Abandoned railways and amusing accents - Black Country No Roads Mission [PART 2]

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  • @DavidBennettPiano
    @DavidBennettPiano 2 роки тому +2002

    12:26 made me chuckle 😂

    • @Ojisan642
      @Ojisan642 2 роки тому +73

      Lol surprised to see you here. UA-cam is a small world sometimes!

    • @struanpeat5116
      @struanpeat5116 2 роки тому +145

      Such a cute little edit

    • @maybenodyarg
      @maybenodyarg 2 роки тому +63

      man right!! hilarious and a little tidbit for those fans who also like his music

    • @BadgerStyler
      @BadgerStyler 2 роки тому +74

      @@TheKingFadez Definitely added in editing. There's no way that keyboard still works

    • @darthvader406
      @darthvader406 2 роки тому +2

      @@TheKingFadez it whre added in i bet ya

  • @mattfox2874
    @mattfox2874 2 роки тому +951

    Tom: “Matter of time before we found a classic style knob”
    Passengers on the train passing through Walsall seeing Tom double thumbs up in full camo: “Matter of time before we found a classic style knob”

  • @TheGnoe
    @TheGnoe 2 роки тому +3814

    The only bad thing about watching an episode of GeoWizard, is that you'll have to wait another week until the next. Hope you'll keep doing this forever, Tom!

    • @ryangreene50
      @ryangreene50 2 роки тому +162

      Tom at 70 like “welcome to the mission across Burundi”

    • @al_x_mq
      @al_x_mq 2 роки тому +5

      This is so true, mate. So true.

    • @reptarien
      @reptarien 2 роки тому +4

      Facts

    • @huawafabe
      @huawafabe 2 роки тому +8

      Oh it's not a bad thing, reminds me of the Game of Thrones days :D (the good ones before the ending)

    • @xNova
      @xNova 2 роки тому +7

      Agreed. This is some of the best entertainment on the internet.

  • @JacksonCarson
    @JacksonCarson 2 роки тому +527

    LOL.. The little GeoWizard synth melody on that abandoned keyboard was perfect. :)

    • @tek9520
      @tek9520 2 роки тому +36

      bro i was looking for a comment about that lol

    • @Loukgob
      @Loukgob Рік тому +16

      @@tek9520 Me too! I was like: "wait, you made the music??", and then my ADHD brain took over, and now I know all about it, but just seeing the perfect keystrokes was a clear giveaway

    • @KingJellyfishII
      @KingJellyfishII 11 місяців тому +5

      @@Loukgob I was thinking the same, it was so well done that I thought the keyboard was somehow working for a second!

  • @BrendenASmith
    @BrendenASmith 2 роки тому +2942

    Just want to say i watch a lot of youtube and i honestly consider yours to be some of if not the highest quality content ive seen on this site. I love every single one of these missions you do and exploration videos. Incredible ideas and execution while successfully bringing the viewers along the trail. Thank you.

    • @NootaBoot2007
      @NootaBoot2007 2 роки тому +18

      Absolutely agreed👍

    • @DBRhunt
      @DBRhunt 2 роки тому +18

      we’re blessed with a geo wizard video and then a sidemen sunday later.

    • @AWACS_Snowblind
      @AWACS_Snowblind 2 роки тому +2

      Preach.

    • @beefcake1876
      @beefcake1876 2 роки тому +2

      Wizard and Boe are some of the best creators I have seen in terms of story telling. I would absolutely love a collaboration as they both kayak and are outdoorsy.

    • @simonharris7223
      @simonharris7223 2 роки тому +1

      I'd add Harry Dwyer to the list

  • @sadiecapewell7191
    @sadiecapewell7191 2 роки тому +62

    That's was my son Jake and his mate that you spoke to in the park 😊

  • @scoopsmcgoops
    @scoopsmcgoops 2 роки тому +1473

    I know others have said it, but the keyboard in the woods moment really warmed my heart today 🥲

    • @RDJim
      @RDJim 2 роки тому +8

      But did it really play or did he dub that sound in later?

    • @robertk2194
      @robertk2194 2 роки тому +119

      @@RDJim of course it's edited in lol. It was funny though

    • @tommangan7
      @tommangan7 2 роки тому +156

      Great edit. Tom if you read this, don't ever change the 'theme' music. your 8bit jingles are incredibly comforting and weirdly nostalgic. key part of straight line missions.

    • @Kylirr
      @Kylirr 2 роки тому +16

      @@RDJim no it's 100% unedited

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus 2 роки тому

      @@tommangan7 ^^

  • @GoErikTheRed
    @GoErikTheRed 2 роки тому +671

    "That's quite a tricky [fence] actually."
    City planners trying to discourage people from doing stuff like this: "Write that down! Write that down!"

