nice one mate. i wild camped next to the church ruins for halloween a couple of years ago (its on my channel) with some mates. very spooky there. apparently the name Cold Christmas comes from the story that during the Victorian era, lots of young children from the village died very young during a particularly cold winter and are mostly buried in the churchyard. if you read the headstones it proves this theory. whenever i go there and start filming, the wind picks up and the temperature drops, even in summer. it is definitely a spooky place. shame about the occultists though, a lot of vandalism has happened there. the police supposedly check on the church around halloween time, hence we had to be a bit stealthy when we camped there. The moat is part of the remains of the manor house. and yes you are right, those were the burial mounds belonging to the youngsburys, they owned the moated manor house there too. i think the old church was their private church. been to ware too, did ware to hertford with my girlfriend back in the summer (still got to post the video). its a lovely area and you captured it so well as always! i only live a few miles away in essex (close to harlow). if you would be interested in doing a day walk together sometime, give me a message mate, as we tend to explore the same areas. hope you had a good christmas, and happy new year pal! ATB Tom.
Thanks Tom - will certainly check out the video. I'd love to do a walk with you, that'd be great, there's a lot of territory around Harlow I've been meaning to walk for a while
cheers for the pin mate lol. the stort/lea river walk in harlow is particularly good, easy going but amazing scenery and hard to believe that it is nestled in amongst the grey urban sprawl that is Harlow! i did it myself a few years ago, cant remember if i filmed it so that could be something we could tackle together if you wanted? drop me an email at pttomhill@hotmail.com or add me on the yt chat system thing. th-cam.com/users/add_contact?c=331UEyGklhrwSRiV37-fHBvPAuqg8w
What a wonderful walk. It was a fantastic opportunity to think about the people who came before us and appreciate the beauty of the landscape. Bravo!!!!
I live in Ware and I have done this walk and many other walks like it and I am very glad that you came here. Thank you for the amazing videos this year and here's to an even better 2019. :)
I am new, Dave from Cruising the Cut recommended you and I am so glad he did. Enjoyed this so very much. Like someone else said it almost as good as being there. Thanks so much.
Howdy from Texas brother, thanks for showing me our old homeland! It does pull at me all the way across the Atlantic🏴 Long and good health to you!
There is so much history in Ware. I'm from Ware and for the last few years I have been researching the town and its surrounding areas. Everything from the Wickham factory to the old Work House, not forgetting the railway network. 3:46 A beautiful view of Moles Farm, I going to miss that place (council are building around 500 new homes the land which is on Ware's greenbelt. A lot of people are in uproar about this, but the council won't listen). Amazing video mate, really enjoyed it!
I visited Thundridge a few weeks ago with my girlfriend. The place is very atmospheric and has several ghost stories attached to it - groans from the tower, the cries of children in the churchyard and phantom soldiers emerging from the tower itself. I grew up in Enfield and have been watching your videos with interest - especially the ones that cover places I've visited myself as a child. I see you were on London Live. I appeared on there myself to promote a film by Jason Figgis on Simon Marsden, the photographer. Jason watches your films too and enjoys them as much as I do.
I'm glad in a way I didn't hear about the ghost stories till after when I was editing the video and looking for some info - really powerful spot, I should like to go back one day. Thanks so much for the kind words, I shall look out for Jason's film
@@JohnRogersWalks I'll send you an email with a link to the film. I'll use the one mentioned on your blog. Jason and I would also love to take part in one of your future walks if such a thing is possible.
Really really enjoyed this as I have visited these burial mounds and they feature in a walk on my channel! They are far harder to make out across the fence in summer because of the foilage. Its possible to reach the mounds almost entirely on footpaths from Ware- if you look at the latest Landranger map, you'll see a path heading east out of Ware which meets the Harcamlow Way just south of the hamet of Cold Christmas. Turn left on to the Harcamlow Way heading north and follow the route of the long distance footpath for about three quarters of a mile to reach the mounds. You wouldn't visit the old Thundridge church on this route but it avoids the walk along the main road. This is also the route of the Greenwich Meridian Trail long distance footpath. To see the walk on my channel search "22 September 2017" on my channel or search "voxley19 22 September 2017" in the general TH-cam search bar. Have a great New Year John, one full of lots iof glorious walks I hope!
