Thorness Bay Circular Walk | Isle of Wight Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

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  • Yet again I braved the world of Martin Simon, as I chose another walk from his infamously perilous book of walks 'Walk the Isle of Wight.' Here is a link to it if you want to buy it: amzn.to/45ejTJg
    This time I went to Thorness Bay, to do a circular walk.
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  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet ปีที่แล้ว +17

    COWard map = genius

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Cows are curious and mostly just want to play. If you run they run. If they run at you tell them to eff off and they will stop. But sticking to the fence is good so you can hop over it if you want. They will stop running before they crash into a fence. Gavin Trampoline might be the second best coolest name I have ever heard.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This the best cow advice I have had in the three years of this channel. Ha.

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cow quandary:
    Have you tried scaring them off by covering yourself in mustard and making a noise like a Yorkshire pudding?

  • @stephr7637
    @stephr7637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Knowing the ways of farming, it would be really hard to block out all fields that could be used for cows, most famers would have to say all their fields could be used for cows and then the footpath people would be on at them saying those weren't navigable fields. It would be a nightmare. I can't accept any liability for this, but I am a regular country person who has spent lots of time living and moving around cows/bulls/other animals, and so I would advise: If you happen to be on a footpath that takes you through a cattle field - just keep walking, DONT take time to look at them, DONT stop to film them, walk casually and ignore them. Don't run, hurry up, veer about, look at them etc, as it will make them interested in you. They are ultimately curious animals so anything you do that makes you stand out piques their interest. I will usually chat in a low, calm voice to them, without looking at them, letting them know that I'm passing through. It sounds stupid but cows are used to people chatting calmly to them so it can help them feel safe. If I ever need to move cattle away from say a gate, I'll just walk authoratitively towards the gate, talking confidently and slowly about what I'm doing, and if there are cows in the way I slap them hard on the side (the side you want them to move away from). Don't slap them on the behind as it might make them want to kick, but a swift slap anywhere from the foreleg to the hindleg will tell them what direction you want them to go in. Most cattle will be used to a confident slap/shout of a gutteral ugh etc. as an instruction. They are super curious and naturally want to follow you, as do horses and most other herd animals, but assuming you've done nothing to encourage their attention and they've followed you and you feel intimidated, just make a gutteral noise and use your arms to make you look big, you should confuse them long enough to get away.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the best cow advice thank you. I am going to practice my guttural noises so I am prepared for my next encounter.

  • @nicolahowson2293
    @nicolahowson2293 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Found martin simons book in the amazing book shop in Ryde, every walk attempted has been a disaster!! Medina river circular walk was an epic adventure as the paths were knee deep in mud to the point we couldn't possibly venture forward 😅

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am pleased to hear of another Martin Simon survivor!

  • @orangeedo
    @orangeedo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just realised I've been writing "pidgeon" instead of pigeon my whole life
    To be fair to those cows, if I was standing about in a field all day, I'd have a nose at what you were up to as well.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They may have been trying to kill me because I was in sunglasses Marek mode

  • @DisasterService
    @DisasterService ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Marek, cows can smell fear. You must maintain Alpha Frame!

  • @adsheff
    @adsheff ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Books:
    1. The Lord Of The Rings
    2. Lord Of The Flies
    3. Swallows And Amazons (when I as 12)

  • @faerypirate
    @faerypirate ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Martin Simon…. I think it’s true he may be out to kill us all…. My mother decided we would do one of his walks this week. First he sent us through a woods inhabited with adders. Then through a series of seemingly inescapable firing ranges…. The gun club members seemed friendly enough but in the Wight wilderness, you never can tell…. There were also treacherous steep steps and slopes. Views definitely worth it though.

  • @alanmaynard7842
    @alanmaynard7842 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looked more like an assort course, but very entertaining. Still you have learnt a new skill as a cow whisperer 2 weeks till we are the

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will try and get rid of the for you by then.

  • @ellisgribble5729
    @ellisgribble5729 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    With the cows I think you’re meant to point out the last one to stop moving when you turn around. Then that cow is out of the game. Eventually they will all be gone and you can walk in peace!

  • @p1nkelephants
    @p1nkelephants ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If a cow comes at you, maybe do what Paul McGann does in Withnail and I - scream and throw your groceries in the air.

