Overton Circular | Jane Austen Walk | Cool Dudes Walking Club

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A beautiful 11.6 mile walk from Overton Station, visiting the sites of Jane Austen's youth. Ashe House where she met Tom LeFroy, Deane and Steventon where her Father was a rector.
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[@msminicooper2010]

In high school, reluctantly read Tale of Two Cities. My opinion: "It was the best of books, it was the worst of books."

[@mandyedavis7978]

I used to live just up the road from Wymering Manor in Portsmouth where her brother who was a naval captain lived. Most farmers now have electric bird scarers.

[@cdwc]

I did not know about these electric scarers. Thank you. I will look them up.

[@xrocket100]

If anyone is thinking of doing this walk it’s very very wet currently and some parts are under water. Wellies and not walking boots. Seems a great walk but I’ve been told it will be a few months until dry. Beautiful area

[@stevesvids]

In particular Marek, I most enjoyed your segment regarding manners. Please accept my heartiest appreciation for this and yet another most splendid episode. Good day to you kind sir. 😄🙂👋👋👋

[@cdwc]

Ha. Splendid, you are welcome to come for high tea.

[@roystonvasey5471]

@@cdwc What is ones position on the cream or jam first when preparing a scone my dear friend. So terribly terribly vexing isn't it.

[@hala9175]

Agreed on the pigeons

[@ChrisJones-pu8gh]

You could add the "Ducks Crossing " sign to your spotter's guide, maybe?

[@cdwc]

Good idea. I have even seen frog crossing signs.

[@enticingmay435]

What a beautiful scenery. I’m stuck indoor because I live in a city in the middle of the desert and it’s 115 degrees outside. Can’t wait to visit England one day

[@cdwc]

There is so much beautiful countryside outside the main cities. You must visit.

[@markyh0555]

Hiya Marek, hope you're well? Mountain warehouse do some excellent waterproof jackets, and they're closing down soon so can get some good deals in there. I've used there extreme parka for the last three yrs and had no issues at all. Keep up the good work. 😎⌚👍

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. I have invested in a ridiculously expensive Haglof one that needs to last me 20 years to be worth it's money.

[@Jimmyawz]

Great content

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude.

[@rentaghost]

Another lovely walk, it's a great area to explore. I had to read Mansfield Park for A-level. If boredom was a book, then that was it. I used to keep it by my bed. If ever I couldn't sleep, half a page of Mansfield Park would have me spark out 😴 Part of the problem is having to dissect every detail of these books and then write essays about them. Spoils it all 🤦‍♂️

[@cdwc]

I agree, and I bet half the bollocks people say about it wasn’t even meant by the author in the first place.

[@chumon1992]

For school I read The Shack, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, lord of the rings as my teacher at the time was obsessed with it, numbering all the bones, The Devil's Arithmetic, uhhhhhhhhh thats all I can think of atm

[@cdwc]

You were lucky to get to read The Lord of the Rings in school. Although some bits do go on for too long.

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

We read lots of Dickens, The Stranger by Camus, The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, The Return of the Native by Hardy, ...

[@cdwc]

I read two of those recently, Camus and Hemingway, both for the second time and thoroughly enjoyed them.

[@bluecraig99]

I had to read The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. Not a bad book actually. Loving the new emojis, especially this one

[@cdwc]

I heard that Thomas Hardy was quite boring so I have avoided him. I should try at least one.

[@cookster1001]

I was hoping you were going to mention ‘Dummer’ on the map which is a brilliant name for a village. Glad to see you avoided the rain. Books that I remember reading at school for English were: ‘Walkabout’, ‘1984’ & ‘Summer Of My German Soldier’. Plus ‘Midsummer Nights Dream’ when were about 11 and way too young to appreciate anything about it.

[@cdwc]

I missed that one. Sometimes it is impossible to keep track of everything with all the filming and map following. I did do a names competition on my forthcoming Boudicca Way walk though.

