Exploring the Delights of Barcombe Mills

[@DonsandDins1]

Nice video. I've just joined Ouse Angling, so very revealing.

[@davelucraft5825]

Another great video. This is one of my favourite spots in Sussex. The walk upstream to Isfield is wonderful as well.

[@RichardVobes]

A task for another day then! Thanks. :)

[@kyngkhari3041]

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[@lionelzaid3946]

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[@annosborne7365]

Just delightful Richard, flowers ducks and beautiful trees.

[@RichardVobes]

Thank you Ann - I enjoyed the walk myself.

[@danielsedgwick5476]

All the trees and flowers dancing in the breeze......

[@RichardVobes]

Yes, they sure were that day!

[@IngramCars]

We visited this beautiful area today, and had delicious lunch at the Anchor Inn!

[@lindakane7771]

Lovely video Richard. As a family we used to visit in the 60s. Don't remember much about it so a trip there is called for I think 🤔 Strong signs that the end of summer is here. Very beautiful but sad. However there's autumn to look forward to 💚❤️ Got pipped to the post with flower identification!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks Linda - yes it looks like some of the trees are turning all ready!

[@MrGreatplum]

I’ve always loved the sound of the name Barcombe Mills, it sounds very evocative of a past time. It looks glorious - definitely a place for a picnic and wander!

[@RichardVobes]

Apparently you can hire a rowing boat and paddle down the river too. Very nice.

[@MrGreatplum]

Richard Vobes - that sounds like great fun!

[@djmossssomjd8496]

That was a lovely walk Richard. Lots of water around, I could hear my fishing rods rattling in the shed. The Ouse is a good fishing venue. Thanks for the look around.

[@RichardVobes]

So pleased you enjoyed - you will have to get out fishing soon then!

[@jdickens8852]

Nicely done. Beautiful editing, pacing and camera work. Thoroughly enjoyed it on every level. Thank you!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks you so much - very kind of you say so. Much appreciated.

[@zoeschofield]

What a lovely place! Wonderful flora and fauna. Thank you for a great video!

[@RichardVobes]

So pleased you enjoyed it.

[@debbiecarney1724]

What a beautiful area, thank you for this video

[@RichardVobes]

So pleased you enjoyed it.

[@vestafairie]

wonderful walk, Richard! thank you for taking us along!!!

[@RichardVobes]

My pleasure - thanks for joining me.

[@LynnB_Ky]

Lovely video Richard. We are hoping to go here next week. Never been before yet it’s not too far. Looking forward to it more now we’ve watched this. Thank you

[@RichardVobes]

It is very lovely there.

[@cathybonner9437]

Richard, I was talking to my hairdresser earlier about Barcombe Mills so I googled it and up comes this video! What a beautiful place to visit, will have a drive out that way on a dry winter's day and explore for myself. We go to Lewes a lot and I know the Ouse Valley Way runs parallel to the river there, such lovely places we have here in Sussex

[@RichardVobes]

It is a lovely place to explore.

[@cathybonner9437]

@@RichardVobes I'm sure it is, now that I'm getting out more, I'll add this to my list of places to visit

[@cogidubnus1953]

Barcombe Mills...another of my childhood and teenage haunts Richard...you do treat us! In childhood I was occasionally taken there as a special treat, once or twice by bus but more often by train, (how times have changed!), for a go on the canoes and later I was one of those privileged piscatorialists of the Ouse Preservation Society...great to see it featured! Dave

[@RichardVobes]

My pleasure Dave - glad it brought back memories. :)

[@golddalekwho5944]

As a kid I used to go on a little canoe with my family. Used to be a little cafe on the river that hired the boats 70-80's. Also the disused railway station was fun.

[@RichardVobes]

I bet that fun in those times.

[@golddalekwho5944]

@@RichardVobes Yes. A trip on the river at Barcombe Mills was always a favourite. As was a trip to Brighton to the old Ghost Train and rides, on a old green Southdown bus. Plumpton race course too when I got a little older.

[@mikeyfs0838]

@@golddalekwho5944 the boats you are referring to used to be Browns boating and café, my grandparents used to own it

[@ramibu239]

Another great vid Richard! Barcombe is a beautiful area! It may need further exploration.!!! The yellow flower is Tansy (which can be detrimental to cows & horses). If anyone knows what the pink spiky flower at 6:12 I'd love to know!!!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for the yellow flower - Tansy! So glad you enjoyed the video.

[@bamptonbred]

Looks like LYTHRUM SALICARIA (Loosestrife)

[@RichardVobes]

Thank you.

[@ramibu239]

@@bamptonbred yes thank you!

