Beautiful coastal walk from Folkestone to Dover (4K)

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  • The two harbours walk from Folkestone to Dover in Kent, partly following the North Downs Way. This beautiful coastal walk follows the chalk cliffs with stunning views across the Channel ending at the famous white cliffs of Dover. We pass the Martello towers, Abbots Cliff Sound Mirror, Battle of Britain War Memorial, Samphire Hoe and Shakespeare Cliff.
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  • @Unicorn-on9to
    @Unicorn-on9to Рік тому +5

    I like the talk about being spontaneous. Am 55 and have owned cars since 1987. Now that I don't have children to take here and there and don't need a large living space, I've sold the car and the house. Moved into an apartment 3 minutes walk from a train station. No more fighting with the garden, I just go out and enjoy the outdoors. Now I finally have time for spontaneity

  • @Liberté-bell
    @Liberté-bell Рік тому +2

    This is my home. Thank you. But you didn't mention the beautiful castle clearly visible. I can see car headlights in France from my garden.xxxxx

  • @dutchbobson3183
    @dutchbobson3183 Рік тому +6

    Thank you John. Folkestone is my hometown. The town had a hard time after the tunnel was completed and we then lost the port and catamaran across the water. But the town is coming back big time. Beautiful walk ❤

  • @morriganwitch
    @morriganwitch Рік тому +6

    Near my old stomping ground Folkestone always had the best bands in the late 70 s 80 s xxx

  • @touriel8943
    @touriel8943 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for that. I used to live in Kent and explored the coastline. Kingsdown and St Margret's Bay are a little further up the coast and very lovely too.

  • @martinturner2309
    @martinturner2309 Рік тому +3

    stumbled across this life enhancing video. How wonderful if all the internet was full of such positive informative enjoyable sharing Joy. Thanks John

  • @whobrewing
    @whobrewing Рік тому +2

    On a hot day such as this one, I imagine the finest view in England would be in a pub with a cold pint.

  • @Steveoaudioandstuff
    @Steveoaudioandstuff Рік тому +31

    What an absolute cracker John. Thank you for taking that decision to say 'yes' at 11.38. We appreciate you! 🙏

  • @AngelaHavey
    @AngelaHavey Рік тому +2

    Did the entire length of the North Downs Way. Enjoyed the section between Folkestone and Dover and it's military connections.

  • @susanrybak7192
    @susanrybak7192 Рік тому +2

    My daughter moved to Folkestone during the pandemic and loves walking and running the paths with her dog and her friends. I am looking forward to visiting soon.

  • @sianiswack633
    @sianiswack633 Рік тому +2

    The light and colour off those cliffs is really golden. just beautiful

  • @joegrey9807
    @joegrey9807 Рік тому +2

    Excellent video that the UA-cam algorithms have decided i should watch! As a resident of Folkie for many years, and having walked to Dover quite a few times, it's good to see someone else's take on it. Not the most beautiful views, but one of the more interesting walks. It's possible to walk along the undercliff all the way if you're careful with the tides (extremely careful for the section from Samphire Hoe to Dover) and the path you went down ends up in an almost primaeval feeling woodland (but actually only 150 years old when the railway came along). And I've also ended up doing that bit alongside the barrier into Dover, there's bad way finding and a total lack of understanding of desire lines etc by the council and highways agency at that point.
    If you've not done it yet, then Dover to Deal is also worth a go.

  • @AngelaStone5678
    @AngelaStone5678 Рік тому +2

    So lovely to see you in my neck of the woods. I'm just the other side of Dover. I grew up in St Margaret's so I was so very lucky to have the clifftop and beaches as my playground. I got married on the cliff top and so I had to tell all the guests to switch off data roaming on their phones 😂

  • @TheRedPolyhedral
    @TheRedPolyhedral Рік тому +1

    I used to live in Dover and now I live in Folkestone. I did the walk in the opposite direction...35 years ago. Let's just say it has changed a bit over the years. Still a spectacular walk, though!

