Adventure Near the End of the Elizabeth Line (4K) 

I loved watching this. I had anxiety seeing the dark approaching. I have a fear of being lost..and the dark…

More of these perchance rural walks please John. Combined with the Elizabeth Line was a stroke of brilliance.

Afternoon Autumn light is the best, wherever you are in the world..

Those enormous trees are wellingtonias (sequoias ?). My father was a ranger in Langley and Black Parks and briefly a policeman in Iver. You went very close to three houses where I lived as a child and teenager.

Experimental filming....! I like the variety of shots you are using these days - cheers!

A classic roam into the darkness … much my favourite time too get out on the bike … the empty country lanes and peace as the golden hour approaches and fades into darkness …. But don’t your feel a bit wary heading out into and away from unknown paths ?

Beautiful - I agree about the last weeks of summer.

Excellent video as always. You can’t beat an unplanned jaunt in the countryside and a sunset is icing on the cake. Keep up the great work.

Thanks again John in Chicago

I would have guessed that they might be spruce, maybe Blue Spruce. But they do resemble the redwoods or sequoia as well. 😊

Thank you John for this spectacular walk, brings back memories of my time living in Denham and travelling through Iver, visiting Black Park and all the other surrounding towns. I worked in the Slough and Maidenhead areas, then lived in Beaconsfield before finally moving up north to Wirral. so its lovely to revisit these places again through your video.

What an intriguing treat, the Elizabeth line is great ...amazing to find yourself right into London and beyond. Thanks John, I look forward to your videos each weekend

Thank you for the adventure. I know you must be exhausted. Love seeing the deer & trees along the way. I dearly love wild blackberries! A wild & popular berry here in (Eastern TN). As always I enjoy your enthusiasm. Your walks must be a labor of pure love at times.🙂 Bless you! 🌲🌳🌾

Fantastic as always John. What fine weather too. Personally, not a fan of those 360 cameras - look a bit gimmicky, but that’s just me.

You are a bit like Bilbo an the Dwarves lost in mirk wood mate 😂😂😂

What a perfect way to end a great weekend. Thanks John. 👏🫶👍

Thanks John; a great accompaniment to a Sunday.

Lovely walk. I grew up in Iver and lived nearby for many decades. About 7 years ago I walked those paths, through Langley and Black Park and said goodbye and moved to a different world near Durham. This summer I've explored old walks through the City of London and visited favourites like St. Dunstan in the West and St Stephen Walbrook. Plenty of country walks up here but I still enjoy the City where there are endless places to visit.

And so, Sunday evening can commence...

I absolutely loved that, thank you so much.

Pretty trippy video effects - I like it.

Thank you again, John. Wonderful vid… my senses erupted with a memory of the last months of summer, growing up in Wales, and picking blackberries along the brook until twilight and nettle stings sent me home.

Lovely random evening walk John...Very interesting to include Elizabeth line destinations. I admire your confidence to get back to a station just as night descends....Glad to see your subscribers increasing, here's to 100k...

Brilliant. That does it. I'm jumping on the Liz Line and legging it all the way to Reading.

I love how you find beautiful places and fascinating history everywhere you go. For someone like me who can't afford a holiday, it shows how you can get so much pleasure from just strolling in an unknown place not far from home. Love it John, you're an inspiration. 😊

Really enjoyed that John and liking the new camera perspectives! Great walk 👊🏼

Thank you again John for another interesting walk, I live near Abbeywood on the Lizzie line and its good to know you can reach these lovely walks from one train ride... Nice one.... ATB Chris.

The trees look like Sequoia / Wellingtonia in the arboretum.

Nice work with the Insta360

I love the urges you have John for these outer London travels. The Elizabeth Line being newer, that's one I'd like to travel end to end one day😊😊👍👍

Another little afternoon, sunset Dventure. I am off to explore a new area myself tomorrow. 😊

Local to me, loverly as always 😂❤

Hello John thanks for another great video . I think the trees are Canadian redwood and we’re used a lot to line drive ways for estates, there are 2 examples of this near me . Thanks again

That was a delightful walk. Blackberries are always a good find. You showed some beautiful cloud scapes. And the deer bounding away. I agree with you that there is something about late summer walks, almost mystical...

