I thought a couple almost looked like death masks 😳 (meetings can feel like that right enough…)
@pipandbenjiКүн бұрын
@@annieoutdoors perhaps another meeting that should have been an email 🤣
@annieoutdoorsКүн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@johntomson3812Күн бұрын
Incredible. Just incredible! What a brilliant thing to do. Absolutely love that .🤯🤯
@annieoutdoorsКүн бұрын
Isn’t it!! So quirky … if you didn’t know they were there you would walk straight past! There’s something really cool about that.
@daviemcf2 күн бұрын
Very interesting video Annie. ❤like 77.
@annieoutdoorsКүн бұрын
Thank you so much ☺️
@daviemcf2 күн бұрын
Amazing carvings!!
@captainedith2 күн бұрын
Boop
@annieoutdoors2 күн бұрын
😁
@annieoutdoors2 күн бұрын
My favourite thing is to go hiking in search of lost and abandoned things. Things that will one day be reclaimed by nature. #outdoors #abandoned #hiking
@user-gk1lo6ni1b2 күн бұрын
beautiful find Annie, Andy Goldsworthy vibes,..... my friends grandpa in the 1940's carved 6 arctic char, out of slate rocks where i live on each side of an old beautiful arched bridge, he was a widowed old man , a recluse that was unfortunately pickled with emotional turmoil, a lovely human soul that recently passed away at the age of 94, i often i wish i would have had the courage to pick his brains about his amazing local knowledge he had, life is a fragile balance, and its too short, god bless all of you
@annieoutdoorsКүн бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you for sharing that. Absolutely agree, value and treasure those around you.
@AlexAdam652 күн бұрын
I'd love to do this!!!
@annieoutdoors2 күн бұрын
Highly recommended!! Do it!! 😁
@Markwildcamp3 күн бұрын
Think id need to sleep in that cave if I found it
@annieoutdoors3 күн бұрын
Caves do have a certain something about them…I think it’s in our DNA to be attracted to them!
@Markwildcamp3 күн бұрын
@@annieoutdoors I found one similar in Northumberland, first thing I thought was to contact my brother and arrange a night out. When we slept in it we talked about who lived in it back in the day, magical
@annieoutdoors3 күн бұрын
oh, that’s a great reminder! I found one in the Lake District that was really cool…promised myself I’d go back, stay and make a video! Id forgotten about it until now!!
@pipandbenji3 күн бұрын
Using the full weight and swing of the axe to do the work, lovely circular action 👍
@annieoutdoors3 күн бұрын
Okay so I don’t actually take an axe that size camping. But I do keep a bag of logs in my van. There might be nothing more satisfying than chopping wood!! 🪵
@johntomson38123 күн бұрын
I hope no real logs were harmed in the making of this video.🤔
@annieoutdoors3 күн бұрын
🤣
@Hy-Brasil4 күн бұрын
Highland clearances sound like what the US government did to the indians. Don't you just love how they shove us all around like WE'RE the livestock?? And we always end upbl bumping against each other as a result.. i realized that as a kid while visiting Darian Georgia, which was a Scottish fort.... the black watch i think... Anyway the British occupiers wanted a buffer between them and the indians so that's who they put there. Only they didn't expect the natives and the Scotts to have so much in common. I wouldn't normally hesitate to keep something I'd found in abandoned places (obviously not on public land) but in some cases i would avoid it. Especially if you don't know the circumstances for its abandonment. You may end up bringing home a curse. Dead serious. Those of you who laugh have turned off your greatest instincts then wonder why you're plagued with bad luck.. There is another channel i follow called Unearthing the Supernatural where these native american men visit haunted tribal locations or national parks. But they're not your average ghost hunters. More like ghost therapy. Shanclen, who has his own channel, once said it's hugely disrespectful to these spirits to come crashing into their space, stir them up and then leave. Sometimes these are the spirits of people who need help but instead of doing that you just taint them and run away screaming. Imagine doing that to someone who was drowning and reaching out for your hand. So, in these places.... do walk lightly. I can see that you do have plenty of respect and praise you for it. My own homestead is pretty old by American standards.. we have whats left of a wagon wheel imbedded in the biggest hickory tree I've ever seen. I've found all sorts of bottles and trinkets, handmade iron bits, chains for plows and a few arrowheads. There was also an old washing machine, the kind with the wringers. You never know what you'll unearth after a rain. I always viewed it as