[@lisaperry345]

That looked like a lovely walk and the weather made it even more British. I totally agree with you on manners. When people say, "Can I get?" I want to poke them in the eye.

[@cdwc]

I accidentally said it the other day and wanted to punch myself in the face. I could not believe I had become the person I complained about in this video.

[@lisaperry345]

@@cdwc Noooooo! Marek! What are you doing mate?! 😂

[@travelbuzz1]

Ah, nice walk in the sticks of North Hampshire. I went to Overton youth hostel on a cycling trip at school maaaaaa-ny years ago. Think it got chopped by YHA beancounters ☹️

[@cdwc]

Probably got turned into expensive flats. It is a beautiful area though.

[@ExpeditionHiker]

Nice to see that part of Jane's life as it links to my walks of the Pilgrims Way and Jane's older years

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@andychurches7280]

Hard times! That brings back some memories, particularly the 'death by garlic burger' Yum!

[@cdwc]

I used to go there for my birthday every year until I was 18. Unbeatable burgers and of course the infamous Belly Buster ice cream.

[@tinfoil6150]

Loving your iPad drawings too, they are amazing! A cheap waterproof jacket is a false economy, you deserve and need the effortless comfort of a proper waterproof jacket, you suit a brighter colour like your lime one X

[@cdwc]

I like my lime one, but the pocket zip broke and there was nothing to tighten the hood which makes it redundant when you really need it. I will go for a brighter coloured one next time.

[@tinfoil6150]

@@cdwc Lime and Beetroot go well together!

[@TravellingTorunn]

Enjoyable video as always 😁 In the city where I live there is an abundance of pigeons, or the rats of the air, as some (including me) call them. But I have never seen rabbits here in the city. I actually read The Merchant of Venice at school. And I have watched the film Pride and Prejudice.😁

[@cdwc]

I found the Merchant of Venice really boring. I have not yet watched a film of Pride and Prejudice. I think they do a film or TV adaptation every five years.

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@cdwc The Merchant Of Venice was written in a very difficult old language, and I agree that it was quiite boring.

[@judybee]

Oh, you do cheer me up Marek! I so love your walks wherever you may travel.....My memories of books at school begin and stop at The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.....that year I won a Super Prize for which I had to get up on the stage at the local Town Hall to collect. With knees knocking and legs a tremble, I climbed the stairs up to the stage worrying people would see up my skirt the higher up I got, to receive....yep, you've guessed it.....The Complete Works of WIlliam Shakespeare. Fanfare of Trumpets please. Fancy seeing Buffalo...we have Highland Moos in our local field. I actually live 700 miles from Scotland. Great walk & history. And you caught the train on time...Yay! x J x

[@cdwc]

I love Highland Cattle, they look great. I will imagine you reading Shakespeare out of your window to them. I am so glad you like the videos.

[@johnharker1888]

What a dreary day , o cool one but you still managed to capture the romanticism of the windswept English countryside .Nice one

[@cdwc]

I would like to the walk again. It was very peaceful.

[@RetroRatz]

You made 11 miles look like a breeze!! I struggle after 8! Peggy does crazy amount!!

[@cdwc]

It all depends what it's like underfoot, on gravel tracks by canals it is much harder.

[@garrymartin6474]

Buffalo burgers are really tasty ! We did Wuthering Heights at school which didn't really appeal to my teenage self, although the school trip to Haworth where the Bronte sisters lived was pretty cool. Their father was a vicar too. That looked to be a really lovely walk.

[@cdwc]

I would like to do a walk in Brontë country that sounds cool. I wish we did school trips like that. We did a trip to Stratford Upon Avon to see a terrible Shakespeare play. The air conditioning broke on the coach and someone puked up in the aisle so the whole coach stank. Standard school trip experience.

[@adsheff]

I remember reading Rogue Male at school. It was a real lads adventure book - fantastic, I recommend it!

