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Walking the ancient Black Path or Porter's Way from Walthamstow to Shoreditch. The Black Path was a drover's route that led from Epping Forest to the markets in the City of London - primarily Smithfield Market. It dates back to at least the middle ages but some local historians believe its origins may stretch back further in time. The path starts at St James Street, Walthamstow then passes down South Access Road to Leyton Marshes after which is crosses the River Lea and passes across South Millfields Clapton, along Powerscroft Road to St John at Hackney and the medieval church tower of St Augustine. We then follow the Black Path along Hackney Grove, Martello Street to London Fields, Broadway Market, Goldsmith's Row, Columbia Road, Virginia Street ending at St Leonard's Church Shoreditch on the junction of Old Street and Ermine Street.
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@paulvarnsverry11 8 месяцев назад

This is one of those few RU-vid channels where you can hit “like” first, and then watch the video, because the content never disappoints.

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Paul

@MeTheRob 8 месяцев назад

Just what I was thinking /

@liberty_and_justice67 8 месяцев назад

So agree🎉

@patjackson8649 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely

@olivere5497 8 месяцев назад

Lol. I used 0:36 to eat at Taro in Soho like 20 years ago. However saying that it only means 2003, and someone in 2003 saying 'Soho 20 years ago' would mean 1983 and thats worth twice its weight in gold.

@flamehairdisaster1 8 месяцев назад

John, again you have educated me about a route I've used a thousand times, but did not have a clue about the ancient black path. I do always delight in cycling that way to work from Walthamstow, so it must have somehow resonated with me.

@dkl6362 7 месяцев назад

We have a black swamp by us. It's a run off from a lake. It's marsh land for migrating birds, and a park. I agree about why it's called the black path. Great video.

@quinboyle8436 8 месяцев назад

The white art deco building was the Strand Buildiing which was part of the electricity board way back.The building next door was known as "the Welfare" back in 60's.I remember being gassed there prior to having a few teeth pulled circa 1965

@dinagreaves6686 8 месяцев назад

Thnx for video I love watching thm 😊 thy are always interesting 👍🏽

@jimmyrussell4330 8 месяцев назад

Hi John loved the walk was brought up on Columbia road. Went to the school. My mosaics are still on the wall 2 dogs lol Hang around all the areas Broadway market Arnold circus ext. Great walk. Waiting on the next video. Well done

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

many thanks Jimmy

@nomdeplume69 Месяц назад

Who is David booth? Do u have a link? I am wondering if it’s someone I know

@peterpeterking1 8 месяцев назад

i have gotten so miserable. I must take a leaf out of your book John and enjoy what is here. Thank you.

@nomdeplume69 Месяц назад

Nice comment and I feel that same

@LezMarwick 8 месяцев назад

Just sat down with a few cans, and RU-vid recommended this to me. I used to love walking and exploring places, but I'm not as able to now, and spend most of my time at home, sat in front of my PC screen. RU-vid is a good way for me to re-live that fun of checking out places, and your excellent commentary just makes the experience even better! Cheers!!!!!

@waynesmith8556 8 месяцев назад

I am from Canada, and have never stepped foot in England, but this summer i am making the trip. And it is all thanks to your videos. Ive watched them all, and cant wait to explore this wonderful city.

@boogiewoogie9770 8 месяцев назад

Wtf is that supposed to mean? Silly little man!

@Alfie-ft3bx 8 месяцев назад

@@andrewemery4272 no, that’s Justin Trudeau

@neilrawlings4730 8 месяцев назад

I’ve just returned to the UK from visiting my sister in Canada…..what a beautiful country! I hope you enjoy your trip to my home country as much as I enjoyed my time in yours 😊 safe travels x

@boogiewoogie9770 8 месяцев назад

@@andrewemery4272 Ignore this pranny!

@fridaytax 8 месяцев назад

Just a warning, London walks never end. You set out to go one place, but there are so many interesting side paths, you may never make it! But always amazing fun

@iangoold4262 8 месяцев назад

Mum, Dad and I moved out of London in 1975, but I spent the first 15 years of my life in Markhouse Ave. Back then I had an Aunt living quite near Columbia Road who we visited often, though we would never have dreamt of walking there, it seemed so far away. I'm not even sure if the bottom of the South Access Road was passable by foot at the time - in my mind it was a muddy dead end, home to a few broken prams and abandoned vehicles. Mum, Dad and my Aunt are all gone now, but after watching this video, the next time I'm in London I'm going to set aside an afternoon to follow the Black Path from our old house to hers. A fabulous first walk of the year John. I look forward to joining you on many more over the coming months.

