Bembridge Windmill, Brading Marshes and St.Helens Walk | Isle of Wight Walks

[@grahamcope2196]

Garibaldi biscuits have earnt their place as the number 1 picnic / hiking treat over the years. My parents call them squashed fly biscuits whereas I call them hairy-baldies :)

[@cdwc]

Hairy-baldies is a great name, it sounds like a mythical creature.

[@matthewmulvale5747]

Hey Marek ! Absolutely loving the Cool Dudes Walking Club channel. Keeping me very entertained during Lockdown. We know the beautiful Isle Of Wight really well, as we holiday over there quite often. Usually Whitecliff Bay or Nodes Point, so it's great to see places we've walked or will walk on our next trip. Favourite biscuits :- Chocolate Hobnobs Jammie Dodgers Shortbread Keep up with the brilliant videos. 👍 Matt from Solihull.

[@cdwc]

Nice one Matt. Good biscuit choices apart from shortbread, that is bullshit. Hope to see you on the island soon. Stay cool dude.

[@matthewmulvale5747]

@@cdwc Ha ha ha, 🤣👍 Try some Shortbread, you may like it ! 😁 Just watched your Vlogmare. Absolutely hilarious. 👍 How about doing an Isle of Wight holiday destination review. Showing people the 'touristy' parts, and the little gems that are off the beaten track, what to see or not to see etc. The best beaches, best views, best tourist attractions and all that. 👍 There are a few on KZbin, but yours would be hilarious. 😀

[@Theytoldmetodoit1]

I went for a 7 mile walk last week, 5 miles of it was just mud, I ended up having a shower with my shoes to clean them. Lol! Best biscuits are: 1: Dark chocolate covered ginger stem biscuits 2: Chocolate hobnobs 3: Ginger nuts

[@cdwc]

I know what you mean. I am sick of the mud.

[@ezmarn]

I enjoyed that Marek, thanks.

[@cdwc]

Thanks Marny. I did not know you were on KZbin. I have immediately subscribed. Love to you and the family. xxx

[@mattentwistle70]

Nice walk matey. Biscuit faves are Abbey Crunch, Malted Milk and the legendary Bourbons. With regards to big cats, there have been sightings in Mereworth Woods in Kent. Pretty sure I have seen one but was pissed at the time. Stay cool dude 👍

[@cdwc]

I reckon you definitely saw one. Drink heightens awareness of big cats.

[@lindafirth1562]

Hi to the IoW First walk with you = leaves me wanting more. Best Biscuit = Fig Roll (keeps you active) Fat cat = mine - dead overweight and grey, not black! Best wishes X

[@cdwc]

A fat cat almost counts as a big cat if you get some blurry photos of it.

[@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325]

My 3 Favourite Biscuits: 1.McVities Iced Gems. 2.Cadbury Milk Chocolate Fingers. 3.Cadbury Milk Chunk Sensations Cookies. Well done on building your website & thankyou for another Superb walking video 'Cool Dude'. RCD#172. 🙂

[@cdwc]

Thanks Cool Dude. A Spotter's Handbook is in the post to you.

[@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325]

Thankyou very much Cool Dude. I look forward to reading this. 🙂 Another 2 favourite biscuits of mine are 1.Digestives & 2.You either love them or hate them...Twiglets!😃

[@lisakinahan6105]

Great video as always . Nice to see new sails on the windmill. Favourite biscuits , Fig rolls , Chocolate malted milk and a hobnob . Take care

[@cdwc]

Thanks Lisa. Hope you've been enjoying your walks. Good biscuit choices too.

[@ReeTM]

Wonderful video Marek, thank you. I am most partial to a ginger nut, a digestive dipped in tea and a dark chocolate hobnob goes down a treat!

[@cdwc]

Digestives must have been made specifically for tea. I will look it up.

[@waveydavebarnett]

Omg garibaldis. Not had one of them for years...now i gotta go biscuit shopping

[@cdwc]

They were pretty hard to find in the big Tescos.

