According to Robinson, it was called Watelei in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the tenants of the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey were Walter Hussey and John the Usher. He suggests the village name means 'The wet meadow' from the Old Englishwoet and leah.
The village gives its name to Whatley Quarry, which lies to the north-west of the village at grid referenceST731479 and is said to be one of the largest in Europe. It is owned by Hanson plc and has been the object of protests against its impact on the environment.
Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of 285 square miles (738km2) ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 112,500. The administrative centre of the district is Shepton Mallet but the largest town (three times larger than Shepton Mallet) is Frome.
Several explanations for the name "Mendip" have been suggested. Its earliest known form is Mendepe in 1185. One suggestion is that it is derived from the medieval term "Myne-deepes". However, A D Mills derives its meaning from Celtic monith, meaning mountain or hill, with an uncertain second element, perhaps Old English yppe in the sense of upland, or plateau.
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
published: 27 Dec 2020
Mendip
published: 18 Oct 2016
Mendip Farmers Hunt Master Caught Beating Hound
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault, and despite filming from some distance up a hill, we heard the screaming yelp as the hound cried out in pain. He then appeared to shout at the hound as they ran off. This attack shows the total lack of respect these thugs have for any animals and fully disproves the myth that they “love their hounds”. Nothing could ever justify such a barbaric act, and given George’s well documented raging temper, this action raises huge concerns about the welfare of the whole pack."
Read more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-master-caught-beating-hound
published: 28 Feb 2023
The Mendip Hills, Somerset
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by deep gorges, prehistoric hilltop settlements, serene lakes and dense woodland.
See also our Greentraveller Guide to the Mendip Hills, for places to stay, where to eat great local food, visitor attractions and days out walking and cycling:
http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/green-holidays-mendip-hills-aonb
published: 22 Oct 2013
The Mendip Way: a wild walk across the Mendip Hills AONB
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Cheddar Gorge, the City of Wells and rural Frome this 48 mile trail is the perfect long weekend break in the north of Somerset. http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/visiting-the-mendip-hills/walks/
published: 06 Oct 2017
Mendip Hills | The Cheddar Gorge Walk
Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasing that even with a few miles, amazing landscapes can be enjoyed!
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published: 05 Mar 2018
When History & Geology Collide: The Mendip Hills!
Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the complex forces that create such a diverse landscape are relatively unknown.
these towering cliffs are made up of layer upon layer of carboniferous limestone laid down over 320 million years ago back then all of this would have been submerged into a shallow tropical sea over time shales of dead marine life would have sunk to the bottom and built up creating immense pressure which crushed all of this into a rock.
now you might be wondering how this limestone got to be up here at the Mendip hills and I'm going to demonstrate with this book here imagine this is your lowest strata very thick crust of rock and this is very thin rock a...
published: 01 Sep 2021
MENDIP 2018
published: 15 Dec 2017
Slag, slimes and gruffy ground: a brief history of Mendip lead mining
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).
0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits
Sources, credits and transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/gruffy-ground-mendip-lead-mining.html
published: 04 Apr 2022
Hike and camp on the highest point of the Mendip hills
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly, I lost a lot of footage and of what's left the quality of both audio and video is not great but the trip was so fun I wanted to share it anyway.
Camera has already been upgraded in preparation for the next trip!
Some extra details of what was on test:
Rain gear
Royal Navy current issue Gortex Coat £55 used
Royal Navy current issue MVP (Gortex) trousers £17.50 used
Both were excellent
Navigation
Garmin 62st GPS £140 used
Tiny screen makes it no substitute for a proper map but for knowing in an instant where you are and being able to stick to the trail it excels.
Tent
Polish army issue lavvu (2 ponchos) £18 used (many years a...
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi ...
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the h...
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault, and despite filming from some distance up a hill, we heard the screaming yelp as the hound cried out in pain. He then appeared to shout at the hound as they ran off. This attack shows the total lack of respect these thugs have for any animals and fully disproves the myth that they “love their hounds”. Nothing could ever justify such a barbaric act, and given George’s well documented raging temper, this action raises huge concerns about the welfare of the whole pack."