@joebenge3920 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for this, John. My Dad lives on Powerscroft Road, so it was pretty special seeing you walk that way. I remember him telling me once that people used to drive geese up the road, all the way from East Anglia, but I didn't know it was part of such a well defined path. Of course it makes sense when you see the route almost in one continuous straight line.

@richardbull4166 8 месяцев назад

Hello Joe. Say hello to your dad from me. We know each other through The Sharp End. Richard Bull

@joebenge3920 8 месяцев назад

@@richardbull4166 Nice one, Richard. I will let him know you said hi.

@jennythescouser 8 месяцев назад

Great video, as always ;). That white building is in Clapton is The Strand Building, I found this on the interweb. - The Strand Building is a well-known office residential building in the middle of Hackney in London. The building was built as the Hackney Electricity Demonstration Halls and Offices in 1925. It was designed by J.A. Bowden in an ‘Art Deco’ style, before being converted into flats in 1995.

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks- it has that look of the excitement of new technology

@IanPhillipsWildlife 8 месяцев назад

Yes, thats the old side entrance that you walk past on Urswick Road, the front is round the corner on Lower Clapton Road. At street level it's covered by newer shops these days but cross the road, look up and you can still see the old front of the building.

@williamrobinson7435 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the info Jennie! I recognised it as a Bowden Decco masterpiece, but didn't know the rest. ⭐👍

@mikesanders2226 8 месяцев назад

Cheers

@nedseagoon5101 8 месяцев назад

Great walk John. Thanks. The Royal Oak is the pub used in the TV series ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ with Nicholas Lyndhurst.

@brianjrichman 8 месяцев назад

At 25:35, and Hackney Town Hall. I have a photo of my parents as newly weds on those steps - they got married in the town hall in 1954.

@casteretpollux 8 месяцев назад

Goodness! Did she wear a suit? And little hat? Like my mother?

@brianjrichman 8 месяцев назад

@@casteretpolluxOf course.

@hanaanddad5529 8 месяцев назад

I don't miss Hackney and its environs John but its nice to see now and again. Such an interesting walk through my former life over 40 years ago. 20 years ago I came to live in Japan but I often think of the times I walked with my mother along the River Lea and through Springfield Park. Many thanks. RP

@travelthebest2676 8 месяцев назад

I have similar experience. I lived next to the princess of wales lee bridge road. Walks with my mother around those parts 20 years ago. I know live in Switzerland and both have their benefits and not so great points

@hanaanddad5529 8 месяцев назад

That`s nice to know. @@travelthebest2676

@pamostman516 8 месяцев назад

It was -4 F today in NE Indiana, US with windchills of -24 F so I get a bit of chill in the air. Love your videos and learning about London's deep history and all the sights still available. Hope to visit again in 2025.

@luapnosboh7421 8 месяцев назад

Shame is postman pat John loves our history our gov for years have sold it darn the river but there'll always be a England

@jackwatsonepic626 8 месяцев назад

I live in England the Northeast Teesside, and it is −4.

@AliBees 8 месяцев назад

Looking forward to this. I hope 2024 is treating you well so far John. Here’s to a great year of walking!

@nicobashford6513 8 месяцев назад

As a former Londoner who has been living in rural North East India for nearly twenty years, I find your beautifully researched and insightful videos a really good way of reconnecting with old stomping grounds. Keep up the good work!

@marcinp.2045 8 месяцев назад

I used to live in Millfields Rd for years, working as bicycle courier in central London so I cycled this path every morning and evening. I left London and UK in 2014 and never came back. your channel gives me great connection to my past. really appreciate it

@begbieyabass 6 месяцев назад

Where did you end up ?

