@@grahamsmith9541 once in grosvenor hotel in sheff playin piano after a few pints out wi lads (I can't play piano) more like les dawson then I hear what the fk you doin followed by a belly laugh , turns round n it's owd Jim we had some banter but I can't repeat it on here lovely fella 😀
Late 70's Sunday night was always chart night on Radio 1. But being a bit of a nerd, after I'd heard "No.1" I'd tune about on the radio to see what else was on. That's when I discovered, on an unknown station, a science fiction comedy! I'd go into school on Monday talking about Arthur Dent, Marvin the paranoid Android et al. No one knew what the hell I was going on about! Well, not until the TV series started! By then I had the LP of the Radio 4 series & the paperback book. See? I wasn't going mad after all! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was much, much better as a radio play! That's one of my favourite UK Sunday rituals from just before the 80's!
Thanks for yet another excellent video John. Just on your recollection of the disappearing individual on Hounslow Heath...prior to relocating to Melbourne my wife and I lived on the edge of the Heath and she had a job at a pub the other side of the Heath (the Warren). When she finished her shift I would meet her...there were 2 routes home..the long way along Staines Road or directly across the Heath. With the light pollution it would never get completely dark but there would frequently be a mist to around knee height. The atmosphere walking along the misty paths at night was unlike anything I ever encountered in London, and not in a pleasant way. Needless to say we didn't always take the shortest route. Keep up the good work
Made my day answering my question. I done the knowledge 22 years ago and turned it into a history lesson learning about all the buildings along the routes I had to learn. And watching your videos I’m still learning so much from you. Take care. Hope to meet you one day 🍺
Hi. You mentioned your favourite walk from Deptford Creek to Borough Market. Do you follow the Thames, or ‘take the short cut’ via Evelyn St. Any info much appreciated. Cheers.
@@grahamdrysdale8933 Hi. I try and follow the Thames path as much as possible,Up to Rotherhithe street then Bermondsey wall. Then butlers wharf up the borough market. Just really love the docks as my grandfather worked there when he was young. Nice to see places he talked about. 👍
As a person from Michigan, in the U.S. It give me views I could never see. As a person with a walker, it's great for me to get out, and your videos inspire me!
Thank you John for answering all of those questions superbly. Your passion and sincerity shines through in each and every video you make, and I for one eagerly await the next one. Once more, thank you so much.
I suffer bad with anxiety n panic attacks, my psychiatrist ask me how i calm this down, I told him .... Look on youtube for John Rogers he has the most calming voice i will go in my bedroom lie on my bed and put John on, he has the most calming of voices and his so knowledgeable and before i know it i feel like im walking along with him (i have mobility issues so this is a nice daydream) so yes u do make a great difference in peoples lives and i thank you for that, also my psychiatrist now watches u lol ty for what u do
Thank you so much for this and for all your videos John. One of my great joys through my life has been urban walks. Unfortunately a disability means that it's no longer possible and I deeply miss London wanders in particular (walking from work in Bloomsbury to my then home in Wapping via Smithfield and the Barbican and the city a particular favourite) so your videos bring me such joy. So thank you!
"The Red Lion" in Leytonstone was were Flux of pink indians (crass label band) played a gig , the PA didnt turn up , so the band played with just their amps and reduced the entry to 50pence .. 1980
Fascinating stuff, I'd vote for a book launch event at The Waterside in Ware as its only a couple of miles away from me. We walked from Woolwich to Crayford yesterday along the Thames/Darenth/Cray, echo your comments about that area.
John, yes we understand you like to make as you doing and making videos. In our side we just don't watch the videos john made but we get the knowledge of the context of the videos with a beautiful narration. I wish you all the best. Keep going John.
Hi John! Lisa from Montreal, here. Thanks for the super video - great questions from your followers and I appreciate the well considered and thoughtful answers. A little history about different areas, a little bit about you and your fave "this n' thats" - compelling stuff. I'd like to add a 'mash up' comment, taking in your mention of The Mitre pub off Ely and those American folks inquiring about pub etiquette. I travel solo to London once a year, and one time, I found myself in a very crowded Mitre and nabbed the last table, a 2 seater. 2 older gents asked if they might join: they had been 'released into the wild' by their wives who were out shopping. They seemed pretty solid fellas and what resulted was a great chat - born Londoners, they had met in the 70s whilst working in the same publishing house and had been pals ever since. They gave me some great tips about the area and were altogether grand. I've had similar experiences since, so to anyone wondering about pub etiquette, if someone asks if they might share your table, and you have an empty chair/stool, consider sharing the space. You'll be glad you did. Walk on, John!
