Sir Gawain & 1,000 Subs

[@lpeterman]

To a Colonial (with DEEP) UK roots, I'm thoroughly enjoying the content. Over here, across the pond, we'd say you captured a photo of Sasquatch; (or a Woodwose in your neck of the forest, so to speak.) Enjoying the content and a hearty Cheers! From the Willamette Valley of Oregon

[@tweedyoutdoors]

What beautiful scenery! ...and so skilfully captured, as always. Lud's Church looks spectacular. Have you seen the 2021 movie The Green Knight? I'm an incredibly fussy beggar when it comes to films but I _think_ I actually liked it. I wouldn't want to wholeheartedly commit to saying that for any big budget (i.e. non-KZbin) production. Perhaps I just caught it in the right mood or something...? I had a slightly surreal outer body experience when you said "It's hardly Tweedy Outdoors is it?" and thought "Oooh is Tweedy going to make an appearance?" then reminded myself I might have had some prior knowledge of it had that been the case. Although of course in this modern era of AI, who knows? Congratulations once again on reaching the 1000 milestone - here's to many more!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I must master this AI thing, now you come to mention it! But I’m sure an AI Tweedy Outdoors wouldn’t be able to conjure up wonderful food and wine in the middle of nowhere?! I haven’t seen that film, and like you I think, modern films rarely get a viewing. It sounds like I should give it a go. Glad you enjoyed the scenery - having not been there for nearly 10 years, I really had forgotten how wonderful it is. Thank you for all your help in getting my channel to this milestone!

[@joedittman5360]

Congratulations

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Joe!

[@fillwisher6236]

cant wait for this channel to gain some real momentum, it would be well deserved, cant recommend this channel highly enough. keep up the fantastic work.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much indeed - means a lot! Relieved to have hit the 1,000 - onwards and upwards!

[@philcollinson328]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd 18 months to get to 1,000...4 short months later and you have 3,000 wonderful subscribers 🙂. Well deserved success Mr WC21!.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@philcollinson328 cheers Phil. It is encouraging that the rate seems to be speeding up. I need to do a collab with someone like Mr. Beast. Can you imagine that?!

[@philcollinson328]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd I'd rather not imagine that. He'd leave you in a box dangling from a crane and for every day you lasted, he'd give you 1,000 new subscribers. We'd never see you again 🤣. 5,000 subscribers by Christmas would be amazing, doing it the normal way!.

[@philcollinson328]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd It'd be fascinating to see you do an audit with one of the more polite auditors. DJ only does industrial estates, but PJ audits has taken on the National Trust recently.

[@pwhitewick]

YYEEEEEESSSS. Massive congratulations Darren. Hugely deserved. My only tip now... Just keep doing what you do.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Paul - really means a lot. I am very grateful for the help and encouragement you have provided. You’re a 🌟the only way is up!

[@jimmyfusion-c7b]

Another great video!!... Really glad to see you have hit the 1000 subs!!!... Thoroughly merited!!!...I feel that there is a fair wind- at your back and the sky is the limit!!... now kind sire you must stiffen the sinews summon up the blood and disguise fair nature with a hard favoured rage!!!!!!!!! 10,000 subs and beyond!!!!!!!!👋👋👋

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Jimmy! Sinews stiffened and rage engaged!

[@chrish5319]

Congratulations on reaching 1000! Very sprightly for a man approaching 50. "Its hardly Tweedy Outdoors" you took the words out of my mouth :-) Well filmed and edited beautiful scenery, thank you.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Chris! Particularly the "approaching 50" bit! Boy did I miss Tweedy Outdoors on this outing!

[@chrish5319]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd To be fair I didn't say from which side.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

😂

[@hedleythorne]

Super location, and many congratulations on your milestone!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Hedley and thanks for your contribution - you’ve played a part in this!

[@hedleythorne]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd an absolute pleasure, I am genuinely happy 😊

[@philcollinson328]

Great work, Mr WC21UKProductionsUK, Mr @hedleythorne , loving your work...Although it must be said, Mr @tweedyoutdoors catering efforts have been somewhat lacking lately ...Darren could have starved to death in Lud's church...or have been set upon by a monkey man! Mind, if the Mermaid had made an appearance, he'd maybe not have shouted for help so much. You guys really must make more vids together...The Goodies have not got sh...ot on you.

[@barryconway]

Congratulations on your achievement. I see that we are now “in colour”, too. Or perhaps that has always been the case. In which case, sorry for not noticing. Good job on mastering the art of “the shoutout”, too. Mermaids, Green Knights, a Monkeyman **and** wallabies. You don’t get this stuff on the lesser channels, eh? Carry on.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

@@barryconway thanks Barry! You wouldn't see content like this on the mainstream media!

[@AdeptHavelock]

In my experience, when you disavow the existence of mermaids they've got a nasty habit of sneaking out and knocking your tripod over 😉 Well deserved 1k subs Darren...here's to many more 🍻

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

You could be right there - that was very close to the mermaid’s pool! Thank you for your best wishes - onwards!

