Bembridge Beach Walk | Isle of Wight Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

Marek Larwood walks along the beach from Bembridge Lifeboat station to Whitecliff Bay at low tide, in the hope of visiting the Nostrils, before walking to Bembridge Windmill via Steyne Woods.
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[@darrenboynton2039]

Binge watching.

[@7arboreal]

My tea towel has just arrived! This is literally the best day of my entire life, including weddings and births.

[@cdwc]

Great. I am so glad the tea towel arrived. The RNLI Lifeboat people will be pleased to hear it is better than marriages and children. Stay cool.

[@janecarter6994]

Classic mini milk vanilla everytime but I would not say no to a two ball screwball. Lovely walk.

[@cdwc]

I never tried a screwball, one of life's regrets.

[@squalloogal]

Rewatching Dec ‘23

[@mariebryant5731]

'No one wants to be buried alive.....and definitely not on a monday' 🤣🙌 and yes, heard the same about pampas grass..😳

[@cdwc]

The neighbours are having their garden done. I'll get worried if they plant some.

[@edreeves6643]

In terms of pure chocolate per pound, you can't go far wrong with a Feast imo. Great work as ever, love the members' draw, stay safe.

[@cdwc]

Feast is rightly a popular choice on here.

[@nature_photography_yukon]

Looks a lovely walk, and loved the egret and heron I think, on the beach. I remember loving zooms, funny feet or was it funny foot lol and strawberry spilts as well as a lemonade flavour ice lolly. I agree that twisters are one of my favorite now. Thanks for sharing an enjoyable walk :)

[@cdwc]

I really liked the banana middle section of Zooms. Delish!

[@nature_photography_yukon]

@@cdwc Yes, me too! :)

[@HayleyHacking]

Thanks for sharing another fab walk. Feasts were always my favourite. And yes I've heard if you have a pampas grass in your front garden it made you a swinger😮😂

[@NiceWalk4K]

Thank for video!

[@kek23k]

I want that tea towel.

[@cdwc]

There are more available down the Bembridge Co-op.

[@grampawud]

And yes, I like the numbers draw idea.

[@charlieblimey]

Lollies are an important indication of how you have changed as a human being. As a child my favourite was the cider lolly from the ice cream van, because I could pretend I was getting drunk. Nowadays it is the pure orange juice lollies from M&S, because I can pretend it is part of my five a day. Good work as ever, sir...

[@cdwc]

Do they actually count as one of your five a day?

[@charlieblimey]

@@cdwc They do if I pretend they do. Although, I think their valencia orange lollies and the Del Montie pure fruit lollies are just pure fruit juice, so you could probably argue the case...

[@mattentwistle70]

Always loved a Cider Barrel lolly. And you can't beat a Strawberry Mivvi! Both were about 20p each when I was a kid.

[@cdwc]

Hoepfully I'll get to try a Cider Barrel this summer.

[@markthompson406]

Hi Marek. Completed donation on web site, but unable to attach note for Walking Club. It's a gift for my Wife, Ann. Thanks

[@katw8814]

I loved Funny Feet ice creams or Lemonade Sparkle ice lollies 😋 Thanks for showing us the sea, it’s lovely.

[@cdwc]

A Lemonade Sparkle is an excellent thirst quencher.

[@evegasse6999]

Thank you for the gratuitous bird shots. Much appreciated!

[@cdwc]

One day I'll see that Sea Eagle.

[@sarsonics2975]

Zzap ice cream lolly’s for the win. Just a sheer treat to get multicoloured ice cream. I’d give a solid pound to get one.

[@cdwc]

I think the Zzap was the other version of the Zoom.

[@sarsonics2975]

@@cdwc I seem to remember Zzaps being toffee flavoured with multicoloured swirls. Like some sort of space-cream.

[@mikethepsych2084]

Thrank you

[@jbradz]

Jock the ice cream van man used to visit Sandown High at lunchtimes for a while in the early 90s. I used to get a Lyons Maid Turkish Delight (about 40p I think) nearly every day, subject to my cash flow and Jock's supplies. Mint Crisp or Toffee Crumble were decent fallback options. These days a white choc magnum is my go-to, although gallingly expensive.

[@cdwc]

I remember him and his CB. He was on the Downs for a few years after we left school, then disappeared. Wonder what happened to him.

[@rentaghost]

Nice one Marek. The members draw is a great idea, you can never have enough tea towels.

[@cdwc]

I counted. I have seven. It is still not enough.

[@darrentwine2590]

Yes I have heard about swinger's having that grass in the front garden. The prize draw is a very good idea.👍

[@cdwc]

I'll give away some Pampas Grass next time.