Great questions and answers! Got me thinking about my Top 5 pubs in London for an alternative if anyone wants more London pub tips: - Prospect of Whitby (Pub on the Thames in Wapping that was a regular for pirates and smugglers just a few hundred years ago) you can access the "beach" under the pub where there's still a hanging noose where pirates were hung. There's also Captain Kidd down the road which shares a similar history or The Mayflower on the opposite side of the River. - Hawley Arms (Pub in the heart of Camden with a rooftop terrace where many rockstars and musicians have been through) - Ship and Shovell Pub in Charing Cross 2 small pubs either side of an alleyway just before the arches of the station - Gordon's Wine Bar just down the Embankment maybe not fitting the pub criteria but for a quaint place full of history and good wine it is worth at least 1 visit - City Barge or The Bull's Head both on Strand on the Green great riverside pubs where you forget you are still in London
I can not thank you enough, John, for the vicarious joy I receive watching your videos. I am a walker. I am separated from London at the moment, but I reconnect through you
What you say about things going in cycles is so true. I live in Central California and am looking at a headline in the local newspaper, “Floods Refilling Tulare Lake.” This had been huge freshwater lake in the southern Central Valley. It was essentially dried up in the late 1800s when the water was diverted for farming. With all the rain we have had this season, there is nowhere for the water to go. Towns and farms in that area are inundated. It’s crazy. Lost rivers is my favorite topic of yours. 😊
Thank you John for answering. I also like the point you made that you can never learn all of London. I love the fact that it is so huge and has layers of so much history and changes. You have helped me slow down and look up more. And I adore walking now in London. And I so appreciate the way you share your walks on here. You seem such a natural enthusiast. So thank you. Great Q&A.
35:35 - let's recap: we draw the gun from the holster, knock the safety catch off, there's one in the chamber and move-and-fire-and-move-and-fire; we have to neutralise the threat by incapacitating the target; anywhere down the central where the major organs are, we get one there, he's GOING DOWN, you can take a head shot, he's going down.
I love your videos they get me going every Monday. I live in Montreal and it always gives me a generous and fortifying taste of home away from home, the old smoke
Thank you so for your walks and comments. I live in Spokane, Washington USA, but my family is originally from York. I don’t think I’ll ever get to come to England, so your videos gives me an opportunity to see places and understand history I’ve always been interest in. So glad I found your channel! Sharon Calvert-Coble
Went to Leytonstone today, most of my family are buried at St Patrick’s Cemetery, I haven’t seen you do a bad walk video John always informative interesting.
hi john - i love the Q and A sessions, as it's interesting hearing what others want to know. you also mentioned that you like to know what people get out of your videos. i'm not sure if i've previously mentioned this, but i am disabled, and suffer from depression. your videos help lift my mood, even if just for the duration of the walk, and i admire your positive nature as well. oh! one other thing -my favourite niece, well, only niece haha, gave me your "this other London" for xmas! love from canada! 😊
Really enjoyed this! What comes across from these Q&A sessions is how wonderful the contributors are to this great channel.. Really nice, well informed and interesting people. A real community spirit. Nice one John! 🌟👍
Back in the early 1970s 50 years ago while at secondary school I remember vaguely reading a London based book called London Morning it was a autobiography the author being I think from South London she was writing about her childhood growing up just after the Second World War. Maybe you know of the book yourself . I am not sure but the author may have been named Valarie .
Really enjoyed this QA learned so much. I have not done too much walking in London but one I enjoyed was when I went to a book signing by the great Deryn Lake in The Old Bell Tavern in Fleet Street. I spent most of the day walking up and down the Strand and Fleet Street going in and out of the various alleys and passageways-so much history to see.
Thank you John for showing us your London, and beyond. Looking forward for your videos every week 😊. I live in Sweden, and have been visiting London more times than I can remember, but I always long back (we try to visit at least a couple times per year). Watching your videos made me make up my own city walks, researching a bit more than I used to beforehand. And thanks to you I also discovered some truly genuine London places, for example the Regency cafe, which we absolutely love! Also looking forward to your new book, I really enjoyed the first one! /Eva
John, to the part of you that wants to answer every question but has a concern about how long that video would be....rest assured, I would watch it! Thanks for taking the time to answer the ones you do.
Hi John, I really enjoyed that. I lived in London, Middlesex and Surrey for 35 years. I started at Imperial College in South Ken in 1980. I got to know Central London, North London and the East End well. I gradually moved west thru Earls Court, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Sheen Richmond, Hampton Wick, Richmond, Kingston, Surbiton, Weybridge, Staines, then most of North West Surrey. I could make many comments on what you cover here, but that would probably be boring. I got to know outer London and the surrounding counties from the mid 1990s by setting up a 220 mile relay run, the Green Belt Relay, and over the next 25 years developed a walk, the London Green Belt Way (242 miles). It goes thru many of the places in your videos and places I got to love so dearly. The Thames, the Chilterns with its chalk streams, the disused railways at St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn, Hertford. The Lee Valley, Epping Forest, Essex Way, Darent Valley, North Downs Way, River Wey Navigation, Thames Path and so much more. I have other walk websites in the London area, but I moved back to Ireland in 2015 and have produced a few extras since. One of my favourite things was the interactions I had with locals around the routes. I only found your walks after moving back to Ireland, but wish I had found them earlier as I would have done videos on my own walks. Maybe, it's never too late. Thanks for sharing.
Very enjoyable episode this time, with a nice mix of things. As someone who has lived for a short time in London, these videos not only bring back memories, but feed my ideas for places to explore when I can visit again. When you mentioned London pubs, I thought of Sir Richard Steele's Pub, The Grape, The Palm, and The Pub On The Park in Hackney, nice memories. There are so many wonderful pubs there, so now have ideas for future visits. As always, thanks so much John, your videos are always interesting and so refreshing.