[@naomipanter]

Catching up on recent videos on a calm and cosy Easter Bank Holiday Monday. Love this channel and proud to be a member

[@cdwc]

Thanks Naomi. I am proud you are a member of this super cool club.

[@sueweston502]

Re-watching as this caught my eye. I've embarked on my bus-pass trips around the south coast and I did what I call the "north east quadrant" of the isle of wight this week. Southern Vectis no 8 from Sandown to Ryde via Bembridge and St Helen's. As bus rides go you can't beat it - and not so muddy as walking via Brading Marshes!Haven't added up my spotter's handbook score yet. Took cheese sandwiches and kettle crisps, I don't like sweet biscuits.

[@mrbouffant]

Back in the 80s when I used to holiday at the venerable Sandown Bay Holiday Village we used to be delighted to see the Isle of Wight zoo owner walking a cougar, on a lead, on the beach. Perhaps this is how one of the big cats escaped...

[@cdwc]

Yes that is exactly what the rumours are. Probably about half the zoo is in those marshes.

[@evegasse6999]

Heartfelt thank you for the gratuitous duck shot. Loved it! And well done on the widgeon sighting! Best, Eve, bird nerd.

[@cdwc]

I always try and put some in for you.

[@evegasse6999]

@@cdwc It doesn't go unnoticed!

[@DaveFord]

I think there was a national survey last year & the top 3 were 1) Chocolate Digestive, 2) Shortbread , 3) Chocolate Finger. Garibaldi was ranked 20th. Apparently the average person in the UK eats 11 biscuits a week...which is ever so interesting.

[@cdwc]

This is good information. I don't understand who eats shortbread it is always the one left over in selection packets.

[@ianrowley7067]

Great walk,Marek, Might need to add a mud- rating for future walks The best best biscuits are made here in Carlisle - Custard Creams .(Also the worst biscuits Ginger Nuts!) CD #185

[@cdwc]

Sometimes a Ginger nut can be the perfect biscuit but only about once every five years.

[@oggie114]

I definitely, maybe, possibly, I think saw something that might have been a big cat when I was younger on the Island... it was in the Brading Roman Villa field when I was out walking our dogs. It might also have been something like an irish wolfhound but it was at the other end of the field so I can't be sure....it was certainly HUGE, and dark and scared me enough that I ran all the way home with the dogs and didn't finish the walk. This was about 18 years ago. I also used to have recurring nightmares around this time about the tigers escaping from the zoo and making their way across the fields into my backgarden and trapping us in our house, so I could have just imagined the whole thing.

[@oggie114]

Top 3 Biscuits: 1. Caramel Digestives, 2.Waitrose orange & milk chocolate cookies, 3. Foxes Golden Crunch Creams (All of which siginificantly elevated to levels of excellence when paired with a cup of Yorkshire Gold Tea)

[@cdwc]

I forgot about Golden Crunch Creams, they are a much better version of custard creams. That thing you described definitely sounds like it was the panther of Brading Marshes. (I will try and think of a better name).

[@flagpolemusic]

“Freak Peen “ is an excellent entry in the great band name game

[@cdwc]

Yes I want to be the drummer for Freak Peen.

[@flagpolemusic]

I’ll start working on band shirts.

[@mattentwistle70]

Peek Frean created the tasty morsel called the Cheeselet. A delicious small square cheesy snack. They were my grandad's favourite.

[@doodles1228]

Great video! I'm going venture to Brading Downs next week for the 1st time! Hope I spot some cool birds! Top 3 biscuits: 1. Fig rolls 2. Jammy Dodgers 3. Custard Creams

[@cdwc]

I always find there is not enough custard in the custard creams.

[@anthonyhatter196]

...but are we not all winners when we get to watch your productions? Another smile for the weekend, thanks Marek. Perhaps a future video should be your guide to your favourite stranded stiles? Can I have dark chocolate rice cakes in my list? You had the other two at first and third, tbh. Cd#123

[@cdwc]

Everyone who watches is automatically a winner you are correct.

