Walking in the South Pennines | Wildlife and local history

This is a bit of a compilation of a few recent short walks in and around my local patch in the South Pennines.
Finding edible mushrooms was high on the agenda but I dabble in a few other things too.

[@PhilWaud]

Thanks Chris, I could watch videos like this all day - full of local knowledge and some stunning countryside. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChrisJB]

Glad you enjoyed it Phil. I wonder about how stuff like this (rather than wildcamping) is received so your comment gives me encouragement. 🙂

[@PhilWaud]

@@ChrisJB the uniqueness of your channel is your knowledge and passion for your environment. I think you could do a walk round your own garden and make it interesting!

[@thewanderingforester]

Enjoyed that. I've become aware of how little I know about the nature I'm spending time in - mainly by watching people like yourself who know so much. Thanks for sharing

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Roger. I do sometimes wonder how these non-wildcamping vids are received. Hope you are well mate. 👍

[@DanOpdal]

Thank you for sharing your video! Thank you for taking me along. Cheers!

[@ChrisJB]

Glad you enjoyed it Dan. ATB, Chris

[@FeralFrolics]

Your wild camping vids are great Chris, but its not just about that with you.. its your knowledge and obvious love of the wilderness, the open moors, and everything you come across while exploring. I've watched vids of yours and shown them to my partner and said 'look! Thats what we saw today!' And then known what we were looking at. Yep, thoroughly enjoyable. We had a picnic at wrigleys cabin the other day.. that was through discovering your channel.. what a spot! 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Mats and thank you for your very generous comment. It's good to know folk like the wider aspect to the films as I sometimes wonder if I overdo it a bit! I have a soft spot for Wrigley's Cabin. It's very peaceful and you rarely see anyone thereabouts. Best wishes, Chris

[@chriswhite2714]

Wow them horse mushrooms were massive, fantastic video Chris 👊👍🥃

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Chris. Yep, both this year and last year has been great for horse mushrooms locally. Glad you liked it mate.

[@JUANORQUIO]

W❤W! That’s Incredibly Awesome And Lovely Adventure! Cheers!🥂❤️✨

[@ChrisJB]

Glad you liked it. 🙂

[@ronpowell6372]

Aye up Chris hope you’re OK. Loved this post very very informative and very usefully different. My dad used to know all our local mushroom spots and I’ve been going there ever since. Sadly improved pastures in our area have diminished the wild yield but there are still plenty to find. When I was working as a Countryside Ranger for our local authority, my manager had Polish ancestry and his dad was still around. His dad I suppose was an very good amateur mycophile and I discovered lots of locations from him especially a prolific CEP location which I’ve kept secret for years and still have…yum yum!!! On another note, as I’ve posted before, I’m on the Humberhead Levels and I recently spent a couple of days on our local SSSIs at Broadbent Gate Moors and Inkle Moor with my botanist, cecidologist, Lepidopterologist and malacologist friends investigating these wonderful habitats we found a very sustainable habitat that was welcoming and some ways of intervention to protect them. But I loved this post, it was vibrant and refreshing to know we’ve still got a helluva lot of wonderful ecosystems on our doorsteps but sadly, what they weren’t when we wo kids. Take care Chris and keep posting. Bessies Ron

[@ChrisJB]

Many thanks Ron I've said it before but I'm always a bit hesitant putting stuff like this out as it is a bit niche so it's nice to get some positive feedback. Alas I am not able to go wildcamping every weekend so little jaunts like these in the local countryside fill in the gaps. Yes, the folks on the continent seem more in tune with gathering mushrooms. It seems quite normal over there. I discovered a good cep site right under my nose last autumn, though more often than not the slugs usually beat me to them. The ones I'm keen to find are chanterelles, though have never found them local to me (seen them in the Lakes). ATB pal, Chris

[@titothetroddler]