  • @t-rocks1960
    @t-rocks1960 Рік тому +1

    Hey John, Great Vid Mate, 27c that's a bit chilly here in Brisbane mate, time to break out the jumper, What a glorious place, Thanks for bringing it to us - T-Rocks.😎

  • @marcpaters0n
    @marcpaters0n Рік тому +3

    Isn't it always amazing how a sudden decision can completely transform your day? Great video.

  • @TorDrums
    @TorDrums Рік тому

    This just came up on my suggested. I live in Dover and it made me realise really what is on my doorstep. Never done this walk but maybe I should!

  • @merxeddie6474
    @merxeddie6474 Рік тому +3

    For us walkers who now cannot this channel is a wonderful approximation.Sincere Thanks John.

  • @kestrel230
    @kestrel230 Рік тому +6

    That chimney thing is probably a ventilation shaft from the railway line that you show a little earlier running parallel with the cliff into a tunnel.. We have something similar (although grander) nearby for the Chipping Sodbury tunnel

    • @motorheadmalc
      @motorheadmalc Рік тому +3

      Shakespeare Tunnel which has around 7 of these shafts, named after the cliff it runs through.

  • @petewebb6952
    @petewebb6952 Рік тому +2

    Lovely John. I now regret not doing that walk whilst I lived in London years ago. A favourite escape from London of mine was Seaford to Eastbourne: Seven Sisters is iconic. We’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places…

  • @michaeldillon3113
    @michaeldillon3113 Рік тому +9

    Walking the flatlands of Essex and Herts has softened you up John 🙂 ! I have done that very walk and very interesting it is too . Big shout out to the people who have renovated Folkestone Harbour . It really is transforming the town for the better .✌️🌞

    • @RubbishGimpy
      @RubbishGimpy Рік тому +5

      Its nice to hear about this renovation.

    • @michaeldillon3113
      @michaeldillon3113 Рік тому +5

      @@RubbishGimpy Yes Folkestone, like Hastings and many coastal towns , had all the problems you normally associate with inner cities . I think the Folkestone Harbour project is a good one . Even Giles Coren was complimentary about it !!!
      Sadly , some of the renovation is a reminder of the thousands of young men who embarked from there to fight in the hell that was the trench warfare of WW1 .

  • @mattheginger
    @mattheginger Рік тому +2

    What a gorgeous sunny day. Really enjoyed this walk John! Regards from NZ 🇳🇿

  • @helenfawcett9685
    @helenfawcett9685 Рік тому +1

    One very recognisable vessel in Folkestone harbour that my son works on! Brilliant walk! (I must try this one... as an addendum- this has possibly saved the lives of the crew. I shared the link with son, who noticed from your shot of the harbour, that when the automatic life raft was replaced on the MM- the communications wiring had not been routed around, but over the top of the unit. Had it activated, as they sometimes do, a bright orange inflatable larger than the boat itself....the people inside the wheelhouse would have been severely compromised- the cables ripping out the comms equipment, tearing the roof off the wheelhouse....if not destroying it altogether....

  • @Bob10009
    @Bob10009 6 місяців тому

    The best thing to see in Dover is the castle. It’s one of the biggest,most complete,most historical, longest continually occupied castles in Britain. It has everything from a Roman lighthouse, medieval keep, WW2 tunnels built deep into the cliff with their own underground hospital and stunning views in all directions. A must visit attraction.

  • @nige_breaks_bikes9782
    @nige_breaks_bikes9782 Рік тому +1

    Inspiring to just get up and head out of the urban jungle to such a fine walk … 😊

  • @tompearce6312
    @tompearce6312 Рік тому

    "10 Foot' tag at 14.27, they're everywhere!

  • @jimmylawson6014
    @jimmylawson6014 Рік тому +2

    Great walk again John, Seeing the wartime lookout post reminded me of reading one of Spike Milligans wartime books when he had done some of his signalling training in Bexhill, believe for him to return to the same lookout post to see a message on the wall stating Spike was here as written by himself many years earlier, Haunting past for Spike indeed.