[@cdwc]

I haven’t read that cool dude. Will put it on the list.

[@mariebryant5731]

Wanted to do this walk as I'm a big Jane Austen fan......my gateway drug was 95s pride and prejudice on bbc1.....I was 15 and LOVED it......read books but my hard drug of choice is DEFINITELY Persuasion......that is THE best story. So good. My fave book at school was 'of mice and men' awesome story and can't believe my kids have now done it on the curriculum.....didn't think it'd still be on it. Great walk, nice one 👍👍👍

[@cdwc]

I have never read Persuasion. You may have just persuaded me to do it. Hahahahahahaha. That is the worst joke I have ever made.

[@lh3557]

You seem to do a lot of 'drugs'. 🤔🤔🙄🙄 What a daft reference.

[@mariebryant5731]

@@cdwc Hahaha new netflix adaptation on soon.......although I love the Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones one. Such a hopeful story, once in love, 8 years before but she was persuaded he'd be no good as a husband by his means and connections by a family friend and to walk away etc but she's still loved him all that time and always regretted it.....then he comes back into her life! Brill story.

[@affalaffaa]

It's quite amazing that pigeons are so prevalent given that their attempts at nest building appear to be half hearted at best. I guess nesting almost all year round makes up for any disasters. Also I've enjoyed watching The Pentaverate, I'd imagine that's quite a thing to have worked with Mike Myers. Thanks for the walk.

[@cdwc]

I haven’t gotten round to watching all of the Pentaverate yet. I got hooked on Stranger Things. Ha.

[@Natalie-mu3ye]

Buffalo! That’s exciting We also did P&P in school, I wouldn’t have got far on my own but discussing it as a class and watching the adaptations sort of brings you into a club surrounding these characters. I vividly remember reading Mice and Men for GCSE, we finished the book in class, with someone reading the end aloud, and I think we all felt the weight of it. That same teacher also gave some of us a copy of God of Small Things and at 14 I was probably a bit too young but it was like nothing else I’d ever read, it was incredible

[@cdwc]

We read Mice and Men when I was 13, or rather the teacher read it all as he enjoyed doing the voices. Steinbeck is my Mum’s favourite. I am just starting to read Travel’s with Charley.

[@Lukey_B]

Great ebayer fast delivery AAAAA++++++

[@systemSkynet]

Hahaa I love this

[@cdwc]

[@teaurn]

😁

[@KatieMYoung]

I remember being a bit unimpressed by P&P at school, then I went to college and there was a girl in our English class who used to carry a copy at all times and read it looking all dreamy. She kept it up for the full 2 years. Good for her. I was more into Lord of the Flies and Woman in Black. I wrote an slightly saucy essay on LotF for my GSCE and I thought I would fail/get bollocked but I got an A. I was shocked and also smug. There was a lot of Hardy on the syllabus too, I seem to recall. Far From the Madding Crowd and his poems. Currently in Canada and look like because I went walking in Whistler with no sun cream on like a prize plum xx

[@cdwc]

I think I am going to try 'Persuasion' at some point. A lot of people have said it is their favourite. I found out she used to read chapters out loud to her family to test them out, which I think is an excellent idea for editing things. Hope your tan calms down and you have a fantastic time in Canada.

[@KatieMYoung]

@@cdwc I can imagine my family suddenly all having important chores to do in other rooms if i tried that! I do find Austen more interesting as an adult in terms of social history. Imagine how exciting it would be to get a letter or flirt with someone at a party (even if they were a bit related to you haha) if those interactions were so rare.

[@chickahn]

The books I read for school were; Of Mice And Men (pretty standard I believe), The Death Of Grass by John Christopher (imagine my dissapointment at the lack of Tripods!) and Tom's Midnight Garden (I got into trouble for sneaking a copy of Alan Dean Foster's Alien novelisation into the cover of that one. I found Midnight Garden interminable).

[@cdwc]

I bought a copy of Tom’s Midnight Garden from the charity shop. I might give it back now.

