Along the River Lea from Hackney to the Thames | River Lea Walk (4K)
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This walk starts on the Eastway at Hackney Wick and follows the Old River Lea through the London Olympic Park. We pass the Waterworks and City Mill Rivers near the London Stadium, home of West Ham United and find the last trace of the Pudding Mill River before it runs beneath the stadium.
We meet the River Lea Navigation / Hackney Cut at Old Ford Lock and continue along the towpath beneath the Bow Flyover. We visit Three Mills Island then continue as the Bow Creek joins the River Lea at Bow Locks. Passing through Cody Dock we walk along Stephenson Street and Bidder Road to the Bow Creek Ecology Park. The final section of this River Lea walk goes through City Island and along Orchard Place to Trinity Buoy Wharf where the Lea makes its confluence with the Thames at Leamouth.
Filmed on 10th January 2021
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Hello John, till about 2 months ago I was in Hospital with this blessed virus and had the sense to take my IPad
In with me. Every one in there just sat there starting across the ward, bored rigid, but I had your wonderful films
Thanks a million for all that. Kind regards. John. Harney
So sorry to hear about your illness John but glad my films could bring some entertainment. Good to hear you're on the mend now. Take care. Plenty more walks coming to TH-cam
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@@CS88754 What makes John so special is that he acknowledges his fellow humans need for sanity,. No law against that sweetheart! least not yet!
@@CS88754 hello mother, yeah everyone would be on the edgelands and walking obscure places if not for lockdown. Right.
@@CS88754 Nope sorry you're wrong! I am a SUPER FREEk. You may continue saving lives with your opinions now
, bye bye.
I live in Newham and have worked in Hackney and Tower Hamlets for past 12 years. I’ve walked and cycled these paths and never realised the names of the different locks or waterways or tiny rivers. Of course I’ve seen tremendous changes and never get bored of the this hidden part of north east London
Thanks John. Some memories for me…my first job was at Tidal Basin Dock on the other bank from Trinity Wharf, which was a steel dock unloading mainly rebar from S. Africa. My job was collecting all the railway sleepers the bars were stacked on and I remember building a little log cabin in the middle of the huge stack that all the blokes could hide in.
Great video as usual. Where you turned from Stephenson St into Bidder St you may not have realised the building in the background of your shot is actually a very good nightclub called Fold, based on the clubs in Berlin and operates very long opening hours. It doesn't give anything away from the outside! Like you say, at some point they will also likely get forced out by the march of development. Echoes of the pre-olympics Lea Valley of the St Etienne film.
Brilliant seeing ice when we have 40+ in South Australia. Most refreshing video.
You speak of City Island having no soul but is it possible for the soul of a place to be ripped out of it? East London is being ruined by developers and politicians. How many tiny, ugly, unaffordable flats does one place need? What a mess.
Just came across your channel, provokes many fond memories. I came to work at BOC (British Oxygen Company) on Eastway in January 1980. This is where we produced Acetylene and latterly dry ice and filled many industrial gas cylinders. My 4 years working there were my first ‘proper’ job. I met many wonderful people and characters. Sadly, haven’t been back for many years.
I worked in a firm on Stephenson Street for years and spent many a lunch break over bow creek ecology Park. What a peaceful little oasis it once was. I even managed to spot a kingfisher there once! I agree that city island is completely eerie! Also, that Bridgehouse 2 is run by 2 fellas that used to frequent the original. Quite a cool little place. Nice vid John. Thanks
Always loved this area ever since I moved to Hackney. Before the development of the Olympic park, the Carpenters Road hinterland was a mysterious wonderland full of history that was is forever lost now. Stephen Gill (photographer) did some great tours of the area back in 2005/6. Worth checking his books.
I walked through the Olympic Park yesterday (Thursday 14th) and the Lea had totally burst its banks, part covering the benches by the side paths and flooding into the nature reserve area, almost up to that half telephone box.
