Hadrian's Wall and the Sycamore Gap Walk, English Countryside 4K

[@CATAZTR0PHE]

Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. The Wall covered the whole width of the island. In addition to the wall's defensive military role, its gates may have been customs posts. Hadrian's Wall marked the boundary between Roman Britannia and unconquered Caledonia to the north. It would appear that the Wall's primary purpose was as a physical barrier to slow up the crossing of raiders and people intent on getting into the empire for destructive or plundering purposes. It may be that the Wall was not a last-stand type of defensive line, but, instead, an observation point that could alert Romans of an incoming attack and act as a deterrent to slow down enemy forces so that additional troops could arrive for support. One comment on the military purpose of the Wall was that, "if there are troublesome tribes to the north, and you want to keep them out, you build a strong defensive wall". This view is supported by another defensive measure frequently found on the berm or flat area in front of the Wall: pits or holes known as cippi pits which held branches or small tree trunks entangled with sharpened branches (these were the 'cippi'). The use of such thorns and sharpened stakes was clearly an anti-personnel measure, and might be thought of as the Roman equivalent of barbed wire.

[@joeswanderings]

Thanks for the history info for us, the overseas viewers. It helps put the video into context. BTW, I think videos such as this should supplement our chilldren's education too.

[@editorinformal873]

Would such a wall REALLY slow down an invasion ? If not , it was an enormous wasted effort by Romans, who otherwise were very pratical mind.

[@bundasriharyani698]

Please to walk English coutryside anice very gland relaxtion film with calmig music

[@MsCheesemonster13]

@@editorinformal873 Hadrian’s Wall is believed to have acted as a boundary for the Romans to control trade and the economy between the two areas. Presumably, traders would have had to pay a tax before crossing to reach a potential market/markets.

[@Lynne011000]

​@@editorinformal873it was a 13ft wall when it was built and 3ft wide, over the years local people took the stones to build there houses

[@hip2bsquareguitar]

Rest in peace beautiful tree.

[@DavesWalks]

Have just seen the news 😞 Can not fathom why someone would dislike that particular tree enough to go and chop it down.

[@hip2bsquareguitar]

@@DavesWalks Unfathomable. Senseless. Mindless. Barbaric. The list goes on and on.

[@fiyaa8357]

I couldn't fathom this myself! It's just as infuirating back when I read a story about the Tree of Ténéré. It was known for being the most isolated tree on Earth. It was a single tree standing in a desert. Unfortunately it died back in 1973, How? It was knocked down by a drunk truck driver. Yup! Despite it being the only tree in the Sahara desert with mass of empty space for anyone and anything to go pass it, a drunk idiot driver happens to crash right into it! Of course it's no coincidence cause people can do stupid things while drunk!

[@Island_Scenes_Relaxation]

Did they plant a new tree? I hope so. Glad you recorded this before it happened.

[@murielneve7974]

thank you Dave for filming this walk. KZbin offered it again this morning and I watched from 40 onwards. the Gap without the Tree is shockingly stark and i appreciated the time you took to fllm it so lovingly when you did and that it's on record. The National Trust should show it in one of their properties.

[@debbiediggin4roots809]

my bucket list just got longer..❤ it, thank you for the journey

[@DavesWalks]

Happy to hear it Debbie😊👍

[@lindaposson8193]

Just looked at all my photos of Hardian's wall and not one of that lone tree. Yet, when I did the walk with you on my treadmill a few days ago the tree is what attracted me because I remembered it so well from the hike. Many of my other photos though are exactly like some of your views! Love your walks and am picking out places to visit and walk on our next GB trip. Thank you for helping me keep my sanity during the pandemic!

[@lindaposson8193]

Thank you Dave! love your walks!

[@goldamurr2148]

Revisited this walk today Dave. Just devastated by the news of its felling by a selfish vandal. I’m sad I never got to see it in real life but am glad you’ve recorded this wintery walk for all time. 😢 The way you approached the tree from different viewpoints and then came up close to it, enough to see the moss on the trunk, was perfection and especially poignant now. 💚

[@dreamcollector6811]

I would love to one day go to the English countryside and just walk/drive around to take pictures. I enjoy doing landscape photography. Really all forms are beautiful in their own way, but I could never get into urban photography. I think land is the most amazing when it's untouched by human development. Buildings take away from the aesthetic.

[@jodenvil1797]

Wonderful. A joy to wander with you from the comfort of our sofa! No muddy boots to clean either

[@dianelandreneau8543]

What a fortunate man you are to live in such a lush and historic area. I've dreamedhaven. Thank you!! And thanks to Logan as well.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed the walk, who is Logan?

[@lawannariffel4234]

Thank you for another outstanding walk.That was so peaceful, so thank you agian for all the hard work and all the time you spend bringing us your wonderful walks.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Lawanna! 😊👍

[@venkatasai1354]

It would be amazing in the summer!

