Firestone Copse & Quarr Abbey Walk | Isle of Wight Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

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  • @grahamcope2196
    @grahamcope2196 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It was a dream come true meeting Sunglasses Marek, what a guy, what a legend

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Much better than excellent dudes walking channel.

  • @garrymartin6474
    @garrymartin6474 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I visited Quarr Abbey the other day and I saw a monk cooking chips. Are you a Fryer ? I quipped . No ! he replied I am a Chip Monk .....the old ones are not necessarily the best 🤪

    • @michaelwhite8031
      @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL :)

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is a great bad joke. (I knew Michael White would like it)

    • @stevesvids
      @stevesvids ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂 made me chuckle that did..... and it made me want chips 😮😂

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +9

    RIP Matt Cool Dude #2

  • @shia_labeouf
    @shia_labeouf ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The fruit came first. Before its import from Europe (Spain and Portugal) the colour was considered a shade of red. This is why Robins are known as "Redbrest" even though their feathers are clearly orange. When the fruit came along we took the name, naranja, anglicised it, then gradually things that colour were described with its name.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one cool dude.

  • @nigeleldridge2765
    @nigeleldridge2765 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video guys. Did you know that Quarr Abbey ale is actually brewed by Cool Dude #497. 😉👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fantastic cool dude. If I had known I would have bought some!

  • @Joiujzd
    @Joiujzd ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really enjoyed this video. Thank you, Marek! The Pitt artists pens are great. And lemon marmalade sounds delicious. And the abbey was beautiful and Martin Simon is a silly. And you need a blue emoji. And in the 80s my primary school mate had short hair but a very, long, thin braid down his back.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That sounds like a bad hair cut. The worst is probably the rats tail you see on old men who are trying to preserve their long hair.

    • @Joiujzd
      @Joiujzd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@cdwcperhaps they're wizards, pathetic ones

  • @veronicavoehl
    @veronicavoehl ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's the journey not the destination. Thanks for being a cool dude and sharing your journeys.
    💚

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching cool dude.

  • @davem9204
    @davem9204 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've always assumed Quarr was pronounced as 'Cor' (ideally in the manner of Bernard Breslaw each time he saw Babs Windsor). I remember Graham from school days, good to see him after so many years! Well done for surviving a Martin Simon walk and not meeting any psychopathic cows.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Graham has spent all his years since school practicing Greensleeves on his guitar.

    • @davem9204
      @davem9204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cdwc I think Henry VIII would be very impressed with his magnificent effort.

  • @hypnogoria
    @hypnogoria ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a gorgeous walk, and from Martin "Walker Killer" Simon!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      He must have had an off day. Ha.

  • @richardtaylor2376
    @richardtaylor2376 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The popular haircut for a while when I was at school was the 'wedge', sort of medium length hair undercut with a number 3 razor then cut in a bowl shape. I had it cos Nigel Jemson had one, playing for Nottingham Forest. What a time to be alive...

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha I think we were in school at the same time.

  • @lisaperry345
    @lisaperry345 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So sorry about the passing of your friend.
    Oh blimey, we all immediately recognised the starting off point and end of your walk. We had a meal in The Sloop Inn before getting our Ferry on our last day. We had a carvery which was nice but their veggie option was questionable-I just got two extra yorkshire puddings. Haha!

  • @Countrystock
    @Countrystock ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Had a latté today from Drew’s Brew’s..........a very tasty beverage. NIce one 👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent. It is great to support Drew!

  • @jiva1955
    @jiva1955 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Inspirational take on Green Sleeves, actually makes me feel quite emotional.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We have just been booked for Last Night of the Proms 2024

    • @jiva1955
      @jiva1955 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc with such a rare talent as yours it would be waisted if you didn't!

  • @MagpieRat
    @MagpieRat ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent taste in pens there, Graham! I have them in black and sepia and I think they're probably the best pens I've ever bought. I must have had the sepia ones for at least 15 years, and they're still going strong!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      You have convinced me to get some of the sepia ones.

  • @ColanTonkin
    @ColanTonkin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should get a badge for completing Martin Simons book, "I survived Walk! the Isle of Wight"

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      It should be a gold medal.

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want to hear more fruit based questions from Graham. This whole episode was worth it just for the medieval jam at the end. I thank you both for the funnies

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He should do a spin off channel.