  • @janelithgow7727
    @janelithgow7727 Рік тому +4

    Beautiful walk. If you enjoy these views may I suggest adding the south west coast of the Isle of Wight to your list. 400,000 year’s uninterrupted occupation apparently, from Stone Age barrows to the invention of the rocket, Tennyson to Jimi Hendrix, Hooke to Marconi. You would be most welcome here.

  • @idealjohn
    @idealjohn Рік тому

    At 22.26 John, as you thought they might be, those brick towers are Ventilation Shafts from Shakespeare Cliff tunnel, which was directly under your feet at that point !.

  • @martinjames9250
    @martinjames9250 4 місяці тому

    John. --- Your walks, in my opinion, are the perfect balance of humour, information and ...... There's something else.....
    Oh yes! The way you film it all. Panning around smoothly, no jerks, and the way you talk to the camera; makes it almost personal.
    Jolly good show. Thank you.

  • @janetsherwood7210
    @janetsherwood7210 Рік тому +12

    Mr. John Rogers ~What a beautiful walk! Watching from East Tennessee.🇺🇸 Enjoy seeing & hearing about anything England!🇬🇧 Especially with your personal reflection and description. Thank you for this "spontaneous" walk. Looking forward to the next video. ❤ White cliffs of Dover. Respect for all the warrior pilots.💔

  • @anthonydefreitas6006
    @anthonydefreitas6006 Рік тому +1

    19:50 that looks like the Butts where the targets are marked on a rifle range.

    • @Plentisaki
      @Plentisaki Рік тому +1

      You are right mate. They are indeed a Rifle Butts to the Rifle Range that was on the cliffs. The building of the range still stands just off the lay-by at the top of the A20 as you come out of Dover.

  • @marty9011
    @marty9011 Рік тому +9

    What a fabulous walk. Coastal walks are always great and to be on the edge of England, looking towards where all possible foes can come from... doesn't get better.

  • @grandmasterbeats9732
    @grandmasterbeats9732 Рік тому

    Brillant walk my man John love you brother

  • @RedStickHistorian
    @RedStickHistorian Рік тому +1

    That was a wonderful walk with lots of natural beauty and history. Thanks for showing the Battle of Britain memorials, I agree with Churchill's stirring words about the RAF during the battle.

  • @meccapi
    @meccapi Рік тому +14

    Great to see this, I've done the walk many times myself. I was amused when you descended the path from the cafe and had to go back up again - there is actually another way back to the clifftop, you could follow the path alongside the railway line, go past the concrete footbridge and eventually the path climbs back up the cliff face and emerges at the end of the mobile homes, just before the railed section of path that's right on the cliff edge (it's just as steep though). A couple of suggestions if you do the walk again: Samphire Hoe is a nature reserve built on spoil from the Channel Tunnel - it's at the base of the cliff and you have to go through a road tunnel which you can access roughly below the spot where you encountered the cows. Also, you can avoid the unpleasant road section when you get near to Dover - when you do the last cliff descent there is a path that goes under the dual carriageway and then climbs the cliff on the other side. You can then explore the fortifications on the cliff, or make your way down towards the station and into the town.

    • @jazzychris123
      @jazzychris123 Рік тому +2

      I was going to advise John that as well.
      I have walked from Folkestone all the way along the beach as far as Samphire Hoe which is an alternative/makes a change to walking the cliff top path.

    • @BaronMichaelDeBlone1066
      @BaronMichaelDeBlone1066 Рік тому

      Thanks both of you for sharing.

  • @Ben_Mdws
    @Ben_Mdws Рік тому +1

    I think you caught our very brief summer this year John, well done!