    • @DoiInthanon1897
      @DoiInthanon1897 2 роки тому +24

      Wasn’t enough to contain Tom…he’s an anomaly. *“Warning! There’s been a containment breach!”*

  • @JamieAtSLC
    @JamieAtSLC 2 роки тому +352

    Sometimes these videos feel like you're watching a Geography teacher having a breakdown.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +13

      If you pulled a Being John Malkovich on a geography teacher, you would find this inside their brain.

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 8 місяців тому +3

      I personally feel like I am watching someone running around who is hallucinating and thinks he is in some postapocalyptic scenario where he is being chased by bounty hunters.

  • @kerry7932
    @kerry7932 2 роки тому +60

    Tom is the perfect narrator for his adventures. Charming, articulate, sincere, witty, contemplative. He seems uniquely gifted for this specific eccentric genre he mastered. Uplifting.

    • @DoiInthanon1897
      @DoiInthanon1897 2 роки тому +9

      Your comment illustrates superb mastery of the English language.

  • @asafoster7954
    @asafoster7954 2 роки тому +626

    "Much like the white Nile and the blue Nile, except full of shit" laughed out loud omg

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 2 роки тому +1

      One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no UA-camr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear qsa

    • @animuslite8809
      @animuslite8809 2 роки тому +12

      Funny thing is the Nile is probably more contaminated than that river

    • @MaquiladoraIII
      @MaquiladoraIII 2 роки тому +1

      Classic Black Country wordsmithery.

    • @DaBIONICLEFan
      @DaBIONICLEFan 2 роки тому +4

      Having seen the Nile myself, I can confirm it is also full of shit in places

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 2 роки тому +4

      @@animuslite8809 I'd say with 257 million people living inside the Nile basin that sounds legit.

  • @TomWalsh1
    @TomWalsh1 2 роки тому +149

    The progression of pride for the local people to realizing he was on a fox trail to the despair of fly tipping was a full tragedy.

    • @militaryin2d266
      @militaryin2d266 2 роки тому +13

      here in Walsall, there are no people. I am the only one left. help.

  • @AWACS_Snowblind
    @AWACS_Snowblind 2 роки тому +414

    I think I can speak on behalf of the many of us watching who live in the States, Europe and elsewhere, when I say that this obscure English slang and the in-detail exploration of this city is more entertaining than it has any right being lol

    • @Martin-88
      @Martin-88 2 роки тому +49

      You also got to see a pub which is more than 200 years older than the US!

    • @AWACS_Snowblind
      @AWACS_Snowblind 2 роки тому +52

      @@Martin-88 Lol what's the saying, "The Americans think 100 years is a long time, the British think 100 kilometers is a long drive"?

    • @Martin-88
      @Martin-88 2 роки тому +24

      @@AWACS_Snowblind Something like that, although we do use miles like yourselves rather than km.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +1

      @@Martin-88 I heard that and I thought I was being shitted. Nope. It's just a really old pub.

    • @LittleRedKuma
      @LittleRedKuma 2 роки тому +4

      I've been living in the black country since I was born and I still get thrown of by some of our slang😂

  • @chandir7752
    @chandir7752 2 роки тому +307

    34:28 this is really like Frodo and Sam watching the black gate of Mordor close, trying not to get spotted hahaha it has the same exact energy

    • @gabrielwalton4097
      @gabrielwalton4097 2 роки тому +94

      This is made funnier knowing that the industrial era Black Country was Tolkien's inspiration for Mordor 😆

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +24

      @@gabrielwalton4097 One does not simply walk along a road in Mordor.

    • @alexandergunn5143
      @alexandergunn5143 2 роки тому +7

      Now in next week's episode I'm expecting Verity to pull him aside and show him secret ways into Dudley nobody else knows

    • @endorstick1569
      @endorstick1569 2 роки тому +6

      @@alexandergunn5143 they must throw the vhs into mount doom

    • @TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox
      @TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox 2 роки тому +9

      "Get off the road!"
      -- Frodo

  • @JackMellor498
    @JackMellor498 2 роки тому +357

    13:53
    Looked it up because our British industrial history interests me a lot.
    It was a water pumping station built by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company in 1871.

    • @jackfield3388
      @jackfield3388 2 роки тому

      Sorry to sound like a smart ass. I could see what it was by looking at it

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +23

      Ah, I can always rely on the comments to answer a question like that. You're doing the lord's work.

  • @zozangzozang4073
    @zozangzozang4073 11 місяців тому +3

    24:33
    That echo is known as "flutter echo" which occurs when sound energy is trapped and continuously bounces between two parallel surfaces. Happens on stairwells a lot.

