116: Staunton, the Buckstone and Near Hearkening Rock (Wye Valley and Forest of Dean 2018)
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- WYE VALLEY AND FOREST OF DEAN WALK FEATURING STAUNTON, THE BUCKSTONE, THE WYSIS WAY AND NEAR HEARKENING ROCK
"Staunton, the Buckstone and Near Hearkening Rock”
Filmed 1st September 2018
Post-production completed 27th July 2019
*Contains some swearing*
Today’s outing in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean takes me back to Staunton and Highmeadow Woods. This walk explores the woods with visits to an eclectic collection of prominent stones ranging from the megalithic to the largest detached boulder in Britain…..
Filmed in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean in the counties of Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. Locations include Staunton, the Long Stone, Marian’s Inclosure, the Wysis Way, Lady Park Wood, Near Hearkening Rock, the Suck Stone and the Buckstone. This is part of the series of films shot in 2018 celebrating 25 years of “The Solitary Rambler”.
Written, researched, directed, camera and sound, edited and music by Patrick Leach.
Click here for a map showing the route of the walk: explore.osmaps.com/route/1628...
DISCLAIMER: Although I work hard to ensure all information is correct to the best of my knowledge, I am only featuring information I have found online during my research when putting this film together, so I cannot guarantee that there are no mistakes or errors.
As with all the films I make, this is a mini-movie of my personal journey along the walk, in which I might share some of my own personal stories, and not actually intended to be a guide to the area.
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I took my young sons to Staunton and up to the Buckstone, just a couple of days ago (April school holiday 2021). It was a beautiful cold clear sunny day, and the view was amazing - even they were impressed! For the next trip, I think we'll go and look for the Near Hearkening Rock and the Suck stone. Living in Gloucester, we're fortunate to live within easy reach of many wonderful places to visit. Thank you for the video.
Glad this was of help, many thanks for commenting and for watching 👍
Thanks of rekindling some memories of several walks I did in the 70s with my School's rambling club through the Forest of Dean and ending up at the Near Harkening rock. All us boys then stood on the Cliff's edged and bellowed out cries to see who had the loudest voice, no doubt annoying the residents n the valley below
Thanks for watching. I'm sure you wouldn't have been the only ones to bellow out cries on Near Hearkening Rock! :) All the best. Cheers, Patrick :)
Both myself and my partner Christine just love these videos of places where we haven't visited Patrick. The walks in the area seem to be, indeed. most pleasant, and it was a nice surprise to see those most unusual rocks. The Near Heartening Rock has some beautiful views from it, and it's formation is quite huge in size, too. The church in Staunton is a very attractive building in architecture, together with the old surviving cross. Many thanks for this interesting and enjoyable film, Patrick. Take care.
Thanks for watching this one Ffranc. The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean is my old stomping ground and a personal favourite place for me. Near Hearkening Rock and the Suck Stone are amazing rocks to see. Staunton is a pretty village even though it lies in a busy road. Yeah that old cross is great. Thanks again and all the best 👍
One of the things about walking in the great outdoors Patrick ...Ive gone Arse over tit more times than i care to recall mate.....Hope youve healed well .. Thank you once again for another wonderful wander through this beautiful Area..... Magnificent views as well take care mate best regards Frank & Lee...
Well Frank you're not a true walker if you've not fallen arse over tit at least a few times in your life! Pity I didn't get a shot on camera as I fell! :) Anyway thanks as always Frank and Lee for watching and commenting. Cheers, Patrick :)
Another great video Patrick. I hope people appreciate the effort you put in to producing, editing and uploading these excellent videos. Paul Beachcroft
Thanks for that Paul, glad you enjoyed this. I certainly enjoy putting the work into these videos, so it's good to know other enjoy the results. Thanks again and all the best. Cheers, Patrick :)
Solitary Rambler No problem mate. It must be difficult to fit all this around your full time job. I know from my own experience how difficult it is to juggle paid work, my voluntary work, hobbies, padtimes etc. You do exceptionally well.
You have to be careful walking alone we don't want to lose you and your wonderful channel. So much to see in the forest and what views, i expect you have walked all over the places you could see in the distance. Lovely rock formations and standing stones from times past. Thanks for the tranquil walk really soothing to watch. Take care.
The risks I go to just to capture a walk on film ha ha! I've probably walked a few of those places seen in those distant views, but not for many many years. Thanks as always for watching Kelly and for your kind comments. Cheers, Patrick :)
Stourton walk interesting one stone features Great. Thanks
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I'm off to Liverpool Patrick in the morning but will catch this and the previous up. Have a great week. Mark
Oh that's OK Mark, no worries, hope you have a great time in Liverpool :)
@@solitaryrambler I'll be watching tonight Patrick. The Liverpool trip was awesome. Mooching about the old docks....Peace!
Thank you for your wonderful videos, I have done some of these walks myself, so good to see some of these areas again, I’ve got to say though when I did this walk it certainly wasn’t as overgrown....sorry to hear about your tumble, keep the videos coming!
Thank you Pauline for your kind words. I tumbled but I lived that's the important thing! :) Many thanks for watching. Cheers, Patrick :)
Fantastic videos you are very good.
Thank you Stuart that is very nice of you to say :)
Another wonderful walk Patrick,thankyou for sharing and for all the hard work you've put into it,that's the 116th film of yours I'v watched and have thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of them,glad you weren't too badly hurt in the fall,thankyou once again,and all the best from Pete.
Thanks Pete, the arm was just quite sore for a few days, but no major injury thankfully. It just looked worse than it did at the time due to the amount of blood, but it wasn't that bad really. Thanks as always Pete for your kind comments and for watching. Cheers, Patrick :)
glad you had such a good time.have led this walk but by a different route yours was interesting so OS map out and give it a go thank you
NIce one thanks for watching 👍
Risking your life to give us the beautiful footage (haha). Have a speedy recovery Patrick, appreciate all you do.
The lengths we go to for filming eh Richard ha ha! Thanks for watching as always :)
Lovely stuff Patrick, I know you have been to Cheshire and walked up the mighty Shuttlingsloe, but have you done the walk from Lyme Hall up to the Anglo-Saxon Bowstones ?- well worth a visit. Thankyou for making these great films.
Thanks for your nice comments Nick. I have done the walk you mention, which is the very next film after the Shutlingsloe film you've seen :)
Thank you for another lovely informative walk around the Forest. How long did it take you to walk from the Suck Stone to the Buck Stone as it is quite a distance.? Roger used to ride horses around that area in his youth.
Thanks again. This was 4 years ago since I shot this, so I can't really say how long the walk took as I also spend a much longer time on the routes because I'm filming them. However, you'll find information and a route map if you look at the description below the video. Many thanks 👍
Ouch i hate it when you fall 😓😓
It looked really bad when i fell, but it wasn't as painful as it appeared really, just sore for a while :)