where are we well we're in our bedroom obviously  well i know that but we don't normally film in  

our bedroom no admittedly we don't but the  acoustics are amazing because they've got  

all these wonderful pillows in our bedroom fair  enough welcome to our 2021 top 10 which this year  

is abandoned transportation explores from  the last year kindly sponsored by nordvpn

so let's cut straight to the chase in number 10  Cauldon tramways the caldon tramways which we went  

with martin zero we did indeed roads or tramways  or plate ways are early railways pre-passenger  

with industry in mind moving limestone from  coward and low to the canal at frog hall  

was a vital industry here so much  so that over the period of 100 years  

they built four separate tram roads here all  showing off different evolutions of the railway

with the wood and the cast iron plate on top  were pretty rubbish in terms of their quality  

and durability they decided to go with the new  method of building tramways it's a fascinating  

landscape and it houses a rich railway history  not least the troubleshoot tunnel sitting here  

three feet deep in mud so that's that  alone there is a foot and a half say

that's deeper i can't feel the bottom yet

yeah two feet fair enough

that's a real

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below all the pin comments okay the real number  nine hayling island haley island is wonderful  

because it was the first explore we had post  lockdown and had the wonderful langston bridge  

in it more importantly than anything though we  are now back on the every disused station trail  

so hailing island was indeed our first spring  explore after the winter lockdown the sun was  

shining and we headed south with the drone and we  were treated to some stunning views of this bridge  

the centerpiece here showing the  location of the old swing bridge  

this line really is a tree and by and  large can be walked in its full length  

in at number eight now there isn't a lot left  to see along the salisbury and dorset junction  

railway perhaps a couple of short pathways and  a few embankments here and there still leaving  

their mark on the landscape even the tunnel has  long since been buried just north of downton  

but there is one little station tucked away  behind the village of bremore or bremer  

a little while back not only did the landowners  want to restore the old station and waiting  

room here but they wanted to go a bit further  and make it accessible for everyone to enjoy  

it's a real treat on the line  that has so many stories to tell  

in at number seven is the Wey and  Aron canal and the lordings lock  

possibly one of the wettest explores we  have had this year that's for sure it  

was horrendous and we use the gopro the vast  majority of the time because it's waterproof  

the wey in aron canal like so many other lost  canals really lost out to the coming of the  

railways but it did leave behind so much  for us to enjoy today one specific feature  

was the lordings lock now at first glance it  looks like any other but on closer inspection  

there is a lot more going on here a water wheel  lifts water from the river below into the lock and  

aqueduct all within the same area the lording site  now we've been invited to film here again in the  

summer for a detailed look and a chat with some  of the volunteers but currently it's underwater  

in at number six mapperley tunnel oh the one i  didn't go to you didn't and that was probably a  

wise decision so mapperley was the first tunnel  on today's top 10. and what a tunnel it was  

i'm always nervous about entering a tunnel that  only has one entrance so the the northern entrance  

to maple tunnel had been completely infilled  so there's only one way in here and one way out  

but knowing that this might not be here soon  i didn't want to miss the opportunity of going  

inside and having a look so after what seemed  like an age when in fact with just 600 yards  

you come across possibly one of the most bizarre  structures but actually nicknamed the crap stack  

60 years of dumping here have taken place and  leaving this rather precarious structure here  

mapperley tunnel however was really quite  enjoyable and we did take the opportunity  

to discuss the whole safety aspect of going  into tunnels so in at number five it's another  

tunnel the garndyffs tunnel me too and i'll  probably pronounce that wrong but hey ho um  

up on the branch mountain and this is the  third time we've been to gandev's tunnel

if you've been watching our little  channel for a while it is no secret  

that this landscape here in south wales is one  of my favorite places one of our favorite places  

the hills tram road the feldu tunnel  the blanaveon ironworks all leaving  

such an impression on us and perhaps one in  particular the garn diffuse forward and tunnel  

likely built to protect the tram road from the  forward workings it's hidden within the landscape  

and it still survives two centuries on each time  we visit i get a little bit braver and in the  

summer of this year just gone well we mapped  the entire tunnel as best we possibly could

oh look at that rebecca oh wow oh yeah  that was amazing it is amazing isn't it  

oh yeah but that that tells you that's not a  tunnel but that tells you we're on the right track  

in it number four the elite the elite now going  back a year or so i probably never even considered  

the word leet i may have had an idea what it  was but i've never considered one considered  

one as an explore that was at least until we  visited the tamar north of plymouth and looked  

at a short canal called the tavistock canal now  i noticed looking at a current os map and an old  

