Lighthouses of England, Lundy Island, Devon. 1993
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2020
- This was my trip to Lundy Island where I stayed in and videoed Lundy South. I also had a visit out to Lundy North, which had been unmanned for several years and was looking sad and neglected. Also on this trip, I videoed the old Lighthouse and its Keepers accommodation which is now holiday rental. The Island is a special place and well worth a visit, you can even camp there. I also managed to get brief access to a barn housing some lighthouse relics, which hopefully will go on display somewhere.
Another brilliant insight Peter. Thanks for all your work of filming, converting and editing. It is very much appreciated by myself and many others. Footnote for Lundy North, In 2018 the light was moved from top of the tannoy stack of the fog signal and is now once again inside the lens room of tower. Buildings were modernised and redundant equipment removed so should last many more years as working lighthouse!
Thanks for that, I did hear they were thinking of doing that, glad they did.cheers mate, stay safe and thanks for the kind words.
@@PeterHalil That pole light looked a bit awful.... now its on the same relative bearing as the lighthouse for triangulating positions
@@bryanearthloop2403 Cheers for that Bryan, hope you are staying safe during these troubled times.
Many thanks for the shot of the organ and the unused peal of bells. I didn't dare hope.
If I have time on my travels, I'm drawn towards churches for the history they hold, cheers.
I was pleased to find a video of the bells ringing again at St. Helens.
The cat's tombstone made me cry.
I bet it had a wonderful life on Lundy though, cheers
Lovely Film showing all aspects of being on Lundy Island, My Stepfather was On Lundy North from 1967 to 1974 it was nice to see where he was stationed He sadly passed away in 1998 He took some interesting pictures at the time of Lundy North also Hartland Point and Bristows Westland wessex relief etc The airport near Swansea that Phil Griffiths could not remember was Fairwood Airport. I was 10 or 11 at the time and Loved relief days at Fairwood watching the Wessex getting checked over before work started & the crew Kept me interested in everything absolutely wonderful experience to have. Thank you for the Films. Brilliant.
Thank you very much Barrie, for your kind comments, and best of all, all of those memories.
Sorry to hear about your Stepfather, another one I never met as I didn't join till 74. It would be great to see those interesting pictures if you still have them? Thanks once again, take care and stay safe.
@@PeterHalil Hello Peter, Yes i can send you the Photos if you could let me know where to send them ok there are about 50 in total with some replacing the Lens and Glazing etc I am unsure to add my email would be wise ? as i do not normaly contact someone such as yourself ok
@@barriejones2890 Are you on Facebook at all Barrie?
@@barriejones2890 If you are happy to put your contact details on here? you can erase it as soon as I contact you, maybe?
@@barriejones2890 Cheers Barrie, that's a much better idea as we do tend to attract the nasty side of youtubers from time to time, and it only takes one! If she can message me so I know who it is before I open it, it should be fine, cheers, take care, I'm found as peter halil on facebook
Another fantastic adventure with you Peter.. very sad as well...one of them things I suppose .. progress. ?or was it.. anyway love the opportunity to see in side these old light Houses.. look's like one of them rooms had a fire ..it was black as coal..or maybe smoke damage..⛵🇧🇲
Cheers Richard, Yes it appeared to be a fire or as pretty close to being one to me too. I never heard anything about it, so maybe they kept it quiet? The building since has had some serious work and TLC.
Just come back from a break to find this gem waiting. As always peter it was a joy to watch 😊 take care mate
The cows didn't look to keen to go on a boat trip 😂👍
Perhaps they thought they may be invading the beaches at Normandy?😉
These are great! My favorite scenes are when you guys are cooking, eating and talking together while on duty. Thanks!
Sadly, when I showed up with my video camera, a lot of Keepers fled! Still, I managed to catch several, so at least when their grand children ask "What did you use to do grandad", some of them can show them. Thanks, glad you liked the videos, take care.
Enjoyed Peter and thank you for sharing with us the amazing footage. It is sad to see all these old lighthouses just laying dormant without life as they once had.
Yes Gina, sometimes certain aspects of progress just sucks. It would be nice if more were turned into living museums at the very least.Glad you liked the video, stay safe.
Your vids are best on a Sunday morning so I had to save it. Worth the wait, thanks! I grinned when you caught your running mate sitting in the 'sitting' room.
Glad you like them, stay safe.cheers
Great video covering a lot of material. Knew keepers had to be self reliant, seeing aftermath of the fire paints very different picture, especially for those on rock lights.
Thank you, yes I think we were very lucky as regards fires on the rock lights, very lucky indeed. Stay safe, cheers.
