I totally agree with you Richard. It's not just the fact that we are losing land and exterminating wildlife, but also the incredible stupidity of the planners in deciding that flood plains are a great place to build on. Rivers and streams are not meant to be diverted, covered over or forced into pipes/culverts. Where you walked is Clay, it drys up and shrinks in the summer. In the winter it expands. The south bound section of the A24 there suffers badly with subsidence because of the clay soil. It's all just beggars belief.
At the Angmering development you can see huge (2.5m diameter) new concrete pipes underneath the site. To carry water away from these flood plains. It has to end up somewhere though. I know planners are aware but the flood plains were there for a reason. Flooding in other housing areas has been seen in this area recently. I know we need houses but I just hope they know what they are doing and it's obviously sad to see green places disappear.
Everything you’ve said Richard strikes a note with me, I fully agree and the fact that change is moving at such a rate means that we are losing our country and traditions, who we were and who we are and it’s frightening. There seems to be no passion for our history or identity, everything which creates the tapestry that makes us English seems under attack. No one denies we need to evolve but at any cost is not acceptable. Keep up the great work, thank you.
They are calling it Build Back Better. For those of us that still enjoy this country for the history, way of life and what it means to be British, you have just a very short time left. Agenda 21/30
Thoroughly enjoyed this video Richard, loved the nostalgic tones but so heartbreaking to witness the short sightedness of local councils driven by the big bucks offers of developers who don’t care one iota for the future of our natural wildlife habitats. In years to come I’m sure people will be saying why was this allowed to happen. Anyway loved seeing the beautiful scenery and as always your wonderful camera work and effort that you put in ! ….Thankyou 😊
Totally agree with your sentiments Richard, I'm only 39 but can see all this local building as complete madness. Barnham, Yapton, Walberton,Fontwell,Binsted we're being swamped with new builds. It seems that everything south of the A27 is fair game for development. Once the bypass is put in through Walberton and Binsted that will then create an excuse to build more housing between here and Arundel. Sad to see the old fields that I learned so much as a child about rural life being turned to concrete and tarmac.
I wonder what people would find more interesting - a day learning about the flora and fauna and history of the "boring fields" or a guided tour of the housing development.
Hi Richard i live down the road from you in Yapton, we have the same here . mass building developments , we have been filming the demise of our fields in favour of concrete faceless houses, the wild life we used to see has gone ! Only last week an ancient hedge was ripped out by Barrett homes along with Victorian fencing , no local people can afford them and already the infrastructure is buckling, take care, John Mono
Great video Richard. We owe it to future generations to save the countryside, particularly around the centre of rewilding at Knepp Castle. It would be sacrilege to build 3,500 houses there and ruin the wonderful wildlife all around.
Great moment to capture those deer. I wonder why you don't use the 'zoom' feature in the editing programme to get closer. Good you documented this corner of the countryside.
Very melancholy vid. So sad to see & hear such a beautiful farm & woodland area will soon be no longer. I did appreciate your opening scenes & sentiment about simple things. Loved the music, the homey things you were doing & yes...the fact that you were still using my foxy teapot brought a smile to my face.
Thank you Richard for this wonderful Autumn morning walk around those lovely "Boring Old Fields" and beautiful surrounding woodland. Members of WSCC need to get out and see these places for themselves, instead of just making the decision to build 350,000 houses based on some maps while sitting in their offices!!
Great video, Richard. This is the wrong place for these houses; for practical reasons, it’s completely car reliant, would be a total dormitory suburb etc… for environmental reasons, they are obvious (how much did you pay the deer?! 😜), flooding, loss of farm fields etc etc. Dave Toye, the local folk singer, has written an excellent song about this proposed development - sadly TH-cam took it down as I understand the council leader at Horsham objected to him singing the phrase “boring old fields”! 🤦♂️
I totally understand. We lived in the country with deer, raccoons, opossum, snakes, lizards, bears and tarantulas and loved it! We bought a home in town that was in a subdivision but with a lot of privacy. We bought in fall and in the spring across the dry runoff behind our home a housing development sprang up. They tore out all of the mature trees and brush to do it so now we are exposed. It was a nice little plot full of trees and a deer now and then. When they knocked the trees down a bat took refuge on our porch for a full day til he could relocate to a safe place. They are knocking down the trees on the next lot so I put up a bat house just in case it’s needed. Thank goodness our son is buying the house in the country so he can enjoy the nature. We moved to town due to age and nearness to health facilities.
Absolutely first class video and excellent camera work. What a thoroughly enjoyable video and so reflective of the thoughts and feelings of so many, particularly those in our age group. Like you, I have endeavoured to leave behind the more materialistic leanings of my youth and aim for the more simple life. Having been brought up on the verge of south London, I now relish the slower pace of life and sheer beauty of West Sussex. I wish the BBC or ITV would ‘discover’ you. More videos like this please …
An excellent intro which really resonated with me, being about the same as you! The proposed development is just down the road from here so thank you for highlighting it.
