37. Shall I learn Coppicing? | Living Alone in Wales (March 2024)
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- While out shopping for Sunday lunch I call into the library and end up finding a magical landscape in the forest, is this Middle-Earth?
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Bore da Sean,
I love Sunday mornings watching your videos & this one was so lovely. It’s crazy to think those woods are so young but are being invested in & promoted so well. Here in North Wales Anglesey (YnysMon) council want to turn an ancient forest that is so treasured by the locals into a holiday park with chalets, how nuts is that, they obviously haven’t got many wise folk at the helm who can’t see the harm this massive project will do to wildlife & the community in general. They need to learn The Lesson Of Time -
When a bird is alive, it eats ants,
When the bird is dead, ants eat the bird,
Time & circumstances can change at any time,
Don’t devalue or hurt anything in life,
You may be powerful today, but remember
Time is more powerful than you,
One tree can make a million matchstick, but
It only takes one matchstick to burn a million trees.
Our councils need to leave our beautiful forest alone.
I hope you have a fab day.
Annie🏴🌲🌲🌲
Mother Nature gives and gives and gives…even if we try to destroy her.
Great to see an old fashioned Butcher , cold meats/pies/fresh meat
That bird was a Chaffinch.. I use the app Merlin bird ID, it's great to use on a walk to see what birds are about.
Merlin bird ID is terrific. I use it all the time; helps me to learn bird song. Birding by ear.
Yes, with its "pink, pink" call.
Thank you the bird was beautiful and I enjoyed it. I appreciate your input ❤
I’ve never heard of someone not liking that app. Even my 16yo son likes it. So, it must be cool.
Yesterday I went to our library to get my seeds. Our library has been doing a seed library and as long as you have a library card you can get 10 packets of seeds free. I was delighted to get them again this year.
wow that sounds like a fab idea to get people into gardening
This has become one of my favourite channels & I can't believe how much is going on in your area Sean ❤
Mine,too!❤️💯
Mine as well really enjoyable. 😊❤
Sounds just like the blackbird in my back garden.
Here at my home in Galway,ireland,the Daffodils have been showing for the last 4 weeks.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day from Florida, USA!
Here in the Netherlands, where I live, too. It's almost the end of the daffodil season now.
We have wild daffodils here in Gloucester - much more delicate than cultivates ones. I wonder if there are bluebells on today's trail.
There is something about the Welsh countryside, something mystical and majestic, like a cathedral.
The shop you walked past with all the baskets and wash baskets etc on the pavement outside was so lovely to see it looked like Arkwright's shop i can hear him now 😊 not many places can do that nowadays how lovely trust there is there and old fashioned is always the best.lovely lovely video sean ❤❤ Diolch from Aberystwyth xx
Enjoyed your video, especially your walk in the country side.
The bird was a Blackbird Sean. Short loud bursts. They get very excited this time of the year. Another lovely Vlog. Enjoy your lunch. ❤️
You said something that reminds me of a Billy Connolly quote where he said something like there’s no such thing as bad weather just the wrong clothes
Lovely to see the photo of the fair on the Baglan field. It was a big one and stayed there for two to three weeks in 1975. They had a boxing booth that challenged anyone to go a round or two for money. Billy Miller, the local tough man who used to ride his horse cowboy style and tether it outside the Baglan pub made short work of their champ and walked away with the money. Fideo gwych!
I remember the Gymkhana in the 80s.
Thank you Sean for the walk in the woods now I am energised 😊. Where I live the mountain in Crynant we have wooden benches here and there and wood carvings out of the trunks of the tree and there is a piece of the ancient Roman road left . A little bit of history. In Banwen there is a road called ROMAN ROAD. EVERY 11 miles there was a wooden fortress all the way down to Crynant To Neath town to keep the rebellious Welsh in line . And also in Banwen there is a legend that St Patrick was born there and a memorial stone with a plaque on it and they still celebrate St Patrick's Day in Banwen. I must say those cakes 🍰 looked really tasty 😋 with a nice cup of tea ☕ 🫖 .
There's an article about the Roman road in Wales Online today.
