Gravesend Walk | Kent Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

[@Skunkola]

Good to see Richard Stilgoe in fine form

[@cdwc]

I think Tom might be too young to know who Richard Stilgoe is.

[@oggie114]

Glad you both survived the walk! Gravesend seems as ominous as its name. Next time you find yourself in Kent you should visit Pluckley. It's the most haunted village in England... though I lived there 4 years and the spookiest thing I ever witnessed was an albino phesant....

[@cdwc]

Yes, I definitely want to do that. There is a Pluckley Circular Walk in one of my books.

[@stephr7637]

Ooh I love a haunting even though I can't yet make myself believe in it. I'd honestly be thrilled to see an albino pheasant though - we've got tons of pheasants round here and not one of them has bothered to be albino!

[@janecarter6994]

Enjoyed this gritty urban walk directed by Shane Meadows probably. Well done Tom for all the fab facts!

[@cdwc]

I am sure you could find a body in a suitcase somewhere along this route.

[@wazeroonie6084]

Just joined the club, only leaving a comment so I can use some of the emojis

[@cdwc]

Excellent thank you so much cool dude. Enjoy the emojis.

[@thekentishpilgrim]

Gravesend, interesting. I think there was something quite exciting about a dangerous and scary footpath. Glad you made it back to the station anyway!

[@cdwc]

I don't think you would have survived the gang of youths Carlos.

[@thekentishpilgrim]

No, definitely not. I also wanted to add that I laughed when you said his name Crowley like the bird at the end of the video as well. Poor Tom must be fuming! @@cdwc

[@zacharypotvin6579]

You know I hear from the British that the weather is dreadful in London, but every video you post I swear... It looks amazing.

[@cdwc]

I think I went walking on the only sunny days of the summer.

[@elaineforse5914]

Love it when you walk with other people, really would make a great TV series. Should ask fellow cool dudes to send in photos of yours and sunglasses Marek in for a post video montage 😂

[@cdwc]

It is impossible to get on TV these days. None of the walking programmes are really about walking either, they all seem to end up at an owl sanctuary or taking a hot air balloon ride. Ha.

[@freddiekitzmann2299]

Loving the Videos Marek, as a fellow islander I've taken up walking as a pastime since watching your videos.

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude. Can't think of a better place to go walking.

[@harveycolven6540]

Im glad this was your favourite walk to date. The 3 daws was also a smugglers pub and has tunnels to 5 other pubs in the town. They were also used for when the press gangs were knocking about. Everyone would pile in and end up in another pub. Also to the left was rosherville gardens. Which was the brighton of its day and londoners would spend the day coming down by steam boat

[@squalloogal]

Great facts 😊

[@judybee]

There are still some remnants of Rosherville hidden away there!

[@cdwc]

Excellent facts cool dude. Thank you.

[@superdeluxesmell]

Some comics that I like: Hey, Wait… - Jason Bone - Jeff Smith The Man Without Talent - Yoshiharu Tsuge American Splendor - Harvey Pekar Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell -Tardi & Manchette Megahex - Simon Hanselmann Ed the Happy Clown - Chester Brown Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude.

[@Joiujzd]

Hey! Cool thing off a Sunday evening!Thank you for posting! The fact of the day alert made me laugh out loud😂

[@cdwc]

That bit was deadly serious.

[@iamgod6464]

Thanks Tom and Marek. What a Cool Dude Walk through a very Interesting part of Britain full of Historically Famous People Architecture, Ships, Ghosts, Strange Noises, Narrow Laneways, Floating Boots, Horses, High Voltage Electricity Pylons, Suspicious Teenagers and Intellectual Conversation. This video had it all! Well done for Surviving this Journey Unscathed. 😊👍

[@cdwc]

We were the only people to have ever survived this walk.

[@iamgod6464]

@@cdwc In that case you two need to be rewarded with Bravery Awards and Medals and Knighted by King Charlie 😊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@Deetroiter]

This is really cool. Long ago before KZbin, social media, etc I had a penpal from Gravesend. I never saw what it looked like before or what’s there. Thanks for sharing this with us all. Cheers from the States!

