Niton Smuggler's Trail | Isle of Wight Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club

A short walk around Niton taking in all of its incredible smuggling history. This walk was produced by Niton and Whitwell Council, and you can download it on their website here: www.nitonwhitw...
I have made an Audio Guide on Outdooractive you can listen along to on your walk here: www.outdooract...
Ebay link to the painting here: www.ebay.co.uk...
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Thank you to everyone who has supported me.
The website for the club is www.cooldudeswalkingclub.com which has lists of walks and information about what gear I use, as well as merch and other stuff.
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Filmed on a GoPro Hero 10
Gear list on website.
Music - KZbin Library
Spirit of Fire - Jesse Gallagher
Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid
Rich in the 80's - DivKid
Wonder - VYEN
State Drive - VYEN
Marek playing Beethoven Symphony No.5

[@PKandL]

This was one of my favourite videos to date. currently on a binge watch

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@wyevalleywalkers]

Just made our Sunday afternoon 😎😎

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@joetintern]

myself and my partner absolutely love this channel we just completed a 5 hour walk up to King Aurthers cave in the forest of dean 🎉

[@cdwc]

Fantastic cool dude. That sounds like a brilliant walk.

[@IlIlIlllIIlIllI]

Sunday comes up trumps. Cheers cool dude.

[@cdwc]

[@autismtintern3132]

nice one cool 😎 dude

[@cdwc]

[@judybee]

I just knew this was going to be a good one when I heard that a man named Mr.Muscle hid with the smugglers under a stone in the churchyard. Brill illustrations again Marek, my fave being the one with the well endowed lady wearing a rather fetching blue dress, sitting in her coach contemplating hiding the smuggler's bounty under her skirtNice to see Sunglasses Marek pop up again very briefly along the way being his usual encouraging self! And you can't beat a pretend horse🐴 and goat🐐 along the way to have a chat to....... Great stuff.P.S. Paul at Unusual Things is worth a watch

[@cdwc]

I will look up Unusual things. The horse was definitely real! I keep forgetting about the sausage emoji until you use it.

[@bittybottybutty9661]

Loved the video and your jokes

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@vivwebster1367]

Your so funny I love your videos

[@suelovely1954]

In response to your question about KZbin videos, I was watching RSPB videos of Norfolk a week or so ago when KZbin played your walk from Norfolk coast over 5 days. I was hooked. So thank you KZbin and you Marek for the pleasure you are providing, so many good ones it’s difficult to choose.

[@shaunhouse8469]

Respect to whoever delivered and installed the bench halfway along the cripple path

[@oscribbage]

I recommend watching Peter Hoffman's railbike adventure across Patagonia. Didn't know that was even possible and what a fantastic trip!

[@alanmaynard7842]

Great walk as usual. Like the smugglers tails of the Isle of Wight. It’s a pity the little smugglers exhibition that was based at the Botanical gardens at Ventnor has gone. A really interesting little exhibition.

[@cdwc]

I think there is a Maritime Museum with smugglers stories at the Arreton Barn now.

[@alanmaynard7842]

@@cdwc Yes the Arreton Barn Maritime Museum is Great. Some really interesting stuff there especially the items found on shipwrecks around the island. I believe the diver that found most of the stuff is an IOW local.

[@christopherthewreckerthats2295]

Hi my isles of wight brother loved the video as you know i live in portchester Hampshire went to niton on February this year went to the buddel inn in niton you know me we it comes to smuggling iv got the biggest smuggling book collection in the country got over 40 smuggling booksim still going to keep collecting smuggling books hopefully in the next year i should have 100 smuggling books.🏴‍☠️⚓⛵👍👍👍

[@MagpieRat]

There are two stupid but wonderful videos which will always make me laugh no matter what. "how is prangent formed" - just a guy reading dozens of misspellings of the word pregnant: and "Devvo Goat" - an angry goat (possibly sheep?) with the voice of the legendary Doncaster chav. I don't claim they're high-brow humour, but they always lift my mood a little bit :) Thanks for the cool walk!

