Crossing England in a Straight Line #1 - Inspired by Geowizard

Attempting walk across England in a completely straight line!
Watch episode 2 early on Patreon - / archiefieldhouse
Here we go folks, today commences the battle for the crown of England! Will Geowizard or the Fieldhouses be the first to cross the country in a Straight Line?
This was our most action packed mission to date so be sure to subscribe to follow the adventure :)

[@MaxFosh]

Best rivalry on KZbin right now

[@Xandalfo]

Definitely!

[@BrettClement]

Glad to see Max following the REAL KZbin drama

[@Perchreal]

Max watches straight line content?!

[@UltraZombie]

Max u should join geowizard and go two on two

[@TomsSauce]

@@Perchreal honestly when you think about silly the concept is it makes perfect sense max would be here

[@jowanedwards3180]

Geowizard - walks for days on 3 jelly babies Fieldhouse brothers - full meal after every field 🤣

[@kevindennehy7105]

Lads, as someone who grew up on a farm (in Ireland), here's a tip; if they are friendly then get their names. If you run into one who's a bit iffy, then tell them.. 'we were just talking to 'John Smith' and were talking to him for a while'. It relaxes people a bit. Also try to get 'crossing England in a Straight Line', or some such printed on the front of the hoodies, it looks a bit more 'official', and again relaxes people. If something looks seriously dodge in advance, then it would help to knock on their door when doing the recee, though this may of course backfire. Great content all the same, loves the IoM trip as well. Best of luck with future projects.

[@jamesmoffitt9014]

Really good ideas them

[@derekmarsden8934]

Excellent advice

[@hbp2m]

If all else fails try dressing as a sheep.

[@nihlify]

So you knock and they say no they'll be even more pissed when they try it

[@Mountain_Bike_Archaeology]

^This, but if you're knocking on a house, on the line during the Recce, take a few bottles of whisky!"^

[@annikinstarkiller600]

Geo wizard: I'm preparing, I'm taking no chances, I'm having a baby Archie: let's just do it then, eh?

[@Duda286]

geowizard: so this is all about the past, the current situation, my life and how important and difficult this may be archie: so we´re straight lining england (already walking)

[@schwartzy65]

Except the support crew every 100 meters ;)

[@BenTheRules]

The Fieldhouse brothers are precisely the villains that the Geowizard universe needed. Good work lads

[@daviddodd2702]

Hahaha the man in the digger was my dad that’s amazing he said about you jumping the drains 😂😂

[@MovementDrifter]

Your dad's a legend! not angry at all, just confused and entertained

[@mikulitsi1819]

He's fantastic

[@HucaPuca]

One suddenly really appreciates Geowizard doing these alone, without any cars previously.

[@Nooticus]

he never did it without any support crew (except possibly wales 1). he isnt a fool.

[@ab8jeh]

​@@Nooticushe had stashes but that was it. He did do them alone, camping on the lines and not using inflatables but swimming.

[@Schmogel92]

@@Nooticus noot noot!

[@wohlhabendermanager]

@@ab8jeh He had a Kayak in Norway, has stashes, and obviously help from Verity and others. Yes, I enjoy Tom's content a tad bit more as well (probably because he's a bit closer to me, age wise), but let's not forget that he does have outside help as well.

[@ab8jeh]

@@wohlhabendermanager Indeed, wasn't that an inflatable one that was stashed. It feels a bit different to just being handed one. Ed Pratt is probably the most dedicated in terms of carrying the blow up boat with him!

[@DecoAoreste]

Almost running out of batteries after mocking GeoWizard for all this time.. epic!

[@Fawkes42]

Wait till they get attacked by some sheep

[@emilyd3363]

Wildly different strategies 😂 Geowizard: Camo clothing Hides in bushes at any farmer sighting Plans and strategises for months Adam and Archie: Wears suspicious looking hoodies Marches straight towards farmers Just get going strategy Love the missions, good luck to you guys!!

[@ikaro555]

I would like to add "Fly their drone right by the farm they're about to enter" to Adam and Archies List

[@EannaButler]

@@ikaro555 And the obligatory McDonalds...

[@seankent7282]

I love Tom but this is kinda the mentality you need to do gnarlier straight lines. Geowizard is the godfather but people who are bolder and just generally give less f*ks will be way more successful as these missions get longer and more challenging

[@archiefieldhouse]

For clarification, we knew Geowizard would have been on day 4 based on his start date, but had no idea how it was going or if he was actually succeeding or not.

[@Rorywizz]

Not bad

[@Maurauth]

Ignore the mongs in the comments, you’re making great content and I’m sure geowizard is proud that he inspired you lot to do it too

[@bunLuna]

both of your videos going out on similar times is actually so amazing, we don't know if he made it either yet so this is really feeling like a race! hope both geowizard and you two make it!

