Crossing England in a Straight Line #4 - Inspired by Geowizard

Attempting to walk across England in a completely straight line! - Inspired by Geowizard
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The fourth and final part of our Straight Line Mission across England sees us attempt to straight line through some of the riskiest farmland we've seen on any mission so far, not to mention more seriously dangerous fallen trees. Watch through to see if we can make it to the sea and achieve our Platinum run across England. We hope you've enjoyed this series so far, do consider subscribing as not to miss our future adventures!

[@YouTube]

u made it !! well done guys

[@TDCraftin_]

Well done indeed

[@mem1597]

didnt expect to find youtube here

[@Undy1]

Nooo, spoilers!!!

[@scipioafricanus5871]

24:33 "The quickest way to the coast is to go _straight_ through and..." That lady get it.

[@tomaszencore6100]

16:32 that’s a sign for Purdy Lodge where geowizard stayed lol

[@Nooticus]

well. yeah. obviously. its not like theyve been on a route just a few km apart the entire time lol

[@snitchracer6952]

@@Nooticus It's just something funny to point out bro. No one needs to read your Smartass comment

[@user-ur4mx2sv6j]

@@Nooticus lol

[@regn4rd]

that farmer is gonna be going crazy seeing these 2 people disappear into those trees and then never seen again 😂😂

[@Sevicify]

Legends say on a cold silent day you can hear the faint roar of an engine off in the distance of the farmer still driving through those fields trying to find them.

[@peski4939]

Two posh boys fighting through rhododendrons and it’s the farmer who’s apparently “stupid” 😂 😂 😂 brilliant.

[@pandabar8309]

12:53 best moment for humming that melody 😄

[@Moolers]

I caught myself humming that melody in the woods the other day. I blame these guys 100%.

[@Oof_ster]

It really is just the theme song of straight line missions now, isn't it? Lol

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

Skyrim NPC lady near the end. "That's not normal."

[@yellowfolder]

She was glitching and kept opening a dialogue box over and over. Frustrating.

[@olivere5497]

Can someone do a skyrim remix of that?

[@sowianskizonierz2693]

Why is literally every human interaction an NPC interaction?

[@olivere5497]

@@sowianskizonierz2693 cause most people are npcs, unlike us based chads.

[@MIRobin22]

Nice of her though

[@francesurrenderedtogermany]

‘Impressive skills as fun runners’… it’s all for the greater good, boys!

[@tblardmaster2577]

Platinum is very impressive, well done lads

[@Duda286]

3:40 "...which by modern *straight-line-missioning-standards* really isn't much" lmao

[@SnoreProtection]

Spicy

[@MarcinHopa8]

Yeah I catched that as well hahah

[@garyculbert7676]

I live Tom, but this was great slagging ahhaha

[@cityzens634]

😂

[@Drew-C-]

Cant believe Tom is letting you get away with this one.

[@matej.mezera]

You should have tasted the seawater to make sure it was salty. Congrats on the platinum run though 👏

[@scipioafricanus5871]

You can't say both. First of all, they still had 10 m to stand in the actual sea and not some rock pool and they didn't taste the salt water. So no congrats at all.

[@willbick7889]

@@scipioafricanus5871 it tastes of shit in UK

[@RichTapestry]

don't be sipping seawater from the UK's shores, do you know how much raw sewage gets dumped into it?

[@pcareo-dactyl3327]

4:23 most terrifying concept to a fieldhouse

[@MattMlcc]

the goats of the adventure scene. getting a platinum run is insane, nevermind the fact that it looks like you guys didn’t even break a sweat while doing it

[@tomwilliams191]

I can't tell if this is easier than it looks from watching Geowizard or if they are just really good at this

[@pyrojkl]

@@tomwilliams191 i mean i know that at least one of these guys is like an insane runner. While trecking thru the woods at night sucks from personal experiance. between that and changing lines and conditions I would say Geo wiz had the harder route but with less risk of personal intervention from land owners. plus its all about story telling. In the end I would say these guys are pretty much smashing the straight line runs and would be hard to beat in any race

[@Nooticus]

Honestly, props to Jarv for finding this route.