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Hi Darren...thanks so much for the shoutout..what a lovely surprise..well done on reaching the 1000subs...very much deserved after all the hard work that you put into your videos...loved the mumbo jumbo on this one...cheers.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Steve! Really enjoyed my return to the Roaches after nearly 10 years - totally get why you love it so much. Really beautiful!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Congratulations on 1K🎉🎉

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much! Feels good!

[@Eric_L456]

A cheese and pickle sandwich would be my choice to keep me nourished on a hike. Well done getting to 1k subscribers.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! Yes, I would prefer that, but as usual, I wasn’t organised and had to rely on the garage. I need to get my act together! Many thanks for watching and your good wishes.

[@janecapon2337]

Can’t beat a cheese and pickle sandwich

[@JimBagby74]

I prefer my Roaches pinky- out! Can’t abide those budget offerings. Did you ever see that film where Sean Connery plays the Green Knight? It’s....a film. With pictures and sound.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Ha! No I haven’t seen that film, but presumably it has some age to it if he’s in it, so I might watch it!

[@thebeatentrack156]

Brilliant video Darren, as always. Massive congratulations on the 1000 subs, well deserved 😊

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you - it’s taken a while, but got there in the end!

[@smallsleepyrascalcat]

Congratulations to 1k follower! And a very nice spot to visit.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you! It’s great to have got there. Yes, can’t recommend the Roaches enough - excellent hiking!

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Hi Darren. Your channel ( and those of the other eccentric chap in Tweed ) rapidly became my favourite channels. Congratulations on a well deserved 1,000 subscribers. Momentum is now on your side. Thank you for taking us along on your hike. An interesting excursion into unknown territory. You have wetted by appetite to visit that part of the Peaks. 👏👏👍😀

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

That's really nice of you to say that - thank you! If you're heading out to the Peak District, I really do recommend the Roaches and Lud's Church. It's a walk of great variety. If I hadn't have been filming, I'd have taken in Hen Cloud too. Hope you get out there soon!

[@JimChampion]

Just read Guy Shrubsole’s book about the temperate rainforests of this nation so it was good timing for you to visit Lud’s Church for my KZbin edification. Have bought a coffee, enjoy. I recently passed a gentleman telling another that coffee makes you better at everything and it makes everything better. Quite a claim. Hope your coffee lives up to it.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Jim - much appreciated! I've just read Guy's book too - it's fascinating. I might make a video about it at some stage. Glad you enjoyed this - it was fun to make - and thanks again for the coffee!

[@martianleaderrichy1520]

Congrats on the 1K and good luck on the next mile stone 😀👍 Another great vlog, keep up the good work, thank you. Richy 🙌

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Richy - appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video - what a place!

[@andrewbarnett5542]

Nice. The Rambler who rambles on while rambling through bleak Peak weather and interesting geology which he takes for granted. I could understand your good lady’s reference to monkey man. I think she is pulling your leg. Being stalked by the monkey man is not the only weird thing she has to be concerned with. Congratulations of “pulling” 1K subs. Next time shows us your boots if you are going to do “product placement.”

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Andrew. You’re absolutely right, the monkey man is the least of her worries! Boots feedback noted and they will be featured soon.

[@JimChampion]

I think the monkey man is none other than Mick Jagger, if the Rolling Stones song is accurate.

[@MarkDerbyshiremoses]

Really enjoyed seeing this area again thanks for showing it. When I was younger I used to go climbing in these areas and fell running. Now I'm disabled I cannot go anymore, you showing the sights really made my day, memory lane. Please do more ❤

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Mark - I am so glad the video has taken you back. It really is a wonderful area and I definitely won’t be leaving it another 10 years before I return.

[@lairdkilbarchan]

1000 subs is but the first step. I sense you are destined for greatness, young man. 🥳

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much for your encouraging words and I really loved the "young man" bit!

[@lairdkilbarchan]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd 😁👍

[@petestuart6584]

One of my favourite places to walk, not being too far away. Another thing that you could have covered ( if time allowed) was the rock formation, known as "the winking man", which "winks" at you as you drive past it on the A53 (Roman road)..Great to see subscription numbers finally on the rise!!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you Pete! I will have to check out the winking man another day. If I hadn't have been filming, I'd have revisited Hen Cloud too on this hike. It really is a beautiful area - I love the transition from the Peak to lowland countryside. A chap I spoke to at Lud's Church has also given me another potential idea - he told me about a house in the woods were there were cannibals! Never heard about that one before!

[@AllotmentFox]

Congratulations on your well deserved achievement! That GoPro really came into its own in those confined spaces. Can we have a better look at your boots? I’m in the market for some.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you very much, Tom - I appreciate your support. You're the second person to request a look at the boots - perhaps I should set up an affiliate link! You can get a brief but better view, of them on last Sunday's video: The British Boulder that defeated the Romans! I think this is the "model": Men's SL Active Walking Boots. They're by Scarpa. I don't like the trendy - almost trainer like - modern style boots. I believe this model has been made the same way for decades. I've found them incredible comfortable so far and they seem to be better quality than the Hill Masters, that seem to have gone to pot since Berghaus took over from Brasher. I hope that helps.