Used to go to the original Bridgehouse early seventies mostly on Sundays. It was adjacent to Canning Town BR station. Some top bands there including Tull and U2. Split level pub always heaving with people. Used to walk to and from West Ham underground to get there. Very dark and desolate at nightime. Great video . Thanks
I am fan of your tour videos. At about 3 years ago, near your video I was walking for these place. I walk from East India Basin to Olympic Park.
Lovely stuff, John.
By chance, I've just finished reading "Afloat" by Danie Couchman. In it, she recounts her time on a narrowboat, principly on the Lea Navigation... A fascinating read.
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Thanks for sharing John why change a great sign off any other wouldn't be the same
Thanks- I agree
Terrific walk as always. Please don't change the sign off - it is just right!
Reassuring to know that even you occasionally talk Bow Locks, like the rest of us :) Lovely video - cheers
I belonged to a fishing club when I was about 15 & there was a guy on coach trips who would occasionally chirp up with "why don't we go to Bow Locks" Funny at first hearing but lost its charm after the umpteemth repetition.
Another magical river walk John the ever changing landscapes with the fascinating narrative made this one extra special. Enjoying your book at the moment and no you can’t ever change your sign off it’s become legendary. 😊👍
Great stuff John, I always particularly like your River Lea and Marshes videos. I went for a quick walk round the filter beds and Hackney Marsh this afternoon, couldn't believe how high the river was running.
thanks Ian - today was good weather for the marshes - I got cut off by flood water last time I was down there and had to go in a big loop
Can't wait for the book 🎉
I got to know the Bow Back Rivers very well about 30 years ago, but I went there recently and chey have changed almost beyond recognition since the Olympics, but then they have been changing for a very long time, most recently under the River Lea Flood Relief Act in the early ‘30s. As well as the Pudding Mill River the Three Mills Back River and most of the Channelsea River have been filled in.
I'll have to take a look at the River Lea Flood Relief Act Stephen - thanks for that
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Some years ago, just after they moved to the new building, Stratford Library were able to show me several books with information on the rivers and the Flood Relief act. I asked if one of them was still in print and they said that not only it was, but that they had copies of it for sale. I can’t remember the title, and my books are in store at the moment.
A few years ago, and it’s probably still the same now, there was a slight hump in the road where there used to be a bridge over the Three Mills Back river.
A lot of changes were made under the 1930 act, including the building of two new locks, City Mill just off the high Street with its three pairs of gates, one facing in the opposite direction, and Carpenters Road with its radial gates. City Mill Lock is thought to have only been used a handful of times, but Carpenters Road Lock was in regular use to take coal to Hackney Waterworks until 1960 ish. Both locks became totally derelict but both have been restored to full working order in recent years. There is a picture of Carpenters Road Lock in its derelict state here:
canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/london-and-south-east/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-waterways/carpenters-road-lock/history-of-carpenters-road-lock
Note that there. were steps up to the original concrete structure and it was possible to use it as a bridge to cross the river, and to examine the operating mechanism. Note that this concrete structure was significantly bigger than the present steel one.
Amazing where my eldest daughter lives - she will love this walk - thank you from a Norfolk lady who misses London
so glad you enjoyed it Sally
@@JohnRogersWalks My daughter over the moon to watch and know about your walk and will follow it this coming weekend - fascinated to learn about Three Mills Island - best wishes Sally
excellent-very atmospheric Linda from Melbourne Australia
sept.2022
Thanks Linda
Love your very informative videos I learn a lot of interesting information from them, I don't live in London but have always been fascinated by it's history. And re the signoff I would keep it, Cheers
thanks Arfer
Another great one John👌 ...and don't you DARE change your sign-off! 🤣
ha, thanks Tony - it's definitely staying
Thank you so much again John for taking the time to do this. Stay safe.
many thanks 1966babysnakes
Fish Island has some hidden arts and music venues. One day I have even spotted some modelling audition going on there. If you miss industrial landscapes come to the North... literally in Liverpool (where I am) it is the default view.