gifts. The previous owners were not good people. Lots of abuse and deviant behavior if you care to imagine the worse. The owners before that weren't any better. The whole community knows my home by its reputation. And you can feel it when you come here. But after ten or more years it's like it's opening up and healing. It used to be a productive little farm until certain elements were introduced. Then it slowly began to rot. Even the woods oozed this sort of sad darkness. Going to a new place, or any new place, you're given a chance to prove who you are and your intentions. That's why i agree with you about the human footprint. We do leave a bigger and more lasting impression. The little things we do can alter lives without us ever knowing (that's why i don't like picking wild berries. I'm NOT starving. I have a farm that grows its own. Animals in nature have a small window to gather resources so they can survive another season. I have no right to steal their food) and even with my own fruit trees and bushes i don't take everything. God said to plant near the edges of your property and leave those trees and plants for the poor to glean. And that's what i do.... It doesn't matter how small your land is, if you take care of it, it'll take care of you. Even if you're only visiting. Introduce yourself like you would if you walked into a stranger's home. And yeah don't steal their stuff lol but if it's offered there's no harm. And it'll be easy to tell the difference.
@annieoutdoors4 күн бұрын
Thank you so so much for taking the time to write this. I appreciate you! Our farm was like a museum when I was a little kid, I only wish I had been a little older when my parents took the farm over (from my grandparents)… my parents were ruthless when modernising it and soooooo much was lost 😞 We do however still have the mangle (the clothes thing with the two rollers!), and a few other bits of old machinery like ploughs. Our house was older than 350 years. I try to place close attention to my gut and it said, curious little bottle, but you don’t need to own it, seeing it is enough. I did however once dig up, and keep, some quartz, but I promised to return it one day! I will be investigating more abandoned and forgotten places … I will announce myself appropriately on arrival 🙏🏻
@kristimcgowandarkoscellard31265 күн бұрын
I am curious about the age of the settlement you speak of because the lichen growth on the stones left of the wall suggests a great age for that wall. Many hundreds of years if not thousands. Lichen grows only in tiny millimeters every year. Some of those stones were covered in very thick lichen growth, this suggests a great age.
@annieoutdoors5 күн бұрын
Thats really interesting! I guess parts of the buildings could be older than others, common for places to be reused through the ages.
@thewatchman60745 күн бұрын
Whenever I stand in places like this, I wish I had some kind of psychic ability to see it as it was, and to be able to visualise the people living their daily lives. I find these places fascinating. I just get the feeling that your location might have been something to do with the highland clearances
@annieoutdoors5 күн бұрын
Yeah I think you’re probably right, many small holdings seem to have been abandoned around the same time. There are quite a few more of them for me to investigate!! ….. if I can find a way through the forest!! I stood for ages off camera imagining the kids running about, the animals doing animal things and picturing when the buckets etc were sat down for the last time where they were left behind… it really gets me!!
@johntomson38126 күн бұрын
Annie,no subliminal messaging please,ive already subscribed 😂. Fascinating video. I stand among ruins and wonder what it was like in the past. Imagining the sounds,smells and people. But enough about my living room after a party. Seriously,totally got your excitement about that,kindred spirit. When i worked for a ground engineering company,i came across a perfect condition ceramic pot about a half metre down during teial pit excavations. An on site archaeologist told me it was roughly 120 years old. I still have it and just put loose change in it but i still wonder about the people who made it and held it in the past. I find it really magical.If only they could be brought back and see their pot in its present day place surrounded by all the modern day technology it would blow their mind.
@annieoutdoors5 күн бұрын
I just love glimpses into the past and pondering what life might have been like ☺️ there is something so magical about find things they have left behind! I suppose because so much is lost forever, especially from everyday ordinary people.