  • @conks971
    @conks971 2 роки тому +822

    I’m literally watching a guy walk across Birmingham yet it’s some of the most entertaining content on UA-cam! I love it!

    • @0106johnny
      @0106johnny 2 роки тому +97

      Black country, not Birmingham. That is indeed an important distinction

    • @conks971
      @conks971 2 роки тому +22

      You’re right, Black Country not Birmingham, my bad

    • @sandwelljunction6337
      @sandwelljunction6337 2 роки тому +6

      Birmingham?!

    • @Epicteetus
      @Epicteetus 2 роки тому +6

      You're literally not

    • @TP-mv6en
      @TP-mv6en 2 роки тому +7

      didn't once go through Birmingham lol

  • @DoesThisWork888
    @DoesThisWork888 2 роки тому +104

    5:52
    'Tom: not sure what those are doing
    Those guys looking at Tom in camouflage clothing walking by M6: not sure what this guy is doing

    • @toastman6847
      @toastman6847 2 роки тому +2

      Ok but what were they actually doing ahahah, i wanna know cuz they had their note pads out wirting things down while looking at the M6 traffic pass by

    • @42adventures79
      @42adventures79 2 роки тому +2

      @@toastman6847 those are coppers, or civils working for cops...they radio through when they see someone without seatbelt for example....

    • @brainofwombat
      @brainofwombat 2 роки тому +16

      @@42adventures79 Nah, look more like the road equivalent of trainspotters, they're logging the trucks that pass.

  • @simonharris7223
    @simonharris7223 2 роки тому +469

    Can you imagine casually watching a geowizard video on the train, and looking up to see Tom himself giving you a thumbs up out the window!

    • @alexandergunn5143
      @alexandergunn5143 2 роки тому +8

      I would be shocked but also completely unsurprised at the fact that Tom would be at the side of some random railway

  • @SasquachPL
    @SasquachPL 2 роки тому +32

    28:40 Imagine the panic in the classroom if there were some weekend activities and some kid spotted you!

  • @Logicotion
    @Logicotion 2 роки тому +191

    It was nice seeing you in the park. I was the one with the blue shirt!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +23

      It was nice seeing a video of you seeing Tom in the park.

    • @antimatter2417
      @antimatter2417 2 роки тому +2

      Nice to see you here young whippersnapper

    • @GTiR23
      @GTiR23 2 роки тому +1

      Hero

    • @Logicotion
      @Logicotion 2 роки тому +4

      @@chucklebutt4470 Im not sure. I don't really like my own accent if I'm honest

    • @Hepad_
      @Hepad_ 2 роки тому +4

      @@Logicotion pretty sure I'm the French equivalent of you guys, you just have to own it

  • @TheMgsjarvis
    @TheMgsjarvis 2 роки тому +17

    Christ, this took me back to my childhood. 15-20 years ago used to walk those same train lines and paths. Definitely relived many years watching this video.

  • @damienfenton3880
    @damienfenton3880 2 роки тому +788

    I rewatched How NOT To Travel Europe last weekend and I had forgotten just how enjoyable it is. I know Tom and Greg will be travelling in the US later this year, but I hope there will be many more of those type of travel series to come from them. It's top notch entertainment!

    • @mrbombastic358
      @mrbombastic358 2 роки тому +80

      How not to travel Europe is definitely my favourite series from Geowizard. Really makes me want to go on a similar trip this summer

    • @Felixdaq
      @Felixdaq 2 роки тому +3

      That series is the best

    • @cooleddie1438
      @cooleddie1438 2 роки тому +5

      @@Felixdaq my favorite is his first mission across wales
      Seeing the forest and stuff of wales was amazing plus his adventure

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, that was a uniquely enjoyable series. It had the element of the unpredictable journey while also being a fun travel vlog with some interesting characters along the way.

    • @marcjohnson3553
      @marcjohnson3553 2 роки тому

      I loved that so much. Looking forward to rewatching it

  • @3manstack
    @3manstack Рік тому +4

    Prett sure the dumpy bags of rubbish at 26:11 isn’t fly tipping. I work for the railway and vaguely recall there was a big litter pick along there to coincide with the tram construction.

  • @erikl1257
    @erikl1257 2 роки тому +335

    This mission is just proving how ineffective fences are

    • @TheB00tyWarrior
      @TheB00tyWarrior 2 роки тому

      Fences are for stupid people

    • @geojelly9830
      @geojelly9830 2 роки тому +127

      They're effective at keeping out those that can't be bothered but pretty ineffective at keeping out blokes like Tom Davies

    • @j_c_93
      @j_c_93 2 роки тому +77

      A lot of the time, the only point of fences is to mark property lines.