@terryblack2219 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful walk John, brought back many fond memories, so many parts have changed but other parts almost are identical. Incredible we walk in our ancestors footprints so often. Thank you

@cgj3888 8 месяцев назад

Forty years ago when I worked in Hoe Street, what was said about the Black Path it was where traders LOST GOODS to the Black Market and the Black Horse was how the goods were distributed. so fine this vlog tells a fresh version Cheers John

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Love that - thanks

@martinlong3667 8 месяцев назад

The art deco building on Urswick Rd was originally built by the London Electricity Board. The main show room was around the corner on Mare St, opposite Hackney Baths

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Martin

@michaeldillon3113 8 месяцев назад

There seems to be an iconic ' Black Path ' on Teeside . Definitely there named Black because it was a cinder path . Lots of cultural events associated with it . Would be great if the two Black Paths were connected by a long forgotten ' Great Black Path ' .

@ianbartlett4083 8 месяцев назад

Hi. Indeed there is! I walked it on a blazing day in August ‘22, nearly 8 miles it leads from Middlesbrough Dock through the failing heart of the steelworks and to Redcar on the coast. It’s an absolutely surreal landscape, entirely man made!

@bananaman7638 8 месяцев назад

The Pumphouse has a wonderful little transport museum inside,that's open to the public on Sundays. One of the gems of Walthamstow that's often overlooked.

@philroberts7238 8 месяцев назад

I always enjoy your walks, John, especially those around London, and this one in particular. I have been in Melbourne for many a year now, but a part of me will forever be in Powerscroft Road.

@kerrypennings4294 8 месяцев назад

I love this on so many levels and I can't even say what those levels encompass! There's something so primordial, free association about these videos. They're waaay more than the some of their parts. Thank you!!!!

@forthedisenfranchised4366 8 месяцев назад

All of the livestock walking through marshes (which have very dark mud), would've created a black path just from picking up this mud and walking it along the route. You can imagine, the green fields, with a deep black path dug in to it by all of this livestock.

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

That’s a very good explanation- thanks

@forthedisenfranchised4366 8 месяцев назад

Thank you John, Another wonderful walk and video@@JohnRogersWalks

@radicalcartoons2766 8 месяцев назад

Or the massive amount of animal poo??

@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws 8 месяцев назад

I live right beside Millfields and Hackney Marshes, I often walk around Hackney Marshes to Leyton. Its lovely having it on your literal doorstep. Its one of the bonuses of living in Lower Clapton.

@CommunicationandConflict 7 месяцев назад

I live just across from Portersfield, near the ice rink, all that area I walk around about 3-4 times a week. So great to see it on here.

@petercasey6938 8 месяцев назад

The pub next to the Empire used to be the Samuel Pepys, there was also the Ship close by too joind to Mare St by a quaint tiled alley

@ttp436 7 месяцев назад

I remember them too, didn’t the Samuel Pepys pub have a painting of him hanging outside?

@petercasey6938 7 месяцев назад

@@ttp436 Yes, indeed

@jasonshore9442 8 месяцев назад

Respect for the decision to keep the F Cooke Pie n Mash shop sign that you passed on the section through Broadway Market, certainly got me a little misty-eyed remembering that I often went to that location with my Dad. Scarfing down a plate of steaming hot plate pie n' mash covered in green liquor sauce and a mug of strong tea on a cold day...nectar!

@hackedoff736 8 месяцев назад

Excellent video, I wish this was around when I lived in Walthamstow a long time ago. Went to Manzes many times, a neighbour and friend, the actor David Kennedy (Hollyoaks apparently and EastEnders) once asked what was in the pies... "meat" was the simple reply 😊

@EnnisDoug 8 месяцев назад

What a great way to start the New Year following the Route of the Black Path.The Walks go from strength to strength John and. Hope you had an enjoyable Pint after!!

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks and yes I had a lovely couple of pints of Jaipur

@glennparfitt8068 8 месяцев назад

thanks John - another great video - East London has not been an area that i’ve been familiar with over the years- so i really enjoy these videos - they have encouraged me to be much more adventurous when walking around

@andydonohoe8038 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful video! I live by St James St and work in London Fields, so I cycle pretty much your exact route every day. I love the Black Path! A couple of things to add - you walked right by Lamb Lane and parallel to Sheep Lane, and also I always wondered if Mare Street is an agricultural reference?

@RobWalker1 8 месяцев назад

I used to use a fair bit of the Black path as a medical student on the way to Homerton, without knowing that I I was doing so.. but I'm not surprised, the route felt very direct and natural

@aceeeed 8 месяцев назад

I cycle down a lot of these streets in Shoreditch. I had no idea about its heritage. Fascinating

@shiprapandey43172 8 месяцев назад

Respected Sir,when you start journey of city london then it seems good but when you do end the journey of yours it makes me unhappy because we know that you really give great information to us...black path's pub is great and I think it looks much beautiful in evening 😊 😊❤ great walk Sir, take care very very congratulations for your new book 😊

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Shipra

@thomashernandez8700 8 месяцев назад

Could you add a simple map for those of us who are American or non-Londoners? Cheers.

