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This walk is from London's Hidden Walks by Stephan Millar. You can get his book here: amzn.to/2VszJBh
It is about 5.5 miles and takes around three hours. It is probably best to start at Blackfriars, but it's a circular walk so you can do it from anywhere. It takes in the Thames, St Pauls, the Old Bailey, Pye Corner, St Bartholomews, Little Britain, the Barbican and more. A fascinating tour of the older parts of London.
The pencils I talk about are here:
Pentel 200 Range: amzn.to/3rSPgpI
Caran D'Ache 844 Pencil: amzn.to/3CslrBt
Caran D'Ache 849 Pen: amzn.to/3ChQhwe
All walking gear here: cooldudeswalki...
If you enjoyed this video, and want to help me make more, it would be really great if you joined the Cool Dudes Walking Club. You can join on RU-vid Channel’s main page and click join to pay a monthly amount via youtube.
/ @cdwc
Thank you to everyone who has supported me.
The website for the club is www.cooldudeswalkingclub.com which has lists of walks and information about what gear I use, as well as merch and other stuff.
Twitter - @dudeswalking, @mareklarwood
Instagram - @cooldudeswalkingclub
Filmed on Canon G7X
Music - RU-vid Audio Library
Shadowing - Corbyn Kites
Blurry Vision - Corbyn Kites

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@georgec2894 3 года назад

My life isn’t conplete until a bald man has walked me round London and insisted that i ‘stay cool’. Well done for making London interesting again, Marek! 😂👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

I think most of the credit should go to Stephen Millar who wrote the book, although he did have me looking for a non existent Roman Temple of Mithras for about half an hour.

@davidm3569 3 года назад

It never surprises me that there are so many hidden gems around London. All the back passages ( ooh err misses ) that most people miss. The history is amazing and just waiting to be discovered. Thank you for showing us a little tour and without all the usual crowds of tourists and pesky foreign students!! 👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

I've been reading about the Great Fire of London since I did the walk, as it had quite a big impact on me. They say 70,000 of the 80,000 dwellings in London were destroyed. Unimaginable really.

@davidm3569 3 года назад

@@cdwc Must have been terrible to live through that. However didn't it follow on from the great plague so probably acted as a cleanser for the city.

@feetunes 3 года назад

@@davidm3569 Every cloud....

@veronicavoehl 3 года назад

I enjoy writing with the Micron 01 pens. They don't require much pressure to write. Words are smooth and consistent and they don't smudge, unlike the Pilot gel pens. Thanks for the wonderful walk!

@cdwc 3 года назад

They look like cool pens to draw with too.

@powderedground78 3 года назад

I have terrible handwriting so I always relied on Stabilo pens. However, if I am being a little pretentious, I absolutely love Lamy Safari pens. Preferably in yellow! Nice one cool dudes

@cdwc 3 года назад

That yellow one looks cool.

@MissNancySims 3 года назад

My best pen is Papermate Flair Medium in black; nice and inky, no messing about, it feels nice to write with and it makes a good sound. My favourite pencil is a Palomino Blackwing, yes you need to sharpen them, but I welcome that little bit of craft. I don't write so much that these interludes are unmanageable. Thank you for another smashing video Marek.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes I've used those Papermate Flairs before, they are excellent. However, I had never heard of the Palomino Blackwing. Perhaps the greatest name for a pencil ever. They look beautiful.

@chegeny 3 года назад

Marek you have the best RU-vid videos, great music, superb locations. I don't know when I'll get back to London, but this was an excellent walk. My wife bought Pilot G2 gel pens. They're a cheap thrill, but I prefer Mr Pen for precision doodling.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks cool dude. Yes I have had quite a lot of those pilot gel pens and a cheap rip off equivalent. My new plan is to get just refills and get longer lasting pens. I do really love the Caran D'Ache pens and pencils.

@Cam11010 3 года назад

I can concur about the greenwich river boat trips. stay cool! 👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

The river trips are one of the best things about London.

