The Tortoise

19/05/2023

NEW COLOURS NOW AVAILABLE 🎨

https://thetortoise.net/products/50-matches-with-glass-bottle

18/05/2023

Coming soon 👀

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03/03/2023

Some of our favourite products 😍

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17/02/2023

💥Exciting news💥

Our website is now up and running!

Take a look ..

https://thetortoise.net

22/05/2022

💥LAST CHANCE TO ENTER💥

Just 3 hours left to enter this competition with a chance to win this guitar.

https://guitargeargiveaway.co.uk/product/charity-fundraiser-guitar-dolly-partons-imagination-library/

❤️CHARITY FUNDRAISER❤️ With tickets at just £2.50 and 100% of the proceeds going to charity (not just profit!) there's no reason to not have a crack at this competition ☺️ Please note - Because the aim is to raise as much as possible the tickets are unlimited so you won't…

20/05/2022

🔥Stove Review🔥
We’ve been sent the all new Woodford Didsbury to test and review.
Tomorrow we’ve got a behind the scenes video of how our stoves reviews are made.

14/05/2022

❤️CHARITY FUNDRAISER❤️
We’ve teamed up with Guitar Gear Givaway for this very special fundraiser.
With tickets just £2.50 and 100% of the proceeds going to charity (not just profit!) there’s no reason to not have a crack at the competition 😊

https://guitargeargiveaway.co.uk/product/charity-fundraiser-guitar-dolly-partons-imagination-library/

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/znJdbi4zdAA

❤️CHARITY FUNDRAISER❤️ With tickets at just £2.50 and 100% of the proceeds going to charity (not just profit!) there's no reason to not have a crack at this competition ☺️ Please note - Because the aim is to raise as much as possible the tickets are unlimited so you won't…

08/11/2021

It’s your last chance to win this amazing stove!! If you haven’t entered yet, Now’s the time. Just subscribe to our channel and comment on this video to enter.

Draw will be this evening. Keep your eyes peeled, it could be you.

https://youtu.be/xhT9EOZroFs

This is completely free and easy to enter, it's all in the video. Just subscribe and drop a comment and we will contact the winner via their YouTube e-mail. ...

31/10/2021

WIN A FREE STOVE!! 🎉🎉

https://youtu.be/xhT9EOZroFs

This is completely free and easy to enter, it's all in the video. Just subscribe and drop a comment and we will contact the winner via their YouTube e-mail. ...

14/05/2021

Our latest series has just gone up, this one is all about honour and the Samurai. Let me know what you thought!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlT5V3hAbk

26/02/2021

A simple project, but by far my favourite story so far.

https://youtu.be/r5ujNC4LVnY

This video is all about Martin Luther King Jr, his story from childhood to household name, and a snippet of his success for humanity. Making this video was f...

29/01/2021

Tonka rebuild

https://youtu.be/2l2MkCiPgd8

This is the build video from our JCB wisdom video:We've taken 2 old Tonka trucks stripped them down and renovated them, but we've painted them JCB yellow and...

29/01/2021

I’ve been thinking about what the first step is to success. JCB seems to have a simple answer.

https://youtu.be/tkuNhinT3is

In this video we're looking at the very start of a successful life, business or relationship of any kind. Joseph Cyril Bamford the world famous engineer and ...

09/01/2021

Here’s our NEW new year video. The last one was all wrong, but also basically the same 🤷‍♂️.

https://youtu.be/8FeB1Tip4g8

Check out a round up of our first 5 months on YouTube, and the projects and stories we worked on in 2020 (I also learned the theme tune from "Up").I'll keep ...

30/11/2020

https://youtu.be/tCrzfj17Ulw

Mary Berry has fought through failures, tragedy and grief and come through the other side to capture our hearts. If you want success beyond 5 minutes of fame...

27/11/2020

If you’ve ever suffered hardship, felt like you couldn’t go on or you just like Mary Berry, this one’s for you.

https://youtu.be/tCrzfj17Ulw

Mary Berry has fought through failures, tragedy and grief and come through the other side to capture our hearts. If you want success beyond 5 minutes of fame...

02/11/2020

If you liked our last video, here’s how we made the statue.

https://youtu.be/MCx7yJolMec

This is the video of how we build our miniature Colston Statue. It's made from Maple and Ebony. This is the build video from our main video on whether Colsto...

24/10/2020

My first time carving, I was sort of going for “vaguely recognisable”. What do you think?

24/10/2020

Edward Colston? Well, let me know how this goes down!

https://youtu.be/U14r_5ADfRE

His story has the good, the bad and the ugly like all of us. But did he leave a pearl of wisdom that could redeem his life. We carve a simple version of his ...

30/09/2020

I’ve just found the key to a project. Guess who the key relates to and win the replica we’ve made:

Comment on this post
Correct answers will get drawn from a hat on Monday (5-10-20)

28/09/2020

Wisdom for the day. Quantity not quality. This is my first day doing social media, I’ve no idea how any of it works. I figure if quality isn’t possible, quantity surely expedites learning?

25/09/2020

We’re selling Churchill’s hat!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Churchill-s-Homburg-Hat/203116206482?pageci=c0f7bc4d-e0e7-4c59-ad3c-f4418c25bdb1

This is a one off replica of Sir Winston Churchill's Homburg hat. Any money this raises will go to the Royal British Legion. The Poppy appeal has a number of struggles given the pandemic, so any support you give will go to an important cause.

25/09/2020

Here’s our Churchill hat build video. We made the block and hand made a replica of Churchill’s Homburg.

https://youtu.be/n_0BqQfS7WA

This is 1 of 3 videos in our mini series on Sir Winston Churchill, this is how we made a replica of his Homburg hat. Check out the other videos by clicking b...

25/09/2020

Churchill set minimum wages, went to prison and taxed the wealthy. Churchill is famous for 1939-1945, but the wisdom he learned before, is what made it all possible!

https://youtu.be/y5w_Lc79NKE

In every great person there is a great story, and in every great story there is piece of wisdom to learn from: This is the story of who Churchill was before ...

14/09/2020

Churchill’s wisdom. He was willing to change, are you?

08/09/2020

You can buy the helicopter we built in the last video!!! Here’s the link >>>

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Handmade-TOY-wooden-rubber-band-HELICOPTER/203097596274?pageci=e127746c-e4b4-4fdb-9662-8eb715a3c9e3

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Handmade, TOY wooden rubber band HELICOPTER at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

28/08/2020

The Wright Brothers.

A new video, a new project, a piece of wisdom, and a new story.

We also released a separate build video, the link is at the end of this video, if the project grabs you.

https://youtu.be/ua4nhgIKfTE

This story is about the Wright Brothers, and their secret to beating your competition. If you're competitive, then this story reveals the secret to success i...