  • @sjsull
    @sjsull Рік тому +1

    Hey John. I worked in both Folkestone and Dover in my time, and had a thoroughly miserable time in each, so was not enthused about the video… but what a stunning stretch of coast, and a beautiful day. I’m with you on the sound mirrors, they are real monuments and so enigmatic of past endeavour. Adding them to my list…. Thanks again.

  • @garphykeks
    @garphykeks Рік тому +1

    That was a belter John👌👏I spent a year and a half in Dover as a young soldier '73-'75 at Old Park Barracks. It was like the bloomin Wild West😂😂 Wonderful memory jogs. Thank you🖤

  • @delboy1727
    @delboy1727 Рік тому

    19:43 That structure is the butts of an old firing range. It's where the targets would have been managed from. To the right you can see the backstop that was there to catch the bullets, and if you had been able to look to the left over the top of the butts, you would have seen the firing positions.

  • @lixxyman7839
    @lixxyman7839 Рік тому +3

    I really wish I knew you was in my part of Kent I would of loved to of walked here the warrens s my wild camping spot hope you enjoyed the walk ohh and I'm originally from walthamstow born at whoops cross.

  • @derekt5026
    @derekt5026 Рік тому +1

    Another wonderful walk John.
    I think the Dengie walk is the best one though, a very special walk, would have beeen nice done during the light nights.
    Many Thanks

  • @ratinatrap7815
    @ratinatrap7815 Рік тому +2

    Wow living in Kent I feel ashamed I've never done that walk!!!

  • @ShallowDepression
    @ShallowDepression Рік тому +2

    I just did the Seven Sister walk from to Seaford to Eastbourne. You forget sometimes that it's all just a few miles away.

  • @beverleys3812
    @beverleys3812 Рік тому +1

    I'm just back from a hike and relaxing by watching your lovely walk, thanks 😁

  • @minijames2777
    @minijames2777 Рік тому +1

    A walk isn’t a walk unless you get lost 😳. Thanks John for a fantastic walk as always.

  • @michaelessig6376
    @michaelessig6376 Рік тому +2

    The walk is the walk. I love when things align perfectly and I just make a bus or a train. I had a similar experience last week, landing at the airport and catching the metro as it was preparing to leave the station and then the bus home 2 stops later within 3 minutes. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lesleysmith51
    @lesleysmith51 Рік тому +1

    The perfect ending to a hot day. Lying in bed, in bed watching your video in the dark on my turned to one side phone. Just a beautiful walk. Always look forward to your posts.

  • @markriley4665
    @markriley4665 Рік тому +8

    I have done a substantial part of this walk John so great to revisit it with you. The two sound mirrors beyond Dover at Fan Bay are well worth a visit too. I always seem to see and hear a Spitfire when I walk this part of the coast. I love the sound mirrors along this part of the British coastline and plan to visit one on the east coast north of Hull later this year.

  • @adzdty
    @adzdty Рік тому +1

    I watch your videos about amazing London. Now you come to my home town to do a video. Thank you. There's so much hidden history in that area. WW2 hospital bunkers etc. Down near the the petrol station just off that roundabout is a massive man made cave. It's called the champagne caves locally. Napoleonic prisoners of war constructed it. You would never no it was there these day's and has a EV car charging area build on the form access to it. Please come back one day. Do a video on dover maybe? Or pick up from dover ferry side and head to deal maybe. There's another sound mirror at fan Bay deep shelter. And St Margaret's at cliff would be a great area for you to view and take in.

  • @hoof2001
    @hoof2001 Рік тому +1

    the tower at 22:30 looks like a ventilation shaft for a deep railway tunnel. The Victorian railway engineers sank these primarily for the extraction of spoil from the excavation works but these were retained after the lines opened for ventilation. Thus the nice tower added later

  • @lumpyfishgravy
    @lumpyfishgravy Рік тому +1

    The view really is tremendous! I've run a couple of times from Folkestone to Aycliffe along the beach and back along the clifftops. It's half marathon distance but a bit tougher with beach and elevation. My body's not up to it right now .. I miss running.
    If you want to walk along the beach between Folkestone and Dover, check the tide.