[@cdwc]

Ha, ha. Both of those videos really made me laugh. It was good to see things like that never appear in my timeline. I spend too much time looking at synthesizer reviews and stationery.

[@royalfamilytintern]

😎 nice 😎

[@cdwc]

[@JonBoileauGoad]

I am chuffed that you enjoyed most of the walk, although you did miss the Star Inn and the exPub at Bier-Lay!😂

[@bangyai3194]

Great video. I'll be on the Isle of Wight in September and plan to do a lot of walking so really appreciate your videos and humour. I also like to watch Nekkid Watchmaker. A very amusing guy repairs old watches and restores them to new. Apart from his great humour it is fascinating to see the minute pieces that make up these watches. Hard to get your head around how these small parts are/ were made. Funny and therapeutic viewing. Lindybeige also very interesting. Funny and a great story teller about history and other stuff

[@cdwc]

I will check those channels out cool dude.

[@ioweiowe]

These algorithms are crazy! I also found my way to cool dudes via the nekkid watchmaker. Right, better check out lindybeige so as not to disappoint our robot overlords😂

[@nature_photography_yukon]

Great walk, love the area near Niton. Love your lighthouse painting and audio tours sounds brill, thanks for sharing!

[@cdwc]

Thanks Ellie, so glad you liked it.

[@nataliebsketching]

Thanks Marek! I thought of CDWC earlier this week when I almost did not go on a walk because I didn’t feel like it - but I remembered you saying “always go on the walk” so I did and I enjoyed it, so thank you!

[@cdwc]

I am glad you went out. Ironically it was the second half of that walk when I said that, that I got lost down some horrific hilly muddy path. Otherwise it is always good to go on a walk.

[@stripyart]

That was a great walk. Thanks, cool dude!

[@cdwc]

Thanks for the wonderful painting.

[@ColanTonkin]

I love Post10's KZbin channel, just a weird American dude walking in the wilderness clearing draining culverts that have been blocked by beavers!

[@cdwc]

Ahhh yes I have seen some of his stuff. You might have even recommended to me. The seal was the closest emoji to the beaver.

[@StevePagetWorld]

This recording of a 1987 Frank Sidebottom audio cassette brings me such joy, and whoever archived it needs a medal, I think. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opump2mtj5qdhM0

[@cdwc]

My brother had that tape!!!!! I listened to it when I was a teenager and couldn't understand what was going on.

[@davidm3569]

👍😁

[@cdwc]

[@highlandexplorer990]

👍🏼 Great video, Cool Dude! 👻 Love the spooky stories and the beautiful scenery. 😍 Those steep hills look tough, but the reward of seeing those historical sites is worth it! 😎 Have a braw weekend, mate! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude.

[@MatthewVernalls-et4mi]

Great video :D The head by the boat looks like someone from your family tree.... I've been watching a lot of Forged In Fire recently. People making stabby things and then having them tested by professionals is fantastic :D

[@cdwc]

Oh yes. My brother was into that Forged In Fire. I can see how it can become addictive to watch.

[@matthewmulvale5747]

Hi Marek. 👍😃 Always great to see a new video from you mate. 👍 I've passed through Niton, on the way to Blackgang, but have never stopped and looked around. Cripple Path looked great. The story about the smugglers in the Tomb made me chuckle. 😁 I love videos by this bloke called Marek Larwood. Does a great walking vlog, amongst other things. Has an 'alter-ego' called Sunglasses Marek, who looks completely different. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I also watch Abbie Barnes walking videos. I love old classic car barn find videos, & music videos of my favourite bands. Love any Isle of Wight videos too. Keep up with the great videos Marek. 👍😃

[@cdwc]

I used to watch Abbie Barnes videos, but she seems to be crying in all of them. Sunglasses Marek nicknamed her Sobbie Barnes.

[@matthewmulvale5747]

🤣🤣🤣👍 That 'Sunglasses Marek' follows you everywhere ! Tell him to shove off, or get an Injunction out on him ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@oz25]

Thank you for the informative and entertaining walk, video, art and music. xxx

[@cdwc]

I am glad you enjoyed it cool dude.