[@lisakinahan6105]

Awesome walk . Want to say we've been there ! Brought back great memories.

[@cdwc]

You must do it all again but in the other direction.

[@doodles1228]

Beautiful walk! I'd like to get out and try that when we are allowed to venture out further. My favourite ice lolly growing up was the strawberry split, I think they were 30p back in the 80s. Now I usually go for a mint feast! I still wrap the wrapper around the bottom of the lolly stick 😂

[@cdwc]

I think they should do a rum and raisin flavoured Feast. That is my big tip for all the Lyons Maid and Walls executives reading this.

[@anthonyhatter196]

A Fab was an early favourite lolly, then mini-milks as per MrEd below. Finally any sort of 'ice pole' during senior school hot summers, when the bus ride home was unbearably hot. You could get a few of them with 20p I think. the trick was to roll up from the bottom as you ate to get all the melted bits. What was in the blue ones? Also yes, the pampas -swinger story was around when we were kids but I wont Google it on a work laptop, for now. And congrats 117, i was so close to winning a holy Marek relic, the IoW tea towel.... CD#123

[@cdwc]

I remember trying to take some ice poles home with me on the last day of school term when I was about six and they melted in my satchel. I totally forgot that ice melted.

[@DaveFord]

For me it just has to be a "Feast" (err....40p?) - all light and fluffy and studded with biscuit bits. The inside is a solid nugget of chocolate flavour perfection. All in all, it's crispy, delicious and creamy textured.

[@cdwc]

Yes agree on Feasts. I used to try and eat it but keep the centre intact.

[@einsteinsentertainer]

loving the draw idea!

[@cdwc]

Nice one dude.

[@grahamcope2196]

Favourite ice lol from the 80's had to be Fat Frog. If they were not available then a Dracula. Failing that who could resist a Cider Quench that probably had as much alcohol in it as a Top Deck. Stay cool (with an ice lolly)

[@cdwc]

I am ashamed to say I never had a Dracula or Fat Frog. Mr. Dainty at Forelands Middle confiscated someone's Top Deck at lunch because it had alcohol in it.

[@ThePostalPat]

When I was in secondary school during the mid 80's I used to get 1 whole pound a day for dinner and bus fare. So I used to buy an off brand Feast from the ice-cream van in the school each day for 20p instead of lunch and walk to and from school. That way I would have £4 at the end of week and combined with my pocket money I could buy a Spectrum game every two weeks.

[@cdwc]

I used to do a similar thing with my tuck shop money. 10p a day, I would have a Mars Bar on Friday for 12p or something and then save the rest up. Occasionally I would waver mid week and have to buy an Caramac (I think these were around 8p).

[@squalloogal]

My favourite ice-cream was a peters Jelly Tip. It cost 50c. If it was $2 now I’d buy it. Unfortunately they no longer exist. I also liked Freezers (cola or raspberry flavour) which was also 50cents. #160

[@cdwc]

The name Peter's Jelly Tip made me laugh.

[@squalloogal]

@@cdwc perv! 😏😉

[@chegeny]

Nice walk. The Isle of Wight seems to have been a wonderful place to grow up. I grew up in New Orleans before ice cream.

[@cdwc]

I love the island now, when I was a kid I felt bored out of my mind.

[@janwarrington]

TOFFEE CRUMBLE !!!

[@stevesmith3990]

More prize draw excitement can only be a good thing!

[@cdwc]

Everyone loves prizes.

[@k8smee194]

Twisters used to be my favourite but had to eat the creamy bit first so I’d just be left with the green... such a strange child. Think they were about 40p when I was at ice cream peak. Quite enjoy a cider refresher lolly these days... or the really cheap bubblegum flavour ones from the freezer aisle. Love the members draw cool dude! Like many others I’ve also heard the pampas grass rumour so, it must have some truth in it!

[@cdwc]

I didn't have a twister for years as I thought it looked gross, but they are deceptively nice.

[@k8smee194]

@@cdwc I recommend one time, you try scraping out the creamy bit first. Try to do it without breaking it in half 🙂

[@JensRandoms]

Nice video. You’re lucky to have such a nice walk on your doorstep. I like the members draw idea. I kind of hope dude #117 doesn’t see this video & wonders why they’ve been sent a random tea towel (and then watches the video, of course). Twister ice lolly is a good choice. Have you tried the black jack flavoured ones? I’d have to go with the Nobbly Bobbly though.

[@cdwc]

I haven't tried the Black Jack flavoured ones. Sounds good. I will keep an eye out for them.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

A Bemb-Ridge !

