The one thing the UK has that can't be duplicated is age. Everything has a sense of time about it, from the trees to the buildings, to the countryside itself. You live in a marvelous place Sandy. Thanks for taking us on your tour.
This is a very nostalgic a thend interesting video.In the early 1960's I used to travel along the A4 to get from East Kent to Somerset and there was a sign for the Savernack Forest along the side of the road.Always curious about the forest but never able to visit it till your video here showed me interior.Thankyou Sandy helping us Ex-pats remember .Be Blessed.
Trees The Lungs of the Planet! Its amazing to think that the Oak tree so rooted to the earth , were made into some of the great ships of the Royal Navy that traveled all over the Earth. Great Video thank you for sharing.
Brilliant Sandy. What a great way to spend a couple of days. Lovely to see Mandy looking so much fitter these days and walking so well - WELL DONE MANDY! Love to all, Noel
I was transfixed by this one Sandy. It must be because I love trees. A fascinating woodland history there - enjoyed with Mandy to. I gotta say getting lost has its virtues. A good explore. Mark
Getting lost most definately does have it's virtues. These old tree's could tell a few stories I'm sure. Apparently Henry viii had a picnic beneath the fat bellied oak. Maybe it left an impression on him cos in later life he looked like a fat bellied Oak:)
hello sandy from the USA your videos are excellent, I am mainly into ham radio and camping but watch and enjoy all of your videos, only discovered you channel about a month ago so I have alot of your videos to watch. Please Sandy DO NOT let the negative comments get you down you have no idea what a large following you have here in America. Just keep going and never say uncle !
What a great video Sandy thanks for taking us along, you and your good lady looked like you had fun, your never lost if you enjoy yourself, take care mate. Dave
You went at the right time of year to see the "Green Man" To many he represents a figure who is an Environmental guardian “the keeper of the forests and woods”. Great video.
Well Sandy you have done it again you have taken my breath away way to go great to see you and the misses out for a walk along side some of the worlds greatest history 73 all the best VE3TVB Danial
Cracking video again Sandy . So interesting to see those beautiful trees. Superb drone footage. I recon you did go in to Rick's and treated Mandy . Well ......... She deserves a treat now and again . Shes so good letting you off with Elsa for your nights in the woods. Superb work !!!
Great video, I really loved seeing all the ancient trees, it’s utterly mind blowing to contemplate them being 1000 years old, imagine what the world looked like when they were saplings, amazing stuff, cheers Sandy.
Loved the drone footage with perfect music selection for that segment. The centre seemed to be shaped like a Tudor rose, planted at least 100-150 years ago, fascinating.
I think your right there Si. Some lovely landscaped tree's but there is a remnant of the wild wood about in Savernake. If we have a WIltshire meetup this year perhaps we should all visit there?
I hate congested caravan holiday camp sites. Rows and rows of caravans parked up side by side In their designated little bays. But this place looks wonderful. I take it that the camping area is actually in part of the forest and you can just walk out and explore. Thanks you for showing this Sandy 👍😀😀
Love the Ariel footage, looks like clumps of broccoli. We went here in winter and tried to find some of the ancient trees but it was quite difficult, must go back sometime
Sandy I'm going through a bit of health problems at the moment but living life through you and your adventures I love your get up and go and including your wife where possible. My wife died over 30 years ago when she was in her late 20's and miss her most days I have been a licenced Ham radio operator for over 46 years and have supported its use with emergency comms both in the UK and overseas I love HF as VHF is ruined by idiots causing QRM and worse I look forward to every video you produce be it camping, Ham radio or para-motoring because I know it's going to be interesting, informative, educational and fun. You are a superb editor of your videos Take care my friend and I hope to see many more of your videos before the inevitable happens 73 Dah Di dah
Aye man I hear you. Sorry to hear about your health troubles and I wish you well. The inevitable awaits everyone of us. Live each day and break each day down to the very moment which is NOW. You are only ever alive Now.