@@melysmelys2622 Thank you so much.
The drone footage you posted you could see where the terraces made by the slag dumps
That's brilliant Sean, we learn something knew every day.
As Cilla would say "the unexpected gets you between the eyes" I love going on adventures, I don't do it enough though 🤔
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Thank you! As always enjoy your videos.
Greetings from a neighbouring valley, just found your channel recently and I’ve enjoyed watching through them, not been to your area even though I’m only half hour away or so
the birds activity will increase big time . and the smells of spring.
lovely to see the valley
Lovely walk again Sean.
Shame there isnt a memorial for all those that went before us.just imagine there lives.
How lovely Wales is.
Love the local shops.
Fab video thanks for sharing it with us
The singing bird sounds like the robins where I live. Spring is here! 💜
Also, to tell the difference between hemlock and fir trees is the old saying "hems have stems". Fir tree needles attach differently than hemlock needles. My family worked in the forest industry in BC for years, so I was taught that at a very young age. 😊
I thought hemlock was a plant with no woody parts!
@@carolinecollett4349 Hemlock are 100 to 150 foot trees. There is also a hemlock plant, which is poisonous.
Just seen end of vlog and trees are Western Hemlock! You learn something every day with Sean!
Some of the best moments are impromptu wanderings. A healthy forest needs diversity so I totally understand the concern of the western hemlock taking over. Beautiful scenery and amazing how new streams seem to pop up to create a whole new vista.
All those lovely logs lying around,just what I need for my little woodstove.
What a credit Felicia is to the college. I am learning so much about your area in Wales. It is so interesting. Thank you Sean for your videos.
Wow thank you so much for showing us the history of your home area Sean. I so enjoyed seeing the old photos of how it would have looked in the mining days. Isn’t it incredible how the landscape has changed and peoples lives with it. Thanks again for all the effort you put into explaining that for us, take care.
That was a chaffinch, Sean. I love all the history of the mining industry in the area, fascinating.
Thank you for taking us on that wonderful woodland walk - what a beautiful place you live in.
Such a pretty walk. Thanks for sharing all the stories and history of this beautiful area.
Pictures would
Be nice. Maybe a calendar some day or notecards. Is there much tourism there? I was thinking one of the shops might want to carry your work. We have co ops here and art galleries as a resource to sell work to locals and tourists. I watch Kate at the last homely house and she’s done quite well with her little books and notecards and calendar etc. she now has another channel for the gardening end of things. I think you’re going to find your channel grow and sustain itself. Im really happy for you.
Here in the smokies though, trees like that are dangerous dangling. They call them widow makers. Lol
I love all of your ideas.
nothing I enjoy more than sitting down in our local patch of wodland and just listening to the birds 🙂
I hope you go back through that hemlock forest when it has it's leaves in late spring/summer, Sean. I'd love to see it.
The moss makes a beautiful carpet of tranquility!
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I really miss the local butcher shop from Yorkshire, here in Canada we have nothing that comes even close to providing good homemade food. I would buy everything in the shop haha
One of the birds I heard was a Great Tit ((Parus major). I have them in my garden too, they can have a variety of 'songs'. I think I heard a robin (Erithacus rubecula) too.
My father was very good at recognising birds by their sounds. I was never able to learn that as well as he could, but still good enough (without any app)
sounds like a song thrush bird 🐦
Thanks for another great video, interesting to see all the things going on in the valleys, love it❤
Hi Sean, thoroughly enjoying your vlogs. Very informative and love listening to the birdsong 😊
Ohh a real hardware store! They have just disappeared where i live. Thank you for the lovely walk.😊
@9:25 I think the bird is a Coal tit, I have been trying to find out for ages what bird that beautiful tweet comes from (A sound I hear frequently) tried a bit of detective work online, & the nearest I found to the sound was Coal tit, but I may be wrong; the fleeting little fella in my garden has got a black cap!
Yes, it might be the Coal tit. Here the Great tits are much more common, so I don't know the Coal tit as well.
You were so lucky growing up with all this on your doorstep. It really is a beautiful area with an interesting history. Thank you for sharing this with us. Definitely get yourself some walking boots soon.
