@@steveparkes Really? I've always walked around here and noticed these places (this video was hilarious), have you got a link where I can read more about said brooks? They do seem like spreaders of all diseases, though, so not really surprised....
I find it so funny how you don't say there's a time limit for the first 15 minutes or anything, and you're just dashing around Walsall like you're on the run
@@viviolet6447 theres nothing wrong with walsall. sure theres nothing exciting about it but you could say that with alot of areas in england edit: nvm as i watch the vid i can see how disgusting walsall seems
It's interesting how certain activities could be interpreted differently depending on the location.. Running in the countryside: bloke getting exercise Running in a shopping centre: thief Wearing full camo in the countryside: army-related training Wearing full camo in a town centre: local nutcase Climbing through woodland in rural Wales: camper / rambler Climbing through woodland in Walsall: smack head.
Just realised that the reason Tom uploads these missions months after he does them is because the statute of limitations on non-serious criminal cases in the UK is about six months 😄
From date of discovery most likely, Plus this would count as "new evidence" However having worked in some of these places, nobody gives a toss unless there has been clear malice involved (or serious trespass as we saw with the railway in pervious videos)
@@beric0bartman he has gotten a nice warning from the UK rail service before for illegally crossing active railways so its understandable for him to be concerned about such things
I’m so used to the straight line missions that I’m always worried for some seconds when he turns left or right - until I realize that it’s no problem this time
Innit... She's such a saint it's incredible. I believe like 10% of the women in the world could bear with everything this man does and she's one of them
Definitely an idea for you to consider in the future, is getting a safety vest/high visibility vest, especially if you plan to do more of these urban type missions! There has been tests done and the results are that people become very ignorant of you once you're wearing the vest, as they immediately think you're a worker of some sort and go about their business. It won't of course work whilst crossing some farmers land in possible future straight line missions, but as you're going through shop' service areas and climbing on roofs of shopping centers, it might divert everyones attention from you for just a tiny bit at least.
Definitely, high-vis gives you an air of authority as well as it just being common sense health & safety-wise. If you're confident enough, you can get away with things wearing a high-vis that you may not in camo. I work in a warehouse and service yard and if I saw someone in camo stalking across it, I'd report it to security but if a guy walks across in high-vis like he belongs there, I'd think nothing of it and assume he was a workman or worked for one of the surrounding companies and just ignore him.
@@spacedUK07 Am surprised that he still lives around here... usually once anyone in brum has money they take the first flight out of here, that is the ritual, at least.
@@spacedUK07 Well, it does depend on where you live and what you do, obviously. The IT sector here is kinda dead, or it simply never existed. It might just be my experience but I've had the absolute pleasure to work only with idiots over the years (of which one lost his company).
Something to consider for the next mission; in the Urban Environment, overalls, a high vis vest and a hard hat might offer better camoflauge. You're less likely to get challenged if security or a worker spots you.
Seeing this guy in an extreme close-up while he walks through bushes and trash is somehow the best content on TH-cam. Keep it up , much love from Spain.
I like how this series slowly progressed from crossing the odd farmers field or back-garden to this. I do question what we have driven Tom to do for our entertainment!
Tom gets caught speeding on an on ramp to a motorway and gets pulled over He says to the officer: It’s not a road mate it’s not a road it’s a ramp I make the rules round here
@@SuperSMT I'm canadian, I was taught to match the speed of traffic when merging onto a freeway/highway etc. I asked my examiner "what if I'm merging and everyone is going 150(kmh)?" and he said "match it".
I know. It was like a kid trying on for the first time the action man outfit his mum bought for his birthday: a bit oversized, but you'll grow into it son.
I dont even know how you could prevent that. Install cameras everywhere? people wont like it. Like what government policy could stop littering? im genuinely curious.
@@sevrent2811 sadly at this point its gonna take the world getting massive reprocusions due to climate change for anyone to take things like that seriously :/
@@sevrent2811 It should be common decency that stops you from littering - not being told not to do it, no policies or expense required - Love where you live, show some respect etc. Unfortunately there are too many selfish ignorant morons in this country :( ... I am bias on this, I litter pick at least 4 times a week - Literally see the worst of human kind each time :(
"And I'm gonna stop off at a couple of pubs along the way, ahhh, just to refuel, you know, with beer" - and there we have it. It's really just a big glorified pub-crawl. "Very experienced at climbing spiky fences and such obstacles" - there's a good one for the resume.
@@dees3179 Plot twist: She just wants him out of the house to have the place to herself. Nah, I'm just kidding. Verity is the heart and soul of these missions.
I remember the first missions when climbing a fence seemed risky. Now he just runs through a service area and starts climbing between rooftops, in casual gear too. What a legend.
Its probably better he has normal clothes, it makes him look less dangerous. Imagine if he did this in camo clothing. Although if he had like a reflective vest or something he could pretend hes supposed to be there.
@@Adamsmob 💯 this is needle territory. I've seen it all over the place, doesn't matter where you are in the country, it's the type of hidden spots in urban areas
As someone who has lived in Walsall (specifically New Invention) all my life, it really is so entertaining watching you wade over the roof of the Old Square and almost surreal just seeing you sprint through the town centre that I've walked through probably thousands of times 😂 Cheers for putting the Black Country into the fold with these videos, its really cool seeing a lad from Aldridge spreading bits of the culture to the wider TH-cam audience - been a fan since the first Wales mission but this really is so interesting to me as a local. Next time I do my weekly shop at ASDA in Walsall with my flatmates I'll imagine you Sam Fishering your way over the Old Square - hope to catch you in spoons sometime soon! Ta cocka
Being from the countryside, I always admired the straight line missions. But the urban side of things always intrigued me. I'm excited to see how this one pans out.