I was a housing officer for Home Group for two and a half years. I looked after a handful of flats in Ware, some lovely houses in Hodderston, an estate in Stanstead Abbots and other houses in East Herts. I loved the area and would love to go back to do some walks.
Really enjoyed your video. A great local history walk. Loved your delivery and the perfect background music made for a relaxing yet thoroughly entertaining video. Thank you!
Loved this. My parents worked at Youngsbury. We lived there. Fifty years ago, those barrows were free of trees and there was a track between them and the wood. It was much more open. The old village was built around a manor house and was marked by a solitary remaining chimney stack. The graveyard had a fine flint wall surrounding it, with an iron gate for access. The whole area looks rather neglected today, but that's the passage of time for you.
just enjoyed your walk.your love of English history etc shines through.i am glad I found you via crusing the cut vlog.we need more people like you to keep our history alive.happy new year to you.
2019 is now the past, as is 2020, unfortunately but let's make sure that we return to the old normal before too long. These videos are a tonic for the troops in difficult times. Thanks John.
I have just come to this channel first time by recommendation of Cruisingthecut boating channel and I did not doubt to subscribe, I am in awe of the first perception it gave me.
My memories of this walk are without the bypass and this is the first time I've seen where the A10 cuts through the landscape. The sound of traffic has changed the area so much - our family walks were accompanied by the sound of pheasant and jackdaws, the clip-clop of horses too.
I'm so glad that I stumbled across your channel John as I am totally obsessed with small rivers and barraws/prehistoric landscape these videos a such a joy and fascinating for me to watch absolutely fantastic.
Hi John, I've been watching your channel for a while now and it really is a balm to the soul. I've also searched out a couple of your recommendations and was particularly taken by Patrick Keillers London which to me had very much a St Etienne Finisterre feel about it I live in Cape Town in South Africa and your channel has challenged me to somehow try to do something like what you do over here sometime Once again thanks for your excellent filmed excursions.
thanks so much Julian - St Etienne and Paul Kelly are also big Keiller fans and they were strongly influenced by London. All the best for your explorations of Cape Town
As a first time viewer of your site all I can say is brilliant and interesting. Makes you want to going out and produce your own docuvlogs. There is so much local history on our door step that we don't always see it. Thanks.
Thanks for all your videos John. As a relatively recent (late 2016) Leytonstone resident, your videos have inspired me to learn more about the area and to get out and walk some of it. More to do in 2019. Hope you and your family have a great 2019.
thanks so much Matt, it took me a while to recalibrate my bearings to centre on the Lea Valley rather than central London or the East End but once I did it's been a revelation
Really enjoyed that John, I live in a cottage in Cold Christmas Lane and can see the site of the mounds from my garden. I've walked passed them many times, never knew they were there, I'll check them out now. Pop in for a cuppa next time your up this way. Keep up the good work!
Great video as always John! Thundridge sounds like an interesting part of the world, that church was a really beautiful location fascinating about the abandoned village also. I must go there and take some photos. It was a really nice surprise to meet you briefly the other day! -Aaron, from the Price Charles Cinema
Thanks for this wonderful (literal) Christmas walk. Interesting about Thunderidge. I’ve been reading the book Spirits of Place which has an essay by Warren Ellis about his home in Essex. I think according to him, places that have names like “Thorsley” or “Thundersley” were places designated under the Viking clearances when Eastern England was under the Danelaw. Also what a fantastic collection of Roman glasswork at the end. I’m always blown away to see it because I still have a hard time envisioning such varied and delicate glasswork for those times. Wishing you a Happy New Year and more great walks!
Thanks Ross - Sprits of Place sounds like an interesting read. Yes, those items in the British museum are amazing, I'm always transfixed by the intricacy of the Anglo Saxon metalwork
Thank you John for another interesting video which has now increased my small historical knowledge.I would like to wish you and your family a happy,healthy,peaceful and prosperous new year.Looking forward to your videos in 2019
Thanks John for all your films this year; always interesting, informative and fascinating. I look forward to seeing you, and your orange carabiner, in many more films in 2019. Happy New Year to you and yours, all the very best. Ian
Warmest wishes John, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and all the very best for a Healthy and Happy New Year! Nice video, really interesting, enjoyed it very much! Looking forward to going on lovely adventures with you in 2019! Take care...
