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  • @oggie114
    @oggie114 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Glad you both survived the walk! Gravesend seems as ominous as its name.
    Next time you find yourself in Kent you should visit Pluckley. It's the most haunted village in England... though I lived there 4 years and the spookiest thing I ever witnessed was an albino phesant....

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, I definitely want to do that. There is a Pluckley Circular Walk in one of my books.

    • @stephr7637
      @stephr7637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ooh I love a haunting even though I can't yet make myself believe in it. I'd honestly be thrilled to see an albino pheasant though - we've got tons of pheasants round here and not one of them has bothered to be albino!

  • @Skunkola
    @Skunkola ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good to see Richard Stilgoe in fine form

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Tom might be too young to know who Richard Stilgoe is.

  • @janecarter6994
    @janecarter6994 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoyed this gritty urban walk directed by Shane Meadows probably. Well done Tom for all the fab facts!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure you could find a body in a suitcase somewhere along this route.

  • @thekentishpilgrim
    @thekentishpilgrim ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gravesend, interesting. I think there was something quite exciting about a dangerous and scary footpath. Glad you made it back to the station anyway!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think you would have survived the gang of youths Carlos.

    • @thekentishpilgrim
      @thekentishpilgrim ปีที่แล้ว

      No, definitely not. I also wanted to add that I laughed when you said his name Crowley like the bird at the end of the video as well. Poor Tom must be fuming! @@cdwc

  • @zacharypotvin6579
    @zacharypotvin6579 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know I hear from the British that the weather is dreadful in London, but every video you post I swear... It looks amazing.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I went walking on the only sunny days of the summer.

  • @freddiekitzmann2299
    @freddiekitzmann2299 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loving the Videos Marek, as a fellow islander I've taken up walking as a pastime since watching your videos.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one cool dude. Can't think of a better place to go walking.

  • @elaineforse5914
    @elaineforse5914 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love it when you walk with other people, really would make a great TV series. Should ask fellow cool dudes to send in photos of yours and sunglasses Marek in for a post video montage 😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is impossible to get on TV these days. None of the walking programmes are really about walking either, they all seem to end up at an owl sanctuary or taking a hot air balloon ride. Ha.

  • @harveycolven6540
    @harveycolven6540 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im glad this was your favourite walk to date. The 3 daws was also a smugglers pub and has tunnels to 5 other pubs in the town. They were also used for when the press gangs were knocking about. Everyone would pile in and end up in another pub. Also to the left was rosherville gardens. Which was the brighton of its day and londoners would spend the day coming down by steam boat

    • @squalloogal
      @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great facts 😊

    • @judybee
      @judybee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are still some remnants of Rosherville hidden away there!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent facts cool dude. Thank you.

  • @Deetroiter
    @Deetroiter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is really cool. Long ago before TH-cam, social media, etc I had a penpal from Gravesend. I never saw what it looked like before or what’s there. Thanks for sharing this with us all. Cheers from the States!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks cool dude. I am a big Detroit Lions fan. I even flew over to watch them about ten years ago.

  • @Joiujzd
    @Joiujzd ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey! Cool thing off a Sunday evening!Thank you for posting! The fact of the day alert made me laugh out loud😂

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That bit was deadly serious.

  • @MakeLAUGHnotWAR
    @MakeLAUGHnotWAR ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "They've taken my rates to fund lies" haha, great guests in these videos Marek 😁👍🏻
    Graphic novels wise I think I've only read V For Vendetta, Tom's recommendations look excellent.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I picked up one he mentioned on Ebay for a pretty cheap price.

  • @iamgod6464
    @iamgod6464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Tom and Marek. What a Cool Dude Walk through a very Interesting part of Britain full of Historically Famous People Architecture, Ships, Ghosts, Strange Noises, Narrow Laneways, Floating Boots, Horses, High Voltage Electricity Pylons, Suspicious Teenagers and Intellectual Conversation. This video had it all! Well done for Surviving this Journey Unscathed. 😊👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We were the only people to have ever survived this walk.