@orangeedo 3 года назад

I used to work for Argos and I still have lots of their little pens I stole... they're probably all dried now though.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I bet those pens will be all that is left when humanity is destroyed in a hundred years time.

@jenniferburk7965 3 года назад

Normally I prefer your country walks but this was interesting enough to watch twice. ;)

@cdwc 3 года назад

The architecture is breathtaking in places. It makes me wonder why they can't build as many great buildings as they did 400 years ago.

@anotheratheist6282 3 года назад

Hi Marek, I did the very same walk on Tuesday!

@cdwc 3 года назад

It is one of my favourite London walks I think. The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is my new hero.

@dannybb2000 3 года назад

A Parker pen just for enquiring. My fav

@cdwc 3 года назад

Good solid classic pen.

@sassafras2531 3 года назад

My favourite mechanical pencil is the Uni Kuru Toga Slide Pipe Mechanical Pencil. The lead rotates as you use it, so no uneven line marks. Very cool.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I just looked it up on Cult Pens. It does look incredible. Also it gets double points for having the name 'slide pipe'. Also it says it is pocket friendly. I want to say 'I have a pocket friendly slide pipe', because I have the mental age of a five year old.

@sassafras2531 3 года назад

@@cdwc Cult pens is great because they give you little packets of haribo sometimes in your order

@TravellingTorunn 3 года назад

I love to stroll the streets of lovely London. Thank you for walking and sharing 😁👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks cool dude. Glad you enjoyed it.

@alisoncrocker9919 3 года назад

My favourite pen is the Uni-Ball AIR, in navy blue. It always makes my writing look nice. I love your London videos, always interesting.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I just looked it up. I've never tried one of those. Looks really cool.

@systemSkynet 3 года назад

I have a different favourite pen depending on what I'm writing/drawing. Or just any pen that fit in my pocket while shoplifting is a good one. This was actually a very cool walk cool dude

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks Frank. I agree with the writing/doodling. I bought some uni pin fine line pens for drawing and they are excellent. The thicknesses go all the way down to 0.03. Meanwhile I watched the video of your soldier and parachute art the other day. It was excellent.

@systemSkynet 3 года назад

@@cdwc ah man I need to find you a link to the steadtler pens I use mostly for my outline work. 0.1 -0.7 pack. They are fun to use. Gee, thank man. You're a gentleman and a scholar

@systemSkynet 3 года назад

Can't figure out the link thing. But Google steadtler pigment fineliner range. They work out 40 quid cheaper buying a pack over individual pens. Enjoy

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes I also have those. Love Staedtler stuff.

@systemSkynet 3 года назад

@@cdwc Pensexual !

@SouthCoastDetecting 3 года назад

Another fantastic video cool dude, good luck with the charity walk 👍 Oh favourite pen… sharpie double ended, one end for toilet graffiti the other end for envelopes.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Double ended Sharpie is a good pen. I find the tip loses it's form a bit too quickly. But nonetheless it is the greatest marker of all time.

@Gez-C 3 года назад

Used to love the fountain pen back in the day

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes fountain pens have gone out of fashion now it seems. I remember getting a Parker fountain pen when I was about nine for school and thinking I was a proper grown up.

@feetunes 3 года назад

Late viewing, but it's always nice to have this in the bag, waiting. I'm not a city walk kind of dude to be fair. But, still really interesting it has to be said. My favourite pen...hmmm...probably Penitentiary. That's where I'd want to go if I was a criminal (Like you!).

@zacredacted2137 3 года назад

Wow London is fascinating. The hospital was built in 1123!?!?! That’s insane.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I don't think it is the same building, although parts of it may be, but one has been on the site since 1123.

@squalloogal 3 года назад

Love the London walks.

@cdwc 3 года назад

The St Pauls bit was my favourite. I think it is one of the greatest buildings ever made.

@geneb2144 3 года назад

Marek, you really have to use your imagination when visiting the temple of Mithras, although the artefacts on the wall before you go in are good. Have you been to the Roman Amphitheatre below the Guildhall Art Gallery? That is better (slightly less imagination required) but doesn't have the snazzy artefacts. Great video! My fave pens are the plain steel Lamy ones and the Cross fat ones.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I did not know about that Amphitheatre either. I will definitely visit Guildhall Art Gallery at some point. I hope it is an amazing inside as it is outside.

