Jim Corbett's Summer Home at Nainital 75 years on.
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- A pilgrimage for me, to see Jim Corbett's Nainital. What can we see, 75 years after he left? Driving from Corbett National Park via Ramnagar, Kaladhungi to Nainital. We visit Guerney House, St John's Church, Jim's old school, just the entrance as the grounds were off limits. Then to a post office, lake and back.
If you have read all Jim Corbett's own books, I personally would also suggest 'Carpet Sahib. A Life of Jim Corbett' by Martin Booth, published 1986. he dedicates the book to 'the hillfolk of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, India.'
Books written by Jim Corbett:-
Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
My India
The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
Jungle Lore
Tree Tops
Contents of this video
00:00 Where we are going intro.
02:02 Journey begins from Ramnaga
04:40 Kaladhungi to Nainital
10:10 Arrive at Nainital
13:45 Gurney House the Corbett home
16:12 St John in the Wilderness - The Corbett Church
18:20 Change cars to exp[lore the narrow roads
18:50 Map of Nainital route
21:48 Nainital View point
25:12 Jim Corbett's School
27:08 Post office in Nainital
28:23 Nainital Lake and Jim Corbett
29:02 Nainital's wildlife
30:19 Bazaar, Temple, Pumping Station
30:48 Our good byes
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A small correction for the viewers of your excellent videos , at 29:41 the guide is mentioning Naninat and Pangot (which is mentioned as bamboo in the subtitles) . Pangot is a protected bird sanctuary and is an excellent place for bird watching.
The Pangot and Kilbury Bird Sanctuary home to a wide variety of birds, some 580 have been sited here over the years including Lammergeier, Himalayan Griffon, Blue-winged minla, Spotted and Slaty-backed forktail, White-throated laughing thrushes, Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Rufous-bellied niltava, Khalij pheasant, Brown wood owls, Collared grosbeaks, Little pied flycatcher, Himalayan bulbul, Striated Prinia, Altai accentor, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, Green-backed tit, Dollarbird etc. For more details nainitaltourism.org.in/pangot-and-kilbury-bird-sanctuary-nainital
Really enjoyed the Nainital tour and thanks for the information on Jim Corbett's life in Kaladhungi and Nainital
Thank you. I enjoyed exploring Nainital. Now working on Kaladhungi, which I again found fascinating having only been to the museum before.
Hi James, waiting for 2024 India Jungle trip and the amazing videos
Oh I wish! Sadly thus is what I am doing for 2014, refurbishing our home. 2015 has to be on the cards, any suggestions where we should visit. th-cam.com/video/HAK4_k-sb0k/w-d-xo.html
HiJames , just a small correction for the viewers of your excellent videos , at 29:41 the guide is mentioning Naninat and Pangot (which is mentioned as bamboo in the subtitles) . Pangot is a protected bird sanctuary and is an excellent place for bird watching.
Ahhhh..... Thank you. That is exactly the constructive feedback I want. I mean that. I want the videos to be accurate. Pangot meant nothing to me. Now it does.
Now what do I do about it? I would appreciate your comments please. As I see it I can:
1. Make the correction in my editing suite and relaunch the video. I don't think You Tube lets me replace it, so the video will have to start all over again.
2. I can pin the correction under comments with a clarification, as you have done. I probably would just enlarge on Pangot, with a slight description - this might be what I do.
3. Leave it as it is. I don't think that is right is how I am tending to view it. Indian viewers may be able to pick up my mistake too. But if they don't know of pangot like myself they too may well miss it.
Any other suggestions most welcome. I do want the videos to be accurate as I can make them and informative. Thank you
I have been posting many comments and replies on your last three videos, but all of them are getting removed by youtube. If this one passes through, please let me know as a confirmation.
Nainital is good, but it is too crowded. There are many other places in Uttarakhand that are pristine and beautiful beyond imagination, with much less people. The country around the Panar river (Panar leopard of Jim Corbett) is so, so beautiful that one wouldn't want to leave the place. Very few people live there. But they are difficult places to drive to, much harder than the drive to Nainital from Kaladhungi.
Speaking of driving, you were correct. There is an old road that leads along the river you saw on the map right upto Nainital. That was the road used in the past. The reason why that road is closed because it is a connected reserved forest to the Naina Devi Himayalan Bird Preserve. The peak which is called Tiffin Top is actually inside the Bird Sanctuary. The river originates somewhere on the peak and flows through the reserved forest into the plains below. The entire watershed is a protected area, hence the longer drive.
It is indeed astonishing how much people used to walk in the mid 20th century. My grandfather, about whom I've mentioned before, used to walk home once every month from a station called Naya bisra on the Bengal Nagpur railway, for two days, covering a distance of 150 odd kilometres. He would deliver money home and go back to Calcutta by train from Bisra, again walking the same distance back to bisra railway station in two days. My Great Gandfather was even sturdier, his company had marched from Ismailia on the Suez Canal to El Alamein within 40 hours to take over the push on the Wehrmacht. It is a distance of roughly 300-320 kilometres. Even in his old age, my grandfather used to comfortably walk 10-12 kilometres at a brisk pace. Amazing.
Wonderful video. Also, show us some house construction videos if possible.
Orion your knowledge is immense. Thank you for sharing that with me. I didn't know about the old road, now I do. Yes and the distances people walked were incredible, everyone was so much fitter back then. Today we all sit in vehicles.
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