Hi I'm a new subscriber, great video there's nothing better than a good walk in a field fresh air and exercise seeing wild life. I walk early every morning and it's great to see a deer, fox or rabbits sets you up for the day before work.
You are so right Richard. Wildlife corridors are being lost left, right and centre due to these new builds. It's heartbreaking. Sometimes as a gesture they create SANGs (Suitable Alternative Natural Green Spaces) alongside which is a token gesture and better than nothing. I'm not sure what the answer is for our ever growing population. Xx
Great vid Richard . Its important to also teach our children about where and how our food comes from Beautiful to see the deers ,lovely Simplicity at its best . Lovely hat btw .😁👍
Such a good video. Loved your teapot and cup. And you speak for many about change. It breaks your heart that our countryside is being torn to shreds by developments. Will it ever end.
very true richard thay builting all round now being full time van lifer for 5 years seen places and green places now built on in 5 years from green spaces to houses very sad good video richard blessing davey full time van lifer
There has been a gigantic amount of building taken place over the past ten years or so in Sussex. With the UK population increasing to very nearly 70 million now, it is becoming too many for a relatively small island country. Undoubtedly our living lifestyles have changed, families broken up and very many more properties occupied by only one person. Added to this there is the never ending growth of immigration, legal or not.
You are describing me. I’m 62 going on 82. I use loose leaf tea now and have just bought a hat the same as yours. It’s a “Comfort Blanket” thing. Thank you for letting me know I’m not the only one. The next thing you will buy is a pipe and a walking stick to lean on when you are having a quite smoke of your pipe. One thing you need to understand is there is no revenue from Boring Fields but loads of revenue from several hundred houses. The next stage you will go through Richard is being Angry with the world, the new world in which we don’t belong.
Loved the video Richard, I love all those woodland country walk's and it should remain just as it is, house's being built there will take all that beauty away.
Could,nt agree more Richard, but I fear we are fighting a losing battle, Thats why I left the south of England 18 years ago, but I still love the Sussex I knew as a child. Our population is far too high
Jonathan Porritt said that ideal population for the UK is 30 million. This relentless march of development to house an overcrowded island has to stop. If the nation was 30 million the majority being properly educated and skilled ( and thus earning good incomes and paying decent taxes). There wouldn’t be a need to cram people into shoeboxes built on arable productive land. We must ask what incentives do developers offer bureaucrats to gain approval for their plans. This is not peculiar to Southern England or in indeed the UK. Canada’s major cities suffer from relentless building of matchbox sized apartments in bland boring high rises. Many remain empty having been purchased by laundered mainland Chinese money. This in one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. My conclusion? As Shakespeare said “There is something rotten in state of Denmark”. Dig a little deeper you may be shocked to find things are not as pristine as we thought. Sometimes cynics are proven right.
Well said Richard. I have lived all my life in the 'countryside' in Gloucestershire which is now rapidly turning in a concrete jungle. I also saw deer recently on land which is going to be developed soon and I was wondering where they would go or if they end up in a corner of undeveloped land would they be shot.
The notice board in Lindfield had a notice up about planning and construction, a warning of sorts. It stated that due to their being an urgent demand for housing, developers are not having to submit plans as such. Bit of a free for all situation.
Sadly the old England vanished more and more... In difference to us Germans you have so many traditions and landscapes who were native and old.... Hope you can maintain your wonderful land and the english legacy
Hi Richard I very much enjoyed your video. You really are a lovely soul I just wish their was more like you mate, I think they must have broke the mould when you was made. Keith the Roof 👍
I won't get on my high horse here Richard because I be here all day. Suffice to say, I wonder what the utter lunacy of this world has in store for my grandchildren. They, I'm sure, will one day be wondering 'What we're they thinking'
3,000 homes. Will they be eco friendly, fitted with air pumps, solar panels? Will there be a new school, Drs... In all that boggy land maybe there are some great crested newts. Useful little fellas to have onside.
The word peasant means "of the land". All culture is based on peasant life, regardless of where it is. Peasant life is intrinsically shaped by the landscape, the flora and fauna. The nation's language also derives from these fundamental things - its songs and poems, its imagery and its rituals. When the land is homogenized and stripped of its unique sense of place, there is no longer a local culture. How can there be, when none of the rituals and language have any meaning? Our politicians are ensuring that within a very short time there will be no such thing as Britain as a cultural reality. Globalism has no use for the nuances of local culture, or for national identity.
This video Richard was a joy to watch, but at the same time it made my heart sink, what you show in this video is happening everywhere, Swindon where I live is gobbling up country side at an alarming rate, I know this comment is rather late for this video, but as a recent sub I am catching up on the vids, atb Terry.
