Loved this episode! All segments♥️ from northern 🇨🇦 where beavers are abundant and we pop popcorn over the fire frequently! The wassailing was fantastic, old traditions continued ✔️
It’s incredible how Mapperton has embraced the animals ..the beavers are fantastic.Your family is an inspiration to us all.Love following your journey..means so much !love from California America
Dear Julie, Especially as a new , follower, Yank & Midwesterner, (Chicago/La Grange, and then Des Moines, IA) love watching you and your videos all the time. I always wanted to live in England. And even though I was married in London at the American Church on Tottenham Court Road, residing in England was not to be. So watching you and your delightful life gives me Enormous pleasure.😊 Thank you so much for bringing these wonderful images for us all to enjoy around the world. Thank you, Leslie
We are so relieved and happy for you to have the Beavers back safely at Mapperton again. Well done Ben and Chris. Best wishes Christina and Nick, Crediton, Devon UK
You won't have to chase the beavers..just wait until somewhere floods and then you will find their dam. As a motto said that I saw the other day.."It's one dam thing after another." WEll, the cartoon of the beaver was cute!
Such fun watching the successful search for Twiggy and Woody. Glad they are back. Maybe next year the wassailers could learn the actual tune and lyrics to Here We Come A-Wassailing! :) What a fun tradition.
I’m Louisiana Creole and a common part of a proper Mardi Gras celebration is a cake called a “ king cake” that has a little plastic or ceramic baby in it called “la fève” and whoever gets the slice with the baby is king for the day!
Bonjou Ari. Glad to hear you are still following a tradition that come from the... Romans who, on the Saturne day, shared a round cake with their whole household, slaves included. The lucky one who found the bean was for the day the Prince of the household. Christians followed, eating their "galette des Rois" the 6th of january, when the Wise Men (les Rois mages) were presented to the new born Christ. Then, another tradition was added : the "King" had to buy drinks so, as you can imagine, many ate the bean... Hence the ceramique "fève", first shaped as a baby in remembrance of Jésus, then in more modern times in many shapes and colours... Voilà, voilà, Ari. Bonne journée. From Nantes 🇨🇵
@@DH007-w2d this is probably my favorite reply to a comment of mine on youtube. Thank you for the history lesson David, it very concise and informative!
So happy the beavers were found. Such a fun adventure. Love the wassailing ceremony. The drone shots with the property covered in snow was breathtaking. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
So Happy that Woody & Twiggy are home and safe. The Waes Hael was fantastic (we would eat figgy pudding). We would Yell really loud Waes Hael then take a sip of spiced cider and yell again Drinc Hael and pour some on the ground beneath the apple trees. "Wassail!" is a toast, literally meaning "be in good health". The reply to this is traditionally "Drink-hail!" Here We Come A-wassailing - not always sung in this order or in key depending on how much Wassailing (visiting neighbours orchards while drinking cider) was accomplished lol 1. Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand'ring So fair to be seen. (Chorus) Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you And send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year. 2. Our wassail cup is made Of the rosemary tree, And so is your beer Of the best barley. (Chorus) 3. We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door; But we are neighbours' children, Whom you have seen before. (Chorus) 4. Call up the butler of this house, Put on his golden ring. Let him bring us up a glass of beer, And better we shall sing. (Chorus) 5. We have got a little purse Of stretching leather skin; We want a little of your money To line it well within. (Chorus) 6. Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese, And some of your Christmas loaf. (Chorus) 7. God bless the master of this house Likewise the mistress too, And all the little children That round the table go. (Chorus) 8. Good master and good mistress, While you're sitting by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire. (Chorus) The 12 days after Christmas - The last day marking the 1st day of the New Year or new years eve. Pagan Calendar, Celts, Nords, Vikings. The pixies, fairies, trolls & ogres beware lol
@@Paular845 Same here! I loved when they shook Ruth’s nephew upside down, and Ruth’s niece (the boy’s sister) just sat on Ruth’s lap giggling while making daisy chains. That whole series was so wholesome!