[@teaurn]

Really interesting walk Marec, love a bit of history! 👍

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. (Marek ha)

[@-aquariuscyclingadventures2325]

Such an enchanting , if I may say so. Superb facts, hilarious cartoons & euphonious music. There's an exceptionally well dressed scarecrow at an allotments near me, who does a marvellous job of scaring crows, buzzards, pigeons etc.. 🌞

[@cdwc]

That might be the last working scarecrow in England!

[@tobiepedroz1321]

Another fantastically, educational walk Marek. I did Julius Caesar and The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer for my 'O' level Eng., Lit in 1986. Not a good year for me. I have discovered many more pleasurable books to read since then though so all was not lost. Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next one.

[@cdwc]

We did Chaucer too, I forgot. I don’t think any teenager enjoys Chaucer.

[@steveburbidge875]

Brilliant stuff again

[@cdwc]

[@gregmcleod7597]

nice 1

[@cdwc]

[@chrisvalentine8949]

My 12th grade English teacher had us read A Turn off the Screw and The Bad Seed. Very cool reads and a severe departure from the usual reading lists in our schools. Also, I really liked your portrait on that tree at the start of the walk, very happy likeness of you.

[@cdwc]

I have never been as happy as that ‘me’ on the tree. I have always meant to read ‘The Turn of the Screw’.

[@ve6753]

Thanks for this. I've not only read all of her novels (My favorites are Persuasion and Northanger Abbey) but am reading Smollett's Roderick Random and Southey's Life of Nelson right now. Tell no one.. Greetings from Virginia

[@cdwc]

I must get around to reading Persuasion. Thanks for watching.

[@alltheteam69]

Cracking walk, very much enjoyed the Bucolic scenes. They always go too fast. Also thx for the recommendation on the Preppy Pens…. Excellent.

[@cdwc]

I will try and put some longer countryside scenes in The preppy’s are great although the plastic is very brittle and I have had one breakage.

[@alltheteam69]

@@cdwc that would be great. yep I was surprised with how lightweight the pens are. Cheers

[@shia_labeouf]

My favourite A-Level book was Remains Of The Day. Brilliant novel with so much emotion in the writing. The '93 movie with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson does a really great job with it too. I recommend both (book first of course).

[@cdwc]

I absolutely love the film too. It makes me cry. I must get around to reading the book. I think I was put off by one of his other novels.

[@shia_labeouf]

@@cdwc Oh which one? I've not read all of them but I liked the ones I did.

[@mattentwistle70]

A bit of a damp walk Marek. Apparently pigeons are now abducting rabbits and that is why numbers are dwindling. Maybe this is due to the lack of scarecrows in the fields? All the best

[@cdwc]

I knew they were all connected! Thanks cool dude.

[@Barracuda007]

lol this was funny! subbed!

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude.

[@g3rhardt777]

We read Jane Eyre for A level and went on a trip to the local Odeon to see the 2011 adaptation directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. One of my all time favourite films. SC

[@cdwc]

I have never read or seen Jane Eyre. I must get round to it.

[@slothrr776]

I remember doing The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood which was great. I also remember reading a lot of Seamus Heaney - he's absolutely fantastic.

[@cdwc]

I have started the Handmaids Tale about four times. I must try and finish it.

[@slothrr776]

@@cdwc seems like your strategy might be wrong 😜

[@jacquettabanana]

My favourite books in school were, Flowers for Algernon & Of Mice and Men 😊

[@cdwc]

I like both of those books too cool dude.

[@davidm3569]

AHH an English walk, green and quiet. Spoiled by our damp weather. Oh well.... I was going to say "congrats on your Game Show appearance and win. ( Clever Dude ) but thought it was Pointless. 😁 Always thought that show was too hard to win and the prize money was really low. Anyway good video as always, looking forward to the next one. I see or rather hear your keyboard skills are coming along. Best Wishes 👍😀

[@cdwc]

If anything my keyboard skills are getting worse. The songs I pick are just easier.