I’d love to visit Liverpool again
These productions are engaging & relaxing, very good work
thanks Tim
Just stumbled across your channel, John. Really like the content you're making - I'm about to move back to London myself and this is very cathartic.
Hi John, your description is amazing!!
Thank you very much for your videos
Stick with it John !
love these walks many of them I have done on a cycle but its so nice to get some of the history ty John
cheers Jason
Great Stuff. Thank you
The brickwork at 28.45 is a bridge abutment. The bridge was removed about 2001 as part of the A13 upgrade. The other abutment was removed as it clashed with the new slip road. The bridge deck was removed by floating in a barge at low water. When the tide came in and lifted the deck the barge was turned. Not sure what the bridge was maybe something to do with the Thames ironworks. It it was narrow so only one way. Or it may have carried a large gas main.
Also in Stephenson Street is the Durham Arms which was reportedly owned by the Police so they could listen to the local criminals.
thanks for the info John
yes it did carry a gas main pipe it was painted green and was about a ft in diameter, I remember it, the pipe probably came from Bromley gas works nearby.
@@davesnelling3812 You are right it was a gas main but I think probably from Poplar gas works which was a lot closer. The pipes from Bromley go over Bow Creek next to Twelvetrees Crescent. They used barges on Bow Creek to take the toxic earth away from Poplar gas works - I was commissioned to photograph this being done back in 2011. mylondondiary.co.uk/2011/10/oct.htm#barging
Great video john nice walk around that area with the river lea and the Olympic park have you seen tony Robinsons new series on the thames on channel 5 he visits london gateway port where you got trapped lol atb
I haven't seen that yet Paul - will have to take a look
Always appreciate your wanderings in the more bizarre environs John. And this was definitely Stranger in a Strange Land :-)
Thanks Mouxbar - yes, it was highly uncanny
Perhaps a shopping trolley always enters the river full and laden with votive offerings to the river gods. These are quickly snaffled away and pulled down into the depths of the river for safe keeping leaving only the empty trolley behind for us mortals to view as litter and rubbish. Just a thought. Thanks for the videos.
There's plenty more River Lea in Hackney - the best bits in my view - North of where you started
Great video 👍John thanks for sharing it with us.I heard you mention your book I wandered how I might go about purchasing a copy of it? The only major bookstore over here in the states near me is barnes and noble
thanks Todd - my book This Other London should be available from Barnes and Noble if they still have it in stock. Otherwise the best place will probably be Ebay or Abebooks
Check out this guy jonh he owns the red light house boat in your vid
Harry dwyer and he is sailing the life boat from the red light boat around the UK
thanks for that Matt - I'll look him up
The Wandle come on John you can do it and wow interesting about Hackney Plastic and Petroleum
Hi Steve - the Wandle is definitely on the list for the longer days
This old Newham is disappearing.
New buildings are keeping on coming and there been no old buildings to remember by.
Gliksten Glue Works
Bonds Sweets
Cat and Dog Foods
I remember the stink !!
Great video John! Love the videos which feature the river lea. Also how many miles from its confluence with the Thames to its end is The River Lea because I've seen the video where you walked about 31 miles of it but is it longer than 31 miles?
"blue works"? My grandmother used to leave her white cotton sheets to soak in cold water with a "blue bag". Some sort of optical whitener? No idea. Would that be it?
Stuck as i am in West Australia i have taken to assuage my homesickness by trawling through the various wanders around London that are on offer but was immediately seduced by your perambulations as your commentary is so good. looking forward to watching the rest. Cheers.
Hi @fugueur John, I notice it's difficult to find a way to DM you ;) I wondered if you had more knowledge about other old industrial areas like Hackney Wick that have become occupied more by arts/craft? I'm aware of Fountayne road and the Busey building but I'm curious if you found more on your travels... ?