Read more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-master-caught-beating-hound
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault, and despite filming from some distance up a hill, we heard the screaming yelp as the hound cried out in pain. He then appeared to shout at the hound as they ran off. This attack shows the total lack of respect these thugs have for any animals and fully disproves the myth that they “love their hounds”. Nothing could ever justify such a barbaric act, and given George’s well documented raging temper, this action raises huge concerns about the welfare of the whole pack."
Read more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-master-caught-beating-hound
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by ...
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by deep gorges, prehistoric hilltop settlements, serene lakes and dense woodland.
See also our Greentraveller Guide to the Mendip Hills, for places to stay, where to eat great local food, visitor attractions and days out walking and cycling:
http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/green-holidays-mendip-hills-aonb
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by deep gorges, prehistoric hilltop settlements, serene lakes and dense woodland.
See also our Greentraveller Guide to the Mendip Hills, for places to stay, where to eat great local food, visitor attractions and days out walking and cycling:
http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/green-holidays-mendip-hills-aonb
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Chedd...
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Cheddar Gorge, the City of Wells and rural Frome this 48 mile trail is the perfect long weekend break in the north of Somerset. http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/visiting-the-mendip-hills/walks/
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Cheddar Gorge, the City of Wells and rural Frome this 48 mile trail is the perfect long weekend break in the north of Somerset. http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/visiting-the-mendip-hills/walks/
Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasin...
Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasing that even with a few miles, amazing landscapes can be enjoyed!
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Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasing that even with a few miles, amazing landscapes can be enjoyed!
- Like, Subscribe, share, and click that bell!
- Follow me on Instagram for reels, images and live sessions: @abbiebarneswild
- Want to support me making new films? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spendmoretimeinthewild
MONEY SAVING DISCOUNT CODES JUST FOR YOU:
~ Terra Nova & Wild Country Tents: https://www.terra-nova.co.uk/aff/1348
Get 20% off full price tents with code: ABBIEB20
~ ZPacks Backpacks and Tents: https://zpacks.com?aff=146
Sadly no discount for customer but if you use this link I get a 5% kickback - thank you!
~ FREET Barefoot Shoes: https://freetbarefoot.com/?ref=Y1rXhPgXX_A3K
Get 10% off all shoes with code: Abbie10
~ CICERONE Guidebooks: https://www.cicerone.co.uk
Get 10% off with code Abbie10
~ TENTMEALS dehydrated meals: https://tentmeals.co.uk
Get 10% off with code WILD10
- Join one of my in-person events across the UK: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk/wildwalks
- Check out my codes for Deals, Discounts and Outlets: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk/dealsanddiscounts
- Find out more: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk
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- Twitter: @AbbieSongThrush
Tag: #SpendMoreTimeInTheWILD #staywild #abbiebarnes
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Sony A7iii | Canon M50 | Rode VideoMic Pro | Rode Micro | Boya Shotgun Mic | Rode Wireless Go | GoPro Hero 7 & 8 | Manfrotto Compact Aluminium Tripod | K&F Concept Carbon Fiber Tripod | A whole bunch of different lenses
Stay WILD!
Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the...
Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the complex forces that create such a diverse landscape are relatively unknown.
these towering cliffs are made up of layer upon layer of carboniferous limestone laid down over 320 million years ago back then all of this would have been submerged into a shallow tropical sea over time shales of dead marine life would have sunk to the bottom and built up creating immense pressure which crushed all of this into a rock.
now you might be wondering how this limestone got to be up here at the Mendip hills and I'm going to demonstrate with this book here imagine this is your lowest strata very thick crust of rock and this is very thin rock and as they're moving together and they collide your thin rock gets pushed up above your thick rock and friction causes the front end to move slower than the back end and you get heels.
now these hills have a profound effect on the weather and that's because behind me as the egg reaches the hills it gets pushed up and as that happens it's which creates large clouds like you can see here and in effect causes heavy rainfall a combination of the rainfall geology leads to an average daily run-up from the springs and boreholes of some 72 million imperial gallons an amount so vast led to the construction of the line of works a series of underground tunnels and pipes providing almost unlimited water on tap to the surrounding emerging cities.
the Mendips has it all stunning scenery complex geology and a history that spans hundreds and thousands of years so the next time you're in the region try and stop by.
Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the complex forces that create such a diverse landscape are relatively unknown.
these towering cliffs are made up of layer upon layer of carboniferous limestone laid down over 320 million years ago back then all of this would have been submerged into a shallow tropical sea over time shales of dead marine life would have sunk to the bottom and built up creating immense pressure which crushed all of this into a rock.
now you might be wondering how this limestone got to be up here at the Mendip hills and I'm going to demonstrate with this book here imagine this is your lowest strata very thick crust of rock and this is very thin rock and as they're moving together and they collide your thin rock gets pushed up above your thick rock and friction causes the front end to move slower than the back end and you get heels.
now these hills have a profound effect on the weather and that's because behind me as the egg reaches the hills it gets pushed up and as that happens it's which creates large clouds like you can see here and in effect causes heavy rainfall a combination of the rainfall geology leads to an average daily run-up from the springs and boreholes of some 72 million imperial gallons an amount so vast led to the construction of the line of works a series of underground tunnels and pipes providing almost unlimited water on tap to the surrounding emerging cities.
the Mendips has it all stunning scenery complex geology and a history that spans hundreds and thousands of years so the next time you're in the region try and stop by.
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Ro...
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).
0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits
Sources, credits and transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/gruffy-ground-mendip-lead-mining.html
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).
0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits
Sources, credits and transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/gruffy-ground-mendip-lead-mining.html
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly...
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly, I lost a lot of footage and of what's left the quality of both audio and video is not great but the trip was so fun I wanted to share it anyway.
Camera has already been upgraded in preparation for the next trip!
Some extra details of what was on test:
Rain gear
Royal Navy current issue Gortex Coat £55 used
Royal Navy current issue MVP (Gortex) trousers £17.50 used
Both were excellent
Navigation
Garmin 62st GPS £140 used
Tiny screen makes it no substitute for a proper map but for knowing in an instant where you are and being able to stick to the trail it excels.
Tent
Polish army issue lavvu (2 ponchos) £18 used (many years ago!)
Heavy at 3kg but I love the security of proper canvas and no having flat sides makes it a good shape for coping with wind.
Sleep gear
British army softie trousers (current issue) £18 used
Royal Navy thermal jacket (current issue) £25 used
Alpaca blanket £60 new
Happy with this setup.
Camera
DJI Action 2 £200 new(ish)
Dreadful! These cameras are in two modules with the intention that the camera half can be detached and used on it's own. In practice, both the battery life and internal storage are so poor when using this way that it's not really practical and so you end up always using both modules together. This it turn means that booting up takes a long time as both modules come on line - when it's finally ready to film, the moment has often passed! On occasion the camera froze on me mid clip and wind cancellation did not work at all. The final straw was something going wrong with the charging. I had it plugged into a power bank all day even when filming, but by the evening the battery was flat. Then despite charging all night only got up to about 4% by the morning. The camera then complained it was too cold and it would shut off it's screens, before powering down completely and refusing to restart.
Were it not for for my deep hatred of littering I'd have lobbed the thing off the nearest cliff.
Lessons learnt: Don't reply on a product that appears half finished. Always carry a back up camera and audio recorder!
If you want to join those supporting my channel (starting at £1!) you can check out my Patreon page here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37285132
Patrons get lots of exclusive videos and updates on myself and my projects. Thanks to the support of Patrons I am able to make videos almost full-time, but without needing any corporate sponsors.
Many many thanks to all those that have supported me and the channel but please only send money if you have it to spare!
My website: https://maximusironthumper.co.uk/
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly, I lost a lot of footage and of what's left the quality of both audio and video is not great but the trip was so fun I wanted to share it anyway.
Camera has already been upgraded in preparation for the next trip!
Some extra details of what was on test:
Rain gear
Royal Navy current issue Gortex Coat £55 used
Royal Navy current issue MVP (Gortex) trousers £17.50 used
Both were excellent
Navigation
Garmin 62st GPS £140 used
Tiny screen makes it no substitute for a proper map but for knowing in an instant where you are and being able to stick to the trail it excels.
Tent
Polish army issue lavvu (2 ponchos) £18 used (many years ago!)
Heavy at 3kg but I love the security of proper canvas and no having flat sides makes it a good shape for coping with wind.
Sleep gear
British army softie trousers (current issue) £18 used
Royal Navy thermal jacket (current issue) £25 used
Alpaca blanket £60 new
Happy with this setup.
