Chilterns Walk from Wycombe to Wooburn (4K)
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- A walk over the Chiltern hills from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, across the Rye and through Keep Hill, written about by Ivor Gurney and BS Johnson. We pass by RAF Daws Hill, once an U.S Air Force base with tunnels running deep beneath the hill. We continue past Hard-to-Find Farm and visit the earthwork in Warren Wood before walking through Bloom Wood to the Crooked Billet pub on Sheepridge Lane. We climb out of the valley by Pigeon House Farm and through Flackwell Heath and the video finishes on the golf course overlooking Wooburn. I did continue through Wooburn and walked along the A40 in the dark to the station at Beaconsfield to catch the 10.35pm train back to Marleybone.
Filmed on 15th June 2019
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Just watched this. Brought back so many memories. I was one of the American students that went to the military school at the top of the hill. We called the hill, “suicide hill”. Thank you so much!
Thanks John for a beautifully shot,informative and atmospheric video with your personal embellishments. I look forward to your next video and thank you as always for you efforts which allow me to walk with you vicariously
thanks Humble, the personal element made this a bit different for me but I enjoyed it immensely. The next one's a great walk
Superb, thanks! I'm 50 and grew up with my nan and grandad in flackwell heath, next to green dragon pub, grandad taught the American soldiers amunition training on spitfires at the base, his brothers flew Lancaster's. I walked those walks picking up horse poo for the garden as a child, often harnessed to the wheelbarrow for the hilly bits. I live in loudwater, bought back a lot of memories, thanks.
A magical journey into Buckinghamshire and the past. Spontaneity and impulsiveness is a winner here.
thank you for the walk from 'the Rye' to Flackwell Heath beautiful walk I could almost smell the grass your memories were delightful I used to live in Beaconsfield very close to Flackwell my friend Carl told me about your videos he has always been a great walker until a few years ago .He had a massive stroke which has left him in a wheel chair so he cant go rambling anymore so I will say thanks from Carl as well. You revived some of his favorite walking memories
thanks again Mae
Thank you Mae, and Carl. It’s such a wonderful terrain I keep getting drawn back. I spent a lot of time in Beaconsfield growing up - many happy memories, particularly of the Old Town.
Thank you John, my heart is in High Wycombe...
I so enjoy your walks, particularly this spontaneous adventure through time. Your childhood recollections reminded me of my own. I wish I could tell my late parents how much I appreciated our fun outings. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
thanks so much for that comment Esther. I find the spontaneous walks are often the best, seizing the moment and just heading out.
I have seen this video before but today found it recommended to me by CZcams. Since it is a Chilterns video, I had to oblige and watch it again. And I realized I forgot to give it a proper and justly deserved like upon my first viewing! Also, that pint of Brakspear ale looks double heavenly right now during lock down.
Thanks David - this was a special walk for me and can’t wait to get back out there when this is over
Such good memories. Thanks for sharing.
So enjoyable! Thanks, John!
Yet another good walk. I like the nostalgia you are a great storyteller 😊
Grew up in Seer Green.
Miss the Chilterns.
Now live in beautiful Cornwall.
Just discovered this.
Magical 👍🏾
Loved this and loved those memories. Thanks John.
thanks for watching Darren
That was a particularly lovely episode John. I for one really enjoy the "nostalgia fest" ones! Thanks as always for all your efforts.
thanks Henry, I'm always wary of getting too nostalgic so great to hear that you enjoy them
Beautiful video. Thanks so much, John.
thanks Carole - much appreciated
A beautiful nostalgic walk John, enjoyed your memories. My childhood walks were mostly moorland ones, totally different scenery of course. Thanks for another great walk 👍😊
A great walk. Moving in places.
I really enjoyed this video, Thank you so much John
thanks Marlene
beautiful scenery💚
What a wonderful memory and moment!
What a treat to be reliving some of the memories from your childhood. Thanks again so much John.
Thanks for sharing, I did the same walk to the Crooked Billet today! It was very nice and lovely to hear your story
Beautiful, man thank you. Your engagement with the land and its history, both recent and hidden, is so rare and necessary. I went to high school on the base 1981-85 and haven't been since. We called the climb up from the Rye 'Suicide Hill'. Nobody ever pointed out to me the 'Hill hum', but - yes. Best regards from Mexico City!
Thanks John lovely memories
Firstly John. A very Happy New Year to you. Lovely nostalgic film and which took you back to your childhood. Happy memories.
I spent my boyhood, adolecence & a large part of adulthood around this area. My ancestors were originally from Downley & involved in the furniture trade. I felt an incredible resonance watching this. As you alluded to, tramping around on the earth that grew us can bring back the innocent joy & wonder that can nourish the soul throughout a lifetime. Absolutety wonderful.
Love your spontaneous, impulsive journeys, always enjoyable! Beautiful countryside. Just love your commentary & the music was such a good choice. Thank you for the truly wonderful walk John...take care
thanks so much K
Stunning John. Love your casual stroll in such beautiful country side. The same of my 17th century ancestors. Cheers
Thanks Darren - it's a really wonderful terrain
Loved this walk, it was not only scenic but illuminating. Thanks for sharing your memories, they make each walk fun and a learning experience. Cheers!
