Walking from Stratford to Islington via Hackney with Andrew & Eden Kötting (4K)

[@NostGold]

John Rogers is my favourite youtuber handsdown, I look forward to all his videos, have to say this man is well in the legendary status.

[@timothybird4264]

Should definitely have more subscribers

[@michaelessig6376]

A walk in the city is more than the pavement and the buildings; it's the sounds, smells, friends, and friends we haven't yet met, the tastes, the experiences. This walk had everything. Now I want Suleman's dumplings!

[@estherdoyle8175]

Another splendid walk John. I did the Regents Canal in the other direction from Camden Town to Victoria Park at which point my legs gave out so had to stop for a spot of tea and cake in the park cafe. Lovely to see the City Basin too. My grandson's best mate was in the Islington Sea Scouts and they'd do training at the City Basin. They were practicing rolling and righting their canoes. Levi rolled the thing 180 degrees. He's there underwater trying to summon the energy for the full 360 degree roll when he noticed, standing on its tail in the water and looking at him, a big eel! That encouraged him to complete his manoeuvre ultra sharpish. I like to think that eel escaped from the Pie and Mash shop down Chapel Market and lived happily ever after just waiting for Levi to visit.

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

Lovely comment !!!! It seems John's channel encourages nice people to leave nice comments .

[@hannahland7863]

That was lovely. I loved seeing Eden and Andrew’s art, and as an occasional wheelchair user it was nice to see proof of how accessible the paths along the canal are.

[@eli.abramovitch]

It was lovely to meet you and this video was excellent (as always). Eli & Sivan

[@donnie8917]

Thank you for taking Eden out for a hike. A touching family moment.

[@markames3688]

Excellent walk with the Andrew and Eden Kotting. Their art looks great.

[@brianlopez8855]

Hackney has changed so much since I worked there in the mid 1980's. These posts are like taking an interesting walk with friends. Thanks for inviting us to join you again John

[@growingknowledge]

Now we all love you John but Andrew and Eden's energy was amazing - Thanks for sharing. Go well.

[@marty9011]

London is an amazing city & thank you for bringing it to those of us who will never see it in real life.

[@robbojax2025]

Inspiring segment with Andrew and Eden. I also enjoy your corrections in the editing.

[@anitaevans2432]

Such a great video John. It was lovely to see inspirational Andrew & Eden again.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks Anita

[@markriley4665]

Great!!! Working now. So looking forward to this! Love Andrew’s film ‘Gallivant’.

[@pergunnareriksson]

Great video! Great guests! Contemplative.

[@johnnylatham9738]

GREAT Video ,you introduced me to Andrew (and Eden) and i follow him and admire his art ,his films and theyre relationship greatly x

[@MrJohnQCitizen]

Andrew is such a gentleman. Twas a pleasure to meet him in Prestatyn back in 20xx

[@CthulhuInc]

so many levels of joy in this! the kottings', the vendor suleiman's, and your own, john! thanks once again - and i look forward to the virtual walks in the future 😊

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

Thanks John… triple the charm in this one 👍👍👍… and then dumplings 😁… my cup runeth over 👏

[@JohnRogersWalks]

many thanks

[@michaelwood3099]

Great stuff love this part of London the best.

[@Tom_J23]

Finally another video!! Thanks John!!!

[@athoshadjiantoni6403]

It another great walk with John Rogers. 🖐🌕

[@mokumhammer]

As enjoyable & informative as ever. Thank you John

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks David

[@kevincross9206]

As good as your walks always are John, there’s something special about being by water, love a good canal walk 👍🏻

[@priscillarampazzo4359]

As usual top video, no idea Hitchcock filmed in Hackney!

[@Theoobovril]

Super video, John. so great to see Andrew again and his lovely daughter Eden, too.

[@andrewsims4123]

Yourself, Andrew and Eden kotting 😀it doesn't get better than this! First I was influenced by "London nobody knows" especially the footage showing hanbury street.then I saw gallivant and it sealed by interest completely wonderful stuff thank you 😄

[@lindamckenna81]

Thankyou John for all your efforts

[@Redinade]

I wish I could smile like Eden all the time :)

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

Angels walk amongst us mere mortals ....

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Always a joy. Thank you!

