The UK has some interesting history, but the honesty bin REALLY does it for me. I'm from South Africa and although I would honour the rules (and pay frugally), I honestly would *NOT* vouch for "other" South Africans though! I was hitchhiking in Wales once in 2001 and walked through a roadway tunnel (CCTV monitored by Police) - the police picked us up (my mate & I) and told us it was dangerous AND illegal to walk through the tunnel. We apologized and explained that we were on our way to London. They said they would drop us off at the next "T-stop", which we mistook for a T-junction - much to our surprize a "T-stop" was exactly just that - a stop for "TEA" - that is an anecdote I will never forget as long as I live!
Thanks for the video. My condolences for your grandfather and great-grandfather. It touched me a lot as my wife passed away last year on my late grandfathers' birthday, who was in the airborne forces, including at Arnhem. All of us owe a lot to the freedom that they all fought for.
Thanks mate, and massive respect to your Grandfather. I have been to Arnhem many times, and have attended the memorial service at Oosterbeek quite a few times.
@@PreparedPathfinder Many thanks, much appreciated. I have visited Arnhem but have not attended the memorial service. My grandfather survived Arnhem and WWII but I may attend the service to pay respects to those who did not make it.
@@PreparedPathfinder Thanks, I will have to get myself there. I am just over an hour and a half's drive from Arnhem so I am going to sort something out to go.
Amazing trek!!! Wonderful scenery!!! Thanks for sharing!!! The history in the U.K. is outstanding. As a bit of a history buff myself I really appreciate this video! Also, thanks for sharing your personal moment with your Grand Dads, what an honor. Much respect to you and your Grand Dads!!! Great video mate! From Mid-Michigan U.S.
Mate, have to say that this was a good watch! So many Welsh jokes could have come out on sighting the sheep though thankfully you saved it all for the sweaties and the screamers. Not bad going for an old guy on a gammy leg! 👊🏼💥😉
Love the video, I did the walk about 15 years ago with camping gear from Wallsend to Bowness. Some pretty rough weather but good times. I found it fairly easy to buy most food along the way
It's a great walk. I once did it in 24 hours as a sponsored 'walk' I was very fit at the time and in an army 2-day mountain marathon team. Our support team let us down and so after the first checkpoint at 15 miles we only had to eat what was in our very light day packs and resup water from cattle troughs. I'd love to do it again at a more leisurely pace. Thanks for your video log as it's very entertaining and interesting.
Having walked The Wall a few times (including last year in full Roman Legionary kit) I love these videos. A bit of trivia - the wall section at 15:47 coming into Chollerford wasn't actually built by Romans. That section before and the one after Chollerford were build by German and Italian POWs during WW2.
Quiet and understated film, thank you for taking us along. Touching finish to meet your three relatives, we can never repay the huge debt we owe them and their generations. 🙏
It's nice that you show the countryside and the places of interest on route rather than continually gobbing off into the camera like some You Tube presenters on long distance walks. Yours was an entertaining and enjoyable video, thank you, love the humour. 👍
Love the U.K. , so green, so beautiful, so historic, the lands of my ancestors. My respects to your family members who lost their lives in the defense of freedom.
Cool video, Tom. I've walked a portion of where you walked through when I lived in Northumberland for a while. It is stunning, and like you said, amazing that so much of the wall is still standing. Hats off to you for covering the distance! We will remember them.
Nice video. my grandfather was a Northumberland Fusilier, he was captured at the battle of Arras 1940, spending the rest of the war as a PoW in Poland.
Really enjoyed watching this. I was going to ask if you noticed many people on the route as it appeared you encountered more farm animals than people, still probably better for that! Huge respect for the grave visits, reminds me of having to arrange another pilgrimage to a war cemetery in France soon as I'm named after an MM with Bar from WW1 (professional soldier who held the line at Gheluvelt and killed 1918 just before the end of the war) so it's always good to go and remember them. I noted the ages of your family in both conflicts, slightly older than the average age (26 WW2 & 24ish WW1) of those called up and wondered if they were Regs or just volunteered as my namessake was also much older than the average members of his unit (Machine Gun Corps, previous Worcesters). Anyhow, great views/scenary on this one and a reminder to get out and enjoy a few nights in the fresh air soon as life's too short to stay indoors!