    • @iamgod6464
      @iamgod6464 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc In that case you two need to be rewarded with Bravery Awards and Medals and Knighted by King Charlie 😊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

  • @telboy007
    @telboy007 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Walking down that stretch of the Thames is one of my favourite strolls, the few occasions I've made it all the way to Shornemead Fort (8:30 the fort that the youth had taken over in this video) its been empty and is quite fun to look around. I wouldn't start in Gravesend though, avoid that place! You can start by the medway canal / ship & lobster pub instead. I do want to walk further up to Cliff Fort and back, one day.

  • @bobfossil
    @bobfossil 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those shoes at 10:38 have been there since I was at school near there in 2005-2010ish 😂

  • @indobleh
    @indobleh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loving the collabs, great banter !

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I keep thinking about Darles Chickens, Charles Dicken's evil twin.

  • @judybee
    @judybee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How exciting! You're getting closer! If I'd known you were there I could have tagged along for the first part of this vid & added the history of my family to the excitement of Gravo. I discovered fairly recently that my family owned the brewery & pubs that used to be alongside The Three Daws back in the day. One of them was the Mayor Of Gravesend back in the 18th Century, stopping a pistols at dawn incident in the town Lots more interesting stuff too....but you will never know now!!! Ha! Scary path isn't it further along!! I usually take a deep breath and......RUN.....x J x

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I am too old to run now, I tried running fast about two years ago and it was barely any faster than my walking speed.

    • @judybee
      @judybee ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc It's amazing how fast you can go though when you have terror lurking around every corner of that walk!! You just take a deep breath and WHOOSH .... you're gone.... as fast as your feet will carry you! 😮😈☠💀👻

  • @stephr7637
    @stephr7637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm glad you are both manly men who travelled together in daylight. Watching the route made me think of those ancient highways along which rich people would go with an entourage of weapons-trained servants due to the high likelihood of attack, and anyone else who wasn't a cutthroat/robber would avoid outside daylight hours. As a modern woman without high-grade weapons training or coachmen/bodyguards I'm not sure the route is for me, BUT if anyone I know needs to dispose of a body in the South East I would recommend it highly! Also, I enjoyed the information about Pocahontas/Amonute/Matoaka/Rebecca Rolfe/etc. I like hearing about local folk on your trips, especially (Obviously I know this is highly dependent on the information available to you which may not be brilliant) of renowned ladies/less typically celebrated people. While watching this walk made me think mostly about how at risk I am walking on lonely paths, it did make me look up Pocahontas so every cloud!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some of the places I have walked over the years have been a bit dodgy. It is more difficult for solo women I think because of the weird blokes that are around, it is depressing to always have that fear overshadowing every walk. I think a 'cool dudettes' walking club would be good.

  • @MrGregoryKershaw
    @MrGregoryKershaw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also the Fables series is very good with an intresting presmise

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool. Will check it out dude.

  • @Niac022
    @Niac022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I worked in the comic book industry for a long time and I tended to recommend what many would call 'sleepers'. I always recommended these:
    Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn - About a group of lions during the fall of Baghdad
    Justice League: A League of One by Christopher Moeller - Wonder Woman fights a dragon. incredible art, clever writing, always enjoyed even by those who weren't really in to super heroes
    30 Days of Night: Red Snow by Ben Templesmith - A spooky recommendation of vampires on the Eastern front with rather unique art that really gives the book atmosphere

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool thanks dude.

  • @lisaperry345
    @lisaperry345 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, this one had some contrasts! When the walk started I was like, "Aww that's just like home" but then it got prettier. Haha! I'm not into graphic novels as a rule but I did get The end of the f**king world after watching the series and I liked that. I love the new mummy keyring and you've inspired me for a halloween photo...

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the Mummy keyrings might be my favourites. I will make another batch shortly.

    • @lisaperry345
      @lisaperry345 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc I want them all but I need to calm down! Haha!

  • @wazeroonie6084
    @wazeroonie6084 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just joined the club, only leaving a comment so I can use some of the emojis

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent thank you so much cool dude. Enjoy the emojis.

  • @superdeluxesmell
    @superdeluxesmell ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some comics that I like:
    Hey, Wait… - Jason
    Bone - Jeff Smith
    The Man Without Talent - Yoshiharu Tsuge
    American Splendor - Harvey Pekar
    Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell -Tardi & Manchette
    Megahex - Simon Hanselmann
    Ed the Happy Clown - Chester Brown
    Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks cool dude.