[@operationjester3348]

Well done lads 💪 Next step: hardcore mish. Backpacks, stashbags & tents. Back to traditional missioning

[@wohlhabendermanager]

A viewer on Marcus' channel called it "Alpine style". I vote for this term to be included in the straight line missioner's dictionary.

[@operationjester3348]

@@wohlhabendermanager I vote "tradish mish" 😉

[@operationjester3348]

@@wohlhabendermanager Marcus just said he likes the term "Alpine" in his Q&A 👍

[@marchantnick]

No McDonalds, no more than one top up per day by a support crew. Bags on backs. We can call it McLess.

[@tomwilliams191]

No-one is doing that on an England crossing lmao, it's too far.

[@TheRealStevenPolley]

12:52 - LOL the geowizard song

[@MIRobin22]

@@TheRealStevenPolley waiting for him to hit them with a copyright strike

[@philjackson6859]

Lol at the geowizard dig at 3:40

[@adrienrenaux6211]

It's crazy how theses two guys just go through the entire country out of sheer cheekyness and lack of fear of death

[@woodie07]

Mission to retrieve GeoWizard's phone next?

[@yellowfolder]

Interesting to see all those farms in the daytime. Balls of steel, lads.

[@MaceSwinger1]

'134m deviation not much by modern straight line standards'. Haha! Shots fired

[@GiraffeFeatures]

They’ve absolutely cooked Tom this mission.

[@rickhammer7204]

Had to rewind a bit to make sure I'd heard it correctly, lol

[@s3b_Leney]

@@GiraffeFeatures to be fair it is exponential harder doing this stuff on your own, you need to be way more cautious becuse if you fall in a big hole or somthing with no one to help your kinda screwed

[@argyledart85]

@@GiraffeFeatures they are not really comparable, solo / duo / team - carrying gear / carrying no gear both great achievements but very different

[@MarcinHopa8]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ItsMeBenson]

That lady at the end hasn’t spoken to anyone in 15 years 💀

[@smurfit06]

It would be cracking to see the ye and Geowizard do a straight line mission together, but without the support crews

[@MassiveChetBakerFan]

That's a fantastic idea!

[@SW-fh7he]

Yes, support crews making it too easy.

[@ChrisPFuchs]

@@SW-fh7he Yeah, I kinda enjoy the solo/camping of Geowizards original line missions and hope he goes back to that. The competition/support crew stuff gets away from the spirit of the thing imo.

[@SweptDust5340]

@@ChrisPFuchsfeels more like a game and less like an adventure

[@Killswitch1411]

@@SweptDust5340 I don't think Geo has many more in him with a kid on the way.

[@DithanBeatz]

Mate, you did a platinum run. What the hell. Crazy good.

[@andrewjambo1]

Didn't taste the saltwater, doesn't count

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Not to mention 10 meters still left to reach the salt water.

[@Arotashi]

Platinum run across England is nuts, what a run.

[@Straightlineusa]

Just want you guys to know that you and Geowizard inspired me to start my own straight line journey in the USA, I wish you guys luck on future journeys!

[@mamoruhikari9414]

Good job lads with a Platinum run!

[@user-nd1ek1rg4y]

Amazing mission once again lads! Keep em coming!!

[@Audio_noodle]

Surreal watching this after geowiz, you guys sure have a brisk pace. Kinda wanna see you guys attempt Finland, would be almost double the distance and would be bound to have some funky terrain on such a long stretch.

[@ccoiser]

finland is probably 0.0001% possible

[@Audio_noodle]

@@ccoiser sounds realistic for archie lol

[@maxwelljeremy5659]

One could do it up in the "arm" of Finland going from Norway to Sweden, but would that be against the rules?