[@chegeny]

Thank you for the excellent walk. Big murderous cats: nil. My contribution of trivia: Turner painted a watercolour of Bembridge Mill in 1795. Staying cool.

[@cdwc]

Yes I tried to do a water colour of it for someone but it turned out pretty bad.

[@munkeypants1]

Claire Balding recently covered the topic of big cats in the UK on one of her recent episodes of Ramblings (available as a podcast or on BBC Sounds) as she encountered a panther-like animal in the Cotswolds a few years ago. As a result of posting this comment I am now 1. reminded of being scared of potentially facing a big cat when next out walking on my own in the countryside and 2. in need of a Topic bar - yum

[@jdanielpUK]

KZbin membership badge test (now a double-member) and my top three (dipping) biscuits: ginger nut, oat, shortbread finger - stay cool!

[@cdwc]

Badge looks super cool. Thanks dude.

[@CJD1579]

Love the walk marek, top 3 biscuits must be 1. Short bread 2.choco digestives 3.bourbon cremes

[@cdwc]

Nice one. I don't understand the appeal of shortbread. I highly approve of the milk chocolate digestive though.

[@CJD1579]

@@cdwc next time I'm on the island, I will message you and bring you the ultimate short bread biscuit then you will realise I'm the ultimate cool dude biscuit master

[@grampawud]

They did a good job on the windmill, I hope one day to see the sails going around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around. My favourite biscuits are chocolate hobnobs, tunnocks caramel wafers and captain rondos from Lidls. Watch out those big cats. I was listening to a podcast a few days about a strange being called All colours Sam, or something that some kids in the 1960s encountered near Sandown golf course. You should go and investigate that one day.

[@neilmeadowcroft7569]

Caramel wafers, yes!

[@cdwc]

Yes there are loads of rumours about them having escaped from the zoo. The bloke who ran it used to walk his tigers on the beach.

[@indobleh]

Windmill looking much better now. Well done National Trust, hopefully see it for myself later in the year. Nice walk Cool Dude, thanks for taking us with you !

[@cdwc]

Cool dude. Email me your address to [e-mail] so I can send you the Spotter's Handbook.

[@stevesmith3990]

I must have munched through tons of Peak Freans biscuits when I was a kid but I used to drive past their factory every day and it smelt horrible ! Thanks for the video Marek, good fun as usual.

[@cdwc]

Ha. The stench of 160 year old Garibaldis.

[@squalloogal]

Watching for the first time 😊 Can’t wait till my number is considered and early number. 😁 Tim Tams (double choc) Arnotts Milk Arrowroot Ginger biscuits

[@cdwc]

The Milk Arrowroot sounds fantastic.

[@squalloogal]

@@cdwc the best tea dunking biscuit imo Very old traditional biscuit.

[@georgec2894]

Haven't been to Brading Marshes since a wet boxing day walk 6-8 years ago. Passed the Windmill on my Christmas day bike ride!

[@cdwc]

That path to St Helens is great for birdwatching. I've never seen so many massive expensive lenses on display.

[@ben-cansonthetraina6182]

I am a champion of the humble chocolate malted milk. I feel it is a somewhat under-rated biscuit. But the treat that is the Milk Chocolate Round reigns supreme. Only slightly cheapened by becoming widely available outside of selection boxes. But still pretty special. 1.Fox's Milk Chocolate Round 2.Chocolate Malted Milk 3.Custard Cream

[@cdwc]

When I see the Milk Chocolate Round I want it to be all chocolate and no biscuit. Stay cool.

[@ben-cansonthetraina6182]

@@cdwc Part of me does to. But we can't create such as we'd have nothing left to dream of. We need the unobtainable biscuit to keep hope alive.

[@raymatthews8356]

Nice one.how about a vid showing how outdoor active works.cheers

[@cdwc]

Yes hopefully if people are interested.

[@benlawry5759]

Great to see another superb walk.

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude.