[@bigantplowright5711]

It is ashame the lighthouse is closed now. Splendid view from up there.

[@cdwc]

I would have loved to have gone up there.

[@bigantplowright5711]

@@cdwc There are still holes in the lens from the German bombs that killed the keepers. RIP

[@alisoncrocker9919]

I have just started watching Wocket Woy. He’s a professional jockey with a great sense of wacky humour and helps people who own difficult race horses who like running off and throwing off the riders. Woah Shamrock with nick bull is particularly funny.

[@cdwc]

They seem to have disappeared. No videos for three years.

[@jillfrancis8380]

Soooo happy to see you visiting my home 😊. Haven't been back for 4+ years and miss it so much, bless you.

[@cdwc]

Niton is a fantastic village.

[@jillfrancis8380]

​@@cdwcYes, I think so. They seem to have renamed Puckwell Lane, or maybe the other end, Rectory Lane, it used to be called Dirty Ditch. I guess they're "cleaning up' the village. Thanks for the Smuggling info. lots of things I didn't know. Lots of videos I love, Atomic Shrimp is always good, he's just done an April Fool's one which is great but a few 'in' jokes for long time subscribers. Also Troy Hawke as The Greeters Guild, just visited F1 in Australia. I also love the Yawning Man from Tom Thumb, excellent stop frame animation......I try to confuse the KZbin algorithm. Thanks for your videos/walks/drawings I really enjoy them.

[@MakeLAUGHnotWAR]

(9:10) The fact there's an entire bench in that spot but only a few sporadic poles for the handrail is...an interesting choice! As for great videos, anything The Device Orchestra or Randy Rainbow puts out is excellent 👍🏻

[@cdwc]

Holy Sh*t. I had never heard of The Device Orchestra. What an amazing channel. I love it. Thanks cool dude.

[@Billybob09871]

Adam Savage did a video where he shows his Indiana Jones prop of Henry Jones senior's grail diary. I don't know why but it seems to calm me. I really like paper based films props especially diary or journal stuff, and in this video you can see how much joy it brings him.

[@cdwc]

I had not heard about him before. Watching it now cool dude. It is so detailed it is almost a travel journal.

[@mandyedavis7978]

My maternal grandparents and great grandmother are interred in the war grave of my great grandfather who was wounded in flanders in the first world war there are also memorial plaques to my great grandmother and my grandparents on the wall in the church yard. My mum often used to tell me stories of her adventures growing up in the village in the 50s. My grandad as a lad got in to trouble with the local bobby for throwing potatoes into the fog horn at St Catherine's.

[@cdwc]

I wish potato tossing into the fog horn was an annual custom.

[@benlawry5759]

Another great installment cool dude. I really like the music / videos by Aldous Harding. ( the barrel is superb). Not an obscure choice but marvellous.

[@cdwc]

I liked that song cool dude. Also her big hat is excellent. I will get that as my next walking hat.

[@elaineforse5914]

Love these vids, gives me a much needed Isle of Wight fix ❤

[@cdwc]

Thanks Elaine and thanks for joining.

[@Skunkola]

Perfect timing, was just thinking it'd be nice if you'd popped up with another video 👍

[@cdwc]

[@wbblelebbw9678]

You can edit Open Street Maps yourself if you want to amend that footpath route. You need a free account and I’d imagine someone else has to verify the changes or else it would be bedlam. Great video as always.

[@cdwc]

I did not know you could do that cool dude. I think that Cripple Path had its location changed years ago.

[@Gultronics]

love this video. we live opposite the cripple path and would love you to do a walking tour here, you're hilarious!❤

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude

[@stevesvids]

Super vid Marek 🙂😎👍What you didn't know while at the lighthouse was.... that I too have been there. Now you know.😂 We got chased by cows .... well followed but just as scary. 😂 Will be back on the island in a few weeks for some more exploring. Love IOW. 🙂🙂🙂👋👋👋

[@cdwc]

Watch out for the horrible

[@feetunes]

I like smugglers better than ghosts, so this was right up my cove! Thanks Marek (#FreeTheIsleOfWightOne! ) And, at your request, here's a video that turns me incontinent, from Dutch comedy channel Jiskefet: English Sports. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CZlWaAd6eiatU&ab_channel=Jiskefet

[@cdwc]

Ah yes that video is fantastic. Great 'fringe ringing'.

