At 53 I Experience SNOW for the FIRST TIME

[@Annie-m1h3y]

That was brilliant!😁. You did make me laugh 😂. The prickly plant is Gorse and produces amazing yellow flowers 😁. Thank you for the lovely compliments of our country ❤️

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

I lived in a hilly part of Kent, UK, for my first 30 years or so before emigrating to Queensland 20 years ago. When we got snow/ice there it was a major event, complete chaos, nobody knew how to handle it. The yellow salt bins by the side of the road were useless. Much entertainment was to be had hanging out of my teenage bedroom window listening to the traffic slide down our local hill and waiting for the metallic crunching sound. Enjoy the change of scene Rob.

[@Cameron_Bell]

G'day Rob, thanks for this video!

[@andrewbell1105]

Love the reactions. All the Aussies want the snow. All the Brits want the heat!

[@grahambishop263]

What a experience thank you for sharing it!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

It was a truly magical experience!

[@desmcharris]

​@@walkaboutwithrobCheers Rob! Stay warm and look after that runny nose👍

[@11buster1000]

Lived in Rippenden just over the hill or hills if you will, from there for 6 years. Beautiful part of the world.

[@cath7336]

Thanks, Rob, for sharing your wonder at snow. I too have not experienced snow and now sadly never will (unable to travel). So it was brilliant to see your joy!

[@thehousedetective]

Loved it! Shovelling snow is such a foreign concept to us Queenslanders, isn't it! Laughed out loud at "Excalibur" 🤣 Great video that made me smile, thanks!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks! I made it all up on the spot and on the go. I think I was just in a silly mood that day.

[@LightRoll789]

I’d love to see snow for the first time. Looks magical. England is absolutely beautiful.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

It sure is!

[@peterelliott2914]

Snow is condusive to walking fast and long to keep warm. Give me a snowy walk over a QLD walk any day, although I love watching you walk around Brisbane.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I'll be back!

[@KatefromOZ62-e5o]

God you're a card. You made my day. Happy travels. Kate from OZ

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@KatefromOZ62-e5o Thanks Kate! I studied Card in college.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

Its great mate. First saw it in my 40`s in Tassie in December

[@thehousedetective]

That was fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed joining you on that walk without having to experience the cold!! That church and cemetery were magical! I’m loving living the UK dream vicariously through you! I remember the first time we saw snow, we absolutely lost our shit with excitement!! It is so beautiful!

[@FrothNinja]

I've lived in northern England for few decades now, after growing up in Brisbane. I still get stupidly excited when it snow. Went out cycling in it today - not for too long though.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@thehousedetective Thanks M! It's been a cold snap here and usually snow doesn't show up until January. As long as the central heating works, I'm happy! (Fireplaces are too much work!)

[@hoightb]

​@walkaboutwithrob oh mate, there's nothing better than a warm fire when it's cold. Possibly with a wine as well You've gotta do it!

[@sandramackin9817]

How good was this video, lovely seeing the snow . Nice video,⛄

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks Sandra! I just wanted to have fun with this one.

[@sandramackin9817]

@@walkaboutwithrob it was a fun one, really enjoyable.

[@heathertruskinger6214]

Lol..." Lets have some sound effects"...ans then we hear gale force winds...but the trees aren't moving !😂😂😂

[@SteveMack]

Magic scenery! Love the cat too 👍

[@FirmNo]

Perfect timing! Have something to watch before bed now 😊

[@heathertruskinger6214]

Me, too !😂

[@henrywilliam8506]

I’m originally from Yorkshire, but I now live in Tasmania so I still see snow. You didn’t mention how snow smells, it has a distinct smell. As a child I could smell it the night before it fell. Great vlog!

[@epicridesandtours]

@@henrywilliam8506 I remember that smell. And I grew up dahn sarf. I spent six years in Germany, and smelled it frequently in their Winters.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

To be honest I didn't detect any scent from it. Maybe it was my runny nose.

[@micheleoreilly]

Hope you are having a wonderful vacation, Rob. Would've loved to see you do a snow angel! ❤

[@tabithascoot]

3 weeks until we head over to UK for our first ever cold, hopefully white Christmas.

[@bobjackson4720]

Wow this is such a huge contrast to walking the streets of Beenleigh. Snow is absolutely magic the first day, after that it quickly goes downhill.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

True. But I do genuinely miss Beenleigh...