[@johntyjp]

I m amazed how well dressed the granite stones are, almost like bricks!!!

[@nikil.502]

I really enjoyed this. Thank you from North Carolina.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Niki!

[@gardenerkatecarter5911]

I’m sitting here snow falling -14 degrees in Northren Canada Nova Scotia this sure looks pretty, just what I needed.

[@skyeseaborn1170]

Thank you so much Dave!

[@golafshangold3587]

... and having said that only the wise and pure at heart can appreciate your videos. Cheers

[@DavesWalks]

I fully agree!

[@helgareichert1999]

Hey Dave. Ein interessanter Spaziergang.

[@debojitthewarrior6153]

Great video... It feels real..

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

As I try to enjoy this walk , i am so saddened that this tree in yhe gap has been fallen senselessly. It is a nice walk and so quit . I enjoy hearing your steps on the ground and stone , and there you turn and pan around the tree there now gone . Thankyou for yhe walk . I live in usa , utah . Always enjoy seeing the english country side . Now this is just a memory for a tree .but oh what a tree Thankyou sgain . Very nice filming .

[@lucev7497]

Ah! Never even hoped to see the Hadrian wall from close… thank you Dave for walking for me

[@TheRealBoroNut]

38:45 Glad to see the tree has recovered so well. Its amazing what a wet spring can do.

[@DavesWalks]

Sadly the tree has not recovered.. I was just fortunate to film it before it was pointlessly cut down.

[@mustangmorris53]

Awesome, just the Channel i've been looking for. Thank you Dave !

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you found it Keith! 😊👍

[@4KWalkinJapan]

It's a Nice Video. I'm your fan.

[@worldofrandometry6912]

A nice peaceful country walk. Thanks for sharing.

[@ОльгаПетровна-ч3к]

Немножко нашего снега на ваши луга. 👍👍👍Вам за✌ труд😯 ( душевно и интересно🤔💭).

[@RebeccaRabon]

This walk inspired me to look up this locale and explore more. I find it fascinating that something 2000 years old is still standing strong. Seems like an eternity to this American.

[@wanderingthomas]

Nice long walk along Hadrian's Wall! Nicely shot as always :)

[@ADA.lifestyle]

Wow, it feels like the space planet is in this place.wonderful

[@gardenerkatecarter5911]

Blessings

[@naturewalks]

Great walk with beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing.

[@edivaldosantos8321]

45:30 A lone tree between hills during a cold weather day. What a beautiful image.

[@richardhunter7363]

I walked the full trail last summer over 6 days. This area would have been in day 4 and is one of the most impressive parts of the wall as it makes it's way over the high ground of the Pennines. Almost like being back there. This summer, Coast to Coast. Cheers

[@willowstream]

Thanks Dave. I've wondered for a very long time what it would be like to visit a section of the wall. This is a surprising and unexpected section of terrain that I wouldn't have imagined.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it R.Moon! Hope you had a good Christmas and new Year and that you are well! 😊👍

[@francoisevitard5272]

Hadrian's legendary wall. A very interesting and dangerous walk all the same!!. Also, it must have been cold, as it was January. Lots of slippery rocks and it was dangerous. One easily imagines the Roman soldiers standing guard and the Picts trying to kill them. The landscapes are magnificent in their extent and their desolation. Thanks Dave. 😀😀😀😀😀

[@ashimoda9732]

Great video! The wall with the tree looks very similar to one of the filming locations of the movie Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

[@gulfharborgirl710]

Thank you Dave! Just amazing!

[@vermeerofdelftscotlandwalk3294]

A very interesting walk. I've not seen Hadrian's Wall in such detail before.

[@niccolehoody7317]

The little cow like bro I'm eating here do u mine lol 😆 😂

[@alenshinelove]

Dave, could you please make a video of Countryside Chester? I really love England and really want to live in the Chester countryside. Would love to see those places. Thank you for your hard work) 💋❤

[@charliedanielson4970]

I just found your channel tonight. I love it! I love the ambient sounds too! Thank you!

[@DavesWalks]

Happy to hear it Charlie! 😊👍

[@sweetalyssum338]

Thanks for the walk Dave…I dream of so,easy doing it myself.

[@hellie_el]

a peaceful walk along hadrian’s wall through the moody, pastoral english countryside - you couldn’t ask for better. thanks, dave. :)

[@walk_london]

So peaceful and historically interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@LarkLemonTravel]

Wonderful walk 👍

[@magic_powers]

beautiful countryside

[@professorchitra6098]

Wonderful place , ....will I be fortunate to visit?

[@OneRedFeatherStudios.]

Really liked this literal walk thru history. Well done mate.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it RavenStrike, hope you are well!

[@OneRedFeatherStudios.]

@@DavesWalks - Trying my best mate. Hope you and the family are in the best of everything.

[@cshft]

Beautiful, Dave.