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. I am a big Detroit Lions fan. I even flew over to watch them about ten years ago.

[@MakeLAUGHnotWAR]

"They've taken my rates to fund lies" haha, great guests in these videos Marek 😁👍🏻 Graphic novels wise I think I've only read V For Vendetta, Tom's recommendations look excellent.

[@cdwc]

I picked up one he mentioned on Ebay for a pretty cheap price.

[@Niac022]

I worked in the comic book industry for a long time and I tended to recommend what many would call 'sleepers'. I always recommended these: Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn - About a group of lions during the fall of Baghdad Justice League: A League of One by Christopher Moeller - Wonder Woman fights a dragon. incredible art, clever writing, always enjoyed even by those who weren't really in to super heroes 30 Days of Night: Red Snow by Ben Templesmith - A spooky recommendation of vampires on the Eastern front with rather unique art that really gives the book atmosphere

[@cdwc]

Cool thanks dude.

[@MrGregoryKershaw]

Also the Fables series is very good with an intresting presmise

[@cdwc]

Cool. Will check it out dude.

[@spudmonster7419]

I was getting more of a Richard Stilgoe lookalike vibe from Tom.

[@cdwc]

A couple of people have said that cool dude.

[@systemSkynet]

Open 2 pubs next to each other in Ramsgate and call them the Dick Inns. "That's a big red boat" wins fact of the episode.

[@cdwc]

That would be a great name for a pub.

[@stephr7637]

I'm glad you are both manly men who travelled together in daylight. Watching the route made me think of those ancient highways along which rich people would go with an entourage of weapons-trained servants due to the high likelihood of attack, and anyone else who wasn't a cutthroat/robber would avoid outside daylight hours. As a modern woman without high-grade weapons training or coachmen/bodyguards I'm not sure the route is for me, BUT if anyone I know needs to dispose of a body in the South East I would recommend it highly! Also, I enjoyed the information about Pocahontas/Amonute/Matoaka/Rebecca Rolfe/etc. I like hearing about local folk on your trips, especially (Obviously I know this is highly dependent on the information available to you which may not be brilliant) of renowned ladies/less typically celebrated people. While watching this walk made me think mostly about how at risk I am walking on lonely paths, it did make me look up Pocahontas so every cloud!

[@cdwc]

Some of the places I have walked over the years have been a bit dodgy. It is more difficult for solo women I think because of the weird blokes that are around, it is depressing to always have that fear overshadowing every walk. I think a 'cool dudettes' walking club would be good.

[@indobleh]

Loving the collabs, great banter !

[@cdwc]

I keep thinking about Darles Chickens, Charles Dicken's evil twin.

[@bobfossil]

Those shoes at 10:38 have been there since I was at school near there in 2005-2010ish 😂

[@highlandexplorer990]

Hilarious banter and beautiful scenery! 😂🌳

[@paulellinson]

Enjoy yourselves!!

[@cdwc]

[@nataliebsketching]

Graphic novels: I read a great hiking book, Americana by Luke Healy, about his experience doing the Pacific Crest Trail. And Ducks, by Kate Beaton, about her time working on Canada’s oil sands.

[@cdwc]

Yes. I have Ducks. It is great but very depressing.

[@squalloogal]

‘Crowley’ immediately made me thinks of Good Omens 😊

[@cdwc]

I think this Tom predates it. Just.

[@mattentwistle70]

I've always found that Gravesend is best when you just pass through. My favourite graphic novel has to be Fungus the Bogeyman

[@cdwc]

I read that last year. Very funny.

[@JustGeorge770]

Graphic Novel - East of West is great if you want a sci-fi type thing. Thanks for the videos Marek!

[@cdwc]

Nice one dude will put it on the list.