I like your hat Richard, looks like inspector Vobes is coming :) I agree with you. It is sad to see our countryside dissappear because of houses being built and the animals and nature going. I love countryside and love seeing nature and the animals. But then at the same time the population keeps growing and people have to live somewhere, so it's a kind of in the middle.
Not sure, I agree, housing is the first priority for a family, mum, dad, kids and OAP's. There's a short supply of good housing. I do agree cities and towns should be carefully planned and brown field sites made the best use of. However, since you have a cosy home and a wood burning stove, all very nice, and I'm happy for you. I do think other people deserve what you have, regardless of wealth and status. I'm homeless, and take a different view. I've worked for 50 years paid all my taxes, NAT Con, and paid off a 25 year mortgage ten years ago but found myself homeless for the last two years and it's ongoing still, do you begrudge a home for me in my native English countryside.
It's criminal how we carry on destroying nature. The irony is we have all the housing space we need and then some already. Build up - apartments don't have to be like 60's slum flats; it works in Europe, Asia and America. Greedy developers wanting more and more money are the problem...
Hi Richard , another great video , raising great points . Sadly our government can only see ££££ not countryside . Give me fields and woods any day. You can keep this and any other government . Thanks again mucker
Hi Richard's great video as always I'm agree that we need to keep and to save our nature because it's a part of ourselves and destroying some piece of woodland to replace it by buildings is of course very sad but people also need to live somewhere , I think the right thing would be to find a balance. I'm French by the way.
There is an alternative! Campaign for the Protection of Rural England 'State of Brownfield Report 2020' shows that there are 1,007 acres of abandoned brownfield sites in Sussex. That is enough to build at least 23,000 new homes on land which could be developed in preference to building on the countryside.
We have the same threat in Ifield. Just behind our beautiful church and pub are ancient woodlands snd farmers fields, some of which have already been built on 😕 And our beautiful, peaceful, expansive golf course is going too. Very sad times
You are absolutely right Richard, this land must NOT be lost to yet more boring housing. Once it is gone, it is gone. It would be a travesty to lose this landscape. You are right, these are NT 'boring old fields', they just have to be saved for posterity...
This makes me weep and SO angry CPRE's 'State of Brownfield Report 2020' shows that there are 1,007 acres of abandoned brownfield sites in Sussex. That is enough to build at least 23,000 new homes on land which could be developed in preference to building on the countryside.21 Oct 2020⁸ Heard last night that Angmering is to have yet another 500+ house development. I despair
I agree with you that we are ignoring the needs of our wild animals. Why are we cutting down all these trees that we need to help climate change???? Why build on a flood plain, doesn't make sense to me. I want to explore West Grinstead station, one of my colleagues at the Bluebell has cycled on the Downs link, I've not ridden a bike since I was a teenager!! Thanks for sharing this Richard, lovely to see the deer too. I've seen them when I've been working at Kingscote station
We are apparently only building the equivalent of another Bristol each year. Can't wait till the public get to vote on how many Bristols we should have.
It’s not so bad, only 8% is built on..housing estates can be more green and have more biodiversity than farmland, There’s plenty of countryside despite appearances.
No so true as you may think. 8% is a huge number - and does that include roads, rail, car parks, airports, verges, ports, etc? Remember there are many places you can't build on; mountains, swamps, forest, peat bogs, flood plains, rivers, beaches, cliff tops, MOD land, etc. Also, a survey was carried out in the 1930s by R.G Stapledon, he published a book called The Land, Now and Tomorrow. He counted up the land taken for housing, rail, roads, etc, and examined what was needed for farming to sustain us. He sounded the alarm then that too much was vanishing under brick and mortar. That was 90 years ago. Makes sober reading. Looking at the map and thinking there is plenty of space for houses and towns doesn't really tell the truth of what is needed for humans, animal, farming, nature in general, oxygen production, water management, pollution management, and so on. It's too easy to just say there is plenty of space.
Beautiful scenery & music but also a very sad video. Makes me so angry that because of sheer greed, they (the developers, the council, the government, the farmers/landowners) are obliterating our countryside, flora & fauna. Man never learns & is bent on destruction. As you say, it makes moving to the countryside completely pointless 😓
Totally agree Richard, slowly the countryside is being eaten up, the only ones to gain, builders and councils !! You certainly are not alone living and completely enjoying the "old ways" I shall continue and be perfectly at peace with that 😊 .... throws another log on the stove 😃 ... will heat and cook the old ways on my stove if necessary 🔥🔥🔥
There is a need for more housing but WHY do they allow such low rise development which swallows up all the land? French suburbs are all spacious flats and beautiful. If they built a block everyone could relax and stroll down the country paths.
Ah, Debussy sets the theme for the lunacy of the situation. Boring only exists when the looker doesn't look hard enough to discover the real value of things...