@Prefer2Hibrn86 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed your video :D Your joy at what you had found shone through and you brought back that joy of discovery for me 😁. Thank you 🙏
@annieoutdoors6 күн бұрын
☺️
@Prefer2Hibrn86 күн бұрын
i would leave the bottle there out of respect for those who have lived there in the past
@annieoutdoors6 күн бұрын
I do wonder what was in it!!? 🧐
@JonsDadHikes6 күн бұрын
I was in Wales last summer. Can’t wait to come back for more hiking! Jon’s Dad KZfaq.com/@JonsDadHikes
@user-gk1lo6ni1b7 күн бұрын
needs and wants are subjective, but i had to see this one, Annie you have a unique aura that glows around you, it's indescribable of colour but it is your spirit , and it burns bright, brighter than the surface of a sun , there will be a bottle pit along the edge of this ruin somewhere, if you see a concentration of nettle and elder that's often where they would throw any glass as there was no recycling then , the Phosphorus from any residue is perfect fertile feed for identifying the pit, there are beautiful old cobalt blue poison bottles in lots o thees'e 1700's to 1800's farm holding ruins, i have dug them my whole life,
@annieoutdoors6 күн бұрын
Lovely comment 🙏🏻 I suspect I’ll go back there, even though it was a nightmare to get to!! So I’ll look for the nettles!! There’s some more buildings quite close by that I found on an old map, so I’m keen to see what they are! I’m thinking they might be the house 🤞🏼
@mark.kelley19287 күн бұрын
Manually*
@mark.kelley19287 күн бұрын
Vets bottle, buckets at a guess was for manly milking cows way back
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
I reckon you’re probably right!
@pipandbenji7 күн бұрын
Love this! Great content. Old walls tell stories! I'm with you on leaving the bottle behind. Not just leave no trace, but you are leaving that piece of history where it belongs and hopefully will give the next explorer the same pleasure you got! ATB George
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
It’s a funny one, but I just felt like it belonged there.
@billybobwombat22317 күн бұрын
👍🦘
@3ForestAnimals7 күн бұрын
hi from Idaho
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
Hi 😁
@ericthearfaviking75797 күн бұрын
Cracking 👌
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
☺️
@Grassmonster37 күн бұрын
I wonder if the buckets were used for milking.
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
I bet you’re right!! That makes sense.
@Hikingjoe3837 күн бұрын
Snow other good one Anne
@annieoutdoors7 күн бұрын
Thank you ☺️
@alantipple36848 күн бұрын
Great watch such a lovely place, afraid I would have taken the bottle did you manage to find out any more information about the place
@annieoutdoors8 күн бұрын
Quite a large part of me thinks I was being daft about the bottle 😅 I’ve really struggled to find out anything except I found one old map that listed it as ruins - around 1900, which I guess means it had to be empty for at least 20 or 30 years by then. And I did find out it hadn’t been excavated so I think the yellow caution tape was probably from forestry workers.
@alantipple36847 күн бұрын
Bottle's can give you a good guide to the age by the way they are made I have found a few and have been able to date them keep the videos coming thank you
@bushcraftua18 күн бұрын
👍🥾⛰️. Nice nature 💚. Cool find
@stevep60888 күн бұрын
Another lovely video. It reminds me of several places here in Wales - whole valleys that have become deserted as sheep farming has become less and less viable. Some were abandoned 150-200 years ago and some in the past few decades - but all are equally poignant. Keep up the good work😊
@annieoutdoors8 күн бұрын
Thank you, it’s really fascinating to find places that look untouched from the day they were left. Can’t help but wonder what the last day was like for them as they moved onto a different life…
@AlexAdam659 күн бұрын
I'd love to do this!!
@annieoutdoors9 күн бұрын
Definitely give it a go, great trip.
@Hikingjoe38311 күн бұрын
Great video and informative
@annieoutdoors11 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@Hikingjoe38311 күн бұрын
@annieoutdoors o definitely I wish my video's were as good.