[@ramibu239]

@@RichardVobes yeah tansy - I remember as a kid there was a local farmer that would hire the church youth group (which my brothers were old enough to be in at the time) to come pull all the tansy in his fields every summer. Apparently it can kill livestock if ingested. So the youth would come work as a fundraiser - many of which getting their way paid to summer camp!

[@jbradshaw4236]

Morning Mr Vobes, I see were both up way too early as usual lol. Kind regards John.

[@RichardVobes]

One has to get up to greet the morning sun where possible! Days are getting shorter now :(

[@colingibson8018]

Hi Richard. thanks for the lovely walk. Yes I agree with you, you should come back and do another video. Thanks again for your time and effort, looking forward to your next video.Be safe.

[@RichardVobes]

My pleasure - I am sure I will be back!

[@proyectosperu497]

hola amig aca visitando tu canal, excelente video , te dejo like1 for you, saludos desde Peru

[@RichardVobes]

Thank you

[@kennethgoodman2457]

Another interesting video. Reminds me a bit of where I lived as a child, my address was 2 Mill Way and the remains of the mill was still there on the river very close to our house. Strange also that the area is now set aside for conservation and there was a pill box.

[@RichardVobes]

Those pill boxes pop up everywhere don't they?

[@kennethgoodman2457]

Maybe you have also come across the great big cubes of concrete which I believe were put in vulnerable places to stop advancing army. There were still some where I lived in outer London.

[@RichardVobes]

Yes I have - I often stumble across them too.

[@claire76leach]

Thank you for the lovely video Richard I was only passing there on Saturday as I have a client who lives in Barcombe and didnt really have much time to stop but I did do a few short videos. Hadn't been there for a long long time...

[@RichardVobes]

I think it was you Claire that originally suggested to me to go there, so thank you.

[@claire76leach]

I hope you enjoyed it! The Anchor inn is up the road at barcombe cross nr Spithurst where you can hire rowing boats. I remember my dad almost rowing into a cow and getting stuck in the reeds! Lovely memories 😊

[@Red_____________]

Lovely walk 👍🏻

[@RichardVobes]

Many thanks.

[@orlas5861]

Lovely walk Richard 👏 Btw, those ' sedges ' are Bulrushes I think ! Took some home once and put into vase etc. Next morning they had ' exploded ' and were literally all over the house 😱 Took months to get rid of seeds 😂😂 👍👍

[@RichardVobes]

Ooops! Thanks for the name - bullrushes. Great story!

[@acerone10]

Hello from NE Ohio USA. We also call them Cat tails. I have collected them in early July and they stay good for years. But eventually did fall apart. Great walk, Richard.

[@heatherephgrave4481]

Lovely video Richard - not been there since my youth (since moving from area as an adult) so good to see as lovely as ever - must visit very soon … ;) By the way, the pretty, lovely smelling pink flowers that were so prolific on the river banks are unfortunately Himalayan Balsam, which as the name suggests, is a non-native plant that has become invasive in the UK and a real problem, choking out other native plants, etc ….! :{

[@RichardVobes]

Yes, invasive is a problem. A shame. Thanks for watching.

[@elcox5186]

It’s Himalayan Balsam. A highly invasive non native plant. It causes soil erosion and attracts pollinators away from other native plants. Balsam pulling events are a common method to control it. I pull it up whenever I see it.

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for that, although I d feel sorry for the plant.

[@georgetimperley8906]

Balcombe is a truly fascinating place, them pink flowers I forget the name, but I do know they are a right pain in the backside! they grow everywhere around rivers, and they're really hard to get rid of! apparently they come from South asia, and also they get eaten by cattle, you only really get them around this area from what I understand, but there's chances of them spreading in other places. Them yellow flowers I think we're ragwort which is poisonous to horses. There is two disused railway stations at Balcombe, balcombe Mills and Balcombe. Balcombe was part of Lewes to East Grinstead railway, that ran from Lewes to East Grinstead, via Sheffield Park, the base of the preserved Bluebell Railway. and Balcombe Mills, was part of the railway that run from London to Lewes. Well I did enjoy that video, perhaps you should go back to Balcombe. well done great video Richard👍

[@RichardVobes]

I clearly need to go back and look at the railway stations at some point.

[@Sparky68M]

There was a lovely pub at Barcombe mills where you could hire punts and go up & down a stretch of the river ouse , the fisher men did not like you doing that ! that was in the early 70's no sure if it's still there ?

[@deanmc178]

during the flooding of 2001 all that area was under water ,,you had to go by boat to go to the anchor inn at barcombe ,,

[@RichardVobes]

Wow! Let's hope it doesn't flood for a long time yet.

[@suebeedle6506]

There is an underground bunker close by too.

[@RichardVobes]

Is there indeed. :)

[@suebeedle6506]

Richard Vobes , I told you wrong. It’s an ROC between Newick & Fletching.

