Walking the London Orbital Path | London Loop Section 5 (4K)

[@hdoddema]

I think this video shows again how great the concept of public footpaths is, at least to my foreign eyes. The little paths between houses or across fields (or over the grounds of astronomical observatories) are all so nice.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

That’s a great sentiment Harry

[@ianprince1698]

in memory of my dad who took me on many a walk on riddles down and the north downs many years ago

[@TrevRaynsford]

I did this walk many times when I lived in London. Ended up at The Fox in Old Coulsdon for a meal and a couple of pints of ale. Happy Days!

[@2Sugarbears]

More London Loop please. I just loved this walk. Thanks so much John.

[@edwardwilliamson1]

The 'loop' in London loop stands for 'london outer orbital path'

[@MetalFan10101]

London London Outer Orbital Path?

[@randomuploadsism]

or it stands for, loop, because, it's a loop.

[@gphunk1995]

Sunday is now complete. Will look forward to watching this later.

[@kenl7057]

At long last, John, you have returned to the Loop and completed section 5, which in my view is the best section of all. We walked it in early Spring with leafless woods and the drumming of woodpeckers, so it is good to see it so luxuriant, the meadows teeming with flowers. Sections 2 and 3 come fairly close in quality also, so keep going. We would like to see them in Summer too.

[@susanjanemay5713]

Really lovely walk, I was so surprised to see such countryside Within London. I'd really love to see more of this walk please 🙏🏻😊

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

yup.. see you on the next walk...lovely walk out in the country. thanks a lot John

[@TimothyHalkowski]

Lovely walk! (Tho' I would have caved in and stopped at the Fox for a pint of real ale!). Btw, we have stinging nettle in the U.S. also, alas! Glad to say it seems you are healing up well.

[@dominicrivron2306]

London Loop walks? Spread 'em out. One of the great things about your videos is that you never know what to expect (in a good way) from week to week. And it's nice when the London Loop pops up now and again.

[@redfred70]

Hi John, really enjoyed the video. I used to live in this area and have many happy memories of spending my teenage years with my mates in Happy Valley, Kenley and Riddlesdown. That was 30 years ago, but I often dream and look back with a wistful nostalgia for days gone by, seemingly endless sunny days and the exuberance of youth. Love the London Loop walks, I think the next one will also be very scenic. Many thanks - David in Essex.

[@thewalkingman777]

I love the London Loop so much, mostly because it takes you to places you'd never go otherwise and they are usually really nice. I finished it two weeks ago. I think you'll love sections 2 and 3 just as much as this one, John, when you get around to them. I'd recommend doing them both together and making sure the walk goes into the evening. I felt a bit bereft after finishing so I started the Capital Ring the next day lol

[@Sweeneysglassstory]

Always makes me laugh seeing someone unlike a video as if there a paid KZbin critic 😂 this is actually my first time watching your footage & im loving it! I’m almost 29 & live a train ride away from kings cross, never in my life did I know London had so much nature, really interesting video & so relaxing to watch :)

[@mitzy123]

I've done this walk myself and it's beautiful! Section 5 and 2 were by far my favourites

[@thomasbates2326]

Excellent walk, John. I loved the beginning by Farthing Downs. I've walked here. Somewhere close by an information board tells you that DH Lawrence walked here with a friend apparently. This was when he was a teacher in Croydon

[@MarkDavison59]

Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to return to London! I've walked those paths many times over the years. My heart is now aching to return! One of my blessings is have had a friendship with 2, late, Spitfire pilots who flew out of RAF Kenley during the war. Also a dear, late, cousin whose home was damaged during the Dornier attack on 18 Aug 40. Thankfully she, and the rest of the family, were unscathed!

[@sandrasmith3207]

Fantastic walk. Can't wait for the next installment of the London Loop.

[@morriganwitch]

Thank you John what a lovely walk xxx

[@fruitytea]

Delightful, bucolic countryside, I can't believe it's London! I look forward to more in future.

[@bernardt3026]

We have stinging nettles in Australia - along with several hundred other invasive plant species.

[@lloydevans1552]

Love the videos and reading the comments. Thank you for bringing the wide open spaces to our lounge this evening.

[@DaveFord]

A super video John. (I think that you might be right about Italy!).

[@lizstevenson7801]

Thank you so much for this beautiful walk, having grown up in London I must say I have not heard of some of the places you walked through today. I did enjoy seeing this as I now live in Australia.