[@Leffe192]

Ha! I brought this exact point in a couple of comments. Fun watching both adventures!

[@mantovannni]

You could try to get permission from the land owners in advance but I know how stubborn and angry some folk get when you are on "their" land. It's the Earth mate, no one owns it. Try telling that to someone who paid good money for the land lol.

[@piggyinthemiddle]

"inaudible northern spiel" you cheeky southern fairies!

[@dirtjumper23]

What did he say tho 😂

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

@@dirtjumper23 ' and if that thing takes you in a circle you may throw it in the river. '

[@hakarlrs9817]

@@anvilbrunner.2013 Is it possible to learn this power?

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

@@hakarlrs9817 You have to live and work in the land where the language is spoken to learn it properly.

[@robotfieldhouse]

@@hakarlrs9817 Not from a Jedi

[@zengrath]

Love these KZbin documentaries

[@NoGoodHandlesComingToMind]

Great pick-me-up between depressing docs from PBS Frontline and other things.

[@lmonk9517]

it's going to be a close one between you and Tom. born too late to discover the world, born too soon to discover the solar system, born just in time to witness the birth of the straight line mission.

[@Groblinmode]

Space discovery is very much happening now, you just seem to have the wrong idea of how it would happen in the future.

[@lmonk9517]

@@Groblinmode kk. Let me know when tickets to mars become available.

[@DazHotep6EQUJ5]

​@@Groblinmode Space discovery is happening yes just not in a capacity where anyone with interest can do so of their own volition like the explorers of yesteryear. We've barely scratched the surface of the final frontier.

[@Groblinmode]

@@DazHotep6EQUJ5 but have you considered that we are beyond that whole kind of exploration, long range sensors and unmanned spacecrafts will do all the space exploration to come.

[@Sunlight91]

This is a great British countryside documentary.

[@Ultraw]

Geowizard: oh no, a farmer! I'd better hide out in this bush for 14 minutes Archie and adam: 🚶🚶🤠 Yeehaw partner!

[@realfacts100percent]

weird seeing you here after just hopping off one of your games lmao, its one of my favorites btw man good job on it

[@tom_123]

That friendly farmer was awesome :) Edit: TWO FRIENDLY FARMERS!!

[@Blackadder75]

I really don't get that angry farmer meme, I was often exploring on farm land as a young lad, they never cared, as long as you respected animals and properties and didn;t act shady. Of course I would not crash over hedges, because I would not be on a straight line mission, I would just enter by the normal fences, where they drive their tractors. But we also often jumped over water ditches, that was part of the fun.

[@pcareo-dactyl3327]

Geowizard when he sees a down tree: O.O The Fieldhouses when their servants haven't brought them a nibble in 10 minutes: D: D:

[@jigglestumps]

Too true, these guys are toff central. F this channel.

[@jlockwood131]

Came here straight from GeoWizard's first video! Looking forward to seeing who the winner is!

[@Ray25689]

What I really like about your approach to this, is how much respect you give to Tom. You could just do a sneaky one or tell him nothing about it, just so you could be first. But you're so sportsmanlike and fair about it, I love it. Makes your videos way better imo

[@christophercjc2]

Y'all and GeoWizard might be in friendly, straight-lining competition with each other, but the real winners of this rivalry are us viewers who get double the amount of epic, missioning content 😌

[@craigcooperxyz]

Only heard about you guys from GeoWizard but very much enjoyed this. The additional angles, drone shots etc make up for the lack of 8-bit music.

[@quaidbergo]

Great stuff lads. I appreciate yours and Tom's style equally I must say, Tom is more of a storyteller and draws us deep into the mission whereas you just bash on, chat to all the farmers you can possibly find and generally don't give too much of a shit 😂

[@goldenduck854]

youth lol

[@SushIBooM1]

That flashback at 16:10 💀

[@TheAultimusPrime]

It's funny seeing how cautious tom is of farmers and then seeing these guys go past farmhouse after farmhouse lol

[@tessapineapple]

Hey guys, I was hoping episode 2 would be published right now. As Geowizard posted his episode 2. Can't wait to see how your adventure continues.

[@robodad_]

The final UK straight line mission yet to be completed is actually northern Ireland. With an unavoidable Lough right in the center of it, it would make for the hardest straight line mission in the UK.

[@monodimensionalbeing7996]

watchout for yon farmers too, and slurry pits like the nile

[@joemiller947]

If you walk from the Northernmost point of County Monaghan northwards to the Sea, it's only around 40 miles, and doesn't pass through major settlements. You'd just have to contend with the Sperrins mountains.