    • @Taliesin6
      @Taliesin6 2 роки тому +17

      There was a locked fence blocking access to a canal i liked to fish at as a kid.
      i figured out a trick to open it.
      months later i heard a neighbour talking about people looking for the person who keeps breaking the lock XD
      i had no idea i was even doing damage lol.

    • @lanceanthony198
      @lanceanthony198 2 роки тому +24

      They become more effective every year in our increasingly obese society

  • @STORROR
    @STORROR 2 роки тому +13

    King 👑

  • @Pancakkhandha
    @Pancakkhandha 2 роки тому +248

    These kind of urban mission raise awareness on litter and platic. Everyone needs to know that landfill trash is also in developed country, just out of sight.
    Great video as alway, i have to say it made me smile when you played the intro on the piano, and how nice and friendly you were at pub to staff.

    • @92RedRevolver
      @92RedRevolver 2 роки тому +10

      Eh?? Landfill trash obviously exists as we have landfill sites. That's what we call flytipping and isn't the same thing. Clue's in the name.

    • @trulyinfamous
      @trulyinfamous 2 роки тому +1

      At least landfills consolidate it. Having so much waste in general isn't good, but at least there it isn't ending up in the ocean or scattered around the city.

    • @Raulxz
      @Raulxz 2 роки тому +6

      @@trulyinfamous how is garbage in the habitat of animals ok just because its out of human sight and it isnt in the ocean

    • @alexmijo
      @alexmijo 2 роки тому +2

      @@Raulxz It's not in the habitat of animals after they bury it (except for any animals that would've gone deep underground I guess. Landfills if done correctly aren't really an environmental problem at all.

    • @MGSLurmey
      @MGSLurmey 2 роки тому +1

      @@Raulxz They're talking about landfills, not the flytipping we saw in the video. Two entirely different things.
      Landfills compact and bury the trash under a thick layer of rock and soil. Flytipping is the illegal act of dumping trash in a public place.

  • @arcreehysteria9805
    @arcreehysteria9805 2 роки тому +88

    Sometimes I'm watching a documentary about some undevelopped contries and I'm thinking stuff like "why is there so many trash everywhere" but in fact, it's the exact same in our cities, we are just better at hiding these junk graveyards

    • @boarbot7829
      @boarbot7829 2 роки тому

      Well I feel like that’s quite obvious. The reason there’s trash everywhere is because they lack the infrastructure to “hide” it.

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 2 роки тому +16

      Exactly! And to be fair, in underdeveloped countries the waste collection system is usually pretty awful and doesn't reach everywhere, so many folks have no option but to trash them somewhere... where other people do it as well. On developed countries though, not sure if that's really an issue...

    • @noire1001
      @noire1001 Рік тому +2

      To be fair that area with all the white bags will have been travellers that offer junk removal services for cash and then they find unused urban areas to dump it. Not a lot we can do about it. There are big fines, but when they dump it in unused areas like this it will go unseen for years.,

  • @brainofwombat
    @brainofwombat 2 роки тому +223

    5:47 - I may be wrong, but I think those fellas are the road equivalent of trainspotters. You can see they have notepads and pens, they're logging all the buses or trucks or whatever that pass.

    • @Hangman74
      @Hangman74 2 роки тому +31

      Eddie Stobart spotters..I see them everywhere on my travels 😆

    • @erfgtdsfsdf6993
      @erfgtdsfsdf6993 2 роки тому +2

      pretty much waste of time

    • @p9xm
      @p9xm 2 роки тому +132

      @@erfgtdsfsdf6993 just a hobby mate, you and i both have got them too

    • @Goldenrod01
      @Goldenrod01 2 роки тому +126

      @@erfgtdsfsdf6993 time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time, as the saying goes.

    • @honkmandeluxe
      @honkmandeluxe 2 роки тому +6

      @@Goldenrod01 completely agree mate

  • @johnsails5436
    @johnsails5436 2 роки тому +32

    The echo you’re hearing is called flutter echo. It’s where the sound reverberates (bounces) between both concrete (reflective) surfaces until it decays and dies out. Makes for some very interesting sounds - good spot!!

  • @stevegotts1407
    @stevegotts1407 2 роки тому +283

    I actually reckon this sort of mission is way more fun than the straight line ones. It gives you so many more options to chose some interesting and fun routes, pick some good challenges and obstacles, without being constrained by a straight line. Thoroughly enjoying this series!