Thank you once again for an interesting video. I hope you had a good Christmas and wish you well for the coming year. Looking forward to next years videos. Bob.
2nd time watching this and the mounds blow me away every time. If they were excavated loosely in the mid 1800s, one can only imagine what we'd find in there now. Roman coins? A charming mystery to be kept. The moats are fantastic too, i wonder what you'd find in there? I'm surprised you don't do any metal detecting yourself. Would make for fantastic content. And if you're new to it, to log your journey. I'm considering taking it up myself this year. Hertfordshire's full of history, as you know! Countryside also. A fine mix. -I have walked around there many a time however yet to see them for myself! (The mounds) Will keep a look out this year! Me and my friend used to park in cold christmas Lane in summer eves around 10 years ago and we'd walk to the church, back then you could get inside. Some strange happenings there but unfortunately no sightings! 👻 Even in the early hours. Have you walked Wimpole Hall in Royston? Arrington's a lovely little village. You would like! Can't wait for your long summer walks this spring/summer! Me and my partner always look out for you and in some instances just missed you! We have done the same walks on the same day on a few occassions. Take care
Absolutely brilliant timing for this trek. Your first mistaken mount still might be some sort of ancient earthwork though. I also really do appreciate the nameplace explinations that you provide because language IS archaeology. Happy New Year.🎊
thanks Scott - well the Heritage listing does cover the surrounding area as the land around the mounds was often also used for other burials so that's a possibility. You're so right about the archaeology of place names, living history
One of your best yet and caps off your already best year(by far)of epic video pergrinations. Pity there aren't any neolithic megaliths in your walking radius as I'm sure you would have enthusiastically done demonstrably more dramatic monuments suitably erudite justice! You're spot on about the present existing within an ongoing historical context too. Looking forward to ever adventurous(and perhaps longer?) vids in 2019. Southern england is truly ethereal...
thanks very much Ellis - it felt like a special expedition. I'd love to a video on some neolithic megaliths, I think there are some in Kent within reach, will have to add to the list
My first viewed video of 2019, what a great start to my year. A fine adventure there John..had to laugh at you getting the wrong mounds. Happy new year.
brilliant stuff Jag - yes it wouldn't be one of my expeditions if I didn't get something wrong. Hope you had a great New Year and all the best for 2019 - looking forward to your vids and music
An excellent video as always John. Always tempted to do a dig at a burial mound but I suppose that would be like digging up a grave in the local cemetery- frowned upon.
I just love old maps. Many of your walks conduct a kind of psychic time travel. I guess that is what psycho-geography is all about, come to think of it. The open landscapes are simply beautiful... "sigh" and that ancient church tower in ruin is amazing -- glad at least some of is still there.
Lovely video I’m from herts and had no idea how much history was so close I have work all around that area and a job on cold Christmas lane I’ll have to keep an eye out
So strange seeing you in an area that my parents were local to. My dad's side live in Ware & Hertford, but more interestingly my mum and my nan used to walk on the exact same path that you did. My mum actually saw some dead hanging birds at the church which is most definitely linked to the cult groups. Great video.
I love that area Tom, plenty more walks to do round there too. Interesting to hear about the dead birds, I’d thought it might just be internet chatter but clearly it was a site of some kind of rituals
@@JohnRogersWalks it seems perfect for it as its in the middle of nowhere. Yes it's a very beautiful place, the countryside in Thundridge is very hilly and picturesque. Ware is a pretty town but I think its ripe for gentrification cause its in the oyster zone.
Thanks John for telling me more interesting stuff about an area that I am fairly familiar with and by the way did anyone spot the mysterious figure to the left of the wood at 17.02, a bit like something out of the Detectorists!! Happy New Year.
Really enjoying them old lanes John. I think those laving ancient sites must have known they were building for the long term. Maybe they did sense us here peering into their life and death. Thundrige? Reminded me of a soundsystem called Thunderidge. All the best. Mark
remember that even in the neolithic ( a few thousand years before the Romans) some folks travelled long distances for feasting. This has been shown in the isotope analysis of bone, showing that domesticated animals were moved along the drove roads from as far as what is now Scotland and consumed and discarded near at henge monuments in Wiltshire etc. Alothough probably a lot of personal travel was by river and sea.