I totally agree with you Richard. Building on a flood plain is stupid and taking all those green field sites and woodlands is even worse. I frequently see planning for some big estate that is rejected, but the developers simply make some minor changes to the plans, pay the local council a lot more money and it all gets the green light. We need all the agricultural land we can get. We must produce sufficient food for our own needs, AND, the public must be prepared to pay a fair price for what they buy.
"Nostalgia, isn't what it used to be ". The Trilby is the perfect prop for that walk ! But the youngsters of today, in 50 years time will be saying exactly the same sort of things - bemoaning their lost youth. This infinite Matrix projectorscope is not the same as my Nintendo play box Mk III. An they've just built a Hyperstation, which touches down here, before heading off to Mars ! These floating levitating cities, in the clouds are not a patch on the old estate that we used to live in. Aaaaaaahhhh, memories ! Have you SEEN the price of the Sky-jump, I'll stick with my EV thank you very much ! Take care, just eat up your prepackaged GM substitute veg. old chap ! See you at the other end of the Wormhole ! Stu xx
Good morning, Mr.Vobes, first of all, You look very handsome with this hat!! In every country it is the same, I is to cry and shout....all the nature and the Green....the animals and all the creatures of the forrest!!!!! I feel like you. Perhaps you can change something with your videos, every voice is worth to hear to protect our landscape Please excuse my english, best wishes from Austria......Michaela
We are plagued by student accommodation in my area of SW Birmingham. The latest is 1900 student rooms planned comprising of 15 story tower blocks to be built on a small parcel of land. We all can have our say on such developments by objecting on the public consultation that is mandatory on such schemes.
@@RichardVobes agree but at least you tried to do something. If enough people object then it might just work otherwise the wagon keeps on rolling along.
Front gardens being paved over, Houses and bungalows always turned into flats, intentional over development, and over population, and nature being torn asunder by unneeded rail development, all working to an agenda.
This wanton destruction of our beautiful and precious countryside makes me so angry. How can anyone say that those fields are boring - that mindset is totally beyond me. The same is happening in my area of East Anglia - building all over prime agricultural land. What happens if we ever have to become self sufficient in our food production again? So very sad and frustrating.
Boring old fields? Well, in 50+ years of walking, I've never met a field that is boring, whether old or not. The Horsham District clerics whose work this was far better deserve the epithet.
I totally agree with you Richard. It's not just the fact that we are losing land and exterminating wildlife, but also the incredible stupidity of the planners in deciding that flood plains are a great place to build on. Rivers and streams are not meant to be diverted, covered over or forced into pipes/culverts. Where you walked is Clay, it drys up and shrinks in the summer. In the winter it expands. The south bound section of the A24 there suffers badly with subsidence because of the clay soil. It's all just beggars belief.
Great sadness will come of all this. Thanks, Barry.
At the Angmering development you can see huge (2.5m diameter) new concrete pipes underneath the site. To carry water away from these flood plains. It has to end up somewhere though. I know planners are aware but the flood plains were there for a reason. Flooding in other housing areas has been seen in this area recently. I know we need houses but I just hope they know what they are doing and it's obviously sad to see green places disappear.
Everything you’ve said Richard strikes a note with me, I fully agree and the fact that change is moving at such a rate means that we are losing our country and traditions, who we were and who we are and it’s frightening. There seems to be no passion for our history or identity, everything which creates the tapestry that makes us English seems under attack. No one denies we need to evolve but at any cost is not acceptable. Keep up the great work, thank you.
They are calling it Build Back Better. For those of us that still enjoy this country for the history, way of life and what it means to be British, you have just a very short time left. Agenda 21/30
Thoroughly enjoyed this video Richard, loved the nostalgic tones but so heartbreaking to witness the short sightedness of local councils driven by the big bucks offers of developers who don’t care one iota for the future of our natural wildlife habitats. In years to come I’m sure people will be saying why was this allowed to happen. Anyway loved seeing the beautiful scenery and as always your wonderful camera work and effort that you put in ! ….Thankyou 😊
Totally agree with your sentiments Richard, I'm only 39 but can see all this local building as complete madness.
Barnham, Yapton, Walberton,Fontwell,Binsted we're being swamped with new builds.
It seems that everything south of the A27 is fair game for development.
Once the bypass is put in through Walberton and Binsted that will then create an excuse to build more housing between here and Arundel.
Sad to see the old fields that I learned so much as a child about rural life being turned to concrete and tarmac.
It's sickening.
Good to see you are looking after yourself and eating well Richard. You seem comfortable on your own.
‘Boring old fields’... that’s typical council speak for ‘ripe for development’. This has got to change, well said Richard.
I wonder what people would find more interesting - a day learning about the flora and fauna and history of the "boring fields" or a guided tour of the housing development.
@@credenza1 Exactly right.