[@davetaylor4741]

First covering of snow is pretty, full stop. The novelty soon wares off. When you get a lot and can't work or even get to work, or the shops to get food, you soon get sick of it. Great fun when you are a kid, but less so as a working adult. As for dodging extreme temperatures. I am a builder. I grew up in England and necessity means you work in all conditions, if you can. I have since lived and worked in Queensland for 26 years. Necessity means you work in all conditions. Such as concreting in 42C. In the UK sweeping the snow off a roof to lay tiles in minus 5. Wet tiles frozen together. Earning a living as the sole provider is a hard taskmaster. If you work in an office, once you get there the temperature is artificially controlled. But for outside workers like dairy farmers and builders you just have to cope.

[@dianaweeks6633]

Hi Rob, I've been enjoying your videos for a little while now. My stepfather grew up in Huddersfield, UK and now lives in Brisbane, Australia. I enjoyed watching this video of Huddersfield especially as I've never seen real snow either.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I hope more is coming! Thanks for watching too! For to Leeds tomorrow...

[@thewealduk9802]

I love snow, sledging with my sons on the hill behind the church with views accross the Weald touches my soul. To have a first experience is very special.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@thewealduk9802 it’s something I’ll truly never forget. And being able to share it with others is wonderful. I’ve explored parts of the Weald a couple of years ago but in the summer.

[@scrapbagstudios]

Hi Rob, Aussie here who grew up in Buckinghamshire. I do miss the walkability of living in England. I used to walk a lot, along roads and across fields and through woods. Don't miss the snow though. Good for playing in but when the buses don't run and you have to walk through it to school or work it's not much fun. You get there cold and wet and stay that way all day. Maybe these days with central heating it might be better. There is is something magical about fresh snow though. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@scrapbagstudios Agreed. The snow is now turning to muddy slush in the rain! And the ground is so slippery.

[@FrothNinja]

Thought you were back in Aus We had fresh snow just over the border in Lancs this arvo. Working at the Museum in York yesterday and there was no snow. Huddersfield had a couple of inches I believe. You need to go for a slide on the snow slopes of Yorkshire - bleedin' good fun. The grit is the reason why classic vehicles suddenly disappear off the road. The yellow flowers on the spikey gorse often smell of coconut oil - lovely, redolent of sun tan oil of the 70s/80s

[@walkaboutwithrob]

We've had some good snow falls here this week. Two or three times now so far...

[@FionaKay-ju9uq]

Hi Rob, living in Brisbane now, I grew up in the far north of Scotland close to John O Groats. The show was quite a bit deeper than that. A snow plow used to dig the doorputin the morning😊

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

I've got a friend up that way in Wick - we actually worked together teaching in China in 2005! She'd always tell me of the long polar nights and cold up there. It was always hilarious visiting her apartment in China, she'd be on the phone speaking the most insane Gaelic at lighting speed to family back home lol! She was only 21 at the time, so bloody impressive too!

[@freetotravel4793]

Polyester for winter, cotton for summer. Never seen or touched snow in my life, don't do cold, that's why I live in Brisvegus.

[@alleycat8483]

How different to the scrub of QLD, looks like you wont want to leave there, oh and try and get to Knaresborough, very beautiful.

[@authunhx3129]

Another great video Rob and I am not just saying that because it is where I live. And yes, we do know what we have. In the spring, the Woodsome Valley is a picture. I remember seeing trout in Lumb Dyke, the beck that you feature. Farnley is known as Farnley Tyas, named after Baldwin Tyas. He was a Westphalian and fought with King John in Normandy along with his 3 brothers. Later, King John put them in the charge of 4 knights in England and Baldwin Teutonicus got some land in Yorkshire. Of course, he had obligations and joining a crusade was one of them. Baldwin was subject to de Lacy and he went to fight in Egypt. The name Tyas comes from anglo norman Tieis, meaning the German. The Tyas family manor was between Marsden and Slaithwaite. After the Tyas family, the Kaye family took control of the whole Woodsome Valley. Their manor house is still there, now a golf club.

[@captmulch1]

Good one Rob, followed your trek on Google maps. Hint - go thermals under your jeans as well, and thick woollen socks.