I know I will never make it trapped inside the urban sprawl so thank you John for showing me my heart has heard the call From those that came before me and for whom I owe a debt so thank you John for guiding me lest I ever should forget
I really enjoyed watching this. The only problem I'm having is that my list of places that I want to go to keeps getting longer and longer! I loved your commentary, particularly the fact that you "get" that feeling when being somewhere ancient and significant. It's also fun that you include where you took the wrong path. That has happened to me many times when looking for ancient sites. When this happens you sometimes find other things of significance that you would not have found otherwise.
Thanks for the reference in the introductory notes John. Don't know if you and your followers would be interested in this intriguing little blogpost about Thundridge Old Church, but there seem to be a couple of additional references here that you might have missed: stepneyrobarts.blogspot.com/2011/09/thundridge-hertfordshire.html On another level, the earthworks on the other side of Ermine Street from where you did your walk, which you also seem to have circled in red pen, are directly aligned to a more northerly section of Ermine Street which leads up into Royston, where there is an equally intriguing underground cave with alleged Templar graffiti which is apparently on the Great Dragon Line! More here: www.roystontown.uk/see-do-in-royston/royston-cave/ In case you don't know, the Great Dragon Line runs all the way down to Glastonbury and Avebury ring and is aligned to the May Day Sunrise! I will try and get it together to scan you a section from the relevant map over the course of the next few days or so!
Wonderful notes as ever Rupert. I'd intended to visit the other earthwork but poor planning meant I ran out of light. Also in the cursory research I did beforehand I couldn't find anything about it online, but I was probably searching under the wrong terms. My hunch was that it's probably a medieaval enclosure, there are lots in the area where little is written about them. The Templar cave sounds intriguing
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nice one mate. i wild camped next to the church ruins for halloween a couple of years ago (its on my channel) with some mates. very spooky there. apparently the name Cold Christmas comes from the story that during the Victorian era, lots of young children from the village died very young during a particularly cold winter and are mostly buried in the churchyard. if you read the headstones it proves this theory. whenever i go there and start filming, the wind picks up and the temperature drops, even in summer. it is definitely a spooky place. shame about the occultists though, a lot of vandalism has happened there. the police supposedly check on the church around halloween time, hence we had to be a bit stealthy when we camped there. The moat is part of the remains of the manor house. and yes you are right, those were the burial mounds belonging to the youngsburys, they owned the moated manor house there too. i think the old church was their private church.
been to ware too, did ware to hertford with my girlfriend back in the summer (still got to post the video). its a lovely area and you captured it so well as always!
i only live a few miles away in essex (close to harlow). if you would be interested in doing a day walk together sometime, give me a message mate, as we tend to explore the same areas.
hope you had a good christmas, and happy new year pal! ATB Tom.
Thanks Tom - will certainly check out the video. I'd love to do a walk with you, that'd be great, there's a lot of territory around Harlow I've been meaning to walk for a while
cheers for the pin mate lol. the stort/lea river walk in harlow is particularly good, easy going but amazing scenery and hard to believe that it is nestled in amongst the grey urban sprawl that is Harlow! i did it myself a few years ago, cant remember if i filmed it so that could be something we could tackle together if you wanted? drop me an email at pttomhill@hotmail.com or add me on the yt chat system thing. th-cam.com/users/add_contact?c=331UEyGklhrwSRiV37-fHBvPAuqg8w
Great Tom - I’ll drop you line
My day has just got better, thanks for another great adventure 👍👍
that's great to hear - thanks Matt
What a wonderful walk. It was a fantastic opportunity to think about the people who came before us and appreciate the beauty of the landscape. Bravo!!!!
Next best thing to being there in person - thanks John!
That’s great to hear Steve - thank you
I live in Ware and I have done this walk and many other walks like it and I am very glad that you came here. Thank you for the amazing videos this year and here's to an even better 2019. :)
Thanks so much Tom
I am new, Dave from Cruising the Cut recommended you and I am so glad he did. Enjoyed this so very much. Like someone else said it almost as good as being there. Thanks so much.
thanks very much Joen - very kind of David to give me the shout out - hope you enjoy the other videos, plenty more river walks planned for 2019
Howdy from Texas brother, thanks for showing me our old homeland! It does pull at me all the way across the Atlantic🏴 Long and good health to you!
