The Wheal Betsy Mine, Dartmoor, Devon.
Wheal Betsy is an old Engine House just beside the A386 between Okehampton and Tavistock just outside Mary Tavy. The grid reference is SX 510813.
In the 17, 18 and 1900 this area was very important as a mining centre. The mines yielded tin, lead, zinc and silver. Full details can be found on the Legendary Dartmoor site link below.
Wheal Betsy is also well known for its leaning tower. The site is in an exposed position so received strong gusts of wind and rain, over the years the National Trust have had to re point the tower and stabilise the walls to ensure it doesn't fall down.
Wheal Betsy is also important as it is the last standing Engine House on Dartmoor. In 1954 the Army was given permission to demolish it but luckily it was saved by the intervention of A.K. Hamilton Jenkin and other campaigners and given to the National Trust.
More Info:-
Abandoned Dartmoor tin mine from the air
Wheal Betsy near Mary Tavy on west Dartmoor as seen from above.
Music:
Daughter - Youth
FPV Quadcopter Wheal Betsy, getting braver!
Location:
Wheal Betsy between Okehampton and Tavistock just outside Mary Tavy, Devon UK
Conditions:
Below zero temperature with light gusts
This flight was done full FPV with my friend and his Hexacopter as my spotter. As a child I was taken here for riding lessons and always looked at the tower with intrigue. The wind was bitter cold and my hands and fingers were in pain but the flight was worth every second.
At 1:53 I did not want to go forward but a gust of wind pushed me towards the tower so I had to act fast.
At 4:17 I am thinking to myself If I can hover infront of the opening then I am going in!, just before I go inside a gust of wind pushes me up which gave me a great adrenaline rush.
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