Thanks mate. My Grandad was an old soldier by the time WW2 came along. He'd previously served in China and India. I don't know much about my Great Grandad and his two brothers (who were all killed in WW1), as our family history has been lost due to them all being lost. Respect to your family too.
That was the canus testes sir. After the Romans did go home the masonry of their wall was repurposed for other projects in a lot of places. I think the weather has worn down a lot too. Nice wee tab sir. Take care buddy thanks for posting.
Amazing not 5 days of rain, brought back fond memories of running across this area when I was younger, beagling before it was banned. Normally raining cats and dogs.
Noticed you switched packs between day 3 and 4. What happened to the original pack you were carrying did something happen to the pack? Really enjoyed the walk man....great views!
Another cracking film Tom. I’ve seen some of the western end of the wall whilst walking up that part of the west coast some years back. Ive spoken to a couple of blokes, who after watching your video, are now up for this next year. Thanks for the idea 😁
Dude your optimistic hadriens walk in five days🤣👍84 miles,, good luck. Sycamore gap,rowan tree is two names mate for the Robin Hood scene 👌😉🇬🇧and its nice to have you back to my home county,,,, Northumberland ❤️
Good stuff, those Roman lads on the first info board look on their chinstraps, some things don't change... On a serious note, respect to your Grandad and Great Grandad. We were lucky, my old man was 6th Airborne (Overlord at Ranville, Ardennes and Varsity) and my Great Grandad was Connaught Rangers in the Great War (Sud al Bahr), both survived.
Cool video as always and the humour , a few Monty Python gags in there . I'm sat at work listening to wind at the moment right now and it's blowing a gale . Another hour and I get to go home and two days off , all good . Thanks for sharing your adventures .
Well done always fancied trying the wall. Stayed at a Bothy not to far away. Wish I'd known about this as I'd would have brought you some beer at Wallsend just up the road from me Hoose 😆
Great yomp there Tom, it's not somewhere I've been and it's been on my hit list for a while. If you want another similar length walk look up The Dales Way from Bouness-on-Windermere to Ilkley. What happened to your bergen on the last day?
Did the Hadrians Wall walk when I was attached to 39RA who at the time were based in Newcastle in around 2005. Would love to do it again as a stinking civi, as it turned more into a tab than a sponsored walk, as they always did. Not much wall was seen, might put that on my to do list and get a second Hadrians Wall badge (Websters).
Great video mate, thank you for the effort. I'm walking the wall west to east next month. Just wondering, what was the first bit of wall you came across. Was it Hare Hill?
This is a very good insight on hiking and camping in the outdoors I'm currently in the ACF and hoping to do my DofE soon I'm a very big fan of your videos do you have any tips for my bronze expedition? but very good video hoping to see more like this soon! From Reece
Hi Reece, make sure you pack everything you need, without packing too much. Speak to your instructors for advice. Also practice your navigation beforehand.
Prevailing weather in the UK is West to East, so walking West to East is the way to go, the rain will be behind you. One day either side of Once brewed are the nicest parts of the walk.
Excellent hike Tom with great scenery and a very meaningful end. Are you doing an after action report on your gear? What worked, what could be better and what chest pack were you running? Nate
Great vid Tom, loved the 'hat' and 'crow' references lol! did you swap out your bergan half way, you looked like you started with a military style began and ended up with a Osprey?
@@PreparedPathfinder ahhh......ok, now I understand the Pack change; and I completely understand! Just turned 51 and I've had kneee issues since my 30's! Sports, Military, Self Abuse😂
A excellent video.did you wild camp are there places to get water??as a military veteran we always stag on somewhere lol Is it possible to do a kit list of what you took and what kit you wish you took
It's a good walk I did it the other way and just for shits and giggles I did the extra few miles and made it a coast to coast walk I cheated and took a day out in the middle to spend a bit of time looking at The Roman forts
Excellent video. Bought back some great memories from when I did my DofE Silver. I was hoping to get your opinion on something, it's about the 90L PLCE short back Bergen. Will the said pack sit comfortably above a belt order? Thanks for your time.