Did the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog, though? (PS: For anyone who is confused: There's a wikipedia article on the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" ;) )
It's so funny to me when Tom says 'don't try this at home.' The whole reason I love this channel is because everything he does is so far out of my comfort zone, I would never ever even think of trying any of this.
Hey Tom, I do water quality monitoring and that looks like sewage fungus, good indicator of frequent untreated sewage discharges. Probably glad you didn't know at the time 😂
You are such a legend Tom, so glad the TH-cam stuff has been working out and I can't wait for more of the best content on TH-cam. Cheers and I'd love to buy you a pint someday, verity too(the real mvp of the channel!
I love this, it's an exact idea that I've had before. I live on the outskirts of a city in Sweden and untill recently I could walk through a small forest in my backyard and through a bunch of patches of small woods into the huge wild forests of Sweden. But now they have built a couple of new residential areas which makes it impossible to do that anymore. I've found a way that leads me to only cross 2 roads but still makes me sad that we are destroying so much of nature. Keep up the interesting content with creative ideas!
I reckon Storror would be great at this, a collab with them would be unfathomable. Not only can they move, but they have a certain amount of expertise in getting kicked off of private property
I grew up in a post-industrial town and spent my childhood exploring weird non-spaces like that brook, all those fenced off areas that only adventurous kids and junkies knew about. This is one of the best videos you've put out and I can't wait to see more.
I'm a Walsall citizen and I'm so honoured to have you run around the area! It was so funny watching you run around the centre! 🤣 All your videos are so entertaining! You're a legend Geo! 👍
When I've been in 'areas I shouldn't have strictly been in' (and no, I'm not a thief!) I usually go with the 'more is better' option; Hi-viz jacket, hard hat, still camera, clipboard with sheets of paper relating to where I am, and pockets full of pens, tape measures, etc. And walk with the air of authority and 'I'm supposed to be here'. A suit underneath helps to sell it. It's truly astounding how many people will totally ignore you especially if you start taking pictures of drainage channels, making sketches, pretending to be on the phone etc There are nuances to doing this and I must add this isn't something I've done in the last fifteen years or more (and again; I never did anything illegal apart from mild trespassing), but it does work!
It is really horrible to see how much rubbish is lying around everywhere, even in places where (thanks to the blackberries) there are hardly ever people. Guys, throw your rubbish in a bin!
Try finding one first, any wonder people just throw stuff on the ground. Around the main roads in towns there are plenty, venture away and its a mission trying to find one at times. Not an excuse for laziness though. The bags of dog shit hanging from trees etc does my nut in, especially in the autumn and winter with no leaves on the trees. Its disgusting where there are loads of dog walkers.
It kind of blows me away how people just throw shit on the ground, maybe its because I was raised with the anti-littering ad campaigns but I don’t think I could ever do that
Littering is a sad but inevitable result of urbanization and the consumer society. My intuition is that streets and roads and such aren't really considered as much a part of your "home" as your immediate living space is, but is just seen as a path from A to B. So there are a lot of people who otherwise keep their houses clean and take out their rubbish but don't give a shit really about street litter so long as the path is walkable. And face it, if you don't care enough for the consequences of it, littering is more convenient than being mindful and waiting for the next bin to show up along the way. Hence: cigarette butts everywhere, plastic bottles and food wrappers along major roads, dogshit bags chucked into the forest from dog-walking paths, beer cans and wine bottles left out in parks after the weekend and of course needles and spoons left at the junkie spots. (To that last one, you can also thank the current state of drug criminalization and stigmatization for creating the need for hard drug users to seek out hidden spots away from prying eyes and cops, and that when you're strung out on heroin you are probably not going to feel the need to clean your sorroundings. Tip: Legal, safe injection sites will reduce this issue) The example I feel the most strongly about, by the way, is the dogshit bags. Any dog owner would be 100% better off just letting their dogs shit directly into the woods than introduce a needless plastic barrier between the elements that aid in decomposition and the organic material that needs decomposing. Poop on the dirt is no big deal, just dig out another layer of dirt to throw on top and let nature do the rest, voila. But the fucking plastic bags? It would take years, decades before the shit finally touches ground!
I love how the closed captions keep confusing Walsall with Warsaw. I’m pretty certain that’s the biggest compliment ever received by the former, and the most hurtful insult ever dealt to the latter.
I'm from the Black Country, and there's an old wive's tale people always tell around here about how when the war started, and the radio anchor was saying that Germany had gone and invaded Warsaw, many a confused nan had been phoning eachother and phoning into the BBC to ask what the bloody hell H*tler wanted with Walsall, and how the Jerries had even gotten there.
Carol Thompson said that J. R. R. Tolkien's description of the grim region of Mordor "resonates strongly with contemporary accounts of the Black Country" & in Elvish Sindarin language, Mor-Dor means Dark (or Black) Land.
Mad to see such a big TH-camr recording close by my home cuz I live in an estate right next to bescot and I’m always going to that McDonald’s and retail park lmao
Loved this adventure, Tom. Being from Wolverhampton, took me back to the good old days as a kid, exploring the canals and abandoned industrial parks of the Black Country. What a shit hole.