Brilliant! Thanks for inviting us along with you. It was so enjoyable. A Pinewood Studios, Black Park video would be awesome! Cheers from the USA.

brilliant as always, thank you john, love from eire

John, do you ever get the urge to walk in the Winter months? In late November/Early December, on a day after a below 0 temperature night, my friend and I would often take a train from Aylesbury, and walk across the Chiltern Hills and through the woods from Wendover to Great Missenden. There's just something magical about crunching along through frosty fallen leaves when the clouds are grey and leaden with snow, passing through silent little villages like Dunsmore, and pausing for a while to have a snack and a quick skate on the frozen duck pond at Cobblers Hill.

Thanks for the video, as always John. Unfortunately, not a fan of the GoPro.

What a wonderful walk, John. Refreshments readily available in the hedgerow too. I wish I could identify the trees for you but conifers are my Achilles heel. The skittish deer was definitely a roe deer. Thank you, as always, for sharing your adventure.

I loved tha walk John. By chance or was it fate,i did 3 stays in west london this summer and I was fascinated by my knowing in rather inchoate fashion that there was a lot of 18th century history here and that somehow London ends and "the countryside" begins but where? I find that in most cities the public transport and other infrastructure is designed somehow to create an invisible barrier. I dont know if this is on purpose or coincidental. I rather suspect the former. I think some of the local residents thought me a bit odd,standing and gazing at 1930s semis. They could not know that in my head i was thinking of the 18th century. I discovered the Coln valley but didn't have time to do any walks. I went to Slough to see if it was as dreadful as the poem has given it as immortal reputation as. I even got a bus to High Wycombe. Whuch was not a bit like id imagined. I stayed one night at Slough (i never knew it was in Buckinghamshire) at a lovely hotel in an old would have been the Manor House or such. I liked that the courtyards and outbuildings was a little scruffy gave it a Sleeping Beauty castle feel. The actual hotel was top notch. My room was anyway. There was a park roundabout from the 18th C and a lovely rose garden now kept by the local council. When i saw i was only a couple of miles from Stoke Poges where that poem was written i went there next day. Who knew! Seeing as youve covered East London very comprhensively how about doing some work on west london. It would be a bit harder as those areaas dont have the universally iconic recognised images like Cockneys,Music Hall,Jack the R,the Krays etc. Be quite hard to film streets of suburban 1930s semis and make it interesting and historic but you could do it John,like nobody else could. The area i live is like that,loads of history but almost nothing on the ground to SEE. Just suburban housing from 1880s to now everywhere. No half timbers,no thatch,no ruined castle. Footpaths on maps NEVER are like that in real life.

I'm no tree expert, and it's difficult to tell from the video, but the straight vertical growth of those trees, and the grain of the bark, suggest they're not so very old Californian redwood.

While road walking in Tring, Hertfordshire a lady said I should have been walking on the narrow path instead of on the road for my own safety. I love road walking, however, but would not recommend Ashford to Canterbury on the road that you join if you turn right and left after leaving the village of Crundale and just past Godmersham. The traffic comes at you at speed in both directions with literally no verges on either side. Boy was I glad when I got to the end of it and took a narrow road up to the beautiful village of Chilham.

Great walk John. I did an Elizabeth Line walk from Abbey Wood to Bexley Heath in the footsteps of William Morris (to The Red House).. Getting a bit lost is all part of it.

looked like hard work but some striking sunset camerawork and a lovely return to the mood of some of your earlier vids. More Elizabeth Line base adventures please …

360 ❤

The Elizabeth Line has opened-up new territory East and West for walking and exploration. And, if you have a Freedom Pass it's FREE. I have frequently passed through Iver station on HST and often wondered what it would be like to get off at the station. Now I know thanks to your splendid treck. I'm amazed that you manage to stay apparently calm and collected in gathering darkness along overgrown paths, miles from your destination. I think I would be rather desperate - though I guess I lack the confidence of an experienced hiker, and probably some other things too.

Thanks again John...you could make a tour of a bin truck enjoyable 👌

Leave some blackberries for somebody else John!😅

Brilliant walk Roger! Loved it! Can I ask a bit of a weird questions but what's your favourite shoes/ footwear for doing long walks in? I have to get some new shoes so I thought I'd ask :)

that was terrific - i really enjoy your "get up and go" walks, john. finding wild fruit is always a treat, and blackberries are particularly good! ha, are those vikings still causing you trouble? i know what you mean, about august, when the days are still long, and there's still promise that the next day will be as warm and pleasant as the present day. magic, indeed!