@highlandexplorer990 3 года назад

Nice tour around some hidden parts of London. ATB, Brian and Sah

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks cool dude. I just subscribed to your channel. Great videos.

@munkeypants1 3 года назад

This is a very cool video indeed despite the soaring temperatures at the time. I walked around the city with my eldest about a decade ago one weekend and the place was deserted, with all the shops and pubs closed. Eldest needed a wee (he was only 10 at the time) so he went against fence around the Cheesegrater building that was under construction back then. A statement on modern architecture I wonder…? Anyway my current fave pen is the Muji gel pen but I owned Pentel pencil at school (boffin!) and bought another recently but can’t find it :-( I also endorse the Thames River Bus as it’s a brilliant but rapid way to see a wide area of London. Looking forward to seeing more of these videos sometime

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks cool dude. I've done a few walks around Blackfriars and the Thames path. That bit of London is probably my favourite. I went there at the weekend for a walk too and it was deserted. When I worked nights with my friend back in 2001/2 it was as if we had the City totally to ourselves. Magical.

@munkeypants1 3 года назад

@@cdwc I’ll certainly try that walk if I can get a weekend away in London. I once also took my eldest and mum in law on a Harry Potter themed walk round the City and up to Australia House (aka Gringots Bank) after researching locations online. Certainly something I’d recommend to all CDWC members

@superdeluxesmell 3 года назад

Great vid as ever! I first heard of you through a podcast that you did of your short stories. I thought it was great and I think you should do more of that if you have time.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks dude. I think you are the second person ever to say they liked them in about five years. One day maybe. They took about a month to do if you can believe it.

@Vurtonable 3 года назад

Friction or frixion pens are my new favourite. I been using them excessively lately for writing/marking up fabrics. And magically when you iron the pen marks disappear completely. Although when looking up the name to tell you just now I’ve just realised chillingly… that if iced/chilled the pen marks may come back. I need to test this immediately. There may or may not be a bride out there with a rude word or two written in her seams. I can’t confirm this.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I just looked those up. They look great. That is worrying that the writing comes back though. If you rub it out surely you want it to stay rubbed out.

@Vurtonable 3 года назад

@@cdwc yes I still haven’t tested it. It occurred to me I should only be really scared for my brides who are bad at ice skating. I have started asking new brides if they can ice skate to head this off.

@martinhyder6092 3 года назад

My favourite pen is a free miniature one from a bookies or Argos ( sadly most have been replaced by the evil pencil now ) . Sorry you got hassled by my brother in law yesterday ( he doesn’t get to meet too many Cool dudes )👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

The Argos/Bookies pen is surprisingly popular on here, it is the sort of pen I always find in a coat pocket three years later. It was nice to meet your brother in law. I was doing my fortnightly second hand book shop at the library. I expect he deeply regrets not being a member of the club.

@michaelwhite8031 3 года назад

My favourite pen is a Swans Quill, take a feather out of your cap and try one, you'll be tickled.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I will go and find a Swan now. I hope I don't get killed.

@JagBetty 3 года назад

Hello cool dude number one good to see you out and about. Lamy is my favourite pen range at the moment made in Germany and my most expensive pen is a £55 fountain pen I bought in Harrowgate……….why do we all whisper when we go into churches? Stay safe 😎👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

That sounds like an amazing pen Jag. You're right about Churches making people whisper. I have no idea why this is. One day I hope to have the sort of presence that people feel they can only whisper in front of me.

@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325 3 года назад

Interesting info Cool Dude! The last time I visited London was about 30 years ago! My favourite pen has to be a black Bic, not blue, green or red but black! Take care, stay safe & cool!👨‍🦯🚴‍♀️🌞

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks Cool Dude. I highly recommend this walk as some bits don't feel too busy. The standard Bic is a very under-rated pen. Have you seen all the illustrations people do on Pinterest just using a standard Bic, they are incredible.