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

It’s in the video Thomas - there are multiple maps

@guessmik 8 месяцев назад

We have a Black Path up here on the south bank of the Tees, some call it the Sailors Trod. It runs from Middlesbrough to the mouth of the Tees through what would have been marsh land. In the late 1800s the Tees was constrianed and industry (iron and steel) sprang up, which is why I thought it was called the Back Path. Your idea sounds probable too

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant thanks for that info. Be interesting to find out more about other Black Paths

@stephenblake3158 8 месяцев назад

Lovely video great start to the year (and loved those pubs )keep them coming 😊

@davidshearer8793 8 месяцев назад

What a great start to the year. I’d never heard of the Black Path, but it all makes sense. Just reflecting on how lucky I was to be born and brought up in that part of London.

@ChrisWoutdoors 8 месяцев назад

I normally like your marshland walks more but this was really interesting, specially liked the pubs, good to see lots have survived... ATB Chris.

@Geffo555 8 месяцев назад

The Relief Channel used to have red water back in the early 70s. I've no idea why. As kids we thought it was poison and we'd die if we touched it.

@bron-sconcess.10 8 месяцев назад

I wanna move to Walthamstow listening to your walk! As a South Londoner it's unlikely. Lovely stuff. Happy 2024, to you!

@valeria7276 8 месяцев назад

Lovely walk, I live in Hackney and do part of this walk every week. The virgin queen pub used to be The Albion pub if I remember correctly, a lovely local pub. Didn’t know st Augustine’s tower was from the 13th century! Wow 😊 thank you for bringing us along

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

many thanks for watching Valeria and for that info. Hopefully more info on St Augustine's coming soon

@michsmi8297 8 месяцев назад

Highly interesting walk, look forward to the next, where ever that may be 👍

@richardbaker6255 8 месяцев назад

I used to live on Martello Street. I love learning about the “Old London”. Another great video.

@Nick-mq9on 8 месяцев назад

Thanx John, Born and raised in Hackney always pleases me to get a glimpse of my old stomping ground.

@kyran333 8 месяцев назад

Thanks John, this is basically my cycling route, the pub crawl is an outstanding idea 😂🎉

@TXMEDRGR 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for pointing out the historical sites and locations along the path, it makes the walk interesting and adds context to the path. Great job.

@denismichaeljames 8 месяцев назад

London has a huge number of some truly lovely pubs. So many on that particular walk. Spoilt for choice, which did you choose? Or was it just back to your Local?

@catieoates1726 8 месяцев назад

What a fabulous walk. Really loved the interesting buildings along the way, always appreciate you panning up with your camera. Happy new year, looking forward to the next walk.

@keithmockett3810 7 месяцев назад

great video! fascinating deiails and (speculations!) I love walking around London and environs ... I am scuppered at this time by long-covid but your ramble was so satisfying! Best regards Keith

@AMcF54 8 месяцев назад

Another excellent walk, John.. And full of great historical info. You're doing a grand job at keeping those ancient walkways alive. More power to your deeply topographical elbows and knees.

@richardwhite4832 8 месяцев назад

A fine note on which to start the year. An enjoyable and informative walk that brought back many happy memories.

@garethshaw2512 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for this John. I have lived in Sydney NSW for the last 20 years but grew up in Edmonton North London and wonderful to see places I knew and could piece together. Keep them coming! Regards Gareth Shaw

@davewright4380 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating as always John, think I will try this path myself when next in the smoke. Great video😊

@highpath4776 8 месяцев назад

The white Art Deco style Building in Urswick Road I think is the side entrance to what was the LEB ( and presumably Hackney council electricity department ) building around the main corner into Lower Clapton/ Hackney. Part now appears to be Springboard Housing Advice , etc. The rounded arch tops are similar to the electricty substations (though they are brick) in Lea Bridge Road

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks

@jmpjmp3885 8 месяцев назад

Maybe the Black Path was named for the trail of animal excrement from the drovers herds shepherded to market.

