Gravesend Walk | Kent Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

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  • This walk is eight miles and supposed to go to Higham Marshes, in Gravesend. Unfortunately time restrictions meant we did not make it all the way there. I found this walk on the Explore Kent website. You find a map of the route here:
    explorekent.org/wp-content/up...
    Tom Crowley's Podcast can be found here: crowleytom.com/crowley-time
    Ebay Painting Listing - www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126138970504
    If you enjoyed this video, and want to help me make more, it would be really great if you joined the Cool Dudes Walking Club. You can join on TH-cam Channel’s main page and click join to pay a monthly amount via youtube.
    / @cdwc
    Thank you to everyone who has supported me.
    The website for the club is www.cooldudeswalkingclub.com which has lists of walks and information about what gear I use, as well as merch and other stuff.
    Twitter - @dudeswalking, @mareklarwood
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    Filmed on a GoPro Hero 10
    Gear list on website.
    Music TH-cam Audio Library
    Snowfall Butterflies - Asher Fulero
    Elm - Marek Larwood & Dave Waller
    Rich in the 80s - Div Kid
    Confident Kurt - Tracktribe
    Waltz of the Flowers - Tchiakovsky Marek on Keepboard

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  • @Skunkola
    @Skunkola 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good to see Richard Stilgoe in fine form

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @oggie114
    @oggie114 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @stephr7637
      @stephr7637 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @janecarter6994
    @janecarter6994 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @Deetroiter
    @Deetroiter 2 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  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @elaineforse5914
    @elaineforse5914 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @freddiekitzmann2299
    @freddiekitzmann2299 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @thekentishpilgrim
    @thekentishpilgrim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @thekentishpilgrim
      @thekentishpilgrim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @tonyaldridge8917
    @tonyaldridge8917 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I recently read maus having never read a graphic novel, really sth, thanks for the nice videos

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks cool dude. There are loads of cool graphic novels about.

  • @harveycolven6540
    @harveycolven6540 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great facts 😊

    • @judybee
      @judybee 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There are still some remnants of Rosherville hidden away there!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Excellent facts cool dude. Thank you.

  • @Joiujzd
    @Joiujzd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That bit was deadly serious.

  • @mrericgeorge
    @mrericgeorge 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @MakeLAUGHnotWAR
    @MakeLAUGHnotWAR 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @Niac022
    @Niac022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool thanks dude.

  • @stephr7637
    @stephr7637 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @iamgod6464
    @iamgod6464 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @iamgod6464
      @iamgod6464 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @superdeluxesmell
    @superdeluxesmell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks cool dude.

  • @telboy007
    @telboy007 3 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.

  • @MrGregoryKershaw
    @MrGregoryKershaw 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Also the Fables series is very good with an intresting presmise

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool. Will check it out dude.

  • @Natalie-mu3ye
    @Natalie-mu3ye 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @highlandexplorer990
    @highlandexplorer990 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hilarious banter and beautiful scenery! 😂🌳

  • @indobleh
    @indobleh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loving the collabs, great banter !

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @squalloogal
    @squalloogal 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ‘Crowley’ immediately made me thinks of Good Omens 😊

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think this Tom predates it. Just.

  • @JustGeorge770
    @JustGeorge770 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice one dude will put it on the list.

  • @mattentwistle70
    @mattentwistle70 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I read that last year. Very funny.

  • @spudmonster7419
    @spudmonster7419 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A couple of people have said that cool dude.

  • @ianrobert6239
    @ianrobert6239 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I walk part of this every day to work😁

  • @judybee
    @judybee 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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! 😮😈☠💀👻

  • @paulellinson
    @paulellinson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Enjoy yourselves!!

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @systemSkynet
    @systemSkynet 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be a great name for a pub.

  • @Manoghosts
    @Manoghosts 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @grahamcope2196
    @grahamcope2196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just about saved this comment at the last minute.

  • @EccentricAuntWanda1
    @EccentricAuntWanda1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is incorrect.

    • @EccentricAuntWanda1
      @EccentricAuntWanda1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hah ah hahahah@@cdwc

  • @varis0843
    @varis0843 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @MrGregoryKershaw
    @MrGregoryKershaw 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Archibald Fleet!?! I recognised his voice immediately

  • @tonimarieclayton9430
    @tonimarieclayton9430 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @chriswoutdoors will be able to tell you the history 😊

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @tonimarieclayton9430
      @tonimarieclayton9430 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amazing stay cool Marek 😊

  • @jdanielpUK
    @jdanielpUK 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will definitely avoid St. Cuthbert's Way.

  • @TravellingTorunn
    @TravellingTorunn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Excellent cool dude. It is in the post.

  • @louiserobb2689
    @louiserobb2689 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @wazeroonie6084
    @wazeroonie6084 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @j.aaronkambeitz9848
    @j.aaronkambeitz9848 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "eurgh, the classics" lol

  • @ogee1264
    @ogee1264 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1. Swamp thing
    2. Preacher
    3. The boys

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice one. Thanks dude.

  • @davem9204
    @davem9204 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @anthonyhatter196
    @anthonyhatter196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @youknowthis69
    @youknowthis69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was hoping this would change my opinion of gravesend and frankly it hasn’t. The ferry to tilbury and a visit to tilbury fort are recommended though

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Next time I will try and do that cool dude.

  • @markzee6331
    @markzee6331 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is all in the description cool dude.

  • @stuarthowells1151
    @stuarthowells1151 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Vurtonable
    @Vurtonable 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @Vurtonable
      @Vurtonable 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @sueweston502
    @sueweston502 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @zacharypotvin6579
    @zacharypotvin6579 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Also is that you playing the piano??

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, I am the new Rachmaninoff

    • @zacharypotvin6579
      @zacharypotvin6579 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cdwc Sounds great ! 💪😁

  • @RandomTrinidadian
    @RandomTrinidadian 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @teaurn
      @teaurn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@teaurnoh.
      Thanks

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a big red boat.

  • @gillsjohn1
    @gillsjohn1 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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice 1

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @kraven512
    @kraven512 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @cdwc
      @cdwc  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are all cool ones. Agreed.

  • @lisaperry345
    @lisaperry345 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @lisaperry345
      @lisaperry345 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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