  • @lisaperry345
    @lisaperry345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, I definitely think that people who drive fast cars are bellends-especially when they drive like that.
    My fave books are The door to December by Dean Koontz, Touching from a distance by Deborah Curtis and I love the My mad fat teenage diary books by Rae Earle.
    If I was confronted by that many cows I would have shat myself and cried. I mean, they even had young aswell. Eeeeek! I'm glad they behaved though and that you didn't get swept out to sea.
    Stay cool.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have never read a Dean Koontz book, I think I always thought he was a poor man's Stephen King, which is a bit ignorant of me having never read anything by him.

    • @lisaperry345
      @lisaperry345 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc Tee hee! Rob would probably say the same thing.

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Invite a friend on your walks and dress as a pantomime cow when crossing field's.

  • @Joiujzd
    @Joiujzd ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, a new video!
    Books:
    1. Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (not the composer)
    2. Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
    3. Jerusalem by S. Sebag Montefiore.
    As for stampeding there's the ancient tradition of bull leaping...they did that in the nude I believe...don't forget to film that for us...

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the cool suggestions dude. I have read Alone in Berlin which I thought was great. Will add the others to my list.

  • @joshddinsdale
    @joshddinsdale ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FYI, we call them, Middle-Aged Men in Lycra, aka MAMILS :D

  • @jacquiheywood3142
    @jacquiheywood3142 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, they are bellends. Hard to give you just 3 favourite books, but....'The Satsuma Complex' by Bob Mortimer is really good. I also love 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' by Fannie Flagg. 'Trespasses' by Louise Kennedy is a great book. Anything by Ann Cleeves.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the recommendations cool dude. I have 'The Satsuma Complex' somewhere.

  • @B3tanTyronne
    @B3tanTyronne ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loads of questions to answer, so here are my answers :-
    1 - Yes, loads of speeding cars driven by bellends.
    2 - Cows - after a quick google, it would appear the best things to do is make a little bit of noise so that they are aware of your presence, avoid eye contact with the cows and to walk at a steady pace to where you can exit the field.
    3 - Books - Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, The moon's a balloon and the colour of magic.
    Also, I had no idea that the Isle of Wight had a cycle inspired batman copy judging by that signpost seen at the start and end of the video.
    Also

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You ruined a nice post with that pigeon.

  • @RJ-444
    @RJ-444 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My strategy with the cow field would have been to get a taxi to the beach part... until I saw the beach. Thank you for doing the walk on my behalf, cool dude.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never do this walk cool dude. Only one in fifty survive.

  • @zelimpdna
    @zelimpdna ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Favourite books: Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes, and a cheat number 3 - any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gormenghast is great, his language is phenomenal, it reminds me a bit of H.P.Lovecraft. I have not heard of Bettany Hughes, I will check that out, thanks cool dude. Also I am sad to report I just can't get on with any of the Terry Pratchett books.

  • @varis0843
    @varis0843 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top 3 books.
    Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
    Nova Express by William Burroughs
    Choke by Chuck Paliniuk

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have read Choke and enjoyed it.

  • @davis123321123
    @davis123321123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jen
    Desperation by Stephen King
    Needful Things by Stephen King
    Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
    Mike
    Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams
    Red Dwarf by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
    Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks cool dude. I really enjoyed Where the Crawdads Sing.

  • @RayBlake
    @RayBlake 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Books I love: 1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 2. Any Human Heart by William Boyd, 3. Still Life by Sarah Winman.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I loved Any Human Heart. I haven't read the other two though.

  • @petersmithm9
    @petersmithm9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Car drivers, YES
    Books, Cider with Rosie. To kill a Mockingbird. The Iliad.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I tried reading the Iliad when I was 16. Maybe it is worth revisiting. I have Cider with Rosie on my shelf. I must read it.

  • @Martyn2021
    @Martyn2021 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    11 22, 63- by Stephen King / Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency by Douglas Adams / The Ipcress File by Len Deighton. Not all my time favourite ones but they are books I have read them in the middle of the pandemic. And have stuck with me.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really loved 11 22 63, it's brilliant.