  • @steelm00
    @steelm00 Рік тому

    My spirits have been raised aloft. Thank you😊

  • @sonicfactory-uk
    @sonicfactory-uk Рік тому

    "Welcome to France" haha! Love it. Wonder how many people have had that message like you.

  • @tracyfryer8153
    @tracyfryer8153 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely fantastic I'm glad to see the coastal path less disjointed. The chimney stack near the end was from the train tunnel beneath Dover to Folkestone.
    Thank you so much ❤

  • @GeorgeChoy
    @GeorgeChoy Рік тому +1

    Looks like a perfect day for a dip in the sea

  • @markjlacey
    @markjlacey Рік тому +1

    Well that was an adventure! A joyous watch as ever.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 Рік тому +1

    Lovely walk! The most beautiful view in England? Totally subjective I suppose. There are many, and that's great. Spontaneity is the soul of the channel! Really enjoyable, nice one John! 🌟👍

  • @xScooterAZx
    @xScooterAZx 4 місяці тому

    I used to camp out in the Warrens and I've walked the upper path when it was just a path to Dover along the sea side. No barriers. Done it a few times,its so peaceful. Once at night as well,coming from dover after a pub crawl. lol

  • @derekpyne
    @derekpyne Рік тому +1

    Hi John. Enjoyed the walk. Was very interesting and nice weather even though it was all bit warm. Done this same walk many years ago and was before all the Battle of Britain's thing's go see which would have been right up my street. Will have to do this one again some day soon. Keep well John and carry on walking 👍

  • @anthonyconte400
    @anthonyconte400 Рік тому +1

    John - one of your best walks. Those aircraft listening structures are most likely designed as closely as possible to a parabolic curve to focusvthe sound. My wifev and I walked along the cliff on the northen side of the port of Dover prior to boarding a 14-day cruise. We stayed in Dover 3 nights and visited the fort. Cheers from.warm Paanama - Tony

  • @lorenzohermoso1085
    @lorenzohermoso1085 26 днів тому

    Spontaneity FTW. Another reason to hate advance purchase rail tickets innit? Beautiful movie, thanks.

  • @john80c
    @john80c Рік тому +1

    Brilliant walk John loads of historical remains. I used to go to Scarborough and Filey for my hols loved it.

  • @jharris947
    @jharris947 Рік тому

    Excellent walk, most enjoyable.😎

  • @TimothyHalkowski
    @TimothyHalkowski Рік тому +2

    Brilliant walk! lovely coast.

  • @lizohagan8233
    @lizohagan8233 Рік тому +2

    Thanks John for your wonderful video. I used to love walking but I have chronic Sciatica, which makes walking even a very short distance very painful. I enjoy walking through your eyes/camera very much.

  • @touriel8943
    @touriel8943 Рік тому

    I reckon I've got one of the finest views from my bedroom in Herefordshire. I can see Hereford Dormington Wood, Worcs Sugarloaf Hill, Monmouthshire Skirrid, Powys Black Mountains, and from the landing Shropshire Clee Hill. To the West is Leominster and Wigmore - the rural scene of Ben Aaronovitch's book Foxglove Summer.

  • @waynehiggins16
    @waynehiggins16 Рік тому +1

    Loved this video John, probably one of my favs so far. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @andywalls7424
    @andywalls7424 Рік тому +2

    Great video, really enjoyed watching this. I live in Folkestone and walked much of this route only a few weeks ago. Unfortunately whoever told you there was no way to the beach from the woods was wrong. There are a number of paths in the area but you could have continued and crossed the railway tracks via a footbridge which then leads to the beach. A real shame but a good excuse to return maybe.. the beach can be followed all the way to samphire hoe for a coffee/ice cream then back up to the cliff top through the access tunnel path. Can return along the cliff top path back to Folkestone. Great views of the cliffs from beneath them with even more history and stories of old hermits etc. Samphire hoe is a nature reserve built on the spoil heap from the tunnel construction.