Hi - there’s a video on here where I walk through Hackney Wick. Sadly a lot of the artists have been forced out of the Wick by development but there are a few studios still left
@@JohnRogersWalks thank you for your reply. I was meaning if you were aware of any areas in addition to Hackney Wick, Fountayne Road and Peckham Busey building. I used to live in the Hackney Wick studios
Sorry - other areas seem to be Barking around the Roding, and also to some degree Walthamstow Blackhorse Road, and Leyton (Norlington Road) - but I’d say these are pockets rather than concentrations like the Wick. Let me know if you find anything- you can DM me via my social channels or blog - links in the description
@@JohnRogersWalks will do. I will check these out, thank you. I've just remembered, Cable Street Studios is an odd world too.
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Fabulous stuff as ever John, please don't change "Wherever that may be", that just signs off superbly
cheers Andrew - I will say it with added gusto from now on
"blue" is probably a reference to a product added into a white wash. you'll have heard "bluey whiteness" in washing powder adverts.
My wife grew up in Cumbria and there was a factory on the way which used to make "Reckitts Blue" and when it was still working the whole area around it was blue from the dust. The blue they made in Stratford would have been a rival to that company.
Sometimes known as Dolly blue bags that you used in your white washing to make it whiter 👍🏻
Lush & Cooke also had a large dye works at Hackney Wick. Their youngest-ever manageress in 1939 was my mum.
@@Fees-Shed Lancaster football club are known as the Dolly Blues
Reckitts in the 1970s built the tallest chimney in Hull to make synthetic ultramarine in Hull for use in various products including Reckitts Blue laundry whitener, spewing out sulphur dioxide at 463ft. The acid rain resulting from this mainly fell on Scandanavia, doubtless causing forest dieback, and it was only around 2000 that a desulphurisation plant was fitted. Reckits's had sold the plant in 1994 to Yule Catto and it later became part of Holliday Pigments, and then Hunstman, who are still the largest producer of synthetic ultramarine in the world but it now comes from their more modern French plant. The chimney is still standing.
Was a truck driver from late 80s till mid 2000 delivering London from the Midlands and I cannot believe the change in this time thank you John for another fascinating video keep em coming cheers to you Sir
You definitely don’t require a new sign off the one you’ve got is perfect
I always say it with you at the end
Keep up the great work
Me too love the sign off😀
thanks Jamie and Tomgirl
Exactly...."wherever that may be"....ahhh, it's like a snug comfort blanket!
Just came out of hospital after being in for 10 days with the covid - I Love your videos, they kept me sane and balanced, and I could escape from my situation for a short while x
Hi Julie - so sorry to hear you were in hospital all that time - great to hear that you're out now and pleased the videos could help. More to come over the winter into what I believe will be a glorious Spring
@@CS88754 hello mother
@RichardTheThird . I wonder why you have no subscribers 🤔
I couldn't help but think, as you strolled among those tall new apartment blocks and said how it felt soulless; it's because you are walking into the future.
Change always takes us to the future, and I believe it's that that gives us a strange slightly out of body feeling. Another great walk John. AA++
Hello John. This video brought back many, many memories as I grew up knowing many of the areas and streets that you name. It's a pity that over the decades with a little foresight, determination and of course money much of the land on either side of the river could have been developed into park land, gardens and wild life habitat which would have made a wonderful
amenities for local people to go during summer evenings.
Watching your regular jaunts on the river Lea I’ve been hoping you’d confirm what I’d heard about the hemp industry during Tudor times, i.e. that it was mandatory for farmers to grow a certain amount of hemp to supply the canvas (canvas = cannabis = hemp) to provide sails for the navy. Hertfordshire was the heart of the hemp producing area (e.g. Hemel Hempstead = Hemel’s Hemp farm). The river Lea was the main route from the Hertfordshire Hemp farms to the London based sailmakers… Sounds feasible to me!