[@WalksWithOlly]

My current favourite has to be biscuit-flavoured Yorkshire Tea... I know, it's not quite what you were asking! Childhood favourites would include Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers - my mum reminded me of this with a "Christmas Hamper" of many sweet things! These days, I quite like Lidl's malted biscuits. No chocolate so, they must be healthy, right?

[@cdwc]

Those Lidl biscuits are really good for you. You should only eat those for a week.

[@zelimpdna]

Completely agree about the Garibaldis. Do you have, or have you considered setting up, a Patreon? I'd be more than happy to throw you a few dollary-doos there each month.

[@cdwc]

I forgot to mention the Garibaldis should not be overcooked, that is a crucial factor. That is very kind of you re: contribution. No Patreon, I did the KZbin membership instead which you can get from the main channel page. Or you could set something up through paypal if you liked. www.paypal.com/paypalme/mareklarwood. Nice one cool dude.

[@ADDSpanky]

love these vids thank you

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@darrentwine2590]

Great video. I do love a Garibaldi biscuit. 👍👍

[@cdwc]

I have just come back from Tesco's and I can't believe I forgot to buy some.

[@garrymartin6474]

Borders dark chocolate ginger biscuits, Choco Liebniz (Milk Chocolate), Jaffa Cakes

[@cdwc]

There is that argument as to whether Jaffa Cakes are cakes or biscuits. I think they are biscuits.

[@mattentwistle70]

The official word is that Jaffa Cakes are cakes as they go hard when stale, as opposed to a biscuit that goes soft. Not saying I agree but thought it was worth saying...

[@neilmeadowcroft7569]

Pink wafers are still available but mainly in a family selection type box. There are some on their own with the pink panther on the packet but I advise against them, they have an odd taste. Anyway, like many here I also enjoy a chocolate hobnob, gingernuts and custard creams are also up there. I prefer them with a mug of tea to enable dunking.

[@cdwc]

Chocolate hobnobs are the best with tea. I agree.

[@KatieMYoung]

I've just been catching up with the last few walks (cool dudeness restored!) and I think I actually DID see a big cat once! It was in the New Forest (late eighties/early nineties) and it dashed across the road in front of my dad's car at dusk. Definitely not a dog or a fox, way too big to be a domestic cat and jet black. To this day I have no other explanation for it. And, speaking of dangerous felines, I also just watched the Appley Tower walk and my cat is called Kali! She hasn't tried to hump any of my friends (yet) but she's quite evil.

[@cdwc]

That Big Cat sounds terrifying. I've been reading more about the Isle of Wight Big Cat sightings, there's pretty much one every week. I will probably get eaten by one at some point. Kali is a cool name for cool pets. xx

[@KatieMYoung]

@@cdwc Cool pets for cool dudes. Try not to get eaten! xx

[@rentaghost]

Another great walk Marek. I use the Ordnance Survey app which gives you access (for an annual fee) to every OS map of the UK. You can also follow other peoples saved routes, or save your own. Biscuit wise it's 1. Chocolate Hobnobs. 2. Custard Creams. 3. Malted Milk. Well done to Robert, closest I've been to winning (Cool Dude #23)

[@cdwc]

Malted Milk remind me of having a biscuit and milk at school. Meanwhile can you email your address to [e-mail] for your Spotter's Handbook. Nice one dude.

[@mattentwistle70]

I use the free OS app and buy paper copies of maps and then download them to the app using the code on the map for offline use when walking. I find plotting a route quite hard on my phone screen so referring to the paper copy makes this easier.

[@hrhbucket4268]

top 3 biscuits: chocolate hobnobs, ginger biscuits, custard creams

[@cdwc]

Three classics

[@ShireWitch]

Glad you didn't get eaten by the panther 👍

[@cdwc]

It could well happen in the future.

[@ShireWitch]

@@cdwc We shall see 😂

[@cdwc]

You're not the keeper of the panthers are you?

[@ShireWitch]

@@cdwc *pushes panther's head into a sack* errrr-no 🐆

[@stephenreed8142]

Top three biscuits: 1) Cow Biscuits 2) Ginger Nuts 3) Custard Creams

[@cdwc]

Good biscuits shouts.

