Boudicca Way - Day Three | Long Stratton to Diss | Cool Dudes Walking Club | Norfolk Walks

The final day of the Boudicca Way. A 13-mile stretch from Long Stratton to Diss, through the delightful Pulham Market and past spooky churches.
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[@catretriever1]

There's never been a more important time to stay cool. Nice one cool dude

[@cdwc]

Yes the message will go global.

[@sfsunday74]

back when I lived in Chicago, I found $20 on the sidewalk on State St. I did look around a bit to see if anyone was panicked looking for it. It was when I worked at Borders so I had a coworker run to Dunkin & get a dozen donuts to share around (& giant coffees for myself & him for doing the leg work). I've been on the other side tho. Cashed a paycheck & did my grocery shopping & had probably $600+ in an envelope in my day planner. Left it in the cart at the market & drove home. The lovely cart attendant (a high school kid) had rescued it & not touched a bit of the cash. I tried to reward him when I went back but they wouldn't take any money. He is my hero forever. and yes, I know it was really stupid of me

[@stephr7637]

When I was 19 I went out in Leeds (UK) with a couple of friends drinking, as you do. I've always been pretty on top of where my purse (wallet) is even when drunk, so when I woke up with a hangover to multiple missed calls from my brother the next day I was really confused. It turned out that what had happened was that walking back to my friend's house after our night of revelry we'd passed a fountain which my two friends (male) had decided they simply must strip off and run around in. Stripped down to their pants (underwear) and asked me to put their wallets in my bag which I did. While putting their stuff in my quite small bag my own purse must have fallen out but because the bag weighed what it usually did I didn't twig. Fortunately a kind stranger handed it in to the local fire station (I guess it was the closest 'official' place) who passed it onto the local police station. My surname is unusual so they managed to trace my aunt because she was a registered GP, who contacted my dad who contacted my brother who called me. So much drama while I was merrily sleeping off a night out. When I got it back the person hadn't taken any money (I was a student so only had about £2.50 in there but still) OR my full Caffe Nero loyalty card which would have got them a free hot drink. I felt immensely lucky that day and have kind of wanted (although wanting a stranger to lose their purse is a weird thing to want) to find someone's lost purse or wallet so I can send it back to them, everything in tact with a couple of extra quid and a little note from me hoping they lost it in hilarious circumstances.

[@cdwc]

An excellent lost purse story cool dude.

[@cdwc]

I felt sick for you when I read you lost the $600.

[@evegasse6999]

I like the bloody blisters detail in that MS paint drawing of your B&B room.

[@cdwc]

That was the only palatable way of showing them. I will always tie my shoelaces properly from now on.

[@tobiepedroz1321]

I couldn't get over the 6 pack. You must wear a lot of layers on your walks Marek 🤣

[@EmyGrant]

Hello Marek! We were really lucky to meet you today on our walk along the Bambridge shore. You are a really wonderful guy and you made our day really special. We follow you with pleasure and look forward to seeing you on the road! Daniela & Arpy Mike

[@marekl]

Hello Daniela and Arpy. It was delightful to meet you too. I could not work out what robot you were talking about and later I realised it was The Sandown Clown! I hope to see you about soon. Stay cool! :staycool: :sunglasses:

[@squalloogal]

Rewatching June ‘24

[@7arboreal]

My dad cycled several miles in the rain to return £5 to a cashier who'd given him too much change. What a star. I probably wouldn't do that.

[@cdwc]

Wow. I think only one in million would do that. I bet the cashier was shocked.

[@7arboreal]

@@cdwc It was 40 years ago so I guess a fiver was significant. Love the videos!

[@anthonyhatter196]

Pretty sure they were peas in the field, or a similar legume? I have to ask, was the exhaustion taking the toll on you as I am sure we had more groans and grunts through this video than others. For the ghost walk I would leave the coat behind, less static to make the arm hair rise? And a request, please can we get an entire bitter dialogue from Sunglasses Marek on one walk? The vitriol would be very funny.... CD#123

[@cdwc]

I normally put music over the grunting sounds. I think my microphone was banging against my glasses a bit.

[@anthonyhatter196]

@@cdwc just made it feel ..... gritty?

[@jenniferburk7965]

I thought they were peas also, not sure because it's not a field crop around here.

[@Mirily]

As far as I know, you are expected to hand in any amount of money you find! For me it depends on where I find it. If it's in the middle of nowhere and it's less than £50, I'm keeping it! But whenever I've found money in a supermarket I've always handed it in. Having worked in them for a long time over the years I know that people do come and ask if it's been handed in and more often than not it was dropped by a child!