[@louiserobb2689]

Hello! Crowley Time brought me to your channel and I’ve been enjoying a bunch more of your videos the past couple of days. Is ‘dude’ a gender-neutral term, would you say? I’m wondering whether I (a lady woman) can join the club?

[@cdwc]

Nice one. Crowley Time is excellent. I am glad you have enjoyed the videos. Also 'dude' is cool dudes walking club is definitely gender neutral I would say, anyone is welcome to join the club. Stay cool.

[@louiserobb2689]

Excellent! Thanks for replying, @@cdwc ! Happy to now be a really cool dude and use these cool dude emojis .

[@Manoghosts]

So pleased you survived the horror! Including my top 10 Graphic Novels for the season of spooks: Emily Caroll : Through the Woods Fuan No Tame : Masaaki Nakayama House of Penance : Peter Tomasi Thornhill : Pam Smy (illustrated Novel) Frankenstein / Uzumaki / Gyo : Junji Ito Spookhouse : Scott Hampton By Chance or By Providence : Becky Cloonan M R James Ghost Stories of an Antiquary : John Reppion and Leah Moore The Crow : J O Barr Ghosts & Ruins : Ben Catmull (illustrated novels) (Also shameless plug opp for my own Malevolents, The Eyrie, Hallows, Fell and Early Haunts)

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude. There is a lot to get through there.

[@judybee]

How exciting! You're getting closer! If I'd known you were there I could have tagged along for the first part of this vid & added the history of my family to the excitement of Gravo. I discovered fairly recently that my family owned the brewery & pubs that used to be alongside The Three Daws back in the day. One of them was the Mayor Of Gravesend back in the 18th Century, stopping a pistols at dawn incident in the town Lots more interesting stuff too....but you will never know now!!! Ha! Scary path isn't it further along!! I usually take a deep breath and......RUN.....x J x

[@cdwc]

I am too old to run now, I tried running fast about two years ago and it was barely any faster than my walking speed.

[@judybee]

@@cdwc It's amazing how fast you can go though when you have terror lurking around every corner of that walk!! You just take a deep breath and WHOOSH .... you're gone.... as fast as your feet will carry you! 😮😈☠💀👻

[@ianrobert6239]

I walk part of this every day to work😁

[@tonyaldridge8917]

I recently read maus having never read a graphic novel, really sth, thanks for the nice videos

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. There are loads of cool graphic novels about.

[@telboy007]

Walking down that stretch of the Thames is one of my favourite strolls, the few occasions I've made it all the way to Shornemead Fort (8:30 the fort that the youth had taken over in this video) its been empty and is quite fun to look around. I wouldn't start in Gravesend though, avoid that place! You can start by the medway canal / ship & lobster pub instead. I do want to walk further up to Cliff Fort and back, one day.

[@eldroubie]

Recently read the graphic novel Horizontal Collaboration by Naive and Carole Laurel. It’s about the goings on in an apartment block in Paris during the occupation in World War Two. Well worth a look.

[@Susiegirl87]

Cool , you walked past where I live lol 😅😊❤ .x

[@TravellingTorunn]

Thank you for again a lovely video and I am absolutely chuffed to win the price draw 🎉😊 I have emailed you my name and address. And I will send you a picture of the keyring Marek. Thank you so much 👍😁 And Stay Cool.

[@cdwc]

Excellent cool dude. It is in the post.

[@grahamcope2196]

At last, a comedian on the channel . Cheers CD and looking forward to the Halloween walk

[@cdwc]

Just about saved this comment at the last minute.

[@davem9204]

Did you walk along Gordon Promenade on the route? Possibly one of the 'grittiest' places I've ever seen in the UK.

[@cdwc]

I don't know where it was exactly cool dude.

[@lisaperry345]

Wow, this one had some contrasts! When the walk started I was like, "Aww that's just like home" but then it got prettier. Haha! I'm not into graphic novels as a rule but I did get The end of the f**king world after watching the series and I liked that. I love the new mummy keyring and you've inspired me for a halloween photo...