Here we come A-wassailing among the leaves so green, here come A-wand’ring so fair to be seen, love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too, and God bless you and send you a happy new year, and God send you a happy new year! There are several more verses too. Loved the video, including your wassailing re-enactment! Oh, and I am Canadian and learned it here. I didn’t know about the banishing of evil spirits, or the crown thing, though.❤🇨🇦
God bless the master (Luke) of this house and bless the mistress (Julie) too, And all the little children that round the table goo, Love and joy come to you, And to you, your wassail too, And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year, And God send you a Happy New Year. Good Master and good Mistress as you sit by the fire, Pray think of us poor children a-wandering in the mire, Love and joy... Learned it from my older sisters in New Jersey, USA, ca. 1970
As a Canadian I find it hilarious all that you do to with your Beavers. They might be our national animal but we spend more time trying to deal with them and are seen as a real nuisance.
I guess it entirely depends on whether you're in a not-enough-beavers situation, or a too-many-beavers situation. Most of the world is in a not-enough-beavers situation. For those of you in a too-many-beavers situation, I can only send my thoughts and prayers. Best of luck to you.
Beautiful!!!❤️❤️❤️. I love it!❤️. Julie - I also am in love with the Blue Room dish wear in the break front behind you. I collect those as well - especially Georgian and Staffordshire!🥰
Mapperton looks splendid in the snow! I love hearing about the beavers and their adventures! If you have anybody in your family, that can write and illustrate, their adventures would make lovely little children’s books & big children like me. I’m looking forward to the adventures of Ben and Chris this year! Love from Vermont
So glad the beavers were found. I had seen on Instagram that they had escaped. I love how your channel includes everyone involved in the running of Mapperton and of course, Julie and Luke.
It seems Twiggy and Woody had lots of fun spotting countless potencial dams downriver. I almost feel sorry for them - but of course they must do their work too! And Ben? He's amazing!!!
Julie, your enthusiasm is awesome! Love, love, love, the beaver adventures and watching your new crew of helpers! Fun show to watch, thanks for sharing, cheers ❤.
Julie, did you ever go to a Madrigal dinner at Christmas time in the States. They serve wassel drink a type of hot spiced cider. I thought the song came from England in Henry the 8th times. Ask your American friends if they sang that song during the days leading up to Christmas. Most people 40 and older know it.
It will soon be mating season... I wonder if they were looking for a more suitable secure secret spot...?? How often are pesky Humany Wumanies around??
I'm laughing at your wailsailing, my dog looked around wondering what was happening. Had to tell her TV. Great episode. Glad you found the beavers. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Julie and Luke, Ben did an amazing job, tracking the beavers, along with Chris they had great success, in finding them. My new lesson learned today is wassail, that is a great tradition, to have every year, for a great harvest. This is a fun episode, thanks for sharing. Love from N.Y.
I really enjoyed this episode with you finding the missing beavers, the traditional scaring away evil spirits in your Apple trees 🌳 You work so hard but enjoy life with such enthusiasm ❄️❤️
Let me redeem myself after my prior comment and say that I absolutely loved your Wassailing ceremony! There are several definitions or variations of wassailing, but I think I like yours best of all! Hope you do it again next year. Re: the beavers. They are wild animals; hence, they are part of your "rewilding" endeavour. Now that you know they won't stay - and, if you love them - let them go. They will find their way back to you through the years - and come back each time with magical tales of their travels! Julie, I bet you could turn their adventures into a children's book.
I don't think they can be just 'let go' into the English countryside yet - tho that may change soon as they've now been classified as a 'native species' here in Scotland.
They definitely can’t just let them go. They got them from an organization and promised that organization they would provide them with the correct environment, woods, food, and safety. A different environment wouldn’t have what they need. That’s why a specific enclosure was made for them. That’s why they were removed from where they were in Scotland. The environment they were living in wasn’t ideal. Most importantly, they need to be kept safe from predators, animals and humans alike. Yes, they are wild animals, but they are living in their natural habitat. It’s not like they are living in a house or cages or something awful like that. When it comes to providing a safe sanctuary for wild animals, there needs to be a balance with providing them with their natural habitat keeping them in a safe place.
@@findingbeautyinthepain8965 I was unaware that they were procured from an organization to which they'd made promises. But, yes, otherwise they could be let go. They would find a suitable habitat (unless England is just bereft of such). As for predators, we are all subject to them. That's part of the natural cycle of life.