Thanks again Peter. A subtle reminder that fire can be horrendous, especially in very remote areas. I assume that all crews were well trained.
Hi Stephen, I have asked around but so far don't know if the fire was after the Keepers had left. I strongly suspect it must have been, as if Keepers were still there at the time, it would have been cleaned up and repaired. cheers.
Excellent vlog Peter.best so far😁👍👏👏👏
Thanks for that David, glad you liked it, stay safe.
In 1990 I visited and was shown around the South Light.
You struck out lucky there, I too would love to re visit these Lights and especially lovely places like Lundy. Thank you and take care.
@@PeterHalil I was lucky, as it wasn't an official visit. I was staying on Lundy for the week, walked to the South Light. I got talking to the keeper who was outside, and he invited me in for a look. :)
BTW last time I was there in 2014, the barn museum was open, and they had the old lenses and other lighthouse materials on show.
Thank you very much for the great news about the Barn Museum on Lundy, so pleased that they are displaying all of the Lighthouse objects . Cheers Mate and stay safe.@@michaelturner4457
Oh wow Peter .. this video had a bit of everything! It was quite the roller-coaster of emotions. I'm an old Landy fan which probably helps! Really shocking to see everything stored away never to be seen again. Fantastic to see the livestock loading and unloading. I've not seen that before.
Thank you ... once again an utter delight!
Thanks Matt, Yes Lundy is another of those "Special" places that the UK has hidden from most folks. I loved my short time there, hopefully go back some day, take care.
I'd heard of it but never really checked it out ... it is absolutely on my hit list now! Thanks again chap, all the best and stay safe.
@@mjallenuk You too.
Yet again great viewing thank You Peter. But it looked as if those cattle sadly knew they were going the way of the Keepers of The Light.
Thank you Tommy, yes the cattle were rather reluctant to board. I bet that landing craft could tell some stories, take care.
You can see how much better the places looked when they were manned
Yes, Keepers had a pride to keep their station pristine looking, cheers, take care
@@PeterHalil I tried to see if I could get a job on the Northern Lighthouse Board ships but no luck yet, they look mint too.
How did those Supertyfons on the roof of Lundy South work? I have a recording of those horns when they were still in service made by Allen Renton, but I still can't for the life of me figure out how the heck those things worked since it was mounted on the roof and there's no air hoses running through the lantern.
Can't help you there as this wasn't my station. Maybe the pipe work went outside the lantern under the roof ladder?
There is a 5 inch pipe at 10:52 which connects the air tank from the service room to the Supertyphon's above. Allen's recording is from some way off but there is a good Supertyfon from Peters Hanois video or czcams.com/video/kqYn550QccM/video.html
On a foggy day there now all you hear is the birds and the waves.
@@hellooldchap Thanks again, I hadn't noticed that pipe you mentioned, makes perfect sense, cheers.
This is fabulous. Saw Lundy from the shore whilst in Devon with my family recently. Sad to see those lighthouses abandoned, but seems from comment Lundy North is now restored. Great seeing the livestock loading and unloading, does this still happen? Or is Lundy now totally unoccupied? Fantastic views and wonderful documentary. Thanks for sharing this. 🙏🏻💛
Hi, I haven't been back since the filming, so don't know the situation on Lundy during Covid, I would assume that people still live there and that the farming side at least would carry on. Take care.
PS Hopefully somebody with better knowledge of the area can fill us all in on the situation on Lundy?
Sadly when I was at Lundy North in 2018 it was in a sorry state. Sad seeing the lens like that with no shine, be interested to know where it went. Early 2020 a new LED lens has been installed inside the lantern again, bringing it back to life.
Cheers for that, I hope that the objects in that barn did become museum pieces on the Island. Take care
Hi Peter, just a question. Are the incandescent bulbs used, around about 1,000W? I have seen in one of your vids so far, where one light was HID, and i believe these days, LED is becoming more common. But there's nothing like the warmth of light given off an incan bulb.
Hi, I seem to recall that they were 1,000W unless another Keeper pops up on here and gives the definitive answer.
Why is the lens kept rotating during the day?
Hi doc, the lens was kept turning during the day because of the big magnifying parts of the lens. So basically, to stop the sun passing through and starting fires or melting things, cheers.
@@PeterHalil Thanks Peter, I always found lighthouses fascinating I really enjoy your videos!
Hi Peter, I'm trying to post on here about your lovely film and about Lundy, but my post keeps disappearing. How can I contact you please?
Thank you, I'm on facebook if you are too?