[@lolly5453]

Mmm can’t say no to a jammie dodger... or ten 🐷 Look forward to the upcoming handbook n seeing what I can spot 🧐

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude. I wish I had bought some Jammy Dodgers on my last shop.

[@lolly5453]

Cool Dudes Walking Club Well my comment came after I bought some yesterday for first time in ages. And ate em all before I even got home (plus a huge bag of skittles, while I’m in the mood confessing) Dangerous stuff... You’ve been warned. 😨

[@davidm3569]

I see your Garibaldi and raise you Go Ahead Apple ( okay, like yours but with apple as well......YUM YUM )

[@cdwc]

I have yet to try those. I will try and get hold of some.

[@jenniferburk7965]

Seems like you've got much better biscuit choices than we do. :(

[@cdwc]

Better at biscuits and cheese that might be about it.

[@alexsummerbell]

All the farmers by me spotted the 'blaunwaun black cat' when I was growing up. As elusive as a Bigfoot.

[@cdwc]

Sounds cool. I will research the viewing sightings and go looking for it.

[@JohnBone]

Exiting a friend’s apartment building late one night, a panther/cougar walked out from the bushes beside the parking lot and stood staring at me less than three meters away. It was effing huge and I was nanoseconds away from beshitting myself when thankfully it did a U-turn and returned from whence it came. There are only a couple of hundred wild panthers/cougars in Florida, but they’re rarely seen outside the everglades or wildlife preserves, so perhaps this was an animal that had escaped or been abandoned by one of those arseholes who keep ‘exotic pets’. Either way, it was an absolutely terrifying encounter.

[@cdwc]

That sounds awful. I am terrified of them since I watched that video of one chasing a jogger.

[@Archer-qv4sk]

You still need to find... "TheCave of Carvings"!!

[@cdwc]

Where is that?

[@Archer-qv4sk]

@@cdwc Have emailed you

[@justMe-rd4sw]

Used to keep my toy cars in a peek freans tin, and funnily enough used to keep biscuits In my ............... Wait for next thrilling installment to find out just where @justMe kept his bickies as a child in the 70's

[@cdwc]

I think you should make a video about where you keep your biscuits.

[@JohnBone]

has anyone suggested lebkuchen biscuits? lovely

[@cdwc]

They look delicious.

[@Vurtonable]

Tim tams, biscotti, almond crescent cookies... if your biscuits were made in 1861 aren’t they stale yet? It can be done, Australian women in WW1 invented a biscuit called the Anzac that they send to Gallipoli for soldiers. They were designed to not go stale in the long post times. They made so many that they are still available today.

[@cdwc]

One day I will try an one hundred and sixty year old Garibaldi and make a video about it.

[@Vurtonable]

@@cdwc I’ve just done some research... apparently that the Anzac biscuits available today are newly made biscuits not the ones from ww1. Even though some taste that old. You learn something new every day.

[@robingeorge1969]

Marek, I've been extolling the virtues of the humble Garibaldi for years and now I have a fellow fan! The best thing is you can kid yourself that you've only eaten 3 biscuits by eating all 3 slices and sound like you've been a good boy - genius...

[@cdwc]

I am glad you are also a fan of the greatest biscuit. I am sure they are good for you too. Are they?

[@robingeorge1969]

Yep, full of protein (all the squashed flies). My lucy bought me a catering size box of them last year, it took me about a week to get through them. Now remembering Alexei Sayle’s train driver in the young ones relating to biscuits being named after famous revolutionaries which started with garibaldis and ended with the Peak Freans Trotsky assortment. I’ll grow up one day...

[@petergilbert7106]

I have an embarrassingly naïve question; if you see 12 Wideons do you get 2 points or 24? Thanks in advance for the answer. Also, Sausage sandwiches and biscuits should never be compared because they are in different food groups. The groups are: Meat, Sandwiches, Biscuits, Fruit, Other.

