrets are once again revealed!
In Early December I met up with Simon Bourne for a very cold and misty mudlark. Find out what we found and see you can ID one very strange object in paricular!
If you wish to try mudlarking you need a permit from the Port of London Authority. Currently the PLA are not issuing any new permits. Keep an eye on their website for any changes to this status:-
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i have watched this video over and over again and reading all your comments has bought yet another tear to my eye. My dad would be in his element on this adventure that he has been on and i can never thank you enough for doing what you have done for my dad. this is truly above and beyond what i expected anyone to do. so i thank you and i thank each and every one of you for your lovely comments regarding my dads journey xxxx
How fantastic Lorraine you were able to connect to this video. My deepest condolences to you. I lost my Dad in 2014 and I know how very difficult it is. He is on his way now to a new adventure. I hope this adventure continues and we learn more of his travels. Thank you Nicola for taking him on his way to new sights and sounds in the world.
Lorraine I'm so glad Nicola found him! Of all people, she would understand and appreciate your gesture to your dad.
Such a wonderful story, Nicola you are a very lovely lady - this really touched my heart, (I lost my dad at Christmas) happy heavenly travel adventures Lorraine’s dad 😊❤
Hi Lorraine, super excited for all of you, how wonderful...
May I ask, where did his journey begin..? ( what port / lands edge. did he set sail from..)
This is truly magical... You get to share the journey too. Oh the adventure is so exciting, please do tell, will he be travelling with nicola or is that a surprise/secret trip.. 🙏
Bless your heart, fill it with love and adventures we truly can dream of...
Blessings from my heart to yours.
Ellie of Britainia ♥️🙏
Happy travels to your Dad, what an adventure to head off with Nic!
Awww . . . Lorraine’s Dad found the right person to continue his journey in this realm. I loved that you were so respectful.
absolutely amazed and so grateful. how lucky was my dad and of course me for this amazing thing she has done for my dad xx
Venturing into the freezing cold, sick, with your windswept, lopsided glasses. That's dedication.
Had me confused thinking it was Sunday! Another great mudlarking adventure, and I think its a great idea to take Lorraine's dad with you to America to continue his travels around the world! What an amazing human you are!
I totally made a mistake with the day!
I found this Nic "The British Library has records for ‘Harry Clarke the acknowledged champion hatter, 195 Lambeth Walk (near Sir Henry Daulton’s Potteries)’"
Hope it helps 😃
to Loraine's Dad: have a great journey, courtesy of such thoughtful and kind women!
Anyone dedicated enough to go out when it's that cold deserves great finds! With regards to the pipe stem, I did find reference to a promotional pipe - ‘Harry Clarke the acknowledged champion hatter, 195 Lambeth Walk (near Sir Henry Daulton’s Potteries)’. Might be a start for your enquiries?
Brilliant!
Always love it when you and Si get together for some “luck in the muck”. Lovely video and some very interesting finds. Can’t wait to see what Lorraine says about you bringing her father’s ashes here to the US. Travel safe.
i just love the friendship between the two of you. it's so genuine and warms my heart every time.
I love the care you give the offerings and the messages in bottles, it makes my heart happy.
I love foggy days like that! One of my favorite family vacation memories was when my mom, sister, and I were in Maine. We went to a state park that was the north-easternmost point of the US on a day much like this one here. We were just about the only ones there, and walking along the beach while barely able to see the seals hanging out on the sandbar just off shore was amazing. They were dark shapes in the distance and their barking just added to the evocative sensations of the day. The water was very still, and the waves were just little pulses on the beach. The lighthouse’s foghorn occasionally went off, adding to the auditory mix.
That’s a lovely story,so very well written,I can totally see that moment in my mind,thanks to you eloquent description.
What a wonderful story. I am here in Northwest Georgia USA on April 2, 2023 wondering where the journey has taken Lorraine's Dad. Imagining what wonderful adventures he is having, hoping to hear more soon. Peace and Happiness to you Lorraine and to Nicola. I love your videos. I have always wanted to travel to England as that is where my Father's Family originated from, Melksham Wiltshire our Surname is Self.
I Hope Lorraine’s dad is enjoying his journeys, and/or Lorraine is finding some comfort from so many strangers wishing them well. Much love and a warm welcome from the USA 💜
What a perfectly inspiring video!
I just love the idea of you taking Lorraine's father across the pond and giving him 'the trip of a lifetime'
hello from Denmark 🌸🌧
This strange piece of metal you saw just before picking up the second vulcanite top looked like Sputnik. The story of Lorraine's Dad warmed my heart. Hope he has lots more adventures.