Many thanks for all your vids John. I visited east london and into the city last weekend and did some fantastic walks relating to places my families and ancestors lived and worked stretching back to 1824. Your content has added a different dimension to my exploring. The people you meet and chat to on the way was also lovely. Greetings from Yorkshire (If you like vistas, variety, architecture, history, city and country Bradford has a poor reputation but has it all.
Thanks John, valued your work is. Got a Brother in London & passed you onto him upon last visit. Regards from an old Roman Town in the West of Scotland.
Day off today so just watched the epic.. so interesting and I imaging you took a well earned intake of encouragement from those who watch your walks. Thank you John it a pleasure having virtual walks with you my friend
I'm so grateful for all the walks and videos you create! They are just so awesome. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and love for London. What a joy to watch!
John,a walk along at least part of The Ridgeway would be great but please NO TENTS. Comfort has priority. Book yourself into a nice b+b every night. One reason of your films being so compelling is that you have a kind of wizard spirit in you that communes with the "psychogeography" of places. A book I'd recommend is "The World My Wilderness" by Rose Macaulay. I found it in a charity shop. The author paints what is I feel sure an accurate picture of a bombed out and not yet restored London in 1946 with people actually living among the ruins. And despite having watched soaps etc all my life I didn't guess the twist at the end. Its really good. Also an author called Gillian Tindall has written lots of books bringing areas to life from the old documents and several are about London. Lots of "gentrification" where I live. I'd like to revile it but it does make areas nicer,of course it pushes the not nice elements somewhere else and those are ones who often need help and support but in this world you don't get it.Thats just how it is
Interesting to see a Zetland Arms in Kensington. There is one on the seafront at Kingsdown near Deal in Kent . I don't know why they should call the pubs Zetland but apparently Zetland was the original Danish name for the Shetland Isles ✌️.
Great Q&A John.. When you did the Portobello Live stream I recommended the Earl of Lonsdale.. also a Sam Smith pub! When Virgin Megastores went bust, the buying teams were based at Blyth Road, in the EUK offices in Hayes - We were told it was all over by Deloitte and that we were out of work as of now, clear your desk and go... we all trouped out with as many freebies, CDs DVDs Games Stereos etc. we could bag up (and there were some very big bags) and congregated at the Hayes Wetherspoons for a farewell libation or two ..
Thank you it's so interesting watching London as I don't get up there now. Use to work at Dulwich and kings hospital as a research nurse years ago. xxx❤
Great books with serious London street cred: the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith. Each book has historic pubs and intriguing neighborhoods like Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Denmark Street, of course!
While the city walks are more "busy" and my favorite type, I recall a walk out on the outskirts somewhere, near dark I think and you came across a wooden church in the trees if I'm remembering right which was very interesting and is very redeeming of the less "busy" walk. 🙂
Thanks John! Nice to have a look round Leytonstone again, I love those old residential streets. Lived in a similar house in Forest Gate once, right by Wanstead Flats, complete with roaming cows! Great mix of Q +A, I like how you tie in history, music, walking and creativity with your output, and it does feel like we, as an audience, are joining in. Your route round the Olympic Park totally befuddled me, I lived for many years off Temple Mills Lane up till 2006. I recognised nothing of the environment, despite spending a lot of time cycling Hackney Marshes and walking around the so-called "wasteland" near the Eastway. It was long time the ambition of Newham Council to create "Stratford City" next to the old town, but it took the 2012 Olympics to start the Gold Rush and provide the investment. I hope new residents are happy, I "chose" to be "decanted" away to the outer London area, although the Thames Gateway development (Barking Riverside /Beam Park) is coming ever closer. The ever changing nature of London, people need homes.. Great to watch your tours and see what is still here from history, the pockets of beautiful landscapes and the stories of our people. Thanks John! Dot.
Your a pleasure to watch. Its easy viewing. I saw an hour long video and thought I'll watch it in two parts but I watched it all in one sitting. All your videos are entertaining but not handwork to sit through.
Thanks! So enjoy your videos. Very interesting and a nice, badly needed, break from the news. Very much agree with the comment regarding your use of music. Wonderful.
I grew up in Clerkenwell and attended Hugh Myddelton Infant and Junior Schools so the New River has always been something I've known about, so I was really happy when we manged to walk a stretch from Hertford to Cheshunt a few years ago. My parents lived in Norlington Road in Leytonstone so your walks around your local area are fascinating as so many of the places are so familiar. Thanks for the videos - I'm studying genealogy and also have a real interest in London's history, particularly the area around Clerkenwell so I always learn something.
Interesting to hear your thoughts on whether you feel the same excitement about London now as you did when you first arrived. If someone offered to erase your memory of the city so that you could experience the thrill of discovering it all again, as new, would you consider doing that?
