Part 3 Honister slate mine @ Keswick
HONISTER SLATE PASS, KESWICK, CUMBRIA.
A PLEASANT FLIGHT THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT , CUMBRIA, UK. FILMING USING A DJI MAVIC PRO.
Keswick & Honister Slate Mine - May 2018 ⛰️
Keswick & Honister Slate Mine / May 2018 ⛰️
Filmed on a combo of Sony A6300, Go Pro Hero 5, iPhone 7.
Via Ferrata Xtreme at Honister Slate Mine, GoPro!
Filmed at Via Farrata Xtreme at Honister Slate Mine, Fleetwith Pike in the Lake District. Obstacles include skywalking on a rope bridge (with a strong wind!), cargo net and vertical climbs! Participants are kept safe throughout by friendly guides and carabinas to clip onto safety lines. Just one of many fun adventures not too far from Keswick. Check out the website at honister.com
More videos of the Via Ferrata:
Via Ferrata Xtreme was introduced at Honister in 2012 to bring a much more challenging (and some say scary) Via Ferrata experience. You do need to be reasonably fit and healthy for the Xtreme.
Much more mountain: edge exposure, vertical climbs, cliff edge ladders, plus a Burma Bridge & Cargo Net crossing.
Scramble up the huge Cargo Net to reach the summit of Fleetwith Pike and one of the finest views the Lake District has to offer. Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater, perfectly framed by Alfred Wainwright`s favourite Fells, roll out before your very eyes. (Weather dependent)
Honister Slate Mine, Haystacks, It does not get any better.
We climb up from the Honister Slate Mine into the mountains and on to Haystacks, It does not get any better than this. One of my most favorite hikes passing by the Dubs Hut Bothy on route, A grey rainy day here in The Lake District of England, Perfect.
Honister Slate Mine Video Tour
Thanks for visiting my channel! Donate Bitcoin to this address 133dJeaRRuASSHoP8hBzqamSzZhXE3qzgm to keep this channel alive and help produce new material!! Thanks for visiting my channel! Donate Bitcoin to this address 133dJeaRRuASSHoP8hBzqamSzZhXE3qzgm to keep this channel alive and help produce new material!! It is believed that the first slate was probably mined from the Honister area in the Roman era, although it is quite possible that it began in a more haphazard way in prehistoric times. Certainly, slate roofing was a feature of many thirteenth century monastic buildings and it has been used as a building material in the region for many centuries.
However, the first confirmed records of slate mining in Honister do not appear until the early 1700s. The Lakeland poet, William Wordsworth even makes reference to slate quarrying in his diaries.
An early print of a horse drawn sledge on the road from the Yew Crag slate workings
An early print of a horse drawn sledge on the road
rom the Yew Crag slate workings
Quarrying on a significant scale was taking place in the 1750s and, from 1833, under the managerial eye of entrepreneur Sam Wright, the business expanded with the creation of underground mines as well as open quarries. Following the creation of the Buttermere Green Slate Company in 1879, 'inclines’ were built to carry the finished slates away. Previously, they had been carried by packhorse, or by sleds running precariously down the scree slopes to the road. After 1892, The Hause became the centre of operations and was linked to the quarries by road, tramway, aerial ropeway (1928) and huge inclines inside the mountain (1930s).
The slate workers lived at Honister (often inside the mines) during the week, going home at weekends. In the twentieth century, some stayed in 'barracks' at The Hause and the company built some houses for its workers in Borrowdale.
The slate was extracted in large blocks or 'clogs', which were first 'docked' or reduced in size with chisel and mallet, cutting across the grain. After 1856, this process was replaced by sawing. The docked or sawn block was then 'rived', or split down the grain, and the resulting thin slates were dressed to shape on a 'slate anvil' using a slate knife or 'whittle'. This process was also mechanised in the 1890s. Slates were finished in stone-built huts on the mountain near the quarries, or in the mines, until the construction of a factory at The Hause in the 1920s. Honister slate was used extensively in local buildings but the best quality roofing slate was exported far afield.