@marlonsampedro9235 8 месяцев назад

I unknowingly walked a bit of The Black Path a couple of weeks ago to take my visiting cousin from Hackney to Brick Lane. We mentioned it was a lovely walk and conveniently very straight. Very chuffed to now know it's an ancient walk with all your fantastic historical facts. Thank you very much!

@MarcoVisconti 8 месяцев назад

Black Path and Pylons, perfect combination!

@TracyPicabia 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely marvellous. Never heard of The Black Path despite so many familiar spaces (lived in South Tottenham in the 80s) . How on earth are you going to follow this one in 2024? I've gone full on nostalgic!!

@TracyPicabia 8 месяцев назад

Im going to watch the whole thing again immediately. Without tracking on map app this time

@TracyPicabia 8 месяцев назад

@15:30 More on Black Marsh Farm ! Silk dyers and osiers - m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bV8etUBqijQ.html&pp=ygUMQ2xhaXJlIHdlaXNz

@Nettsinthewoods 8 месяцев назад

Black poplars once prevalent in that area, they love boggy watery areas which this was

@MrWarrensimmons 8 месяцев назад

Jeez , I thought I was just going for a walk but you led me to the Gentle Author and the guided tours and the recommendations which included Labour and Wait shop and , much to my delight, the clothes made by Old Town - I think I say an earlier incarnation of this taylor but I had lost track of him. Beautiful serendipity. Thank you!

@taomahNEGEV 8 месяцев назад

Walking The Ancient Black Path is such a terrific start of he year.

@philanderson5138 8 месяцев назад

great, thanks... another entertaining video - adds colour to walking around london. always watch with google maps open on my other screen to follow/identify where you are to see if it combines with where i have been - so I know next time.

@markriley4665 8 месяцев назад

This is a great video of a fascinating walk John. I love the historical anecdotes that punctuate the journey. I know the Hackney end without realising I was traversing it. Always good to get new insights into familiar stomping grounds. Thank you John as ever.

@highpath4776 8 месяцев назад

some of the open spaces may have been terraced housing - check old maps - some were WW2 destroyed and the open park areas created.

@brit2b 8 месяцев назад

I needed something to watch while walking on my treadmill today and decided to watch your latest walk. It was so suited for treadmill viewing. I literally felt like I was on a virtual walk through London. Excellent! If I can't walk through the real London, I will use your videos to pretend! Need to build up my stamina so I can one day be a radical rambler like you. Thanks!

@redjacc7581 8 месяцев назад

All of this history around us and yet almost lost to the detritus of modern life.

@LittleRedHenFilmsLondon 8 месяцев назад

The Black Path is my favourite path. This was dreamy. Let's get that history sign back up by the bread factory!

@shikunbinui 8 месяцев назад

Thanks John for a brilliant walk. Here's to many more in 2024!

@brendahambleton8981 8 месяцев назад

We love your video walks around London. However, we had a good laugh when you said it was freezing. It is currently -41 Celsius in Edmonton Alberta Canada

@davewalker5706 8 месяцев назад

Planning photo walk around Walthamstow, the place of my birth later in the years, and will be drawing on your walks for ideas. I got your new book the other day which I’m looking forward to getting into. I was suprised that neither Waterstones or Foyles had it in stock, meaning I had to resort to Amazon which is always a last resort for me

@luapnosboh7421 8 месяцев назад

Get out there lose yasen and maybe it will come 👍

@robbojax2025 8 месяцев назад

Loved the walk. So interesting.

@christopherbutler7588 8 месяцев назад

Such an interesting walk John. Do you know how many pie shops that are left in london. 😊

@keithdart9254 8 месяцев назад

What a cracking way to start 2024, hope you enjoyed your pint at the end.👍

@JelMain 8 месяцев назад

You underestimate the obstacle the River Lea posed in the first millennium, when it was functionally the west bank of the Thames Estuary marshes reaching as far as Southend. This is why the Hertford Road up to Waltham Cross formed the first hardstanding for access northwards, where it met an older road from Ipswich, through Colchester, Chelmsford and Epping, before crossing north of Enfield Chase, as marked by the lost Elsynge and Camlet, to pick up the easternmost ridgway heading into St Albans and the main pre-Roman system.

@SaifKhan-sb8il 8 месяцев назад

We cycled this at the weekend. Loved it. Smell of bread, lots of markets!

