FRIDAY NIGHT WALK from CITY OF LONDON to SPITALFIELDS - Post-Lockdown 2020

[@WatchedWalker]

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[@leejesson9982]

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[@saud_ss44]

goooooooooooood

[@reneezagury2588]

A very nice walk ! Thank you !

[@dossnone4554]

Walking this in the pre days, you were never able to get such an appreciation of the architecture. Feels lonely, but beautiful. Thank you so much for your care and gift.

[@nelliemelba4967]

I worked in the City 20 years ago, in this area. On a Friday night, in summer, ALL the pubs would be packed out, spilling onto the streets, with dealers and banksters in suits, and office workers. Not one suit to be seen now. Glad to see the pubs a bit livelier again In Spitalfields. Thanks for the walk, Watched Walker.

[@johnorchin8567]

I only want to watch the Post- Lockdown videos now, I hate being reminded how carefree we all were, less than a year ago. We've lived with the threat of terrorism in London, since the 1970's but nothing has really disrupted our much treasured way of life until now!

[@TheCherry145]

Really? I actually prefer the energy.. a lot less people out and about. I guess it's due to my quiet and introverted nature.

[@paullewis2413]

I certainly would rather have London with less mass tourism but not as quiet as now, after all many businesses would not survive and in fact some have already “gone to the wall”. A city needs life and a buzz and hopefully we can look forward to a much improved situation in the next few months. It’s time to end any lockdown and learn to live again!

[@lianacollet8915]

Cities need people to create a warm, inviting atmosphere. I totally understand how you feel, but the spark and life has gone out of the city at the moment. I certainly hope you get it back. I do however love these walks.

[@Blacktolite]

@@lianacollet8915 the spark and life of the city has not gone this guy walks around in middle class areas he does not go to the vibrant bubbling heart food cities of London he goes to the white neighborhood he go to the rich areas to go to the night classy neighbourhood this as the Royal London this is not real

[@lianacollet8915]

@@Blacktolite That's quite a broad statement to make Ratso. I've seen loads of these walks, before and after lockdown, and things are not the same as they were. It has absolutely nothing to do with how rich or poor the areas are. A city is a city.

[@Julian-1111]

San Diego, Ca here. So far so good, it seems that you are blazing a trail that is very promising for all of humanity. London especially, is a great place to examine this as it unfolds, a very diverse gene pool and high density population, the Pub scene, the clubs, tourists, etc. We will learn a lot from this free and open city and its willingness to be honest about the results as always. Thanks for this ray of sunshine. Cheers and best wishes

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Julian, greetings to San Diego!

[@JohnBlo76]

From 3 minutes on it becomes clear exactly how Richard Wright came up with the intro to "Shine on you crazy diamond!"

[@leannes1977]

Love how you have added the streets and various landmarks to your video. For a Canadian this is fabulous as I can follow along on my own map. This helps to plan my trip to London when this lovely pandemic is finally finished with us! Cheers Stay safe everyone.

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Leanne, glad you're finding the info useful :)

[@tchai91]

In my opinion on a beautiful Summer’s evening like this, there’s nowhere better on earth than London. With the odd exception, people of all races and creeds get together and have a good time.

[@Harvardfacebook]

Thank you ever so much for the many videos you've made. This one right now, is my very best favourite. I love it. Please keep up the good work.

[@LetsWalk1]

London always surprises me in a good way. I wish I could go there and make walking videos myself. :)

[@Blacktolite]

The is not the real London don't be fooled by this guy's videos, he's probably scared to go to the Real London, he'll probably get robbed off his camera believe me it is not London this is the rich part, the classy, middle class rich people circle of London

[@tonywasted1]

@@Blacktolite hahahaha

[@AverageWalker]

London is indeed beautiful.

[@ranjanbb]

Absolute love this video ... I lived in london for 2 years and i know how magnificent this city is .

[@alwida5891]

Love the video. Feel like I walk around London almost everyday by watching your videos

[@NehaKumari-ow3gz]

How beautifully you captured that's really heart ♥ touching

[@NehaKumari-ow3gz]

Thanks for like my comment my pleasure 🥰

[@chillwalks7404]

Felt like i was there, thank you for the walk! Keep up the excellent work!