Oh! The very best walk I've watched yet. Really, really lovely, John, thank you. Wonderful memories you have shared with us too - and so special that you can still talk to your Dad about them.
so glad you enjoyed Mariana - felt like a special one to me but always feel a bit apprehensive when it becomes personal, but really glad to have shared this
Keephill Wood and the Wycombe Underground were my childhood playgrounds in the mid-70's when on lived on the Air Station... Great memories!
You do the magic when walking with camera. Love it
many thanks indeed
Thank you for that walk John and for your childhood memories with your dad. Also nice to hear of your adult friendship with him too. Makes me recall my own dad and glad for our times together. Nothing wrong with nostalgia, thanks for sharing as always.
thanks Tomas - yes he's a great old fella, you're right a bit of nostalgia is good for the soul from time to time
Beautiful.
catching up on your over vlogs John, and your stories of your dad with the pigeon, beautiful! and cracked me up I must obey , go have a pint. lol so love your vlogs!
Another fantastic walk John, coming from Wycombe I can relate to those walks around the Chilterns . There's nothing better than sitting on a hillside looking out at the end of a walk , especially Glastonbury Tor ( not quite in the Chilterns), there's something special there at sunset.
Really enjoyed the walk through your childhood memories with your old man.
thanks Peter - I must send the old fella a DVD
A beautiful part of the country indeed. Never seen so many red kites in one place. Thanks John.
Thanks Tim - there was a breeding project for the Kites a few years ago, now the sky is thick with them
Thank you for sharing your experience with your Dad. I look forward to imparting the same moments with my boy. The outdoors is where we can do this, my happiest young memories are where I would play in the woods as a young lad. For my boy Abel, living in Stratford is very hard to do this. I try and take him to Wanstead Flats to run through the long grass. One day I hope he thinks back on these moments as you have done in High Wycombe. Much respect Michael.
thanks for that Michael - I think in reality they'll remember the nice times together wherever they are. My youngest son always enjoyed coming for a walk in Epping Forest and going for a drink in the pub by the Hunting Lodge
Beautiful memories John. You talking about your father's orchard reminded me of when my dad took us boys (3) to where his school forest was that he helped plant. We also walked through old farm fields left to grow over and back to nature near his boyhood farm.☺
Great memories Scott - it's nice the way these things stay with us
this was so beautiful! English villages, my absolute dream life... wishing you great walks for the future! greetings from Argentina (a fellow Doctor Who fan)
many thanks Victoria - some more great walks planned for the rest of the summer
Thanks John for this and all your wonderful videos. I too enjoy all the same types of walk as yourself, whether town or countryside. Living in Buckhurst Hill ,I've walked several of the same areas as you so hope our paths cross one day so I can say Hello. Best wishes.
thanks Keith - I'm sure our paths are bound to cross one day and please do say hello
A nostalgia fest for me too. Not for such specific memories as yours, but for all those shots of classic Chiltern country that I miss so much.
Cheers John.
Ah, those hills never leave you Rob
@@JohnRogersWalks I live among hills now so much higher and so much more spectacular, but there is something about the long sweep of a Chiltern valley or the promise of a gentle rise and distant woodland..
I was out today on a strenuous walk in the Southern Uplands, and when I took an exhausted afternoon nap, I dreamed of the Chilterns.
Happy days you old bugger, and don't ever stop walking.
that sounds glorious Rob. My Dad lives in Devon now and says he missed the softness of the Chilterns - no rocks, I like your description of 'the long sweep'. I'll never stop walking
I live a few doors up from the Crooked Billet and was chuffed to see the mention of the woodland behind which I cherish dearly, it's a very mysterious wood and I've been fortunate enough to get to explore it over the last 6 years since moving here from the town. Great video, lovely images and well edited.
I was hoping you would cut across Bloom Wood to the field besides it, there have been benches placed by the farmers with the most breathtaking views of Marlow, Cookham and the Thames
Fabulous, John.
thanks brY an
what lovely views, sir! bless you. Thanks for the upload.
It’s still very close to my heart Syed, very glad you enjoyed the video
@@JohnRogersWalksThanks Again.
I particularly enjoyed this one. It gives me a bit of a visual image of the area some of my ancestors would have known, going back to the early 1500s. Looks a lot like Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario where I grew up.
Your dad is a wise man that looked like a great pint🍺 Thank you for the lovely walk
thanks 4theEye - it was a great pint of Brakspear's which used to be brewed just down the road in Henley and I think now is brewed not that far away in Witney, Oxon
@@JohnRogersWalks Yum nothing better than a good local beer
Beautiful John simply Beautiful!!!! I envy YOU!!!!Thank YOU!!!!!
Nice story about your Dad and the pigeon.
thanks Gordon
Ah cheers buddy. Really enjoyed it.
wonderful to hear - thanks David
Great film John. I live in the area, and it`s nice to see you walking paths that i walk myself. I walked 2100 miles last year, so know the area well.