Hi John, sorry for the late comment; I'm catching up on TH-cam ! Many thanks for what you do, with whats happened in last few years we need escape, either for real or watching people like yourself - Thanks. As a regular walker myself who lives in Hertfordshire, I do have to defend Hertfordshire ::) Hertfordshire is blessed with hundreds of miles of Paths and Bridalways, its not often you need to venture onto a road :) If you want a longer distance adventure? I can recommend the Hertfordshire Way. I did the Hertfordshire Way a couple of years age (between lockdowns), and i am in the middle of doing it agin but this time "Backwards". Keep up the good walks.
I really enjoyed this Q&A session 🙂you should do a walk in Edinburgh that would be a great watch or even Glasgow it has great old stories and architecture too and plenty of pubs for a nice pint. Anyway keep up the good work John 🤙
Thank you so much John, that was so interesting. All those different questions and totally honest of the cuff answers was entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to the New River walk when you do that one. The Albion pub was at the top of my street, Malvern Terrace and my Nan who lived in Ripplevale Grove plus my older cousins living around there also used it as their regular haunt when I was a kid. Thank you for mentioning it. I used to like the Apples and Pears and the Charlie Chaplin at Elephant n Castle after work in the City on friday nights in the 60's with a group of girlfriends, it was our nught out and loved it. Take care 💕🇦🇺
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question, despite it being maybe too vague. Walking with someone when feeling uneasy/not completely safe is a very good piece of advice. I had thought of that too, but it is just not the same. And that leads me to a new question, for another time, whenever that may be: do you prefer walking by yourself or with other people?
Thanks John for answering my paranormal question😂 That's crazy you experienced that bloke on hounslow heath maybe he was looking to go with you for a pint haha 😂 If ur eva in Avesbury have a pint at the red lion and sit on the well table in the main eating area. Seriously strong energy emanates from that ancient well. P.s I am one of them awful students who studied at bucks University 😂 you made me laugh at your comment in your high Wycombe video.
That was so much fun. I missed the opportunity to ask your something but you covered a lot of ground - so to speak - and i'll try and come up with something bright for next time.
First of all, I used to love the Louise in High Holborn, great pub. As to feeling safe, 20 odd years ago I lived in Hainaut Road and I never felt threatened or unsafe late at night coming home from the Hitchcock or Blackbirds. I’m sure if you feel frightened it shows in your body language. Now we live in a Perth suburb just up the road from the Bayswater Hotel, again it feels safe.
John, firstly thank you very much for answering my question, much appreciated! secondly... the strangest part - literally the night BEFORE you released this video I had been to our "spoons" with my wife (up ere int' north - my profile pic actually reveals which one) and after plenty of umming and ahing over the menu, for the first time ever i ended up ordering... a Tennesee burger. thirdly - keep up the good work, i have zero affiliation with London but I find your walks really interesting and theraputic, and now also bizarrely coincidental!
Back in the 1980s Sunday wasn't complete without Jim Bowen and Bullseye; 2010s+ and Sunday isn't complete without a bit of John Rogers.
Let’s hope John doesn’t forget his BFH! (Bus Fare Home). Let’s see where you could have walked!
Thanks so much Sean
Bullseye currently being shown on challenge weekday evenings at 6PM.
@@grahamsmith9541 once in grosvenor hotel in sheff playin piano after a few pints out wi lads (I can't play piano) more like les dawson then I hear what the fk you doin followed by a belly laugh , turns round n it's owd Jim we had some banter but I can't repeat it on here lovely fella 😀
Late 70's Sunday night was always chart night on Radio 1. But being a bit of a nerd, after I'd heard "No.1" I'd tune about on the radio to see what else was on.
That's when I discovered, on an unknown station, a science fiction comedy! I'd go into school on Monday talking about Arthur Dent, Marvin the paranoid Android et al.
No one knew what the hell I was going on about!
Well, not until the TV series started! By then I had the LP of the Radio 4 series & the paperback book.
See? I wasn't going mad after all! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was much, much better as a radio play! That's one of my favourite UK Sunday rituals from just before the 80's!
Thanks for yet another excellent video John. Just on your recollection of the disappearing individual on Hounslow Heath...prior to relocating to Melbourne my wife and I lived on the edge of the Heath and she had a job at a pub the other side of the Heath (the Warren). When she finished her shift I would meet her...there were 2 routes home..the long way along Staines Road or directly across the Heath. With the light pollution it would never get completely dark but there would frequently be a mist to around knee height. The atmosphere walking along the misty paths at night was unlike anything I ever encountered in London, and not in a pleasant way. Needless to say we didn't always take the shortest route.
Keep up the good work
Made my day answering my question. I done the knowledge 22 years ago and turned it into a history lesson learning about all the buildings along the routes I had to learn. And watching your videos I’m still learning so much from you. Take care. Hope to meet you one day 🍺
Hi. You mentioned your favourite walk from Deptford Creek to Borough Market. Do you follow the Thames, or ‘take the short cut’ via Evelyn St. Any info much appreciated. Cheers.
@@grahamdrysdale8933 Hi. I try and follow the Thames path as much as possible,Up to Rotherhithe street then Bermondsey wall. Then butlers wharf up the borough market. Just really love the docks as my grandfather worked there when he was young. Nice to see places he talked about. 👍
@@Hitlister Cheers! I might stop at The Mayflower for a pint on the way.