@lawrencegt2229 8 месяцев назад

Hi John, great content as usual! Lots of talk about porters - have ever investigated "porters' rests"? I'm only aware of the one at the Hyde Park end of Piccadilly but I assume they must have been more prevalent when everything in the City was moved around on sack barrows?

@marty9011 8 месяцев назад

A fascinating walk. I love the shot of the row of bare trees against the grey, winter sky.

@malcolmrichardson3881 8 месяцев назад

Great video, full interest.You imagine it must have been quite a sight to see the herds crossing the Lea, back in the day, which I assume would have been wider - and probably shallower in parts. I wonder if there are other drover's routes into London worth exploring?

@katevines3646 7 месяцев назад

Amazingly I have often walked bits of the Black Path living in Hackney and the church you point when passing the impressive art deco building, the Strand building, it was built as the Hackney Electricity Demonstration Halls and Offices in 1925. It was designed by J.A. Bowden in an ‘Art Deco’ style, before being converted into flats in 1995. The church you looked at is actually the Church I look out on my balcony to, called St Luke’s but is now is part and of St John’s which is collectively called Hackney Church. My church as I like to call it, was built in 1792 and is quite lovely. A wonderful walk. Such a great video!

@elkerwin 7 месяцев назад

I came to the comments to find this! Thank you!

@aclark903 8 месяцев назад

Dang another pie 🥧 shop gone..

@jamesjohnmoss8130 8 месяцев назад

I just love that there are so many folks on push bikes , that gives away my age, but as always great video, maybe should be “great historical recording”,as stuff changing very quickly!

@histmanuk 8 месяцев назад

Thanks John for this fascinating walk. There seem to be several "Portways" across this country often associated with Roman Roads (e.g. in Derbyshire and through Hampshire/Wiltshire), I wonder if there is a Roman connection with this path?

@jenniferlevine5406 8 месяцев назад

A very lovely walk to start the year! Love to see all the urban areas! Thanks for the wonderful video!

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks Jennifer

@mick307 8 месяцев назад

When are you going to do t he walthamstow slip boundary mix up?

@RegBarlow 7 месяцев назад

There is another slip towards the Stratford end.

@trevorpaul1869 8 месяцев назад

Thank you Mr Rogers.

@sianwarwick633 3 дня назад

Just toward the end of this vlog - which seems particularly energetic, i'm not sure if its because of the number of people walking around, or the cold weather - you mention Angela Burdett Coutts. I think it was her brother Simon or Charles Burdett-Coutts who put in a successful bid for the Riverside Studios in the late 90s. I wonder what happened to that - was it developed, or sold again or what ? I remember at the time it was a pretty big deal because they were bidding against two actor or director consortiums. Anyway, who knows ?

@humble4533 8 месяцев назад

Thanks John for a great video as usual and I would like to wish you and your family a great 2024. Looking forward to more of your great and intersting videos which are greatly appreciated

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks Humble

@garysharpe4660 8 месяцев назад

Great walk. Thankyou .I lived in Saratoga road and went to Millfields school 56 years ago. Happy happy days .

@jonathanmadden5112 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful start to 2024 John, thanks for another great video. When we tackled it I could not help noticing that, certainly from Powerscroft Road, The Shard was directly ahead for much of the way, it provided a good pointer if we happen to stray off course.

@philj4574 8 месяцев назад

Superb as ever John. I hope the pint(s) were good afterwards

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Phil - the pints went down very well

@David-yg3lo 8 месяцев назад

Your video a few years ago on Leyton Marshes reminded me of my first cross country run as a child when I attended Church Mead School.

@chrisblay 8 месяцев назад

Sounds like a Pirate story. The Black Path 👍

@damedavidfrith55 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for another cracking trip around London,very informative 😊

@VentrisLatw 8 месяцев назад

Your questing for not only the most likely path but for a hint of the past experience ("I feel I should do a bit of marshland walking") and all your commentary is such fun. My thoughts of the upcoming year here in the US are brightened by your promise of many many more such walks.

@keteokete3359 8 месяцев назад

Happy 2024 Mr Rogers. Sunday night ready to start again on Monday but first a stroll with the man himself.. Great! Putting a smile on this Sligo man's mush.

@JohnRogersWalks 8 месяцев назад

That’s wonderful - glad to be part of your weekend