[@flowerspringtime]

used to go work this way on route to liverpool street....not since march, i like this.

[@kevintuffley3537]

Legend, man this is the best video. I love your videos soo much and this just takes the cake

[@nadiaveronique]

I will never get tired of London ❤️

[@RockDove5212]

Your videos are wonderful. I love the steady pace , and you move the camera to look at things exactly as we would if we were standing there but you don't swing us around and make us feel sick either! Really enjoyable. I rated it 5 stars on the KZbin question thing 👍 Thank you

[@jek589]

Really miss this beautiful city. Hope visit again there soon. Thanks for video👍

[@Lucy0809]

Looks lovely and good to see not too many people x

[@momandbabystroll747]

Great video as always, thanks for the tour!

[@3inchhippotomous.508]

The City of London is a great place to wander in the weekend.So much interesting history and architecture but not to many people.You feel like you have the place to yourself.

[@cimg9673]

millions of thanks for the walk

[@toddboothbee1361]

I used to live on Brushfield Street. Looks like someone fixed up Spitalfields a bit since then. What a wave of nostalgia!

[@kevinsturges6957]

I think I just found my new favorite videos to watch on KZbin.😊

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Kevin!

[@DaisyHaize]

Ok this makes me want to see London! Love from New Zealand!

[@dossnone4554]

It looks like a lovely summer night. At the other side of the world I watch from bed, keeping warm.

[@bachbaby6996]

Greetings from Dallas, Texas: Your videos are beautiful and educational.

[@WatchedWalker]

Thank you very much BB, greetings to Dallas!

[@zh1148]

Watching your videos made me want to visit London. I did that last year. Thoroughly enjoyed my time there and planned to visit again this year but then COVID-19 happened. I still hope to visit London again soon. Till then I'll just keep coming back to your videos to relive my time spent in London. Cheers :)

[@funenglish6245]

漂亮的景色，傍晚的散步更加有情调，喜欢你的影片，谢谢分享

[@clarkmadrosen1780]

Very interesting, especially Buckingham Palace area and Scotland Yard. Lots of history there .

[@ИванХрабров-л7и]

I walked with you through the evening London. You are a wizard:)

[@crizcavalcante2575]

Leadenhall is impeccable!

[@01tk69]

Thanks for sharing ! 👍Looking forward to your next video !

[@SportsIncorporated]

Everything is so clean.

[@smithyPT]

love this!

[@navycorpsmanveteran61]

Nice video. Good to see people out and about again.

[@ViewsPlus]

A beautiful city London ❤️. Thanks for sharing your beautiful video 👍

[@ИринаЛаптий]

Какой классный ночной Лондон!Особенно, улочки пустынные, без туристов . Всё спокойно и умиротворенно. Хотелось бы это увидеть...Спасибо! ❤

[@ohnoeliaoh]

All the hard work you put on these ... route maps ... captions ... its amazing! Thats why i watch all the commercials, its the least i can do. A suggestion as someone living far away from there ... would be nice to know the "time" .... like 6pm etc. I always find myself looking for clocks to know if its dark because its too late or not hahahaha Again, having breakfast with your videos every weekend is lovely. I hope to be able to buy a Ko-Fi someone day :)

[@WatchedWalker]

OhNoelia, thank you! I will consider giving the approximate starting time, I already put the time of day but I've had several requests for a more precise time. I am curious though, why '1pm' is better than 'early afternoon', or '7pm' better than 'early evening'?

[@johnorchin8567]

St Ethelburga's Church standing there so modestly in Bishopsgate, not taking up very much space at all, but in grandeur standing far taller than The Gherkin in the background. Will the Gherkin outlive St Ethelburga's I wouldn't bet on it.

[@joanofarc2254]

I'm in the u.s. when I get back to England I'm never coming back....ever. by the way this is the only walking channel I watch. Nice job with the subliminal ww symbol♥️😊♥️

[@Sean-fu3oi]

What makes you prefer over here to the U.S?

[@joanofarc2254]

@@Sean-fu3oi I am sure I've had past lives there or something. I just feel like I'm coming home when I go there. It's probably not p.c. of me to say that the Brits are so much more well mannered.😇

[@carlac9782]

Even in the best of times I had no desire to be around a lot of people. I like watching your walks with my dinner. I can be of but not in it at all. Greetings from Germany

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Carla, greetings to Germany!

