I’ve been steadily working on my hermitcraft base for a few weeks now however it is time to reveal exactly what i have planned for it and the inspiration trip that i took to help me build it all right the car’s doing most of the driving so i can have a little chat So we’re going to york now and what i’ve got in mind for my base is essentially if you’ve ever seen the harry potter movies there’s a street in london called diagon alley and it’s full of oldie time shops that are all leaning which ways or whatever and basically imagine that inside a cave Now i know what you’re thinking one you’re a massive harry potter nerd which is true and two you’re doing this just so you don’t have to build the back which is also true so in york there’s a street which a lot of people think that diagon alley is Based on called the shambles in fact there are so many shops there that are kind of harry potter themed that has become a bit of an unofficial fan hotspot now i’ve never been there but i really want to go and have a look and see what these shops look like in real life So i can take some photos get some inspiration and hopefully it will help me build my base inside the cave The trip to york took quite a long time but it gave me plenty of opportunity to think about exactly what i wanted out of this trip and when we got there i wasn’t disappointed fortunately for us we were staying in an apartment that was on the actual street itself and What i didn’t realize was on the top floor you get this really nice view of the alleyway itself and it’s a little bit busy at the moment and i want to take some pictures with no one around so we’re either gonna have to wait until it’s very late Or we’re gonna have to wait wake up very early which i’m not looking forward to but i have got a very unique view that you cannot get down on the ground of all the little roof lines that are all a total mess and it’s absolutely beautiful so i want to get a Few pictures of this before we go and take pictures of the actual street 4am rolled around and it was time to get up and start taking some photos of the real life diagon alley so i went and walked around unfortunately there was no one there whatsoever and i’ve got to tell you It was really nice it gave me such an amazing amount of inspiration i got to walk from top to bottom bottom to top with absolutely no one there except a couple of pigeons there are loads of different things about this street that make it special a mixture of influences from Decades of building and people going there it might be a tourist hotspot now it still hold vestiges of its former medieval roots all of these overhanging buildings the windows being crooked different sizes houses that are on a slant and most importantly shop fronts with huge window sills the cobbled street and everything else Gave me exactly what i wanted out of this trip and i managed to snag just a couple of photos that i think really sum up what i was looking for but after i got these photos it was pretty much time to drive home so we’re now done our yorkshire trip We went and saw the shambles it was amazing it was exactly what i hoped it would be we uh i got a really nice feeling the first time i went down it was um it felt like i was going through diagon alley so i’ve got some really amazing inspiration and i really Paid a lot of attention to some of the details about what made that street feel the way it did so hopefully i’ve got everything i need to get going on my hermitcraft base but for now i’m pretty tired so i think i’m gonna go home and get some sleep Video Information
This video, titled ‘Finding Inspiration for my Hermitcraft Base’, was uploaded by Two Much Grian on 2021-07-22 18:58:25. It has garnered 1515609 views and 116205 likes. The duration of the video is 00:04:35 or 275 seconds.
Grian goes on a trip to the shambles in York which is an unofficial hotspot for people who want to experience “diagon alley” in real life with a sense of historic authenticity
Credits Co-Producer/Director – Dom Rounds DOP/Camera Operator – Lewis Comissiong Sound – Oliver Compton