Hi Richard i live down the road from you in Yapton, we have the same here . mass building developments , we have been filming the demise of our fields in favour of concrete faceless houses, the wild life we used to see has gone ! Only last week an ancient hedge was ripped out by Barrett homes along with Victorian fencing , no local people can afford them and already the infrastructure is buckling, take care, John Mono
Quite dreadful to hear!
Great video Richard. We owe it to future generations to save the countryside, particularly around the centre of rewilding at Knepp Castle. It would be sacrilege to build 3,500 houses there and ruin the wonderful wildlife all around.
Loved your choice of music. Great vlog and enjoyed your chat. Very true we need to care for Our land and animals. Your casserole looked delicious.
The casserole was lovely!
Hopefully communities can band together and stop or regulate some of these projects. The fields are beautiful and necessary for the ecosystems.
Great moment to capture those deer. I wonder why you don't use the 'zoom' feature in the editing programme to get closer. Good you documented this corner of the countryside.
I don't use the zoom in the edit programme because I shoot in 1080p and it will pixelate badly.
@@RichardVobes I also shoot in 1080 but the zoom doesn't have to be that extreme that the image becomes pixelated.
Very melancholy vid. So sad to see & hear such a beautiful farm & woodland area will soon be no longer. I did appreciate your opening scenes & sentiment about simple things. Loved the music, the homey things you were doing & yes...the fact that you were still using my foxy teapot brought a smile to my face.
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I can only echo the general tone, progress in this is anything but positive, loved the video, particularly your choice of music 🎵 Debussy 😊
Absolutely beautiful video and excellent music too. Very fitting. Nice one!!
Thank you Richard for this wonderful Autumn morning walk around those lovely "Boring Old Fields" and beautiful surrounding woodland. Members of WSCC need to get out and see these places for themselves, instead of just making the decision to build 350,000 houses based on some maps while sitting in their offices!!
Heard my first turtle doves ever this year over the road at Knepp (didn't see them though) , and the storks are fabulous.
Great video, Richard. This is the wrong place for these houses; for practical reasons, it’s completely car reliant, would be a total dormitory suburb etc… for environmental reasons, they are obvious (how much did you pay the deer?! 😜), flooding, loss of farm fields etc etc.
Dave Toye, the local folk singer, has written an excellent song about this proposed development - sadly TH-cam took it down as I understand the council leader at Horsham objected to him singing the phrase “boring old fields”! 🤦♂️
The deer were quite expensive. Dear, in fact. :) Actually I linked to Mt Toye's song in the description on Vimeo!
I concur, and couldn’t believe any ‘intelligent’ being would say that ‘boring old fields’ 🤯🙏🏻
I totally understand. We lived in the country with deer, raccoons, opossum, snakes, lizards, bears and tarantulas and loved it! We bought a home in town that was in a subdivision but with a lot of privacy. We bought in fall and in the spring across the dry runoff behind our home a housing development sprang up. They tore out all of the mature trees and brush to do it so now we are exposed. It was a nice little plot full of trees and a deer now and then. When they knocked the trees down a bat took refuge on our porch for a full day til he could relocate to a safe place. They are knocking down the trees on the next lot so I put up a bat house just in case it’s needed. Thank goodness our son is buying the house in the country so he can enjoy the nature. We moved to town due to age and nearness to health facilities.
I love your enthusiasm for the Sussex countryside and heritage. Although I'm Australian, I have deep familial roots in Sussex. Great video
Absolutely first class video and excellent camera work. What a thoroughly enjoyable video and so reflective of the thoughts and feelings of so many, particularly those in our age group. Like you, I have endeavoured to leave behind the more materialistic leanings of my youth and aim for the more simple life. Having been brought up on the verge of south London, I now relish the slower pace of life and sheer beauty of West Sussex.
I wish the BBC or ITV would ‘discover’ you. More videos like this please …
I don't like hearing about this happening. but that's why we all need to hear about this happening. Thanks Richard.
I agree totally Mr Vobes and by the way I love your beautiful animal design cup and teapot shown in the earlier part of this video.
An excellent intro which really resonated with me, being about the same as you! The proposed development is just down the road from here so thank you for highlighting it.
I think they are following their plan, and I do so agree with you. We need connection and belonging. Thank you so much for this moving video!
Hi I'm a new subscriber, great video there's nothing better than a good walk in a field fresh air and exercise seeing wild life. I walk early every morning and it's great to see a deer, fox or rabbits sets you up for the day before work.
Welcome to the channel, Julie. It is lovely to see the wild life - we need to encourage more.
Another wonderful video Richard. I suggest that everyone follow the links that are attached to your video.
Thanks for that!
You are so right Richard. Wildlife corridors are being lost left, right and centre due to these new builds. It's heartbreaking. Sometimes as a gesture they create SANGs (Suitable Alternative Natural Green Spaces) alongside which is a token gesture and better than nothing. I'm not sure what the answer is for our ever growing population. Xx
Great vid Richard .