That's a lovely place to walk. I wonder if the coal waste was flattened also because of the Aberfan disaster
My great granny Aberfan lived in Aberfan had a sister that lived in the same street a few houses down and their husbands were both miner's and the grandchildren of my great granny died in the Aberfan disaster in 1966 when the coal tip was washed down from the hill side over the school and I was 2 years old and the grandson of the daughter of Great granny Aberfan and she also had a son who was my grandmother bother
@@richmorg8196 I was 16. I remember it on the news. It was surreal and took time to realised it had actually happened. The children had just started school for the day
The views on your walk were just divine!
I like the bench overlooking the football pitch. I think the idea of selling photographs is good.
You have such lovely viewers I enjoy reading all the posts and positive comments
18:32 with a wide angle lens, tripod, multi exposure (HDR) ... either sunset or sunrise, would make a lovely photo! POV down low to capture stream, OR using a 2-6stop ND filter to get the water to look smooth.
All I kept thinking while you took your stroll was your chicken is getting warm lol! I hope you have an insulated bag to keep it cold 😊 New subscriber btw. I live in Michigan, US
I find your videos so relaxing, just a nice wholesome watch. I also think it's great to see someone enjoying the simpler things in life but at the same time getting a hell of lot more out of them. It's so refreshing in this day and age where people are usually posting to say look at me and look at what I own. I only wish I'd discovered your channel years earlier. It's a nice escape especially at the moment as, out of the blue, we have redundancies happening at my work, and I will find out this week if I still have a job. Fingers crossed. Keeping positive. Been single for last few years and have to say it's the happiest I've been. Keep up the good work Sean. James
Thank you for taking us along for this wonderful walk.
A nice walk is up penpych or up the cliffs up the mountain you was at
Yes I tend to go up there once a week.
Love the interesting snippets of information you always insert in your vlogs and the great black and white photos of how life used to be. I also noticed how the camera lingered quite a long time on those cakes - did you treat yourself, hope so you only live once. Look forward to the skinny dipping when it gets a bit warmer, let us know in advance so we are prepared. Have a lovely day and enjoy your life.
No cakes today.
@@seanjamescameron they look so nice ... but not good for your health!
Hi Sean, thanks for another brilliant video. I never tire of your mountain walks always something new to see! Yes Spring is definitely on way here - all my Daffs have popped now looks lovely!
Another lovely early Sunday morning video to watch thank you x
That bird sounds like a Blackbird to me Sean?
It's amazing that in your lifetime, the trees are regenerating and healing the Earth. I bet the present and future Kings of England would find this fascinating. Every time I check in your TH-cam channel, I learn something new about nature.
What a stunning place, looking forward to seeing you rediscover it. ❤
Yes to the woodland/trees pictures for sale, great idea Sean.
Loved the wonder/narration I just love peaceful walks, so does my mad spaniel... I need to move to Wales, I would be out all weather's just walking in the right clothes😂 you need a flask Sean - when ever I step out the door I have a flask of coffee in one hand dog lead in the other as i never know where i will end up. 😅
that is a beautiful high street! Where did the coal slag go when they removed it?
It was scattered over the mountains so the one I’m walking on in this video was the spoil from local tips which needed to be flattened.
Another awesome Video Sean.. well done matey! 👍👍
I really enjoyed your walk through the land of my fathers it was beautiful
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your walk Sean… bootiful!
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Hello Sean…… another adventure…. Very lovely you are very lucky to have the mountain and woods on your doorstep to explore, it’s great that there is so much going on in the valley to encourage people. See ya soon xx❤
Lovely walk Sean, so much mining history there. Where the level was, it seemed quite magical. Amazing what regeneration can do just by planting trees.
Great mountain walkways Great to see the courses to see in valleys great video
Fantastic work going on. A lot of people in your area do seem to care about the environment. On another subject, I wonder what that tunnel is all about. I hear a Chaffinch saying "Pink, Pink, Pink".
Not only are your vlogs entertaining but they are educational as well. Your preservation of Welsh valleys history is important. Is there any Welsh institution that you think would be interested in preserving them for posterity?