Some look like big fingers coming out of the earth. Magnificent history there. I could imagine big beams came out of these huge trees back in the day. If only trees could talk, stories for days. Never heard a cuckoo in the wild. Go Mandy go. Well done. Very enjoyable video Sandy. Editing was nicely done. Thanks. Tony
Lovely venture into the woods. I have been hither and thither by bus and ferry and train, but no wild walks since last September. 🇦🇱 Hoping to hear the cuckoo's call again, ere summer has swiftly sped. 💚
I really miss British woodland from time to time. Amazing shots and editing Sandy and Co. We have been blessed with rain as of recently, a great relief i can tell you, nothing better than laying in the cot and listening to rain on the tin roof. Magic. ATB Moose.
Stunning forest. Great footage from above and below. Defo think thats worth a future visit with Michelle and the dogs. Can’t beet a good damp stomp around in the woodland, smells so clean n’ fresh. Good luck with you little stroll next week. ATB Ant👍🏻😀
Thanks Ant, There forest will be here long after we have gone. Perhaps we should have a Wiltshire camp again this year and put this on a list of places to see. Got message regarding Brecon. Will be intouch. Sandy
Wiltshire Man - Another Wiltshire camp including this location sounds fab. Looking forward to it already. Once you have done your little stroll we can sort something out for Brecon Beacons.
Really enjoyed the video Sandy. I used to drive a couple of elderly ladies in their 90's past the forest every month. They would tell me stories about spending time in the forest horse riding and walking. We used to go into The Polly Tea Rooms in Marlborough. I will definitely have a look at the campsite. Thanks Sandy. Looking forward to seeing your South downs Walk ;)
What a beautiful, beautiful, forest there. And what magnificent old trees that it has distributed in it. Thanks so much for taking your cameras and drone with you in order to share all of this with us. Very inspiring, humbling, and refreshing. Enjoy those outdoors my friend.
I've just watched this video whilst looking around and it occurred to me that I gave you all the credit on your footage and never considered your wife Mandy. She's an inspiration after her surgery and with her recovery. Also doing something about it and dieting, going out with you. Anyway Sandy your a lucky man. I wasn't given that freedom to explore, that's why I'm newly single. 😂. I'm so blessed. I can take a simple setup on my beast SINNIS T 125CC. 😄. Hey i love her get your dirty little mitts off. Laters my friend. ✌
Wow! Some great shots taken from the drone, and I think that is one of the more extensive forests I have seen in a video from England. I am guessing Wiltshire is one of the more wooded counties over there? Some interesting names for the oak trees too, and you can see their age just by looking at them, extraordinary. The Big Belly Oak almost looks like he has a sad look on his face, must be too close to the road?
That’s some beautiful drone footage Sandy. Really does look like an ancient landscape that has stood the test of time. Oaks are beautiful, my childhood was spent playing under a certain very large oak. The truck was huge. Must also be at least 900 to 1000 years old to. I think I must convince my wife & daughters to have a family camp out there. Hope your hand has now full recovered. Cheers Andy
really enjoyed it Sandy , , , excellent drone footage . . . wow , those fallow deer can really scoot . . . magnificent oaks , , very good to know they're protected & cared for , otherwise they'd prolly have been furniture or firewood long ago . . .
Beautiful forest, so good to see that it has been protected. I’ve just been researching the forest is 4,500 acres and I’d privately owned by the Marquess of Ailesbury. English history is so interesting
Really enjoyed your exploration of the forest. I am a resident of Marlborough and since the country-wide lockdown began I have done several walks in Savernake which is eerily empty considering the fine weather. I have already seen a few of the named trees but am hoping to do a longer hike to the King of Limbs in a couple of days, hopefully seeing a few others on the way. Hope you are staying well and managing to get out for some walks in these solitary times.
Very interesting video Sandy, just a shame about the weather on the second day but a bit of rain (or maybe a lot of rain) doesn't daunt you. Well done!
Hi Tony, I think the road has been there for centuries first just as a simple dirt track through the forest that de evolved to what we have today! This forest is just within paramotor range of my field so may take a jaunt there soon:)
@@WiltshireMan Ya know, I hadn't given that consideration. Twas a bit less precarious when horses were the means of travel. Enjoyed it and looking forward to an areal view too.
You are also right about that 'orrible road' I used to drive along it regularly in an artic . Loved the trees, wished I could have walked it when it was still a trail through the forest. Hopefullly without being bothered by some "Landed Plonker" .