@@grahamdrysdale8933 I did Graham. Cheers 🍻
As someone who was born in Stratford, lived early childhood in Custm House and has grown up in Australia, I love your videos
Not only Fanny Craddock but also David Bailey (photographer) and Kenny Wheeler ( jazz musician) have blue plaques in Wallwood road.
As a person from Michigan, in the U.S. It give me views I could never see. As a person with a walker, it's great for me to get out, and your videos inspire me!
Oh PLEASE do a walk with Ben Aaronovitch! I learn so much about London from both of you.
I walked the whole of The Ridgeway over 4 days in 2019, it's one of my favourite walks.
Can I ask far is it and what distance did you average each day?
@@RubbishGimpy It's around 90 miles. We were hoping to complete it in 3 days but got lost for several hours on the second day
I certainly agree with the comments, Sunday night is John Rogers night.
Thank you John for answering all of those questions superbly. Your passion and sincerity shines through in each and every video you make, and I for one eagerly await the next one.
Once more, thank you so much.
I suffer bad with anxiety n panic attacks, my psychiatrist ask me how i calm this down, I told him .... Look on youtube for John Rogers he has the most calming voice i will go in my bedroom lie on my bed and put John on, he has the most calming of voices and his so knowledgeable and before i know it i feel like im walking along with him (i have mobility issues so this is a nice daydream) so yes u do make a great difference in peoples lives and i thank you for that, also my psychiatrist now watches u lol ty for what u do
Thank you so much for sharing that Jodie
Thank you so much for this and for all your videos John. One of my great joys through my life has been urban walks. Unfortunately a disability means that it's no longer possible and I deeply miss London wanders in particular (walking from work in Bloomsbury to my then home in Wapping via Smithfield and the Barbican and the city a particular favourite) so your videos bring me such joy. So thank you!
I love Leytonstone/ Wanstead.... I live in Highams park right by the Forest 🌳
"The Red Lion" in Leytonstone was were Flux of pink indians (crass label band) played a gig , the PA didnt turn up , so the band played with just their amps and reduced the entry to 50pence .. 1980
Fascinating stuff, I'd vote for a book launch event at The Waterside in Ware as its only a couple of miles away from me. We walked from Woolwich to Crayford yesterday along the Thames/Darenth/Cray, echo your comments about that area.
Absolutely wonderful.When i get the chance to pop out for a walk i say i'm going for a John Rogers ! 😃
There is a blue plaque on flats on the corner of Wallwood and Fairlop roads saying that Fanny Craddock once lived there.
Lullingstone Roman Villa - well worth a visit too. Good bit of mosaic!
John, yes we understand you like to make as you doing and making videos. In our side we just don't watch the videos john made but we get the knowledge of the context of the videos with a beautiful narration. I wish you all the best. Keep going John.
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Hi John! Lisa from Montreal, here. Thanks for the super video - great questions from your followers and I appreciate the well considered and thoughtful answers. A little history about different areas, a little bit about you and your fave "this n' thats" - compelling stuff. I'd like to add a 'mash up' comment, taking in your mention of The Mitre pub off Ely and those American folks inquiring about pub etiquette. I travel solo to London once a year, and one time, I found myself in a very crowded Mitre and nabbed the last table, a 2 seater. 2 older gents asked if they might join: they had been 'released into the wild' by their wives who were out shopping. They seemed pretty solid fellas and what resulted was a great chat - born Londoners, they had met in the 70s whilst working in the same publishing house and had been pals ever since. They gave me some great tips about the area and were altogether grand. I've had similar experiences since, so to anyone wondering about pub etiquette, if someone asks if they might share your table, and you have an empty chair/stool, consider sharing the space. You'll be glad you did. Walk on, John!
Great questions and answers! Got me thinking about my Top 5 pubs in London for an alternative if anyone wants more London pub tips:
- Prospect of Whitby (Pub on the Thames in Wapping that was a regular for pirates and smugglers just a few hundred years ago) you can access the "beach" under the pub where there's still a hanging noose where pirates were hung. There's also Captain Kidd down the road which shares a similar history or The Mayflower on the opposite side of the River.
- Hawley Arms (Pub in the heart of Camden with a rooftop terrace where many rockstars and musicians have been through)
- Ship and Shovell Pub in Charing Cross 2 small pubs either side of an alleyway just before the arches of the station
- Gordon's Wine Bar just down the Embankment maybe not fitting the pub criteria but for a quaint place full of history and good wine it is worth at least 1 visit
- City Barge or The Bull's Head both on Strand on the Green great riverside pubs where you forget you are still in London
I can not thank you enough, John, for the vicarious joy I receive watching your videos. I am a walker. I am separated from London at the moment, but I reconnect through you
That’s really wonderful to hear Sharon - thank you
What you say about things going in cycles is so true. I live in Central California and am looking at a headline in the local newspaper, “Floods Refilling Tulare Lake.” This had been huge freshwater lake in the southern Central Valley. It was essentially dried up in the late 1800s when the water was diverted for farming. With all the rain we have had this season, there is nowhere for the water to go. Towns and farms in that area are inundated. It’s crazy.