[@desmcharris]

Cheers Rob beautiful experience! The spikie plant with the yellow flower is Gorse. But I reckon you know that. Cheers mate👍

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I know it now! It still stings

[@desmcharris]

@walkaboutwithrob some fool introduced it to the New England Tablelands!!! Sentimental? I suppose it's a pretty flower. Surprised to see you found one still with some blossoms at this time of the year! Great Show as always,!!!!

[@carolynpardo5015]

That doesnt look real. How magical! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@shellebelle53]

Beautiful! I am similiar....55 and never seen snow either. I'd be like a kid in a candy store I reckon 😅

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@shellebelle53 I was beside myself with excitement that day. A few days later it began to rain and the lovely snow turned into slippery, muddy slush.

[@shellebelle53]

@walkaboutwithrob such a shame isn't it! From what I've heard, that's the downside of snow, the slush when it starts melting. Still, what a lovely experience 😊

[@trudiswanson9855]

Good on you Rob; a box ticked ; walking in the snow in England. New experiences like snow, or the surf are invigorating aren't they!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@trudiswanson9855 I live for things like this! I don't want a pile of plastic stuff made in China, I want experiences.

[@julieschipplock9439]

I remember walking to school and back on slippery snow! 😊

[@VHMMP]

Now you'll have to do a walkabout in Stanthorpe when they receive snow.

[@Sherbet4ever]

Going to Stanthorpe when it snows is on my bucket list.

[@t-rocks1960]

Amazing mate, just leaving Vancover today, snow all around here today as well, in london tomorrow morning.It snowed in Birmingham yesterday as well.

[@hardyakka6200]

ou were looking at Gorse. A prickly pest . Plenty of it in Tassie,

[@mariuswytenburg8691]

I don't believe it!! A cat that did what it was told.

[@enothewonderdog]

There are times in this video - particularly at the start - while you're looking at and playing with the snow when we all got to see Rob from 50 years ago. It was glorious to watch!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I could have gone even more berserk! I didn't want to frighten my viewers to much...

[@mq9298]

Haha, snow days are special days, great vid!

[@gillianfahey6464]

Careful of ‘Black Ice’ though Rob .. I remember the footpaths in London were a health hazard (slippery)!

[@stefanbulea7217]

Good on you! Enjoy!

[@camcarteradventures]

Great video. Looks amazing.

[@samdrew4746]

"This is what I call walking around in the snow" 😂😂

[@paulmallinson9032]

This is fantastic Rob ,I am from Huddersfield now living in Brisbane since 2003 I do not miss the Winter,nice to see Huddersfield again thanks

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks indeed. Snow is wonderful. The slush afterwards not so much

[@cherylaubs4860]

Beautiful. Imagine if the sun came out as well. Sparkling ✨️

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Yes, with the sun on it it's even more magical.

[@damienberry7679]

With you on that one. I’d much prefer snow and cold conditions rather than multiple 30+ degree days In November which we are about to face in Ballarat, which is highly irregular. With no one around it, it kind of looked like you were on a film set or something. Amazing backdrop, and I’m glad you’re enjoying it!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Having a blast!

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Always fun seeing snow for the first time. My first time was in Colorado at 20- actually when I was visiting an ex partner who ironically had never seen a beach before, so a Sunshine Coast girl, eskimo guy= interesting conversations lol!!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@becsterbrisbane6275 I bet! I don't think I could handle -20. No way at all!

[@peter360adventures9]

Awesome.

[@damonjones4972]

Show us more of that castle

[@dylanhiroki9067]

Cool! ❄🤍❄

[@melstephen5191]

💖💖💖💖

[@amkqld]

Only -1, when a friend and I were snow bound in Cheyenne on a US holiday five years ago the alarm on my phone woke me with the proclamation that today would have a minimum of -18 and a high of -16.

[@philippaking1732]

Thanks, Rob. Really enjoyed this.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Glad you liked it!

[@johnno.1985]

Shoulda wrote ya name and left some yellow snow for the specials 😂😂

[@hoightb]

Looks awesome, wish i was there. Love the cold. Enjoy 😊 👍

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks! It's just a plane ride away

[@johnebadbak1]

ry walkabout tasmania highands during winterspent a lot of my younger days there and camped out in the snow. Left Brisbane in the 60's old brisbane boy.