@@PreparedPathfinder nah, the hood down comment, I did a TA PNCO with a load of 15 para lads and I love the screamer and hat comments 😂 Best line of the course was the comment on my staffords, beret and belt (black & silver) "who designed your regimental acoutraments? Coco fukin chanel? Hugo boss? You in the hatstapo?" 😜
The UK has some interesting history, but the honesty bin REALLY does it for me. I'm from South Africa and although I would honour the rules (and pay frugally), I honestly would *NOT* vouch for "other" South Africans though!
I was hitchhiking in Wales once in 2001 and walked through a roadway tunnel (CCTV monitored by Police) - the police picked us up (my mate & I) and told us it was dangerous AND illegal to walk through the tunnel. We apologized and explained that we were on our way to London. They said they would drop us off at the next "T-stop", which we mistook for a T-junction - much to our surprize a "T-stop" was exactly just that - a stop for "TEA" - that is an anecdote I will never forget as long as I live!
I follow a lot of prepper/survival channels most of them American, so proud to see a solid UK channel
Thanks Nikos 👍
I enjoyed watching that, thank you. How could I not ? From Roman Gimpys to LestWeForget..
You are green a.f dude!. it's good to hear some old military sayings again great video.👌
Cheers mate! 👍
Thanks for the video. My condolences for your grandfather and great-grandfather. It touched me a lot as my wife passed away last year on my late grandfathers' birthday, who was in the airborne forces, including at Arnhem. All of us owe a lot to the freedom that they all fought for.
Thanks mate, and massive respect to your Grandfather. I have been to Arnhem many times, and have attended the memorial service at Oosterbeek quite a few times.
@@PreparedPathfinder Many thanks, much appreciated. I have visited Arnhem but have not attended the memorial service. My grandfather survived Arnhem and WWII but I may attend the service to pay respects to those who did not make it.
@@Stratamania it’s a really moving service mate. The kids coming in at the end gets me every time.
@@PreparedPathfinder Thanks, I will have to get myself there. I am just over an hour and a half's drive from Arnhem so I am going to sort something out to go.
Amazing trek!!! Wonderful scenery!!! Thanks for sharing!!! The history in the U.K. is outstanding. As a bit of a history buff myself I really appreciate this video! Also, thanks for sharing your personal moment with your Grand Dads, what an honor. Much respect to you and your Grand Dads!!! Great video mate! From Mid-Michigan U.S.
Mate, have to say that this was a good watch! So many Welsh jokes could have come out on sighting the sheep though thankfully you saved it all for the sweaties and the screamers. Not bad going for an old guy on a gammy leg! 👊🏼💥😉
Cheers mate! 😂👍
Love the video, I did the walk about 15 years ago with camping gear from Wallsend to Bowness. Some pretty rough weather but good times. I found it fairly easy to buy most food along the way
It's a great walk. I once did it in 24 hours as a sponsored 'walk' I was very fit at the time and in an army 2-day mountain marathon team. Our support team let us down and so after the first checkpoint at 15 miles we only had to eat what was in our very light day packs and resup water from cattle troughs. I'd love to do it again at a more leisurely pace. Thanks for your video log as it's very entertaining and interesting.
Thanks mate 👍
Having walked The Wall a few times (including last year in full Roman Legionary kit) I love these videos. A bit of trivia - the wall section at 15:47 coming into Chollerford wasn't actually built by Romans. That section before and the one after Chollerford were build by German and Italian POWs during WW2.
Beautiful video. Beautiful country.
Thankyou 👍
Thank you…. Respect for your father and grand father
Great video! Thanks
Respect to all the people who lost their lives in the world wars and the other wars since ! 🙏 Great video.
Quiet and understated film, thank you for taking us along. Touching finish to meet your three relatives, we can never repay the huge debt we owe them and their generations.
🙏
Cheers mate 👍
Never been so far up north in UK. The northern i have been is Birmingham when i was a little kid. Great walk very pretty scenery.