@@lorigray9291 Yes, their son, Nester actually helped the organization trap and relocate the beavers from Scotland to England, which is pretty cool! I could be wrong, but in one of the episodes on the beavers they explained the beavers need certain woods, a river, and certain foods, which is why they had to have the enclosure built. That is what leads me to believe that all of England or even all of Mapperton isn’t a fit environment. But I think the main thing is the predators (for now) because the goal is rewinding. I think once these beavers have some pups that live to adulthood, predators won’t be such a big deal. But if one of these beavers dies, the entire rewinding project dies with it. They could always acquire more beavers, but I think the more beavers die on their watch, the less organizations will be willing to give them more beavers. Maybe they should have gotten two males and two females from the start, so it would be much less of an issue if one falls prey to a predator. A lot of what I said is just my best educated guess based off the information Mapperton has provided us with, so I’m sure I’m wrong about some thing. I hope Julie will provide more information in another video.
What a fun episode! I remember that song from my childhood. Interesting to know it’s origins and great to see it used in action! Glad the beavers were found. I’m sure they were doing what comes naturally to them. Hope they become settled and happy at Mapperton.
beavers escape, wait until they find the canal systems. That would be priceless to see but cost a bit to remove. then again, maybe an old overgrown canal.
!8 degrees inside super warm? You must be kidding! I'm Norwegian and used to snow and super cold weather outside, but we refuse to be cold inside our homes. 21 degrees inside is minimum. Poor Julie!
It was so fun to see how into it Julie gets with the traditions. I would be just like her and make lots of noise when Wassailing. Great vlog and as a Canadian I am glad the recapture of the beavers was successful.
Julie, thanks you for being so real and funny while you listen to your husband start off the vlog. You crack me up. Love the two of you. Love watching the two of you. Have a blessed day
Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year.
So glad Chris was able to get Twiggy and Woody back safely and really interesting watching Chris and Ben track them. The Wassailing ceremony has got to become one of Mapperton's time honoured traditions. It looked cold but good fun.
This is my favorite episode! I love the beavers and I never knew what wassailing actually was. Here in Ohio, it is just drinking mulled wine and walking around the neighborhood singing carols -- apparently we do it all incorrectly! Who knew! I like the version much better!
THX SO MUCH FOR THE BEAVERS--glad they are safe, but after that spa treat, I hope they don't venture away again, thinking the return will include another spa treat. Loved the wassling, grew up with that tradition in New Jersey USA and although quite pagan, it is fun-love the popcorn addition.
Oh I do hope they choose to stay. The land needs them. I am thrilled to see you maintaining ancient traditions! We pagans do these on a regular basis, but seeing a real orchard wassailed is sooooo cool!
The drone shot of Mapperton in the snow is spectacular! It was my good fortune to spend August 1980 through February 1981 abroad, dividing the time between England, France and various Western European cities. My time in England was spent mostly in Datchet, Windsor/Eaton, Slough, Reading and Staines-upon-Thames. There were many days in London, occasional travel North to Coventry Cathedral and Oxford, South to Leeds Castle in Kent and Brighton, then West to Bath. After a trip to Wales, I traveled to the continent. It was snowing on the way to Dover where the channel crossing took place on a hovercraft during a gale. It was the only eastward crossing that day and it was horrendous! The snowfall continued in France during the SNCF train ride to Paris Gare du Nord. Since I was still seasick, I found the nearest hotel to the train station on Boulevard de Magenta. Hours after my stomach finally calmed from the effects of the channel crossing, I walked down the boulevard to see Place de la République covered in snow. There I found a Monoprix to purchase some food when it finally felt safe to eat. I can also recall a veritable blizzard on my way to Sognefjord from Bergen, Norway and a rare December snowstorm the day I left Venice. Chuck
I loved all chapters. Super well produced and great new things like wassailing (Julie - I heard that as a US kid too but thought it was just begging for booze!) and loved the beaver update. Really great, thank you!
What a fun vlog!! Glad the beavers were caught and the Wassailing was wonderful!! I am from England but did not know what Wassail meant or that tradition, was good to learn of it.
Those slippers look very nice, they remind me of the LLBean “Wicked Good Slippers “, everyone in our family wears them, very warm comfortable and the outdoor sole is perfect when you have to step outdoors for the mail or run to the store. Enjoy yours!
The beaver story was really great to watch. It appears that it may be harder than you thought to get them to fix your watershed. I don't blame them. What happens when they've done the work that you want? What would it take to let them wander freely?