    • @beefcake1876
      @beefcake1876 2 роки тому +29

      Definitely, check out his how (not) to travel europe series if you havne't already as it's some of the BEST GEO WIZARD content I have seen

    • @stevegotts1407
      @stevegotts1407 2 роки тому +5

      @@beefcake1876 Oh yeah that was a mad adventure as well! Some really great people that he met on that trip.

    • @mpepp9
      @mpepp9 2 роки тому +7

      I agree. There’s only so many farmer’s fields you can cross before they all blur into one. Some of the weird abandoned places here are much more interesting.

    • @FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC
      @FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC 2 роки тому

      His next challenge should be walking 1 kilometer without breathing

  • @soyu420
    @soyu420 2 роки тому +84

    Never thought in my whole life I'd see Geowizard in my home town of Wednesbury, Absolutely insane.
    I always wondered what was under the bridge at 26:06, but that's so much worse than I thought lmao. I'm glad they're remaking these abandoned train tracks into tram lines as well, since Ill be able to just go down the road if I wanna go basically anywhere in the black country now. Can't wait to see how Tom gets past the tram depot in the next episode!

    • @RyansRandomRants
      @RyansRandomRants 2 роки тому +7

      As someone who lives down the road in Tipton, it's so great to see this sort of content. Him passing through, although on the outskirts is going to be great to see

    • @zoljah
      @zoljah 2 роки тому +2

      These bags are probably filled with trash from the area around and stored there for drying/later pick up.

  • @saka75g
    @saka75g 2 роки тому +67

    12:27 the best moment

  • @icharmed
    @icharmed 2 роки тому +7

    The cemetery was quite beautiful! A good ol "I can't believe you've done this" was nicee. What a great adventure, the trash was a shame

  • @CrockerX
    @CrockerX 2 роки тому +17

    I love that little keyboard edit so much

  • @kristoph7606
    @kristoph7606 2 роки тому +37

    Im a hgv driver, I travel around the whole of the UK. Somewhere different everyday.
    I'm pretty lucky as I get to take my dog to work with me. This is the kind of random urban exploring I do, not as extreme I must say haha.
    But it's always an exciting walkies when you stumble across paths bridges and buildings etc, maybe the occasional scent of weed 🤣
    Love these vids, happy adventuring bud.

  • @aayushrai8881
    @aayushrai8881 2 роки тому +17

    12:27 Immediately stood up from my bed and walked in a straight line into the wall and now have a concussion. Thanks Tom for the magic.

  • @aarphotos5
    @aarphotos5 2 роки тому +15

    The train platform you found was probably Wednesbury Town station. Interesting to see that the platform still remains

  • @themacdaddy9
    @themacdaddy9 2 роки тому +145

    Tom you don’t miss! I’d watch four 30-min episodes of you doing laundry, as long as you commentated and added in the theme music. Cheers, thanks for making my Friday!

    • @Soken50
      @Soken50 2 роки тому +29

      Laundry across the neighbourhood, you can only hang 2 items per property, you can only navigate between gardens.

  • @MichaelOFarrell
    @MichaelOFarrell 2 роки тому +4

    Genius positioning @7:36 eating a whole lorry. Marvellous!

  • @sebm253
    @sebm253 2 роки тому +8

    12:25 nice touch, Tom

  • @ScottsShots
    @ScottsShots 2 роки тому +2

    29:05 I like how he jumps over the benches even though it's totally unnecessary

  • @samgardiner585
    @samgardiner585 2 роки тому +8

    12:28 is fucking class. Reminds me of an intro to a Wales video shortly before the “bugger off!” from a farmer.

  • @whitcwa
    @whitcwa 2 роки тому +2

    @26:00 those trash bags were full of trash that people picked up. They were arranged fairly neatly upright and under the bridge. A real trash dump would be more scattered.

  • @Aapelikaapeli
    @Aapelikaapeli 2 роки тому +53

    Mad respect for adding subtitles to these videos!

  • @_gusowen
    @_gusowen 2 роки тому +46

    Didnt expect a Black Country New Road reference from Tom can’t lie

    • @cheffing
      @cheffing 2 роки тому +8

      I didn’t think anyone would ever bring it up!

    • @addsgrabs
      @addsgrabs 2 роки тому +5

      Don't know if it's a reference to the band or just the actual black country new road which I think he has to cross later on.

    • @leonheathourakov1732
      @leonheathourakov1732 2 роки тому +3

      @@addsgrabs their name came from a random word generator not the 'real black country new road'

    • @skylurken
      @skylurken 2 роки тому +2

      it seems so obvious but this is the first comment i've seen acknowledging it lol

    • @lucasglanville2880
      @lucasglanville2880 Рік тому +3

      @@leonheathourakov1732 No it came from a a random wikipedia page generator. The wikipedia page was of course about the road.