Another wonderful walk John, so evocative of a late summer afternoon/evening. My wife's favourite word - arboretum. Very interesting perspectives with some of the 360 camera - bringing a new look to the walks. Fab work and you really make Sunday evenings one of the highlights of every week.

'All glorious'. And with something like a dream sequence @14:10. More photofoolery like that please.

a walk with John, what more do you want?:)

Excellent video once again John!! Loving the 360 camera🤩 when’s the drone shots coming ? Nice Mavic mini 3 ! Light as a feather!! Awesome camera and very rucksack friendly with very little regulations. 👌🤣🤣cracking vid though mate. Well done. 💪💪✨✨🙏🤩🤩

Great trek westwards from Iver and what a trek!I think you must have felt pretty tired when you got to Slough,John.Marvellous walk finishing off with a beautiful sunset,what more could you want!!

I keep playing around with my 360 camera, but people keep getting in the way in Whitby! Thank you for this wonderful video

Hi John loved this film round Iver first rural walk for quite some time thou a Londoner and enjoy the London walks they were a bit too many "for me" hope you do some more of the countryside rambles in the near future, hope I have not been too hard on you. Best Wishes Dave Webster PS your books are great!!

Langley Park is famous, at least locally, for its Wellingtonias, (correctly Sequoiadendron giganteum) giant sequoia or giant redwood, native to the west coast of the US, but we named it Wellingtonia instead of, as some wished, Washintonia! The sequoia name is derived from the guy who formalised the Cherokee language. Biggest trees in the world, at least in height, and increasingly rare in their native habitat. Quite a few were and are planted over here, hopefully increasing their chances of survival, though we can never hope to match the original specimens for height. I loved the way you filmed them. Black Park was the sister, coniferous park to the originally largely deciduous Langley Park. And yes it is the informal 'back lot' to Pinewood and the reason my great-granddad picked the name Pinewood, to echo his Hollywood inspired studio complex. Most of the deer in the area are descendants of the deer originally kept in large parts of Langley Park. (Probably). The survival of all that green space between Slough, Iver, Wexham and Uxbridge always seems amazing. Sorry, but I was quite involved in the restoration/conservation of Langley Park some years ago now…

Hello John, fantastic walk! Have you ever tried any of the walks around Luddesdown in Kent? I walked to Luddesdown from Snodland when I was in secondary School, a round trip of about 15 miles. A very nice walk indeed!

Hey, John! Thank you for yesterday's walk, so beautiful, and the light was amazing. You asked if anyone could identify the trees in Blackwood. While I'm not able to do that I did find the following entry in my 'Collins Wild Guide: Trees', which may explain the name of the wood. "Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon). Blackwood is native to SE Australia and is one of several acacia species introduced to Europe. Originally grown for timber which is used in veneers, it has become naturalised in South western areas." So it may be that the area of Blackwood was one of these plantations for the wood industry. Near to where I live in N Cornwall there is a magnificent oak wood, which was planted to support the Cornish leather tanning trade. The trade has vanished but the wood remains and is home to Yaffles (Green Woodpeckers) and many species of Butterfly. Hope you find this interesting. Sky xxx

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The views are all reminiscent of the landscapes of British artist Paul Nash who grew up in the area. I live locally and always imagine Nash doing similar walks and painting the views.

Nice to see you venture out this way John . I live in Burnham so have walked around many of these lanes and old footpaths. My friend has just bought the house next to the church in iver village. I stumbled across some old disused farm buildings on my ramblings in the area. I noticed some new camera work too? Great angles looking up👍🏻

I once worked at Pinewood Studios as a kid and spent a lot of time wandering around Black Park. They used to shoot lots of stuff there because it was adjacent. When you saw a horse and carriage thundering along the Transylvanian lanes carrying Draculas coffin in those old Hammer Horrors it was invariably Black Park. There was also the Brigetine Convent you could stay at just north of the studios and i did as a weekend treat. A lot cheaper i imagine than that swanky gaff you were eyeing off.

I do love the open spaces

Thanks for taking me along John, absorbing film as always but not sure about the tricksy shots…. A bit too ‘trick’ for us old guys 😮 Good on yer for getting out of mainland London…. great sense of adventure and getting lost …….luv it ! R

Hello John, please do a Pinewood studio related walk, great stuff, thanks.