[@Ben_Mdws]

Fantastic John - a great walk with Andrew and Eden. Enjoy it when you meet up with them.

[@RubbishGimpy]

I think I will visit the gallery on Friday and finish of the day at Cody Dock beer and bats evening. I started riding the Regents Canal in 2002. I really loved it but its almost impossible to cycle in summer now due to congestion. I'm happy its being used though. Often my rides take me down a centralised narrow point to point route and I am completely obvious to the micro towns of London that saddle these areas. Thanks to you and your videos, I now deviate off my standard routes and explore these areas with much more depth.

[@Nick-mq9on]

Good stuff as usual Mr Rogers.

[@lindasueanderson8024]

another wonderful walk with great companions - I will admit to being jealous of your trip to the Pyrenees and walking amidst that fantastic magical art - all of which I'll take over a Damien Hirst exhibit any day. Thanks again

[@alexthomson7465]

Me and my girlfriend do this route regularly. Walk through vicky Park on to the canal then follow it up to Angel. My favourite walk. We often stop in the dove of course. I didn't have a clue about the Hitchcock connection so I'll check that out next time. Thanks for another brilliant and I'm formative vid John! 🍻

[@desthompson9273]

Great walk John. It is all very different from when I worked at Hackney Hospital in 1983. Lovely to see my old mate Andrew and Eden and I was also intrigued by the VR experience and loved the floating heads!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Des

[@robertbarling5601]

Lovely video John. I went to the Olympic park with my sister about five years ago. Maybe time for another visit. Bob.

[@xqqqme]

Perfectly timed end of a season, John, so you won't be out in the heat you're having there right now. Hope you're able to find some relief during a time meant for you to be relaxing.

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Such a fun walk through a lively and busy neighbourhood. The gallery and artwork is just wonderful. I love the interaction with it so much. I wish I lived closer and could experience it myself. And as always - thanks for taking us along!

[@bnpandsc]

Great walk .. especially inspiring was Eden's and Andrew's exhibition !. Look forward to your next adventure ..where ever that maybe...

[@sianwarwick633]

I like Eden Kötting's faces

[@danieladams9950]

Great variety of content in one walk.

[@touriel8943]

The grafitti actually looks really good for once, peeping through the canal banks...Andrew & Suliman are a couple of wags arnt they...and I love Eden's flower crowns

[@josephfranklin7711]

Appreciate your films. Thank you so very, very much.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

cheers Joseph

[@festivaljapan]

I'm your Fan. Great Video.

[@robertmaitland09]

Thank you John, your filmed walks are nourishment for the soul.

[@janetfinn25]

Fabulous walk thank you, including a a baker's from Kingston where I live. I would never have recognised the places I used to know so well. Thank tou so much once again.

[@janetfinn25]

Sorry that should read you not tou 😂 aka Daisy ❤️

[@minijames2777]

Great walk as always. Lovely to meet Andrew and Eden

[@CaroleMora22]

Some familiar stomping ground in this one--nice memories. Another lovely video such a pleasure to watch and listen to, especially the gallery exhibition. Looking forward to Season 6!

[@lizstevenson7801]

Thank you for that lovely and very interesting walk. I loved the swan peddle boats on the canal, the history along the way I always find interesting. Lovely to meet Ian and Eden too, the art gallery was inspiring. The changes around Hackney and indeed along the Regent canal was very new to me. I loved the Islington tunnel at the end, had some fun times around there a a young kid back in the day....so many memories. Thank you 💕🇦🇺

[@RajSinghKhalsa]

One of my favourite videos so far, thanks John 😊

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Cheers Raj

[@jeremyrogers5103]

It's always a pleasure following your walks John. Thank you!

[@adhillon4226]

I’ve loved watching your video walks, this one especially as someone who lived and walked around this area daily. It was lovely to see Andrews and Edens artworks. Wishing them the best of luck with the exhibition!

[@amandabrown3946]

Another great vlog john,Andrew very adapt with wheelchair on stairs,annoys me not one person offered to help .