[@robertbarling5601]

Cheers John for another great video. It really made my day. It is great to relax and wind down in the evening with a beer and watching your video. We are indeed blessed to have such a beautiful amount of green space around London. Bob.

[@stuartshipton5612]

The scenery was breath-taking, like watching an episode of The Detectorists! Thanks John.

[@terryflynn1956]

So good to see you getting Loopy again John . What a great walk in a truly beautiful location enhanced by the gorgeous weather. You wouldn’t believe it’s in London . 😊👍

[@2Sugarbears]

I enjoyed it so much that I watched it again.

[@TheDutchman92000]

Another great walk thank you, this was my first view of the London Loop, please keep them coming.

[@Mouxbar]

I was going to suggest a Spike Milligan character of the permanently lost hiker: "Where are you?" "I'm not entirely sure..." "Where are you going?" "Over there somewhere..." I see Gary in the comments beat me to it :-) Glorious as ever, put a smile on my face!

[@gparry42]

Great walk again,thankyou. Nice to see the fast disappearing token on the post box !

[@darrellleverkuhn2204]

John, I just happened to come across your videos about the London loop today, and I really have enjoyed them. I did not know about the London loop, but will definitely learn more about it before returning to England. I have friends in Cockfosters and we’ve taken lovely walks in Trent Park but I don’t think any of us knew about the loop even though it goes through the park. The thought of enjoying the great city by journeying it’s green belt is very intriguing to me. My last trip in early 2020 I enjoyed walks in the Carlisle area and am hoping to get back to the Ribblehead viaduct. But now I have more London walks to do as well. Thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to more. And yes, I agree the romance of the journey is what truly inspires…. No matter the path or it’s adherence to someone else’s notion of direction. Keep up the great work.

[@luluandmeow]

Thank you John, doing the loop backwards, you rebel!

[@davidshearer8793]

Amazing views - and so close to London. The wisdom of our ancestors to set aside a green belt around London. And as for the Roman Legions marching around Coulsden, it doesn't matter if it's true, but it ought to be true - so I'll believe it.

[@RajSinghKhalsa]

Great Walk John , hopefully I'm starting the London loop with my son in the School holidays, you looked and sounded very tired around the 25min mark of the video and a well deserved pint after I trust, keep up the good work

[@alltheteam69]

More of London Loop please John. I’d love to do it one day but doubt I’d be able to sniff out my way without signage. Be great to see you and Feargal Sharkey teamed up exchanging knowledge and stories. Thank you

[@katkylekim]

Fantastic John ,beautiful London beautiful nature .....

[@ifadams2908]

Thanks for sharing the beautiful countryside .

[@JohnRogersWalks]

My pleasure

[@d4nn7b]

The LL is easily one of my fav walks, and when you head out SE towards Bromley/Kent area I promise it gets better and it’s really rural around the Keston/Farnborough area. I used a TFL guide to navigate the loop and it’s doable. But a OS/AZ map is recommended. You can do the LL walk continuously or you normally like to mix it up a bit. All the best, see you on the next one.

[@lindahart6049]

So enjoy your walks, and look forward to Sunday posts. Thanks for taking us along!

[@briancox144]

Yes your right John Rogers what a stunning walk indeed did you find out what observatory it was amazing chalk cliffs fantastic video thanks for sharing John .

[@1Electricmoon]

Good to to see you in my manor John! 😃 I look out through my window to Kenley Common whilst watching your videos, very hilly here and keeps us fit. Really good connections to London where I also do a lot of walking. Cheers Nigel

[@patrickhassett7077]

Cheers John. You recommended walking the London loop a couple of weeks ago so I've made a start. Walked section 2 today!

[@CYPRUSINSIGHT]

Tea and hobnob at the ready. Bring it on.

[@formdemon]

Thanks yet again John. I walked around this area some years ago so it is a delight to revisit it with you.

[@Ben_Mdws]

Looked a beautiful day for it John.

[@ivanhockenhull2604]

More peripatetic revelations. These London hinterlands are fascinating, John. Ankle injury? Pah! Loved it, as usual.🇯🇪

[@ashleysgaze]

Great to see you back on the ‘Loop,’ John. Damn fine walk! ❤️

[@MRoderick89]

Had a bit of a bad week but time to relax and chill watching another great video thanks John 👍 I hope you are doing well

[@howarddavies9932]

Great company as ever - certainly inspires me to take up the London Loop ( once I have finished doing the Thames Path) - such wonderful unspoilt countryside - amazing. More Loop walks please.