Sammy Burns, a skilled slate ‘river’ works alone in an underground chamber within Honister Crag during the later years of the 19th Century. Until the production facilities were built at the summit of Honister Pass in 1926, manufacture of slates was carried out entirely on the crag.
Many of these traditional skills are still practised today by workers at our mine, who give regular demonstrations of riving and the other techniques involved in turning large blocks of stone into elegant and functional materials such as roofing slates and paving stones.
Honister Pass slate mine
Video taken while driving up to Honister Slate Mine during Easter 2010
Little trip to honister and keswick
Just a little trip to honister slate mine then off to Keswick and finally to whinlatter with the dji spark drone to finish off
Honister Slate Mine | Via Ferrata | April 2017
Earlier this year we visited Honister Slate mine and opted to do their 'Via Ferrata Extreme'. We had a brilliant day climbing along Fleetwith Pike.
This was our first experience of via ferrata and we thoroughly enjoyed it. More details of our day can be found on our blog page below.
Music is from Artlist. Referral link below (helps with licensing fee as I get a small kick back in the form of subscription time). Artlist is a great way of sourcing licensed music.
Video shot with Lumix GH3 and GoPro Hero Session.
All edited in Da Vinci Resolve 14 (free version).
Grey knotts & Brandreth from Honister slate mine
we parked at honister slate mine and took the path behind it going up we kept to the left side of the fence and then as the cairn is on the right we crossed over on one of the many stiles on the way to grey knotts. Brandreth was a short way along a good path with a slight incline. A great walk with amazing views. we were going to go to base brown but as we had the children to collect we didn't have the time .
Via Ferrata inside Honister slate Mine - Climb the mine, Coniston, Lake District
Via Ferrata inside Honister slate mine, its pretty dark as lighting wasn't to good. I have sped the video footage up but it gives you a good idea of what it is like in the mine. I had the camera on my helmet so it isn't the best footage.
Via Ferrata Xtreme at Honister, lake district
Great GO-PRO footage form the Via Ferrata Xtreme at Honister.
•edge exposure
•vertical climbs
•cliff edge ladders
• Burma Bridge & Cargo Net crossing
•Nine times higher than Blackpool`s `The Big One`
•Seven times higher than `Big Ben`
•Twice as high as `The Shard` London
Honister location (256x144).mov
Movie, TV and Radio - The Location!!
Honister Slate Mine has had over 20 productions in the last 12 years!
Honister Slate Mine 2013
Via Ferrata Xtreme - August 2013
Lake District Country Walk Great Gable via Green Gable from Honister Slate Mine round
Our video is a guided walk in the Lake District from Honister Slate Mine. We climb up the steep ascent to Grey Knotts then continue to Brandreth and Green Gable. We then make our way down to Windy Gap then scramble up to Great Gable. We return to Windy Gap and return along Moses Trod and the Dismantled Tramway below Fleetwith Pike. This is a hard walk on grassy and rocky paths and tracks. Parts of the inclines and declines are very steep and also require some scrambling. Elevation: Approx lowest point 354.50m (1163ft) approx highest point 898.80m (2948.82ft).Approx 5.5 miles allow 3 - 4 hours using OS Explorer Map OL4, The English Lakes North-western area. Start point: Honister Slate Mine situated at the top of the Honister pass. For more info and facilities please see our website.
Honister 'Climb the Mine' Training Trip May 2014
Underground Via Ferrata perfect for wet days the Lake District!
Honister Pass UK Lake District
My wife shot this from a Canon G12 hand held camera as the HD Hero had chosen to die not 5 mins before we got to this picturesque pass (Honister Pass) in the UK Lake district whilst out on a drive with some other folks from the 911UK forum.
Lake District: Honister Pass (B5289) drive
A drive along the B5289 along Honister Pass.
Car: 2012 Toyota Auris Hybrid (petrol/electric, CVT automatic)
Camera: Panasonic Lumix LZ7 - 848x480 30 fps M-JPEG
Honister pass lake Lake District Drone 2017
Honister pass lake Lake District Drone 2017
Julia Bradbury at Honister Slate Mine
Julia tackles the Via Ferrata at Honister, then learns how to split roofing slate with Uncle John