[@daveconyard8946]

Thanks John, Keep safe All. 😊

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Dave

[@trevorbarre5616]

I've just completed the first draft of a book on Crouch End, John, and your many and various walks have really affected and influenced the way that I make sense of the area and it's history and development. Thanks a million. You make walking fun (to slightly misquote Fleetwood Mac)

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Brilliant Trevor - really look forward to reading the book when it’s published

[@philburdett]

Fantastic to see Andrew & Eden's exhibition...I'll do my best to get up there if I can find a designated driver ha! He is in my top 5 people I'd love to have a drink with for sure & love his work...great stuff sir!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Hope you make it there Phil - I feel he’d love your music

[@philburdett]

@@JohnRogersWalks I'll do my best!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Thanks!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

many thanks Dan

[@ianmaddams9577]

Great to see Andrew and Eden joining you for a another beautiful walk. All the best 👍🏻

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Ian

[@ashleysgaze]

A lovely walk, John. Eden and Andrew's show looked terrific. I hope it is a big success!

[@Micktyb]

Excellent thanks

[@JohnRogersWalks]

cheers Mick

[@TimothyHalkowski]

Excellent walk, as always!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks Timothy

[@EdEditz]

Great walk John. Very enjoyable video. Greetings from The Netherlands!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Ed in the Netherlands

[@elizabethhammond5545]

Thank you for another wonderfully interesting walk

[@edenjs1503]

Another lovely walk and personally think Andrew's daughter has the perfect name 😊

[@2Sugarbears]

Excellent and interesting walk John. I look forward to OUR next one. Cheers.

[@sianwarwick633]

so much has changed great to hear more stories of what was. no more grey boxes of eels in front of the pie and mash shop. where I got a taste for peas.

[@sianwarwick633]

oh no it was Manzies !

[@williamrobinson7435]

Always good to see other people involved in the vids John. They pancakes DID look nice. Little parcels of delight, by MY reckoning. Nice one! 👍

[@J_PhD]

Thank you for another great season, John, looking forward to the next one(s).

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks JPhD

[@stuartshipton5612]

What a great walk, taking in so many old (but now new!) areas of London and Andrew and Eden's exhibition is definitely going on my 'to do' list.

[@neilcressey8189]

Great video. So interesting and so many memories. Thanks for sharing!!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Neil

[@johnplynch4866]

Among your finest work,John.Looked really good as well.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

many thanks John - hope you're well

[@louis_66]

Beautiful collages, and wonderful Hitchcock head.

[@pieterhamerslag9756]

thanks for you video

[@guidok.9853]

Definitely one of the best walks ever. What an extraordinary and totally unexpected experience. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

so glad you enjoyed it Guido

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

I totally agree with you Guido . It was one of the best walks . And yet strangely , just under half an hour long . Although it seemed to cover so much ground . No pun intended .... honestly !!!

[@dominicrivron2306]

If I had to chose my top ten JR videos, this would be one of them.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks so much Dominic- it was a special day

[@traceypistorio9660]

Striking how dry the lawns look.

[@vishalpattani2200]

Excellent, looking forward to this

[@tonywhite3835]

My manor! Live on the Hertford cut next to viccy park and fish island/hackney wick. My flats on the left at 7:30 🙂 hi John!

[@touriel8943]

proper

[@leecaston]

loved it John. thank you

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks Lee

[@Popeyes66]

Great to see your great videos again John. Gutted that the Pie n Mash has closed for good. I used it regularly whilst rebuilding the old Bakery on the street corner almost opposite. Alas,that is no longer a Bakery either. Kill.me now !

[@redfred70]

Thanks John, great vid, incredible how much East London has changed in the last 30 years. The gentrification has left somewhat of a post-exodus feel with people looking a bit bemused that so many of the previous locals have left. Eden and Andrew made this walk extra special and I hope they will join you for other trips around London. Cheers mate - all the best.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Fred

[@davidshearer8793]

Loved this one. Hope the heat isn’t too oppressive.

[@re_patel]

Whoa! This was a long walk!!

[@mattjackson4990]

Love your videos John 🙌

[@john80c]

Great walk John. Canal walks are ace, the nearest to us is the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal at Harpers Ferry which we plan to walk in a few weeks.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

That sounds like a great walk John

[@michaelmiller641]

wonderful!

[@capabilityred3606]

Cookes pie and mash shop in Hoxton is still going strong. Well worth a visit.