Thanks John,wonderful walk !
thanks Ralph
Nice to see someone else taking interest in our history and indigenous culture. It's fascinating. Nice info and enthusiasm
There is so much history in Ware. I'm from Ware and for the last few years I have been researching the town and its surrounding areas. Everything from the Wickham factory to the old Work House, not forgetting the railway network.
3:46 A beautiful view of Moles Farm, I going to miss that place (council are building around 500 new homes the land which is on Ware's greenbelt. A lot of people are in uproar about this, but the council won't listen).
Amazing video mate, really enjoyed it!
thanks very much Jamie - I love it round there, and keep plotting more walks in the area so expect to see more Ware-Hertford videos in 2019
Lovely Town Ware beautiful buildings thanks for sharing such a wonderful video John enjoyed very much.
I visited Thundridge a few weeks ago with my girlfriend. The place is very atmospheric and has several ghost stories attached to it - groans from the tower, the cries of children in the churchyard and phantom soldiers emerging from the tower itself. I grew up in Enfield and have been watching your videos with interest - especially the ones that cover places I've visited myself as a child. I see you were on London Live. I appeared on there myself to promote a film by Jason Figgis on Simon Marsden, the photographer. Jason watches your films too and enjoys them as much as I do.
I'm glad in a way I didn't hear about the ghost stories till after when I was editing the video and looking for some info - really powerful spot, I should like to go back one day. Thanks so much for the kind words, I shall look out for Jason's film
@@JohnRogersWalks I'll send you an email with a link to the film. I'll use the one mentioned on your blog. Jason and I would also love to take part in one of your future walks if such a thing is possible.
Really really enjoyed this as I have visited these burial mounds and they feature in a walk on my channel! They are far harder to make out across the fence in summer because of the foilage. Its possible to reach the mounds almost entirely on footpaths from Ware- if you look at the latest Landranger map, you'll see a path heading east out of Ware which meets the Harcamlow Way just south of the hamet of Cold Christmas. Turn left on to the Harcamlow Way heading north and follow the route of the long distance footpath for about three quarters of a mile to reach the mounds. You wouldn't visit the old Thundridge church on this route but it avoids the walk along the main road. This is also the route of the Greenwich Meridian Trail long distance footpath. To see the walk on my channel search "22 September 2017" on my channel or search "voxley19 22 September 2017" in the general TH-cam search bar. Have a great New Year John, one full of lots iof glorious walks I hope!
Thanks for that Voxley and I’ll check out your videos
I was a housing officer for Home Group for two and a half years. I looked after a handful of flats in Ware, some lovely houses in Hodderston, an estate in Stanstead Abbots and other houses in East Herts. I loved the area and would love to go back to do some walks.
Thanks so much for all your walk films this year John - really enjoy walking with you and getting to know the landscape
Thanks George- much appreciated
And a massive 'thank you' to you, John.
Thanks Robin
Really enjoyed your video. A great local history walk. Loved your delivery and the perfect background music made for a relaxing yet thoroughly entertaining video. Thank you!
You do get to some places John. Thank you for taking us along with you. Have great year ahead.
Many thanks Paul
As always, lovely to hear the stories that accompany your walks ^^
thanks Dovki
Thank YOU John! Another lovely film! Looking forward to seeing where you go in 2019!
Thanks Henry - new video on Wednesday
Loved this. My parents worked at Youngsbury. We lived there. Fifty years ago, those barrows were free of trees and there was a track between them and the wood. It was much more open. The old village was built around a manor house and was marked by a solitary remaining chimney stack. The graveyard had a fine flint wall surrounding it, with an iron gate for access. The whole area looks rather neglected today, but that's the passage of time for you.
@@marcmuggings9217 Yes. I heard it had been sold a couple of years ago. The renovation is interesting. It was originally 3 storeys!
just enjoyed your walk.your love of English history etc shines through.i am glad I found you via crusing the cut vlog.we need more people like you to keep our history alive.happy new year to you.
thanks very much Earl - a very happy new year to you too
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Thanks John, happy new year
Cheers Little Acorns- happy new year to you too
2019 is now the past, as is 2020, unfortunately but let's make sure that we return to the old normal before too long. These videos are a tonic for the troops in difficult times. Thanks John.