  • @christopherselway2274
    @christopherselway2274 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! Why does your rendition of green sleeves remind me of that old tv program crossroads 🤔 weird ✌👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It sounded like Benny on guitar.

    • @christopherselway2274
      @christopherselway2274 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc lol in his benny hat

  • @sfsunday74
    @sfsunday74 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    also.....big fan of curly haired Marek!

  • @MoreModeratePeril
    @MoreModeratePeril ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Previously in Old English, the colour orange had been called yellow-red (“geoluhread”).

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      This is an excellent fact cool dude

  • @tinasavage674
    @tinasavage674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was born in the sixties I've seen every haircut ever but the punks were cool 😎

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Punk hair cuts were excellent.

  • @janecarter6994
    @janecarter6994 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a lovely walk - the woods were so lovely and not scary in the slightest!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      You had to be there.

  • @Lord-DavidWhines
    @Lord-DavidWhines ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Orange came from a Spanish word "naranja", which in itself, has its origins in Sanskrit. The colour orange was, subsequently named after the fruit.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Naranja has a much better sound. Maybe as its a bit like ‘Ninja’.

  • @bigantplowright5711
    @bigantplowright5711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Done that walk, lucky with the mud!

  • @matthewmulvale5747
    @matthewmulvale5747 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cracking walk that one Marek. Nice to meet Graham too. Firestone Copse looks amazing. We're holidaying in St Helens again next year, so that'll be on our list of places to visit. I left School in 1987, so the Mullet hair cut was around then. I remember the 'Side-Burns' had to be trimmed to be above the ears. 😳 I seem to remember some lads used to have the back of their hair made curly. Never really understood that one. 😄 Quarr Abbey is beautiful. We try & go each time we come to the isle. We always use the Cafe, & always make a purchase in the shop as a sign of respect & gratefulness for free entry. That Sunglasses Marek is a nasty piece of work. Don't let him bully you. Tell him to 'Sod Off'. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😃👍 Take it easy Cool Dude. Love your channel.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      There were some bad haircuts in the 80s cool dude

  • @judybee
    @judybee ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite place to chill with a coffee & the piggies🐷🐖. But I've not been to Firestone Copse so will put that on the list to do as the trees look amazing. Rod Stewart haircuts all round.✂ Made my boyfriend have one. Only Bananaman (love him💛) is allowed to slip on Banana skins. Never heard such a wonderful rendition of Greensleeves in my life.🎵 Loving the keyrings. In all the times I've been to the Abbey I have NEVER once bumped into a Monk (true). Where are they hiding? Are they really there?x J x

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      There was one in the bookshop serving. Maybe there is only one monk.

    • @judybee
      @judybee ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cdwc The Mystery of the Disappearing Monk continues.... I went on line to get a keyring & they had all gone. The elusive Monk Marek has gone into hiding with the Quarr Abbey ones. Drat. x J x

  • @russellc8282
    @russellc8282 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The new replacement Carlos is very funny!

  • @liamm7613
    @liamm7613 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoy your videos mate, have you any plans to do some walks up north in the future? Lake district and Yorkshire Dale's in particular have some beauties 😁

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would love to go at some point. Fingers crossed I will get some more members to fund bigger trips. The price of Air BnBs has gone through the roof.

  • @elizabethgelhard2850
    @elizabethgelhard2850 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Quarr Abbey is one of my favourite places especially the ruins of the old abbey, did you see he four legged oak tree?

  • @nataliebsketching
    @nataliebsketching ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As always, lovely to see the outdoor painting! I might do some this weekend with the nice weather…

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it is one of the most relaxing things you can do. Look forward to seeing what you paint cool dude.

  • @tinasavage674
    @tinasavage674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😊

  • @alanmaynard7842
    @alanmaynard7842 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lots of trees on this walk. Never been to Quarr Abbey but looks worth a visit. Was at the sloop for dinner a couple of weeks back. Nice to see new Marek key-rings. Are there going to be any Christmas Marek.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There will be some more Xmas ones but unlike the shops they won’t be out for a couple of months.