[@rodjameson1837]

Love your videos dude, so many memories. Keep on posting.

[@anthonyhatter196]

Is it me or does that poet look like the great grandfather of Matthew McConaughey?😅 Great idea from the local Council to signpost a walk. And good public service guidance on goats, even if it did sound like a farmer's euphemism. CC #123

[@cdwc]

I thought he looked a lot like Ethan Hawke!

[@zippy4star]

Has anyone mentioned Bobby Fingers? His video where he makes a Michael Jackson diorama is wonderful

[@cdwc]

I just watched it. I had not heard about it before, and I think it might be the greatest video I have ever seen. It felt like a years worth of work.

[@zippy4star]

@@cdwc so hard to describe and yet so wonderful. Really glad you enjoyed it. I'm normally wary of recommending things, but this felt right up your street. Given you were the guy who introduced me to the man who crossed Wales in a straight line, I'm glad I can return the favour.

[@cdwc]

I had to reply again I am so awestruck by it. Thank you for the recommendation. Bobby Fingers is a genius.

[@systemSkynet]

That white lion is cream coloured. Dang I've been stroking goats for the past 3 months.

[@cdwc]

Your eyes should start to turn into goats eyes soon.

[@cleopeacock4607]

I love Atomic Shrimp's food budget challenge videos. I appreciate this doesn't sound promising, but his ingenuity and inventive approach scratches all my brain itches. His content in general is great. Foraging, walks, weird stuff in a can. We enjoyed your video (as ever)

[@cdwc]

Oh yes. I think I subscribed to him because you recommended him to me. He has a nice way about him.

[@cleopeacock4607]

@@cdwc Have I recommended him twice now?! I promise I'm not on the payroll.

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Firlmed very early morning? Normally far more people around than that. I don't think I could manage the Cripple Path any more; did it once or twice around ten years ago, but - I'm 72 now... great climb and walk though, if you're reasonably fit.

[@joannajones8218]

Just realised I won the draw! 😍😍😍

[@cdwc]

It will be in the post tmw cool dude.

[@darklordmattman7704]

hug me I'm scared it video 1 is amazing

[@jdanielpUK]

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared?

[@hugadarn5700]

cool cool dude

[@cdwc]

[@ChewyBacAaaah]

The average Victorian poet would regard brandy as a drink for kids. Likely to prefer Queen Vicky's merch from Dope Inc. Laudanum, that brown powder, or that black sticky stiff was moreish and provided inspiration. Extra point for spotting the naughty joke?

[@cdwc]

Sydney Dobell sounds like he was a bit of a square though.

[@simonk337]

I love the island. I've cycled over there quite a bit, living just the other side of the water. Am currently eyeing up a day trip to walk/run over there, but need some advice please. I'm considering getting into Yarmouth and then coming home via Cowes, and the obvious is the 14 mile coastal path between the two, but is there anything better I could walk to get between the two, up to about 20 miles? I particularly love the south side, military road etc. Thanks in advance

[@cdwc]

I’d get the bus to Ventnor then walk back round to Yarmouth. Cowes to Ryde is the worst hit of the coastal path.

[@simonk337]

@@cdwc looks like a good suggestion..thanks

[@thekentishpilgrim]

Nice walk. The cripple path looked really intimidating but also pretty cool. All small, seaside towns seem to be "smuggling" towns. I call BS on 99% of it but the poet's quote really made me laugh. It reminds me of Deal.

[@cdwc]

I call BS on you using the same font as me in your videos.

[@notherebutpossiblythere]

Another great video cool dude. I love harp music and have been slowly learning to play since lockdown. Two of my favourites I found through KZbin are: The Willow Trio performing Arrival of the Birds - Cinematic Orchestra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYvJpX9oZcyYqZY Josh Layne performing Primavera - Ludovico Einaudi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZjCe51sh9pshLc Yellow shoes Mini-Marek is travelling to Wales with us today to visit my family - will send you some photos of his adventures when we return. My 10 year old son is proudly sporting his CDWC t-shirt for the journey

[@cdwc]

I am a big fan of The Arrival of the Birds, it is one of my most played songs, I loved that harp version. The other one is excellent too cool dude!