[@cdwc]

You get extra points for being a good honest citizen. I hope Karma rewards you cool dude.

[@oscar38]

Im thinking of walking this path very soon, but am struggling to find a route map. Great videos, i love your sense of humour....refreshingly different 😂

[@cdwc]

I think I plotted mine from an old map cool dude. It was very difficult to find.

[@oscar38]

Found one...'zig zag map'

[@Gez-C]

Nice on cool dude 👍

[@cdwc]

[@ShroudedHand]

could those crops be peas? IDK but a load of pea plants came up in my garden like a weed and they looked a bit like that

[@cdwc]

I need to get one of those plant identifiers for my phone.

[@trevorsmith3217]

Thanks

[@cdwc]

[@SMLEMK4]

I found Negative Money, in my pocket, when getting on a bus. I'd spent it on a Mars Bar. I walked home. Negative Money is money you think you have, till you stick your hand in you pocket.

[@cdwc]

I hope I never have any negative money.

[@squalloogal]

Cool notebook. I’d love to see your watercolours someday. ☺️

[@cdwc]

Good news I am making a zine! Bad news it is taking 100 times longer than I thought.

[@squalloogal]

@@cdwc 😆😆😆 as it is with all things. Takes an age.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

Prison cell washboard abs Marek is everyone's friend !

[@cdwc]

That is a 100% accurate depiction.

[@TravellingTorunn]

Not the most exciting of walks, but you are always a fantastic narrator. And that alone makes it very enjoyable 😀

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. It may have been one of the most boring stretches I have done. Ha.

[@judybee]

There are a lot of spooky empty churches in Norfolk. I discovered, doing family tree, that one of my ancient ancestors was vicar at two of them, one on the hill (empty and forlorn) and one down the hill in the valley. I wrote to the local up to date vicar and sent him a donation. I found both of them and had interesting chats in the local pub about it all. Love an old church. Why was St. Andrews so extra spooky then? As for money, I found a 20pd note stuck to the pavement in the rain. Having just spent 20quid on a night out it was a welcome sight. Sorry you got so hot and bovvered in your b & b. Couldn't have been worse than last night surely?? Oh my. How hot???? Looking forward to the Bembridge walk!.... x J x

[@cdwc]

I think the church was spooky because there were hundreds of crows overhead when I approached making and awful racket. Then they all flew off and it made the silence all the more eerie.

[@judybee]

Aaah!! Now I get it!.....Crows...of course!..... a la Father Jack of Father Ted fame. Intelligent but VERY noisy (& a bit spooky) feathered friends.!

[@grampawud]

I'd say 20 quid is acceptable to keep. Music festivals are excellent places to find money, I once found a total of 60 quid at a music festival.

[@cdwc]

I am going to sign up for every music festival on the back of this information.

[@garrymartin6474]

The plant may have been Oil Seed Rape very early in its development. I enjoyed watching that walk , hills are often over rated !

[@cdwc]

As I get older hills are rapidly losing their limited appeal.

[@tobiepedroz1321]

Really beginning to LOL at the mistakes with a caveat that frequently crop up in your videos, rather than just corrected in the edit. Cool work, Cool Dude. P.S. Went back and re-watched your cooking channel, still makes me cry with laughter, thanks mate.

[@cdwc]

Mistakes? What mistakes? I am glad you like the cooking videos. We tried to get that on TV but no-one one was interested.

[@JensRandoms]

I quite like creepy churches. Each year I used to go to a cemetery late at night on my birthday to watch the Perseid meteor shower. It was the closest place with the least light pollution, but very creepy

[@cdwc]

That sounds excellent. I must go meteor shower watching soon.

[@Kraiforjoi]

Nice one cool dude. Your vids are my medicines...that and smack.

[@cdwc]

I am very pleased to be compared to something so addictive.

[@kraven512]

Cool Dude from Boise reporting in. Cool Dudes walking club is a big hit with the fam, wife and 6 year old love it.

[@cdwc]

Excellent news cool dude.

[@ColanTonkin]

I went through a few waterproof jackets until I got a Paramo shell jacket. Really light weight and waterproofed with Nixwax. They are not cheep but certainly not the most expensive either. pair it with a good base and midlayer and you are sorted. The other bonus is if it gets waterlogged then it is really quick to dry.

[@cdwc]

Someone else also recommended a Paramo. I had not heard of them before. I bought a Haglof one after I finished this trip. It cost an eye watering £180. It has to last me over ten years now. Ha.