Enjoy your trip to the USA. Lorraine will, I feel sure, be very pleased that her Dad will be given a little help along on his final journey. From the USA, he truly could travel the world. What a beautiful thought. I placed my boat-building, sailing mad late husband’s ashes in the North Sea from here in Scotland, and that thought continues to be a balm to my heart 19 years on…❤️
Some of the scenes in the beginning were so beautiful. Consider printing and framing some…foggy bridge, gaggle geese in the fog…stunning. So happy Lorraine was able to watch this, it was a sign that you found it. ❤️🙏🏻
I've just spent several hours, while ill in bed, re-watching your videos, and realising that during the whole time, I hadn't noticed my pain at all. No painkillers taken, and no "poor me" thoughts! I always find your videos fascinating and I love your enthusiasm, and your ability to see beauty in something that may be broken, but certainly isn't junk. You can also impart that sense of something exciting and full of potential ....... what is its story? Thank you for these, and have a safe and wonderful trip to America........ what a lovely thing to do, to take Lorraine's dad with you. Eagerly awaiting your return, and much love to you. God bless you ❤️
The message in the bottle brought tears to my eyes. Thanks Nichola, for the magic. ❤
Apologies for the late reply. Rubber dog head probably a finger puppet!
Brilliant Video Nikki !!!!!!!
In The Warm, Feet Up,Watching You Exploring !!!!!!!
Great ...... Hugs xxxx
How lovely that you found the bottle of the gentleman's ashes and that you will contact his daughter. Such a sweet and unexpected story for all of us to witness. I am charmed by it all. ♥️
What an atmospheric lark this one was. With the fog rolling in off the Thames and the bells tolling in the distance. Your breath steaming but us knowing that its pretty darned chilly...and who cares, because your larking and enjoying it. I was too. Peering into my phone screen. Whats this, whats that?
I love all the things you discover, but i found that Brazil nut, snuff box really interesting.
Awe and have a great journey Lorraine's Dad. That was such a touching message in a bottle. May your journey be long and beautiful Sir. Rest in peace. X
OK Nicola, I have enjoyed every episode of yours I have watched and I have always tried to hit that like button because I do enjoy them so much. But this one TOPPED THEM ALL!!!
I guess it's because it made me think of my Dad. You are a very special person, Nicola, and I want to say thank you for these videos.
I believe that Rainbow was there for a reason, and you were definitely meant to find that bottle.
Thanks Brenda ❤️
Really enjoyed the Lovely day in the fog with the river, birds and bells!
So many great finds today. May the adventures continue for Lorraine’s dad. It’s so sweet how you handle these messages in bottles. Such a caring heart you have! Enjoy your trip to the US. I hope you do not get caught up in our weather woes!
Travel safe,
from Richmond Virginia.
The bottle ending is precious
1. So happy Lorraine's dad found another adventurous spirit to travel with. Looking forward to updates.
2. The phone was probably a return intercepted by a package pirate.🏴☠️
3. Spotted your Canada toque. Nice. 🇨🇦
LORD I LOVE YOUR OPENERS --Hello Nicola
Thank you Peter!
If you are in the US right now, Jan 14th, I hope you are somewhere safe from all this weird weather we are having. Loved the background on the boat. Have fun.
Amazed how many Cormorants there were there. When I lived in London in the late 60s one was lucky to see one or two. Wild life on the Thames is so much better now.
Piped it again Nicola - another well preserved, intact pipe! Lovely styled snuff box to boot. Enjoyed the round up session on your friend’s boat and the heart warming read of the message in the bottle. Take care and keep safe on your trip to the States.
Beautifully haunting and so very vintage London, I loved it. The message in the bottle touched my heart having only lost my beloved Papa' 16 months ago. A face full of happy tears for him 🙏Teresa 🇦🇺❤
I loved seeing the London fog and then the bells telling us what time it was. So kind of you to take Loraine's father to the US. I'm sure he is smiling too. Great video, Nicola. I can't wait for the next one. 😍
Absolutely love how you get to bring Loraine’s dad with you to America!! One final journey for the lad!! and it will be a massive glorious and beautiful one!! You are an incredible human being!! Never stop being positive!
Thank you that is so kind of you to say xx
Hello Nicola, I would just like to say what a lovely lady you are. You charm us with your narrative and your exploits. Please do keep up with your videos, which are a escape to a bygone time. Thank you regards Kevin.