[@SouthCoastDetecting]

Great video buddy, been to Overton a few times but didn’t know the history. I go each year as part of Carfest south with DJ Chris Evans, I attend as a Ghostbuster with my fellow Sussex Ghostbusters to raise cash for children in need. Yes I do a lot of great work for charity but I don’t like to talk about it

[@cdwc]

Excellent work cool dude. I saw a sign up that read ‘no metal detectors’ on my latest walk. I thought of you.

[@SouthCoastDetecting]

@@cdwc 😂thanks

[@oggie114]

Another lovely walk! Glad you missed the rain. For my GCSEs we had to write a comparative essay for our "controlled coursework", but we'd only studied two books when the teacher realised we had to do this essay and they'd run out of time to teach us another.....So I had to write a whole essay comparing Frankenstien to Of Mice and Men!?! Possibly the two least comparable books ever written! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I studied Cold Comfort Farm for AS Levels and it remains one of my favourite books. It's pretty funny! Is the lack of gallybaggers (aka scarecrows) due to farmers having those noise ones that I think are motion activated? 🤔

[@cdwc]

I read Cold Comfort Farm about five years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it too. No-one told me how funny it was. I have only just found out about these electronic scarecrows.

[@mr.d578]

I'm really enjoying these literary walks, Marek. As you say, I think that walk was about as English as you get - not counting the buffalo. Farmed to make buffalo mozzarella I assume, or novelty steaks. I reckon that feather was from a buzzard. The population has exploded down south.

[@cdwc]

Congratulations on the very first use of . As you say buzzards seem to be everywhere, still not as bad as pigeons.

[@systemSkynet]

Check out craghopper for rain jackets. I spent 80 quid on a craghopper jacket 10 years ago. It still hasn't let me down. Lightweight and breathable fabric but still waterproof AF

[@cdwc]

I have craghopper trousers and shirts. They are excellent.

[@thekentishpilgrim]

This seems like a very fine walk. I feel I would enjoy it. I'm not sure about the scarecrows but I've noticed around where I live they install these spinning ball things in the fields. I'm assuming they replaced the classic scarecrow and are more effective. I have to sing the praises of The Spotters Handbook. It's an activity I have found I really enjoy bringing into my walks. My high score for the year is when I did Canterbury-Ramsgate recently. Completing the Augustine Camino. 81 points. Boom! Hard to believe I'll top that one this year. Feeling pretty smug about that one so I'll sign off with sunglasses Marek.

[@cdwc]

Scarecrows have been replaced with electronic scarecrows Carlos! I found out in the comments below. Meanwhile when is the first video coming out?

[@thekentishpilgrim]

@@cdwc I’m nearly ready to release 3 videos at the same time!

[@feetunes]

Hi. If you put in a search for Rab Rain Jackets (I have no affiliation) you should come up with one for 60 squid from G.Outdoors. Not Tesco prices, but they are good quality and might suit you better long term. I tried to put a link yesterday, but think Ytube have delated it, coz against guidelines.

[@cdwc]

Nice one cool dude. I have just ordered a new one which was way too expensive. If that is rubbish I will check out the Rab ones.

[@plainwhitetoast]

your videos are a bright spot. also, nice one on pointless.

[@cdwc]

Thanks cool dude. I will win Mastermind next (I won’t).

[@PowderedCowsMusic]

I saw a scarecrow wearing a hi vis coat in a field in Keyhaven near Hurst Castle. This was probably ten years ago.

[@cdwc]

I saw some dead crows on my recent walk. I suppose that is the scare crow in the literal sense.

[@PowderedCowsMusic]

@@cdwc What about a scarecrow with a beak and wings. Kinda like the Angel of the north but the crow of the south. He’d probably have a big floppy hat and a trench coat.