@@Zebra_M No, you wouldn't. Drainage inspector. No one questions people in a high vis vest in places most anyone wouldn't ordinarily want to go. The only place vests don't work is on private property.
@@knurlgnar24 on private property if you have a high vis and you claim to be an apprentice you could argue being lost/confused or misguided by wrong info. Or maybe act as a surveyor
A few months ago I found myself searching google maps for a driving route from Market Harborough, Leicestershire to Petersfield, Hampshire without using any roundabouts. I now recognise that this is a result of what YOU have done to me Tom. Good going, love the mission.
This might honestly be my favorite of all the missions, the vibe is more chill, yet the mission itself seems just as (if not more) treacherous than the straight line missions
Just watched the Sidemen race from London to the Eiffel Tower, but Tom Davies climbing shopping centres, knocking on the back door of Walsall's finest Greggs and running through multi-storey car parks is the most thrilling thing I've seen in a while.
Once again I thank you for the excellent subtitles. Just so you know all this hard work isn't going unnoticed. One of my neighbors is busy mowing their lawn right now, and since it's pretty warm in my appartment I really can't close the windows. So the subtitles actually help a lot. :)
When I’m older and have kids, I’m gonna show them these Straight Line Missions. They’re some of the most intriguing authentic content on TH-cam and I feel a sense of comfort whenever I watch them.
100% used to love watching Bear Grylls stuff when I was a kid, these are like more authentic/real versions. Although maybe simpler in terms of eating packed food rather than elephant dung. It’s a semi ordinary guy and you get to see the more normal moments during the adventure and have more connection.
This actually reminds me of my childhood when we followed the stream through our village as long as possible without deviating more than 3 m to either side. Great memories! Thank you for that and the great entertainment on top 😊
As a Tamworth lad born and bred, I’d been to Walsall plenty as a youth, this brings back such nostalgia vibes… can’t believe that first shopping centre is still open!!!
Other youtubers: "Dont try this at home (I dont want to be legally liable for your injury)" good guy Tom: "Dont try this at home, I dont want you to get hurt"
Sure the most general definition of a road could include the parking garage ramp, (although if we use that definition literally everything connecting two points that a car can drive on is a road) but most people would agree that the ramp is a part of the actual parking garage, making it a feature of the building rather than a separate thing.
To me, watching this, it's like a movie almost. It is so amazing what your doing, and I love this kind of content. Travelling through an area, gathering new experiences, etc. As somebody who grew up in a ghetto, I understand a few of the places you went to. I grew up going on trips like this, and still do things like this, for the same reasons as you. Wonderful content!
As an Australian these missions make me so anxious, because I just assume every single brambley off-road patch is full of snakes. 😂 I wish I lived in Britain. So excited for this new series, you're the best Tom! Actually second-best; Verity is obviously #1 on this channel!
The same for me as a South African. Snakes and spiders, and even angry moles, here are also common place (like we used to live in a suburban area next to a field, and snakes legitimately came into our yard frequently)
Half a minute into a new straight line video and Tom is saying "This is one of the worst things I have ever done", that's when you know it's gonna be a good one.
I think this is your best series yet. You have taken an area that people would not have thought of as being difficult to navigate and created a great challenge. Im sure people often pass by these seemingly abandoned urban areas and wonder what would happen if they jumped the fence. Well, now we know!
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say how much I love your content Tom and how interesting all of these challenges are to me and my friends. We are big walkers/adventurers but the level you work at is just legendary 🙌
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Tom Davies will be the first Cholera case in the UK in 100 years
Patient zero. Or should I say nought
They're going to name an infection after him.
In 1832 and 1840 brooks a couple of miles away from that one led to hundreds of deaths so he's in the right spot.
@@steveparkes Really? I've always walked around here and noticed these places (this video was hilarious), have you got a link where I can read more about said brooks? They do seem like spreaders of all diseases, though, so not really surprised....
@@steveparkes
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I find it so funny how you don't say there's a time limit for the first 15 minutes or anything, and you're just dashing around Walsall like you're on the run
Yeah I was so confused like why is he running, especially since I'm assuming it was filmed in the spring or near spring time xD
well he did say he needed to get to the zoo by 5
tbf why would you want to stay in walsall for longer than you absolutely have to
@@viviolet6447 theres nothing wrong with walsall. sure theres nothing exciting about it but you could say that with alot of areas in england
edit: nvm as i watch the vid i can see how disgusting walsall seems
@@nate9065 yeah but after he ran through Warsall like the police was chasing him
It's interesting how certain activities could be interpreted differently depending on the location..
Running in the countryside: bloke getting exercise
Running in a shopping centre: thief
Wearing full camo in the countryside: army-related training
Wearing full camo in a town centre: local nutcase
Climbing through woodland in rural Wales: camper / rambler
Climbing through woodland in Walsall: smack head.
this comment is brilliant 🤣
You're forgetting about the factor that he's got a camera with him.
Local nutcase and smackhead was sighted climbing through woodland in Walsall in camo he stole from a local shopping centre.
countryside > city
Nicely observed!
Just realised that the reason Tom uploads these missions months after he does them is because the statute of limitations on non-serious criminal cases in the UK is about six months 😄
From date of discovery most likely, Plus this would count as "new evidence" However having worked in some of these places, nobody gives a toss unless there has been clear malice involved (or serious trespass as we saw with the railway in pervious videos)
I really doubt you're gonna get in trouble for uploading a video with a couple of 100k vieuws. Who would check for these things?