I have just come to this channel first time by recommendation of Cruisingthecut boating channel and I did not doubt to subscribe, I am in awe of the first perception it gave me.
Thanks so much Ana - welcome to the channel, hope you enjoy the other videos
My memories of this walk are without the bypass and this is the first time I've seen where the A10 cuts through the landscape. The sound of traffic has changed the area so much - our family walks were accompanied by the sound of pheasant and jackdaws, the clip-clop of horses too.
So very interesting of times gone by a very interesting walk. take care george.
Thanks George
Thank you John for a very interesting Video …..
Take care Dave and Lyn ….. from … Wait a while Land.
I'm so glad that I stumbled across your channel John as I am totally obsessed with small rivers and barraws/prehistoric landscape these videos a such a joy and fascinating for me to watch absolutely fantastic.
Thanks Darren. I'm endlessly fascinated by barrows and earthworks
Hi John, I've been watching your channel for a while now and it really is a balm to the soul.
I've also searched out a couple of your recommendations and was particularly taken by Patrick Keillers London which to me had very much a St Etienne Finisterre feel about it
I live in Cape Town in South Africa and your channel has challenged me to somehow try to do something like what you do over here sometime
Once again thanks for your excellent filmed excursions.
thanks so much Julian - St Etienne and Paul Kelly are also big Keiller fans and they were strongly influenced by London. All the best for your explorations of Cape Town
Wonderful walk. Thank you
Thank you for this magical walk. Have a very happy new year!
Thanks Roxy
As a first time viewer of your site all I can say is brilliant and interesting. Makes you want to going out and produce your own docuvlogs. There is so much local history on our door step that we don't always see it. Thanks.
thanks so much for that Colin - as you say, it's all around us, fascinating narratives on ever street corner and footpath
Thank you so much, what an evocative walk! Love the content and the music. Happy New Year!
thanks Tracey - happy new year
Thanks for all your videos John. As a relatively recent (late 2016) Leytonstone resident, your videos have inspired me to learn more about the area and to get out and walk some of it. More to do in 2019. Hope you and your family have a great 2019.
thanks so much Matt, it took me a while to recalibrate my bearings to centre on the Lea Valley rather than central London or the East End but once I did it's been a revelation
You said it yourself, "magical". A beguiling otherness feel to this traverse. Happy New Year, John.
Thanks Mark - it was special out there
Really enjoyed that John, I live in a cottage in Cold Christmas Lane and can see the site of the mounds from my garden. I've walked passed them many times, never knew they were there, I'll check them out now. Pop in for a cuppa next time your up this way. Keep up the good work!
Nice one John.Looking forward to chilling tonight and watching this. Thanks mate. Hope you had a good Christmas.
cheers Jason - hope you enjoy it
@@JohnRogersWalks I did indeed John. Thanks very much. When's the next video?
@@StarWarsJay great to hear - hoping to get out tomorrow (3rd Jan) so should be uploaded Sunday or Monday all being well- next Wednesday at the latest
Have a great adventure! See you on the other side.
superb thanks john looking forward to more in 2019 steve
Thanks Steve
Great video as always John! Thundridge sounds like an interesting part of the world, that church was a really beautiful location fascinating about the abandoned village also. I must go there and take some photos.
It was a really nice surprise to meet you briefly the other day!
-Aaron, from the Price Charles Cinema
Thanks so much Aaron and it was great to meet you too. Yes it’s a magical location, highly recommended and with more light you could extend that walk
Thanks for this wonderful (literal) Christmas walk. Interesting about Thunderidge. I’ve been reading the book Spirits of Place which has an essay by Warren Ellis about his home in Essex. I think according to him, places that have names like “Thorsley” or “Thundersley” were places designated under the Viking clearances when Eastern England was under the Danelaw. Also what a fantastic collection of Roman glasswork at the end. I’m always blown away to see it because I still have a hard time envisioning such varied and delicate glasswork for those times. Wishing you a Happy New Year and more great walks!