That's really interesting Bernard and I have to say I haven't come across that bit of info in my reading on the Lea Valley but sounds perfectly plausible
What a treat, lots of info and stunning edgelands imagery to enjoy and digest, thanks so much John. I love the sign off, I always say it along with you, and reading the comments, it seems like I'm not the only one!
thanks Lois glad you enjoyed it - yes classic edgelands environments and a great artistic community around Trinity Bouy Wharf you'd enjoy
Lee has been in several of the Rivers of London books, including the very first one. She's rarely been a major character, but was there when Peter first meets the Rivers at Mama Thames's house in Wapping. She's the only one of the rivers who is white, and is much older than the others, but defers to Mama Thames because she is only a tributary to the main river.
Thanks for that Christopher - I shall recover the first book from my son and take a look
Hi John, another wonderful episode.
I only have one gripe, they're never long enough.
Every week I look forward to watching another walk, and then it's over.
Watching your channel is my time of stresslessness. Thank you for that.
PS. Don't change anything!
Man, your channel is absolutely phenomenal I am a northerner (not a Londoner) but I love every second. Intelligent commentary and somehow spiritual, so many thanks
Thanks very much Paul - greatly appreciated
As an ex Londoner, now a Loiner, I appreciate John’s work too and your lovely comment
Definitely keep the sign off
thanks Don - that seems to be the consensus
The original Bridge house was a music venue at Canning Town.
it was A music venue for rock/ punk rock,.. it also had its own record label ,
you could purchase a record fresh off the press of the same night.
regular appearances from CHRIS THOMPSON. JACKIE LYNTON. FLOCK OF SEAGULLS.
And The fantastic WASTED YOUTH !!!!
Plus Mods Mayday '79 album, Terry Murphy's book is a great resource
I saw Dr Feelgood, The Groundhogs, Nine Below Zero and The Selecta amongst others at the Bridgehouse in the 70s and 80s.
Hi John,love your walks,i wonder if you would consider doing a south London walk along the historical river Wandle? i think you would find it very interesting. thanks.
Splended video yet again, John. Do keep to your current sign off it suits your videos perfectly.
The LEGEND posted another video, yaaaaaay .
Another fab video! My dad and I love watching your videos every week John. He is a Radical Rambler and I got him a river Lea mug and eastern avenue bag for his birthday this year, and your book for Christmas. For someone who was born and raised in London but now lives up north and misses it terribly it has really been a life saver since the pandemic for him to be able to binge your videos and visit London with you as he hasn’t been able to go himself. So thank you! And don’t change your sign off - we both love it! :)
It was at 3 Mills near Bow Bridge where George Hodgsons had the Bow Brewery that brewed the India Pale Ale that quenched the thirst of the Empire in the late 18th and 19th centuries . Ideally placed near the old road that brought the grain from Essex and Suffolk , and the river down to the moorings and later dock of the East India Company .
No link between the Ironbridge Tavern and the Bridgehouse except they were both demolished in the early 80s to make way for new development. The Bridgehouse was more famous than you think being the venue where bands like Iron Maiden and Depeche Mode learned their trade with visits by such greats as Rory Gallagher to jam with bands .
You can't leave the Lea Estuary without a shout out to the vast complex of the Tate & Lyle factory , the company that brought forth sweetness to the World. Its wharves once heaved with raw cane from the West Indies .
If I never get to London, I at least have these wonderful walks. I just recently discovered them and they have been fascinating, interesting accompaniment for knee replacement rehab. Thank you so much, John for visiting and sharing all these history steeped places. And if I ever do get to London, it will be wonderful to recreate some of these walks. Also a fan of Rivers of London. Great series.
Every time a new build goes up something important that cant be measured or quantified is lost
Thanks for helping us remember. Looking forward to the next walk "where ever that may be " 👍
Hi John, I have enjoyed many of your films, keep it up. As a child I would go fishing in the River Lea where you started the walk. We knew that part
of the River as The Gush.
When I first walked the river many years ago, I was surprised to walk past the closed Lesney factory (now demolished) but an instant connection was made as memories of Matchbox cars came flooding back. BTW Much of the Euston Arch was known to be in the Lea since Dan Cruickshank found chunks of it in 1994, well before the Olympic developments.
Being a East Londerner myself ,love your video content.