[@sarac.3259]

Ditto. Did the Thames Walk some years back - fabulous. Now need to do this. The video is defo a revelation. So much more green space than one would think even when you live in London or Greater London.

[@diannereeks1150]

Great walk. More loop please

[@tomgirldouble3249]

Another great walk, thanks John, do hope you didn't have too much hassle getting back home 🤗💙

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks- it was actually not a bad journey home in the end

[@martharunstheworld]

That is such a beautiful trail! I love the London Loop! Our Bay Area Ridge Trail (San Francisco) is near completion, but there are a few sections that are not done. Following you on the different sections is such a fun journey. We have stinging nettles in No America as well. "Fun"! LOL

[@jessiecooper2136]

Hey John. I wonder if Tithepit is a shortening of 'To the Pit', the the road taking you to the pit. Or some agricultural meaning in Tithe. I find this fascinating - how history is embedded in the language we use but forgotten. Dan and Jessie

[@peterjackson4132]

Another discovery for me thanks John. Your descriptive language you say is second to none.

[@kazzam8514]

Brilliant John, 👍

[@dolorespinto3106]

keep the the romance, John. We need it. Thanks.

[@pauljones5066]

I really like your vidoes, John, many thanks. Nice weather btw!

[@ANorthernSoutherner]

Great Video John. Spent 8 years there and my family still live in Old Coulsdon, and most of those paths you trod I've ran many miles up and down them! Can feel like another world while still being in London!

[@mattmclafferty6265]

Thankyou John! Gauranga

[@marty9011]

What a great walk, beautiful scenery & I heard the Roman sandals too !!

[@medwaypeninsulaMR]

Hi John- As usual very enjoyable and I was not aware of the London Loop and maybe an idea for when I finish the saxon Sore Way. Cheers Kev

[@kevincross9206]

More my neck of the woods (excuse the pun) and where my dad came from. I absolutely have to do this part of the loop, will be ideal with the dogs 👍🏻

[@john80c]

A great video I expected Croydon to be just masses of houses but it too has decent green spaces

[@simon1066]

This is a lovely walk John. Thanks for sharing, I’m inspired to do it myself.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Simon - you really won’t regret it if you can get out on the Loop

[@imranzazai7404]

London is very interesting city.

[@Gregdotgreg]

The Roman Road was the track with the bridge over the railway And the Victorian railway viaduct you filmed a train going over!

[@GeorgeChoy]

I thoroughly enjoyed that, personally I would like you to carry on with that sequence but with breaks every now and again

[@virtualtrip4K]

Hello☺️nice video thank you👍

[@philburdett]

A splendid bucolic prologue to my week, sir! Good stuff as ever...

[@jadeddragon9407]

Just what I needed just a beautiful day and vista... Oh and the question you put at the end of the walk, Answer: intermittently, at your leisure, all in goode time. when you have completed that, then may I suggest the Australian Bicentennial Trail (bicentennial national trail map pdf) May take you a couple of weeks but would give your good wife a chance to catchup with the Rellies..! thanks again John

[@CaptainNow2]

Hiya!! I have been enjoying your videos for a few days now, KZbin auto-played a couple of videos and I found myself stopping working to listen/watch you chat and walk...so, new subscriber! Very enjoyable content here, thank you for creating all of these lovely videos!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks very much for subscribing Wayne, greatly appreciated

[@ArferNower]

Thanks John excellent video

[@aprilmeeker9697]

Loved this walk! I’d love to see more soon. I’m with you on the romance of the Roman Road. That particular track looked very “Roman road-ish” to my eye. 😉 thank you for all the great walks!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks April- I think this is one of those walks that will stay with me for a while

[@TheIainMay]

Very enjoyable and informative ,just love the Sunday walks sets me up for the next week on my own 1.5 mile walk to work in Colchester through the Roman gate.Thanks John as always .

[@blutey]

Some glorious English countryside you captured there.

[@stephenquinn6485]

Excellent vid john I did Harmonthsworth last weekend. Carshalton yesterday and on routemaster london Vents tour today

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Fantastic Stephen

[@luminar5]

Ankle is holding out John nice walk.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

It’s been well thanks Roger

[@MeTheRob]

I have never seen such a green episode. So dreamy. Unknown territory for me. I miss the chalk land of my childhood..