Camera
DJI Action 2 £200 new(ish)
Dreadful! These cameras are in two modules with the intention that the camera half can be detached and used on it's own. In practice, both the battery life and internal storage are so poor when using this way that it's not really practical and so you end up always using both modules together. This it turn means that booting up takes a long time as both modules come on line - when it's finally ready to film, the moment has often passed! On occasion the camera froze on me mid clip and wind cancellation did not work at all. The final straw was something going wrong with the charging. I had it plugged into a power bank all day even when filming, but by the evening the battery was flat. Then despite charging all night only got up to about 4% by the morning. The camera then complained it was too cold and it would shut off it's screens, before powering down completely and refusing to restart.
Were it not for for my deep hatred of littering I'd have lobbed the thing off the nearest cliff.
Lessons learnt: Don't reply on a product that appears half finished. Always carry a back up camera and audio recorder!
If you want to join those supporting my channel (starting at £1!) you can check out my Patreon page here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37285132
Patrons get lots of exclusive videos and updates on myself and my projects. Thanks to the support of Patrons I am able to make videos almost full-time, but without needing any corporate sponsors.
Many many thanks to all those that have supported me and the channel but please only send money if you have it to spare!
My website: https://maximusironthumper.co.uk/
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault, and despite filming from some distance up a hill, we heard the screaming yelp as the hound cried out in pain. He then appeared to shout at the hound as they ran off. This attack shows the total lack of respect these thugs have for any animals and fully disproves the myth that they “love their hounds”. Nothing could ever justify such a barbaric act, and given George’s well documented raging temper, this action raises huge concerns about the welfare of the whole pack."
Read more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-master-caught-beating-hound
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by deep gorges, prehistoric hilltop settlements, serene lakes and dense woodland.
See also our Greentraveller Guide to the Mendip Hills, for places to stay, where to eat great local food, visitor attractions and days out walking and cycling:
http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/green-holidays-mendip-hills-aonb
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Cheddar Gorge, the City of Wells and rural Frome this 48 mile trail is the perfect long weekend break in the north of Somerset. http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/visiting-the-mendip-hills/walks/
Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasing that even with a few miles, amazing landscapes can be enjoyed!
- Like, Subscribe, share, and click that bell!
- Follow me on Instagram for reels, images and live sessions: @abbiebarneswild
- Want to support me making new films? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spendmoretimeinthewild
MONEY SAVING DISCOUNT CODES JUST FOR YOU:
~ Terra Nova & Wild Country Tents: https://www.terra-nova.co.uk/aff/1348
Get 20% off full price tents with code: ABBIEB20
~ ZPacks Backpacks and Tents: https://zpacks.com?aff=146
Sadly no discount for customer but if you use this link I get a 5% kickback - thank you!
~ FREET Barefoot Shoes: https://freetbarefoot.com/?ref=Y1rXhPgXX_A3K
Get 10% off all shoes with code: Abbie10
~ CICERONE Guidebooks: https://www.cicerone.co.uk
Get 10% off with code Abbie10
~ TENTMEALS dehydrated meals: https://tentmeals.co.uk
Get 10% off with code WILD10
- Join one of my in-person events across the UK: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk/wildwalks
- Check out my codes for Deals, Discounts and Outlets: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk/dealsanddiscounts
- Find out more: https://www.spendmoretimeinthewild.co.uk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spendmoretimeinthewild
- Twitter: @AbbieSongThrush
Tag: #SpendMoreTimeInTheWILD #staywild #abbiebarnes
-- Camera Kit --
Sony A7iii | Canon M50 | Rode VideoMic Pro | Rode Micro | Boya Shotgun Mic | Rode Wireless Go | GoPro Hero 7 & 8 | Manfrotto Compact Aluminium Tripod | K&F Concept Carbon Fiber Tripod | A whole bunch of different lenses
Stay WILD!
Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the complex forces that create such a diverse landscape are relatively unknown.
these towering cliffs are made up of layer upon layer of carboniferous limestone laid down over 320 million years ago back then all of this would have been submerged into a shallow tropical sea over time shales of dead marine life would have sunk to the bottom and built up creating immense pressure which crushed all of this into a rock.
now you might be wondering how this limestone got to be up here at the Mendip hills and I'm going to demonstrate with this book here imagine this is your lowest strata very thick crust of rock and this is very thin rock and as they're moving together and they collide your thin rock gets pushed up above your thick rock and friction causes the front end to move slower than the back end and you get heels.
now these hills have a profound effect on the weather and that's because behind me as the egg reaches the hills it gets pushed up and as that happens it's which creates large clouds like you can see here and in effect causes heavy rainfall a combination of the rainfall geology leads to an average daily run-up from the springs and boreholes of some 72 million imperial gallons an amount so vast led to the construction of the line of works a series of underground tunnels and pipes providing almost unlimited water on tap to the surrounding emerging cities.
the Mendips has it all stunning scenery complex geology and a history that spans hundreds and thousands of years so the next time you're in the region try and stop by.
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).
0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits
Sources, credits and transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/gruffy-ground-mendip-lead-mining.html
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly, I lost a lot of footage and of what's left the quality of both audio and video is not great but the trip was so fun I wanted to share it anyway.
Camera has already been upgraded in preparation for the next trip!
Some extra details of what was on test:
Rain gear
Royal Navy current issue Gortex Coat £55 used
Royal Navy current issue MVP (Gortex) trousers £17.50 used
Both were excellent
Navigation
Garmin 62st GPS £140 used
Tiny screen makes it no substitute for a proper map but for knowing in an instant where you are and being able to stick to the trail it excels.
Tent
Polish army issue lavvu (2 ponchos) £18 used (many years ago!)
Heavy at 3kg but I love the security of proper canvas and no having flat sides makes it a good shape for coping with wind.
Sleep gear
British army softie trousers (current issue) £18 used
Royal Navy thermal jacket (current issue) £25 used
Alpaca blanket £60 new
Happy with this setup.
Camera
DJI Action 2 £200 new(ish)
Dreadful! These cameras are in two modules with the intention that the camera half can be detached and used on it's own. In practice, both the battery life and internal storage are so poor when using this way that it's not really practical and so you end up always using both modules together. This it turn means that booting up takes a long time as both modules come on line - when it's finally ready to film, the moment has often passed! On occasion the camera froze on me mid clip and wind cancellation did not work at all. The final straw was something going wrong with the charging. I had it plugged into a power bank all day even when filming, but by the evening the battery was flat. Then despite charging all night only got up to about 4% by the morning. The camera then complained it was too cold and it would shut off it's screens, before powering down completely and refusing to restart.
Were it not for for my deep hatred of littering I'd have lobbed the thing off the nearest cliff.
Lessons learnt: Don't reply on a product that appears half finished. Always carry a back up camera and audio recorder!
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Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
Yavruları ülkemizde koşmaya başladıklarından bu yana üstün başarılar elde eden aygır MENDIP'in grup koşu galibi temsilcilerini bu videoda topladık. Herkese iyi seyirler.
Video courtesy of Mendip Hunt Sabs -
"On Friday we witnessed the Mendip Farmers Hunt’s Master George Pullen ferociously thrash one of his own hounds with the hard end of his whip. He clearly used his full force in the assault, and despite filming from some distance up a hill, we heard the screaming yelp as the hound cried out in pain. He then appeared to shout at the hound as they ran off. This attack shows the total lack of respect these thugs have for any animals and fully disproves the myth that they “love their hounds”. Nothing could ever justify such a barbaric act, and given George’s well documented raging temper, this action raises huge concerns about the welfare of the whole pack."
Read more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-master-caught-beating-hound
The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a beautiful, varied landscape, a dramatic scene of open wild plateau and undulating hills interrupted by deep gorges, prehistoric hilltop settlements, serene lakes and dense woodland.
See also our Greentraveller Guide to the Mendip Hills, for places to stay, where to eat great local food, visitor attractions and days out walking and cycling:
http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/green-holidays-mendip-hills-aonb
This scenic trail will show you the amazing landscape of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leading you across historic countryside into Cheddar Gorge, the City of Wells and rural Frome this 48 mile trail is the perfect long weekend break in the north of Somerset. http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/visiting-the-mendip-hills/walks/
Sitting in the Mendip hills in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge is a national treasure well worth exploring. In this video I head out to hike around the gorge, showcasing that even with a few miles, amazing landscapes can be enjoyed!