It's nice that you show the countryside and the places of interest on route rather than continually gobbing off into the camera like some You Tube presenters on long distance walks. Yours was an entertaining and enjoyable video, thank you, love the humour. 👍
Thanks John 👍
WONDERFUL tour. Thank you and your respected family
Thankyou Pattie! 👍
What a great film! Loved it. 👊
Thanks Geoff 👍
Family-Dads-Grand Dads.. ❤ Great video, mate.
Great video airborne. I'm out on the route tomorrow. You saved me a bit of recce work, which we all know is very rarely time wasted....👍
Cheers mate, and glad to be of some use!
Looks like a lovely walk that, never new some of the wall is still there, and the history boards chucked in as well, nice one. 👍
Thank you for this adventure ...from Portugal
Cheers mate! 👍
Love the U.K. , so green, so beautiful, so historic, the lands of my ancestors. My respects to your family members who lost their lives in the defense of freedom.
Thanks Gary, appreciate it.
Cool video, Tom. I've walked a portion of where you walked through when I lived in Northumberland for a while. It is stunning, and like you said, amazing that so much of the wall is still standing. Hats off to you for covering the distance! We will remember them.
Nice video. my grandfather was a Northumberland Fusilier, he was captured at the battle of Arras 1940, spending the rest of the war as a PoW in Poland.
Hope you enjoyed it mate I live in Newcastle but I haven’t done this yet.
A great walk, I like how you personalise it at the end with some family history. Very classy. Thank you.
Cool immediately knew you had military experience - brill 😊 going to do this early September can’t wait 🎉 thank you 🙏 for sharing
Thank you for sharing those personal moments. Very heart warming.
The 'Robin Hood Tree' is Sycamore Gap - it's one of several nicks blasted through the Whin Dyke by water under huge pressure from glaciers.
We did the Pilgrim’s Way a few weeks back and went through people’s gardens several times. Bit odd!
Wonderful little walk about. 🍻
Great video, thanks for sharing, very enjoyable.
Really enjoyed watching this. I was going to ask if you noticed many people on the route as it appeared you encountered more farm animals than people, still probably better for that!
Huge respect for the grave visits, reminds me of having to arrange another pilgrimage to a war cemetery in France soon as I'm named after an MM with Bar from WW1 (professional soldier who held the line at Gheluvelt and killed 1918 just before the end of the war) so it's always good to go and remember them. I noted the ages of your family in both conflicts, slightly older than the average age (26 WW2 & 24ish WW1) of those called up and wondered if they were Regs or just volunteered as my namessake was also much older than the average members of his unit (Machine Gun Corps, previous Worcesters). Anyhow, great views/scenary on this one and a reminder to get out and enjoy a few nights in the fresh air soon as life's too short to stay indoors!
Thanks mate.
My Grandad was an old soldier by the time WW2 came along. He'd previously served in China and India. I don't know much about my Great Grandad and his two brothers (who were all killed in WW1), as our family history has been lost due to them all being lost. Respect to your family too.
Nice to see the history of Britain from across the pond in the US….. Thanks mate!
That was the canus testes sir. After the Romans did go home the masonry of their wall was repurposed for other projects in a lot of places. I think the weather has worn down a lot too. Nice wee tab sir. Take care buddy thanks for posting.
Canus testes lol 😂 and so is my wife !!!
Just found your channel love all your content thanks for sharing your beautiful homeland. Cheers!
Thanks Alex, appreciate it!
Amazing not 5 days of rain, brought back fond memories of running across this area when I was younger, beagling before it was banned. Normally raining cats and dogs.
Noticed you switched packs between day 3 and 4. What happened to the original pack you were carrying did something happen to the pack? Really enjoyed the walk man....great views!
Another cracking film Tom. I’ve seen some of the western end of the wall whilst walking up that part of the west coast some years back. Ive spoken to a couple of blokes, who after watching your video, are now up for this next year. Thanks for the idea 😁
Fantastic video, just great !!