Oooh I remember camping in Savernake in the 1980's and I remember walking round some of these trees with a feeling of awe and reverence. I didn't know they were named. I don't think there were any name boards up at the time.
What a lovely place to camp and wander around the woods bro. Feels like a spring day here in NZ but it is almost winter, crazy weather. All the best to you and your wife, my wife is visiting family in Australia at present.
Never been to Savernake, one day though, maybe that campsite. It does have its dark side but Sandy, Michael Ryan started his fateful shooting spree there that fateful day, and then there was Sian O'Callaghan, I've heard about one or two other similar things regards the place, thanks again mate..
Hi Sandy - Thanks for Sharing that , when you put the Drone up at 8 Ways it all looked very Symmetrical , that must have took some doing when the Forest was planted - or maybe it was all cut out many years afterwards ? James
Thank you for showing us a bit of middle earth Sandy. So good to see Mandy out with you.
Beautiful trees and information, certainly going on my places to visit this year, thankyou, very nice
The one thing the UK has that can't be duplicated is age. Everything has a sense of time about it, from the trees to the buildings, to the countryside itself. You live in a marvelous place Sandy. Thanks for taking us on your tour.
The Wiltshire man grea old Forest what a special video thank you 🙏 so great fun to watch🇨🇦Edvery special
I ENJOYED THAT WALK, SOME GLORIOUS TREES!!!
Loved this one with a great soundtrack thrown in, JUST WONDERFUL.
So good to see everything green again after winter
Fantastic video Sandy. Great photography and music to complement. Quite awe inspiring seeing those old trees.
This is a very nostalgic a thend interesting video.In the early 1960's I used to travel along the A4 to get from East Kent to Somerset and there was a sign for the Savernack Forest along the side of the road.Always curious about the forest but never able to visit it till your video here showed me interior.Thankyou Sandy helping us Ex-pats remember .Be Blessed.
Great trees. Beautiful walk. Tnx es 73s.
Lovely woodland, beautiful trees 😊👍👍👍
That place looks magical Sandy. Thanks for taking us along
Love Savernake. Spent a lot of time there when I was growing up. Good to see a video like this Sandy. 🙂
Another enjoyable video Sandy, seeing those sausages sizzling has made me want to go out and get some !! ME!! Food obsessed? Nah!
Top video Sandy. Who doesn’t love old oaks.
Great video sandy nice to see you out and about with Mandy and the two little doggies
keep uploading more your stealth camping and walks really cheer me up and give me ideas on trying camping myself
What a beautiful place. I love the idea of 'oak-seeing'. Thank you, Sandy, for sharing.
Thank you...simply wonderful
Trees The Lungs of the Planet! Its amazing to think that the Oak tree so rooted to the earth , were made into some of the great ships of the Royal Navy that traveled all over the Earth. Great Video thank you for sharing.
This is no joke,seriously these were put here for a reason.All the Aeros point to a direct path.Great footage,great day out.Thanks for taking us along
Brilliant Sandy. What a great way to spend a couple of days.
Lovely to see Mandy looking so much fitter these days and walking so well - WELL DONE MANDY!
Love to all,
Noel
Thanks Noel.
Mandy is getting slimmer and trimmer, Two steps forward but quite often a step backward but the general trend is forward....I think:)
Some gorgeous scenery around there Sandy. The drone footage was most excellent.
I was transfixed by this one Sandy. It must be because I love trees. A fascinating woodland history there - enjoyed with Mandy to. I gotta say getting lost has its virtues. A good explore. Mark
Getting lost most definately does have it's virtues. These old tree's could tell a few stories I'm sure. Apparently Henry viii had a picnic beneath the fat bellied oak. Maybe it left an impression on him cos in later life he looked like a fat bellied Oak:)
@@WiltshireMan That's interesting or nice to think Sandy. Walking through history...
Best whishies for You & for Your wife! Very nice vid. I like it!
Great video. These trees were standing before and during the most important eras of British history.
Nice footage Sandy... Lovely old trees too..
hello sandy from the USA your videos are excellent, I am mainly into ham radio and camping but watch and enjoy all of your videos, only discovered you channel about a month ago so I have alot of your videos to watch. Please Sandy DO NOT let the negative comments get you down you have no idea what a large following you have here in America. Just keep going and never say uncle !