@@beric0bartman he has gotten a nice warning from the UK rail service before for illegally crossing active railways so its understandable for him to be concerned about such things
@@vikingjoebloggs3887 A railway isn't serious tresspassing lmao
@@maskettaman1488 yes it is lmao
can't go a miss with some good old orienteering 👏
TH-cam just enjoying some Tom on TH-cam.
Oh what are you doing here youtube? lol
TH-cam watching TH-cam amiright
certified TH-cam moment
amongus
the absolute pinnacle of british orienteering
it’s geowizard out there
My brain has been rotted bu Isaac woods vocals so now i cry to a guy talking about his wet dream.
leave geowizard out of this!
And I can’t think of anything betterrrrrrr
More than adequate
Varying content with a certain theme is hard to pull off but somehow he manages to do it perfectly
He’s just a wizard plain and simple
Fair play he’s got some bollocks to run through a mall and run around in a army costume
@@Airusdnb Damn, you preceded me on the exact same comment, well played!
And it's something that literally no one else has ever done.
It’s just the sheer charisma of this guy. Also he does insane things which helps.
Tom actually having permission to go through somewhere is a twist
Part of the allure is the fact that he's not supposed to be there, IMO
He should buy a general admission ticket to the zoo, but then trespass through the aquarium section that isn't included!
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 nah I'd do anything I could to avoid supporting those useless animal torturing facilities.
But only if he's there on time...
I’m so used to the straight line missions that I’m always worried for some seconds when he turns left or right - until I realize that it’s no problem this time
Shoutout to Verity for supporting all your crazy-ass ideas
Innit... She's such a saint it's incredible. I believe like 10% of the women in the world could bear with everything this man does and she's one of them
@@nekonebitan2912 i'd even join him it looks pretty fun
Aye shes a good lass
TH-camrs always talk about how its awkward to film in public. Meanwhile Toms out here running around with a camera, yelling at pedestrians. Love it
virgin youtubers vs chad geowizard
in a full camouflage
Straight line mission cold opens: "Will Tom be caught by a farmer?!"
Black country mission cold open: "Will Tom step in the bag of dog shit?!"
Day 2: I've yet to be stabbed jumping into the wrong garden, so that's a bonus.
Rust belt urban mission: "Will Tom get shot in a back alley?"
Next video: will Tom get a needle stick injury from a discarded syringe.
I can't stop hearing "Warsaw" so now I want to see you crossing Warsaw.
Fuck, I live there and that would be so amazing!
@@borsuck13 warsaw, walsall, both have lots of poles and heroine
@@borsuck13 what if he breaks into your house to cross through it?
Warsaw to Dudley. There's a trip.
If he does he should explicitly call it Walsall.
Definitely an idea for you to consider in the future, is getting a safety vest/high visibility vest, especially if you plan to do more of these urban type missions! There has been tests done and the results are that people become very ignorant of you once you're wearing the vest, as they immediately think you're a worker of some sort and go about their business. It won't of course work whilst crossing some farmers land in possible future straight line missions, but as you're going through shop' service areas and climbing on roofs of shopping centers, it might divert everyones attention from you for just a tiny bit at least.
stitch a high vis jacket to the inside of his military jacket so he can turn it inside out like mission impossible
Not to mention the safety aspect of a safety vest. Could be mandatory around a streets and working areas (think quarry) and could save his life
Definitely, high-vis gives you an air of authority as well as it just being common sense health & safety-wise. If you're confident enough, you can get away with things wearing a high-vis that you may not in camo.
I work in a warehouse and service yard and if I saw someone in camo stalking across it, I'd report it to security but if a guy walks across in high-vis like he belongs there, I'd think nothing of it and assume he was a workman or worked for one of the surrounding companies and just ignore him.
Where I'm from, if you are wearing a high vis vest, you can walk almost anywhere and no one will say a thing.
Yes, The Wandering Turnip makes videos of urban exploring, and that's one of the tricks he uses
Loving the Black Country, New Road reference. Keep it up, Tommy boy!
Came here to say that lol. Best slint tribute act ever
@@ansar4454 if I see one more bcnr comparison with slint Imma have to go on the offensive
@@castaholic8665 its a reference to there song science fair
the absolute pinnacle of british engineering!
@@theorossi7405 *British Orienteering
That first bit was like watching someone play Mirror's Edge. The next bit then turned into Fallout 4.
Yeah, parts of Fallout 4 look better than the Black Country.
Mirrors edge haha that’s brought back such a deep memory
@@spacedUK07 Am surprised that he still lives around here... usually once anyone in brum has money they take the first flight out of here, that is the ritual, at least.
@@mabeSc I work and deliver around Birmingham and the black country, trust me, there's plenty of money around there.
@@spacedUK07 Well, it does depend on where you live and what you do, obviously. The IT sector here is kinda dead, or it simply never existed. It might just be my experience but I've had the absolute pleasure to work only with idiots over the years (of which one lost his company).
"Its Primark I'm really worried about now" The words of every child when they get taken shopping with their mum
Me when I wake up for work in the morning (I work at Primark).
@@stevesmith5883 Same dude, same
“It’s the Primarch I’m worried about” the enemies of mankind whenever they see a child of The Emperor deploy onto the battlefield.
@@stevesmith5883 i am sorry for your loss
rip
Something to consider for the next mission; in the Urban Environment, overalls, a high vis vest and a hard hat might offer better camoflauge. You're less likely to get challenged if security or a worker spots you.
Plus walking quickly or running would be less weird
Add a clipboard and you'll never get questioned
Add a lanyard, steel toe cap boots, and some electricians work trousers (look professional and are good for protection).