Its important to also teach our children about where and how our food comes from
Beautiful to see the deers ,lovely
Simplicity at its best .
Lovely hat btw .😁👍
You’re amazing , Richard. Lovely.
Terrible, all this Richard...thanks for highlighting it.
You were missing the marmalade sandwiches in your pocket Richard or perhaps your Dr Who scarf. Lovely update fella. 😉👍
A very well put together video especially the music.
I thought Boris said they'd be no more building on green land or whatever!
Great Video Richard ! Sad food for thought.
Such a good video. Loved your teapot and cup. And you speak for many about change. It breaks your heart that our countryside is being torn to shreds by developments. Will it ever end.
Thank you so much!
That beautiful tree, amazing.
very true richard thay builting all round now being full time van lifer for 5 years seen places and green places now built on in 5 years from green spaces to houses very sad good video richard blessing davey full time van lifer
There has been a gigantic amount of building taken place over the past ten years or so in Sussex. With the UK population increasing to very nearly 70 million now, it is becoming too many for a relatively small island country. Undoubtedly our living lifestyles have changed, families broken up and very many more properties occupied by only one person. Added to this there is the never ending growth of immigration, legal or not.
I just found your channel, great content! Greeting from Norway.
Hey, thanks!
You are describing me. I’m 62 going on 82. I use loose leaf tea now and have just bought a hat the same as yours.
It’s a “Comfort Blanket” thing. Thank you for letting me know I’m not the only one.
The next thing you will buy is a pipe and a walking stick to lean on when you are having a quite smoke of your pipe.
One thing you need to understand is there is no revenue from Boring Fields but loads of revenue from several hundred houses.
The next stage you will go through Richard is being Angry with the world, the new world in which we don’t belong.
Wonderful!
@@BoninBrighton Thanks lovely, me too x
Loved the video Richard, I love all those woodland country walk's and it should remain just as it is, house's being built there will take all that beauty away.
Quite right!
What a pleasure and surprised to hear clair de lune playing in the background of parts of this video thank you nice touch touch
Thanks so much
Very nice video, couldn*t been said better then you did, well done totally agree
Could,nt agree more Richard, but I fear we are fighting a losing battle, Thats why I left the south of England 18 years ago, but I still love the Sussex I knew as a child. Our population is far too high
Jonathan Porritt said that ideal population for the UK is 30 million. This relentless march of development to house an overcrowded island has to stop. If the nation was 30 million the majority being properly educated and skilled ( and thus earning good incomes and paying decent taxes). There wouldn’t be a need to cram people into shoeboxes built on arable productive land.
We must ask what incentives do developers offer bureaucrats to gain approval for their plans.
This is not peculiar to Southern England or in indeed the UK. Canada’s major cities suffer from relentless building of matchbox sized apartments in bland boring high rises. Many remain empty having been purchased by laundered mainland Chinese money. This in one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. My conclusion? As Shakespeare said “There is something rotten in state of Denmark”.
Dig a little deeper you may be shocked to find things are not as pristine as we thought. Sometimes cynics are proven right.
Where did you go?
That’s a great walk along the old railway line …….or even a bike ride !
Well said Richard. I have lived all my life in the 'countryside' in Gloucestershire which is now rapidly turning in a concrete jungle. I also saw deer recently on land which is going to be developed soon and I was wondering where they would go or if they end up in a corner of undeveloped land would they be shot.
The notice board in Lindfield had a notice up about planning and construction, a warning of sorts. It stated that due to their being an urgent demand for housing, developers are not having to submit plans as such. Bit of a free for all situation.
That is very bad.
Same thing happening in East Sussex, Eton college are selling the land they own with the view of building 3250 new homes,.
just too many people
History, traditions, old world charm. Love those things, I have all my life, like you I hate loss of history, country, etc
Casserole looks good and hearty will you walking...
Sadly the old England vanished more and more... In difference to us Germans you have so many traditions and landscapes who were native and old.... Hope you can maintain your wonderful land and the english legacy
Hi Richard I very much enjoyed your video. You really are a lovely soul I just wish their was more like you mate, I think they must have broke the mould when you was made. Keith the Roof 👍
Thanks, Keith!
The loss of the downslink as a rail route annoys me at least it is still walkable am inagreement with you about the tearing up green space for housing
Unfortunately their "send a letter to the PM" page currently seems unable to process any requests...
Oh, that's a shame.
I won't get on my high horse here Richard because I be here all day. Suffice to say, I wonder what the utter lunacy of this world has in store for my grandchildren.
They, I'm sure, will one day be wondering 'What we're they thinking'
Totally agree with you.
Another great walk richard .let hope there don’t build the houses so heartbreaking to see.
So sad
3,000 homes. Will they be eco friendly, fitted with air pumps, solar panels? Will there be a new school, Drs... In all that boggy land maybe there are some great crested newts. Useful little fellas to have onside.