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Sony A7iii | Canon M50 | Rode VideoMic Pro | Rode Micro | Boya Shotgun Mic | Rode Wireless Go | GoPro Hero 7 & 8 | Manfrotto Compact Aluminium Tripod | K&F Concept Carbon Fiber Tripod | A whole bunch of different lenses
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Welcome to the Mendip hills, a remarkable area of national beauty that stretches for 198 square kilometres, yet despite its famous reputation to most people the complex forces that create such a diverse landscape are relatively unknown.
these towering cliffs are made up of layer upon layer of carboniferous limestone laid down over 320 million years ago back then all of this would have been submerged into a shallow tropical sea over time shales of dead marine life would have sunk to the bottom and built up creating immense pressure which crushed all of this into a rock.
now you might be wondering how this limestone got to be up here at the Mendip hills and I'm going to demonstrate with this book here imagine this is your lowest strata very thick crust of rock and this is very thin rock and as they're moving together and they collide your thin rock gets pushed up above your thick rock and friction causes the front end to move slower than the back end and you get heels.
now these hills have a profound effect on the weather and that's because behind me as the egg reaches the hills it gets pushed up and as that happens it's which creates large clouds like you can see here and in effect causes heavy rainfall a combination of the rainfall geology leads to an average daily run-up from the springs and boreholes of some 72 million imperial gallons an amount so vast led to the construction of the line of works a series of underground tunnels and pipes providing almost unlimited water on tap to the surrounding emerging cities.
the Mendips has it all stunning scenery complex geology and a history that spans hundreds and thousands of years so the next time you're in the region try and stop by.
There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).
0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits
Sources, credits and transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/gruffy-ground-mendip-lead-mining.html
A trip mainly intended to test some kit (and my ability to carry it!), before going on a extended adventure in the near future.
My camera played up on me badly, I lost a lot of footage and of what's left the quality of both audio and video is not great but the trip was so fun I wanted to share it anyway.
Camera has already been upgraded in preparation for the next trip!
Some extra details of what was on test:
Rain gear
Royal Navy current issue Gortex Coat £55 used
Royal Navy current issue MVP (Gortex) trousers £17.50 used
Both were excellent
Navigation
Garmin 62st GPS £140 used
Tiny screen makes it no substitute for a proper map but for knowing in an instant where you are and being able to stick to the trail it excels.
Tent
Polish army issue lavvu (2 ponchos) £18 used (many years ago!)
Heavy at 3kg but I love the security of proper canvas and no having flat sides makes it a good shape for coping with wind.
Sleep gear
British army softie trousers (current issue) £18 used
Royal Navy thermal jacket (current issue) £25 used
Alpaca blanket £60 new
Happy with this setup.
Camera
DJI Action 2 £200 new(ish)
Dreadful! These cameras are in two modules with the intention that the camera half can be detached and used on it's own. In practice, both the battery life and internal storage are so poor when using this way that it's not really practical and so you end up always using both modules together. This it turn means that booting up takes a long time as both modules come on line - when it's finally ready to film, the moment has often passed! On occasion the camera froze on me mid clip and wind cancellation did not work at all. The final straw was something going wrong with the charging. I had it plugged into a power bank all day even when filming, but by the evening the battery was flat. Then despite charging all night only got up to about 4% by the morning. The camera then complained it was too cold and it would shut off it's screens, before powering down completely and refusing to restart.
Were it not for for my deep hatred of littering I'd have lobbed the thing off the nearest cliff.
Lessons learnt: Don't reply on a product that appears half finished. Always carry a back up camera and audio recorder!
If you want to join those supporting my channel (starting at £1!) you can check out my Patreon page here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37285132
Patrons get lots of exclusive videos and updates on myself and my projects. Thanks to the support of Patrons I am able to make videos almost full-time, but without needing any corporate sponsors.
Many many thanks to all those that have supported me and the channel but please only send money if you have it to spare!
My website: https://maximusironthumper.co.uk/
According to Robinson, it was called Watelei in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the tenants of the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey were Walter Hussey and John the Usher. He suggests the village name means 'The wet meadow' from the Old Englishwoet and leah.
The village gives its name to Whatley Quarry, which lies to the north-west of the village at grid referenceST731479 and is said to be one of the largest in Europe. It is owned by Hanson plc and has been the object of protests against its impact on the environment.