  • @JustGeorge770
    @JustGeorge770 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Graphic Novel - East of West is great if you want a sci-fi type thing. Thanks for the videos Marek!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one dude will put it on the list.

  • @grahamcope2196
    @grahamcope2196 ปีที่แล้ว

    At last, a comedian on the channel . Cheers CD and looking forward to the Halloween walk

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Just about saved this comment at the last minute.

  • @davem9204
    @davem9204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you walk along Gordon Promenade on the route? Possibly one of the 'grittiest' places I've ever seen in the UK.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know where it was exactly cool dude.

  • @tonimarieclayton9430
    @tonimarieclayton9430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Come to Erith! Theres a ton of history and a green chain walk through to Lesnes Abbey in Abbey Wood! They've recently covered up some of the train line used to run Maxim-Nordenfedt but you can still see some of the tracks and follow it to the Thames!

    • @tonimarieclayton9430
      @tonimarieclayton9430 ปีที่แล้ว

      @chriswoutdoors will be able to tell you the history 😊

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds cool. I will put it on the list cool dude.

    • @tonimarieclayton9430
      @tonimarieclayton9430 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing stay cool Marek 😊

  • @mattentwistle70
    @mattentwistle70 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've always found that Gravesend is best when you just pass through. My favourite graphic novel has to be Fungus the Bogeyman

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I read that last year. Very funny.

  • @spudmonster7419
    @spudmonster7419 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was getting more of a Richard Stilgoe lookalike vibe from Tom.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      A couple of people have said that cool dude.

  • @nataliebsketching
    @nataliebsketching ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Graphic novels: I read a great hiking book, Americana by Luke Healy, about his experience doing the Pacific Crest Trail.
    And Ducks, by Kate Beaton, about her time working on Canada’s oil sands.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. I have Ducks. It is great but very depressing.

  • @jdanielpUK
    @jdanielpUK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not particularly into graphic novels, but I would recommend 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth', by Chris Ware, which is really inventive. I want to shout out to the Cool Dude who submitted the first of this episode's keyring photos since I recently survived St. Cuthbert's Way, but in reverse (not sure if that made it Satanic given that it's a pilgrimage route?). I say survived because the route took in several cow fields, some more challenging than othersNice one!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I will definitely avoid St. Cuthbert's Way.

  • @highlandexplorer990
    @highlandexplorer990 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hilarious banter and beautiful scenery! 😂🌳

  • @louiserobb2689
    @louiserobb2689 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello! Crowley Time brought me to your channel and I’ve been enjoying a bunch more of your videos the past couple of days. Is ‘dude’ a gender-neutral term, would you say? I’m wondering whether I (a lady woman) can join the club?

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one. Crowley Time is excellent. I am glad you have enjoyed the videos. Also 'dude' is cool dudes walking club is definitely gender neutral I would say, anyone is welcome to join the club. Stay cool.

    • @louiserobb2689
      @louiserobb2689 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent! Thanks for replying, @@cdwc ! Happy to now be a really cool dude and use these cool dude emojis .

  • @markzee6331
    @markzee6331 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What was the incidental music in this post?…
    Great work 😁👍

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is all in the description cool dude.

  • @varis0843
    @varis0843 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    V For Vendetta by Alan Moore, Black Hole by Carles Burns. But my favourite is Like A Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes. All three have other great stuff as well.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have read those first two and enjoyed them. I will look out for the other one.

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Open 2 pubs next to each other in Ramsgate and call them the Dick Inns. "That's a big red boat" wins fact of the episode.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be a great name for a pub.

  • @anthonyhatter196
    @anthonyhatter196 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even the most incredible sky didn't make it look remotely hospitable . .were those horses wild? CD#123

  • @Susiegirl87
    @Susiegirl87 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool , you walked past where I live lol 😅😊❤ .x

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ‘Crowley’ immediately made me thinks of Good Omens 😊

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think this Tom predates it. Just.

  • @EccentricAuntWanda1
    @EccentricAuntWanda1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The thumbs up with point is a big improvement on the stay cool! Well done other guy.