We sang this song as kids in southern Indiana, but I always assumed that wassailing meant caroling. Learn something new every day :D Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand'ring So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year. Our wassail cup is made Of the rosemary tree, And so is your beer Of the best barley. We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door; But we are neighbours' children, Whom you have seen before. Call up the butler of this house, Put on his golden ring. Let him bring us up a glass of beer, And better we shall sing. We have got a little purse Of stretching leather skin; We want a little of your money To line it well within. Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese, And some of your Christmas loaf. God bless the master of this house Likewise the mistress too, And all the little children That round the table go. Good master and good mistress, While you're sitting by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire.
Here we go a Wassiling, a Wassiling, Here we go a Wassiling, a Wassiling, among the trees so green ! ........No idea where that came from, but I must have heard it before ? I had to share.
We love Chameau wellies. They come in RED ,blue, ,purple green ,yellow and black. They are nice and flexible so they don't crack across the ball of the foot and leak after the first season like the famed Hunter Boots.
I imagine I'd dress like Julie inside many areas of that big stone house. I bet sometimes a warm little mud hut could feel like an answer to a prayer. I've been wondering this whole time how they would keep the dear little beavers contained. It's hard to imagine it. I'm also wondering what is the point of the beaver endeavor; is it to eventually reintroduce them into the wild, or is it to keep them at Mapperton, or to breed them for other places needing beavers back in the environment? "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Is there somewhere I can read up on the project? I've watched several videos that they've featured in. I find it really fascinating, and I'd love to know more about it. Anyway, lovely video as usual. Thank you so much!
Chris and Ben were so fun to watch as they searched for Twiggy and Woody. It was a mini-adventure!
The view from the drone of Mapperton covered in snow. So beautiful!
Yes! I loved that. It would make a beautiful Christmas card photo.
@@leahmarieezra877 Ditto!
Mapperton looks Simply♥️Beautiful
in the ❄️Snow.
How Cheeky of Woody &. Twiggy,
to go on "The Run."‼️
Loved this episode! All segments♥️ from northern 🇨🇦 where beavers are abundant and we pop popcorn over the fire frequently!
The wassailing was fantastic, old traditions continued ✔️
It’s incredible how Mapperton has embraced the animals ..the beavers are fantastic.Your family is an inspiration to us all.Love following your journey..means so much !love from California America
I enjoyed Ben explaining the animal signs he was seeing as he went along the stream, both for the deer and the beavers.
Dear Julie,
Especially as a new , follower, Yank & Midwesterner, (Chicago/La Grange, and then Des Moines, IA) love watching you and your videos all the time.
I always wanted to live in England. And even though I was married in London at the American Church on Tottenham Court Road, residing in England was not to be.
So watching you and your delightful life gives me Enormous pleasure.😊
Thank you so much for bringing these wonderful images for us all to enjoy around the world. Thank you,
Leslie
We are so relieved and happy for you to have the Beavers back safely at Mapperton again. Well done Ben and Chris. Best wishes Christina and Nick, Crediton, Devon UK
Hi All! From the States Ben and Chris are amazing. Yes please let's make Chris present more. He is brilliant and completely a natural. Great episode.
You won't have to chase the beavers..just wait until somewhere floods and then you will find their dam. As a motto said that I saw the other day.."It's one dam thing after another." WEll, the cartoon of the beaver was cute!
Such fun watching the successful search for Twiggy and Woody. Glad they are back. Maybe next year the wassailers could learn the actual tune and lyrics to Here We Come A-Wassailing! :) What a fun tradition.
Yeah! The beavers are back. Another great video.😊
I’m Louisiana Creole and a common part of a proper Mardi Gras celebration is a cake called a “ king cake” that has a little plastic or ceramic baby in it called “la fève” and whoever gets the slice with the baby is king for the day!
That's based on the French tradition of galette des rois (king cake) with “la fève.”
The Greeks do something similar with a coin baked in bread.
Bonjou Ari. Glad to hear you are still following a tradition that come from the... Romans who, on the Saturne day, shared a round cake with their whole household, slaves included. The lucky one who found the bean was for the day the Prince of the household. Christians followed, eating their "galette des Rois" the 6th of january, when the Wise Men (les Rois mages) were presented to the new born Christ. Then, another tradition was added : the "King" had to buy drinks so, as you can imagine, many ate the bean... Hence the ceramique "fève", first shaped as a baby in remembrance of Jésus, then in more modern times in many shapes and colours... Voilà, voilà, Ari. Bonne journée. From Nantes 🇨🇵
@@DH007-w2d this is probably my favorite reply to a comment of mine on youtube. Thank you for the history lesson David, it very concise and informative!