    • @nataliebsketching
      @nataliebsketching ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking of the JFK one! I love that book, read it at least twice - hard to hold it together at the end when they dance

  • @JohnBone
    @JohnBone ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With everything that was wrong or went wrong, how was that not a 1-Marek walk? As for books, Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt is superb; if you fancy some sci-fi Stephen Donaldson's Gap Cycle are unsung heroes; and for balance a bit of non-fiction in the shape of Michael Collins' (Apollo 11) Carrying the Fire is absolutely fascinating. 📚 Ooh and there's some absolute gems tucked away in Grimm's Fairy Tales.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I must get a good copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

  • @Niac022
    @Niac022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait! No strawberry laces?!
    My three top books? Hard to figure out which ones would be top but I do have books I constantly recommend to people that always go over well!
    1. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé
    - just an absolutely fantastic read I still think on after decades
    2. 30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization) by Tim Lebbon
    - probably the best depiction of the franchise lots of stuff in it that wasn't in the movie. The polar bear? Just amazing though I won't say more
    3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
    - definitely not your standard Stephen King book, very small focus, very character driven this book makes me wish this was the Stephen King we had gotten all along and I say that as someone who has enjoyed most of his books but this book is next level writing for him and if his name wasn't on the cover I would never believe he wrote it.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Strawberry laces have gotten too expensive.

  • @RalphWoodcock
    @RalphWoodcock ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My three favourite books: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse and The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Have not heard of the last two cool dude. Will check those out.

  • @JeffOnWire
    @JeffOnWire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Three books: Cannery Row, Cloud Cuckoo Land, Popcorn (Ben Elton).

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have Cloud Cuckoo Land on my shelf to read.

  • @PowderedCowsMusic
    @PowderedCowsMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You asked about favourite books - I am currently reading Ancient Stones Of Dorset by Peter Knight. And also Wild Escapes by Sian Anna Lewis.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one thanks dude

  • @Mirily
    @Mirily ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To answer the first question: I was literally thinking how much of a bellend the fast car driver was when you asked! I have a theory that the louder the engine is, the smaller the appendage! 🍆🧐
    (I have no desire to prove this theory, mind!!)
    Also, my strategy with Cows is to tell them im a real friend, because I'm Vegan! (True story!) I once did this in front of my best friend, who's an Omnivore, and she was fairly horrified and hurriedly tried to convince them she was still a friend too!! 😂😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you tell a herd of cows they are your friends when they are stampeding towards you though?

  • @shaunhouse8469
    @shaunhouse8469 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes Marek people who drive fast cars are in general bell-ends, compensating for having tiny actual bell-ends. At least you know who you greatest enemy is, Master to your Doctor, Sith to your Jedi, your nemesis is indeed Mr Martin Simon

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am the only person to have survived more than five Martin Simon walks.

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Give yourself a pat on the back for the COWard map suggestion. 😂😂

  • @stripyart
    @stripyart ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great walk Cool Dude

  • @keithallso9157
    @keithallso9157 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They are bellends and he is my neighbour lol

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha. I wonder if he will ever read these post and find the almost unanimous conclusion that people who drive fast cars are bell ends.

  • @Gez-C
    @Gez-C ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice one cool dude! I’m currently reading a book about Jack The Ripper, a very interesting read

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you read 'From Hell', the Alan Moore graphic novel. That is very good.

  • @tuttifrutti293
    @tuttifrutti293 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never run from s, it triggers their predatory instincts and they will give chase and tear you apart!
    I'll never understand how you look so hot and sweaty on some of these walks, but don't stop for a lovely swim in those gorgeous beaches on the Island

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      That beach was a clay nightmare.

  • @judybee
    @judybee ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's odd but we never seem to encounter any fast driving bellends🚘🤪 when we come to IOW. Plenty in Kent though sadly. Martin Simon's recommended walks are always SO dramatic. The pub has been closed for a while. Was shut when we were there but never fear there are Shandy's a-plenty courtesy of local people's ''pub'' set up in the village hall on Saturday nights! Cows or Pigeons Marek? If you had to choose.....? And by the way it's a very good likeness of our little mate He's the original Coooooo-l Dude of course! x J x

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the pub is reopening now, as someone commented it has just got new owners. There are very few fast cars on the island, it seems a pointless thing to have with the small roads.

    • @judybee
      @judybee ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc Must've tempted fate. Seen nothing but speeding Audis, Bmw's & Mercs in Kent since mentioning it! Plonkers😵‍💫......I forgot the books first time. So, anything by John Cooper Clarke (try ''I married a Monster from Outer Space''), Five on a Treasure Island (the start of many adventures when I was little where I always wanted to make it the Famous 6 to include me, rather than the Famous 5!), Poldark series by Winston Graham & because 3 favourites are never enough ... anything by Daphne Du Maurier!! x J x

  • @mtbtomfoolery
    @mtbtomfoolery ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yesterday I encountered a hundred or so cows on Culver Down. Just ordered some new underpants so all good now.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uh oh. They are normally OK up there as they are used to people.