  • @tommycbd912
    @tommycbd912 2 роки тому +45

    12:28 was brilliant 😂

  • @vinnymurphy1299
    @vinnymurphy1299 2 роки тому +4

    29:35 “why’s that so spiky” Tom says, trespassing

  • @ErroristOG
    @ErroristOG 2 роки тому +23

    I'm from kidderminster and it's great to see someone representing the west Midlands in the way you do.

    • @gyros69420
      @gyros69420 2 роки тому +4

      i'm from Bewdley, and these episodes remind me fondly of the adventures me and my mates have had :)

    • @DarkZephon
      @DarkZephon 2 роки тому +1

      It's a small world. I used to live in Walsall and now live in Bewdley.

    • @Mzuka-Moto
      @Mzuka-Moto 2 роки тому +1

      A449 all the way

    • @ErroristOG
      @ErroristOG 2 роки тому +2

      Wyre forest crew represent

  • @RelicofNod
    @RelicofNod 2 роки тому +11

    The whole reason I love this channel is we're getting to see places no other place could show us. Certainly, no tourist would find these places.

  • @codycummins4
    @codycummins4 2 роки тому +106

    Bro, this series is brilliant. It’s awesome seeing you do this! Also, the part with the broken piano was perfect.

  • @unterpowerful
    @unterpowerful 2 роки тому +8

    I don't even care what Tom finds, his "Look at this" get's me excited anyway. It's just his genuine interest in whatever he comes across that catches me

  • @vn0397
    @vn0397 2 роки тому +79

    Crazy, that bridge literally had a delay with a chorus effect on it

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 роки тому +3

      It's nature's synth.

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 2 роки тому +5

      Right? Absolutely mental. I want to start a band which only records right there

    • @trulyinfamous
      @trulyinfamous 2 роки тому +1

      I think a resonator guitar or an acoustic would sound nice there.

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 2 роки тому +2

      @@trulyinfamous Oh yeah. Be like something off Animal Collective's Sung Tongs

  • @Doofnut040tv
    @Doofnut040tv 2 роки тому +5

    26:30 it's got to have been more effort to bring all that down there than just to the nearest council recycling centre

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 2 роки тому

      I guess that amount of waste would incur a charge to dispose of properly. It isn't dumped there for convenience, it's dumped there to save money.

  • @kristjanveski
    @kristjanveski 2 роки тому +58

    Pretty soon Tom, you're going to be hired as a consultant for urban security fencing

  • @mileschalker2226
    @mileschalker2226 2 роки тому +7

    The keyboard bit was just perfect, like it just brought an instant smile to my face mate, keep it up!

  • @erby3027
    @erby3027 2 роки тому +5

    22:08 the gate looks awfully unlocked, Tom

    • @jonbartosch1903
      @jonbartosch1903 2 роки тому +1

      It does have a little lock on the right side of the opening.

  • @alyxleaf
    @alyxleaf Рік тому +1

    Ah I just realised I know that spot! On our biyearly visits to the Lake District, we'd go all the way up the M6 and I'd always wonder what that stadium was, now I know!

  • @ulrichs.3228
    @ulrichs.3228 2 роки тому +76

    Seems to be British Railtrack Appreciation Sunday today. I know it's not even remotely the same neck of the woods, but I'd have been entirely unsurprised to see AtomicShrimp in the distance, packing away his tea mug and propane stove.

    • @yaziyo
      @yaziyo 2 роки тому +18

      Making a soup out of the shrubs Tom's just waded through

    • @rinoz47
      @rinoz47 2 роки тому +1

      OK

    • @vegancam
      @vegancam 2 роки тому

      Yep I've got AtomicShrimp's video to watch in my subscription list too

    • @stevenmawhinney3314
      @stevenmawhinney3314 2 роки тому +2

      Would love to see a cross over. Atomic shrimp running through farmers fields on a straight line mission

    • @Hepad_
      @Hepad_ 2 роки тому

      @@stevenmawhinney3314 he'd have to get fitter for that

  • @milaandahiya
    @milaandahiya 2 роки тому +1

    Best music in a GeoWizard video ever, 12:26 and the Bob Marley from the fair at 19:50. Had to put headphones on to confirm it was Bob Marley since it was so faint. Anyway love both songs and chill vibes.

  • @hayden5377
    @hayden5377 2 роки тому +47

    So interesting to see nature taking over all this old infrastructure. Being from western Canada stuff like this just doesn't exist here! Love it.

    • @Theorimlig
      @Theorimlig 2 роки тому +22

      On the other hand, you have actual nature.