Nightmare
The word peasant means "of the land". All culture is based on peasant life, regardless of where it is. Peasant life is intrinsically shaped by the landscape, the flora and fauna. The nation's language also derives from these fundamental things - its songs and poems, its imagery and its rituals. When the land is homogenized and stripped of its unique sense of place, there is no longer a local culture. How can there be, when none of the rituals and language have any meaning? Our politicians are ensuring that within a very short time there will be no such thing as Britain as a cultural reality. Globalism has no use for the nuances of local culture, or for national identity.
I think as you get older you tend to reminisce a lot and miss the things you used to do.
We are reminded of what has been taken away.
This video Richard was a joy to watch, but at the same time it made my heart sink, what you show in this video is happening everywhere, Swindon where I live is gobbling up country side at an alarming rate, I know this comment is rather late for this video, but as a recent sub I am catching up on the vids, atb Terry.
It is a terrible thing, Terry. Thanks for the comment.
I like your hat Richard, looks like inspector Vobes is coming :) I agree with you. It is sad to see our countryside dissappear because of houses being built and the animals and nature going. I love countryside and love seeing nature and the animals. But then at the same time the population keeps growing and people have to live somewhere, so it's a kind of in the middle.
Another excellent vid, I was a bit worried that you assumed the deers genders, that's a big no no these days. Carry on the good work.
I like to assume
We need both land and homes, this has been the case since the dawn of time.
Just a shame. Thanks for preserving the boring fields, woodlands & wild life on video at least.
Brilliant!
Richard love the music yes you are just like me the simple things in life and all good things are free
When will they ever learn?
I totally agree with you Richard...
Not sure, I agree, housing is the first priority for a family, mum, dad, kids and OAP's. There's a short supply of good housing. I do agree cities and towns should be carefully planned and brown field sites made the best use of. However, since you have a cosy home and a wood burning stove, all very nice, and I'm happy for you. I do think other people deserve what you have, regardless of wealth and status. I'm homeless, and take a different view. I've worked for 50 years paid all my taxes, NAT Con, and paid off a 25 year mortgage ten years ago but found myself homeless for the last two years and it's ongoing still, do you begrudge a home for me in my native English countryside.
I too would like a home in my native countryside.
@@RichardVobes That's two of us then... Let's help make it happen.
It is very sad 😢😢
It's criminal how we carry on destroying nature. The irony is we have all the housing space we need and then some already. Build up - apartments don't have to be like 60's slum flats; it works in Europe, Asia and America. Greedy developers wanting more and more money are the problem...
Fully resonates with me, and also find simple things desirable, to the degree that I dislike money and commercialism.
Hi Richard , another great video , raising great points . Sadly our government can only see ££££ not countryside . Give me fields and woods any day. You can keep this and any other government .
Thanks again mucker
Hi Richard's great video as always I'm agree that we need to keep and to save our nature because it's a part of ourselves and destroying some piece of woodland to replace it by buildings is of course very sad but people also need to live somewhere , I think the right thing would be to find a balance.
I'm French by the way.
There is an alternative!
Campaign for the Protection of Rural England 'State of Brownfield Report 2020' shows that there are 1,007 acres of abandoned brownfield sites in Sussex. That is enough to build at least 23,000 new homes on land which could be developed in preference to building on the countryside.
@@lindakane7771 hear hear x
We have the same threat in Ifield. Just behind our beautiful church and pub are ancient woodlands snd farmers fields, some of which have already been built on 😕
And our beautiful, peaceful, expansive golf course is going too. Very sad times
That sounds grim. West Sussex is soon to be a concrete jungle.
Bravo. 👏👏 Save our nature. All we need is for farmer's to plant wilderness around their fields. This brings in nature & we won't have boring fields. 🙏
The national trust at parke, just outside Dartmoor. Scandalously sold woodland off to a building developer
You are absolutely right Richard, this land must NOT be lost to yet more boring housing. Once it is gone, it is gone. It would be a travesty to lose this landscape. You are right, these are NT 'boring old fields', they just have to be saved for posterity...
This makes me weep and SO angry
CPRE's 'State of Brownfield Report 2020' shows that there are 1,007 acres of abandoned brownfield sites in Sussex. That is enough to build at least 23,000 new homes on land which could be developed in preference to building on the countryside.21 Oct 2020⁸
Heard last night that Angmering is to have yet another 500+ house development. I despair
Oh my goodness - when will the madness end?
@@endfarageandbigotryintheuk7376 Why are you watching his videos then?
@@endfarageandbigotryintheuk7376 Stupid man or whatever you are
I agree with you that we are ignoring the needs of our wild animals. Why are we cutting down all these trees that we need to help climate change???? Why build on a flood plain, doesn't make sense to me.