[@squalloogal]

The Box Hill tea cartoon was my F@#$*&% favourite.

[@cdwc]

I enjoyed doing that one

[@squalloogal]

@@cdwc I always enjoy seeing them. You put a lot more into your walking videos than other people put in theirs. I like the stories, cartoons, artworks and alt: Mareks. Makes the videos such a fun watch. Thanks ☺️

[@TonyCRoe]

Hi Marek. Being an islander,, are you talking about Hard Times that was in Shanklin? I used to love it there in the 80's. Shame it's now gone. If you want to see rabbits, walk along the old railway line between Shanklin and Wroxall. When you're close to Wroxall you will see hundreds of them.

[@cdwc]

Yes Tony. I went there every birthday for about five years. It was my favourite place and the birthday treat. I had a cheese and bacon burger and once I was allowed to share a Belly Buster with my brother. I loved it when it came out of the kitchen with sparklers on it and everyone went ‘oooooooohhhhh.’

[@TonyCRoe]

@@cdwc That's right, I remember those burgers, but was never brave enough to attempt one. I do recall the sparklers now - thanks for reminding me. It was also the first place I was aware of cocktails. I gave them a miss and stuck to a beer. Thanks for great memories and remember......stay cool

[@jdanielpUK]

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Cool Dude in possession of a Spotter's Handbook, must be in want of a werewolf (or another 10-pointer)

[@cdwc]

Ha. An excellent start to any walking novel. 🐺

[@flechesbleues]

I don't think I read any Jane Austen at school. We did 1984, She Stoops To Conquer and A Comedy of Errors for GCSE, I think. Of Mice and Men a few year earlier. I now live in Bath, so there's lots of Austen around here (although apparently she hated it). I was recently at an event in the church where her father was married, was rector, and is buried in!

[@cdwc]

I think ‘Persuasion’ is based on how much she hated having to relocate to Bath, but I haven’t read it. I think Bath is nice.

[@HollieDollie79]

We had to study Lord of the Flies and we hated it, it was the most tedious thing we'd ever read, it was so hard to get through. My mum ended up reading it for me and my sister and doing the homework for us... I understand it's relevance now but I've not read it again as an adult, so don't know if I'd still find it tedious.

[@cdwc]

I read it in my twenties and I quite enjoyed it. I no longer trust my 15 year old self’s taste. Ha.

[@HikingWithMartin]

That was really good enjoyed that will look the walk up, did you change your audio? it sounds better.

[@cdwc]

Sound is the same as usual. Rode Wireless Go Mics.

[@michaelwhite8031]

Did you look through the Overton window ? ;)

[@cdwc]

[@musicvidztv1909]

I’ve got a scarecrow in my back garden. He’s called My Dad

[@cdwc]

On Father’s Day of all days!

[@davinacaine3615]

I had the misfortune to study Of Mice and Men. Many years later both my children had to study it too

[@cdwc]

I like that book. I think studying at school ruins it.

[@MissNancySims]

Romeo and Juliet followed with a War Poets chaser, not really a laugh a minute. I think my teacher was a sad lady, she had a print of Ophelia drowning on the wall of her office and she lived in a black house with high hedges.

[@cdwc]

I want to know more about this English teacher now. Maybe she just reads Viz these days.

[@ErinN43]

Love this walk!! I’m happy to see as I also turn into a beetroot the moment I attempt exercise. Also, I’m starting to understand the tension between and I vaguely remember reading Hamlet my senior year of high school, but there was a focus on writers of color, like Zora Neale Hurston and Maya Angelou, and books about the Vietnam War like The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Although, those may have just stuck in my mind because they all had some very sad and upsetting parts, which my memory still offers up at random moments to bum me out.

[@cdwc]

Some of those books sound depressing. I studied English for my degree. All it did was put me off reading books, and suck all the enjoyment out of reading them. I quite enjoyed Hamlet at school. Once I manage to understand it, Shakespeare is quite good.