national library of scotland map a very steep  hill section here had a couple of old tunnels  

having no context to the surrounding landscape  with regard to transport we set about doing  

some research and then the subsequent explore  and my goodness me im pleased we did it turned  

out that this elite and its tunnels were in  existence to serve some of the local mills

we couldn't quite make it across the  gap that was just in front of us here  

and then we tried again from above the tunnels but  unfortunately the edge was too steep and we had  

the same issue a couple of months later however  a chap got in touch and provided us with these  

pictures he'd made it all the way across the elite  using some rope and climbing gear and got right  

to the edge of the tunnels frustrating for us he  was scared of going in the tunnels frustrating  

for us we're scared of heights so between the two  of us we didn't get in the tunnels but he did get  

there and it did prove that you can get there so  our goal would be to go again next year perhaps  

go with the gentleman that kind of supplied us  with these pictures we'd be brave enough to go  

into tunnels he'd be very helpful in getting  us across some of the the cliff edges there

in it number three the fossils landscape it's  getting really exciting now because these were  

somewhat i mean obviously the number three means  it's gonna be pretty high up there on my list  

it's gonna be pretty cool right yeah  i suppose it is the fossils landscape  

we went with elliott and joe we did  didn't we yeah and a very crazy pair  

yes very rainy day i do feel this video  could just be the four of us larking around

i'm down so we often make videos about old  railways old canals and the landscaping  

how people interacted with the landscape  but today we're going to go a little bit  

further back in time so step back  into the industrial revolution window  

and in particular the window  of a family called the fossils  

james fussell is largely credited with inventing  the sprocketed chain he and his family before him  

took our lease here in the wadbury valley to  use the water essentially for turning wheels  

now even here in the late 1700s they were managing  to export goods to the united states that still  

staggers me to this day if you could harness the  power of water here you could power wheels and if  

you could power wheels well you can then do so  many different things you can use hammers you  

can grind stones and essentially you can make  stuff the fossils landscape here is a maze of  

tunnels underground workings sluice gates water  channels you name it now we visited on a very  

wet day which in my opinion made it even more  beautiful in terms of the the aesthetics of it  

in it number two ooh the granite  railway yes the granite railway

up on a dart mall it's called the haitor tramway  it was really good utterly utterly bizarre  

uh looking at a railway made out of stone but  nevertheless that was what we found high up on  

the dart mall the hate or granite railway was  constructed to move granite down the hills to  

the stova canal now if you want to build a railway  and you have an abundance of granite well i guess  

it was an obvious step to build your railway out  of granite built in 1820 it left some beautiful  

examples of early railway ingenuity the line here  also had many branches and subsequently they even  

built points or switches out of the granite  stone railway you can explore here for hours  

and thankfully much of the route down to bobby  tracy is a pathway it makes for an idyllic explore

in number one it's boat lifts i mean you  sounded really excited about that but  

they were quite excited to be  fair it was amazing it was yeah  

so the grand western canal and the boat lifts  along the section of that canal the abandoned  

section were just incredible for so many  reasons that's why they are number one

back in the heyday of canal  building the age-old problem  

was conservation of water james green was  in large part responsible for building the  

engineering works on the ground western canal and  he decided that boat lifts for the way forward

the nine head lift is largely there for all to  see aside the metal wheels that would lift the  

boats up and down it's signposted and displayed  here and all very much there for you to see  

most of the other lifts along this  route however are gone but there was  

a significant surprise in store for  us when we got to the aliford lift

yes yes yes yes here we are wow

to my mind this is find of the day forget nine  head this right here is fine of the day it's  

so well hidden in this hedge you've got the oh my  goodness me you've got the water below there and  

you've got just hidden away here this uh crevice  this what doesn't you wouldn't even take a second  

glance at this but it's this masonry line hidden  by nature which is slowly reclaimed right in front  

of me is a straight drop down into goodness  knows what so need to tread very carefully

okay so now we're at the we're at the top of the  boat lift we're at the bit where the boats would  

have come into it um just there in front of me to  the right you'll see where the boats would have  

come in here and they've gone down here and they'd  have gone um left there and they've gone into  

two casans here two boat lifts here and use your  imagination because right up here by my hand would  

be a huge great wheel and it would have chains on  it and maybe two or three of these probably three  

or four actually and they would hold the cast ons  and the boats and they would be lifted up and down  

certainly that was the principle of course  thanks for watching the video folks and  

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holidays merry christmas and a happy new year  to you we'll see you in 2022. see you next year

we might actually see them a bit  sooner that because it's potentially  

a video like new year's eve maybe i don't  know or might see this might be next

yeah goodbye

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