[@smilevideobritain499]

really interesting and very informative. thank you

[@JohnC2009Edin]

Thanks for this walk! I really feel moved to walk this (will have to make the trip to london)

[@mungmungie]

The artwork is quite whimsical and fun, with just the slightest touch of horror to keep it interesting. Seeing the variations of a theme actually imparts a level of comfort and humour that a single piece might not. All the reason to buy more than one piece! Especially enjoyable are the unintentional criss-crosses with the work of other vloggers (eg: "The Narrowboat that James Built," "Joolz Guides," and "Cannice Bannon"), yet despite the common ground, results in a video that is completely fresh and enjoyable to watch. Documenting the gentrification that is happening in many urban neighbourhoods has a universal appeal. Hopefully, some of the old businesses and activities continue in some locations. That could be the subject of a walk: noting the hold-outs that have either re-invented themselves, or have somehow fit the demands of a changing urban environment.

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

Congratulations !!! If I only had your ability to use the English language in such an expressive manner , I would be justifiably proud of myself . And I ain't joking !!! If you can find my own feeble effort left earlier , all I could come up with was Glorious .... But I now wish I had tried to follow your example , and try to add a bit of texture to my comment . Still , I think yours sums up everything very well . And no doubt , will put a skip in John's step , the next time he hits the road again . It is a great channel , and both yourself , I and all the others who are subscribed , are so lucky to have found John to take us along with him on his journey through London , the neighbouring counties , and beyond . . . .

[@truebrit3578]

Great video and for me rather humbling. Back in the early 1980s I bought my first house near Stratford station and commuted to the City daily. Having thereafter been overseas for over 35 years the transformation of the area is astounding. The humbling part? Never for one second having any understanding then that Stratford and the area would ever be anything very much more than an economic backwater. For how long had the East End and beyond been the bargain basement of the city and yet in twenty years totally transformed and full of vitality and the Arts? Where did the seeds come from for the change - the reworking of the docks?

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

I went to docklands when it was still the old docks , and only an idea in a few people's heads . That was probably around 72 or thereabouts . Literally there was nothing there , only the leftovers from a bygone age . I too can't believe that the dream did come true in the end . It's a shame the changes didn't extend as far as North Woolwich . Still I suppose there had to be a cut-off point somewhere . At least South of the river Woolwich , now has a direct connection with the New Docklands . Perhaps John could take a trip down the Thames someday , something I always promised myself to do . But of course for some unknown reason never did . Although he does love his walks , so perhaps that wouldn't work ....

[@biddylisduff]

I lived in Stratford from late 1980's, before the big changes. There had been ambitions for "Stratford City" to be built on the Railway lands and surrounding area, but not the investment. I think the Olympics bid unleashed a torrent of money from various sources, and the opportunity for Compulsory Purchase Orders to clear swathes of land of all occupants, whether business or residential. This gave a clear plain of acres of land ready for complete transformation. I was rehoused along with many others and I have rarely been back. Totally unrecognisable, for better or worse. I'll save my personal prejudice against the high density housing and limited affordability for another arena.

[@xxxxxxxx3476]

@@biddylisduff By the way , love the name .

[@biddylisduff]

@@xxxxxxxx3476 cheers!

[@seanjamescameron]

If everyone refreshes the page the video then appears.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Sean

[@shiprapandey43172]

Boats are really good 👍 and river 👌 🙂💕

[@garphykeks]

Wonderful👌🥰 (No more words available 🤣)

[@bmcd9490]

The sculpture of Alfred Hitchcock was remarkable

[@jamesreader25]

Another great video, thanks John. Can I ask a question? You didn't play it in this video, but you often play excerpts of the music that was in the film London. What's its name please as I can't find it? Thanks again.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

that's a good question James - I'm not sure I've played any of the actual compositions used in London but I've used Bach Cello Suite No. 1, G Major, Prelude since the video where I did one of the walks from Keiller's film as he uses Beethoven and Bach in the film (at least from memory) but I'm restricted to what's in the KZbin audio library and Epidemic Sounds library. Hope this helps

[@rain_down_]

No problem with playing or sound for me. 👍

[@Terry-ed1pi]

Cookes pie and mash moved to moulsham Street in chelmsford and it's very nice. 🥧🥔

[@michelinman666]

Does anyone know where Swandown is available to view? I've tried looking before and never found it.

[@sianwarwick633]

I have an idea about the Hackney Sharks 🦈 😳, and the inflated yellow marrow