[@gordonmculloch4904]

Congratulations on your 1k subs. You deserve a lot more. 👍

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Cheers Gordon - really nice of you to say that. Hopefully the channel will keep growing - I get a buzz out of the positive engagement in the comments!

[@Edward_Spratt26]

Congratulations to everyone at team WC21! A well deserved milestone 🎉

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thank you kindly. Building a legacy for you here!

[@david6920-r6z]

How did the Mermaid get all the way from the sea to a land locked pond? Congrats on 1k BTW! Fascinating about the Wallaby’s. they are a real pest in parts of New Zealand (introduced from Australia). Love the English countryside 🇬🇧 🇳🇿 keep up the great work

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks David! I get a real sense of satisfaction when overseas viewers comment on our countryside - I adore it and do try my best to show its diversity and beauty on the channel. Didn't those Wallabies do well to survive in the freezing cold British landscape for over 50 years?!

[@david6920-r6z]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd you’re welcome! It gets pretty cold in New Zealand winter time. However it looks like near the Roache they didn’t have much cover. Wallaby over here like to live in thick scrub. Impressed by the rolling green hills of England and the lack of pest plants. In NZ it is beautiful but pest plants are a constant battle for farmers

[@janecapon2337]

Mermaids are like whales, they can sneak inland. In Milburn, south of Dunedin, is a fossilised skellington of a whale, over 15 km inland! And its up a steep hill.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

There is a fair bit of cover along the escarpment edge at the Roaches, but those poor old wallabies must have had a nightmare with all the dogs being walked along the top. In fact, I did read some accounts of them being chased off the edge by dogs. Incredible they lasted so long up there!

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Perhaps the mermaid rode in on the back of a whale?! Or perhaps got scooped out of the sea by an eagle and dropped in the Doxey Pool! Incredible about that whale. It fascinates me that the limestone of the Yorkshire Dales was once under the sea, south of the equator!

[@iainmc9859]

I've always wanted to go there. One day I'll make a pilgrimage.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Fabulous place with atmosphere! Hope you get to experience it.

[@philcollinson328]

Great scenery and fun...That mermaid must be one tough old girl if she can manage a winter up there in that pool!. Wallabies do live high up in the Australian mountains on the mainland as well as down here in Tasmania. They can endure cold temps and periods of snow on the ground quite easily. That being said, even the coldest Aussie winters don't compare to the harsh conditions of the occasional severe winters the UK experiences, especially at elevation.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks Phil! I didn't know that wallabies were that hardy. I wonder if it was the presence of hikers and dogs that drove them into extinction on the Roaches? I read an account of one winter - I think it was 1979 - where people found dead wallabies laying around after the snow melted. Possibly it was a food supply issue. Intriguing that they grew to quite a population and then declined. The mermaid is apparently alive and well, though!

[@philcollinson328]

@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Dogs are more likely the long term cause for the Wallabies demise ....Wallabies are perfectly able to last cold winter conditions, but they are easy prey for dogs who are a unnatural predator to them.

[@charlesvigneron565]

I feared you'd find The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog among those rocks.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Yes, I had the same concern! Thank you for watching.

[@keithm603]

I didn't know submarines were around at the supposed time of King Arthur. You live and learn.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Anything is possible with King Arthur, Keith! The King who puts the "mumbo" into "jumbo"!

[@andrewlamb8055]

Monkey man!!! 🤣🤣🤣⚔️

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

I’m still having nightmares about the monkey man!

[@philcollinson328]

Guys...we need to raise a fund to buy Mr WC21, Tweedy and Hedley a trandrem. Summer is coming and I can just picture it...Tweedy at the front with a backpack laden with fine wine and cuisine ...Mr WC21UK in the middle helping with the leg power...Hedley relaxing at the back enjoying the breeze (Because he's sane).

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Ha ha! I'll set up a Go Fund Me page - or whatever it's called!

[@johnfoster6412]

Perhaps when the wallabies were released, a Yowie was let go with them! By the way, be thankful you didn't meet any wild wallabies. As an Australian, let me assure you that all marsupials have a malevolant streak a mile wild. The cute ones are the worst!! On a more serious note, congratulations on your 1K milestone. I'm sure that as "the algorithm" reveals your existance to more people your viewer figures will climb.

[@WC21UKProductionsLtd]

Thanks John! Yes, I wondered about the potential risks attached to the Wallaby release - it seems like such an irresponsible thing to have done. From what I’ve read, they were very wary of people and some plummeted off the rocks, chased by dogs. Amazing that their numbers grew to the extent they did. Thank you for your best wishes. Onwards and upwards!

[@philcollinson328]

John, you didn't even warn Mr WC21 about how lucky he was they did not release the dreaded Drop bears! ....Their only natural predator are pond dwelling mermaids...Maybe they did...🤣

[@PiousMoltar]

@@philcollinson328 Yeah maybe they did. I think a couple of them might have even ended up being prime minister.