[@Audio_noodle]

@@maxwelljeremy5659 would be kinda lame imo lol, just like 40km

[@tomwilliams191]

they both have good endurance abilities

[@wafi84]

Bang on the line! Guinness well deserved 👍

[@JuggaloOzi]

Well done. Platinum is amazing.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

It was Platinum Double but not Platinum Single.

[@AdamsWorlds]

Didn't see you taste the sea? How do we know that's the real coast if you don't taste it for saltiness?

[@luckyspurs]

To be fair in Tory or Starmer Britain, tasting the sea is quite unappertising.

[@adamgh_8098]

Absolutely amazing effort guys, Huge congratulations!!!!

[@Bill-lt5qf]

How dare you not be normal, i must intervene.

[@Treksh]

You madlads have done it! congrats!

[@salt1ne1]

Amazing job lads. Looking forward to seeing more missions in future!

[@mrwalter7205]

You guys are incredibly committed to the line! I love it

[@Finti-g]

Congrats guys. Ive thought of doing a straight line across Slovakia, but we dont have McDonalds frequent enough to fuel me through it. 🙃

[@KevIsOffGrid]

Well done, top adventuring!

[@TheWeeManC]

Well done Guys, top class missioning.

[@Sunlight91]

Excellent job boys and support team!

[@TheTomatenfritz3000]

Impressive achievement!

[@Nevir202]

Any particular reason why both you and GeoWizard seem allergic to wrist/neck straps for the GPS? You pass over so many areas where if you dropped it, it would just be game over, and not having it secured, especially when you're carrying it in your teeth, just sends my anxiety through the roof lol.

[@jerviservi]

Cause it's a good way to hang yourself

[@scipioafricanus5871]

They love the danger.

[@HolyTurtleOfDoom]

Geo literally lost his phone, which highlights your point even more I think

[@keeksputels1851]

You need to keep an eye on it all the time to make sure youre not straying off the line. It would be much too much of a hastle to have it strapped on neck, and if was on your wrist it could get in the way of climbing. Thats my guess anyway.

[@Nevir202]

@@keeksputels1851 You realize with a long neck strap, maybe even a retracting one, like those nurses and doctors use for their credentials, you could keep it in your hand at all times, while still not risking it falling? And ya, it being dangling from a wrist strap might be a little inconvenient, but as is they're often still holding it while climbing, which has to be way worse.

[@toukopouko1760]

Amazing job, guys!

[@bigsalmon8762]

Can't wait for the straight line cycle mission

[@quaidbergo]

Nice one lads, platinum is some achievement.

[@ScorpioPK]

I considered the Purdy Lodge shot at 16:32 a tribute to GeoWizard who mentioned it in almost each of his videos.

[@MarkPentler]

That railway line reveal lol😂 Amazing work

[@myrustledjimmies]

I really appreciate the colored subtitles.

[@peachfreude]

Good job guys. I enjoyed it very much thank you

[@Naturalhighz]

Brilliant effort guys, bit reckless at times but got to give it to you, platinum is unbelievable!

[@flynneaston6264]

You can tell their young by how they rarely comment on how dangerous the fallen trees compared to geowizard who you can tell is about to be a dad and is very conscious of the stupidity of going over all the logs

[@NowhereBeats]

I think an overlooked difference is that Geowizard is on his own, so if he does fall then he is very unlikely to get help anytime soon. And if he does get help it will be from his wife who he will be putting into danger. These guys have each other as well as a much bigger support team, and seemingly even a drone too.

[@flynneaston6264]

Thanks, very true also

[@nicholasbrookes3728]

Congratulations, amazing achievement guys

[@thebonezone6212]

Wonderful job, dedicated to staying on the line without deviations

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Staying on the line but finishing in a rock pool 10 m from the actual sea. Doesn't count.