[@ErinN43]

We spent a lot of time on Hamlet, and I came to some understanding of it. But Shakespeare makes me feel kinda dumb, and lately all I want to read is horror and weird fiction. I get most of my book recommendations from the podcasts The Monster She Wrote and Books in the Freezer.

[@Moushteh]

Just saw u in the pentaverate, caught me by surprise, great performance. Do u think any secret societies exist today?

[@cdwc]

Yes, the Cool Dudes Walking Club (except it is not secret and less powerful). A lot of those scenes in the Pentaverate were shot in the massive Masonic Lodge in Holborn, London. That is one not so secret, secret society.

[@Rickydrinkspaint]

GCSE book William Golding lord of the flies the only time I actually enjoyed my English lessons one of my favourite books

[@cdwc]

I read that in my twenties and really enjoyed it. Poor Piggy.

[@B3tanTyronne]

Way back in the mists of time, well 1989, Wuthering Heights was the main book for my GCSE English lessons and considering at the time I was heavily reading Shaun Hutson / James Herbert horror books I ended up quite liking it and I still occasionally re-read it. As for pigeons, there are loads by me, however there are a number of hawks and the like flying about as well which is helping keeping the numbers down.

[@cdwc]

I read Wuthering Heights one school summer holidays and remember thinking it was excellent. It might have been the same summer as I read James Herbert’s ‘The Survivor’.

[@spacedmonkey1375]

GCSE -Of Mice and Men (still hate it and I am your age), war poets and we must have done something else but no idea. A-Level - Sylvia Plath (hate that more than Mice and Men), Great Expectations, King Lear (liked that one), Measure for Measure, Jumpers (Tom Stoppard) and Brideshead. Degree - Heart of Darkness, Middlemarch (I was not doing a Literature degree but we still had these on a reading list for Communications Media).

[@cdwc]

I read Heart of Darkness for my English Degree too. I’ve enjoyed reading a lot more since I haven’t had to study. I normally have a 70 page rule, which is that if there are no signs it’s any good by then, it’s time to give up.

[@superdeluxesmell]

Had to read George Eliot’s Silas Marner for my Leaving Cert in Ireland and my goodness was it boring. Looking back, it was full of obsessive lunatics, thieves, murderers, junkies…Might give it a second look one of these days.

[@cdwc]

I have not read it but I have also heard it is boring. It sounds quite interesting from your description though.

[@JohnHirstUK]

That feather was from a bird.

[@cdwc]

Ha. Good facts.

[@JohnHirstUK]

@@cdwc All those years in the Young Ornithologist Club finally paid off!

[@indobleh]

Wonderful, Thank You

[@cdwc]

Thanks for watching cool dude.

[@ashleyl3699]

so is this a path that existed in Jane Austen's time that she used to walk to get to these places, a path built after her time for historical reasons to take you to Jane Austen-related sites, or just a regular path that happens to pass by her sites?

[@cdwc]

It is just a regular path.

[@ashleyl3699]

@@cdwc even still, you are really lucky to have these kinds of things available! here in canada these kinds of walking paths are super boring, there's no history here really so nothing to see or sites to stop at.

[@vimfuego13]

That Buzzard was probably killed, plucked and eaten by a rabbit.

[@cdwc]

[@peterbartlett4082]

Don't worry mate, the scarecrows are still around, you'll find them all together now in the House of Lords!

[@sfsunday74]

There's a better Jane Austen film called "Miss Austen Regrets" with Olivia Williams. Ade Edmondson plays one of her brothers & Phyllida Law is exceptional as her mum. We read a Shakepeare a year at school - R & J, Macbeth, Hamlet...the usual. And also a John Steinbeck. Of Mice & Men, Grapes of Wrath. You might like Travels With Charley. and we read and presented "The Glass Menagerie" No Austen tho. Bloody Americans🤣. I have read them all since. I like Sense & Sensibility & Persuasion.