[@serioussmoke1123]

Beautiful place ive spent many wonderful days fishing the sussex ouse. Please take your rubbish home everybody :)

[@RichardVobes]

Couldn't agree more

[@suebeedle6506]

The beautiful smelling plants are Himalayan Balsam. They grow in moist ares.

[@RichardVobes]

Ah yes - I gather they can be a problem.

[@hsbcgeoff]

Superb video (as always) Richard, however, I'm interested in where you discovered the name 'Andrew's Stream' from? I've never heard it called that before and can't find any maps that refer to it as such. My eldest son, lives in the area, as I do, is a keen Fisherman and Water Bailiff and is named - Andrew. I'm sure he would love to know that one of his favourite spots is named after him.

[@RichardVobes]

I believe the name came from one of the information boards.

[@ramibu239]

The reeds - we call them cat tails in OR. But they go by many names as you can see from Wiki (thought you might get a kick out of some).... Typha /ˈtaɪfə/ is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, cattail, swamp sausage, or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō.

[@RichardVobes]

Bullrushes I think we call them here judging from other comments. Thanks for the other names though.

[@ramibu239]

@@RichardVobes I thought swamp sausage was hysterical!🤣

[@chrismccartney8668]

Giant Balsam a pernicious invader weed but superb scent..

[@lawrencehearn2000]

The yellow flower is the well known herb Tansy, also the name of my daughter, a corruption of athanasia, Greek for immortal...a very hardy and useful herb.

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks very much.

[@jbradshaw4236]

By the way.... Himalayan Balsam. Invasive species. Pretty plant when fishing .... but unwanted.

[@ramibu239]

Oh, I see you beat me too it by a couple of mins😅 Do you know what the Pink spiky flower at 6:12 is? Reminds me of Veronica but I think it much too tall to be???🤔

[@jbradshaw4236]

@@ramibu239 morning! Purple Loosestrife

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks John.

[@ramibu239]

Thank you! Yes I've heard of Loosestrife, but it is on the USDA's list of invasive species. That's prob why I have not seen it at my local plant nurseries here in OR. Beautiful flower though!

[@Steve264511]

And when the seeds are ready to be scattered, you just have to gently shake the stem and they, quite literally, explode and send the seeds flying.

[@davidbooth3285]

Geese sounds,honking? No problem crossing a toll bridge,but watch out on a troll bridge! I’m a troll rolldie hole,I eat explores for my super!?

[@RichardVobes]

Many a troll bridge I have crossed.

[@ramibu239]

Impatiens glandulifera considered an invasive species in many areas is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present across much of the Northern Hemisphere and is considered an invasive species in many areas. I love them as they look like orchids, but don't want to take risk of putting something invasive in my yard.

[@RichardVobes]

They definitely are invasive - they have taken over the river bank but the aroma is divine.

[@ramibu239]

@@RichardVobes they look like litrle orchids - so I can only imagine!!!! I've seen them in catalogs before which if they are so invasive, I'm surprised!

[@richm2835]

@@ramibu239 The smell of them always reminds me of aniseed . At the end of the Summer when the seed pods are ripe and you touch the little hair trigger on the end they explode & eject the seeds ( hence folk name " touch - me - not " I assume ?). I believe that in some areas there have been incentives to try and eradicate them . On the positive side bees seem to absolutely love them and they always get totally covered in the white pollen from the plant . Also the seeds can be used in cooking like poppy and sesame seeds .

[@shaunlaverick5793]

the culver project recently have been carrying out a dig at bridge farm near there.www.culverproject.co.uk/

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for the link Shaun.

[@SidBonkers51]

0:10 Richard, as you are so pedantic about which side of Sussex you are in all the time, here is a list of East and West Sussex post codes so you will never be lost again... www.sussexhistory.co.uk/sussex-post-codes.html

[@SidBonkers51]

ps that looks a lovely stretch of river Richard.

[@RichardVobes]

I try to be correct because I know someone else will correct me! Thanks for the postcodes! :)

[@RichardVobes]

Oh it is!

[@hildergen]

Pretty pictures but lots of misinformation! At 3 mins 30 secs. the presenter says; "the River Ouse which flows from the coast northwards". Is this a spoof documentary or another sign of global warming?!!!

[@RichardVobes]

Yes it is a spoof. The video was really about windmills.

[@hildergen]

@@RichardVobes Perhaps a little bit of advance research would help the pleasant visuals Richard. Knowing which county you are in would be a good start, followed by some basic plant and wildlife knowledge ("this is a plant with a nice smelling pink flower" doesn't really inform anyone).

[@deanmc178]

bullrushes,,

[@RichardVobes]

Ah yes, bullrushes - thanks Dean.