  • @rentaghost
    @rentaghost ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They say cats are curious, but I think cows are more nosey

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I agree with you cool dude.

  • @birkins1
    @birkins1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My current favourite books are
    1 - the hobbit
    2 - a walk in the woods
    3 - ready player one

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool books

  • @DebsSkelton
    @DebsSkelton ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To answer your questions, yes they are bellends, yes he is trying to kill you, for cows running toward you raise your voice - but do not shout - and raise you arms to make yourself look bigger - but do not wave them about. I think Martin Simon is secretly a person who hates all walkers so his routes are designed to cull the unwary. 😳 I really wanted to win the A bury prizes, it’s my happy place, ah well, one day I might be randomly generated!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think that Stripy Art has the Avebury print for sale on her website if you are interested. www.stripyart.co.uk

    • @DebsSkelton
      @DebsSkelton ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc I definitely am, I will go take a look - thank you :)

  • @janecarter6994
    @janecarter6994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those cows just wanted to play 'whats the time mr wolf?'. Guess they will never know now.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I would never close my eyes when a herd of cows was running behind me. Ha.

  • @Skunkola
    @Skunkola ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes mate total bell ends and they know it. Seeing those cows gave me the heebies, it brought back the terror of being chased by cows many years ago. It prompted an emergency wild poo so would be interested to learn how to outfox a bovinr armada.
    I don't read as much as I should but anything by Jasper Fforde is a good time.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Only people like you and me, who have been chased by cows only fully understand the terror of it. That is why I get incredibly frustrated when people give me rubbish advice about cows which never answers the question of what should I do when I am being chased by cows and stuck in the middle of field. I feel like I am going mad sometimes asking the same question. I still don't know what to do. Ha.

  • @teresaburnside3996
    @teresaburnside3996 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes they are bellends

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha. I agree.

  • @mudsyudle4775
    @mudsyudle4775 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes fast noisy cars realy annoy the 💩 out of me and as for cows just stop and raise your hiking pole to them they will run away

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      A good tip thanks cool dude.

  • @plottracer
    @plottracer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Favourite books (this is difficult -going to go with cholfhood, adolescenceand recently).
    1 Watership Down, which I have read many times since first reading it in the seventies.Most recently, the excellent graphic novel adapted and illustrated by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin) 2 Absolute Beginners, by Colin McInnes (fav book as a teenager-before the movie made it uncool) 3 hmm I'll go for for Milkman, by Anna Burns as I lived through those sh**ty trouble things in N. Ire, and it describes the stupidity of the "not acknowledging/hating "the other" very well.
    And people who drive daft sports cars AND rev them for effect are surely knobs. Double knobs.

  • @TonyPrower
    @TonyPrower ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top 3 books; The Official Adam Ant Yearbook 1983, the Icelandic Naked Yoga Project, David Hume, The Principles of Human Understanding.

    • @TonyPrower
      @TonyPrower ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Marek, I can honestly say that this is the only channel that makes me laugh-out-loud (lol). As soon as I get bak to work, I will be supporting you.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I asked for Adam Ant album when I was four years old for my birthday. That was the coolest I have ever been.

  • @kraven512
    @kraven512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If the cows charge, just run, it will give you something to do.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not if I'm dead.

  • @Vurtonable
    @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've just invented something very cool while watching this video. But if I tell you I fear you will steal my idea... all I will say is Whipper Snipper/Pole Saw/Walking Stick. Alsoahhhhh sweet revengeeee.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      The Cool Dudes Saw Whip Pole Stick© has now gone into production I am afraid.

    • @Vurtonable
      @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc I knew you were a bush ranger deep down

  • @munkeypants1
    @munkeypants1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my, this was a pretty harrowing and (as always) hilarious video, Cool Dude. My hopes were raised as soon as you mentioned Martin Simon’s name and I wasn’t disappointed. Your videos are family viewing here an my youngest (aged 20) commented “that’s floss” in relation to the so-called fence at 1.24. I think Mr Simon should answer to his actions regarding the perils you faced - overgrown paths, cows, mud, closed pubs, unexploded weapons (!) and fast encroaching tidal waters. Would he be willing (and brave enough?) to join you on a cliff-top walk?