[@cdwc]

1000 points for this comment.

[@vimfuego13]

Toffee Crumble lollies. Haven't had one since the late Eighties, so I can't remember what they cost. But now they should be free. And mandatory.

[@kittikoko]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@cdwc]

Big fan of the toffee crumble. Although strangely it felt more like a chocolate bar than an ice cream at times.

[@WeaponCollector]

Great walk as always Marek, nice to know i was in the running for a tea towel!!!! i always liked the shandy ice lolly = shouldn't be more than 50p although i still think you can buy a packet of walkers cheese and onion crisps and a snicker for 50p.

[@cdwc]

I agree 50p is a good price especially for lollies.

[@RetroRatz]

I liked them pink Happy feet Lolly's. They were like 60p then, and much bigger!!

[@cdwc]

Yes I would like to see a website documenting the amount of shrinkage in ice creams and chocolate bars over the years.

[@dazbass007]

Cracking few miles dude 👌 being born in 66 its all about the jubbly ice lolly not sure of the cost but penny's !! definitely gave you brain freeze !! atb daz

[@cdwc]

Cheers Daz. That's been quite a bit of praise for jubblys on here.

[@dazbass007]

@@cdwc thats coz they were awesome dude 😎

[@WalksWithOlly]

I've always liked the chocolate Feast. Tried to buy one on a walk last summer - the van was called Olly's Lollies - how could I not?! They were sold out of the mint flavour and I proceeded to lose half my ice cream when it fell off further down the road! This was after opening my wallet and accidentally spilling the full contents of coins in to my rucksack... Even after spotting the sign that said 'card payments are accepted!' It was a nice idea, though. I honestly can't remember the price. But hopefully less than a chocolate bar today. Congratulations to that Cool Dude!

[@cdwc]

I like Feasts too. I think they are my ice cream of choice when I am not dehydrated. When I did the South Downs Way on Day Five a Calippo really hit the spot.

[@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325]

"Rock Around the Choc", 25p, with a solid chocolate centre was a favourite. (Think Nobbly Bobbly has replaced it now). The random number draw must be a lot easier than going through all the comments for a winner, good idea. Thankyou Cool Dude for another great video. It's always good to see & hear the waves lapping upon the shoreline of the magnificent Isle, very relaxing. 🙂RCD #172

[@cdwc]

Yes I think I remember Rock Around the Choc. I am a big fan of the Nobbly Bobbly.

[@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325]

Roll on summer! Nobbly Bobblys are pretty cheap, 4 for £1.90! I have to say some of the old ice lolly names are funny!

[@georgec2894]

My mate and I used to try to ride our bikes up that Whitecliff Bay sliproad! My Bembridge friends certainly followed the right of passage that is a job at Warners!

[@cdwc]

It's hard enough walking up that road.

[@indobleh]

Nice one Marek ! I didn't work at Warners but did work at Whitecliff Bay, never dropped any fishes though. Feast for me too !

[@cdwc]

I bet Whitecliff Bay was even worse.

[@winterrr]

This is so cool, I never knew you lived on the Isle of Wight! Hopefully bump into you on a walk👍

[@cdwc]

Nice one dude. See you about.

[@ReeTM]

Wonderful stuff as ever Marek, thank you. What a glorious day for a walk! I believe the Fruit Pastilles ice lolly to be the superior product and it should be priced at no more than one pound.

[@cdwc]

I had one the other night as I bought a pack of four from Tescos. I thought the flavours could do with being a bit stronger, nonetheless I enjoyed it.

[@ReeTM]

@@cdwc as ice lollies go, they're pretty self-explanatory.

[@systemSkynet]

Love the draw idea, hate that I missed out on the tea towel

[@cdwc]

I'm sure there'll be other tea towels.

[@AzzMort]

Solero or Cider lolly was my go too as a kid.

[@cdwc]

Solero is for the sophisticated ice cream eater.

[@alisoncrocker9919]

Hi Marek, mines the Twister. My least favourite are Magnums. Way too sickly. Great vid of the lovely IOW, thank you. :-)

[@cdwc]

Yes I agree. I am always disappointed in a Magnum, and there isn't much flavour.

[@neilmeadowcroft7569]

I remember Twisters when they first came out, they used to have a lot more twists, bloody shrinkflation!

[@grampawud]

Lucky this is not called Cool Dudes Swimming Club, if it was you might have got wrecked on those rocks. One of my favourites used to be a Sprint ice lolly, it was, if I remember correctly it was a lemon flavoured lolly with a sherbity centre, these days I would not object to paying £1.20 for one. These days I enjoy a Rowantrees fruit pastilles lolly and I would probably pay £1.20 for that as well.