[@nostressstef8924]

congrats! you beat the wizard by a mile lmao

[@Dani-El.]

Well played, lads.

[@MassiveChetBakerFan]

Brilliant run, well done! That well-meaning woman near the end was hilarious!

[@wohlhabendermanager]

Sometimes people are just TOO helpful, aren't they? "Excuse me, Miss... but we would really appreciate it if you would just bugger off and mind your own business, like a proper Englishwoman."

[@luckyspurs]

4:09 Love the Hot Fuzz reference.

[@Echiewel]

Congratulations on the platinum! I think I've figured out how a straight line across the Netherlands might, might be possible. You start at the border southeast of Arnhem, and then you draw a line going roughly north to northwest, ending up on Vlieland. That way you get about 44 km of "Veluwe", the only proper sized forest in the country, about the same distance in farmland, and the rest of the 171 km (yes, !) or so journey is 3 major stretches of lake and sea. They do have some challenges though. The main lake part is about 53 km, which is pretty long for say a single day of mostly untrained kayaking, and the sea bit has lots of shallows that might hinder any larger vessels. On second thought, maybe start at Vlieland, do the death gauntlet of train lines and roads that is the only piece of normal Netherlands you have to cross at the end. (The "cheaters" altenative would be cutting across Limburg, where the distance between Germany and Belgium gets as small as 5 km. I can't see a clean line, but with those distances it should be possible. Not sure that one should count.) ((And then there's the super-cheaters variant, just walking along the "Kerkstraat" in Baarle-Nassau for 130 meters.))

[@Taliesin6]

It would be really fun to see them curse at the endless ditches lol.

[@JorntWagenaar]

Jaaa cool man! Heb ook al een paar keer geprobeerd een lijn te maken maar ´t is me nog niet gelukt.. Behalve Limburg idd 😄

[@Rob_Kp]

One of your older missions had like no music and was very noticeable for me this one was brilliant and the guitar riff at the end coming to the line and the hype nature of you guys finishing gave me classic Top Gear vibes!

[@kristofermccormack6]

Landlords lead such loveless lives that the only thing that brings them any happiness is finding people who are mere milimetres on "their land".

[@sowianskizonierz2693]

They're farmers. They're literally farming most of the time. That's much harder work than you do

[@Killjoy_Mel]

Mmmhm. Yeah, well. My dad has a small farm. It's in Eastern Europe and has been in the family for some good 140 years. Nice, secluded place, but we constantly have problems with berry foragers who'd like to forage in our bog (which we're okay with), but doing so by walking across our land, despite there being a designated car road for them to take to the bog, with a big ass sign. The latest trespasser however was the best. Literally caught her speeding back to her parked car across our land with her big ass binoculars in her hand. We asked what the hell she was doing there, she mumbled something about 'looking for a hiking trail'. There are no known hiking trails in the area. Later we found out that she was a scout for a group of people who had been robbingthe secluded rural farms. So there's that. That's the thing with farms: they are secluded, so they're easy targets for robbery. If I see a pair of strangers running across my land, I absolutely will have questions about what tf they're doing on my land. Millimeters and all.

[@kristofermccormack6]

​​@@sowianskizonierz2693Not much crops to be collected on a by-way off a road. Id get it if they were actually doing any harm.

[@kristofermccormack6]

​@@sowianskizonierz2693I hate my job so I do try not to work too hard.

[@sowianskizonierz2693]

@@Killjoy_Mel there is no use in explaining this to him. He is the type of person who thinks everyone in the world should bend over backwards to accommodate his favorite youtubers

[@lonelyPorterCH]

Congrats on platinum :D

[@c1tylimits]

Well done boys. 👏

[@dw620]

After so many angry farmer escapes I was waiting for Miss Marple at the end to call the police to meet you at the final road crossing. : ) Well done lads: epic straightlining!

[@W4LT3Rego]

Good going lads

[@bruschi8148]

Congrats!!!