I didn't think Mapperton could be more beautiful until I saw it in the snow!
So happy the beavers were found. Such a fun adventure. Love the wassailing ceremony. The drone shots with the property covered in snow was breathtaking. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
Very clever of Ben, he deserves a native American nick name. I suggest "chief chasing Beaver"
So Happy that Woody & Twiggy are home and safe. The Waes Hael was fantastic (we would eat figgy pudding). We would Yell really loud Waes Hael then take a sip of spiced cider and yell again Drinc Hael and pour some on the ground beneath the apple trees.
"Wassail!" is a toast, literally meaning "be in good health". The reply to this is traditionally "Drink-hail!"
Here We Come A-wassailing - not always sung in this order or in key depending on how much Wassailing (visiting neighbours orchards while drinking cider) was accomplished lol
1. Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.
(Chorus)
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too;
And God bless you
And send you a Happy New Year
And God send you a Happy New Year.
2. Our wassail cup is made
Of the rosemary tree,
And so is your beer
Of the best barley.
(Chorus)
3. We are not daily beggars
That beg from door to door;
But we are neighbours' children,
Whom you have seen before.
(Chorus)
4. Call up the butler of this house,
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing.
(Chorus)
5. We have got a little purse
Of stretching leather skin;
We want a little of your money
To line it well within.
(Chorus)
6. Bring us out a table
And spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a mouldy cheese,
And some of your Christmas loaf.
(Chorus)
7. God bless the master of this house
Likewise the mistress too,
And all the little children
That round the table go.
(Chorus)
8. Good master and good mistress,
While you're sitting by the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Who are wandering in the mire.
(Chorus)
The 12 days after Christmas - The last day marking the 1st day of the New Year or new years eve. Pagan Calendar, Celts, Nords, Vikings. The pixies, fairies, trolls & ogres beware lol
Wonderful! Thanks for this information.
Blessed Be!!
All I could think of was the version I saw on the BBC farm series. I forget which one, I think it might have been the Tudor Monastery Farm one.
@@Paular845 Same here! I loved when they shook Ruth’s nephew upside down, and Ruth’s niece (the boy’s sister) just sat on Ruth’s lap giggling while making daisy chains. That whole series was so wholesome!
One of the best shows ever. What a great new tradition for Mapperton, I bet the rest of the staff wishes they would have attend the fun.
Here we come A-wassailing among the leaves so green, here come A-wand’ring so fair to be seen, love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too, and God bless you and send you a happy new year, and God send you a happy new year! There are several more verses too. Loved the video, including your wassailing re-enactment! Oh, and I am Canadian and learned it here. I didn’t know about the banishing of evil spirits, or the crown thing, though.❤🇨🇦
God bless the master (Luke) of this house and bless the mistress (Julie) too,
And all the little children that round the table goo,
Love and joy come to you,
And to you, your wassail too,
And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
Good Master and good Mistress as you sit by the fire,
Pray think of us poor children a-wandering in the mire,
Love and joy...
Learned it from my older sisters in New Jersey, USA, ca. 1970
What a wonderful adventure! Thank you, Julie and Luke and Mapperton crew, for allowing us along, was a complete escape and enjoyed every minute! 🌿🩷💙🌿
As a Canadian I find it hilarious all that you do to with your Beavers. They might be our national animal but we spend more time trying to deal with them and are seen as a real nuisance.
Maybe we should have asked PM Trudeau to deliver a couple of our Canadian beavers to Mapperton !
What province are you in? We don't see them as a nuisance in BC.
I guess it entirely depends on whether you're in a not-enough-beavers situation, or a too-many-beavers situation. Most of the world is in a not-enough-beavers situation. For those of you in a too-many-beavers situation, I can only send my thoughts and prayers. Best of luck to you.
So cute all around. I see the love you and Luke have for each other.
Beautiful!!!❤️❤️❤️. I love it!❤️. Julie - I also am in love with the Blue Room dish wear in the break front behind you. I collect those as well - especially Georgian and Staffordshire!🥰
I love to hear about the beavers being a Canadian. They are born engineers, They have a mind of their own. Looking for more news.
Mapperton looks splendid in the snow! I love hearing about the beavers and their adventures! If you have anybody in your family, that can write and illustrate, their adventures would make lovely little children’s books & big children like me. I’m looking forward to the adventures of Ben and Chris this year! Love from Vermont
That view of Mapperton with snow beautiful,those nauty beever went exploring so cute.