[@cdwc]

This is a very wise question. You can only score each item once per walk, so it would be two points. It is all explained in the book.

[@k8smee194]

No big cats on my walks, but I saw one cool (dude) cat in that video 😃 #3 Jaffa Cakes (controversial, are they even a biscuit?) #2 Jammie Dodgers #1 Chocolate Hob nobs

[@cdwc]

Solid choices.

[@davidm3569]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news.......but.......on the website there is an ERROR message when you click on How to join. Probably an easy fix, thought you owta know. Best wishes for your new venture, looking good 👍

[@cdwc]

On the How to Join page? It should be working.

[@davidm3569]

@@cdwc Just checked ' site cannot be reached ' message screen ☹️

[@cdwc]

When you click 'How to Join' on the menu bar? It is working on all my browsers.

[@cdwc]

Ah yes the button. Thanks dude. Will change it.

[@Gez-C]

Didn’t see the pink panther instead?

[@alltheteam69]

Custard Creams- Hob nobs-Garibaldi. Ever experienced the joy of eating a whole unbroken slab of Garibaldi or are you too cool....

[@cdwc]

I literally ate a whole slab moments after reading this and felt no regret.

[@skorchollie]

Is the camera clip on you back pack strap comfortable ? Looking at getting one. 👍🏻 Nice one.

[@cdwc]

Yes, it is absolutely brilliant. Highly recommended. amzn.to/2ONO8UL

[@skorchollie]

@@cdwc Thank you!

[@PaintballMagazine]

Nice windmill. Dead fly biscuit??!?!?!

[@cdwc]

We called it squashed fly biscuit.

[@MattG-vs2rt]

If I had a bald mate called Gary, I'd call him Garibaldi.

[@ispi_video_photo]

My cat is overfed. Does that count as a big cat?

[@cdwc]

I will put a medium cat option in the next book.

[@kittikoko]

Ew, fly biscuits. I don't feel like we can trust you anymore. Chocolate chip cookies for me, followed by Hobnobs. 👍

[@cdwc]

I like the massive soft cookies with white chocolate and raspberries or some shit in them.

[@williamporter8718]

BITHKIT. I don't have access to the internet. What about IMpossible walks. Dutch pissing in the wind. Lying there and staring at the ceiling, waiting for that sleepy feeling. Robot man. I wanna hear, Marek. Don't eat squashed flies. My hat, it has three corners, three corners has my hat. That's about the same age as my house. I'm seeing a lass whose family invented Poppets sweets - she's lovely, though things can be difficult with lockdown and all that, but we'll be alright. I've never met a Black Panther, nothing against them. I saw a snow leopard with the squits once. I will leave some valuables in a place you'll find them. My dog refuses to go over stiles. Bobbing along, singing along on the bottom of the beuatiful briny Bembridge Lagoon. Draw(er).

[@HikingWithMartin]

1. M&S Almond biscuits 2. Standard Chocolate digestive - always put a whole biscuit in your mouth with these. 3. Jammy dodgers Might have to join this walking club nonsense, I need that map of the UK im bloody lost half the time.

[@cdwc]

I agree with putting the entire biscuit in your mouth in one go.

[@michaelwhite8031]

Your walk was plain sailing according to the mill. You might be a baldy but your names not Gary . I like a Bourbon but l wouldn't be lose my head over them !

[@cdwc]

Three winners.

[@michaelwhite8031]

@@cdwc l just tried to buy one of your books, but l couldn't activate the PayPal link ?

[@cdwc]

@@michaelwhite8031 Should be working now

[@B3tanTyronne]

What madness is this.....sossage sandwich replaced by thin curranty brick? There is nothing better than sossage sandwich......nuffink. My copy of the spotters handbook has already been purchased and looking forward to seeing what scores this will result in on my various walks. As for the top #3 biscuits. 1 - Plain Chocolate Digestive. 2 - Chocolate Hob Nob. 3 - Shortbread.

[@cdwc]

Solid choices. The handbook will be in the post tmw, thanks dude. I agree the sausage sandwich is irreplaceable.