Golly, I really enjoyed this. I do so love your country walks. You take me to places I will never see. Thanks John.

Love it startling to see Slough station where I attended LVS at the end of the block 79-81. Those trees are California Redwoods -

I think that your arboretum pines were Giant Sequoia John. A visitor from another world :-)

Can't help with any pronunciations or identification of any trees but I did enjoy the video as I do every week.. I probably should leave a comment more often.. A fascinating insight into a neck of the woods I'm unfamiliar with.. Thanks for sharing John 👍😊

Intriging and enjoyable walk. I am not a fan of the 360 camera but using it to show the trees was inspiration.

Ah back to the country , so lovely, I guess the recent run of wet weather scuppered a lot of your possible rural trips , never mind, perhaps next year we could have a New River excursion or three ? Anyway really enjoyed it thank you , see you soon 🌈👍

The pines looked like Californian Redwoods to me, John. Over on my side of the Liz line at Havering Park there is a remarkable 'avenue' of giant redwood trees, planted a couple of hundred years ago. Worth a visit if you find yourself there.

This is a proper Leonard Bast style perambulation. E.M. Forster would approve 👏🏻

Yes please do some more exploratory walks by the Elizabeth Line. I enjoyed this walk you did here. Waiting impatiently for the next one! 😊😊😊

Brilliant video, just like the 'old' days - cheers John

Wonderful atmospheric walk. Thankyou John. Ive yet to sample the elizabeth line!

Magical stuff, John. As an Uxbridge boy, I know by heart all the places you went on this walk. I look forward to you going again to Iver, and recommend a look around the area of Coppins - a country house that has been the residence of the Dukes of Kent for many years. As a kid, my friends and I used to take our bikes to Black Park - so much of interest there. I remember, back in 1965 or so, we found a gap in the fence and got in to the back of Pinewood Studios, and wandered around the mock-up town for 'Carry On Cowboy' - great larks. I've also walked those ancient footpaths you took - so beautiful. Thanks again.

As ever a wonderful film, John thanks

The trees in the arbpretum look like Douglas Fir. They are native to the west coast of British Columbia. Blacberries grow in abundance as well!

I think they're Ponderosa pines. There are quite a few in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Nice video. Richard in Reno.

I really enjoyed this, John. It wouldn’t be one of your walks without an element of jeopardy. A walk one day around Black Park ~ which is looking much more swish with its cabin-style cafe than when I lived in Iver Heath 25 years ago ~ and Pinewood Studios would be great. Thanks again for another corker.

Great walk John, I think you were overdue an “uncertain of exactly where you were” moment! 😂

Cool camera work, sir! Weird how the selfie stick appears totally invisible!!

Always good to get lost and survive, a proper adventure and would you have found Shaggy Calf Lane if you knew where you were going?

Great walk! What was the piece of kit you had to show you from above. Is it a drone?

Thanks John for another great slice of walking happiness. Interesting to see the quality of council housing when there was a will to build them properly.

Get lost is one of the reasons we watch these vids. A beautiful walk.

Great walk John, bought back many happy memories for me from when I was a probationer Constable at Slough...patrolling round Iver, Pinewood and Black Park and Wexham Park Hospital which were the top of our patch. Always amazes me that the countryside appears so serene yet you're just a stones throw from the M25 and London itself.

Ha ! Beautiful walk especially in the arboretum (that's how I would say it). At Black Lake, there are sequoia in one end of the park, and deodar cedar at the other end, so the leaflet says. Blackberry is a reward for a late summer walking, i reckon. Definitely more Elizabeth Line adventures

thanks for upload. I sadly did walk that dual carriage way, the foot path soon stops and you have to negotiate the bushes and watch the fast traffic.

As David Brent (Ricky Gervais) said. Slough is equidistant between London and Reading.

Awesome - need one from the other end of Lizzie line! 😀

That is a great trail, the totem pole harkened back to prehistoric times. Thanks!

More Elizabeth line adventures please…

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those are giant redwoods John, Sequoiadentron giganteum. Of course, at about 150 years old those are still juveniles....

Another classic. It's got the lot. Super scenery, history, sunsets, and getting lost! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤙🏼 *Ooo, some 360 footage* 🤙🏼