@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325 3 года назад

@@cdwc I could look at the Pinterest images all day, they are amazing! I wonder if 1 Bic pen is enough for 1 portrait as I find the ink runs out really quickly when I do loads of writing.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Me too. I love Pinterest. Not sure how many biros one takes to do.

@lisaperry345 3 года назад

I recently watched your rhlstp which was great fun. Then I went down a RU-vid rabbit hole because I checked out GeoWizard on your recommendation. Within the first 30 seconds of his first vid, I realised he was from somewhere very near me-you can almost pinpoint which part of the west mids someone is from by their accent. Then I googled him and I was right. 😁

@cdwc 3 года назад

Ha, excellent. I love his videos. I get nervous he is going to get killed in one of his videos.

@lisaperry345 3 года назад

@@cdwc To tell you the truth, I haven't got to the really exciting vids yet. I'm a bit of a saddo because when I'm recommended a channel, I have to start from the beginning and work my way through. So his early vids are of him playing Geo... quizzer(?) where he goes on street finder and he has to guess where he is. It's weirdly compelling. 😂However, me and my husband did watch a more recent one this morning where his missus takes him to a random place blindfolded and he has to work out where he is. The first place was a quaint village in Somerset but the second place was a ropey estate in Swindon. That made me chuckle.

@rentaghost 3 года назад

I do enjoy the hidden history of London, in amongst all the modern hustle & bustle. Favourite pens would be the miniature free ones you used to get in Bookmakers or Argos. They sit behind the ear just lovely 👍

@cdwc 3 года назад

The bit around Canon Street is always atmospheric and excellent. I was really pleased to discover the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, which might be one of my top three landmarks of all time.

@youknowthis69 3 года назад

Lamy Safari Vista fountain pen. It’s see through!

@cdwc 3 года назад

I just looked it up. Looks like a well cool pen.

@grampawud 3 года назад

The red route on the maps looked a bit like it had been drawn by someone with the DTs or something. My favourite pen is the one I use at work, it's a Bic Crystal Classic 1.0mm that I've been using for about 3 years and it has almost run out of ink, I expect to have completed the pen by the end of the year.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I very much like the idea of completing pens.

@plopcentral 3 года назад

Simon can confirm how amazing those 3am lunch breaks were. Sometimes Topped off with a 6am after work pint on Columbia road. Stay cool, best ver mate.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Ver best mate.

@flechesbleues 3 года назад

My most recent pen discovery has been the Pilot Frixion range - you can write things and then rub them out again! Very exciting. They also do highlighters.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I have not heard of these magical pens. I will look them up immediately.

@jacquettabanana 3 года назад

Is it sad to say I've missed your vids! Glad to see one - when you getting back on that island!? (I'm from the I.O.W live in sunny Wales now 🙄😅)

@cdwc 3 года назад

Good news. I am back and planning a Cool Dudes Island Trail.

@TDYo 3 года назад

Next time you want a quick bite to eat in London, I recommend a hot sausage roll from the Ginger Pig in Borough Market (and various other locations around London). Delicious!

@cdwc 3 года назад

I will look out for those cool dude. Everyone loves a hot sausage roll!

@lisaperry345 3 года назад

Good luck with the charity walk! 🙂 My fave pens are bic ones-they might not be posh but they write well and seem to last ages. Oh and of course they have to be black because you can use black pens for everything.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks Lisa. The black bic is the timeless classic.

@gutinstinct4067 3 года назад

Good vid , and lets hope your Guild Hall Art Gallery heist goes of without a hitch......Oh sorry...i should have whispered that bit =-P . My best Pen is Parker stainless steel jotter ballpoint pen , i've had it for years and never refilled it yet ( also good for punching small holes in stuff lol )

@cdwc 3 года назад

I am a big supporter of the ball point pen. Parker pens don't seem to be around as much as they were in the 80's, when that was the go to pen.