I want to explore West Grinstead station, one of my colleagues at the Bluebell has cycled on the Downs link, I've not ridden a bike since I was a teenager!!
Thanks for sharing this Richard, lovely to see the deer too. I've seen them when I've been working at Kingscote station
We are apparently only building the equivalent of another Bristol each year.
Can't wait till the public get to vote on how many Bristols we should have.
It’s not so bad, only 8% is built on..housing estates can be more green and have more biodiversity than farmland, There’s plenty of countryside despite appearances.
No so true as you may think. 8% is a huge number - and does that include roads, rail, car parks, airports, verges, ports, etc? Remember there are many places you can't build on; mountains, swamps, forest, peat bogs, flood plains, rivers, beaches, cliff tops, MOD land, etc.
Also, a survey was carried out in the 1930s by R.G Stapledon, he published a book called The Land, Now and Tomorrow. He counted up the land taken for housing, rail, roads, etc, and examined what was needed for farming to sustain us. He sounded the alarm then that too much was vanishing under brick and mortar. That was 90 years ago. Makes sober reading. Looking at the map and thinking there is plenty of space for houses and towns doesn't really tell the truth of what is needed for humans, animal, farming, nature in general, oxygen production, water management, pollution management, and so on.
It's too easy to just say there is plenty of space.
Beautiful scenery & music but also a very sad video. Makes me so angry that because of sheer greed, they (the developers, the council, the government, the farmers/landowners) are obliterating our countryside, flora & fauna. Man never learns & is bent on destruction. As you say, it makes moving to the countryside completely pointless 😓
Totally agree Richard, slowly the countryside is being eaten up, the only ones to gain, builders and councils !! You certainly are not alone living and completely enjoying the "old ways" I shall continue and be perfectly at peace with that 😊 .... throws another log on the stove 😃 ... will heat and cook the old ways on my stove if necessary 🔥🔥🔥
Agree 1000%
There is a need for more housing but WHY do they allow such low rise development which swallows up all the land? French suburbs are all spacious flats and beautiful. If they built a block everyone could relax and stroll down the country paths.
Ah, Debussy sets the theme for the lunacy of the situation. Boring only exists when the looker doesn't look hard enough to discover the real value of things...
So true.
I totally agree with you Richard. Building on a flood plain is stupid and taking all those green field sites and woodlands is even worse. I frequently see planning for some big estate that is rejected, but the developers simply make some minor changes to the plans, pay the local council a lot more money and it all gets the green light. We need all the agricultural land we can get. We must produce sufficient food for our own needs, AND, the public must be prepared to pay a fair price for what they buy.
"Nostalgia, isn't what it used to be ".
The Trilby is the perfect prop for that walk !
But the youngsters of today, in 50 years time will be saying exactly the same sort of things - bemoaning their lost youth.
This infinite Matrix projectorscope is not the same as my Nintendo play box Mk III.
An they've just built a Hyperstation, which touches down here, before heading off to Mars !
These floating levitating cities, in the clouds are not a patch on the old estate that we used to live in.
Aaaaaaahhhh, memories !
Have you SEEN the price of the Sky-jump, I'll stick with my EV thank you very much !
Take care, just eat up your prepackaged GM substitute veg. old chap !
See you at the other end of the Wormhole !
Stu xx
An excellent account. I couldn't help but notice the A24 buzz track giving the whole piece a air of menace.
Very busy on the A24 thse days.
It appalled
me too
Good morning, Mr.Vobes, first of all,
You look very handsome with this hat!!
In every country it is the same, I is to cry and shout....all the nature and the Green....the animals and all the creatures of the forrest!!!!!
I feel like you.
Perhaps you can change something
with your videos, every voice is worth to hear to protect our landscape
Please excuse my english, best wishes
from Austria......Michaela
Thank you!
We are plagued by student accommodation in my area of SW Birmingham. The latest is 1900 student rooms planned comprising of 15 story tower blocks to be built on a small parcel of land.
We all can have our say on such developments by objecting on the public consultation that is mandatory on such schemes.
None of it seems to make any difference - they build anyway.
@@RichardVobes agree but at least you tried to do something. If enough people object then it might just work otherwise the wagon keeps on rolling along.
Front gardens being paved over, Houses and bungalows always turned into flats, intentional over development, and over population, and nature being torn asunder by unneeded rail development, all working to an agenda.
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This wanton destruction of our beautiful and precious countryside makes me so angry. How can anyone say that those fields are boring - that mindset is totally beyond me. The same is happening in my area of East Anglia - building all over prime agricultural land. What happens if we ever have to become self sufficient in our food production again? So very sad and frustrating.
Great video Any site of cattle or horses slow down and they won't bother you - Do not run lol
Boring old fields? Well, in 50+ years of walking, I've never met a field that is boring, whether old or not. The Horsham District clerics whose work this was far better deserve the epithet.