[@B3Band]

It's actually a spoiler. They know that Ireland will be united

[@robodad_]

@@B3Band your just wishing for unnecessary bloodshed with a dream that wouldn't end well for either side which in my opinion is just foolish.

[@richardwebb5317]

@@joemiller947 Bog Central!

[@LychkovIA]

Guys, your videos are getting extremely entertaining (in a very good way)! The farmer at 10:40 is such a legend!

[@HunHaze]

Subscribed the first time Geowizard mentioned you guys, i have not regreted it. Loved this video as well. :)

[@wohlhabendermanager]

Second dude in the Audi was very chill. "You didn't get permission" - "Yeah sorry" - "All right". Nice. :)

[@nanceactual1790]

I love how you guys and Tom have an epic rivalry while also being best friends

[@bungalo50]

wow good job with the subtitles they are literally perfect

[@Alexand3ry]

9:16 Cool to see a shout-out to the support crew. And a cameo for Damien, too. Good sport!

[@StuartWoodwardJP]

That farmer was a lovely chap.

[@goblinio]

Well done guys! I was having a look at a similar route and i posted it on reddit a while back, im glad that you guys are taking on the challenge!

[@SirChocolateHobo]

Time for video 2.

[@Jokl92]

no batteries, no part 2. 😂

[@neilb2k]

Great stuff guys, been craving more straight line missions!

[@callumffd3239]

The commentry is unreal, good job fellas

[@BDamen1984]

Where's part two 😅?!

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

only on patreon. :(

[@JTrillo]

@@Dreadpirateflappy for now.

[@Viniter]

I'm really enjoying this documentary. So educational!

[@UndercoverNormie]

This is awesome. And I'm sure a lot of appreciate all the credit you give to GeoWizard, I know I do. Great video

[@KevIsOffGrid]

Great stuff, and another well timed video matching GeoW for your ascent to KZbin stardom. I have half an idea of what its like having done a 2-day, 26km straight line mission across Forest of Bowland AoNB last October. Good to see you getting good farmer interactions!

[@callumffd3239]

These videos are insane boys, looking forward to the next!

[@guillermo.mserrano]

I love this format, it is very dynamic.

[@jctrewin]

cracking effort lads. looking forward to the glorious success!

[@derekmarsden8934]

Great stuff. Really enjoyed it. The encounters with farmers are brilliant.

[@tommos16]

Well lads. You've managed it. You've managed to get this grizzly northerner and GeoWizard both to like you (despite the accents which aren't your choice like) and enjoy your videos. So even if you make it or not, well played on that!

[@prox1994]

Archie!!!!!!!!!! More uploads please. We're all addicted to your amazing content. Cheers from Canada! 😁

[@SushIBooM1]

YES BOYS!! Love your content, it's always refreshing to see a completely different take on straight line missions as opposed to GeoWizard. Had no idea he was doing his own England line too. Exciting.

[@Nooticus]

Excellent episode. Not as much brutal ribbing of GeoWizard as last time which I appreciate haha. Very well edited, nice route so far too. Love those 2 farmers, legends.

[@MrSplonger]

These videos have a more high-energy, characteristically "modern" or "social media" feel to them than Geowizard's videos. I appreciate the latter style much more, but this video is fun none the less.

[@fronbasal]

What a fantastic video, enjoyed every minute!

[@MrR0o]

Loving the adventure so far guys. Will be watching till the end. May the best men win!

[@JJAAAACCKK]

10:47 his Northern Peasant instincts kicked in as soon as he heard your accents. completely disarmed. (i can say this because i'm a northern peasant)

[@JJAAAACCKK]

19:20 and again haha

[@kniter]

Love watching yall, Marcus and Tom do these missions

[@0617598]

Who is Marcus?

[@kniter]

@@0617598 marcus the chess teacher

[@tekkencentre]

@@0617598 A chess teacher.

[@d6ftg7yhu]

Marcus the Chess Teacher! He just dropped a new video of his 2nd attempt across Scotland. There are a lot of smaller channels doing straight lines that deserve more love

[@Nooticus]

@@0617598 a fucking legend. i love archie and geowizard, but marcus is 100 times funnier and just so perfect.

[@twnfaem]

A compass might be nice for back up... /D Good luck, lads! Just watched episode 1 on Geowizard's channel, too!

[@MSJPost]

Here to find out if you come across Geowizard’s iphone 😅

[@jamesbrown5769]

It's so refreshing to see cool people along the way

[@Blahsheep]

Ah yes a classic KZbin documentary.

[@SuperSonicDonk3y]

That hedge climbing edit on the throwback was gold.

[@robjordan2659]

Love the camera work on this one. The double go pro works great.

[@EziosBladez]

Holy shoooop! They're back with something even more insane!