Scrolled down to comment this. Even if approached, a quick "hi mate, just need to get through there" might be enough to avoid further questions.
Agreed, hi-vis makes you invisible in towns
Seeing this guy in an extreme close-up while he walks through bushes and trash is somehow the best content on TH-cam. Keep it up , much love from Spain.
Classic, iconic, trademark 😂
Tom is called a wizard for a reason.
you might want to check out Vagrant Holiday
I like how this series slowly progressed from crossing the odd farmers field or back-garden to this. I do question what we have driven Tom to do for our entertainment!
Fancy seeing you here lol
Tom gets caught speeding on an on ramp to a motorway and gets pulled over
He says to the officer: It’s not a road mate it’s not a road it’s a ramp I make the rules round here
There are no speed limits on on ramps in the US
@@AgentJRock805 Don't know where in the us you are, but every single highway offramp at least has speed limit signs around here
@@SuperSMT I'm canadian, I was taught to match the speed of traffic when merging onto a freeway/highway etc. I asked my examiner "what if I'm merging and everyone is going 150(kmh)?" and he said "match it".
He is giving off main character energy, treating everyone like NPC’s 😂
this has to be the best thing I have read today
music makes it seem like an indie game for sure
Thought that too when he was just greeting random people
Mirrors Edge Walsall
I can't watch this now without viewing it as someone's VR gameplay.
The absolute pinnacle of british content
He’s more than adequate
top notch content
Britain in a video
Innit.
I thought I was the only one that got the BC, NR reference
23:45 "What is that?"
That is Walsall's version of a coral reef
That moment where it cuts from him saying he need to change his clothes, to being in full military gear had me in hysterics.
I know. It was like a kid trying on for the first time the action man outfit his mum bought for his birthday: a bit oversized, but you'll grow into it son.
The dichotomy between this and the regular straight line missions is probably the best advert against littering
Right? I just suddenly realized we never saw any litter in the straight line videos
It also makes this video strangely depressing to watch IMO, everything's just so bleak and ugly
I dont even know how you could prevent that. Install cameras everywhere? people wont like it. Like what government policy could stop littering? im genuinely curious.
@@sevrent2811 sadly at this point its gonna take the world getting massive reprocusions due to climate change for anyone to take things like that seriously :/
@@sevrent2811 It should be common decency that stops you from littering - not being told not to do it, no policies or expense required - Love where you live, show some respect etc.
Unfortunately there are too many selfish ignorant morons in this country :(
... I am bias on this, I litter pick at least 4 times a week - Literally see the worst of human kind each time :(
Tom you're a natural. Your instinct for what's entertaining is dead on the money. I love you
If you love tom so much why dont you marry him? *laugh track plays*
@@diggoryjaydark97 The typical class clown and his buddies joke
I love him too
Ha, [censored due to homophobiaaa]!
Do you work at Costco?
tom: *Worried about getting caught by security in shopping malls*
also tom: *runs through talking to camera in most suspicious way*
How does he manage to look so suspicious when somewhere he's perfectly allowed to be in like a shopping centre haha
@@jamiewellbourn3609 It's crazy how he somehow turns something as simple as walking in a public space into a nefarious and secretive activity.
I love that he treats other people like NPCs, no shame whatsoever
Although to be fair, if you talk to the camera people might assume you're doing a bit for tv or maybe youtube and think you have permission
the way you climbed over all those buildings was like a hidden path in a video game
also Greggs cameo, 10/10 video
I pressed like already while watching the ad before the video.
"And I'm gonna stop off at a couple of pubs along the way, ahhh, just to refuel, you know, with beer" - and there we have it. It's really just a big glorified pub-crawl.
"Very experienced at climbing spiky fences and such obstacles" - there's a good one for the resume.
A lot of life is just going from one pub to another.
loving these scenes of our hero running through shopping centres yelling "alright, mate?" at strangers lmao
You have to love Verity for putting up with these crazy missions lol
Tom: I have an idea
Verity: what are we crossing this time?
I wonder if she comes up with some of them .
@@dees3179 probably plans the swamps on purpose
@@dees3179 Plot twist: She just wants him out of the house to have the place to herself.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Verity is the heart and soul of these missions.
My family moved from Walsall to Canada in 1957. I'm glad ahaha
I knew this was going to be fucking mental when the first obstacle was a shopping mall roof.
fucking love it haha
PARKOUR
I knew it was going to be mental when the first obstacle was Walsall
The reference to “black country, new road” makes me very happy Tom, thank you
Yeah it feels strange that they’re getting this big now. Amazing though
it's probably a reference to the black country new road (an actual road) rather than the band
@@mozja Nah I think the comma in the thumbnail has gotta be intentional, good point though
@@mozja fuck, i think yo might be right. I was sure he was a bcnr fan :(
Just gonna pretend he meant it to be a reference to the band...
I remember the first missions when climbing a fence seemed risky. Now he just runs through a service area and starts climbing between rooftops, in casual gear too. What a legend.
Its probably better he has normal clothes, it makes him look less dangerous. Imagine if he did this in camo clothing. Although if he had like a reflective vest or something he could pretend hes supposed to be there.
Oh mate, this series is gonna be a banger. Pretty sketchy though, with all those junkie-locations. Don't wanna step on a needle by accident.
bro it isnt that bad lmfao its not detroit its only birmingham the worst thing u will find around the areas he went through is nitrous canisters
@@Adamsmob All it takes is one, those overgrown areas are never cleaned
yeah this is definitely still a BOOTS ONLY mission despite it being in a city
@@Adamsmob He literally showed heroin paraphernalia.