  • @no_soy_rubio
    @no_soy_rubio Рік тому +1

    Currently hiking the Kent Coast, have made it from Woolwich round to Margate so far and am especially looking forward to getting to this section by the White Cliffs. Lovely area ❤

  • @DagenhamGilly
    @DagenhamGilly Рік тому +3

    Hi John, what a great vlog, well shot and narrated with your choice of music which provided a mystique atmosphere to your narrative. Coming from working class Dagenham in the 60s and 70s, as a family we would visit Folkestone, Dover , St Mary's Bay and the South Coast of Kent. The sea is refreshing to say the least and my dad would always wonder in our ability as kids to paddle and swim in the cold water. Later as a late teenager sea fishing was my bag and I have always said the coldest I have ever been was on Dover Break Water fishing in the harbour (I was 17) night fishing over winter. At 19 I then joined Ford Dagenham and Havering Scuba club and my first dive was off the coast of Folkestone on a old WW2 wreak, we seemed to boat out to the middle of the channel in some very chalky blue water.. it was very cold and murky and I was petrified..Still all character building stuff. So you Vlog brought back these memories and I think you for it.

  • @thenamesmond
    @thenamesmond Рік тому

    Can recommend putting Dover to Deal on your list for future walks.

  • @griswald7156
    @griswald7156 Рік тому

    Golden cap in Dorset is a fine view….Lyme Regis…way
    There’s a lovely coastal wood at Solomon’s post near Torquay…

  • @jenniferlevine5406
    @jenniferlevine5406 Рік тому +5

    That was a heavenly path! So much variation and some of it a little daunting so close to the edge. Thank you for the great video.

  • @majorbossman
    @majorbossman Рік тому +11

    That was such a scenic walk John and weather to suit. So much history on our coasts! Another fantastic Sunday video you deserved those libations at the end.

  • @BazzaHSpeccymad
    @BazzaHSpeccymad Рік тому

    Try walking dymchurch to new Romney and beyond. Only a few miles but absolutely lovely

  • @iTomAnks
    @iTomAnks Рік тому +1

    Amazing walk John!

  • @ArthurStone
    @ArthurStone Рік тому +2

    Thanks John. Nice Bruegel-esque beach scene in the intro!

  • @ninawhitford7819
    @ninawhitford7819 Рік тому

    @JohnRogersWalks, please please please will you make a T-shirt or a print with your catchphrase "Wherever that may be" on it? Even better if it could have your face and pointy finger on it too please! I think these would bring much joy to many people. Your videos never fail to lift my mood. Just imagine if I had this T-shirt! 🥰 🙏☝

  • @markbaker666
    @markbaker666 Рік тому

    I did this earlier this year as a challenge post heart attack. Like you I picked a lucky perfect day. As you noted it is quite stunning. Its just perfectly peaceful.

  • @Jpkjr52
    @Jpkjr52 Рік тому

    Thanks again John in Chicago

  • @louis_66
    @louis_66 Рік тому

    I wouldn't have risked those bulls - glad they were mellow. I came across one unexpectedly at quite a distance and could feel the impact of its hooves in the earth as it ran toward me (and I jumped a fence).

  • @seanjamescameron
    @seanjamescameron Рік тому +4

    Beautiful. I had a spontaneous trip to Whitstable last week in stunning weather. Some of those cliff paths might have made me turn back. Ever thought of getting a drone? Would have got some amazing shots.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Sean. I did consider it but there’s so few places you can legally fly a drone in London it’s not worth it

  • @h.bsfaithfulservant4136
    @h.bsfaithfulservant4136 Рік тому +3

    🌅❤🙏what a walk! Thanks for taking us along John.

  • @malcolmrichardson3881
    @malcolmrichardson3881 Рік тому +5

    Fantastic walk with some stunning, vertigo-inducing, coastal views! Thank you for braving the heat and the inclines!