    • @alanmaynard7842
      @alanmaynard7842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ll add it to Jan’s Christmas list 🤫

  • @nightheron5892
    @nightheron5892 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had liberty spikes in high school. I used Elmer’s glue to ensure rigidity.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I will have to Google that haircut

  • @arr0wfree855
    @arr0wfree855 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great watch again Marek .. Graham's questions were colourful too .. The Isle of wight sure is nice looking countryside ..
    With hair long and scruffy and dodging any and every demand request to "get that hair cut" ..
    In my mind a cool dude hair-do .. The girls used to smile at me or were they laughing
    Thank You Marek for this Smile on me Dial .

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one cool dude.

  • @amandacope9072
    @amandacope9072 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Drew's Brews and really enjoyed your video on Firestone Copse. And think your friend Graham is pretty cute too.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think you’d like him if you got to know him.

    • @amandacope9072
      @amandacope9072 ปีที่แล้ว

      too funny@@cdwc

  • @zelimpdna
    @zelimpdna ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so sorry to hear about Cool Dude #2, Marek. I hope you are doing well.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks cools dude

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Marek, can you write a list of the words that match the emoticons on the members page? I forget most of them. Thanks

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      cooldude
      sunglasses
      beetroot
      left
      right
      staycool
      laces
      I think the others are what they are.

    • @veronicavoehl
      @veronicavoehl ปีที่แล้ว

      I also was not sure what they were all called. But then I noticed a smiley face to the right as you're writing in the comment box. If you hit the smiley face they all pop up.

  • @suefaulkner177
    @suefaulkner177 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🎸 Bowie's Ziggy Stardust ⚡barnet was popular with the Cool Dudes my Sch 😎. Today this would be considered extreme 😂. Your art work is fabulous 🎨🖌️ Staying 😎👍🏻 Dudes.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw a bloke with his sideburns shave off really high so the Ziggy Stardust haircut might be coming back.

    • @suefaulkner177
      @suefaulkner177 ปีที่แล้ว

      It never went away Marek 😁👍🏻😎

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My keyring marek arrived yesterday. So cool

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one cool dude.

  • @zacharypotvin6579
    @zacharypotvin6579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool my dood

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @andychurches7280
    @andychurches7280 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a mullet...
    I also got chased from Quarr Abbey by the monks for scrumping from their orchard... They all had monk cut hair styles.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wish I could see a monk run.

    • @andychurches7280
      @andychurches7280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cdwc if you go scrumping there, you'll see them run....

  • @sfsunday74
    @sfsunday74 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy sow, surely.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha. I can’t be lightning quick all the time.

  • @PeterHardy80
    @PeterHardy80 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wootton yay, so close to my family home

  • @doreenkelly2087
    @doreenkelly2087 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @stuebrews
    @stuebrews ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Got a week off soon, so look forward to trying this walk and frequenting Cool Dude Drew's establishment

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I had an iced cappuccino it was very good.

  • @feetunes
    @feetunes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It looked like a very pleasant walk despite its dodgy origins. I asked our new Lord and Mistress ChatGPT which came first, the colour orange or the fruit. She says it's the fruit which has been cultivated for thousands of years, starting in S.E. Asia. Narenj was the word in Arabic, then pomme d'orenge in French...then one thing led to another.
    Tell Graham to do his own research next time. Honestly!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      You must not feed the demon that is ChatGPT!!!!

  • @1oldgit
    @1oldgit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🎹
    Cool Dude #2 Matt RIP

  • @Ben-uf3st
    @Ben-uf3st ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I almost choked on my cereal when I got to the “Cockney Skinhead” part lol

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @PeterHardy80
    @PeterHardy80 ปีที่แล้ว

    Firestone ❤

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP Matt

  • @shaunhouse8469
    @shaunhouse8469 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Marek have you considered writing a novel about your epic conflict with Martin Simon, culminating with a fatal battle at the end of the final walk?

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t want to promote Martin Simon anymore than necessary.

    • @MoreModeratePeril
      @MoreModeratePeril ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc If you do decide to go for the final battle option it needs to be at the Reichenbach Falls, or whatever the equivalent is on the Isle of Wight. May be the Mouth of Hell in Blackgang Chine.

  • @elaineforse5914
    @elaineforse5914 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All the lads at school had curtain haircuts and most likely caused the hole in the ozone layer with over use of Lynx Africa 😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lynx must have made millions in the late eighties early nineties. My parents bought me an aftershave called ‘Mandate’ when I was about 12. I saved it for special occasions - school discos. I didn’t need to shave until I was about 17. Ha.