I'm your new subscriber 👍
Sterling work as ever. To amend Nietzsche slightly, life without John Rogers would be a mistake.
✨ Perfect John! This is my patch of the Lea - it's been some time since I've been down as far as the confluence with the Thames. That will be the walk for this weekend. The stretch between Hackney Wick and Bow Locks is very special. I just hope it's not all taken by developers. We need little affordable workshops and spaces to retain the community and soul. ✨Rob
Three Mills was a bonded warehouse in the late 80s - I occasionally worked there in 1989.
Clarnico Creams. I'd forgotten how much I like them.
Another brilliant walk, John. My Dad was a welder at a now defunct firm called Gray and Connolly in the 1960s and early 70. We lived on Abbott Road, Poplar behind the second set of gas ometers on Leven Road. We used to walk over Canning Town Bridge to go to Rathbone Market and Caters the supermarket. The old Canning Town Station was on the north side of the main road and was fairly decrepit and served by the occasional clapped out diesel then electric trains that ran from Stratford to North Woolwich.
Watching this from the Philippines. Lived in UK for about 30 years. Love your love for walks which I would dread to do in the city here, weather, being the main reasons unless one wakes up regularly just after midnight! May this pandemic end soon and there might be a chance again of the crisp morning walk and a nice cup of tea and and hot cross buns after. 🤩Thank you for this, John🥰x
Brrr,....chilly, but another marvellous walk; thank you, John. You mentioned West Ham being originally the amateur football team of the Thames Iron Works & Ship Building Company. I'm sure you're already aware, but the reason West Ham have the sobriquet "the hammers" is not, as many people think, because it is a corruption of West Ham, but because the company logo of the Thames Iron Works was (is?) a pair of crossed rivet hammers. (Not that I'm a huge footie fan). Are you walking tomorrow?....best wrap up!
Indeed so Mark, if you didn’t know, where John ends his walk was site of the ironworks, at the mouth of the Lea across from Trinity Bouy Wharf, infamously the location of the HMS Albion disaster.
Never mind the Bow Locks. Fascinating video.
The City Island development was built on site of a large Pura Vegetable Oils factory. When passing there in early 2000s i never envisage what would replace it.
Blue or Bluing is a type of finishing of steel that partially prevents rust. It's often used on gun parts. It's rather nasty stuff, 'noxious' as you mention.
Excellent - some new stuff to watch whilst I recover from the dreaded lurgy. Milk and sugar for you John? 😉
By the way, i was literally born less than 50 feet from the river Lea (note my spelling) in Ordnance Road, Enfield Lock
hope you're feeling better soon Paul - take it easy.
@@JohnRogersWalks Thank you John, I needed that walk into east London. One of my passions is urban/industrial photography and these videos have added so many destinations that my cameras and I will be visiting at some point. If you're interested, check out my Instagram account - justanordinarydude99 - there may be some familiar images
A new sign off?? What would you replace that joy, elation, passion, caring, and feeling with? I don't think you can!
ha, thanks - it's definitely staying
"...most importantly, Clarnico's Peppermint Creams", absolutely !! lol.
also, I think 'Blue Works' might refer to the making of Dolly Blue sachets which were used to whiten cotton sheets etc.
That was a massive factory, they had their own cricket team!
@@harrysmith4780 They certainly did and my dad used to belong to it!
@@peckinpahlady Oh wow. Blimey. My mum worked at the dye works in 1939, commuted from Buckhurst Hill.
@@harrysmith4780 That must have been quite a long commute in those days.
Blueing used to whiten cotton.
Absolutely love the Lower Lee and Trinity Buoy wharf as i love Islands. All the fantastic sites and hidden gems.
I was hoping you might start near the IKEA in Edmonton and walk through the charming Tottenham Lock with its hippy vibe.
that's in a couple of other videos on here - there are some links in the description
@@JohnRogersWalks Thx.