[@davidm3569]

Boudicca would be proud of you. Maybe, just maybe, that spooky feeling near the church was her ghost casting her gaze over you, urging you onwards I hear the playing is coming along. There will be a time when the album 'Cool tunes to walk by' will be released ........maybe 🤔

[@cdwc]

No one wants to listen to my keyboard playing. Believe me.

[@chegeny]

I'm glad you survived on past that eerie little churchyard, Marek. It definitely looked unnerving.

[@cdwc]

I only wet myself slightly.

[@alanmaynard7842]

Great walk as always Marek. When you do your Bembridge ghost walk. Take in the old mill site. Last time we stayed there we heard some strange noises coming from the other side of the trees. I sent Jan to investigate, but she found nothing. Never heard a sound like it. Always in the evening. I always send Jan on the most dangerous missions.

[@cdwc]

Maybe it was the goats that are sometimes kept round there, or the man who froze to death in the windmill in the 18th Century.

[@alanmaynard7842]

Probably the former

[@matthewmulvale5747]

Hi Marek. My family and I are all loving the Boudicca Way. Do you remember in the 80's when they used to pronounce her name "BOE DA SEE A". Not sure why they changed it. Not like they could ask her ! 😳🤔 Many years ago I put £20 worth of Fuel in my car, went in to the shop to pay, & there was a 20 pound note on the floor, with nobody around. Needless to say, I used it. Do feel bad all these years later. In my experience with wet weather coats, don't buy cheap, & make sure they're breathable, or they make you sweat. Love the channel Marek, keep up the great videos. Always love to watch them as soon as they come out. Take care mate. Matt 👍😃

[@cdwc]

Boe Da See A was a much nicer way of saying it I agree. I would have left it like that.

[@matthewmulvale5747]

Hey Marek, we spotted you in the Village yesterday mate. You crossed the road in front of us & disappeared into a 'pop-up / community' type shop. I didn't want to be impolite & shout 'Hello' out of the car window ! I didn't see Sunglasses Marek though. Probably a good thing as I'd have given him a piece of my mind ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@mattentwistle70]

I think that £20 sounds about right in this day and age, maybe in 50 years time that will have increased to £100 assuming that we still use cash then. Those crops definitely looked 'pea-like' - sometimes farmers grow random crops that they just plough back into the earth as it acts like a fertiliser. Loved how that church turned from Cool to Scary in a matter of minutes, I hate the places where you feel like you are being watched by unseen eyes.

[@cdwc]

I did not even think that the cashless society will mean we will lose the joys of finding a £10 note.

[@B3tanTyronne]

After finding a wallet in a store utterly full of various notes, handing it in and getting bugger all thanks, any money I now find is fair game - last lucky find was a lone £20 note about 2 years ago.

[@cdwc]

Baby Jesus is pleased that you did the right thing even though I don’t believe in him.

[@orangeedo]

I found 20quid on the way home from the pub recently... It left me exactly breakeven for the night. Result!

[@cdwc]

That is a pretty cheap night at the pub. A glass of wine is about £8.

[@chrisvalentine8949]

Excellent. Sorry you were in such a state and I hope you recovered quickly once you were home safe and sound. I do wish you could have made arrangements to investigate the heeby jeebies church. There's probably some local mischief maker you could have unmasked that's been terrorizing the bull and making him ornery. Maybe the bull could stay the night with you there and help solve the mystery.

[@cdwc]

I looked up the church online and couldn’t find much about it.

[@jenniferburk7965]

Maybe you could do more indoor painting until the heatwave breaks.

[@cdwc]

I will try a plein air soon I think.

[@Niac022]

Your question of the day actually got me remembering something completely different. When I was young my family did a trip to the St Lawrence river and I found a message in a bottle from 20 years before (the 1960's) washed up on shore! It was from someone talking about missing her friend. Dated, with names and a sad message :(

[@cdwc]

That is pretty incredible cool dude. I hope the friend got found.

[@squalloogal]

Hope you’re stay cool over there. Watching the fires,which is insane to say. Floods I’d understand but huge fires? Nuts!

[@cdwc]

It is crazy. I think need to be some fundamental changes to everyone’s lifestyle. I am deeply worried about the environment.

[@MattsRandomAdventures]

I've only reached 1:10 and already the omens are set perfectly for a classic cool dude epic! Stay cool everyone

[@cdwc]

I think I was too tired for it to be a classic walk. It was a bit boring compared to most other ones cool dude in terms of not much to see.

