WALKS IN WILTSHIRE at GREAT BEDWYN & WILTON (and THE KENNET & AVON CANAL) (4K)

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@Micky-yo3ng 8 ай бұрын

That funny little red boat is a decommissioned lifeboat Dave. They must be cheap to buy because they're very common on canals but I wouldn't fancy being on one for very long without portholes. Nice change of venue for the walk.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information about that boat - I did wonder where it had come from.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker 8 ай бұрын

Just what Shashti and I needed this afternoon. Thanks for sharing your walk and thanks also to Logan for being there.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Dave. There was so much to see on that walk for sure!

@craigmarsh3221 8 ай бұрын

Morning Dave that was a beautiful video to watch i do enjoy the industrial side and the history and of course the fantastic scenery.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Craig. There is so much history attached to canals which makes walking along them so interesting.

@bosse641 8 ай бұрын

What a beautiful old church

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

I was quite taken by that church as well. The stain glass windows were spectacular.

@keithjoseph5671 8 ай бұрын

Awesome walking tour of Wiltshire and beautiful river and Waterways with the village of Bedwyn

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Keith. :)

@JimNicholls 8 ай бұрын

Another very enjoyable walk, Dave -- thank you! Do you have any more Sussex ones to come this season?

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim. I have just finished the research & preparation for all my planned walks for 2024 (nearly 45 of them!). Most of them will be in Dorset, Hampshire & the New Forest with a handful in Wiltshire & West Sussex. Thanks for watching.

@mikewalker8655 8 ай бұрын

@@DaveFordBlimey Dave, already researched 45 walks for this year! That's real dedication and you must love it. Cheers

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

@@mikewalker8655 I tend to not do to much filming between the end of November & February (although I have made a couple of "Winter Walk" films this week!) due to low light , shorter days & colder temperatures. I use the time instead doing all the research!

@markarnold5593 8 ай бұрын

Another brilliant video Dave, thankyou!! We've done this walk ourselves a number of times, and luckily enough one walk coincided with an open day at the pumping station. :-) Even so, you did manage, as always, to fill us in on additional interesting facts we were unaware off... so thankyou and fair play!! One tiny bit of info/feedback. anyone visiting Great Bedwyn would be entertained by passing past the Stone masons shop, with all its fantastic engravings from headstones to housenames, and some truly comical pieces..... well worth a look... Top man, all the best. :-)

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark. Yes, you are spot in with the information about the Stone Masons shop. On the day of filming, did actually record some footage of the shop (as you say, it is amazing) as well as the village pump next door but as the video was already nearly 28mins long, I ended up cutting it out (I wish that I had kept it in now!). I think I will have to do another walk in the area and include it next time though! Thanks for watching.

@ralphfeay8857 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave!! Made us feel cold for you.Beautiful blue sky and lovely Dorset walk. God bless

@DaveFord 7 ай бұрын

Thank you both. It wasn't too bad, as long as we kept moving!

@darrenharley6150 8 ай бұрын

Hi Dave I have watched a few of your videos. I camped behind the golden swan pub last year and the 3 magpies the year before. Even though we had horrible weather last year we still walked and mainly cycled the kennet and Avon canal. We got as far as the pumping station on our cycle before turning back because of the bad weather. We walked around the Bruce tunnel.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

It is a great area for exploring for sure. I must try the route further West and go by the Bruce Tunnel next time.

@davidsecker5161 8 ай бұрын

As your excellent videos are in Dorset, Wiltshire, and New Forest I take it that's where you live. You are so lucky to live somewhere so beautiful, have you always lived in that area.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks David. I currently live just inside Dorset, close to the Hampshire border & not that far from Wiltshire. I moved from West Sussex nearly 20 years ago.

@jeanblemings5352 8 ай бұрын

Lots of industrial history packed into that one and two pubs! The soup looked yummy! I loved the cut out parapets on the church tower. Most unusual.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jean. It was amazing how much there was to see & explore in such a relatively small area around there!

@thecountrysideexplorer9910 8 ай бұрын

Hello Dave. We've been there a few times, I can tell. You were lucky with the towpath, it can be quite muddy in places. The Crofton Pumping station still operates on special days throughout the summer and I believe each stroke of the piston delivers a ton of water. The water is drawn from Wilton Water and delivered via a gulley from the pumps to the canal summit, approximately half a mile ore more to the west. But as you say , electric pumps supply the power for most of the time. Wilton Windmill is also operational on certain days. It's a grand sight perced on top of that hill. That was a very interesting video, especially as we know the area well.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I must go back some time when the windmill is open to the public as I am sure it will be interesting to see inside.