[@cdwc]

I am reading Travels with Charley as we speak. I downloaded on Kindle to take on my walk. You must be psychic.

[@sfsunday74]

@@cdwc Ha. that's amazing! It's my Dad's favorite book. He's called Charlie. I love 'travel narrative' or whatever you like to call it. "Heidi's Alp" is my favorite & my pal, Sean Condon, has several good travel books that aren't like other travel books

[@AgentEarl]

Cool video cool dude, shame about the jacket.

[@cdwc]

Poor Tescos.

[@orangeedo]

You can't spend 10 seconds outside without seeing a woodpigeon these days. What makes it worse is that woodpidgeons taste incredible and nobody is eating them. We need a national eat a woodpidgeon day.

[@cdwc]

I agree. Eat them all. Maybe we will when the food shortages come.

[@nightheron5892]

HOAs

[@cdwc]

I don’t know what this means.

[@nightheron5892]

@@cdwc home owners association

[@cdwc]

I still don’t know what you mean by this.

[@Vurtonable]

Unfortunately the NZ strawberry laces were chewy, tasteless and no brand. Very disappointing experience. Do your laces taste like strawberry or bland rubber? I’m concerned I actually bought red rubber shoe laces instead of a delicious strawberry flavour treat. I’m now questioning my strawberry laces memory.

[@cdwc]

They are definitely not bland. I did an interview with Russell from outdooractive (the people whose app I use) and I made him try some. I will let you know when it is out so you can see an unbiased reaction to them.

[@Vurtonable]

@@cdwc this sounds very important. I will definitely tune in.

[@grampawud]

I had to study Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and as a sixteen year old, I too had zero interest in it. Because of that stupid book I only just scraped through my higher English exam. 30 years later, I tried reading it again recently and it's still a pile of rubbish. Not recommended.

[@cdwc]

I have not ever heard of it. Lewis Grassic Gibbon is an excellent name though.

[@chegeny]

As a teen, I was also forced to read Pride and Prejudice and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. It took a second read for me to appreciate and enjoy them. It takes a while for me to process what I've read. That walk looks very appealing and doable for me. Really enjoyed this one.

[@cdwc]

I also appreciate things more on a second read. Maybe having tried to write books has given me a much greater appreciation for those that can.

[@orangeedo]

[@JohnBone]

GCSE books: Macbeth (I still don't understand why Shakey is so revered), My Family and Other Animals (seem to remember I enjoyed it), A High Wind in Jamaica (no recollections of it at all, but probably hugely racist if reread today) and we had to choose a book ourselves and I chose Catch-22 (detest it even after three more rereads throughout my life, but LOVE the 1970 film - best cast ever.) For a rain jacket my two Helly Hansen jackets have never let me down, even in the tropical thunderstorms we get here. Downside is the price.

[@cdwc]

I have tried reading Catch 22 a few times but couldn’t get past the start and found Yossarian annoying if I recall his name correctly.

[@richardselwyn7458]

New member here! Checking out my new emojis.

[@cdwc]

Excellent choice of first emoji. Thank you very much for joining.

[@stephr7637]

We studied Of Mice and Men, The Handmaid's Tale, and Talking in Whispers. We also did a fair few plays like The Crucible, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet. I only did GCSE English though, so maybe in my area they save Austen for A-Level. I'm quite glad though, as I've read a lot of Austen and liked it, and I generally found being made to analyse books in school ruined the enjoyment of them. Do you think there could be something you could spray your coat with to make it more waterproof to save you having to fork out for a more expensive one just for occasional downpours? I don't have any helpful suggestions, but something buried deep in my mind-palace is telling me such a product exists.

[@cdwc]

They sound like quite good choices for English books. As for the waterproof jackets, I think there is a recoating spray you can get. I went back to my lime green one for my Boudicca Way walk and found out it is a magnet for flies. I’ve just bitten the bullet and got a really expensive one on sale. Now I feel sick.