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with you regarding Martin Simon. Maybe his motivation was to kill all walkers off before they could ask for their money back.

  • @adrianallen3013
    @adrianallen3013 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 The reality dysfunction.
    2 The neutronium alchemist.
    3 The naked god
    All by Peter Hamilton.

  • @g3rhardt777
    @g3rhardt777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes people that ride fast cars are bellends. Thanks and SC x

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @bassmanbowman3266
    @bassmanbowman3266 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My 3 favourite books are
    1) The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
    2) the collected ghost stories of M R James
    3) Thin Air by Michelle Paver

  • @sfsunday74
    @sfsunday74 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yes, mostly.

  • @thebois4208
    @thebois4208 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    really love ya painting at the end one of my favourites

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope it sells for one million pounds.

  • @natalier8594
    @natalier8594 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to live next door to a dairy farm. You do great with the way you walk calmly and talk to them. If they start to act aggressively turn towards them but don’t make eye contact. If they start to really run at you and you can’t nip over a hedge or wall then face them and wave your arms (without flailing, although I’m sure you’re not a flailer) using a calm loud deep voice say something like ‘move on’. Don’t run, you won’t outrun them from the middle of a field. If you’ve ever seen the way a farmer does it on tv? Countryfile perhaps? Not emmerdale.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      This is excellent advice. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

  • @tr1ckster
    @tr1ckster ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes

  • @oz_medias
    @oz_medias ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm coming home for my annual visit to the island from Canada next month (was born in Ventnor and lived there when I was younger but, of course, dad had to go and take a job in Western Canada). I like the quieter time around late Sept/Oct without the tourists (now in my 50's, I'm still a corkhead by heart and citizenship). Thinking about doing some of your easier walks. Would love to take a walk and buy you a pint along the way if you're around.

  • @alysonwarminger-tv6xz
    @alysonwarminger-tv6xz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🐄🐄🐄😳😱 no way would I cross a field with cows in them lol . Ok 3 books you should read 1 Watchers, 2 Lightning (both by Dean Koontz) & Dead Simple by Peter James.

  • @jmcgonnell
    @jmcgonnell 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    top three books for you.
    1. a scanner darkly - philip k. dick
    2. arabian sands - wilfred thesiger
    3. use of weapons - ian m. banks

  • @feetunes
    @feetunes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made me laugh more than any previous vid. What is it about watching someone else facing imminent death, or a field of cows, that is so amusing? Fast Drivers...not so amusing...usually bell ends for sure. Unless they do a face off with a field of cows helping you to slip by un-noticed.
    If you haven't already, read "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (not that one). Best Novel Ever...or your money back. Most interesting factual book - "On The Origin Of Tepees" by Johny Hughes - VERY good. And for a light holiday read, it's got to be either be The Koran or The Book of Deuteronomy. Everyone a winner

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I have read Cloud Atlas. I enjoyed it. Also enjoyed Black Swan Green by him.

  • @andrewpedler8649
    @andrewpedler8649 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Confederacy of dunces / the adventures of Kavalier and Clay / plot against america

  • @brianbritton3175
    @brianbritton3175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top 3 books, no order, neverwhere, zen and now, the bone houses.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I read 'Neverwhere' a long time ago.

  • @stephr7637
    @stephr7637 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Are people who drive fast cars bellends?"
    I cannot give you a firm answer on this, and I'm surprised that as a sensible human on social media you would ask this. However, I have attempted to if not answer the question, at least break it down into smaller questions that you can more easily answer and potentially come up with an overall answer for yourself.
    1. Is the person who drives fast driving faster than the speed limit?
    2. Are they driving in a manner that is unsafe/reckless considering the local infrastructure?
    3. Are they driving within legal limits, but faster than I feel is reasonable?
    4. Have I witnessed the person drive in a way that is directly dangerous to another person, regardless of whether it was contrary to the law?
    5. Do I feel like this person (and/or their car) do not deserve to drive in my local area?
    6. Is there anything about the person, their vehicle, or the way they drive, that makes me feel negatively towards them, which is not relevant to the law but which I would apply to anyone else, even my friends?
    I should declare that I am perhaps biased in my view as when my father died I was lucky enough to be able to buy a car that is capable of reasonable fastness. Other than that I feel confident in my objectiveness and believe the questions above should help you satisfy yourself regarding your question. Unless it was not a real question and you just wanted to stimulate conversation in which case it's done and I can't help you.