    • @elaineforse5914
      @elaineforse5914 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc must be a similar age to me!!! I remember mandate, it was saved for school discos and special occasions 😂

  • @teaurn
    @teaurn ปีที่แล้ว

    Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem...thud! 😉

  • @chumon1992
    @chumon1992 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haircuts when I was in school were all either juggalo or jersey shore style. Lol
    Tiny little braids all over the head(but not in like the traditional way, like they call them spider dreads and they purposely try to make them look like spider legs) or a now classic long on one side short on the other, uhhh let's see...the pompadour was just coming back as I left school. The jersey shore hair is literally like, the 60s beehive but slightly smaller, usually with a head band or something and then long otherwise. One of my least favourite hair styles.

  • @jasonharding9490
    @jasonharding9490 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe you let sunglasses Marek do the end of the walk summary! He was very well behaved though I must admit. Or...did you just borrow his sunglasses...?

  • @MakeLAUGHnotWAR
    @MakeLAUGHnotWAR ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For humanity's sake, maybe when you finish Martin Simons book, you should chain it up and throw it into a river à la Jumanji.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha. That would be appropriate resting place for the book.

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't join the club because l can't get the u-tube app to work.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hate you.

    • @michaelwhite8031
      @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว

      :( :( :(

    • @michaelwhite8031
      @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will buy something from the shop to make up for it.

  • @rubbadubdub6543
    @rubbadubdub6543 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You say ‘performed’, I say ‘ murdered’

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      We will be releasing it on vinyl shortly.

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was about to go to bed. Not now!

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The orange came before the word
    People die from slips and falls all the time so the probability of death by banana skin is high

  • @JohnLvideos
    @JohnLvideos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The haircuts that were popular when I was at school was shoulder length long hair like the heavy metal rockers have, but my step dad hated it and said I looked like a girl, those were the rebellious days

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My hair grew like a buffoon when I tried to grow it long.

  • @Fray-Bentos
    @Fray-Bentos ปีที่แล้ว

  • @Vurtonable
    @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m so sorry for your loss Marek.
    This might bring a small amount of cheer to you, I have come up with a great money making idea for you. Cool Dude keyring with a bushranger outfit on. Sales will be mental! Mental!
    And apparently I do know the orange answer. Because an orange was invented by the Chinese. Cross of a mandarin and pomelo. So perhaps the colour orange was called mandarin. Then they invented the orange and decided not to call it a Manpom.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will let you know when I do a Bushranger keyring. Ha. Imagine if someone else buys it first!

    • @Vurtonable
      @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc maybe the question Graham asked should have been how does the mandarin feel about the orange stealing it’s colour. Pretty pissed off I would think!

  • @iamgod6464
    @iamgod6464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any sign of All Colours Sam on Your Travels Cool Dude?🤡👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am keeping my eyes peeled

    • @iamgod6464
      @iamgod6464 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc Excellent!😊👍🇭🇲

  • @simonk337
    @simonk337 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Martin Simons is still alive. Hes 93. I wonder if hes aware of your channel? Please please please try and make contact and do an interview or something 😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How did you find this out?!?

  • @spudmonster7419
    @spudmonster7419 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Instead of holy pig, should it not have been holy sow? 🤔

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha. Yes cool dude.

  • @slothrr776
    @slothrr776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes please, just a spot of milk.

  • @nightheron5892
    @nightheron5892 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Circumference

  • @ChewyBacAaaah
    @ChewyBacAaaah ปีที่แล้ว

    All this ghost hunting & you got photobombed in the pub by a blob of ectoplasm. Chortling at your hair does.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      How dare you laugh at our cool haircuts.

  • @gregmcleod7597
    @gregmcleod7597 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice 1

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

  • @mattentwistle70
    @mattentwistle70 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bowl cuts, curtains and new romantic hair styles were popular when I was at school. I settled on a crew cut in 1992 and have kept it ever since. Graham seems like a decent bloke. Nice one cool dudes

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cut my hair short when I was 22 and it never grew back. I am still on my second pair of clippers in 25 years. Total haircut cost £40 (plus electricity)