    • @dirtyfilthystinky
      @dirtyfilthystinky 2 роки тому +2

      Yes I find it so cool !!!! (unfortunate about all the garbage though)

  • @stelladewal
    @stelladewal 2 роки тому +24

    This mission really makes me want to go out and explore my town

  • @l.j.9031
    @l.j.9031 2 роки тому +3

    That bridge’s delay sounded just like a spring verb. As a fellow sound engineer, that geeked me out!

  • @Hemigoblin
    @Hemigoblin 2 роки тому +9

    12:26 was such a surprising moment. “Whoa, it actually WORKS?? Hang on, I know that tune…” You’ve linked to the audio before, somehow I missed that you were involved in its creation.
    Your missions are all fantastic.

  • @alfieramirez9954
    @alfieramirez9954 2 роки тому +83

    Mate, your videos always hit at the right time. You're a massive legend.

  • @stalfithrildi5366
    @stalfithrildi5366 Рік тому +1

    Did my driving test in Wednesbury. Never met anyone else who had to figure out what to do during their test to let a horse and cart do a turn in the road

  • @jmckendry84
    @jmckendry84 2 роки тому +4

    Getting strong "The Last of Us" vibes from the overgrown railway lines!

  • @MacChuck
    @MacChuck 2 роки тому

    To think, sitting 6years ago, infront of PC playing GeoGuessr. And now playing Metal Gear Solid in real life. The best and most lovely upgrade to a channel I have ever seen.
    Much love mate, Keep being you!

  • @TheMemeBorrower.
    @TheMemeBorrower. 2 роки тому +12

    The one thing I don’t like about GeoWizard is that his videos end.
    Great content as always Tom!!

  • @jonahking2168
    @jonahking2168 2 роки тому +1

    16:20 there's a bloke wearing on the right side of the advert wearing a Vancouver 2010 Olympics t-shit. Very neat to see as a Canadian

  • @hammerth1421
    @hammerth1421 2 роки тому +17

    That bridge reverberation is sick! It almost sounds like a spring reverb being excited a bit too much.

  • @imraduin
    @imraduin 11 місяців тому +1

    12:27 that's just an amazing edit 😍

  • @blackcountrysmoggie
    @blackcountrysmoggie 2 роки тому +4

    Are you kidding me!!? I used to live on Handley Street. The Leathern Bottle was my stop-off most nights on the way back from work. This is awesome 😃

  • @ollie_taylor
    @ollie_taylor 2 роки тому +8

    Felt your pain through those brambles! Fantastic watch as always, loved the keyboard 😆

  • @LemonOfTheKnight
    @LemonOfTheKnight 2 роки тому +19

    32:43 Looks to be one of the platforms for the old Wednesdbury Town station?
    Another absolutely class series Tom! Cant wait for the next episode!

  • @DrWillz1996
    @DrWillz1996 2 роки тому +2

    22:34 Great burglary tips there from Tom.

  • @TheDVDwr
    @TheDVDwr 2 роки тому +9

    Are you sure you couldn't have opened that gate ? 21:49
    It's hard to see is there's a lock on it...

    • @Kattleyah
      @Kattleyah 2 роки тому

      Was wondering the same and why he did not try to open it first either way 😂

  • @moltar5898
    @moltar5898 Рік тому +1

    12:39 shit sounds like a spring reverb, amazing

  • @JamieAtSLC
    @JamieAtSLC 2 роки тому +44

    One of my favorite things about this series is Tom talking about how Brummy *other people* are.

    • @imprwikiimprwiki6898
      @imprwikiimprwiki6898 2 роки тому +6

      It’s a Black Country accent

    • @DokkaChapman
      @DokkaChapman Рік тому

      For anyone outside the west Midlands it's an easy mistake to make when it comes to thinking the Black Country accent is like the Brummie one. I moved to B'ham in 2010 and it took me by surprise.

  • @S-North
    @S-North 2 роки тому +2

    I have lived in Birmingham for the past 20 years, (I'm originally from the North West) I have travelled all over the West Midlands in that time, working as a Sales Rep and Sales Manager. I can honestly say that people of the Black Country are all absolutely sound, I have honestly never met or worked with anyone from the Black Country that I didn't like. Great people.

  • @tiagofernandes8989
    @tiagofernandes8989 2 роки тому +29

    I am a brazilian that is living in Birmingham for arround 1 year now, been watching your chanel for a while and this series is so good, especialy the accents and slangs... It's already hard for me to proper understand english, when I start talking to someone with black country accent I just got completly lost hahaha

    • @theogarcez1999
      @theogarcez1999 2 роки тому +8

      O cara saiu do brasil pra ir pra birmingham💀💀💀

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 2 роки тому +8

      @@theogarcez1999 😭 other Brazilians just coming out the woodwork to laugh at him for moving to Birmingham lmao

    • @tiagofernandes8989
      @tiagofernandes8989 2 роки тому +2

      @@theogarcez1999 queria que fosse pra londres? pagar caríssimo em aluguel pra dividir casa com mais 4 ou 5? Nao obrigado!