I liked the passing mention of Clarnico. One of my ancestors was a manager of the company, and my great great grandmother was the girl whose face appeared on some of their cookie tins--some of the earliest use of photography and decoration on commercial prodiucts.
that's brilliant Peter - I was reading about them a bit in the summer - what a wonderful bit of family history
@@JohnRogersWalks, interestingly, the girl on the biscuit tins was not from the English (patrilineal) side of my family, but from the Scottish (matrilineal). Margaret Mathieson (1835-1899) was the niece of a manager at Clarnico. I often wondered if the photo was the real thing, because it was not uncommon for families to frame such images and even adopt them as "Aunt So-And-So." However, a photo of Margaret was found by members of the Stephen family (the family she maried into) taken shortly before her death, and there can be no doubt that it's the same person.
I believe the tins were made by the Metal Box Company.
@@mungmungie The Metal Box Company employed Lithographic Artists who retouched and edited pictures by hand. Very talented individuals who would have been capable of producing full colour images from photographs that showed a person's best characteristics.
I miss the old place of my birth thanks again for this great memories 😢 ❤️👍
I'm addicted to the content of this channel. I watch way more than I should. Sometimes many hours go past without a single other thought occupying my mind :)
I was born and lived in London for the first 30 years of my life. I still miss it and feel instantly at home on those rare occasions that I visit.
The big problem I had with living there was the amount of rubbish, waste, destruction of property, and general disregard for nature. Even now when watching these posts whether they are along the Thames, in a city park, or in some suburban woodland, I just feel the need to 'tidy up' everything I see. Probably best that I never move back :)
Great video. I did this walk myself in the summer, but got lost around Three Mills and ended up using public transport to get me back on track, so will now use your video as a guide. I love Trinity Wharf area.
Is that the old ford lock, that used to be home to The Big Breakfast. TV show ?
Another awesome walk John, I love London and the way you share and tell it.
That’s the one - thanks for the kind words
And Big Brother.
@@nzd3742 looks like original big brother was at three Mills and not Old Ford lock
@@rouse81 Yes! I actually knew that. What I hadn't appreciated for some reason was that Three Mills and Old Ford Lock were different sites. Thanks!
Who could forget Bow Locks as the postal address of the show?
Great Video so much change and remnants of old industries, many now forgotten..
For Example Undersea Cable Manufacture.
The place for cables is on the south bank of the Thames, including Enderby's Wharf at Greenwich. But mainly flats along there now.
Learnt so many intresting facts, about east london through your walks john, thankyou, Have you ever visited bridgwater john? the smell of plastic was something else there, whenever i worked there, i went home smelling like id be to a allnight tupperware party! Cheers John.
Really enjoying these walks John , just found your channel keep finding interesting facts ,wish you could walk in Derbyshire Roger C
thanks Roger. Definitely want to explore and walk more of the country when circumstances permit - will certainly add Derbyshire to the list, I've heard good things about it
I love your videos John, I walked the Lee all the way from its source in luton sand published 9 videos of this expedition. Only difference was mine were just full of personal ramblings and no decent historical facts , went on too long and only about 20 people watched them 😂😂 once you get onto the navigation it’s incredible how many weird and wonderful boats there are especially those North Sea oil rig life boats 😂
Hi, John! Dunno’ if this has been mentioned in this thread? The actual spelling of the river Lea or Lee wasn’t known before? So it was decided to name the actual river as River Lea and the navigation section of the river as River Lee Navigation.
Wow I'm back to my childhood again thank you for the amazing experience I used to fish under that bridge . Loving all your video's
Great walk John, as I started to watch the music playing reminded me of a Sergio Leone spaghetti western movie, all you need is a cowboy hat and a poncho and we have our very own Clint Eastwood 😊, look forward to the next walk
I know what to wear on my next walk Raj - thanks
Another great journey........... Thank you.............. The softness of the river and muted palette bordered by Gotham City after Gotham City in one form or another............
Are those flats really the best that architecture can offer in the 21st Century? Nothing looks beautiful, all horrible angles and ugly materials even the planting cannot soften them............. Give me my red brick 1950's flat anyday..............
Enjoy