@@Adamsmob 💯 this is needle territory.
I've seen it all over the place, doesn't matter where you are in the country, it's the type of hidden spots in urban areas
As someone who has lived in Walsall (specifically New Invention) all my life, it really is so entertaining watching you wade over the roof of the Old Square and almost surreal just seeing you sprint through the town centre that I've walked through probably thousands of times 😂
Cheers for putting the Black Country into the fold with these videos, its really cool seeing a lad from Aldridge spreading bits of the culture to the wider TH-cam audience - been a fan since the first Wales mission but this really is so interesting to me as a local. Next time I do my weekly shop at ASDA in Walsall with my flatmates I'll imagine you Sam Fishering your way over the Old Square - hope to catch you in spoons sometime soon!
Ta cocka
There's also a New Invention near Knighton in Wales.
Couldn't agree more mush
Being from the countryside, I always admired the straight line missions. But the urban side of things always intrigued me. I'm excited to see how this one pans out.
Tom: "What's that fox doing there?"
Fox: "Wtf is that human doing here"
Why does only the fox swear though? 😛
@@LHyoutube What does the fox say?
@@LHyoutube Because it's a crack fox.
Did the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog, though?
(PS: For anyone who is confused: There's a wikipedia article on the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" ;) )
I feel like he's getting more and more addicted to this stuff, soon enough its gonna be rooftops only
GeoWizard/Storror colab in the future.🤩
@@mcameron1981 was hoping to find this comment haha. Who knows! Toby has been on the WideBoyz channel, maybe he knows about Tom's channel
The rooftops were pretty awesome
"Crossing a country in a straight line, but the floor is lava!"
It's so funny to me when Tom says 'don't try this at home.'
The whole reason I love this channel is because everything he does is so far out of my comfort zone, I would never ever even think of trying any of this.
literally XD
^^^
so exhausting too. Like I am more than happy being lazy as hell and sitting at home and letting Tom do the adventuring for me
Yeah, but there's definitely at least one person out there who is just as mental as Tom, while not having his ability.
but he's so incredibly mild!
"I know, gloves, I know. I'll put them on in a minute."
Tom reading my mind like a boss.
When you started, it felt like watching Faith from Mirror's Edge. Cool!
I could watch Tom do a 'Walk to Tesco for a pint of milk adventure' and still be enthralled. Love from Wales ( No relation to Welsh Greg....I think)
Gets back with ankles the size of watermelons the the milk is dripping out the bottom of his rucksack.
This video could've just been the bit where he goes to McDonald's.
Hey Tom, I do water quality monitoring and that looks like sewage fungus, good indicator of frequent untreated sewage discharges. Probably glad you didn't know at the time 😂
I was wondering - is there any living thing in there except cholera? Probable answer - that one fish.
@@ajaxengineco That "Fish" was probably a swimming rat or another bag of dog shit knowing the area
Sewage fungus is pretty close to the most unpleasant sounding combination of words I've ever seen
Yeah, nothing about that water seems inviting.
I just Googled 'sewage fungus', and I'd say you're pretty on point. Looks kind of like white waterlogged spider webs 😲
You are such a legend Tom, so glad the TH-cam stuff has been working out and I can't wait for more of the best content on TH-cam. Cheers and I'd love to buy you a pint someday, verity too(the real mvp of the channel!
@Yes wtf
@@winfried3208 just report it for spam is all we can rly do
I love this, it's an exact idea that I've had before. I live on the outskirts of a city in Sweden and untill recently I could walk through a small forest in my backyard and through a bunch of patches of small woods into the huge wild forests of Sweden. But now they have built a couple of new residential areas which makes it impossible to do that anymore. I've found a way that leads me to only cross 2 roads but still makes me sad that we are destroying so much of nature.
Keep up the interesting content with creative ideas!
Nu blir jag nyfiken i vilken stad du bor, kanske skulle man ta och testa detta🤔🤔
I read Swindon when you said Sweden and was shocked to hear about the great forests of the concrete wasteland that is Swindon lol
I reckon Storror would be great at this, a collab with them would be unfathomable. Not only can they move, but they have a certain amount of expertise in getting kicked off of private property
You're not wrong they've done a bunch of straight line challenges now because of Tom
I grew up in a post-industrial town and spent my childhood exploring weird non-spaces like that brook, all those fenced off areas that only adventurous kids and junkies knew about. This is one of the best videos you've put out and I can't wait to see more.
I live in a US new england mill city, lived here my whole life, im 18 and still finding new, hidden secret locations, within my city.
same, there's something very nostalgic and dream like about all these "non-spaces" as you aptly put it.
"Non-spaces" is a very eloquent way of putting it.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Agreed, “non-space” is a great word for these kinds of places
@@ungabunga7879 yeah I’m gonna agree, “non-spaces” is such a great way of explaining those
I love how chill the vibe is in this challenge. Like crossing Wales was a huge ordeal but this is so relaxed by comparison.
Absolutely Nobody:
Tom in military fatigues : "HELLO Y'ORITE HOW YA DOIN?"
OWAMYA AAR KID!!
“Alright mate?”
@@The-D33J
Just…the fact that Google felt the need to say this needed translating. 🤦🏻♂️😂
I'm a Walsall citizen and I'm so honoured to have you run around the area! It was so funny watching you run around the centre! 🤣 All your videos are so entertaining! You're a legend Geo!