Dude your optimistic hadriens walk in five days🤣👍84 miles,, good luck. Sycamore gap,rowan tree is two names mate for the Robin Hood scene 👌😉🇬🇧and its nice to have you back to my home county,,,, Northumberland ❤️
Love this, thank you. Planning to do Hadrians Wall solo this summer so this was a great preview!
Cheers! 👍
Nice one again Tom. Really enjoyed it - jokes - background music and scenery. Your grandfathers cap badge was very similar to my own. Top man.
Good stuff, those Roman lads on the first info board look on their chinstraps, some things don't change...
On a serious note, respect to your Grandad and Great Grandad. We were lucky, my old man was 6th Airborne (Overlord at Ranville, Ardennes and Varsity) and my Great Grandad was Connaught Rangers in the Great War (Sud al Bahr), both survived.
How come you started with a green bergan then had a blue osprey pack on ?lovely Northumberland countryside
I scaled down my kit half way.
Thanks for showing your hike, I’m here in the states and I would like to do that walk someday, much respect for your Honored family good day sir.
Cool video as always and the humour , a few Monty Python gags in there . I'm sat at work listening to wind at the moment right now and it's blowing a gale . Another hour and I get to go home and two days off , all good . Thanks for sharing your adventures .
Great video Tom, loved the details. Never knew that scene from Robin Hood was shot there!., thanks for taking us on your journey :-)
Cracking video Tom 👍🏻
@@paulrobbo216 cheers mate 👍
Enjoyed your video, well done.
Cheers 👍
what a beautiful, wholesome video
Why thank you 👍
Nice one Tom, especially with that pack weight too, looks like a great hike there and huge respect at the end.
Great walk along with the history. Could have been a false start had one stopped at that first pub!
Well done always fancied trying the wall. Stayed at a Bothy not to far away. Wish I'd known about this as I'd would have brought you some beer at Wallsend just up the road from me Hoose 😆
Wonderful - thank you!
Great video i enjoyed that 👍
Great yomp there Tom, it's not somewhere I've been and it's been on my hit list for a while. If you want another similar length walk look up The Dales Way from Bouness-on-Windermere to Ilkley. What happened to your bergen on the last day?
I scaled my kit down a bit after l ate most of my rations, l borrowed a smaller pack off a mate.
Did the Hadrians Wall walk when I was attached to 39RA who at the time were based in Newcastle in around 2005. Would love to do it again as a stinking civi, as it turned more into a tab than a sponsored walk, as they always did. Not much wall was seen, might put that on my to do list and get a second Hadrians Wall badge (Websters).
Ha ha, fair one! 😂👍
Just before four in the morning and a great start to the day. Thanks Tom. Great achievement and good to watch.
348 JRW
It is a hoofing yomp that one, the visual history is in the middle section though 👍🏻
It may become the new Camino walk!
Excellent video Mr.Tom👍
Damned nice walk. Thanks for taking us along, Tom.
❤ more great content. i wish you taught at my school.
Thankyou, much appreciated.
You had it good, every time I've gone its been a bit grim.
Looks amazing!
Planning on doing this in June with my lad he can stag on the crowbag stagious I'll have stickman great vid with some Tom humour can't wait cheers bud
Cheers Steve! 👍
Great video mate, thank you for the effort. I'm walking the wall west to east next month. Just wondering, what was the first bit of wall you came across. Was it Hare Hill?
This is a very good insight on hiking and camping in the outdoors I'm currently in the ACF and hoping to do my DofE soon I'm a very big fan of your videos do you have any tips for my bronze expedition? but very good video hoping to see more like this soon!
From Reece
Hi Reece, make sure you pack everything you need, without packing too much. Speak to your instructors for advice. Also practice your navigation beforehand.
Really enjoyed the vid Tom. Well done 👍.
Cheers mate 👍
Nice one Tom 👍
Prevailing weather in the UK is West to East, so walking West to East is the way to go, the rain will be behind you. One day either side of Once brewed are the nicest parts of the walk.
Beautiful English countryside💖👍
Awesome walk. Researching the walk myself, It's in my future. How do I get one of those cool hats?
Cheers. If you email me at preparedpathfinder@gmail.com l’ll send you the info.
Whey aye man what a belta.