[@uncoilinglist]

Would love to see an overlay of yours and Geowizzards routes!

[@rockstardonut777]

The inside jokes about a lesser known channel with similar content are not funny and mean. Please continue! (Love you GeoSorcerer ❤ it's all good fun. Signed: a posh guy.)

[@HolyCodzta]

You absolute demons! After seeing the Wizard have to deviate quite a bit I was curious to see how dedicated to the platinum you boys would be and you smashed it, congrats on a great run!

[@HolyCodzta]

Sod the people trying to discredit you for one reason or another as well. A very different kind of challenge but I too have people try to tell me how I've broken whatever made up rules, cheated this and cheated that when there's no real ruleset and without fail the people complaining haven't uploaded a run of their own. Maybe the rope down the crag in Wales was a touch too far but I don't see how people can complain about you being brought food when you're not trying to claim these as solo or unsupported runs. Looking forward to whatever's next for you lot!

[@flatnicable]

I think people tend to forget that Tom is all on his own out there. If he takes a bad fall and hurt himself, it may be hours before anyone even starts to worry. So him being a little more cautious than the powerhouse boys are totally understandable Massive achievement on both parts!

[@gihanprabash]

@@flatnicable Doesn't matter. These guys got platinum while Tom didn't. End of story.

[@Sevicify]

@@gihanprabash I beg to differ their different circumstances matter as they faced different challenges on their missions, that however doesn't take away from the massive achievement of both teams in completing their respective missions be it bronze or platinum and anyone trying to detract from either of them can go get stuffed.

[@nordpark]

​@@gihanprabashi like your profile pic. Suits a backseat couch potatoe perfectly. :)

[@tikoflano]

Staying inside platinum was insane!!! Now how about giving it a go down here in Chile? Check the area around Valdivia. Chile might be a really interesting place for straight line missioning.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

North to South straight line mission!

[@J1997]

Straight line through Patagonia. What could go wrong?

[@sacredbanana]

the moment when you rested your head on his ass was the cutest thing ive seen all year

[@mrwalter7205]

98.9 B. Score. WELL DONE LADS!

[@MudSlingMX]

Should I attempt a strait line mission on my DIRTBIKE??

[@archiefieldhouse]

Absolutely

[@MudSlingMX]

@@archiefieldhouse going to have to find somewhere with no fences and learn how to put a strait line on my phone..

[@MrJoeBetts]

Congratulations on your platinum run - a 20m deviation is incredibly impressive. Your line did look easier than Tom's but that could well be down to better route planning and research (and as you say, he likes to be dramatic😉). I admire the respect both your channels show to each other. Do you think you could straight line across a US state? Rhode Island strikes me as potentially possible!?

[@tomwilliams191]

I think they just chose more farmland and took risks with the farmers.

[@dinosauced2988]

just another level 👏

[@BricktowneMedia]

at this point...is it too early for Team Archie and Team Tom to collab on a singular epic mission?!

[@hoixthegreat8359]

They did a versus competition a couple months ago, the fieldhouses won (though tom had some bad luck). would definitely like another combo vid.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@hoixthegreat8359 Maybe across the Isle of Wight?

[@ianhoughton3349]

Well done boys

[@stefanorosso8896]

we are waiting the next one - Straight line North pole mission. No angry farmers at all there

[@scipioafricanus5871]

I don't know about that. With global warming some algae farmers will probably claim the sea around the warming North Pole. Gotta look out for those quad -bikes- jetski!

[@magaz]

5:26 when you are watching a video and hear a song you’ve used in one of your own videos… Nice tension building track there

[@n8snu]

6:23 is like when bilbo climbs out of the mirkwood forest lol

[@Zocress]

Congrats guys, absolutely phenomonal. Which country are you crossing next?