[@cdwc]

I think the Mummy keyrings might be my favourites. I will make another batch shortly.

[@lisaperry345]

@@cdwc I want them all but I need to calm down! Haha!

[@varis0843]

V For Vendetta by Alan Moore, Black Hole by Carles Burns. But my favourite is Like A Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes. All three have other great stuff as well.

[@cdwc]

I have read those first two and enjoyed them. I will look out for the other one.

[@MrGregoryKershaw]

Archibald Fleet!?! I recognised his voice immediately

[@anthonyhatter196]

Even the most incredible sky didn't make it look remotely hospitable . .were those horses wild? CD#123

[@tonimarieclayton9430]

Come to Erith! Theres a ton of history and a green chain walk through to Lesnes Abbey in Abbey Wood! They've recently covered up some of the train line used to run Maxim-Nordenfedt but you can still see some of the tracks and follow it to the Thames!

[@tonimarieclayton9430]

@chriswoutdoors will be able to tell you the history 😊

[@cdwc]

Sounds cool. I will put it on the list cool dude.

[@tonimarieclayton9430]

Amazing stay cool Marek 😊

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

The thumbs up with point is a big improvement on the stay cool! Well done other guy.

[@cdwc]

This is incorrect.

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

hah ah hahahah@@cdwc

[@jdanielpUK]

I'm not particularly into graphic novels, but I would recommend 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth', by Chris Ware, which is really inventive. I want to shout out to the Cool Dude who submitted the first of this episode's keyring photos since I recently survived St. Cuthbert's Way, but in reverse (not sure if that made it Satanic given that it's a pilgrimage route?). I say survived because the route took in several cow fields, some more challenging than othersNice one!

[@cdwc]

I will definitely avoid St. Cuthbert's Way.

[@markzee6331]

What was the incidental music in this post?… Great work 😁👍

[@cdwc]

It is all in the description cool dude.

[@Vurtonable]

I like to help this channel by being extremely cool. Lending my cool to yours by just being here. You are welcome. Also I don't know its appropriate to recommend my favorite 3 graphic novels in public. Obviously too graphic.

[@cdwc]

Thank you for your coolness. I feel 4% more cool now.

[@Vurtonable]

@@cdwc Now you are at least 6% cool!

[@j.aaronkambeitz9848]

"eurgh, the classics" lol

[@ogee1264]

1. Swamp thing 2. Preacher 3. The boys

[@cdwc]

Nice one. Thanks dude.

[@sueweston502]

Can't see a join button on your KZbin front page? (I've watched the how do i join video) I've been watching your videos for ages, I'm afraid I'm a slow starter. Please take my money!

[@cdwc]

I think you can only do it on a desktop computer for some reason.

[@cdwc]

You have to request the desktop version of the site - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ_coZiBas6IhrM

[@stuarthowells1151]

There’s a lovely alternative universe where you are on the telly all the time and Richard Madeley isn’t dude.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

I am here.... to see a dude walk 😊 But whats with the red boat?

[@teaurn]

It's a lightship - like a lighthouse, only on a boat! Would have been moored offshore to warn shipping, but obsolete now and just a museum exhibit I expect.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

​@@teaurnoh. Thanks

[@cdwc]

It's a big red boat.

[@zacharypotvin6579]

Also is that you playing the piano??

[@cdwc]

Yes, I am the new Rachmaninoff

[@zacharypotvin6579]

@@cdwc Sounds great ! 💪😁

[@gillsjohn1]

You missed lots out in that video Why did you not tell the history of the canal ? The Victorian rifle range The sea school that is not the Met police terrorist training ctr Shornmead fort The canal basin and lock gates History of the Tilbury Gravesend ferry Much more than you showed Inbox me and I'll show you 😊

[@gregmcleod7597]

Nice 1

[@cdwc]

[@kraven512]

Graphic Novels. V For Vendetta, Watchmen, Dark Night Returns.

[@cdwc]

They are all cool ones. Agreed.