WALKS IN DORSET at LULWORTH CASTLE & COOMBE KEYNES (WITH SPECIAL GUEST "FIVER") (4K)

[@markshrimpton3138]

This walk was of particular interest to me because my 4x great-grandfather, Joseph Towsey, a stonemason and builder from Blandford Forum was in 1780 given the contract to restore and improve Lulworth Castle and other buildings on the estate. This task was largely finished in about 1783 but whilst lodging in East Lulworth he married a local girl Elizabeth Fooks. Other buildings he worked on in Dorset included Fonthill Abbey, Ammerdown House and Derweston Bridge. A wonderful walk with young Fiver.

[@DaveFord]

Thanks Mark. Lovely that you ave a family connection with that area.

[@janetcutts7921]

Wonderful ❤

[@janetcutts7921]

Lovely to see Fiver ❤

[@DaveFord]

He is a sweet lad!

[@craigmarsh3221]

Good evening Dave what a lovely place Lulworth Castle is great video beautiful weather great views very much appreciated 😊

[@DaveFord]

Thank you Craig. I hope that you have a great New Year.

[@craigmarsh3221]

Thank you Dave happy new year to you to.

[@Wander_with_lou]

Thank you so much for these videos. I've been watching them all day to plan my 2025 adventures 😁

[@DaveFord]

Thank you. I hope that you have great weather when you go out on your walks. Thanks for watching.

[@chrisgoff6544]

Remember visiting the castle in the late 60s when it was a ruin . Very atmospheric and free !

[@DaveFord]

It is quite an impressive castle now, for sure!

[@themargaretyates]

Thank you for another great walk Dave. Lovely to see Fiver this time. So good to see all that sun when the last few days have been dark and cloudy. Bring on the New Year and longer days and the sunshine! All the best for 2025 and lots more walks hopefully!

[@DaveFord]

Thank you. Yes, warmer days indeed! Best wishes for you in 2025.

[@vickyrolls4730]

Great Video Dave and Fiver. Lovely blue sky and Dorset landscape. Just what I needed after coming down with a virus!

[@DaveFord]

Thank you. Oh no .....I hope that you recover soon ..... it is not nice feeling poorly at this time of year.

[@melissaphillips3088]

Fiver you and Dave just brighten up this gloomy day here Kentucky. Looks like rain here. This is such a beautiful area and day there Dave. Walks with you have been such a pleasure this year! Looking forward to seeing where you go next year. Happy New Year Dave,Logan ,and Fiver and your family ! May the next year be even better!! ❤

[@DaveFord]

Thank you Melissa. It has been damp & gloomy over here as well! Happy New Year to you!

[@JustmeandB]

Amazing…. Was literally looking at lulworth castle as planning a visit in the new year for a day out with my wife and our Labrador/ retriever Jett and your video popped up on KZbin, brilliant and thanks we are definitely going when the castle reopens after the 2 nd march👍

[@DaveFord]

I hope that you have great weather when you visit. Thanks for watching.

[@cathpeterson1944]

nice to see Fiver on today’s walk, he’s not a fan of blackberries, beautiful September sunshine

[@DaveFord]

Yes indeed. Logan would have made a meal out of those blackberries!

[@Paul-Genge]

Hello Dave and Fiver, imagine my surprise when an AirBnB that we made a family holiday in last year popped up in your video. Yes, the gorgeous cottage you show at 15:22 and to the right at 16:03 is available to rent for holidays. We enjoyed last Easter there. Really nice property inside, with a fantastic log burner that sent me to sleep in the evening after a day hiking across the various footpaths with my dog. Keep up the great work, I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing many of your filmed walks this year. Especially the walk through Rockbourne, past the home of my birthplace. Thanks, Paul from Silverstone

[@DaveFord]

Thank you Paul. A Happy New Year to you.

[@tangie777uk]

Hello Dave, I would love to know where you conjure up all that sunshine,lol. Ive forgotten what the sun looks like

[@DaveFord]

Hello. Yes - memories of warmer & sunnier days for sure! Thanks for watching.

[@jeanblemings5352]

Lovely to catch up with Fiver. He seems quite interested in old churches and doggy ice cream if not blackberries! I think I stayed in a B&B in East Lulworth once and had supper at the Weld Arms. I also recall a nightmare walk along that B road between E Lulworth and an old track I wanted to take back toward Weymouth (trying to avoid the hilly terrain on the ranges). Considering it is recommended as an alternative route for the SWCP if ranges closed I found it a real dangerous road for walkers!! Thanks for the video - do you have to pay to go in the grounds of the castle? I loved the Treves reading!!

[@DaveFord]

Thanks Jean. Pay & Display parking (I think it is either £3 or £4 all day) allows access to the park & woodland walks .... as well as inside St Andrews Church. Entrance to inside the actual castle, castle lawns & St Mary's chapel is extra (£9 I think).