[@JohnRogersWalks]

It was a real surprise Rob - I wonder what the next section holds

[@richardperkins7414]

Fantastic video, thank you.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Richard

[@julieblackstock8650]

skylarks alive and well in Suffolk. First time I have ever heard or seen since moving across the border into Suffolk in April

[@grandmasterbeats9732]

HELLO JOHN WHAT A MAJESTIC WALK ON THE LONDON LOOP WITH SOME INCREDIBLE SIGHTS INCLUDING CROYDON TOO. . ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO MY SAX PLAYER ADRIAN NORTHOVER HE KNEW OF YOUR GOOD FRIEND IAN SIN CLAIRE WHOM I UNDERSTAND YOU DID A WALK WITH. SO ONCE AGAIN I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON YOUR NEXT WALK WHEREVER THAT MAYBE.

[@ianmaddams9577]

Well thank you John. I just sat down and made the wife watch one of your walks for the first time . As she always says to me on a Sunday. Is it time for John yet” And it has inspired us both to walk the London loop next yr . Thanks for taking us on yet another walk 👍🏻

[@JohnRogersWalks]

That’s brilliant Ian thanks for passing that on

[@ianmaddams9577]

@@JohnRogersWalks always a pleasure. Your an inspiration.

[@janhenkins]

Fantastic John, I was looking forward to this section of your loop walk. I live about 200 yards away from where you ended your walk in Hamsey Green (in Warlingham), and it was great fun walking the entire section "with you" so to speak. I think that you did miss Devil's Den because you were a bit misled by those missing signs, it's a small section of woods which you can enter closer to the motor gate at the other end of the road that goes through Farthing Downs. No matter though, that whole section including Happy Valley is simply sublime. Next time you are in the area, take some time to visit the Chaldon Church - it contains some well-preserved murals from the Viking era. I also have a vague recollection of it being mentioned obliquely in a Ben Aaronovitch "Rivers" novel as being part of a mystic triangle of some sort, which is neat (even if I am misremembering it). What a cracking video this one is, even if I am super-biased being from the area. Thank you very much indeed!

[@stuartroyle1402]

another brilliant video,,you are the best public information service regarding "what people can dicover for them selves".thank you.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks Stuart - very kind of you

[@hikingdenbiking6245]

Great way to spend a Sunday evening, another great episode.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Cheers S-Walking

[@littleacornslandscapes2935]

Brilliant. John at his best. Thanks John !!!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks Little Acorns

[@Drdee1]

This took me right back to doing this section of the LOOP the other way round, the observatory and RAF base stick in my memory. John, you are so right that there is a lot of open countryside close to London and people really need to get out there and enjoy it. I've told anyone who's asked me about the LOOP and the Capital Ring that walking either of the walks will change the way they feel about London. There are perceptions about what Croydon and Essex are like, which change when you do this section and go through Epping Forest. Final thought - why do people steal the disks marking walks?

[@jamiemorris5177]

If you want to get to maldon your better off getting off at Witham station and getting the bus a lot closer. Or if over a weekend just give me shout and I’ll give you a lift as I live between the both of them.

[@alexthomson7465]

You might wish you'd missed the England v Germany match instead 🤣. What lovely places! Cheers John

[@leoncioelleon4400]

John under a glorious sun!

[@drummerdem50]

Thanks

[@paulvarnsverry11]

Another outstanding video - with the perfect sign-off.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Paul - I’ve just filmed the next walk ... but think I’ll leave it as a surprise

[@ckSport3000]

Cool stuff..

[@SirPrancelot1]

That was beautiful John. Thanks.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks

[@chrisrainbow2393]

I love your walks john, nice to have the info that goes with them so i will see you on the next one, wherever it may be .

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Chris

[@jimmycburfield5997]

Excellent video. Italy eh; we heard it here first. I wouldn’t bet on it though.

[@jimmycburfield5997]

No, do bet on it! But we’ll done Gareth and we’ll done the England squad and team, very beautiful people.

[@damedavidfrith55]

Love those words don’t have a map lol how many times will he have scenic detour,thanks for another cracking ramble round London

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks David

[@edgarbokye4656]

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing John.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Cheers Edgar

[@nige_breaks_bikes9782]

Quite bizarre … cycling home thinking it would be cool to see you back on the London loop and here it is ! Fabulous section and lovely film …. Nice 👍😊

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Very glad you enjoyed it