Enjoyed that Chris, lovely little collection, garden fence could do with a wet of stain mind you 😂, every time I pass a flower I think I should mention it on my videos so you can educate me, hope you got back from Hawaii ok All the best TtT 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Tito👍. Yep, I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to DIY. Apart from the horrible long journey and the jet leg we all got home in one piece. 🙂

[@JenniferLupine]

Hi Chris- fun to see some of your local area and tag along with your mushroom hunting! You found some really nice ones! I'm not much of an eater, but I love their shapes, colors and variety! Pretty wildflowers and a few nice butterflies too :). Great to hear some of the local history and how the farming has changed over the years. Very enjoyable! :) Cheers- Jen

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Jennifer. Yes, even if you don't eat the mushrooms, they are still good to stumble upon, seeming otherworldly in their appearance and habits. I'm making the most of the late summer wildflowers now with autumn on the way. 😭. Bye for now, Chris

[@JenniferLupine]

@@ChrisJB I think it’s been too dry here for mushrooms- we finally got a little rain last night, maybe we’ll see some over the next few weeks. The summer has gone by fast for us this year- hard to believe it’s almost fall!

[@anthonypayne1]

Really enjoyed that Chris, I hope you do make more of these, I love the history of places too! 👍👍

[@ChrisJB]

Thank you Anthony. I do enjoy making films like this. They are a bit less predictable than the wild-camping films I churn out. Hope you are well and best wishes, Chris

[@DaveGoodman1959]

That was so good Chris, my old Dad would regularly bring home a plate of mushrooms from his local walks which I found a bit worrisome. 🤔 Thanks 🍺

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks mate 👍. The missus is not always so keen to try what I bring home....🤔🍄🍽🤮

[@carolfitton2007]

Great video, very informative some of those mushrooms were huge. 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Glad you liked it Carol. Yep, was chuffed with the horse mushrooms 🍄.

[@DesGreene]

Enjoyed that Chris! Some great places and some lovely looking mushrooms. Cooking video next? 😁 I love finding funghi, but not sure I'd ever be confident enough to eat any I'd found myself! All the best and see you soon👍

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks mate. Cooking video? I don't think so! Though my bumbling ways in the kitchen might attract a new audience.....some kind of Frank Spencer - Basil Fawlty hybrid perhaps? 😀 Bye for now, Chris

[@unclepeteswildadventures]

Nice one Chris. I thought I’d clicked on a Sir David Attenborough documentary by mistake. 😀

[@ChrisJB]

How do UP. A comparison to DA I'll take as an accolade! 🙂

[@Voodoo_Ray]

Cracking video Chris

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Ray 👍

[@WanderingMonkHikes]

Cheers Chris! I just saw you on Des Greene’s video. Des and I have followed one another’s adventures for a couple of years now. Also, Steven (a Tramp in the Hills), a few others there in the UK. Looking forward to watching your treks. Mushrooms always amaze me. I’m curious but a bit cautious as well.

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Dan and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I also watch Steve's stuff as well as Des'. I'll take a look at your YT station too. Yes, the world of fungi is very mysterious and I'm still learning! Best wishes, Chris

[@stevec-b6214]

I thought this more than `reasonable`, very well done.

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks mate. I quite enjoy my local pottering about. 👍

[@Karen-dq8nw]

A mushroom expert here in Alaska where I live told me not to worry about taking the mushrooms. Apparently they mostly spread themselves vegetatively, through their mycelium. So they're not entirely reliant on their spores for reproduction. His view was that you're doing no harm to the population taking the fruiting bodies, even though they spread spores too. But I'm too scared to eat them myself!

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Karen. Yes, I've heard something similar too, ie picking a mushroom is the equivalent of picking an apple off a tree. To be honest, there were that many horse mushrooms and of a good size, I would've needed a horse and cart to get them home! With regards to eating, I'm ultra cautious really which I guess is the best way to be.

[@helenreeves6978]

Very interesting

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Helen. ATB, Chris

[@michaeldenham9681]

Interesting film. I think the Oldham bit was Tandle Hill? Have you tried Oldham Edge? I was up there a week or two ago for the first time in 20 years or so. Lots of woodland with open spaces, and even moorland heather.