[@romz1]

Im going through your recent vids, top quality content

[@TheWritersMind]

impressive that both lines are this extremely close together! your line man did his job properly! looks like Geowizard took a line that at the very least intersects yours and is extremely close to it!

[@DeepDrinks]

I love this series so much

[@sisdl15]

This is a bit like Scott and Amundsen with angry farmers and loads of bacon butties.

[@tubularap]

Running out of batteries for the GPS ... the irony. But seriously, another great achievement, guys.

[@lonelyPorterCH]

1:49 I love the "dead space" additions, you should really gift him a better camera for (hopefully) successfully crossing england^^

[@c1tylimits]

This rivalry with Sir Tom is wild. I'm all here for it

[@cokemango]

Great series! Keep it up

[@keyrone77]

The good old well spoken “hello there” to that farmer worked well and the word documentary makes it sound very approved 😂

[@fishstar2974]

Loving this rivalry

[@dingwei7]

When’s the next vid lads?

[@AndyTerry-yt6sw]

fantastic lads well done very Machiavellian if i was fit and younger would be my kind of play area

[@minimalglitch6675]

Loved that interaction lads

[@sisdl15]

Tom is no slouch, but I'm not sure if most people realise how fit the Fieldhouse brothers are. Archie's Strava is impressive.

[@royfontaine5526]

Yep 30-odd kilometres of that in a day is impressive.

[@richardwebb5317]

Following on the OS map, I was shouting Public Footpath at the screen at Metal Bridge. When there was a gap in the M6 and it was an A road, we would cross to get to a transport caff a little to the south on the way to climbing weekends. Utterly terrifying, worse than any dodgy axe placements later in the weekend. Meanwhile - Arwen awaits.

[@d6ftg7yhu]

36km in one day is super impressive but not completely unheard of. Ally did a similar distance at the end of his Scotland mission - maybe slightly less. Urban missions regularly hit 50km+ but dunno if they should count - obviously they're not as difficult...

[@itsthatsebguy93]

Absolute mad lads

[@ethanpaynter6017]

Wow these farmers have been lovely 😮. Really hope it continues!

[@607]

The contrast between this video and the one from GeoWizard is amazing!

[@aboriani]

Best of luck for you guys, but I'm rooting for GeoWizard

[@Alexand3ry]

Radios for talking to the support crew might be good additions. Or even an old dumbphone to exchange texts.

[@MarkPentler]

PPR446 pretty much your only option for radios unless you wanna do an amateur radio licence

[@_Wombat]

Lads just want to say I appreciate how you deal with all the sh*t throwers in the comments. Love the different spin you put on these missions. I do agree you make full use of your support crew though 🤣 then again, Tom needs some ammo to counter your banter.

[@hateclub]

Classic young-man bravery and ignorance of biting off more than you should really do - but making it anyway! 20 miles on that terrain without even looking tired at the end. Another reminder that I am indeed not young any more. Cool vid!

[@adamwade2546]

The marcus comment killed me lol😂

[@peterkulczycki6244]

You had me at "inaudible northern spiel".

[@georgegabriel5808]

Well played lads

[@mintysgt]

another legend at 20 mins

[@EvanG529]

The final boss of this challenge is America

[@pex3]

Disagree, it would be Russia, Antarctica, or Canada, assuming you're going ocean-to-ocean.

[@richardhallyburton]

​@@pex3I dunno, whilst those may be longer or more physically demanding, the chances of crossing the USA in a straight line without getting shot must be pretty low.

[@alexlook8017]

Chile north to south would be interesting

[@derekmarsden8934]

You would probably be shot as soon as you walked over someone else's land. UK very easy going country with a refreshing absence of handguns.

[@PeterP.-xx5wi]

​@@pex3 Lets be honest all of these places and America are impossible.

[@sebastianryslandmaltby1526]

Great work guys and a joy to watch! May I ask, do you do orienteering also?

[@JHattsy]

Second farmer passed the vibe check.

[@EricMichaelLP]

This is the greatest work on subtitles by far. First video Im watching, and I am amazed that you guys took the time to add these subtitles.

[@ceruleandusk]

Will be watching both straight line challenges.

[@Avolition_]

The guy with the glasses seems to be really nice, funny and productive

[@ecco_]

"youtube documentaries" with the peaceful music made me spit out my bacon roll

[@Sympanet]

“Wood Mode” is what I say to commence my alone time

[@Tommy-Ache]

Superb adventuring, and bloody funny

[@Pobotrol]

Posh boy charm disarms the farmers.

[@royfontaine5526]

Not the first one! 😂

[@snizzlebunizzle4836]

The year 2050 Geowizard and you guys straight lineing the moon.

[@hatman077]

the mad lads are at it again!