Ben and Chris are a great team!
So glad the beavers were found. I had seen on Instagram that they had escaped. I love how your channel includes everyone involved in the running of Mapperton and of course, Julie and Luke.
Thank you so much!
Yay gorgeous Emma Bridgewater mugs!
It seems Twiggy and Woody had lots of fun spotting countless potencial dams downriver. I almost feel sorry for them - but of course they must do their work too!
And Ben? He's amazing!!!
Julie, your enthusiasm is awesome! Love, love, love, the beaver adventures and watching your new crew of helpers! Fun show to watch, thanks for sharing, cheers ❤.
Ben needs some extra pairs of Wellies
The 🦫🦫were so happy to be reunited! Those two are quite the escape artists! Loved your 🍏🍎ceremony, it looked delicious!
Julie, did you ever go to a Madrigal dinner at Christmas time in the States. They serve wassel drink a type of hot spiced cider. I thought the song came from England in Henry the 8th times. Ask your American friends if they sang that song during the days leading up to Christmas. Most people 40 and older know it.
Yes, I am 70 and we sang it many
times during Christmas. It is an
ancient Pagan tradition.
Really happy the beavers were found!
It will soon be mating season... I wonder if they were looking for a more suitable secure secret spot...?? How often are pesky Humany Wumanies around??
they should have a comic book.
I think that was one of my favorite episodes! So happy the beavers are safe. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm laughing at your wailsailing, my dog looked around wondering what was happening. Had to tell her TV. Great episode. Glad you found the beavers. Thanks for sharing.
So happy that they are safe and home.❤️
Woodland Walks with Ben and Chris..new Mapperton segment?actually learned alot with their walk and saw different part of your beautiful property.
This was so much fun!!! You guys are so entertaining!!
Those Beavers are so darn adorable ❤
Julie there is a song that has been sung around Christmas and New Years..." Hear we go a Wosseling " at least since Victorian times 😀
U r such a joy😡 love from central Ohio
Love this episode! Lovely scenery and fun with beaver guys!
Love watching your progress…so much fun ❤learning lots of interesting things👍
Hi Julie and Luke, Ben did an amazing job, tracking the beavers, along with Chris they had great success, in finding them. My new lesson learned today is wassail, that is a great tradition, to have every year, for a great harvest. This is a fun episode, thanks for sharing. Love from N.Y.
I really enjoyed this episode with you finding the missing beavers, the traditional scaring away evil spirits in your Apple trees 🌳 You work so hard but enjoy life with such enthusiasm ❄️❤️
Great fun! Made the BBC! Very impressive, they’ve been busy for sure. Little buggers!
Really enjoyed this episode. Thanks to all the Mapperton team.
Snow In Mapperton!!!
I’m thinking poor Chris is wondering what he’s gotten himself into. 😊
Let me redeem myself after my prior comment and say that I absolutely loved your Wassailing ceremony! There are several definitions or variations of wassailing, but I think I like yours best of all! Hope you do it again next year. Re: the beavers. They are wild animals; hence, they are part of your "rewilding" endeavour. Now that you know they won't stay - and, if you love them - let them go. They will find their way back to you through the years - and come back each time with magical tales of their travels! Julie, I bet you could turn their adventures into a children's book.
A children's book about the beavers - great idea!
I don't think they can be just 'let go' into the English countryside yet - tho that may change soon as they've now been classified as a 'native species' here in Scotland.
They definitely can’t just let them go. They got them from an organization and promised that organization they would provide them with the correct environment, woods, food, and safety. A different environment wouldn’t have what they need. That’s why a specific enclosure was made for them. That’s why they were removed from where they were in Scotland. The environment they were living in wasn’t ideal. Most importantly, they need to be kept safe from predators, animals and humans alike. Yes, they are wild animals, but they are living in their natural habitat. It’s not like they are living in a house or cages or something awful like that. When it comes to providing a safe sanctuary for wild animals, there needs to be a balance with providing them with their natural habitat keeping them in a safe place.
@@findingbeautyinthepain8965 I was unaware that they were procured from an organization to which they'd made promises. But, yes, otherwise they could be let go. They would find a suitable habitat (unless England is just bereft of such). As for predators, we are all subject to them. That's part of the natural cycle of life.