[@ChrisJB]

It was Tandle Hill Michael, though I find it very hit and miss when I go looking for mushrooms. I've never checked Oldham Edge for them. It's years since I was last there.....I think I was still a lad at school!

[@mattcarr3798]

Loved it Chris

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Matt. Best wishes, Chris

[@Hengists_Wild_Camps]

Another informative video Chris. That was some interesting stuff there mate, especially about picking the 'shrooms'. I haven't done any picking of them since my student days. 🤪

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Hengist pal. I only ever tried 'student mushrooms' once.....it didn't go well. 😀🙄

[@paulhicky]

An interesting video of a place I frequent regularly , the Piethorne Valley. I came across some old cellars up near Binn Ruins as I think it’s called whilst out walking, have you seen them and know anything about them?

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers Paul. Yes, I know the cellars. As for their purpose, that is less clear. I'm sure I heard somewhere that it has been suggested that they may have something to do with the tanning of leather.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Hi you channel came up so I watched . Love the different walks and you showing and telling us the flora and fauna . I am in salt lake city utah , USA . You mite like Stan mills channel . He hikes all round Yellowstone nationa Park . Lotts of wild life . Thankyou , cheers .

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Nancy and thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. I once spent a little while in Salt Lake City airport en route to Alaska🙂. I'll have a look at Stan Mills' YT station. Best wishes, Chris

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

@@ChrisJB Hello , thank you . Stan mill is different but like yours that he shows the country . I like your new Format ,I think you seid .love the wild flowers . I started watching your others to . Very relaxing love England . Thank you for sharing .

[@ChrisJB]

@@nancysmith-baker1813 Yes, I'm very keen to show the wildlife of my trips Nancy. It's a big part of my walks. Thanks, Chris

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

@@ChrisJB thank you , look forward.

[@craigmorris6306]

Great that mate really enjoyed it something a bit different 👍

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks Craig mate. I just thought things were getting a bit samey so chucked this in.. ATB, Chris

[@lewisdiamond7850]

Great videos, keep em coming!

[@ChrisJB]

Many thanks Lewis. 🙂

[@siegfriedschlag4353]

❤ Hallo 🎹, freue mich sehr über dein tolles Video 🔔👍danke für gegenseitige Unterstützung, wir wünschen dir eine schöne Restwoche, liebe Grüße Anne & Siggi 👍 Abofreund 🔔

[@ChrisJB]

Hello Anne and Siggi. As always, I'm glad you liked the video. Hope you are both well. Best wishes, Chris

[@paulryan2081]

Chris, I am completely ignorant on all things flowers, bugs and 'shrooms' but i find your short films on these things fascinating. I also sense that the footpath diversion still irks you? Cheers, Paul

[@ChrisJB]

You know me well Paul, it does irk me still! I sometimes think it would be better to just not give a toss about stuff like this, life would be so much simpler! ATB pal, Chris

[@seanmurphy6139]

Great video Chris,thanks for sharing. Well done standing up for your convictions on that pathway. Also thanks for the info on the foraging website. Your channel is annoying because it's the only one I can't have on in background, you're always saying or showing something worth paying attention to.

[@ChrisJB]

Thanks mate. I sometimes wonder about being the sort of person who questions stuff like that.....almost every time you lose against the system and it can be very frustrating. Unfortunately, as I get older I find myself getting even more irritated by things like that! Hope you are well pal. Best wishes, Chris

[@gainesy_walks]

Bit different Chris, good that, really enjoyed it. Is that up near Ogden and Piethorne on #1 ?

[@ChrisJB]

Cheers mate. Yep, well spotted, the first and the last one were in the Ogden/Piethorne area. Bye for now, Chris

[@raysmac]

The Oldham one Tandlehill Park?@@ChrisJB

[@ChrisJB]

@@raysmac Well done mate. 👌