A 5 day walk, no people, excellent.
Greetings from Greece! Wonderful video! May I ask what boots did you wear for your hike? Stay healthy and strong!
Thanks Jimmy! I wore Han Wag Banks boots, very comfortable. Got a kit load out video coming soon.
Definitely on my bucket list. thanks for the awesome video. Are you going to describe all the equipment you used on your trip?
Good video and a good yomping session 👍🏻
Tabbing he’s a para
You are correct I apologise
Great video mate looking at doing this later this year also big respect being ex forces love the stag references lol😂
A Para never knocks back a chance to get scoff on board
Excellent hike Tom with great scenery and a very meaningful end. Are you doing an after action report on your gear? What worked, what could be better and what chest pack were you running?
Nate
Cheers! Yes l will do mate.
Great vid Tom, loved the 'hat' and 'crow' references lol! did you swap out your bergan half way, you looked like you started with a military style began and ended up with a Osprey?
Yes mate I cut down on my kit a bit half way, my leg was giving me some gyp.
@@PreparedPathfinder ahhh......ok, now I understand the Pack change; and I completely understand! Just turned 51 and I've had kneee issues since my 30's! Sports, Military, Self Abuse😂
@@Fenianboyo yeah l’m 50, and l broke my femur a few years ago, still a bit crocked from that.
A excellent video.did you wild camp are there places to get water??as a military veteran we always stag on somewhere lol
Is it possible to do a kit list of what you took and what kit you wish you took
Yeah there were a few places to get water, not as much as l expected though.
Roman legions walked the area many years ago with armour shield
Sword and sandals!
Great stuff
What make/type is that basha you were using?
It’s a Rab Siltarp 1.
Thats what happens to me when i am painting too.
We Will Remember Them
Well done mate.
Did you swap your rucksack out through the trip ?
Yeah l switched it out about half way.
It's a good walk I did it the other way and just for shits and giggles I did the extra few miles and made it a coast to coast walk I cheated and took a day out in the middle to spend a bit of time looking at The Roman forts
Hey Pathfinder, how is it doing the walk in early June? Would I need some serious cold weather gear?
I wouldn’t have thought so, it should be pretty warm, but obviously the weather could change.
Excellent video. Bought back some great memories from when I did my DofE Silver. I was hoping to get your opinion on something, it's about the 90L PLCE short back Bergen. Will the said pack sit comfortably above a belt order? Thanks for your time.
Hi Adeoneer, I've got a 90l shortback and Osprey belt kit and yes the bergen sits happily on top even for me at 5'3.
Hi, yes they generally do, that's what they're designed for.
@@PreparedPathfinder thanks for information much appreciated 👍
@@davidcann6021 Thank you for your help mate 👍
Issue gortex with the fold away hood, i think it was the first issue of goretex with 95s. I cut the hood off.
STAFFFFFFFFFFFFFORDS
Was this comment meant to be on the top ten video? Yeah l cut mine off too as it goes.
@@PreparedPathfinder nah, the hood down comment, I did a TA PNCO with a load of 15 para lads and I love the screamer and hat comments 😂
Best line of the course was the comment on my staffords, beret and belt (black & silver)
"who designed your regimental acoutraments? Coco fukin chanel? Hugo boss? You in the hatstapo?" 😜
@@MIFWIC666 ha ha, roger that mate 😂
Any thoughts on seal skin socks?
Need a decent pair
Yeah they're good for when your boots get soaked, I mentioned them in my ML Loadout video.
@@PreparedPathfinder Sweet thanks mate
Enjoyable and poignant film. Loved the military slang.
Have you ever had a sheep come up too you I had one the other day well 2 of them come up too me usually they run away
Hope you had your wellies on
do you have a kit list that you would share?
What footwear did you use for this walk?
@@UKUrbanPrepper l used Han Wag Banks boots. Very lightweight and comfortable.
Ive Just done 2 days then quit with wrong boots ( too hard mountain boots) . 1st day from bowness broke my feet.
@@mh-vs8ym yeah a lot of time on concrete hey?
@@PreparedPathfinder yeah that was it. Already planning to finish it with different boots.