@@lorigray9291 Yes, their son, Nester actually helped the organization trap and relocate the beavers from Scotland to England, which is pretty cool! I could be wrong, but in one of the episodes on the beavers they explained the beavers need certain woods, a river, and certain foods, which is why they had to have the enclosure built. That is what leads me to believe that all of England or even all of Mapperton isn’t a fit environment. But I think the main thing is the predators (for now) because the goal is rewinding. I think once these beavers have some pups that live to adulthood, predators won’t be such a big deal. But if one of these beavers dies, the entire rewinding project dies with it. They could always acquire more beavers, but I think the more beavers die on their watch, the less organizations will be willing to give them more beavers. Maybe they should have gotten two males and two females from the start, so it would be much less of an issue if one falls prey to a predator. A lot of what I said is just my best educated guess based off the information Mapperton has provided us with, so I’m sure I’m wrong about some thing. I hope Julie will provide more information in another video.
What a fun episode! I remember that song from my childhood. Interesting to know it’s origins and great to see it used in action!
Glad the beavers were found. I’m sure they were doing what comes naturally to them. Hope they become settled and happy at Mapperton.
Might be my favorite episode. Thoroughly entertaining.
I am glad you said the beavers were Eurasian. I was wondering where they came from. Can they be cross-bred with American beavers?
Here we come a wassailing.... I thought this was a Christmas thing
Yes it is a Christmas song.
beavers escape, wait until they find the canal systems. That would be priceless to see but cost a bit to remove. then again, maybe an old overgrown canal.
Bravo!!
!8 degrees inside super warm? You must be kidding! I'm Norwegian and used to snow and super cold weather outside, but we refuse to be cold inside our homes. 21 degrees inside is minimum. Poor Julie!
It was so fun to see how into it Julie gets with the traditions. I would be just like her and make lots of noise when Wassailing. Great vlog and as a Canadian I am glad the recapture of the beavers was successful.
Julie, thanks you for being so real and funny while you listen to your husband start off the vlog. You crack me up. Love the two of you. Love watching the two of you. Have a blessed day
We do wassailing here in the USA as well. As a witch I can tell you we do it!
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wand’ring
So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too;
And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year
And God send you a Happy New Year.
So glad Chris was able to get Twiggy and Woody back safely and really interesting watching Chris and Ben track them. The Wassailing ceremony has got to become one of Mapperton's time honoured traditions. It looked cold but good fun.
So glad you were able to recover the beavers without too much trouble. They were probably just on a mission to wasssil the hazel trees.
I live in the country as well, and can totally relate to your experiences with the beavers, fences et al. Thanks for sharing your life.
This is my favorite episode! I love the beavers and I never knew what wassailing actually was. Here in Ohio, it is just drinking mulled wine and walking around the neighborhood singing carols -- apparently we do it all incorrectly! Who knew! I like the version much better!
Ha ha - wassailling isn't anything to do with Christmas or Carols, it's very Pagan! That's why it takes place on the 'old' New Year's day.
THX SO MUCH FOR THE BEAVERS--glad they are safe, but after that spa treat, I hope they don't venture away again, thinking the return will include another spa treat. Loved the wassling, grew up with that tradition in New Jersey USA and although quite pagan, it is fun-love the popcorn addition.
We do a king cake with a plastic baby here for Mardi Gras. Very similar. Glad you got your beavers back.
Loved this!!!! I never knew the story that went with the song! Amazing! Thank you for sharing this!!!! Please do more videos like this!
WooHoo! Woody & Twiggy are home. Fun first episode of the Ben and Chris Adventures. Cheers-
Oh I do hope they choose to stay. The land needs them. I am thrilled to see you maintaining ancient traditions! We pagans do these on a regular basis, but seeing a real orchard wassailed is sooooo cool!
I wish I could see Mapperton veiled in snow with roaring fires in it's grand fireplaces!! You need a winter season for visitors too!!
The drone shot of Mapperton in the snow is spectacular!
