Among the thankless tasks tackled by Tony this week is the work of the midshipman, lighthouse keeper, stoker, and trimmer. He will live like the men of Britain’s first navy who survived on minimal rations and like the men who wore sacks on their heads on the luxury liners.
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What did you use as poo surrogate?
YaY!! Tony Robinson.
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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the author describes Gawain as covered in icicles…not so romantic.
As I watch this, my daughter in law, her mom, her twin sister and their niece are on a cruise out of Galveston in to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Their first cruise. Their first trip on a ship, a far cry from the brave soles that traversed the oceans.
I want to see this guy attempt a pull up. Bet he can't.
Your a real "Trooper" Tony! Loved it!👏
That pass examination went so well for he that now he is the ruler of the Queen's Navy
Good video, but a bit of a misleading title don't you think?
So… raising the anchor, my first thought watching them is that they should be humming a decent work shanty to help them synchronize they're pushing.
Back in high school (think late 80s early 90s) I saw a video at school where a guy started in ancient history, and walked forward from invention to invention, innovation to innovation, showing how each development facilitated the next (e.g. how domestication lead to the plow to the city, and so on). I'd love to be able to show my son a longish timeline showing how inventions lead to more inventions, and how it's often incremental changes that affect our life more than one pivotal moment.
I took the shits so that Tony had something to clean on film. AMA.
I'm sure Tony thought Baldrick had it tough.
Great show. England, my England, my Avalon. Your prodigal sons the USA, love and esteem you, your King and, the people. We thank you, Kevin from sunny Mexico.
Tony was all ways negative on the, TIME TEAM Archeology show. A Little boy fauntleroy. That was one of my jobs on a sailing ship. There is a pin that collapses the knot board and allows for less resistance as you retrieve the knotted line back onto the spool.
Imagine seeing Ally Law running around on the O2 in the backround
i love tony!!!! i missed him!!!!
england has a long history of treating its citizens like shit; buckingham palace didn't build itself, and royalty certainly didn't contribute
I had a grandfather, great grandfather, two great great grandfathers, and a 3X great grandfather who all were professional mariners. US Navy Master Chief, First Officer, and Ship's Captains. These ancestors were from the USA, Scotland/Ireland, and Swedish Pomerania Prussia. Sailing schooners, brigs, steam passenger liners, and naval war ships. Interestingly enough my US Navy Grandfather was from a bygone time when he actually was trained prior to 1910 on a sailing ship! Imagine!
Full marks to the bravery and commitment of the RNLI volunteers. And not to forget the fundraisers.
The dude from the lighthouse dosen't seem to be sane
Kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams…
Sorry, Tony, Viking means explorer.
You need to go planking in a southern U.S. state in the awful heat and humidity. The underdog wore a giant straw hat that covered to the outer shoulders. I can't imagine being in the heat and learning to live with the saw dust pouring down.
When the wind died and your side needed to destroy or capture the other ship a crew on a boat would row an anchor way out there, drop it in, and the capstanners would have to crank and crank until the anchor was pulled to the ship then the rowers would have to haul the anchor out and start all over, all day. Obviously the trick was to fire away at the rowboat which would suck some
You went across centuries so why medieval in the title?