👍
I'm also a Walsall citizen and I also run through the town centre so I can get out of it faster 😂
@@joebees21 ye you don't wanna stay there too long mate! 😂👍
When I've been in 'areas I shouldn't have strictly been in' (and no, I'm not a thief!) I usually go with the 'more is better' option; Hi-viz jacket, hard hat, still camera, clipboard with sheets of paper relating to where I am, and pockets full of pens, tape measures, etc. And walk with the air of authority and 'I'm supposed to be here'. A suit underneath helps to sell it.
It's truly astounding how many people will totally ignore you especially if you start taking pictures of drainage channels, making sketches, pretending to be on the phone etc
There are nuances to doing this and I must add this isn't something I've done in the last fifteen years or more (and again; I never did anything illegal apart from mild trespassing), but it does work!
Well the classic "wear gloves!" never gets old
"it's not a road. I make the rules on this channel." Fuckin love you dude lmao
Tom wearing an Oregon shirt always warms my heart as an Oregonian.
Tom: *Says a car park isn't a road*
Also Tom: *Calls leaving a car park "going off road"*
Calling a car park a road is like calling a battery a wire.
@@txrxw Whats the car on while parking?
@@realmanataca the car park???
It is really horrible to see how much rubbish is lying around everywhere, even in places where (thanks to the blackberries) there are hardly ever people. Guys, throw your rubbish in a bin!
Was thinking the same, and its no different, probably worse here in the US. We are disgusting creatures
Try finding one first, any wonder people just throw stuff on the ground. Around the main roads in towns there are plenty, venture away and its a mission trying to find one at times. Not an excuse for laziness though. The bags of dog shit hanging from trees etc does my nut in, especially in the autumn and winter with no leaves on the trees. Its disgusting where there are loads of dog walkers.
It kind of blows me away how people just throw shit on the ground, maybe its because I was raised with the anti-littering ad campaigns but I don’t think I could ever do that
Littering is a sad but inevitable result of urbanization and the consumer society. My intuition is that streets and roads and such aren't really considered as much a part of your "home" as your immediate living space is, but is just seen as a path from A to B. So there are a lot of people who otherwise keep their houses clean and take out their rubbish but don't give a shit really about street litter so long as the path is walkable. And face it, if you don't care enough for the consequences of it, littering is more convenient than being mindful and waiting for the next bin to show up along the way.
Hence: cigarette butts everywhere, plastic bottles and food wrappers along major roads, dogshit bags chucked into the forest from dog-walking paths, beer cans and wine bottles left out in parks after the weekend and of course needles and spoons left at the junkie spots. (To that last one, you can also thank the current state of drug criminalization and stigmatization for creating the need for hard drug users to seek out hidden spots away from prying eyes and cops, and that when you're strung out on heroin you are probably not going to feel the need to clean your sorroundings. Tip: Legal, safe injection sites will reduce this issue)
The example I feel the most strongly about, by the way, is the dogshit bags. Any dog owner would be 100% better off just letting their dogs shit directly into the woods than introduce a needless plastic barrier between the elements that aid in decomposition and the organic material that needs decomposing. Poop on the dirt is no big deal, just dig out another layer of dirt to throw on top and let nature do the rest, voila. But the fucking plastic bags? It would take years, decades before the shit finally touches ground!
Littering isn’t inevitable - in Tokyo there are no bins because of security concerns and there is no rubbish at all.
I love how the closed captions keep confusing Walsall with Warsaw. I’m pretty certain that’s the biggest compliment ever received by the former, and the most hurtful insult ever dealt to the latter.
I'm from the Black Country, and there's an old wive's tale people always tell around here about how when the war started, and the radio anchor was saying that Germany had gone and invaded Warsaw, many a confused nan had been phoning eachother and phoning into the BBC to ask what the bloody hell H*tler wanted with Walsall, and how the Jerries had even gotten there.
Loved the little Tom progress map in the bottom right
Carol Thompson said that J. R. R. Tolkien's description of the grim region of Mordor "resonates strongly with contemporary accounts of the Black Country" & in Elvish Sindarin language, Mor-Dor means Dark (or Black) Land.
Mad to see such a big TH-camr recording close by my home cuz I live in an estate right next to bescot and I’m always going to that McDonald’s and retail park lmao
Loved this adventure, Tom. Being from Wolverhampton, took me back to the good old days as a kid, exploring the canals and abandoned industrial parks of the Black Country. What a shit hole.
A shit hole indeed, but it's our shit hole!
Do you still live there?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But it's our shithole
I really hope the "black country, no road" is a Black country, new road reference
Ikrr
On an urban mission you want to look like a building inspector. Safety west and hard hat and the world is your oyster
Would still look a bit off when trenching through random creeks haha
@@Zebra_M No, you wouldn't. Drainage inspector. No one questions people in a high vis vest in places most anyone wouldn't ordinarily want to go. The only place vests don't work is on private property.
@@knurlgnar24 on private property if you have a high vis and you claim to be an apprentice you could argue being lost/confused or misguided by wrong info. Or maybe act as a surveyor
@@Zebra_M Well, you just need to pair camo with a high-vis jacket. It's the best of both worlds.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 - Isn't that like combining matter and anti-matter? They just cancel each other out? 😂
Love that I got an advert for West Midlands Railways while watching this 😆
A few months ago I found myself searching google maps for a driving route from Market Harborough, Leicestershire to Petersfield, Hampshire without using any roundabouts. I now recognise that this is a result of what YOU have done to me Tom.