@soggybottom346311 күн бұрын
You're bloody good medicine, Annie! God bless, be well, and thanks for sharing! 🤗🤗
@annieoutdoors11 күн бұрын
😁 Thank you 😁
@bushcraftua112 күн бұрын
👍👍👍
@Hikingjoe38313 күн бұрын
Well done great achievement
@krasht114 күн бұрын
I am so tired of the chair debate ! If you dont want to carry one, dont ! If you do, well then, carry one !
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
What about umbrellas? ..I hear they are all the rage in the wild these days!!😅
@umaiar12 күн бұрын
Agreed. Just didn't sit in one you didn't carry. Unless invited to by the owner, of course. 😂
@kittleford14 күн бұрын
Make sure you're near a toilet. Nettle tea is a very good laxative.
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
Haha I didn’t know this!
@justmeEnglandUK14 күн бұрын
Pull the seeds off but try to use the ones that haven't gone to seed yet and just small top leaves . Try pine needle tea
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
Brilliant, thank you 🤩 And I’ll try pine needle tea next! 😀
@TheDramacist14 күн бұрын
Add loads of sugar
@Greg-eq7pf14 күн бұрын
Cook and eat like spinach, very good for you. Needs a few more minutes on the boil than spinach though. And if you have major hayfever, give yourself a few stings in the morning, good for the day.
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
I’ll try eating it!
@keenbaker-dias113714 күн бұрын
stings go in one direction you can pick them ,stings actually have healing properties you do get used to them
@rossmacnab265514 күн бұрын
A nice cuppa tea & it's got plenty of vitamin c & iron 👍
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
Ah thank you, I was going to look up the benefits 😀
@mattbrown270114 күн бұрын
I sprayed that bunch exactly one round up, what you are tasting
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
Im a very persistent weed.
@mattbrown270114 күн бұрын
@@annieoutdoors lol, Ya it was a joke. I have never had nettle tea either i have taken it in supplements. They say it's supposed to be good for you. IDK
@P6009D14 күн бұрын
If you are in the US, it might be good to hear when the bear is coming for lunch. Then you just take out your handgun and fix yourself lunch. The disadvantage is that you can end up in a firefight with someone else who applies the second amendment.
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
What does bear taste like? I know people eat it, but I just can’t imagine what it’s like!
@krabre184814 күн бұрын
boil the leaves in the water, life hack
@user-gk1lo6ni1b14 күн бұрын
you are an astute rose , your skin is so fair , like a pale spring morning still clinging on to winters chill
@DERAILEDbeats14 күн бұрын
right mate
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
😆
@TheDramacist14 күн бұрын
Swoon
@johntomson381214 күн бұрын
I'm positively blushing. My heart is all a flutter Heathcliff!
@Natasha___.14 күн бұрын
Aww that’s so sweet, Annie will be walking with a wee spring in her step after reading that 😂
@faknugget9214 күн бұрын
you should just use the new growth at the very end of the stems
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
Is that because it’s nicer or more nutritious or both or something else?
@GTxExotiX14 күн бұрын
@@annieoutdoors yeah and no dog piss lol
@MikeMakesUK14 күн бұрын
@@annieoutdoors Supposedly older leaves contain crystals that can irritate your insides. I'm not sure if that applies to tea, though it does for eating them. Also, no need to burn the stinging hairs off. The hot water will destroy them anyway.
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
😆
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
I did I’m learning all sorts here!! 😀
@johntomson381215 күн бұрын
In a word,🤔🤔🤔 NAW! Fair play to you Annie. Mellow Bird coffee only thanks.
@annieoutdoors14 күн бұрын
😂 it’ll not be replacing my morning coffee any time soon, but I was pleasantly surprised! I’ll definitely have it again.
@chrismyash15 күн бұрын
Love the surprise. 😂 Can't say I agree, not my cup of choice.
@annieoutdoors15 күн бұрын
I really didn’t know what to expect! Definitely had a stronger taste than I thought it would.