[@MattsRandomAdventures]

@@cdwc Not to worry Marek - I enjoyed the video and you were on good form despite being tired. Much as it is great to see spectacular scenery its just as enjoyable to spend some time in your 'virtual' company, and I like that you show the walking experience warts-and-all. One thing I've noticed is that these named long distance paths all seem to have a disappointing section - no matter how amazing the overall walk is - well done on reaching the end regardless!

[@feetunes]

I only remember losing money Hot rooms on hot nights are the worst. Here's a tip...take a cold shower, as long as you can manage, before going to bed. If still hot in the night....take another. That's what I do anyway. Although I take them on winter mornings too, so you should probably question my sanity before anything else.

[@cdwc]

These are good heat tips cool dude. Thank you. : alien:

[@BeatTheFlash]

You're a trooper.

[@cdwc]

[@systemSkynet]

Soon as you said Wikipedia I had to go see if you had one. Your name being Polish. Incidentally I have been trying to buy a new backpack all week. Everywhere is completely sold out unless I buy straight from the source in Poland. All week these Mareks have been winding me up. Haha. Check out the Helikon tex Matilda for your next upgrade (if you can find one in the uk). Ah man I once covered my hands in insect repellent so i could put it on my face without getting it in my eyes. Didnt work. sweated it into my eyes and my mouth. It BURNED. Sunglasses Marek is definitely my favourite anti hero

[@cdwc]

I will look into that. I have pretty much got Ospreys for every size - 22L, 33L and 65L. I hope they last me the next ten years. Over the course of my life I have had to tell people I am not Polish approximately 2,000 times.

[@flechesbleues]

I found £20 in the street when I was about 11 or 12 and (after telling my dad) handed it in to the police! I remember the two folded £10 notes were different - one big and one smaller - they'd just changed the design (early 90s). After about 6 weeks they gave it back to me as nobody had claimed it. It seemed like a lot of money back then! Your walk took you very near the village where my toponymic surname comes from (I spotted half of it in one of your maps!). I've only visited once, a few years back now. A lot of the people who had signed the church guestbook were similarly named people tracing their roots too (which was fun to see, as we aren't common in the wild)!

[@cdwc]

That is incredible they gave it back to you. That must have been a tense two weeks for an 11 year old.

[@flechesbleues]

@@cdwc I remember filling in some kind of form at the police station when we handed it in! Thinking about it now, as an adult, I think it is fairly unlikely that someone would go to the police station for some lost cash, so perhaps it was all just a formality really.

[@boermed]

I think those crops look like sweet peas Marek

[@cdwc]

Nice one. Thanks dude.

[@MakoEffect]

Love this.

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude

[@nightheron5892]

Just wanted to let you know that the St. Andrew’s church is a part of the Benefice of Dickleburgh. Just saying.

[@cdwc]

I can't believe I missed Dickleburgh.

[@gregmcleod7597]

nice 1

[@cdwc]

[@stevesmith3990]

I don't know why you put up with Sunglasses Marek ;)

[@cdwc]

Yes maybe I will bring some mace to get him next time he appears.

[@stephr7637]

I once found £40 in an unmarked envelope, soaking wet in a puddle over a blocked drain where I parked my car. There was nobody around and I wasn't sure how I could get it back to its rightful owner, plus I was really poor at the time living in a grotty basement flat hell in a dodgy part of Bristol, so I decided to see it as a little pick-me-up from the universe and kept it. I'm not sure what the protocol is, where you're supposed to hand in money if you find it, but I think I'd feel uncomfortable keeping £50+. I'm not sure if you have any intention of doing more of them, but while doing my duty and re-watching vids on your other channel I rediscovered your ebay road trips and remembered how much I liked them. There's something fascinating about the world of the charity shop and the (at times incomprehensible tat) stuff that ends up in them. I also like how they clearly have their own hierarchy and inter-charity competition, and I imagine the old ladies that work in them being super bitchy about each other after a few sherries, and very occasionally getting physical with each other.

[@cdwc]

I wonder what the £40 was for. Maybe a drug deal. I might get round to doing eBay roadtrip again. Although sending everything out was a massive pain in the ass.

[@stephr7637]

@@cdwc It felt likely that it was a drug deal. It was a super dodgy area. That's fair enough. I've recently had a clear out via ebay and the sending stuff out is a massive ball ache.

[@susanchallinor9450]

Thunderbugs always go for yellow or orange

[@cdwc]

Ahhhhh. This explains why I became a bug magnet.