@lionelmarytravels6003 8 ай бұрын

Both the windmill and beam engines are often open on Bank. Holiday weekends

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

@@lionelmarytravels6003 Thanks for the information Lionel.

@SkylarkFields 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful, really enjoyed this one. Hubby and I have been there a few times. Wish we had the energy to walk the route you did but it is just lovely to have a little amble along the tow path and back anyway. We have seen lots of brown hare in the area, and the red kites flying overhead. The canal boats are beautiful too! Roll on some better weather as I hope we will go for a day trip there again!

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Strolling along the canal path there certainly makes for a relaxing ramble for sure.

@markshrimpton3138 8 ай бұрын

A trip down memory lane for me Dave. I went on a school trip to the pumping station at Crofton in around 1973 on one of its steam days. Since then I’ve discovered that an ancestor of mine who was a stone mason and architect was responsible for quite a few of the bridges on the canal.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark. I shall have to go back one day and visit the pumping station when it is open. Great to learn that you have a family connection with those bridges!

@jade3968 6 ай бұрын

I love this film, over the last couple of years I have walked the K and A canal from Bath to Reading. It was great to see this section on film, makes me want to walk it again.

@DaveFord 6 ай бұрын

It is a beautiful stretch of the canal along there for sure - especially when the weather is good!

@hannureittu4310 8 ай бұрын

Three tons of thanks! Dave&Logan, very nice walk, once more!

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Hannu. Glad you enjoyed the walk.

@lynnb_and_ky_springer_spaniel 8 ай бұрын

I really loved this video Dave from beginning to end; Wiltshire is close to my ❤ I always learn something when I watch your videos with your wealth of knowledge. How lovely to see those emu. Nice you got to do some research at the pubs 😉I'm sure the soup was most welcomed. Logan is such a lovely boy. Thanks for sharing Dave🥰

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Lynn. Yes, both pubs got a "thumbs up" from both Logan & myself!

@thebeatentrack156 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful walk Dave & Logan, right in my backyard 😊

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. There are some lovely walks around that area.

@gparry42 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave, that took me back a few years when myself and friends walked the length of the canal !

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Wow - I imagine that would have been great fun.

@melissaphillips3088 8 ай бұрын

It is snowing here today Dave so this walk is making my day sunny! It looks so pretty with all the trees . Running with a canoe.. you don’t see that often😂You really are getting to see a lot on this walk Dave. It is beautiful there.Thank you so much. Give Logan a big hug from me . Take care and see you again soon. ☀️

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Melissa. Yes, it is a bit chilly here at the moment too! All the best.

@cathpeterson1944 8 ай бұрын

beautiful way beside the Kennet & Avon canal

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

It makes for a lovely route along there Cath - especially when the sun is out!

@walthamwalker 8 ай бұрын

Great video The unusual boat is a former lifeboat off a much larger cruise ship

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you - I did wonder what it's original purpose was.

@icba4907 8 ай бұрын

I lived in Wilton for 7 years and drank in the Swan, Bill the landlord is still there, the Mrs was canal walking there yesterday. I'm surprised you didn't show the famous grave stones on the post office walls in gt Bedwyn, you walked past them from the church to the 3 tuns.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

On the day of filming, I did actually record some footage of the shop (as it is amazing) as well as the village pump next door but as the video was already nearly 28mins long, I ended up cutting it out (I wish that I had kept it in now!). I think I will have to do another walk in the area and include it next time though! Thanks for watching.

@icba4907 8 ай бұрын

@@DaveFord it's a lovely area Dave, sure you can manage another walk nearby. 👍

@susantaylor927 8 ай бұрын

Just what we needed in January. Thank You and Logan too! We used to go on that canal in a canal boat 20 years ago. Fab memories!😊

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Susan & indeed thanks for watching.

@susantaylor927 8 ай бұрын

@@DaveFord Your vid was a pleasure to watch! Much appreciated and keep snug!

@newforestexplorer 8 ай бұрын

Made up for last week with the two beers Dave ! Lovely video

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes - and what fine pints they were too!

@eldred1809 8 ай бұрын

When you said you were going to walk from Great Bedwyn to Wilton Dave, I was a little taken aback, thought it was some sort of marathon training! Then I looked at the map and realised it wasn't the Salisbury Wilton. Phew! Poor old Logan's legs would've been worn down! Thought he looked fetching in his camo-jacket, trouble is he kept disappearing. Keep up the good work.

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Thanks . Yes, Great Bedwyn to near Salisbury really would have been a trek!

@eldred1809 8 ай бұрын

@@DaveFord Lionel?

@DaveFord 8 ай бұрын

Oops -- So sorry. I have just been speaking to someone called Lionel before I replied to you (It has been a long day!). Reply duly corrected! Cheers. Dave.