  • @keithallso9157
    @keithallso9157 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite walk. 10 min from my house

  • @Solaar_Punk
    @Solaar_Punk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😂😂😂

  • @catnipforclones
    @catnipforclones ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would naturally accept my crowning as King of the Cows and let them carry me into bovine glory.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is hard to rule once you've been trampled to death cool dude.

    • @catnipforclones
      @catnipforclones ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc I grew up on a farm with cattle and in that whole time was only trampled to death twice. Take the crown!

  • @emuv5513
    @emuv5513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice one!
    Books - the tommyknockers stephen King
    The secret garden frances Hodgson Burnett, and battle royale houshun takami

  • @willowmacgregor8526
    @willowmacgregor8526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fast drivers are definitely bell ends. Cows running towards you, well dunno what you should do but when it happened to me I ran! Great video tho

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think I could out run a cow cool dude.

    • @willowmacgregor8526
      @willowmacgregor8526 ปีที่แล้ว

      @cdwc if its got horns you will 🤣🤣 adrenaline will kick in 🤭

  • @ColinPaterson295
    @ColinPaterson295 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gripping cow based content

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This will be the TH-cam blockbuster of the summer.

  • @kek23k
    @kek23k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could feel the tension! No idea if this is right but it's what I've always done and helped me when I was a kid with a small dog that cows loved to chase. Keep walking at a good pace, don't run and just shout really loudly 'F OFF!'

  • @simonk337
    @simonk337 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice walk, especially that bit through Cowes......😀

  • @teresaburnside3996
    @teresaburnside3996 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Marek...the cow whisperer

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      This could be my secret talent I never knew!

  • @DebsSkelton
    @DebsSkelton ปีที่แล้ว

    Or anything by Douglas Adams, I forgot him!

  • @alisoncrocker9919
    @alisoncrocker9919 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, they are.

  • @hypnogoria
    @hypnogoria ปีที่แล้ว

    Is Simon Martin still writing books or has he been arrested yet? : )

  • @zacharypotvin6579
    @zacharypotvin6579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Redwall- Brian Jaques
    Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
    Anything Bukowski but his novel Post Office, and Ham on Rye is pretty good.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have read all of these cool dude, very good, although I did not finish Blood Meridian as it was too bleak. Ha.

  • @russellc8282
    @russellc8282 ปีที่แล้ว

    God, you were so brave with those Killer !
    Books;
    1. I Am Legend (Richard Matheson).
    2. IT (SK).

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have read 'I am Legend' and loved it, much better than the film. My favourite Stephen King books are 11/22/63, Hearts of Atlantis and Different Seasons.

  • @liamnicoll
    @liamnicoll ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My 3 books would be; The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom, it’s absolutely beautiful. Watchers by Dean Koontz, it’s just a great book. The Wasp factory by Iain M Banks another great and short one.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I read the 'Wasp Factory' a long time ago and very much enjoyed it.

  • @krabbers
    @krabbers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just signed up

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one. Thanks so much cool dude

  • @flechesbleues
    @flechesbleues ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Goodness, such peril! Perhaps the cows were just trying to play 'what's the time Mr Wolf'?
    That path near the cows (before the open bit) looked very narrow and overgrown - nature trying to get you from all angles on that walk... in the next edition of the Spotter's Handbook could there be some points for having to slalom/limbo through nettles and brambles, perhaps?
    And yes, speaking as someone who lives near a busy junction (with very thin windows), fast/loud car drivers are indeed bellends.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I once lived in a flat with traffic lights outside. The constant horn beeping was horrific.

  • @MakeLAUGHnotWAR
    @MakeLAUGHnotWAR ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:27 In no particular order, 3 of my favourite books are 1. Hannah Goslar remembers, 2. I enjoyed the Brian Bilston poem You Took The Last Bus Home & subsequently ordered his book of the same name, 3. I really liked Colin Mochrie's book Not Quite The Classics. Also quite proud of the £2 hefty hardback of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe I purchased from a shop in Billingshurst recently, only 782 pages(!)

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That Edgar Allan Poe book is an incredible bargain cool dude.

  • @mundungous
    @mundungous ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been herded by cows and found it terrifying. Well done for keeping your cool!
    Books what I like:
    Weaveworld by Clive Barker
    Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke
    From Below by Darcy Coates but I found it a bit scary to read at night

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the recommendations cool dude. I bought an Arthur C Clarke book from the charity shop the other day so I must try one of his at some point.