[@rickardrocks2160]

good job lads

[@robertschofield9692]

Well done guys! Really enjoyed watching this series. Hope for more to come 🙏

[@saintsaens21]

Hope you publish a vid detailing your journey, platinum is amazing.

[@FranzJrob]

congrats lads

[@KlabauterManiac]

3:48 that is a straight burn.

[@MarkPentler]

They really are a couple of little shits. It's very funny.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

13:29 Storm Arwen never finished that game of Mikado.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

It seems like you guys traded the safety of woods for more farmland and while there were close calls, you got through it without getting busted. Congrats!

[@davestarkie9977]

Every credit well done. I think both yours and Geos are great channels but i do think it must be alot hard to do on your own rather than a pair. But thats taking nothing away from you guys been great watching it.

[@jamessmith99731]

Epic.

[@blueroly6588]

Congratulations 🎉

[@MrTrenzz]

awesome job! Definitely straighter than @GeoWizard :P Still you guys can learn a thing or 2 from his soothing commentary and music ;)

[@williamparis500]

I'm so glad there's none of this "This is private land" nonsense here in Scotland. Well done anyways lads!

[@bornwithawoodenleg]

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[@williamparis500]

@@bornwithawoodenleg mate, that was during COVID - nowt about the 'right to roam'.

[@eamon1648]

Surely you still can't walk through farmers fields and people's backyards?

[@williamparis500]

​@@eamon1648 There are trespass laws in Scotland but they only exist outwith the Land Reform Act of 2003 and the Access Rights therein. If you're interested I suggest you read up on them - I mean that genuinely, because they are such valued rights here in Scotland and under constant threat from landowners, especially those that own large hunting estates. But essentially for the right of passage for recreation and wild camping - yes, you absolutely can go through agricultural land that is fallow as long as you don't damage anything. Someone's back garden is a bit trickier because the access rights don't cover that. I would still suggest it would be very difficult to obtain either civil and criminal redress against someone for simply crossing through your land. And since there is no redress against the 'public at large' - a criminal conviction as long as one was exercising their rights would be near impossible - even on government/military land.

[@eamon1648]

@@williamparis500 interesting, the non criminal aspect is similar to England, they're not breaking the law unless they're asked to leave.

[@kylelawlor5247]

Would you guys consider doing ireland? Might be interesting creating a straight line

[@Samsonfs]

Would love to see you guys do a no roads mission like Tom through an urban environment! Getting across a town or city without being able to walk down a road only across.

[@advleon]

I think it's time these lads come up with an original idea. Not trying to throw shade, they are very talented and dedicated, but they have been going off the back of other channels like GeoWizard and Ed Pratt, I think if they want to truly achieve success on KZbin they need to come up with their own challenges or they will forever just be following the footsteps of others (albeit doing it better). I think it also doesn't help that during these challenges they like to make jokes and rib the person they are "inspired by". I get this is just banter from young lads but it seems mean spirited.

[@yellowfolder]

They're far, far less risk-averse so I think they'd do it with ease. Possible confrontation doesn't seem to deter them, and it's not like anyone's going to man-handle you away from anywhere.

[@Samsonfs]

@@yellowfolder that's why I'd be interested in seeing them do it, they could choose a much longer or riskier line, they're just simply far fitter than geowizard and more willing to take risks. Equally they could come up with a completely new challenge idea.

[@paulcook7426]

Any ice coming off those wind turbines can also slice you!

[@lylecann9265]

Legends!

[@TheRagefull]

Fantastic job guys! You've really put in the effort towards these missions and challenges. I've been watching since your first straight line, and it's been really great to see your videos improve and your channel grow! I'll be honest, your platinum run is exactly what a straight line mission is all about. You face self imposed challenges along the way *because* it's a straight line mission, you can't just go 70+ meters around a problem, you have to go as straight through it as possible. That's the whole point! Excited for your future videos and endeavors, cheers!

[@LlywelynapGruffydd]

Dragons back is the ultimate, i think that will break you :)