[@zazzleman]

LOL. I still have not seen it real. I saw it on the runway of a plane I was travelling in at Denver.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Looks to be ideal weather to be inside snuggled up with Renee Zellweger, Cameron Diaz or Kate Winslet.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Blimey! The OMO factory exploded again! 😱🙄

[@Snorklefester]

Lovely video, especially the shots around the old church and graveyard. Working in Hertfordshire in my early 20s when it snowed, which I'd never seen, and mid afternoon the upper management came to my desk and said "It has been decided the Colonial should be let outside to play in the snow" so off I toddled. It wasn't anything like what's in this video though! Lucky you!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Sounds like you had a fun time too!

[@billgann2257]

first------- i waiting for my first snow also

[@jessdean5500]

Wow

[@Lifeandtravelsofbek]

Thank you for sharing your first snow experience ❄️☃️ I enjoyed it from my armchair but would love to be there in it myself. Hope you get more! I agree. Much prefer the cold weather (where you can add layers to keep warm, than hot weather where there’s only so much you can take off to cool down 😂 I’m not a fan of the Queensland heat.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Life_With_Bek I think that's it for snow for the time being. It was very much out of season. But I loved it!

[@stewartlee8858]

I don't miss building fence lines in the South Island winter. Brisbane winter is a lot better. Mind I did like a sleep in with my now wife when it got to bad to drive up the mountains.

[@nickleoni7241]

My now wife?

[@ozziecozzie274]

Important to watch out for those landmines in old mother England! 😂

[@hairyhandsharry5991]

The spiky plant you showed is Gorse

[@FrothNinja]

Lum is a narrow place or chimney/chimney like feature

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Oh, the information from the local historical society said it means lake. I'll have to check again with them.

[@stendecstretcher5678]

I moved to Australia from that shithole 17 years ago best thing I ever did.

[@_bodgie]

Snow is usually grippy, the ice will get you every time. Grit is great for grip.

[@garylydement5020]

Was waiting for you to put your tongue on that metal gate😅

[@thehousedetective]

🤣

[@janemacintyre9801]

The cat!

[@triptychh2003]

Bit warm back home, can you bring some back with you?

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Sure!

[@epicridesandtours]

Snow isn't slippery, but when walked or driven on, it compresses into ice, which IS slippery!

[@Snorklefester]

Saw some cars get into trouble on a roundabout because of black ice.

[@epicridesandtours]

@@Snorklefester Been there, done that.

[@janemacintyre9801]

Go to the pub, Rob! Then get a bus or a lift!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

The buses are infrequent so it's usually better just to hike it!

[@raclark2730]

Walkabout with Rob. 🐈‍⬛ Not this time little tacker. 😂

[@bornodnoc1034]

It’s not the Cold it’s the Slipidity that gets you.

[@odettehokemeir4425]

I have never been in snow either

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

peace be upon you sir from me

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@DimasFajar-ns4vb thank you

[@BjornEmerik_RAR]

My first snow experience was Afghanistan 2011. Wait till you hit black ice

[@stewartlee8858]

Black ice is not nice

[@gerrib1633]

Us fatties don’t go for casual walks 😂 Joking, but we make do!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

It really was a tight squeeze, even for me!

[@gerrib1633]

@ I noticed! But oh what a beautiful sight you shared with us afterward.

[@dougstubbs9637]

If you did eat yellow snow, I would share the video a thousand times. Num num…tuck in. Cheers.

[@WayWot]

Yeah I've seen that done before. It's the brown snow that is more of a challenge.

[@barnyg6804]

So you travel 12k miles to experience snow when back home it actually snows in Aussie.

[@noremacbeez]

Yeah... but not in Brissy!

[@Sherbet4ever]

@@noremacbeezIt snows once every five years or so in Stanthorpe, west of Brisbane. Going to Stanthorpe when it’s snowing is on my bucket list.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

Snow beats the heat any day mate

[@robdyer33]

I hate snow! Gimme tropical North Queensland everyday. 5 English winters, way back in the 90's, was enough for a 1000 lifetimes.

[@pquodling]

Mate, you absolutely have to experience Japan.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Yes!

[@BradGryphonn]

Yeah, nah. It's hard enough for me when the temp goes below 25C. I can't deal with that whole frozen runny nose, and numb fingers and toes.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Something I'm still trying to get used to!

[@divarachelenvy]

brrrrr....

[@Pyjamarama11]

Early for snow this global warming malarky is out of control

[@SilkyS1LK1ESilk]

its squeeks