Quality time....soul food..... And magnificent trees
What a great video Sandy thanks for taking us along, you and your good lady looked like you had fun, your never lost if you enjoy yourself, take care mate. Dave
That looks like a brilliant area miles and miles of woodland - good content as always - ATB
Nice to see you enjoying time out with the loved one
i do enjoy seeing your old woods. very awesome seeing big belly oak, queen oak tree, pointing oak and the young king oak.
Epic drone shots , editing and excellent musical accompaniment. Well done.
Your camping trips are very calming and relaxing
I really enjoy these types of videos. Always good to learn new things, and visit new places. Thanks, Sandy and Mandy. 👍🙂
Thank you for sharing that with us Sandy, have a great weekend and all the best.
I live 15 miles from Savernake, and it is one of my favourite places on earth. Thanks for the video, now that I cannot visit it because of lockdown...
What a great walk Sandy in a beautiful forest :-o
Those oaks have witnessed English history throughout the centuries, if only they could talk. Interesting video.
You went at the right time of year to see the "Green Man" To many he represents a figure who is an Environmental guardian “the keeper of the forests and woods”. Great video.
Well Sandy you have done it again you have taken my breath away way to go great to see you and the misses out for a walk along side some of the worlds greatest history 73 all the best VE3TVB Danial
Thanks Danial and 73:)
A wonderful video and seeing you and your wife be happy 👍👍
Cracking video again Sandy . So interesting to see those beautiful trees. Superb drone footage. I recon you did go in to Rick's and treated Mandy . Well ......... She deserves a treat now and again . Shes so good letting you off with Elsa for your nights in the woods. Superb work !!!
ahhh a video from Sandy, a thumbs up before I started watching.. amazing trees!! what great subject. thx Sandy, atb amigo
Cool good to see you all together. Fab and rare trees very special
Thanks Bee:)
Great video, I really loved seeing all the ancient trees, it’s utterly mind blowing to contemplate them being 1000 years old, imagine what the world looked like when they were saplings, amazing stuff, cheers Sandy.
Thanks Ted and there are even older tree's so I am told. The great Redwoods can reach over 3000 years back.
Loved the drone footage with perfect music selection for that segment. The centre seemed to be shaped like a Tudor rose, planted at least 100-150 years ago, fascinating.
I think your right there Si. Some lovely landscaped tree's but there is a remnant of the wild wood about in Savernake.
If we have a WIltshire meetup this year perhaps we should all visit there?
@@WiltshireMan Sounds good to me
Your video craftmanship is exceptional mr wiltshire, and that catherdral oak tree is magnificent. Thanks again.
Thanks Wurzel:)
Fantastic video very informative thank you for taking time to make and share atb
and yes , , , I think y'all made a special trip just for the ' mash & pie ' LOL , , , good on ya Sandy : - )
As always sandy very enjoyable video I bet after all that walking that coffee tasted good
I hate congested caravan holiday camp sites.
Rows and rows of caravans parked up side by side In their designated little bays. But this place looks wonderful.
I take it that the camping area is actually in part of the forest and you can just walk out and explore.
Thanks you for showing this Sandy
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Bivouac Jack! Still brilliant. I must have driven by Big Belly Oak a hundred times. Beautiful tree. Always slowed down to look at it. Keep it up.
Love the Ariel footage, looks like clumps of broccoli. We went here in winter and tried to find some of the ancient trees but it was quite difficult, must go back sometime
Great video again.
Sandy I'm going through a bit of health problems at the moment but living life through you and your adventures
I love your get up and go and including your wife where possible.
My wife died over 30 years ago when she was in her late 20's and miss her most days
I have been a licenced Ham radio operator for over 46 years and have supported its use with emergency comms both in the UK and overseas
I love HF as VHF is ruined by idiots causing QRM and worse
I look forward to every video you produce be it camping, Ham radio or para-motoring because I know it's going to be interesting, informative, educational and fun.
You are a superb editor of your videos
Take care my friend and I hope to see many more of your videos before the inevitable happens
73 Dah Di dah
Aye man I hear you. Sorry to hear about your health troubles and I wish you well. The inevitable awaits everyone of us. Live each day and break each day down to the very moment which is NOW. You are only ever alive Now.