Lost rivers is my favorite topic of yours. 😊
Thank you John for answering. I also like the point you made that you can never learn all of London. I love the fact that it is so huge and has layers of so much history and changes. You have helped me slow down and look up more. And I adore walking now in London. And I so appreciate the way you share your walks on here. You seem such a natural enthusiast. So thank you. Great Q&A.
35:35 - let's recap: we draw the gun from the holster, knock the safety catch off, there's one in the chamber and move-and-fire-and-move-and-fire; we have to neutralise the threat by incapacitating the target; anywhere down the central where the major organs are, we get one there, he's GOING DOWN, you can take a head shot, he's going down.
your Partridge knowledge is truly unsurpassed Alex! Thanks so much for your generosity!
I love your videos they get me going every Monday. I live in Montreal and it always gives me a generous and fortifying taste of home away from home, the old smoke
The Chandos is definitely my favorite pub in London, and I am so glad you have put it on the top 5 list!
I completed the London Loop last year. It took me a month to complete and I did it in the summer.
Great stuff!
Thank you so for your walks and comments. I live in Spokane, Washington USA, but my family is originally from York. I don’t think I’ll ever get to come to England, so your videos gives me an opportunity to see places and understand history I’ve always been interest in. So glad I found your channel! Sharon Calvert-Coble
Went to Leytonstone today, most of my family are buried at St Patrick’s Cemetery, I haven’t seen you do a bad walk video John always informative interesting.
Pub etiquette: say thank you / goodbye to the staff as you leave!
hi john - i love the Q and A sessions, as it's interesting hearing what others want to know. you also mentioned that you like to know what people get out of your videos. i'm not sure if i've previously mentioned this, but i am disabled, and suffer from depression. your videos help lift my mood, even if just for the duration of the walk, and i admire your positive nature as well. oh! one other thing -my favourite niece, well, only niece haha, gave me your "this other London" for xmas! love from canada! 😊
Really enjoyed this! What comes across from these Q&A sessions is how wonderful the contributors are to this great channel.. Really nice, well informed and interesting people. A real community spirit. Nice one John! 🌟👍
Back in the early 1970s 50 years ago while at secondary school I remember vaguely reading a London based book called London Morning it was a autobiography the author being I think from South London she was writing about her childhood growing up just after the Second World War. Maybe you know of the book yourself . I am not sure but the author may have been named Valarie .
Listening in slow-mo: EVP 55:57 'Snak med The Völve' ('Speak with The Völve'). Thank you
That was a really tremendous Q&A walk John thanks for taking the time to do the video 😀 have a good weekend and stay safe David 👍👍
I absolutely love The Chandos on St Martin's Lane. A pint of porter and a bag of crisps/peanuts. Great meeting place. Can't beat it!
Really enjoyed this QA learned so much. I have not done too much walking in London but one I enjoyed was when I went to a book signing by the great Deryn Lake in The Old Bell Tavern in Fleet Street. I spent most of the day walking up and down the Strand and Fleet Street going in and out of the various alleys and passageways-so much history to see.
Thank you John for showing us your London, and beyond. Looking forward for your videos every week 😊.
I live in Sweden, and have been visiting London more times than I can remember, but I always long back (we try to visit at least a couple times per year).
Watching your videos made me make up my own city walks, researching a bit more than I used to beforehand. And thanks to you I also discovered some truly genuine London places, for example the Regency cafe, which we absolutely love!
Also looking forward to your new book, I really enjoyed the first one!
/Eva
John loved your Q&A,video,sorry I missed getting question ready.however lots of stuff answered I would have asked.cant wait for second book.
John, to the part of you that wants to answer every question but has a concern about how long that video would be....rest assured, I would watch it! Thanks for taking the time to answer the ones you do.
Thanks David - I recorded a load more answers. Will upload soon
Hi John, I really enjoyed that. I lived in London, Middlesex and Surrey for 35 years. I started at Imperial College in South Ken in 1980. I got to know Central London, North London and the East End well. I gradually moved west thru Earls Court, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Sheen Richmond, Hampton Wick, Richmond, Kingston, Surbiton, Weybridge, Staines, then most of North West Surrey. I could make many comments on what you cover here, but that would probably be boring. I got to know outer London and the surrounding counties from the mid 1990s by setting up a 220 mile relay run, the Green Belt Relay, and over the next 25 years developed a walk, the London Green Belt Way (242 miles). It goes thru many of the places in your videos and places I got to love so dearly. The Thames, the Chilterns with its chalk streams, the disused railways at St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn, Hertford. The Lee Valley, Epping Forest, Essex Way, Darent Valley, North Downs Way, River Wey Navigation, Thames Path and so much more. I have other walk websites in the London area, but I moved back to Ireland in 2015 and have produced a few extras since. One of my favourite things was the interactions I had with locals around the routes. I only found your walks after moving back to Ireland, but wish I had found them earlier as I would have done videos on my own walks. Maybe, it's never too late. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video, it is very interesting to hear you discuss your process. I look forward to more of these videos.