@Theytoldmetodoit1 3 года назад

I do love a good fountain pen. Great little walk around London, very interesting. Thanks cool dude. 😎

@cdwc 3 года назад

All this talk of fountain pens is getting me interested in them again.

@Theytoldmetodoit1 3 года назад

@@cdwc Love writing with them.

@squalloogal 7 месяцев назад

Rewatching Feb ‘24

@tinfoil6150 3 года назад

The view from your hotel window... it couldn't be worse! But made me laugh a lot!

@cdwc 3 года назад

The next morning I opened my curtains to see three builders staring at me about five foot away.

@tinfoil6150 3 года назад

@@cdwc oh dear, it got worse then!

@steveharris5017 3 года назад

I still use a quill. I find swan is better than goose.

@cdwc 3 года назад

How long does a quill last? I have always wanted to know.

@B3tanTyronne 3 года назад

Funny how London becomes a bit of a ghost town after 17:30. Maybe they should get more bands playing, as the bouncers are already stopping people fighting in the nightclubs.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I love the fact it gets really quiet in the City in the evenings. That's when it becomes one of my favourite places.

@7arboreal 3 года назад

Lamy pens are the business.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Big thumbs up for Lamy pens on here so far.

@anthonyhatter196 3 года назад

I nearly spat my tea at the heroin comment, it came right out of leftfield. Great video which coincidently covers all the areas around my various office locations for the last 20 years. Best pen was an unwanted gift to a horrible old boss I had over 20 years ago, a Monte Blanc. The ungrateful b*&^$d gave it straight to me - his loss was my gain.

@cdwc 3 года назад

What!!!!! He didn't want a Mont Blanc! That is the gold standard of pens. He must have been a total dickhead. Also thank you for the donation.

@anthonyhatter196 3 года назад

@@cdwc He was a nasty racist, sexist, homophobe. Giving me the pen was probably the only decent thing he has done in his life.

@thekentishpilgrim 3 года назад

Uni Ball Eye "fine". Is the Temple of Mithras the one that's in the fancy, new, Bloomberg building? I could not find that either even after going inside and asking reception where it was. Also, this is a great walk. A real London walk that has plenty of history and talking points along the way.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes cool dude. It's in the building, but the book never mentioned that despite it being published a year after it being moved into the building.

@thekentishpilgrim 3 года назад

@@cdwc I think it's clear it doesn't actually exist. Just some big elaborate prank..

@leeh2885 3 года назад

Bic 4-Colour pen, of course: 4 pens in one - and retractable! You don't need these la-di-da, posh ones.

@cdwc 3 года назад

The classic pen. I remember first seeing one of those at school and being flabberghasted by the technology.

@leeh2885 3 года назад

@@cdwc Yes, kids who had them at school in my day, surely became astronauts....

@JohnLvideos 11 месяцев назад

They say that the pen is mightier than the sword which is true if you are trying to write with one because it just seems to cut the paper up in shreds

@louissmallwood9961 3 года назад

The temple is located in the Bloomberg building on queen Victoria street, i'm pretty sure its free admission.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Thanks cool dude. I only found out afterwards. They moved it when they bought the building. Unfortunately the book said nothing about that even though started moving it about six years before the book was published. Ha.

@TheUnnamedGent 3 года назад

The shart?

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes it is called the Shart.

@Discodaggers1 3 года назад

'I hate you, Samuel Butler!' - WIlliam Blake

@cdwc 3 года назад

Ha ha. Putting that picture in really made me laugh for some reason.

@orangeedo 3 года назад

Maybe you should complain that the security guard was pointing cameras at you. He might want to mug you later.

@cdwc 3 года назад

I had to talk for about two minutes and show them the guidebook to prove I wasn't a criminal.

@squalloogal 3 года назад

You forgot to link the ghost walk.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Yes just realised thank you.

@Syncop8rNZ 3 года назад

Your GPS track is all over the place like a madwoman's piss. I have a fondness for my Staedtler Marsmatic technical drawing pens and pencils that I purchased whilst at polytech 21 years ago and haven't used for work ever.

@cdwc 3 года назад

Staedtler are excellent pencil makers.