Some look like big fingers coming out of the earth. Magnificent history there. I could imagine big beams came out of these huge trees back in the day. If only trees could talk, stories for days. Never heard a cuckoo in the wild. Go Mandy go. Well done. Very enjoyable video Sandy. Editing was nicely done. Thanks. Tony
Lovely venture into the woods. I have been hither and thither by bus and ferry and train, but no wild walks since last September. 🇦🇱 Hoping to hear the cuckoo's call again, ere summer has swiftly sped. 💚
I really miss British woodland from time to time. Amazing shots and editing Sandy and Co. We have been blessed with rain as of recently, a great relief i can tell you, nothing better than laying in the cot and listening to rain on the tin roof. Magic. ATB Moose.
Nice video. Interesting part of the country. Marlborough is a nice town but you need deep pockets!
Stunning forest. Great footage from above and below. Defo think thats worth a future visit with Michelle and the dogs. Can’t beet a good damp stomp around in the woodland, smells so clean n’ fresh. Good luck with you little stroll next week. ATB Ant👍🏻😀
Thanks Ant, There forest will be here long after we have gone. Perhaps we should have a Wiltshire camp again this year and put this on a list of places to see.
Got message regarding Brecon. Will be intouch.
Sandy
Wiltshire Man - Another Wiltshire camp including this location sounds fab. Looking forward to it already. Once you have done your little stroll we can sort something out for Brecon Beacons.
Amazing air footage, the forest canopy looks so majestic it makes me regret a man can't fly on his own...
AH but he can. Paramotor:))
I meant without risking a carb icing 😃
Your videos are interesting, wonderfully shot and basically just blinking marvellous
LOL Thanks:)
Nice you and your wife out and enjoying nature together. ATB
Really enjoyed the video Sandy. I used to drive a couple of elderly ladies in their 90's past the forest every month. They would tell me stories about spending time in the forest horse riding and walking. We used to go into The Polly Tea Rooms in Marlborough.
I will definitely have a look at the campsite. Thanks Sandy. Looking forward to seeing your South downs Walk ;)
What a beautiful, beautiful, forest there. And what magnificent old trees that it has distributed in it. Thanks so much for taking your cameras and drone with you in order to share all of this with us. Very inspiring, humbling, and refreshing. Enjoy those outdoors my friend.
Thanks Campfire:)
Great job Ed🇨🇦
Great video Sandy, good to see so many Grandfathers, such a wonderful and open forest.
Wonderful trees in an idyllic setting. Glad to see you getting some training in there. 😀👍👍👍👍👍
Hopefully it will be a good walk. Looking forward to it Bill:)
I've just watched this video whilst looking around and it occurred to me that I gave you all the credit on your footage and never considered your wife Mandy. She's an inspiration after her surgery and with her recovery. Also doing something about it and dieting, going out with you. Anyway Sandy your a lucky man. I wasn't given that freedom to explore, that's why I'm newly single. 😂. I'm so blessed. I can take a simple setup on my beast SINNIS T 125CC. 😄. Hey i love her get your dirty little mitts off. Laters my friend. ✌
Wow! Some great shots taken from the drone, and I think that is one of the more extensive forests I have seen in a video from England. I am guessing Wiltshire is one of the more wooded counties over there? Some interesting names for the oak trees too, and you can see their age just by looking at them, extraordinary. The Big Belly Oak almost looks like he has a sad look on his face, must be too close to the road?
That’s some beautiful drone footage Sandy. Really does look like an ancient landscape that has stood the test of time. Oaks are beautiful, my childhood was spent playing under a certain very large oak. The truck was huge. Must also be at least 900 to 1000 years old to. I think I must convince my wife & daughters to have a family camp out there. Hope your hand has now full recovered. Cheers Andy
Hand is good now Andy:)
really enjoyed it Sandy , , , excellent drone footage . . . wow , those fallow deer can really scoot . . . magnificent oaks , , very good to know they're protected & cared for , otherwise they'd prolly have been furniture or firewood long ago . . .