Can’t think of any.
@@seanjamescameron that’s too bad. 😞. Can you imagine people 50 years from now looking back at how things are today and also being able to see how they were 100 years ago before now? Would be fascinating! Would think there would be some sort of Welsh preservation society. Who knows 🤷🏻
Absolutely beautiful 😍 until the next video bye for now 😊
I enjoyed the walk thru the woods. I’m wondering about the green moss on the trees - will that disappear when summer comes? Or are they moss covered all year round?
Covered all year.
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Thank you Sean for a lovely walk. Time for me to sleep away the night now. ❤
Good morning Sean How lucky you are to have all of this beautiful scenery on your doorstep,so peaceful as well no wonder you wanted to go back home.Welsh people certainly have a sense of humour,king kongs arse 😂 I almost sprayed my tea over my phone laughing 🤭 Your walks around the woods and mountains remind me of a quote from Lewis Carrol that I liked from a TH-cam vid
"If you don't know where you are going,any road will get you there"take care Sean,💜
Ooo lovely this blog arrived just in time for a nice cuppa
how beautiful and i certainly enjoy you're proving so much personal history! fascinating. i wonder how many viewers are thinking about relocating to wales because of your videos?
most enjoyable
Loved this Ty the area is beautiful and I enjoy the walks .it made my day. Hello from Upstate NY in the beautiful Mohawk Valley. I love all your videos they are calming and I enjoy them. Please hug your cats for me. My cat passed away Jan 28th she was 15 years old and when Fi died my heart broke .Fi was given to me to by my sister a few years before my sister died. I am sure my sister brought my sweet sugar kitty Fiona she was so sweet Anyway my sister helped Fiona over the Rainbow bridge. Thank you for hugging your kitties for me. I am an old lady now and love cats. My health is not good so I love other people’s cats .thank you for all you do to bring goodness in the world .your mom and dad brought you up right Sean .
Fantastic walk, amazing history. Those 8mm vids were very cool.
Cheers from San Diego
Thank you for sharing this video Sean. Loved the scenery in the woods. The part near the end, the tall trees stood up straight as pencils. Never seen trees like that before. 👍😊
Wow what a beautiful walk thank you for sharing your lovely video
Oooooo! You should sell high quality drone pictures on your site!
The photography idea sounds pretty good 👍
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. Robert Frost. Made me think of that.
Hi Sean, watching you hiking on the mountain brings to mind a song we had to sing to warm up our singing voices when I was in primary school, Happy Wanderer, maybe you used to sing this also. It good to see designated paths for bike. Thanks
I think taking pictures of the area would be great ❤
Thanks for the walk. Now for a nice cup of tea!
Another interesting video Sean. Love hearing the history of your area and especially enjoy the parts where you insert a picture. Good on your Dad for taking part of flattening that coal slag. A very dangerous way of getting rid of the slag.
Did you ever make your Welsh cakes Sean? Was thinking of you yesterday because I decided to make a batch after listening to your last t video. I would certainly buy pics if you decided to sell them. My Grandma came from your area. They would have very special meaning to me.
The old pics and vids interspersed with the present day shots make these vlogs magical don’t they? I could watch this all day. Sean deserves an award from the welsh tourist board, he’s put this area on the map for a visit by me and my 2 and 4 legged friends 😊
Welsh cakes are coming up this week.
Happy St Patrick's day & St Gertrude's day :)
Wow, there is so much happening in the Valleys. You will definitely bring many tourists to the area. Esp as we are getting the BEST info on where the best cuppas and eateries are to.
Beautiful :)
Sounded like a chaffinch
Great interviews as always, Sean. ☘️
and all of that literally on your doorstep!
Hi Sean ☘️ Such a beautiful walk today. ☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! 🌈 💚.
Beautiful walk
Very Interesting Sean as usual ❤
Very interesting Sean.. .Thanks for that ..
Thank you Sean, as always a real treat! Best wishes.
Lovely walk❤
Always a wonderful way to start my morning on an adventure with you and your subscribers! Love hearing your remembrances. Thanks from Texas 😊