[@chumon1992]

I honestly expected the white line to be smuggling cocain lol

[@5tam4d35]

This is my favourite and always will be 😄 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoeYgIWYdpySpNksi=QQe5tICxN2Md4RWU NOT THE SNOOKER PROGRAM 😂

[@chickahn]

Late to the party like all the coolest dudes. I enjoy Bear McCreary's scores and this video of him performing the theme from the...ill advised Child's Play remake is quite fun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3_NdHifos-LlZY Also recently discovered this channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKzq3ajbtN9hq8 Nice, interesting hiking vids to chill out to.

[@cdwc]

Nice one, thanks cool dude.

[@garrymartin6474]

Great Video ! I was looked up and down as if I was a Customs and Excise man when I went in the White Lion despite my wearing a Hawaiian shirt and having two kids in tow ! As for You Tube (and music) I enjoyed Serge Gainsbourg - L'eau à la bouche (1960) a non descript French bloke smoking cigs and singing ! I think he also got to have sex with Bridget Bardot 👀

[@cdwc]

My old German friend at university used to play Serge Gainsbourg tapes whilst smoking Gauloise Blondes.

[@chegeny]

I really enjoyed the Cripple Path and local Niton smuggling history. Excellent. I agree about the YT algorithm. I try to step outside my usual stuff. One of my all time favourite silly videos is spider dog.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Claadmd5mdrpY

[@cdwc]

Ahhh. I have seen a few rip off shorter ones, but that must be the original. It made me laugh out loud several times. Thank you cool dude.

[@tinfoil6150]

My KZbin video recommendations are: The murder plot scene analysis for Dial M for Murder kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqHNpKCmd9SbrJo Recreating Columbo by Tim Vine (all of them are great) kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3bapKpqa7Ohd7s Columbo Review- The Most Crucial Game (all of them are great too) kzbin.info/www/bejne/noWof62dederj5Y John Hoyland- 6 days in September kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKG3nqKdrJ2gaZI Superman 1978 Behind the Scenes kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6eldXyYbdSjfsk Taffin -Smersh Pod Review kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWTLm3Z-Z5mWf5I Another great video! thank you x

[@cdwc]

Wow that Columbo Deep Dive is incredible. It feels like Robert Culp is in every episode of Colombo I watch. I was looking up the rankings of Colombo's recently, they all say the Donald Pleasance one is the best. I have never seen the full episode though. Thanks for taking the time to do all the great recommendations.

[@tinfoil6150]

@@cdwc Robert Culp is a legend! The Smersh Pod do a review of the Donald Pleasance one its called Any Old Port in A Storm...you' need to find/watch the episode first tho!

[@valentine1980]

The Cripple Path looked amazing and reminded me of the opening of the Werner Herzog film, Aguirre the Wrath of God: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol7NfaSIo62Mjqc

[@MoreModeratePeril]

Perhaps Marek could go back and drag a dinghy behind him and then it would be like Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo

[@cdwc]

It was exactly like that. It is good to see they are all walking slower than 2mph.

[@takaoshimoda1154]

Bald and Bankrupt videos about Indian culture is recommended...

[@cdwc]

Nice one. Thanks dude.

[@nunyabizniz1983]

I like the TikTok videos that KZbinrs cover that make you question reality. The Mandela effect videos and such.

[@PhillipplaistedPlaisted-qu7nc]

Its really good for holidays but if you live their not a lot of things to do its only small island

[@joannajones8218]

Nice one cool dude

[@zacharypotvin6579]

Always look forward to your vids after a long night shift. Stay cool, love your sketch work! Keep at it! :) I'll have to buy a keychain soon.

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. I did night shifts once for about a year. Very difficult.

[@gregmcleod7597]

Nice 1

[@cdwc]