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 2 роки тому +1

      @@tiagofernandes8989 Smart move. London is basically unliveable at the moment. Too expensive.

    • @CaptainHoratioPugwash
      @CaptainHoratioPugwash 2 роки тому +1

      @@AAARREUUUGHHHH Scottish country yokel here. I went to London once. Once was enough.

  • @dappy7z
    @dappy7z 2 роки тому +1

    So refreshing to watch real content, nothing fake, no click bait, no lies, just pure passion, rare to find with popular channels these days, thank you :)

  • @benkolya
    @benkolya 2 роки тому +20

    I think this might be Tom's best series yet, could watch these all day

    • @Benjamslikestrains
      @Benjamslikestrains 2 роки тому +1

      agreed, i liked the straight line missions but going through stuff like buildings (abandoned and not) make it a lot more interesting and compelling imo

    • @_Shadbolt_
      @_Shadbolt_ 2 роки тому +4

      Me too. I think we also get a sense of his excitement to be showing us the Black Country so it's just been made with so much love.

  • @bluey-joreader1153
    @bluey-joreader1153 Рік тому +1

    Loved watching this. I’m from Wednesbury and it’s cool to see all the places I used to explore as a kid

  • @thepublicnemesis3700
    @thepublicnemesis3700 2 роки тому +3

    There’s no question about it Tom, you are THE best UA-camr on the platform. You’re bloody hilarious mate, and your content is just pure gold. Absolute legend mate

  • @radepicsmasheraj
    @radepicsmasheraj 2 роки тому +2

    The delivery on the "I can't believe you've done this" was impeccable.

  • @mysticmoon3758
    @mysticmoon3758 2 роки тому +6

    Imagine how cool it would be to come across him while he’s on a mission

  • @MichaelJones-iy1qh
    @MichaelJones-iy1qh 2 роки тому

    Popular opinion: Geowizard is no doubt the best channel on UA-cam!

  • @ScottFree4all
    @ScottFree4all 2 роки тому +12

    This series is quite entertaining--maybe as much as the straight line expeditions. Do more of these please.

    • @Lucysmom26
      @Lucysmom26 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed. I actually think this might be slightly *more* entertaining than the straight line missions - and I love those! (ok, ok, equally entertaining). Just top notch content here.

  • @xjonesy5084
    @xjonesy5084 2 роки тому +1

    Man this is the best channel going.

  • @EnricoUniverse
    @EnricoUniverse 2 роки тому +6

    please never stop doing what you do on this beautiful channel of yours!!

  • @simonisenberg4516
    @simonisenberg4516 2 роки тому

    5:24 so much room for activities! I'm surprised there weren't more people there.

  • @300lbWhale
    @300lbWhale 2 роки тому +4

    Tom is the only UA-camr I see a part 2, 3 etc posted where I’m actually pumped. I get visibly excited to watch the video. Excited to an unreasonable extent. Love your videos Tom. They make my day

  • @punishedkid
    @punishedkid 2 роки тому

    Nice of the fence at 22:10 to have a built-in ladder at the gate.

  • @definitelynotatroll246
    @definitelynotatroll246 2 роки тому +8

    Was just imagining how funny it would have been if that school was open. “Miss, there’s a guy dressed in cammo in the bushes with a camera"😂😂

  • @CJBindahouse
    @CJBindahouse 2 роки тому +2

    The old line you're walking along is part of the South Staffordshire Line and used to go all the way to Burton from Dudley! It's what's classed as mothballed which is why most of the track is still in place, maybe we'll see it open again in our lifetimes most likely as light rail

  • @ratzinger3814
    @ratzinger3814 2 роки тому +4

    these vids are pure class, keep it up

  • @jamesdillenbeck8301
    @jamesdillenbeck8301 2 роки тому +1

    I love how the camera pan at 31:53 makes it look like his hair went momentarily grey at the prospect of more brambles

  • @ChokyoDK
    @ChokyoDK 2 роки тому +4

    The irl videos are always so good

  • @CallMeMrX
    @CallMeMrX 6 місяців тому

    I was keen to know what that old building was at 14:33.
    It is the former Woodgreen Pumping Station built by South Staffordshire Waterworks in 1871, it continued to operate until the 1970’s, when it was made redundant by a new facility in Walsall.