Very enjoyable episode this time, with a nice mix of things. As someone who has lived for a short time in London, these videos not only bring back memories, but feed my ideas for places to explore when I can visit again. When you mentioned London pubs, I thought of Sir Richard Steele's Pub, The Grape, The Palm, and The Pub On The Park in Hackney, nice memories. There are so many wonderful pubs there, so now have ideas for future visits. As always, thanks so much John, your videos are always interesting and so refreshing.
Many thanks for all your vids John. I visited east london and into the city last weekend and did some fantastic walks relating to places my families and ancestors lived and worked stretching back to 1824. Your content has added a different dimension to my exploring. The people you meet and chat to on the way was also lovely. Greetings from Yorkshire (If you like vistas, variety, architecture, history, city and country Bradford has a poor reputation but has it all.
Lovely - thanks for the pub recommendations & etiquette!
Lovely, heart-warming, soul-bearing Q&A John.
Thanks
thanks so much Stewart
I love your videos! I would love to see you in Glastonbury (the town, not the festival haha), I miss that place!
Thank you John xxx
thanks for watching Morrigan
Thanks John, valued your work is. Got a Brother in London & passed you onto him upon last visit.
Regards from an old Roman Town in the West of Scotland.
I saw Status Quo play at the Red Lion, Leytonstone in 1972. Just saying that makes me feel old.😭😢💀☠
Thank you so much, John; I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your channel. Your content is a source of constant joy. ❤
Thanks for your time!
Day off today so just watched the epic.. so interesting and I imaging you took a well earned intake of encouragement from those who watch your walks. Thank you John it a pleasure having virtual walks with you my friend
I'm so grateful for all the walks and videos you create! They are just so awesome. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and love for London. What a joy to watch!
Thank you for your walks!
An incredible lot of questions for you to answer great video looking forward to you next one. Have a great Week
I missed the live stream this week so I'm looking forward to watching this. Thanks for uploading it John.
John,a walk along at least part of The Ridgeway would be great but please NO TENTS. Comfort has priority. Book yourself into a nice b+b every night. One reason of your films being so compelling is that you have a kind of wizard spirit in you that communes with the "psychogeography" of places. A book I'd recommend is "The World My Wilderness" by Rose Macaulay. I found it in a charity shop. The author paints what is I feel sure an accurate picture of a bombed out and not yet restored London in 1946 with people actually living among the ruins. And despite having watched soaps etc all my life I didn't guess the twist at the end. Its really good.
Also an author called Gillian Tindall has written lots of books bringing areas to life from the old documents and several are about London. Lots of "gentrification" where I live. I'd like to revile it but it does make areas nicer,of course it pushes the not nice elements somewhere else and those are ones who often need help and support but in this world you don't get it.Thats just how it is
Interesting to see a Zetland Arms in Kensington. There is one on the seafront at Kingsdown near Deal in Kent .
I don't know why they should call the pubs Zetland but apparently Zetland was the original Danish name for the Shetland Isles ✌️.
Great Q&A John.. When you did the Portobello Live stream I recommended the Earl of Lonsdale.. also a Sam Smith pub!
When Virgin Megastores went bust, the buying teams were based at Blyth Road, in the EUK offices in Hayes - We were told it was all over by Deloitte and that we were out of work as of now, clear your desk and go... we all trouped out with as many freebies, CDs DVDs Games Stereos etc. we could bag up (and there were some very big bags) and congregated at the Hayes Wetherspoons for a farewell libation or two ..
Another lovely Sunday walk (with bonus Q&A) - thanks, John, from snowy windy Winnipeg
Thank you it's so interesting watching London as I don't get up there now. Use to work at Dulwich and kings hospital as a research nurse years ago. xxx❤
Great books with serious London street cred: the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith. Each book has historic pubs and intriguing neighborhoods like Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Denmark Street, of course!
While the city walks are more "busy" and my favorite type, I recall a walk out on the outskirts somewhere, near dark I think and you came across a wooden church in the trees if I'm remembering right which was very interesting and is very redeeming of the less "busy" walk. 🙂
Thank you for excursion tour from London 😊
Wonderful! Thanks for tha Q and a John, I look forward to the next part!
Another great show , these q and a' s fill in any gaps from any previous episodes. Fantastic please keep up the great work
Thanks John! Nice to have a look round Leytonstone again, I love those old residential streets. Lived in a similar house in Forest Gate once, right by Wanstead Flats, complete with roaming cows! Great mix of Q +A, I like how you tie in history, music, walking and creativity with your output, and it does feel like we, as an audience, are joining in. Your route round the Olympic Park totally befuddled me, I lived for many years off Temple Mills Lane up till 2006. I recognised nothing of the environment, despite spending a lot of time cycling Hackney Marshes and walking around the so-called "wasteland" near the Eastway. It was long time the ambition of Newham Council to create "Stratford City" next to the old town, but it took the 2012 Olympics to start the Gold Rush and provide the investment. I hope new residents are happy, I "chose" to be "decanted" away to the outer London area, although the Thames Gateway development (Barking Riverside /Beam Park) is coming ever closer. The ever changing nature of London, people need homes.. Great to watch your tours and see what is still here from history, the pockets of beautiful landscapes and the stories of our people. Thanks John!
