The Holloways of West Dorset 4K

Join me on a simply stupendous walk round the Holloways of West Dorset, including Venn Lane, Hell Lane and Shutes Lane. Starting from Symmondsbury, this circular walk takes in a number of these mysterious sunken paths, the ancient, medieval 'motorways' of yesteryear, worn down by centuries of feet, hooves and cartwheels, with parts being up to 30 feet below ground level. These are magical and mysterious paths! There is a map of the route at thedorsetrambl...
For more information on Holloways, check out thedorsetrambler.com - search 'Holloways'.
The song 'Holloway' by North Woods, a duo from Boston, US, has been used with their kind permission. There is a link below to their website:
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[@catherineshipley5799]

Lovely to watch Dorset rambles. Thank you 😊

[@terryyarrow1230]

Thank you 😀

[@danstaple675]

This is my local dog walk and you're spot on when you say you can feel the presence of people long gone. There is a stillness and serenity in the Holloways that calm the soul.
Love your videos. Many thanks for taking us along with you.
I hope to bump into you sometime as im often walking the lanes.
Safe travels.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Dan 😀 Yes, if you pass me, stop me and say hi 👋

[@Faztastic]

Well Done, very nice video

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much 😀

[@whitlaw1395]

So interesting! Thank you. The ancient Danish motorway in Jutland is some 4000 years old, but there aren't such carvings to find. Holloways, but sadly no hard stonewalls to carve along the ridge of Jutland.
It goes 500 km from Northern Jutland down to Hamburg where there was a cattle market in Wedel. For 500 years cattle and men trotted the long distance.
But much much earlier than that, it would have been the way Jutes and Angles walked to join Saxons settling in England when the Romans left. How very lucky they found out how to build ships later on. As Vikings they would have been much too exhausted to rate anyone, had they arrived on foot 🤔

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thank you 😀 Really interesting to hear about your ancient route - these places really intrigue me 😀

[@calxtra5361]

THERE ARE A FEW SHORT SUNKEN LANES NR WEST MEON HAMPSHIRE ... LOVELY VIDEO

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thank you so much 😀 I might have to explore that area then 😀

[@IanShearing]

Loved the Holloways. Didn't know about them but thanks to you I've been enlightened. Lovely poem by the way.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Ian 😀

[@andrewharris1837]

This is a cracking episode.Firstly your timing of the church music as you open the church door is getting spot on taking me back nearly 60yrs to my choirboy days at Exeter Cathedral not too far away from Dorset.Secondly the church is absolutely delightful,beautifully maintained so most be a real posh village 😊and the walk under the umbrella of trees so lovely.😅

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Andrew, I really appreciate your feedback and your encouragement 😀

[@paulyarrow333]

Outstanding video and amazing walk by the looks. Love the views over Colmer’s Hill and of course the holloways

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Paul ❤️

[@karendavies2074]

Ty for going round the church first, would love to go up those little steps, see where they led. Didnt know these paths were called holloways, I thought yr poem captured very well the haunting nature of them. I appreciate all the little things you notice.x

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Karen 😀 x

[@christinathomastaylor]

Beautiful video Terry, such lovely countryside. Someday I will get over there across the pond again and walk through the Holloways. Thank you for using our song Holloway as the background for your magical ramble!

[@terryyarrow1230]

Thanks so much Christina, and thanks again for the awesome music 😀

[@thebeatentrack156]

Fantastic, great poem with truly magical music, thank you for this Terry, wonderful 😊

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thank you so much for your lovely comment 😀

[@catherineshipley5799]

Some walk and interesting. Thank you

[@terryyarrow1230]

Thanks Catherine 😀

[@garynorris8492]

Hill's peeping over hill's. Breathtaking views, just like Ivanhoe beacon, which is a vast rural area in my part of the wood's.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Thanks Gary 😀

[@LaysAndLore]

Closer to my neck of the woods with this one - I am in Crewkerne and I am lucky to have some Somerset holloways on my doorstep 🙂I love the sense of timelessness and mystery when walking them.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, yes, I must go across the border sometime and explore some of your Holloways 😀

[@eldred1809]

Wonderful walk Terry, the views and routes were incredible, if slightly, nay very, boggy in the holloways. When I first saw the honey-coloured stone of the church, I thought it must be Hamstone, carted down from Ham Hill near Yeovil, but as soon as you walked up through the first lane I realised that it was actually quarried locally. Do you think that far-in-the-future ramblers will come across all the rock carvings, and wonder what primitive tribes could be responsible? 🧙‍♂🙂Bev.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks Bev 😀 lol, yes, I can imagine people walking down there in centuries time wondering what the carvings are all about 🤣 Of course by then the Holloway will be 60 feet deep 🤣

[@EricJellett]

What a lovely video thank you

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks Eric 😀

[@barbitrexler9874]

Loved the poem!!! The music was a grand accompaniment... 🤗👍

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Barbi 😀

[@angelanewman5566]

Well Terry, I think you excelled yourself with this one and that music was just heavenly. Hope your feet didn't get too wet and uncomfortable.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks so much Angela 😀 The story behind the music is that North Wood, the duo who recorded the song, were inspired by my blog posts and asked if they could use my picture as an album cover and of course I agreed. Years later, they have reciprocated by allowing me to use their music 😀

[@angelanewman5566]

@@terryyarrow1230 How lovely - will have to investigate more of their work.

[@LandOverview]

Loved this nice relaxing walk, I have walked in similar places in East Europe, but there was that pesky mosquito problem and worse them other bugs that love to dig into your skin issue, here the problem is rarely found wonder why.

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thank you 😀 Yes, we are fortunate here in that we have little in the way of threatening wildlife - mind, the mossies are a pain at times 😱

[@geoffreyjerrom7771]

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[@terryyarrow1230]

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[@gillianhowell7562]

Thank you for taking me somewhere I have always wanted to go. I can't walk any more so you see how much you help disabled people. Simple music would have been better for a simple church and softer music throughout.( Music teacher, sorry!!).

[@terryyarrow1230]

Ah, thanks Gillian, I appreciate your comment and your encouragement 😀 I do try to regulate the volume of the music but I think sometimes UA-cam adjusts it post upload.