[@robertsteele9940]

Once thank you so much for ur guys effort in these amazing vlogs... 🇦🇺

[@DarrylBass]

The time of day lighting makes an average video look outstanding.

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks a lot Darryl!

[@Enigmatized13]

Great video mate. Very good. Makes me want to live in London. I currently live in Essex. Keep it up pal.

[@Peter_WongVI]

I LOVE LONDON [EVEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC]!

[@CityWalks]

🍎👍 another excellent work. Thanks for showing us around London in the evening. Must be such a relief to have things begin to open back up. All the best. - H

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Henry, yes, it's lovely to see life returning to the city.

[@Blacktolite]

This ain't London this is a gentle side neighborhoods of London don't be fooled this is not London. The real people on London is not white middle class people getting drunk or walking in neighbourhood with beautiful buildings in the backdrop fake

[@prajakta_n]

My dream destination ❤️

[@davidparada1307]

That last train station looks like the one where a The Pet Shop Boys shot "West End Girls."

[@garply101]

No, the station in that video was Waterloo. Although along with Victoria, Charing Cross, kings Cross stations et al they can seem similar. Similar layout etc.

[@davidparada1307]

garply101 Thank you! In America, we can't have nice train stations like that. 🙁

[@sevenmonths9212]

Nice video! Greatings from Naples 🇮🇹

[@WatchedWalker]

Lula, thank you very much - greetings to Naples!

[@itsadrianmusic]

In love with your content dude. Keep it up

[@shreyasc5992]

Dream place😍

[@imranzazai7404]

Amazing.

[@rhettyoungjoubert374]

Keep going with your Videos Watched Walker: Salutes also From Caguas Puerto Rico 🇺🇸🇵🇷 Brother! 👍 🇬🇧

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Rhett, greetings to Caguas!

[@rhettyoungjoubert374]

@@WatchedWalker Thanks Brother!

[@Jpkjr52]

That was quite a walk. We are not quite open yet. John is Chicago.

[@mayaf.1763]

13:51 @watchedwalker this is odd. Why is a your sign on the wall???

[@WatchedWalker]

Maya, I mention it in the description, I hide my logo in every video 🙂

[@Innerrelief]

⏹ Super beautiful experience! Interesting walking tour! have a nice weekend, greetings from NYC, we are Nelson & Ana ✌😉

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Nelson & Ana, greetings to NYC

[@gooner4179]

The sooner this Covid-19 stuff is over the better. So sad to be living in a Covid London and a Covid world.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

The Gooner they not even wearing masks

[@Gatsu289]

@@Frankieefootballmundial you dont have to.

[@abelgonzales3695]

Be glad you live there and not America. They've made everything political over here, and masks are pretty much mandatory everywhere you go. I used to believe that America was the greatest nation to live in...boy have I been proven wrong lately.

[@sergei6572]

Thank you from Russia,Saint-Petersburg.

[@Blacktolite]

It's not real London city central London the rich part with the Nash building with the beautiful architecture this ain't London its the rich parts of London

[@musicloverlondon6070]

Saint Petersburg and Moscow are places I've always longed to see. Especially The Hermitage. One day maybe! 😊

[@billybraithwaite67]

Another excellent video.. 👌 is the sound out of the osmo enhanced in any way ? It’s so clear and really adds to the experience 👏 Keep em coming

[@WatchedWalker]

Billy, I use a separate audio recorder & mics, there's a link in the description to my full gear list :)

[@gerardonunez6201]

Excelente Video.

[@alfredovalenciagarcia7245]

Grafiti Is legal in London? Minute 28:23?

[@jaysenb]

Great work, keep it up! Do you use a filter on your osmo pocket?

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Jaysen, no filter at night, only during the day if it's very sunny.

[@lovlemuscle]

NICE VIDEO ! I LIKE IT

[@greaterwin1]

I hope someday will be there👍 love from Indonesia.

[@muhammadameen3347]

nice looking night time in london

[@2Sugarbears]

26:59 can you tell me the name of that church W.W.?

[@paullewis2413]

Christ Church. Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor the same architect who designed the towers at the front of Westminster Abbey.