Beautiful forest, so good to see that it has been protected. I’ve just been researching the forest is 4,500 acres and I’d privately owned by the Marquess of Ailesbury. English history is so interesting
Thats true and been in the family for 1000 years handed down through the generations and open to the public 364 days of the year
Hi sandy,beautiful,just beautiful.sandy where can I get a map so I can see those trees.god they are so beautiful.kindest regards tim
Hi Tim, I got the map from the Postern hill camp site.
Forgot to say yaaaahh who Mandy 👏👌. And Sandy I'm not looking for a wife bruv. I've learnt my lesson. .take care. ✌
Really enjoyed your exploration of the forest. I am a resident of Marlborough and since the country-wide lockdown began I have done several walks in Savernake which is eerily empty considering the fine weather. I have already seen a few of the named trees but am hoping to do a longer hike to the King of Limbs in a couple of days, hopefully seeing a few others on the way. Hope you are staying well and managing to get out for some walks in these solitary times.
Glad the forest is in walking distance for you. I am still getting out but on a reduced scale now. Luckily there is a woodland not too far away
Cracking video, thanks for sharing.
Very interesting video Sandy, just a shame about the weather on the second day but a bit of rain (or maybe a lot of rain) doesn't daunt you. Well done!
I enjoyed the stroll as well as the history lesson. It seems odd that the road was built so close to such a landmark.
Hi Tony, I think the road has been there for centuries first just as a simple dirt track through the forest that de evolved to what we have today! This forest is just within paramotor range of my field so may take a jaunt there soon:)
@@WiltshireMan Ya know, I hadn't given that consideration. Twas a bit less precarious when horses were the means of travel. Enjoyed it and looking forward to an areal view too.
What magnificent trees, how did they survive the building of the Royal Navy?
Great film sandy ,ill have to pay postern a visit.
A really famous Liverpool oak tree.the allerton oak.iff you have time it's worth a Google.nice vid.
Great video Sandy . Definitely taking the family up there soon !!! I’m like you I need to touch a big old tree.
I bet that pie was in the wellington 😉
Spot on:)
Wiltshire Man pie minister pies. Nice pub in the evening too. We must catch up sometime mate .
Lovely tour of Savernake. I don't think you had that pie in Steins as it's not on the menu! All the best to you and Mandy.
These are some creepy trees. Wonder what they look like by moonlight. Little dog's pretty fit too.
You are also right about that 'orrible road' I used to drive along it regularly in an artic . Loved the trees, wished I could have walked it when it was still a trail through the forest. Hopefullly without being bothered by some "Landed Plonker" .
The Landed plonkers have been around for a long time, ever since poverty serfdome and wage slavery started...!
Oooh I remember camping in Savernake in the 1980's and I remember walking round some of these trees with a feeling of awe and reverence. I didn't know they were named. I don't think there were any name boards up at the time.
You we're right, you we're right, you we're right. You can count up to 8 !
What a lovely place to camp and wander around the woods bro. Feels like a spring day here in NZ but it is almost winter, crazy weather. All the best to you and your wife, my wife is visiting family in Australia at present.
Nice vision sandy 👍 ever been to Bentley woods that's in Wiltshire ive seen heards of deer 30 + .
Never been there. WIll put it on my list of places to visit.
Never been to Savernake, one day though, maybe that campsite. It does have its dark side but Sandy, Michael Ryan started his fateful shooting spree there that fateful day, and then there was Sian O'Callaghan, I've heard about one or two other similar things regards the place, thanks again mate..
Great footage if trees could talk .😁😁😁
Aye the sap is rising, good time to be around Oaks
15:44 The Surveyed Oak is named by the OS, as it defines the boundary between Savernake and Mildenhall parishes.
Simply Beautiful! 73 de N1AD Steve
So many greens!! Lovely place, I think there is an abandoned crashed plane there [somewhere]......
Hi Sandy - Thanks for Sharing that , when you put the Drone up at 8 Ways it all looked very Symmetrical , that must have took some doing when the Forest was planted - or maybe it was all cut out many years afterwards ?
James
I should say the tree's were planted that way James.
Had to watch twice. First time YT defaulted me to 480. Watched it again in HD much better :-)
Which Ben sounds track is the Indian music Sandy? Great video, once again x