Thanks Ross - Sprits of Place sounds like an interesting read. Yes, those items in the British museum are amazing, I'm always transfixed by the intricacy of the Anglo Saxon metalwork
Lovely and so needed today xxx
Thank you John for another interesting video which has now increased my small historical knowledge.I would like to wish you and your family a happy,healthy,peaceful and prosperous new year.Looking forward to your videos in 2019
Thanks so much Humble - Happy New Year to you and yours
Thanks John for all your films this year; always interesting, informative and fascinating. I look forward to seeing you, and your orange carabiner, in many more films in 2019. Happy New Year to you and yours, all the very best. Ian
Thanks so much Ian, I was briefly tempted to buy a shiny new carabiner the other day but decided to stick with my trusty orange one
Warmest wishes John, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and all the very best for a Healthy and Happy New Year! Nice video, really interesting, enjoyed it very much! Looking forward to going on lovely adventures with you in 2019! Take care...
Thanks k, happy new year. I recorded the first video of 2019 yesterday, going to be a great year
Thank you once again for an interesting video. I hope you had a good Christmas and wish you well for the coming year. Looking forward to next years videos. Bob.
Many thanks Bob - been a very restful time. Hope you’re having a good one
another year ends - and i can't wait to see "next" year's videos 😊
2nd time watching this and the mounds blow me away every time. If they were excavated loosely in the mid 1800s, one can only imagine what we'd find in there now. Roman coins? A charming mystery to be kept. The moats are fantastic too, i wonder what you'd find in there? I'm surprised you don't do any metal detecting yourself. Would make for fantastic content. And if you're new to it, to log your journey. I'm considering taking it up myself this year. Hertfordshire's full of history, as you know! Countryside also. A fine mix. -I have walked around there many a time however yet to see them for myself! (The mounds) Will keep a look out this year! Me and my friend used to park in cold christmas Lane in summer eves around 10 years ago and we'd walk to the church, back then you could get inside. Some strange happenings there but unfortunately no sightings! 👻 Even in the early hours.
Have you walked Wimpole Hall in Royston? Arrington's a lovely little village. You would like! Can't wait for your long summer walks this spring/summer! Me and my partner always look out for you and in some instances just missed you! We have done the same walks on the same day on a few occassions. Take care
Absolutely brilliant timing for this trek. Your first mistaken mount still might be some sort of ancient earthwork though. I also really do appreciate the nameplace explinations that you provide because language IS archaeology. Happy New Year.🎊
thanks Scott - well the Heritage listing does cover the surrounding area as the land around the mounds was often also used for other burials so that's a possibility. You're so right about the archaeology of place names, living history
Great walk John. Have a happy New Year.
Happy New Year John
Hi john the big black gates are thunder hall
One of your best yet and caps off your already best year(by far)of epic video pergrinations. Pity there aren't any neolithic megaliths in your walking radius as I'm sure you would have enthusiastically done demonstrably more dramatic monuments suitably erudite justice! You're spot on about the present existing within an ongoing historical context too. Looking forward to ever adventurous(and perhaps longer?) vids in 2019. Southern england is truly ethereal...
thanks very much Ellis - it felt like a special expedition. I'd love to a video on some neolithic megaliths, I think there are some in Kent within reach, will have to add to the list
My first viewed video of 2019, what a great start to my year. A fine adventure there John..had to laugh at you getting the wrong mounds. Happy new year.
brilliant stuff Jag - yes it wouldn't be one of my expeditions if I didn't get something wrong. Hope you had a great New Year and all the best for 2019 - looking forward to your vids and music
An excellent video as always John. Always tempted to do a dig at a burial mound but I suppose that would be like digging up a grave in the local cemetery- frowned upon.
I just love old maps. Many of your walks conduct a kind of psychic time travel. I guess that is what psycho-geography is all about, come to think of it. The open landscapes are simply beautiful... "sigh" and that ancient church tower in ruin is amazing -- glad at least some of is still there.
that's a lovely way of looking at it Carole
Lovely video I’m from herts and had no idea how much history was so close I have work all around that area and a job on cold Christmas lane I’ll have to keep an eye out
What an amazing place totally drawn to it xxx
So strange seeing you in an area that my parents were local to. My dad's side live in Ware & Hertford, but more interestingly my mum and my nan used to walk on the exact same path that you did. My mum actually saw some dead hanging birds at the church which is most definitely linked to the cult groups. Great video.