[@WatchedWalker]

Diana, as Paul already answered it's Christ Church Spitalfields, remember all of these details are in the video description, my pinned comment or closed-captions :)

[@cortezreinuabapropiedades4759]

nice place...beautiful city...salut from south america ..chile

[@WatchedWalker]

Greetings to Chile!

[@TribalFusion]

Most of the major Europeans cities are like this, not many people about, great if you want to visit somewhere.

[@AlanVByrnes]

Love the bridge walk❤️❤️❤️ and Sushi Samba😋😋😋

[@Nan01040]

thank you very much

[@Abwaaan]

thank you 👍

[@bruntbrunette4819]

11:47

[@gazza2933]

Pandemic or not! Still that Friday Feeling. Nice video, thanks. 👍🏻

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Gazza 29 is not that Friday feeling anymore in nyc no one party until 4 in the morning

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Do you carry the DJI Osmo on a stick? Nobody seems to look at you, noticing the camera...

[@WatchedWalker]

Willi, I hand-hold the Osmo Pocket

[@msterdam]

5:19 Found it!!😁😁

[@suginami123]

Wonderful walks. Seems I know part of them and them I’m surprised. Was I not looking before? I like London clear and empty. Bet the air is a lot better. I live in Tokyo where we wear masks all the time outside.

[@jennykingwood7250]

Nice dark

[@xxjayjayxx5685]

At what time was u walking down east London?

[@WatchedWalker]

It was around 9pm

[@xxjayjayxx5685]

Watched Walker ohhhh bc I’m planning on going London on Wednesday and I’m going for a night walk but I’m gonna be down by Westminster but I wanna know what time does the lights on the London eye turn on?

[@retroknight4209]

Plzzz do walk in Cotswolds! ❤ from Mumbai🙏

[@WatchedWalker]

Mary, I'd love to film in the Cotswold sometime :)

[@WishfulWalkingVideos]

All I can think about when watching this are movie references lol

[@bohemianbinay2997]

Nice

[@Franeeky]

I took a long walk in Central London last week and it was great. Nearly empty made it wonderful.

[@johnorchin8567]

Franeeky London can't survive as we know it being empty! The tourism and the crowds bring in the money to maintain the city at a much higher level than the provincial cities in the U.K.

[@Franeeky]

@@johnorchin8567 I know.

[@asmrfoodieuk7965]

@@johnorchin8567 I think what you mean is globalisation cant maintain itself and rightly so.

[@damianofidati2735]

I lived in London for one year and I will back on Friday. London looks a bit empty, or not?

[@deniseg-hill1730]

I have walked this route many times in the evening but to Wapping where I used to live, it was always very busy. This is so different. I wont be visiting my friends in London until next year if at all. I moved to Germany at the end of 2014.

[@damianofidati2735]

@@deniseg-hill1730 Why?

[@deniseg-hill1730]

@@damianofidati2735 Why I moved, because I wanted to live next door to my only brother after I retired.

[@arewethereyetvirtualwalkin7333]

👋🏻 greetings! Take care!

[@deniseg-hill1730]

So quiet, it would usually be packed with people.

[@Zenithnoir666]

I will be living there soon! I manifest it! ++ :)

[@ioakimmakis9288]

as always, one more great video..but, this time...a weird background noise...

[@WatchedWalker]

Yes, there was a generator (I think) at the far side of the bridge, it was making a right racket!

[@alfredovalenciagarcia7245]

Are they doing bikeway in London or why is there those orange thinks

[@Italian144]

As Roger Daltrey sang I can see for miles I could walk for miles and miles there

[@leunangonzales5024]

👌👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👌From Argentina 🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@robertsteele9940]

Sightseeing.... better than being there

[@sarahhussainalotaibi6875]

47:00 i thought it was dexter

[@KwaziiTime]

In about a month I am moving from New Zealand to Central London

[@pimpgreen8989]

Don't, your in the safest place in the world, stay there, this video is an illusion 100's are dying each day in this city.

[@sarahbrennan1342]

❤️🙏🏻❤️💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@leejesson9982]

♡♡♡

[@yosefa561]

👍👍👍

[@Tima-98]

Gréât i like ur videos🥰🥰 new friend here from Morocco waiting for your visit if u like 🌸🌸🌸