  • @EccentricAuntWanda1
    @EccentricAuntWanda1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @tinasavage674
    @tinasavage674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your a brave man I would be to scared to go past them cows 😊

  • @harveycolven6540
    @harveycolven6540 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @davidlaing5321
    @davidlaing5321 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved it! Think you should do Cows week like TV does Shark Week: dangerous animal encounters. Might get lots of yachty types turning up by mistake though. Great work as ever Cool Dude No.1 👍

  • @chumon1992
    @chumon1992 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Middle aged men in spandex are one of my favorite things.
    Definitely stick next to a fence whenever possible. As someone else said they will stop before getting too near it typically.
    Some of my favorite books are a series of unfortunate events, the chronicles of the chrestomanci, and the magic tree house books.(yes that last set is for young kids, but imo the stories hold up and are still quite interesting despite the books themselves being short and simple)

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Isle of Wight in the summer would be your dream location for Spandex men.

  • @mcgraw359
    @mcgraw359 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some of my favourite books are: Half Past Human - TJ Bass, Wool - Hugh Howey (Silo Trilogy book 1), Dark Eden - Chris Beckett (also book 1 of a trilogy, but a good standalone book)

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent thanks cool dude.

  • @Mulvers
    @Mulvers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done for surviving another of Simon "Murderous Intent" Martin's walks! 3 Books: War of the Worlds by HG Wells, The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat, and Candide by Voltaire (still the funniest thing I;ve ever read 100s of years after writing). Thanks for another great video Marek!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read War of the Worlds last year and thought it was great. I must try Candide.

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People who drive fast cars - Not necessarily.
    People who drive cars fast - Yes.
    Ever the pedant, me 😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      These are good points cool dude.

  • @jenniferburk7965
    @jenniferburk7965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are like the pied piper of cows. I used to have a brother in law who could walk up to the fence and the herd would run for the far end of the pasture. Definitely a better sign when the cows like you.
    Books: Thud!, Shards of Honor, The Long Winter.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I need to bring your brother along on my walks. Thanks for the recommendations.

  • @bittybottybutty9661
    @bittybottybutty9661 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very entertaining, u did look as though you enjoyed the cows really, looked like the old films, a scene with Peter sellers perhaps.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I definitely did not enjoy the cows.

  • @vaughnmedway673
    @vaughnmedway673 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, yes they are!

  • @robertcoulter7592
    @robertcoulter7592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top books... "Shantaram", "A voyage for madmen", "The it girl"... Another brilliant video and hell hath no fury like the fear of being in a field of cows or bulls 😬😂🥳🕺 cheers mate!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have not read Shantaram, I have heard lots of people talk about it.

    • @JessieCori
      @JessieCori ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@cdwcI've read Shantaram and would recommend it too. Similarly, the book "Papillon" by Henri Charriere. Even wilder than the film (McQueen/Hofman) and it doesn't end where the film does! It goes on. Quite a tale of endurance and survival.

  • @Splinkvision
    @Splinkvision 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yes to bell ends

  • @dl7905
    @dl7905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Favourite books: The Warlord Trilogy by Bernard Cornwell (The Winter King, Enemy of God and Excalibur). It's a historical fiction series of books based on Arthurian legend, but more grounded and less of the 'shiny armour' stuff. They really are bloody amazing books.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have 'The Winter King' on my shelf. My brother got it for me last year! I must read it.

    • @dl7905
      @dl7905 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc They're very good. They've just made a TV adaptation of it, which looks absolutely bloody awful.

  • @7arboreal
    @7arboreal ปีที่แล้ว

    Bell Ends - 100%

  • @-aquariuscyclingadventures2325
    @-aquariuscyclingadventures2325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Middle aged men cyclists in Spandex you say?...all the more reason for me to visit the Isle😁🚴A great walk & a fantastic random TH-cam link too😅 Your Yarmouth to the New Forest & Wild Camping videos were superb (stunning beach views). My 3 favourite books: 1.Suit to Saddle (Larry Walsh) 2.One man & his bike (Mike Carter) 3.Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)

    🐕‍🦺

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have only read 'The Scapegoat' by Daphne Du Maurier. I will put 'Frenchman's Creek' on my list.

    • @-aquariuscyclingadventures2325
      @-aquariuscyclingadventures2325 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc I haven't read 'The Scapegoat' by Daphne Du Maurier. I will put this one on my reading list too, thank you.📚