Great part of the world to live pricketfella - I keep being drawn back
John - I have worked near Warren Wood for about 25 years and never walked there -- you have inspired me to wander in there!....... I do know Winchbottom Lane though as I was once stuck in a traffic jam there for 2 .5 hours when the A404 was suddenly shut! ..... a lovely video... thanks
What a wonderful spot to work Martin. Glad you’re inspired to take a walk in the wood
@@JohnRogersWalks it is lovely and I cannot wait to get into that wood and drink in the solitude so close to Wycombe yet so seemingly remote.. wonderful
Nicely done John, no car chases, special effects, violence , politics. A bit of sanity in a mad world. Thank you from the Niagara Region, Canada. Peter
Thanks Peter - walking is my solution to the ills of the world
Lovely.
thanks Mary
Another corker John. So nostalgic for you.
I've said it before but I'd love it if you sat down with your Dad, set up a camera and just reminisced and had a natter. He sounds like a splendid man.
thanks Boyd, I have mentioned this to him and he laughed but I'll try and do it this summer down in Devon
Wonderful john what more can I say
thanks Robert
BTW excellent video thank you
Nice one John
thanks Leo
Yes. I agree with the other comments. Nice walk.I like the grasses.
Yes thank you.
And The Museum of London has moved. On Google
Where will we end up next week, who knows, it could be anywhere....but, John, it will definitely be "somewhere"
Great as always - really do enjoy these trips into your past. Spending my teenage years down the end of the Metropolitan line, I was aware of places like High Wycombe - but they attained a kind of mysterious otherness in my head - what on earth could be there in these places close to London that didn't have a tube station?
Wycombe always seemed to be a place of mystery for a lot of people, was always getting odd mentions on TV as people understood that it was an odd place, and in many ways it is
Oddly enough, your videos of Wycombe are kind of how I imagined it - and have that strange magical quality I always imagined too.
that's great to hear - well worth a trip out there and a stroll in the hills
Beautiful Walk as always, the Ridgeway what an amazing route, can I ask what Dr Who episode were you watching, one of my favourites is the Daemons with John Pertwee, always thought it had elements of Quatermass set in a quintessential English Village centred around the Church,thanks again John for sharing
thanks Leslie. I can't actually remember the episode but it was a recent Matt Smith episode in the series which starts with his Death then builds up to that moment through the series - really gripping. John Pertwee was my first Doctor
Thanks John.
And yes, it was foxglove !
Fantastic, thanks Little Acorns
Just found this chap bloody Marvellous im Born and I bred in High Wycombe.wife is Woburn green girl so most of these places will start working though your Catalogue of films.👍🏻
Thanks Daniel
Would love to see one of your Chilterns/Bucks walks taking in Marlow, including the WWI training trenches on Marlow Common, the Rookery and the associations with the Templars
I have a strong family blood-line from Bucks and Wooburn. I have always been interested in 'places' too. I wonder if psychogeography is in the blood? :-) Great work, sir!
Do you remember the weekly cartoon in the Bucks/Marlow Free Press called "Bucks Peasants"? Maybe they lit the fires in those woods?
the memory of childhood, being carried on your father's shoulders with the pigeon, was beautiful. very poignant.
Thanks Scott
@@JohnRogersWalks you're welcome John. I've stared reading Austerlitz. I purchased Sinclair's The Last London at the same time. And since then realised and purchased your book This Other London. By a chance viewing of one of your films on You Tube, a completely whole new world has been opened up to me and its quite an incredible world. Thanks so much for what you do John. It is wonderful work, so important.
Ah, the verdent rolling memories of childhood. Evocative stuff. About two thirds of the way through your book John. I'll post a terribly written review of it when I'm done on your newest video of the time. Might sell a few more copies, might get the pulping industry up to speed. You haven't been nasty about Leyton Orient in the prose yet, so that will forgive most sins :-)
thanks Mouxbar - I was pleased to be able to get the Orient references into the book
John, did you know there was once a Bronze-age round barrow in the field next to Pigeon House Farm? No sign of it now, it’s all ploughed out
i cannot seem to find all your wycombe walk vids can you link me please ? ty
I grew up in HW...always thought it was a nice town...went back recently , noticed the amount of trees everywhere and the fact it's starting to turn into another craphole like Luton.
well the new shopping centre has killed the High Street, which many people predicted would happen
Didn't Denis Wheatley write a series of novels set in the Wycombe caves? Must Google it?
The Hell Fire Cub. I was correct.
John you do like to start your walks late in the day, why is this?
I know Richard, it's a bit of a curse but I like to take it easy in the morning and hang out with the family I suppose
JOHN, THAT IS A DISGUSING REMARK, TO SAY THAT IT WAS A BEAUTIFULL EXPERIENCEE AFTER YOU AND YOUR FATHER HAD WRONGFULLY TOOK THE LIFE OF ONE OF GODS CREATURES THAT DESERVES TO LIVE AND NOT TO BE KILLED BY MANKIND AND IS AS BAD AS WHAT BAD GUYS DO TO POOR FOXES. SO YOU HAVE A BAD DARK SIDE YOU KEPT QUIET TILL NOW JOHN !!!!.
YOUR VIDEOS ARE TIME LESS ESPECIALLY THE CHOICE OF MUSIC