It was my good fortune to spend August 1980 through February 1981 abroad, dividing the time between England, France and various Western European cities. My time in England was spent mostly in Datchet, Windsor/Eaton, Slough, Reading and Staines-upon-Thames. There were many days in London, occasional travel North to Coventry Cathedral and Oxford, South to Leeds Castle in Kent and Brighton, then West to Bath. After a trip to Wales, I traveled to the continent. It was snowing on the way to Dover where the channel crossing took place on a hovercraft during a gale. It was the only eastward crossing that day and it was horrendous! The snowfall continued in France during the SNCF train ride to Paris Gare du Nord. Since I was still seasick, I found the nearest hotel to the train station on Boulevard de Magenta. Hours after my stomach finally calmed from the effects of the channel crossing, I walked down the boulevard to see Place de la République covered in snow. There I found a Monoprix to purchase some food when it finally felt safe to eat. I can also recall a veritable blizzard on my way to Sognefjord from Bergen, Norway and a rare December snowstorm the day I left Venice.
Chuck
I loved all chapters. Super well produced and great new things like wassailing (Julie - I heard that as a US kid too but thought it was just begging for booze!) and loved the beaver update. Really great, thank you!
Dower House. Bravo!🎉
Tasting History with Max Miller recently did a whole episode on the history of Wassail and Wassailing.
What a fun vlog!! Glad the beavers were caught and the Wassailing was wonderful!! I am from England but did not know what Wassail meant or that tradition, was good to learn of it.
Great episode!
The size of most of those "chips" makes me think "sampling", rather than "feeding".
We're certainly rooting for you to find them!!
The beavers need their own channel with wildcams since they already made headlines! 😀Wonderful episode, thank you
I saw the title and thought, “Luke escaped the manor?!” But then I didn’t realize Julie keeps him in such a small cage…🎉❤😅
That was a lot of fun! What a great tradition Wassailing! Glad the beavers are back!
That is NOT apple cake! That is apple pie!☺ Love the new tradition and the education as to what wassailing is.
Those slippers look very nice, they remind me of the LLBean “Wicked Good Slippers “, everyone in our family wears them, very warm comfortable and the outdoor sole is perfect when you have to step outdoors for the mail or run to the store. Enjoy yours!
Looks like perfect habitat for the beaver
Living in Texas Piney woods for nearly 30 years, we have battled beavers over our pond, damming up our causeway.
I knew y'all would have issues......
Hopefully one day I can go the the Christmas Fair. Love to see all the goodies!
Such a great episode thank you so much! There was wonderful variety and lots of information and fun. Looking forward to the next installment! Xx
Wassailing sounds like so much fun!
The beaver story was really great to watch. It appears that it may be harder than you thought to get them to fix your watershed. I don't blame them. What happens when they've done the work that you want? What would it take to let them wander freely?
"Wassaling" to banish evil spirits from your apple orchard. Fascinating !!
The weathers does look brutal in this episode. Made me cold just to watch the snow/sleet. Yikes! Hooray, the beavers are safe!
We sang this song as kids in southern Indiana, but I always assumed that wassailing meant caroling. Learn something new every day :D
Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand'ring So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year.
Our wassail cup is made Of the rosemary tree, And so is your beer Of the best barley.
We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door; But we are neighbours' children, Whom you have seen before.
Call up the butler of this house, Put on his golden ring. Let him bring us up a glass of beer, And better we shall sing.
We have got a little purse Of stretching leather skin; We want a little of your money To line it well within.
Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese, And some of your Christmas loaf.
God bless the master of this house Likewise the mistress too, And all the little children That round the table go.
Good master and good mistress, While you're sitting by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire.
Here we go a Wassiling, a Wassiling, Here we go a Wassiling, a Wassiling, among the trees so green ! ........No idea where that came from, but I must have heard it before ? I had to share.
We love Chameau wellies. They come in RED ,blue, ,purple green ,yellow and black. They are nice and flexible so they don't crack across the ball of the foot and leak after the first season like the famed Hunter Boots.
I imagine I'd dress like Julie inside many areas of that big stone house. I bet sometimes a warm little mud hut could feel like an answer to a prayer. I've been wondering this whole time how they would keep the dear little beavers contained. It's hard to imagine it. I'm also wondering what is the point of the beaver endeavor; is it to eventually reintroduce them into the wild, or is it to keep them at Mapperton, or to breed them for other places needing beavers back in the environment? "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Is there somewhere I can read up on the project? I've watched several videos that they've featured in. I find it really fascinating, and I'd love to know more about it. Anyway, lovely video as usual. Thank you so much!
"Here we go a wassailing on a cold and frosting morning! " These are the lyrics as a Canadian I was taught .
Probably the beavers found their living quarters not really satisfying all the requirements, something might be missing.
I've always wondered if some traditions were created as a means to justify more drinking.