Good going, love the mission.
I wonder how many people thought he'd just shoplifted when he was jogging through the shopping centers.
Pretty ballsy of him to film it with a selfie-stick 😂
Comforting video as always. This sort of feels like a British version of Shiey.
Was going to say, some serious shiey vibes especially at the start lol
As long as he doesn't start climbing chimneys and casually strolling around the rim.
Walsall isn’t too dissimilar to Chernobyl tbf
@@patrickspillane2537 lol
imagining poeples thoughts when tom just runs by them in the shopping mall brings me great joy
Imagine seeing him climb on top of a roof.
This might honestly be my favorite of all the missions, the vibe is more chill, yet the mission itself seems just as (if not more) treacherous than the straight line missions
Can't wait for this one! - I can literally see Dudley Castle from my Bedroom window.
Just watched the Sidemen race from London to the Eiffel Tower, but Tom Davies climbing shopping centres, knocking on the back door of Walsall's finest Greggs and running through multi-storey car parks is the most thrilling thing I've seen in a while.
I love the way Tom goes full Walsall whenever he runs into another human being 😂
Yolllrrrriiiite?
how is no one commenting on the little britain style intro. pure genius
Once again I thank you for the excellent subtitles. Just so you know all this hard work isn't going unnoticed.
One of my neighbors is busy mowing their lawn right now, and since it's pretty warm in my appartment I really can't close the windows. So the subtitles actually help a lot. :)
Love the flamboyancy in this video😂😂
Love the accent change when greeting the other locals 😂😂
This has got to be the most difficult way of getting to McDonald's I've ever seen.
You'd appreciate the burger so much more though😂
"Back in my day, we had to go downhill both ways to get McNuggets!"
Seems like less trouble than when they reoponed just after lockdown
I had so much nostalgia watching this for being a kid and just exploring every last inch of my hometown
The little mini map was such a cute touch
As a fellow yam yam this channel and especially this series brings me joy
When I’m older and have kids, I’m gonna show them these Straight Line Missions. They’re some of the most intriguing authentic content on TH-cam and I feel a sense of comfort whenever I watch them.
After that show them gothic king cobra and they’ll do well in life
100% used to love watching Bear Grylls stuff when I was a kid, these are like more authentic/real versions. Although maybe simpler in terms of eating packed food rather than elephant dung. It’s a semi ordinary guy and you get to see the more normal moments during the adventure and have more connection.
Show them YOUR straight line missions🤘🏻
This actually reminds me of my childhood when we followed the stream through our village as long as possible without deviating more than 3 m to either side. Great memories! Thank you for that and the great entertainment on top 😊
"It's primark im worried about now"
~Tom Davies. Apr 2022
It’s so weird seeing a TH-camr of decent notoriety walking through where I live, it would be cool to see you around town. Gew on kidda.
As a Tamworth lad born and bred, I’d been to Walsall plenty as a youth, this brings back such nostalgia vibes… can’t believe that first shopping centre is still open!!!
Other youtubers: "Dont try this at home (I dont want to be legally liable for your injury)"
good guy Tom: "Dont try this at home, I dont want you to get hurt"
"...or tread in dog shit"
@@ian6451 1 man 1 fence
Sure the most general definition of a road could include the parking garage ramp, (although if we use that definition literally everything connecting two points that a car can drive on is a road) but most people would agree that the ramp is a part of the actual parking garage, making it a feature of the building rather than a separate thing.
he's probably only considering public roads that are legally considered roads and are subject to traffic laws
To me, watching this, it's like a movie almost. It is so amazing what your doing, and I love this kind of content. Travelling through an area, gathering new experiences, etc. As somebody who grew up in a ghetto, I understand a few of the places you went to. I grew up going on trips like this, and still do things like this, for the same reasons as you. Wonderful content!
This was a dedicated classic in the day of uploading already
i gotta say a video in such an urban environment is a welcome change ;)
As an Australian these missions make me so anxious, because I just assume every single brambley off-road patch is full of snakes. 😂 I wish I lived in Britain. So excited for this new series, you're the best Tom! Actually second-best; Verity is obviously #1 on this channel!
The same for me as a South African. Snakes and spiders, and even angry moles, here are also common place (like we used to live in a suburban area next to a field, and snakes legitimately came into our yard frequently)
legit. i knew my man had balls of steel but seeing him in the thick of it got me nervous for snakes
I'm so glad I live in europe 💀 no dangerous animals here
We have adders in england, and spring is the time that they come out after the cold has passed, so he could see one if hes very unlucky
@@SC-xt8lz There's definitely no adders anywhere near Walsall lol
Half a minute into a new straight line video and Tom is saying "This is one of the worst things I have ever done", that's when you know it's gonna be a good one.
Not a straight line video though
this legend. i’m so glad i found this channel on that first straight line mission. thanks for all the entertainment. here’s to many more years of it!
I used to watch him do his geoguessr videos😅 I love what the channel has turned into though.
I think this is your best series yet. You have taken an area that people would not have thought of as being difficult to navigate and created a great challenge. Im sure people often pass by these seemingly abandoned urban areas and wonder what would happen if they jumped the fence.
Well, now we know!
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say how much I love your content Tom and how interesting all of these challenges are to me and my friends. We are big walkers/adventurers but the level you work at is just legendary 🙌
The “how’s everyone doing, alright?” bit @8:39 was pure partridge! Love the content!