[@ellenpaasch4743]

Thank you for the hill walk. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Ellen!

[@spiritofjapan]

Really relaxing walk! Thanks very much for sharing!

[@lizwilliams14]

I’m still watching. I love it. Walks like yours inspires me to find out more. I have never been to that part of England and I’m not likely to now. I don’t live in England now and I hate flying - the crowds and the inspections. Not the flight itself. Hadrian’s wall was much wider and much higher wasn’t it originally? I’m pretty sure of that. People took the stones to build their own houses for centuries I am sure. I read that a farmer in the 1800s was the first to put a stop to it. I will check it out as soon as I finish watching. Thanks.

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

Yes that’s true

[@lindafielding6733]

I love your peaceful videos which are almost as good as being there in person. Have walked that section twice, thanks for bringing back memories. Thank you for all your work, much appreciated.

[@DavesWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Linda!

[@paulamatthews4927]

I do love your "quiet" walks.

[@katana164]

Fantastic to see this walk. A lot of ups and downs mate, thank you so much for this great experience and your time.

[@LegendGamer56]

If the rocks, the trees or whatever is on earth could speak, they will tell us the stories of the past which we never knew about. God knows best.

[@zakariamohamed7175]

Amazing 😻🌿💚

[@relaxingblog]

"The saddest part is when the person who gave you the best memory,becomes a memory

[@DavesWalks]

true, but also don't be sad when someone is gone, but be happy that you ever met them. 😊👍

[@pmjmiller]

nice vid thanks

[@israeldavidleonrodriguez2887]

Even this artificial wall became a part of nature at the end. Anyone has never got to look down on the value of this nature.

[@DebbieDoss-uk5tx]

Thanks!

[@DavesWalks]

Thank you kindly! It is much appreciated Debbie!

[@BrianaSanchez]

Happiest New Year to you Dave!! Thank you for the lovely walks provided in 2021, looking forward to where we'll go next! Blessings :)

[@DavesWalks]

Thank you Briana!

[@Smile342]

Howdy how long did you walk and where did you walk?? Will follow this path soon and would like to know where to stop.

[@DavesWalks]

Hey there Robin Hood, I walked for about one hour, and I walked along Hadrian's Wall to the Sycamore Gap. The car park at the start is called Steel Rig car park, there is a map in the description that marks out the exact path that is walked in this video. 😊👍

[@Smile342]

@@DavesWalks Definitely want to go there next week. Kind regards Robin of Sherwood

[@golafshangold3587]

Honestly, it's the best videos ever. Thank you dave for all your effort with these videos. I rather watch your videos, than some fictional brainless self made crazy confusion movie on TV. Million thanks. You are the brain saver.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@editorinformal873]

The gap appears on the film " Robin Hood ", with Kevin Costner

[@СлаваСССР]

best video

[@walkingwithathermosinrussi5090]

Greetings from Russia

[@TheRealBoroNut]

I find it highly amusing that after a long line of Caesars there was eventually an Emperor called Hadrian Swall. You couldn't make it up. Not as well as I can anyroad.

[@castr-san1046]

Good

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

A symbol of the desperate state our planet is in. Humanity is simply too stupid to exist. All we can do is keep planting more trees and just hope there is some turn for the better

[@tawansrithrachaikul4573]

England is the best country in the world. No country even comes close.

[@TheRealBoroNut]

Not sure that's true. Wales and Scotland are right next door.

[@WalkAr0und]

She will never see another winter 🙁 I was there about three weeks before the end 🙁

[@Mossyz.]

So sad that this tree is no longer here .

[@89128]

Archologists have determined that each legionnaire assigned to the wall was responsible for building the length of both arms, about 6 feet of wall. The stone selected was the hardest in country. Must have been an enormous amount of cussing building the wall.

[@sonacapkova]

👍🌿

[@FlexxenRandomPlaces]

Now count the stones

[@Smile342]

Do you have a post code?? Would like to visit the place

[@DavesWalks]

NE47 7AN Should get you to the Steel Rigg Car Park where this video starts.

[@Smile342]

@@DavesWalks You are a Star. Love walking 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

[@dancleasby151]

Robin Hood!

[@amg3021]

Leave it to regrow branches and maybe live another 100 years. Root removal.would be further destruction and utter sadness. Plant more trees, yes. But leave this one as a reminder of what terrible people live among us, and that we will try to help make things better. Leave the tree alone.

[@editorinformal873]

Shame ... ! Read that the gorgeous tree on the gap was cut down by a teenage vandal .

[@DavesWalks]

A teenager was arrested, and then a 60 yr old has also been arrested. No confirmation yet on what exactly happened.

[@joeswanderings]

Hadrian: "Now we're here, go ahead and build a wall right across the island through the lumpy countryside". Troops: "Happy days!" A scramble along the wall and long, slow panning shots really show off the surrounding countryside well and put the whole wall in its context. Your videos just keep on getting better. 🧱