Nicola, you always find a way to touch our hearts
The Thames looked so beautiful in the fog it magically removed all the modern new builds taking us back to a better time 😊 I’m sure I saw a horse shoe close to the intact pipe you extracted maybe it brought you luck
That funnel looking item looks like the spout of an old oil can. The kind you push on the bottom to create suction for the liquid.
Thats what i thought
It certainly looks like a spout but it looked like there were ridges at the tip which, if they were there, make me wonder whether it was to be inserted into some sort of flexible fitting.
Possibly for sewing machine oil. I have a similar one.
I love all the birds you film. The Cormorants were especially fun to watch. You and Simone are such fun and find the coolest things. That wrapped-up phone will keep me up a night or two trying to figure out why and how it got there. ☺️ While showing the key/winder up close the foggy scene in the background made me think of Sherlock Holmes’ London. Just as I pictured it when I first read the stories almost 60 ago. Lovely what you are doing for Lorraine!
There's a stuffed toy in my family from the 60s which has a rubber face that was attached to a fuzzy body. I also have a couple of hand puppets from about the same era with full rubber heads and cloth bodies. I would say that the dog head is part of a similar puppet.
Darling May God bring you the best year ever,Stay Safe.Many Blessings to everyone🦋🦋
That's so thoughtful Nicole. Hope he gets to travel the world.x
I love a frosty misty morning!🙂
Wow, the river with all that fog was simply stunning. Thank you so much for sharing!
Looking forward to another year of treasure hunting ❤ Here's to a happier kinder 2023
Morning, loved the foggy foreshore. Very magical. The Hatter pipe stem... according to website of Mudlarker Rosie Barker, the pipe is for "Harry Clarke acknowledge champion hatter". Pretty sure there is a very interesting story behind a series of clay pipes made to commemorate him. Have a great week. ❤️
Your a beautiful person to keep Lorraines dad travelling. Take care and thank you for sharing 👍🙏❤️
I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos, and every time I have a bit of anxiety that's keeping me awake, I put on your videos. The music you choose and the gentle calmness of your voice help relax me!
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy them 🥰
Thick as pea soup .. That's how WE Americans think of the fog in "very old London." Basil Rathbone & S. Holmes movies. All those bits and pieces of metal everywhere, a fortune in scrap if anyone would take the time to scourer the rivers mud. Thanks again for an interesting walk.
I was just up the river from you both that morning, no boats til later, sludgy mud and some really sereal views of rolling mist and fog swirling around on the river. That is a truly lovely thing to contine Lorraine's late Dad's travels in his memory ❤️
Maybe you could punch a small hole in the top of the message and attach a small piece of string before you put it back in to help the next person who finds it to get it out of the bottle a little more easily without risking the ashes. I really love watching your videos. It's always exciting and I learn so much. Thank you for sharing your adventures and being so passionate about what you do. - Jodie from Australia 😁
Thanks!
Thank you so much Artie!
I truly enjoy both of you hunting for history. Loved the fog.
Bless you, Nicola
what a lovely relaxing foggy video with some sweet finds. Bon Voyage to Lorraine father 💙🤍💙🤍🌊 Happy 2023
What a programme, I could watch all day. I find it so interesting and you are such a lovely person❤😊
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Once again, I watched it when it aired & didn't comment. I absolutely adored that foggy London town of yore. So magical. Big Ben made it even better. It was like an opening of a murder mystery. I do enjoy your larks when you team up with Si-Finds. You make a great pair. I didn't expect you to find much given the fog. You always come thru Nicola. Cheers to you & London. If only.......
Absolutely 💯 grateful that I found your channel. Living through your adventures ❤️
Hello Nicola
Love the toque. Oh Canada.
Take care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
This brought a tear to my face well done Nicola this is a lovely gesture and good luck to Lorraine and her dad making another journey🥲❤🩹 Jim, Surrey X
Wow! How sweet. Lorraine’s dad is still having adventures. Love it❤
The first button-like things looked like the tops of Christmas ornaments to me. The snuff box was very cool. Thanks so much.
Lorraine's Dad gets to travel and be cared about by your large following. Isn't that just lovely?
I know. I can't wait to update you all
You were the perfect person to find the message in a bottle. Lorraine must have been so pleased. Cheers from Canada.