I love that area Tom, plenty more walks to do round there too. Interesting to hear about the dead birds, I’d thought it might just be internet chatter but clearly it was a site of some kind of rituals
@@JohnRogersWalks it seems perfect for it as its in the middle of nowhere. Yes it's a very beautiful place, the countryside in Thundridge is very hilly and picturesque. Ware is a pretty town but I think its ripe for gentrification cause its in the oyster zone.
16:41 That barn is amazing. It s age must be over 100 years. I wonder it it was an old church/manor tithe barn?
Happy New Year John
Thanks- happy new year Tom
Thanks John for telling me more interesting stuff about an area that I am fairly familiar with and by the way did anyone spot the mysterious figure to the left of the wood at 17.02, a bit like something out of the Detectorists!! Happy New Year.
Thanks Richard - it's a special landscape. Well spotted at 17.02, I love the Detectorists btw - hopefully be a new series in 2019
Have a look a Benington castle aswell..Happy new year.
Will do - many thanks and a happy new year
Really enjoying them old lanes John. I think those laving ancient sites must have known they were building for the long term. Maybe they did sense us here peering into their life and death. Thundrige? Reminded me of a soundsystem called Thunderidge. All the best. Mark
There’s something special going on along those lanes Mark.
You're not wrong John. I choose to use them many times. Have a great new year. Look forward to future adventures - possibly down the lanes.
Very good channel :) Thumbs up !
Thanks RustyLeak
remember that even in the neolithic ( a few thousand years before the Romans) some folks travelled long distances for feasting. This has been shown in the isotope analysis of bone, showing that domesticated animals were moved along the drove roads from as far as what is now Scotland and consumed and discarded near at henge monuments in Wiltshire etc. Alothough probably a lot of personal travel was by river and sea.
oops,cruising the cut
Happy New Year
thanks Cheryl - same to you
I know I will never make it
trapped inside the urban sprawl
so thank you John for showing me
my heart has heard the call
From those that came before me
and for whom I owe a debt
so thank you John for guiding me
lest I ever should forget
what wonderful verse Tony - many thanks
I really enjoyed watching this. The only problem I'm having is that my list of places that I want to go to keeps getting longer and longer! I loved your commentary, particularly the fact that you "get" that feeling when being somewhere ancient and significant. It's also fun that you include where you took the wrong path. That has happened to me many times when looking for ancient sites. When this happens you sometimes find other things of significance that you would not have found otherwise.
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Fab video. Must check these out
I have heard a theory that mounds are formed by ejected dirt from underground springs. Any thoughts?
That’s an interesting theory although there’s extensive evidence that they were consciously constructed and used for burial.
@@JohnRogersWalks it was just a single podcast I watched on Silbury Hill.
Even if one hill is a spring it in no way implies they all were.
Sounds like something worth looking into, I’ll see if I can find out more - many thanks for the tip
Have you heard of the Aylesbury ring
Thanks for the reference in the introductory notes John. Don't know if you and your followers would be interested in this intriguing little blogpost about Thundridge Old Church, but there seem to be a couple of additional references here that you might have missed:
stepneyrobarts.blogspot.com/2011/09/thundridge-hertfordshire.html
On another level, the earthworks on the other side of Ermine Street from where you did your walk, which you also seem to have circled in red pen, are directly aligned to a more northerly section of Ermine Street which leads up into Royston, where there is an equally intriguing underground cave with alleged Templar graffiti which is apparently on the Great Dragon Line! More here:
www.roystontown.uk/see-do-in-royston/royston-cave/
In case you don't know, the Great Dragon Line runs all the way down to Glastonbury and Avebury ring and is aligned to the May Day Sunrise! I will try and get it together to scan you a section from the relevant map over the course of the next few days or so!
Wonderful notes as ever Rupert. I'd intended to visit the other earthwork but poor planning meant I ran out of light. Also in the cursory research I did beforehand I couldn't find anything about it online, but I was probably searching under the wrong terms. My hunch was that it's probably a medieaval enclosure, there are lots in the area where little is written about them. The Templar cave sounds intriguing
@@JohnRogersWalks I'll e-mail you a map with the ley lines marked in either tomorrow or Friday!
brilliant - thanks Rupert
Looking at pc ViewRanger OS map, you were on two different earthworks before you continued on to the barrows. Your instinct was right.
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Cheers Arthur - hope you have a great New Year
John your interests rum wide and deep very deep back in time
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