  • @Manoghosts
    @Manoghosts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So pleased you survived the horror!
    Including my top 10 Graphic Novels for the season of spooks:
    Emily Caroll : Through the Woods
    Fuan No Tame : Masaaki Nakayama
    House of Penance : Peter Tomasi
    Thornhill : Pam Smy (illustrated Novel)
    Frankenstein / Uzumaki / Gyo : Junji Ito
    Spookhouse : Scott Hampton
    By Chance or By Providence : Becky Cloonan
    M R James Ghost Stories of an Antiquary : John Reppion and Leah Moore
    The Crow : J O Barr
    Ghosts & Ruins : Ben Catmull (illustrated novels)
    (Also shameless plug opp for my own Malevolents, The Eyrie, Hallows, Fell and Early Haunts)

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one cool dude. There is a lot to get through there.

  • @paulellinson
    @paulellinson ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoy yourselves!!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @eldroubie
    @eldroubie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Recently read the graphic novel Horizontal Collaboration by Naive and Carole Laurel. It’s about the goings on in an apartment block in Paris during the occupation in World War Two. Well worth a look.

  • @MrGregoryKershaw
    @MrGregoryKershaw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Archibald Fleet!?! I recognised his voice immediately

  • @ianrobert6239
    @ianrobert6239 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I walk part of this every day to work😁

  • @zacharypotvin6579
    @zacharypotvin6579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also is that you playing the piano??

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I am the new Rachmaninoff

    • @zacharypotvin6579
      @zacharypotvin6579 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc Sounds great ! 💪😁

  • @sueweston502
    @sueweston502 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't see a join button on your TH-cam front page? (I've watched the how do i join video) I've been watching your videos for ages, I'm afraid I'm a slow starter. Please take my money!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think you can only do it on a desktop computer for some reason.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to request the desktop version of the site - th-cam.com/video/7nypeK5iUPQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @j.aaronkambeitz9848
    @j.aaronkambeitz9848 ปีที่แล้ว

    "eurgh, the classics" lol

  • @RandomTrinidadian
    @RandomTrinidadian ปีที่แล้ว

    I am here.... to see a dude walk 😊
    But whats with the red boat?

    • @teaurn
      @teaurn ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a lightship - like a lighthouse, only on a boat! Would have been moored offshore to warn shipping, but obsolete now and just a museum exhibit I expect.

    • @RandomTrinidadian
      @RandomTrinidadian ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@teaurnoh.
      Thanks

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a big red boat.

  • @TravellingTorunn
    @TravellingTorunn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for again a lovely video and I am absolutely chuffed to win the price draw 🎉😊 I have emailed you my name and address. And I will send you a picture of the keyring Marek. Thank you so much 👍😁 And Stay Cool.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent cool dude. It is in the post.

  • @Vurtonable
    @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like to help this channel by being extremely cool. Lending my cool to yours by just being here. You are welcome. Also I don't know its appropriate to recommend my favorite 3 graphic novels in public. Obviously too graphic.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your coolness. I feel 4% more cool now.

    • @Vurtonable
      @Vurtonable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdwc Now you are at least 6% cool!

  • @ogee1264
    @ogee1264 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1. Swamp thing
    2. Preacher
    3. The boys

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one. Thanks dude.

  • @stuarthowells1151
    @stuarthowells1151 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There’s a lovely alternative universe where you are on the telly all the time and Richard Madeley isn’t dude.

  • @garyballared2077
    @garyballared2077 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    shoueperfast broadband

  • @gillsjohn1
    @gillsjohn1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You missed lots out in that video
    Why did you not tell the history of the canal ?
    The Victorian rifle range
    The sea school that is not the Met police terrorist training ctr
    Shornmead fort
    The canal basin and lock gates
    History of the Tilbury Gravesend ferry
    Much more than you showed
    Inbox me and I'll show you 😊

  • @gregmcleod7597
    @gregmcleod7597 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice 1

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

  • @kraven512
    @kraven512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Graphic Novels. V For Vendetta, Watchmen, Dark Night Returns.

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  ปีที่แล้ว

      They are all cool ones. Agreed.