[@cdwc]

The Sprint sounds excellent. Sherbet seems to becoming a rarer commodity in sweets these days.

[@kittikoko]

God, I miss the sea. I feel like I haven't seen Bembridge in 100 years. Congrats on conquering those rocks without falling over, my dude! I can't do that. 🤣 I like Fabs, anything mint choc chip and those cheap banana lollies. I swear I used to pay about 29p for them - they're about 80p these days, and they're always the cheapest thing at the ice cream van. Shocking.

[@cdwc]

Ice cream men must make an absolute shit load. Especially as I've heard it's a popular front for drug dealers. "Two Mister Whippies and some Ketamine please"

[@Roguelfy]

Ive heard and retold the pampas grass/swinger story so it must be true.

[@cdwc]

There are quite a lot on the Isle of Wight.

[@kek23k]

I have also heard and retold the story of pampas and I didn't hear it from you.This provides independent verification of a now, 100% true fact.

[@zelimpdna]

Love the draw idea. Probably want to exclude me from the draws though, or you'll go broke from postage costs if I win something. My favourite ice-creams as a kid were the Bubble-O-Bill, Golden Gaytime, and Lime or Lemon Splice. They're Australian ice-creams though, not sure if they've made it over to England.

[@cdwc]

Bubble o-Bill and Golden Gaytime are both fantastic names.

[@chumon1992]

My favorite ice creams are nuttybuddys, not sure how expensive they are now but from the nice cream truck when I was a kid they were around $1.20

[@cdwc]

I have not heard of those. They sound delicious.

[@chumon1992]

@@cdwc they're like a brand of drumsticks, ice cream on a chocolate dipped cone with a chocolate coating and then peanuts coating the chocolate and a bit of chocolate in the bottom of the cone. The tops with the ice cream were different shapes to drumsticks tho

[@daviddunsby]

Glad you told us it was the wind muffler casting a shadow on your face...as I thought you were out with Rod Stewart !!!!

[@cdwc]

Rod Stewart was also there but two metres away behind the wind muffler.

[@daviddunsby]

@@cdwc 🤣🤣

[@cleopeacock4607]

Calippo. No more than £1.09. Because, even though I love them, they are just a small tube of juice. Tasty juice. Frozen cooling juice on a hot day. But just juice. Maybe £1.29 at a push.

[@cdwc]

£1.09 is too expensive for lollipops. £1 should be the absolute maximum I reckon.

[@cleopeacock4607]

@@cdwc I mean, yeah. Definitely £1 would be an ideal top end. But would I pay £1.09 on a hot day? The reality is yes. And anything up to £3 for a Coke, even if I complained about it to whoever I was with for a bit.

[@user-fm6tj6is6u]

I remember funny feet and fabs, but I always preferred a big feast, preferably a mint feast. I had one recently and was disappointed though. I've now moved up in the world and prefer a mint magnum :)

[@cdwc]

I forgot to mention, that Feast is my go to icecream providing it is not too hot.

[@MissNancySims]

75p for a cider lolly and although I have heard the Pampas allegations, I feel dogwood bush seems more swinger-ish. Thank you.

[@cdwc]

There has been a lot of support for Cider Lollies on here. I will have to check them out. Dogwood bushes are probably a sign for something worse.

[@JohnBone]

anyone buying a zoom was wasting their pocket money because the FAB was pretty much the same ice lolly but with the addition of chocolate and hundreds-and-thousands on the top. get in!

[@B3tanTyronne]

For myself it is a choice between a feast or a calippo for about a quid...however if they were still made I would go for a Count Dracula lolly for about 10p

[@cdwc]

Strongly agree with Feasts. I remember the Lyons Maid version which was Triple Choc which was released with the Toffee Crumble (also good) a mint one, and pink Turkish Delight one which was pretty unpopular.

[@B3tanTyronne]

Blimey toffee crumble, now that is a blast from the past.

[@ColanTonkin]

The Magnum is a modern marvel and I am happy to pay a reasuringly expensive £1 for it.

[@cdwc]

They are definitely packaged to look more expensive.

[@ColanTonkin]

@@cdwc At a pinch I would slum it with a Feast.

[@TrevBec]

I used to love an oyster. They were 25p when I was a lad. I am old.

[@nick8292]

oh yeah, oysters were good

[@cdwc]

I never had one. I looked them up, they look fantastic.

[@robmitchell3584]

Yes I heard the same thing about that grass. My parents had it in their back garden though- I’m not sure if that has any significance in the swinger world? (Perhaps they were very anti-swinging??)