[@nataliebsketching]

Did you speak to that woman who was in the St Andrew churchyard? She looked like she was dressed in the mourning clothes of an earlier century

[@cdwc]

Aaaaaaarrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!

[@AzzMort]

finders keepers when it comes to whats found on the street. If theres a homeless person or someone that needs it more then im happy to hand it over to them

[@cdwc]

Even if it is a £100?

[@AzzMort]

@@cdwc 50/50 at them prices :D

[@DebPumpkin]

Peas!

[@sminkly]

Hi, surely you should have said Bullocks when you saw the sign ?

[@cdwc]

Yes I thought of that in retrospect. Fear and exhaustion addled my brain.

[@vimfuego13]

Those crops are Triffids.

[@cdwc]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

No Romans were injured during this rampage. How do you make the pink face Marek?

[@cdwc]

Write beetroot with two colons either side!

[@TheMcmunro]

Diss station, everyday. Why Marek, why? I'm there everyday.

[@cdwc]

Not on a Saturday.

[@Vurtonable]

No offence but I think this video has excessive flaunting of strawberry laces. It should carry a warning to people/person who can’t get nice tasting strawberry laces. It’s quite traumatising to watch you give them away to other people. Also I just found out about an avocado variety that has my maiden name, that can be eaten skin and all. I feel that is quite cool. If there was a fruit that had your surname what would it be and what characteristics would it have?

[@cdwc]

It would be pink and shaped like an egg. It would taste of strawberry laces and roll around at 1.5 mph.

[@Vurtonable]

@@cdwc oh you must mean a PineBerry that has places to go. I see you more as a Cheeky Rambutan that likes to walk. If you were a nut I’d say macadamia. Wonderfully interesting flowers the macadamia tree and great to throw in the shell at people you dislike… particularly your sister. You have snowballs in the uk we had macadamia nuts. I just ordered 2 trees last week for my garden actually…perhaps for throwing. We will see. :)

[@Curt-Love]

All of it gone soon!. These developers will stop at nothing.

[@cdwc]

This is terrible news. They are trying to do the same where I live on the Isle of Wight.

[@paulleeves495]

stop letting sunglasses marek bully you... stay cool...

[@cdwc]

I am only going to go walking on rainy days from now on to avoid him.

[@nightheron5892]

100 dollars

[@nightheron5892]

BECAUSE..the world is terrible with moments of grace..

[@thekentishpilgrim]

Well done number 1! Another walk that you smashed the s out of. I had a question concerning your walk rating system, what's the maximum number of Marek's that can be achieved,?? As for the money question, I think it depends where you find it. If I'm in the middle of nowhere and come across £100 I will happily keep that. If I was in a town and in front of a shop or a bus stop then I would probably ask around if it belonged to anyone. Before then keeping it!

[@cdwc]

I can't believe you would take the £100 that the poor old lady dropped in the middle of nowhere. Also the maximum Marek's is five

[@hitlerstearspipesy2538]

i hate summer with all my cold dead heart but thing we are over the worse of it love you bye x keep up making me smile x

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude.

[@freebitcoingiveaway119]

flies and bees look for yellow pollen, your a massive yellow magnet for bees

[@cdwc]

I wish I was a magnet for your free bitcoins.

[@lisaperry345]

Marek, your videos are such a joy after another stressful day. 🙂 I'm similar to you on finding money. If I found up to twenty quid, happy days but anymore than that I'd hand it in because I know what it's like to be struggling. Obviously, finding a wallet is a different ball game entirely and I'd hand that in immediately. Stay cool.

[@cdwc]

Lisa you won the prize draw!

[@lisaperry345]

@@cdwc 😁😁😁

[@markgoeshiking72]

Nice one cool dude. I don't think I like Sunglasses Marek very much. Very not cool. Stay cool, Normal Marek

[@cdwc]

Maybe sunglasses Marek is just jealous of normal Marek.

[@markgoeshiking72]

@@cdwc Who wouldn't be?

[@hitlerstearspipesy2538]

70 pound in the bogs in my local pubs back garden i asked everyone back no wanted or lost it x

[@cdwc]

Was it covered in piss? Apologies I just had a vision of people denying urine soaked notes were theirs.

[@hitlerstearspipesy2538]

@@cdwc yes but a quick wipes with tesco own brand bleach / old rag and no one was the wiser...

[@jdanielpUK]

A nice profit of £69.99 after spending a penny

[@hitlerstearspipesy2538]

@@jdanielpUK back of the net....