Dot.
Your a pleasure to watch. Its easy viewing. I saw an hour long video and thought I'll watch it in two parts but I watched it all in one sitting. All your videos are entertaining but not handwork to sit through.
ah thanks so much !
Awesome effort, John! Deeply interesting and enjoyable! 👍
Just settled down to watch this latest video and find my question is first up 😮. That’s made my weekend. Thanks John. Keep up the great work.
Great Q&A session ... Look forward to your next walk ! All the best from Turku, Finland
Thanks! So enjoy your videos. Very interesting and a nice, badly needed, break from the news. Very much agree with the comment regarding your use of music. Wonderful.
Thank you John!
I grew up in Clerkenwell and attended Hugh Myddelton Infant and Junior Schools so the New River has always been something I've known about, so I was really happy when we manged to walk a stretch from Hertford to Cheshunt a few years ago.
My parents lived in Norlington Road in Leytonstone so your walks around your local area are fascinating as so many of the places are so familiar. Thanks for the videos - I'm studying genealogy and also have a real interest in London's history, particularly the area around Clerkenwell so I always learn something.
Thanks John, a fantastic Q&A marathon from you.
Thanks Danny
I think I’ve mentioned before about walking in the old town area of Kingston upon Hull . Try it John , you will be amazed !
I went to Hull university, 1977.82
Interesting to hear your thoughts on whether you feel the same excitement about London now as you did when you first arrived. If someone offered to erase your memory of the city so that you could experience the thrill of discovering it all again, as new, would you consider doing that?
John! Great video. It would be great if you made more longer films. So entertaining.
Hi John, sorry for the late comment; I'm catching up on TH-cam !
Many thanks for what you do, with whats happened in last few years we need escape, either for real or watching people like yourself - Thanks.
As a regular walker myself who lives in Hertfordshire, I do have to defend Hertfordshire ::)
Hertfordshire is blessed with hundreds of miles of Paths and Bridalways, its not often you need to venture onto a road :)
If you want a longer distance adventure? I can recommend the Hertfordshire Way.
I did the Hertfordshire Way a couple of years age (between lockdowns), and i am in the middle of doing it agin but this time "Backwards".
Keep up the good walks.
Great video John as always
High Weald walk - you can do about 12 miles a day over two days ✌️
Fantastic.
I really enjoyed this Q&A session 🙂you should do a walk in Edinburgh that would be a great watch or even Glasgow it has great old stories and architecture too and plenty of pubs for a nice pint. Anyway keep up the good work John 🤙
This was great fun!
Even a Q & A is interesting when you are walking around
Thanks Robbo
Awesome video John. I know you're a fan of the Detectorists, what did you think of the Xmas special?
Absolutely loved it - need to watch it again
Thank you so much John, that was so interesting. All those different questions and totally honest of the cuff answers was entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to the New River walk when you do that one. The Albion pub was at the top of my street, Malvern Terrace and my Nan who lived in Ripplevale Grove plus my older cousins living around there also used it as their regular haunt when I was a kid. Thank you for mentioning it. I used to like the Apples and Pears and the Charlie Chaplin at Elephant n Castle after work in the City on friday nights in the 60's with a group of girlfriends, it was our nught out and loved it. Take care 💕🇦🇺
Thanks again John in Chicago
Wow I used to live on filly brook
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question, despite it being maybe too vague. Walking with someone when feeling uneasy/not completely safe is a very good piece of advice. I had thought of that too, but it is just not the same. And that leads me to a new question, for another time, whenever that may be: do you prefer walking by yourself or with other people?
Thanks John for answering my paranormal question😂
That's crazy you experienced that bloke on hounslow heath maybe he was looking to go with you for a pint haha 😂
If ur eva in Avesbury have a pint at the red lion and sit on the well table in the main eating area. Seriously strong energy emanates from that ancient well.
P.s I am one of them awful students who studied at bucks University 😂 you made me laugh at your comment in your high Wycombe video.
That was so much fun. I missed the opportunity to ask your something but you covered a lot of ground - so to speak - and i'll try and come up with something bright for next time.
Great Q & A John, really enjoyed it.
First of all, I used to love the Louise in High Holborn, great pub. As to feeling safe, 20 odd years ago I lived in Hainaut Road and I never felt threatened or unsafe late at night coming home from the Hitchcock or Blackbirds. I’m sure if you feel frightened it shows in your body language. Now we live in a Perth suburb just up the road from the Bayswater Hotel, again it feels safe.
John, firstly thank you very much for answering my question, much appreciated! secondly... the strangest part - literally the night BEFORE you released this video I had been to our "spoons" with my wife (up ere int' north - my profile pic actually reveals which one) and after plenty of umming and ahing over the menu, for the first time ever i ended up ordering... a Tennesee burger. thirdly - keep up the good work, i have zero affiliation with London but I find your walks really interesting and theraputic, and now also bizarrely coincidental!
brilliant Frank
Great Q&A mate, really enjoyed it. ✨✨🙏🙏
Thanks Darren
Thank you very much for this. Great stuff.
Cracking set of questions.