Great Sunday morning watch in bed with a cup of tea ☕😘 love the shots of the wild life
Always enjoy watching you and Simon together🥰🇺🇸
My favorites Nicola and Syfinds😊😊
I worked in brickworks for about 35 years in Wales and Australia , I'm always stretching my neck to see where the bricks are made 🤣
Great day with Simon and fantastic finds. The message in the bottle was awesome and to be able to take him back to the daughter is great. He is surely getting his traveling in by sea and by plane. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💗
So glad her dad can continue on his journey!
Beautiful with the fog, and the Cormorants gathered together.
Nicola and Si discover the river of lost soles. ❤
The broken pipe stem refers to Harry Clarke. 'The acknowledged champion hatter' of 195 Lambeth Walk (near to Henry Daultons pottery) circa. 1890.
Love & Blessings from Yukon, Canada to you both, Nicola & David. May 2023 bring you good health, contentment & lots more interesting mudlarking finds. Cheers 🍾🥂
Hi Nicola 👋👌💪Fantastic movie 👌👌👌
Oh…those introductory scenes were absolutely gorgeous! So atmospheric! Love it!
A lovely view in the fog..a very eclectic mix of finds..your eyes never fail you to find interesting bits..what a sweet tribute to the owner of the ashes! Nice to see you and Si.
Your comment about 1:05 made me think of the beautiful work of John Atkinson Grimshaw. So lovely.
Hi Nicola, I mentioned to Si in one of his videos a few weeks ago that the silver hallmarked triangular item you found was a snuff box lol. They were popular at the time because brazil nuts were expensive and a curiosity , it would have been something to show off ,or be a talking point. Quite a lot of snuff boxes were modelled on odd or curious items, I have one in the shape of a horses hoof , a similar shape to some of the pipes you've found.......thanks for another fabulous video, best wishes for 2023 :) x
A foggy day with studly Si Finds makes a great video.
Gorgeous intro! So well done! Love your Canada hat!
Thank you!
I Love how you Present US the nice Parts of your hobby
Wowww... a lot of misteries!🤯👌🌷
I love how unassuming and guileless you are Nicola…how soft and kind…I wonder that you manage to smile your way through life the way you do. Your a blessing.
That scene in the beginning with the bridge is worth printing.beautiful
Nice to see the Hector Read is still afloat. I boarded her many times to service the radar when she was working at Gt. Yarmouth.
The rubber dog was a finger puppet. I played with very similar ones as a child. 😊
What some lovely finds well done Nicola xx
Loved seeing London in the fog, gives it an authentic look and nice to hear big Ben. Good pipes, and nice to give the dogs a home
I like those shots of “London of old.”
Lovely winter fog, here in western Oregon we have similar foggy days mornings too. Great intro foggy burr coldish was wonder if it would be Macomb music, it was great, nice wild live too. Good to see Simon out with you too, been quite a while since I was you clips, always enjoy. Stay warm and sage in "Foggy London". Brining smiles all the way to Eugene Oregon thank you.
We have Canada geese here also. Most of them are over at Cave Run Lake. However, there is a small group of them that lives at the large pond near my house.
I agree there is something really beautiful about fog. I love the intro to this video. You always pick such happy and peaceful music. I so enjoy your videos ❤
Luck in the muck with Nicola and Si and on a Sunday here! I was surprised to see the video today. Some nice finds and the day wouldn't be complete without a great pipe find by Nicola! Happy Sunday from Australia!❤️😊
Thanks for the lovely video with Si, it was beautiful in the fog. Wonderful finds and very sweet of you to continue Lorraine's dad's travel.
Thank you Nicola ❤
It is so good of you to take Lorraine’s dads ashes further on his travels ❤
Thanks Nicola. What a wonderful gesture to take the ashes to America with you. I think the little nozzle is from an oil can for oiling a sewing machine. It looks like the one I have that goes with my antique treadle machine that was my grandmother's. Much Love ❤
You are such a kind and thoughtful woman Nicola ❤️
I love that idea of the ashes in the bottle and it's awesome of you to follow up!
I can’t believe I spotted the tiny little Maple Leaf on your beautiful toque (that’s what we call them in Canada), I believe you call them beanies or bobble hats in the UK. Anyway, as a lover of unique toques, I kept being drawn to your beautiful wool hat! Did a Canadian send it to you? I was also dazzled by the very atmospheric London fog you and Simon shared with us, along with the perfect background music. Magical! Thank you, Nicola!❤️🇨🇦
This made me happy. Her(Lorraine's) dad got a plane ride and many miles to travel! Thank you so much. ☺️☺️👍👍
Im very happy for him too!
What an absolute treat Nicola. A foggy day in London Town! X