[@cdwc]

Let's hope it was anti-swinging and not something else.

[@robmitchell3584]

😂😭

[@wollysocks1]

I went to Bembridge beach a few years back. Fell in love with it but don't know why. Would love to go back. You mentioned a holiday part there is it just caravans?.

[@cdwc]

This is it cool dude: www.awayresorts.co.uk/parks/isle-of-wight/whitecliff-bay/

[@shaunhouse8469]

Is the white clay "Kaolin" AKA China Clay?

[@clamchowder5426]

He's the comedian guy off channel 4

[@JohnBone]

for the apogee of the ice cream/lolly world I give you the Lord Toffingham - banana ice cream, chocolate dipped top and a sodding huge lump of toffee inside. probably the only thing that was good about the 70s.

[@nick8292]

Was it banana flavour ice cream? Big LT fan! EDIT: just found this -- facebook.com/BringBackLordToffinghamIceCream/

[@cdwc]

I would love to try the Lord Toffingham. It sounds like the closest thing to Banoffee Pie.

[@LouToYou]

Screwball Ice Cream! Only problem being the bubble gum ball lost it's flavour after 2 seconds of chewing.

[@cdwc]

I am going to search out the Screwball. I think they still do it.

[@SMLEMK4]

Does anyone remember the ice lolly called Dracula! It was black with a red jelly centre.

[@nick8292]

yes indeed! :)

[@cdwc]

I just saw it on an old ice cream board. I would love to see a chart of the lifespan of particular ice creams through the years.

[@g3rhardt777]

Solero for a pound seems reasonable x

[@cdwc]

I am still on the fence about Soleros.

[@leighfuller8352]

Have you been along the cripple path in Niton? It’s pretty cool

[@cdwc]

I just looked it up. I am not sure whether I did part of it when I did the Round the Island walk. I remember it was absolutely pissing down with rain when I went past Blackgang.

[@leighfuller8352]

I think you probably went along undercliff ? A part of cripple path is carved into the side of the cliff also smugglers trail down the road from that, great place for exploring... maybe not in this weather though 😳

[@williamporter8718]

And I was that fish

[@nick8292]

Lord Toffingham ice lolly. Do they still do them? Yes, members draws are cool.

[@cdwc]

Wow. I looked it up and the vaguest memory of them appeared in my brain. You can't beat the old ice cream boards. Lord Toffingham was a brilliant name.

[@PaintballMagazine]

I too have heard the Pampas grass rumor. Go knock on a door and find out...

[@garrymartin6474]

Orange Maid (10p) Feast (12p) I stayed at Warners last Feb, cheap as chips including ferry. I sent you a fiver via paypal but couldn't find where to leave a note

[@ispi_video_photo]

It's gotta be a 99 with 2 flakes.

[@cdwc]

Can't go wrong. Although I always find the flakes a bit of a disappointment.

[@lornawillockify]

Jubbly at 10p. God I feel old 😞

[@cdwc]

I just looked up Jubblys. Apparently the Queen had one in 1977.

[@lornawillockify]

@@cdwc strawberry or orange, which one do you think she'd slurp on? 😜

[@cdwc]

Definitely Strawberry.

[@lornawillockify]

@@cdwc 🍓

[@PowderedCowsMusic]

I have heard the pampass grass = swingers rumour. I don't know if there are any other plant = specialist club combos.

[@cdwc]

Pampass Grass & Cactus = probably S&M.

[@orangeedo]

I always like mini milks and they were only 20p until the late 90s. Bargain.

[@cdwc]

20p! I remember when they were 10p!

[@PaintballMagazine]

Strawberry Mivi at 25p!

[@cdwc]

Mivvi's were one of those ones for me that was never top of the list, but when I had one I never regretted it. An underated classic.

[@JohnBone]

Marek, as a subsidiary question perhaps you should ask how many Cool Dudes gagged/boaked/retched as a child as the lolly stick tickled their epiglottis when they blew down the base of the lolly wrapper to release it from the frozen confection within?

[@Vurtonable]

My in-laws have pampas grass in their back garden. What does that mean? And I love a Golden Gaytime.

[@cdwc]

I bet Bushrangers like Golden Gaytime.

[@Vurtonable]

@@cdwc well it’s hard to have a gaytime on your own... actually that’s their advertising slogan. True.

[@cdwc]

Ha ha!

[@craigyoungson9454]

How do I join the cool dudes walking club?😀

[@cdwc]

It is all in the description below dude.

[@craigyoungson9454]

@@cdwc awesome cheers dude