  • @AmandaBrown-nu7wo
    @AmandaBrown-nu7wo Рік тому +2

    20.30,sunday.lovely video john and great filming.thankyou.

  • @ianmaddams9577
    @ianmaddams9577 Рік тому +1

    Stunning walk along the glorious coastline. They are vent shafts for the tunnel at the end of the walk 👍🏻

  • @hevchip741
    @hevchip741 Рік тому

    Shame it was a hazy day out there, some days it's so clear you can see not only the cliffs in France but headlight of cars after dark.
    At the bottom of Abbots cliff there is a nudist beach, that's fun.
    I have never walked the path but have walked the coast to Dover before Sanfire hoe was made from some of the waste dug out of the tunnel build.
    I believe those chimney stacks are ventilation for the train tunnel through the cliff

  • @pauljones5066
    @pauljones5066 Рік тому

    looks fabulous

  • @stephenoliver1437
    @stephenoliver1437 Рік тому +1

    Best bit of viewing Sunday today thanks John

  • @michaelmiller641
    @michaelmiller641 Рік тому +4

    Nice to see the clifftop cafe is open now. There really are some spectacular views from the clifftop between Folkestone and Dover, I've wandered along there many a time with my friend from bekesbourne near Canterbury. One of the most spectacular is from the top of Crete road. Thankyou for that interesting video, John.

  • @churchcrawling
    @churchcrawling Рік тому +2

    A part of the country I know so little about. Thank you for this adventure!

  • @brianscales9912
    @brianscales9912 Рік тому +4

    An excellent walk and video John. I grew up in North Kent, so East Kent was my playground growing up. The video brought back SO many memories. Thank you for sharing. 🙂👍

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc Рік тому +2

    that was such a lovely walk, john - it reminded me of my walks around the hills of my hometown, as a youth, in the summer. the terrific views, the heat, the cool shade - no video back then; just memories now. thanks very much!

  • @FGCmtg
    @FGCmtg Рік тому +1

    Thanks John! Beautiful walk, lovely video.

  • @jasonsmart3482
    @jasonsmart3482 Рік тому

    This is where I live in Capel le ferne on the cliffs. Trying to get fit at the moment and walk a 10KM circuit on the cliffs every other day. My hate is the litter, take it home, my love is the wildlife just last week we had sparrow hawks hunting off the cliffs and came across an adder sunning on the path.

  • @redfordgrange3507
    @redfordgrange3507 Рік тому +2

    Tremendous. I’m envious of your wonderful day out to the coast.

  • @daveconyard8946
    @daveconyard8946 Рік тому

    Thank's John. what a Sunday treat, 🦾🦾

  • @judeh2646
    @judeh2646 Рік тому +1

    We have a number of Martello towers here in Kingston, Ontario as well. It was lovely to see them along your walk today!

  • @janebaker966
    @janebaker966 Рік тому

    Lovely walk. The 18th century smuggling business wasn't really the picturesque and folksy thing we have that image of. The gangs could be up to 200 men and though they paid lip service to secrecy and operated at night you can't really hide the presence of 10,50,100,200 men but as the customs officers were one man who had to patrol a long stretch of coast it really wasn't in their self preservation interests to confront them. I'm not " know it all" I read this when I was researching one particular Customs Officer who might have been in my family and give a clue to how my Wiltshire ancestor who JUST made it to the 1851 census was born in Stepney London circa 1767. Had he left us just a few days before I'd NEVER have known that. I've read that in one Cornish village no one dares to do their family history or at least reveal what they find as most of the village (the old families) have got a descent from the family of one smuggler who betrayed the village smuggler boss to be hanged. But theyve got descent from the smuggler boss family too. Family history can really change your perspective on history in general and your own family. Impulse trips are often the best and full of magic. I've just been to Paris and Normandy on a impulse trip and it was fabulous.