Nunwell Trail | Isle of Wight Walks | Cool Dudes Walking Club
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- A walk from Ryde St Johns Road Station to Sandown Station following the Nunwell Trail. You can find the GPX of the route here: www.outdooractive.com/en/rout...
If you enjoyed this video, and want to help me make more, it would be really great if you joined the Cool Dudes Walking Club. You can join on CZcams Channel’s main page and click join to pay a monthly amount via youtube.
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This has been top tier lockdown viewing.
Thanks cool dude.
If you ever find a golf ball simply go to the golf club and throw the ball over the fence onto a green, karma will decide if the irate golfer gets his ball back. Entertaining as always Marek.
The man in the speeding car that went about 50mph really close to me at the end was going to the golf club, it reminded me that some golfers are arseholes, so I didn't feel so bad.
Hi Marek 👍😊 Great video, cheers. Nice little Easter present for us all.😁👍 Favourite walking item, is a good quality, lightweight waterproof jacket. One you can scrunch up into a ball & shove in the backpack. Favourite seasonal film is 'National Lampoons Christmas Vacation'.
You're 100% right about school. 5 years of misery for me too. When you're 13, 5 years seems like forever. Now I'm 50, 5 years goes in the blink of an eye ! 😁 You're so lucky to live on the Isle of Wight. We live near the centre of England. The coast is 3 hours in any direction. 🥴 Keep up with the great videos mate. 👍 Matt.
Thanks Matt. I am a big fan of the lightweight waterproof jacket too. Maybe it's more of a British essential item. Also agree about school. It is odd how those five years seem like about thirty years in my mind. I was in London for 21 years before returning. I don't miss the big smoke at all. Stay cool. Marek
That's where he kept his Mars bars possibly 🤔🤣 gawd.. so many memories 💚
Thank you for all these wonderful videos, Marek. I love watching them.
So glad you enjoy them. Stay cool.
@@cdwc you too my dude 😄
Chicken poppers, don't taste of chicken or have the effect of poppers 😂😂😂😂 brill walk! Need to get Joel to watch this as he's HATING school too at the mo, massively. Keep trying to tell him the same thing. 👍👍👍
Very enjoyable.. Keep it up "NIPPER"
Ha. That is the first time I've been called nipper in about thirty years.
Oh my God, I've had to pause the video halfway because you've just given me a BRILLIANT idea re: buried treasure. I'm going to invent metal-detecting walking shoes. They'll beep every time you walk over something very old and valuable (yeah, they'll also beep every time you walk over ring pulls and bottle caps - I'm working on it).
It is an excellent idea. I will happily test run them for you. I say run, I mean walk about 2mph.
A fine walk, I hate walking through farms, they always make me me think I'm going to be shot.
My favourite bit of walking equipment is my flask. Perfect for a nice cup of tea.
The sit mat would go perfectly with that. Some walks have non-stop benches, others absolutely none.
Thumbstick that I cut for myself. Essential on any walk, long or short and beats walking poles anyday.
I wonder why Trekking Poles don't have a thumb rest option.
Spooky farmyards are quite common around my area, I always try to get past them sharpish. Shame to see that the island also has bellends in fast cars. My favourite walking item has to be my Trangia meths stove for making a fresh brew. Getting the train driver to toot his horn was a nice touch. Congrats to the winner. Stay cool dude.
I had to wait seven hours to time the train toot perfectly. I am glad it is appreciated by someone. The meths stove sounds cool.
@@cdwc 😂
Love a good rat captured on camera!! We caught one last year! Maybe now it's made it to the I.O.W.
How he get across the water....ski boat 🤯
Water rats are even bigger than normal rats. My wide angle lens made that rat look a third of the size it was in real life.
Yes I thought was going to get killed on that road ! Hi viz beanie saved me lol
Man, we were talking about picnic spots today and said exactly the same, that there’d be a better spot just round the next corner....loving the picnic....👍😎 My best bit of walking gear are my shades of which I have several pairs....not only are they cool but they serve as protectors from pokey out tree branches..I have my expensive ray bans for town and urban walking and the cheap ones which I wear when in woods or old buildings
Your shades look cool Jag. I bought a sun glasses cord last year which diminishes coolness, but has helped me not drop and ruin about three pairs a year. Stay cool.
I’m stuck in Norway for a few months again but bk home to the IOW in a week and cannot wait! Your videos are brilliant! A true entertainer!
Nice one dude. I'm hoping to do Walk the Wight when the weather gets better. Have a safe trip home. Stay cool.
Thanks
Nice one. This is my very first thanks on this channel. I wasn't even sured it worked. Ha! Thank you. It is much appreciated. I will put it towards my next trip. Stay cool.
Whenever I was lucky enough to sit at the front of the bus on the top deck as a 13yr old, I would often hold the metal bar in front of the window and pretend I was hang gliding down the road.....on the rare occasion I use buses now, part of me still wants to do this and I am 48.
Top right front seat is the best hands down.
seasonal film: watching Jaws sometime during 4th of July festivities. not really a day I celebrate but one of the best films of all time. also, when she was a kid my American girlfriend (a Cool Dude herself) screamed in the cinema when the head rolled out.
perhaps some other of you Cool Dudes have inadvertently screamed in an otherwise silent cinema?
Jaws is probably in my top five films of all time. Every bit of it is perfect.
I went to Sandown High and I loved every second. I was a sad child. Excellent walk, cool dude. Nice to have a bit of freedom again.
What! You loved it? This must be a lie.
My favorite walking equipment is my legs.
Where did you get them from?
the Easter Bunny hands out rabbit eggs, that was an enjoyable video of a not very nice walk, was fun still
Yes of course. Rabbit Eggs.
Great video as always. I love an end to end walk mostly because I like getting somewhere and not walking in circles ⭕ Best piece of equipment ... has to be my Scarpa walking boots . I have a tick remover that I take out with my every walk . Never used it . I'm sure if I ever get a tick it will be my favourite bit of equipment.
I keep forgetting to take my tick remover. Thank you for reminding me. How long did your Scarpa boots take to break in. My winter boots are Brasher's which I like. I have to try and make sure they are all really wide fit or my plantar fasciitis kicks in.
@@cdwc fitted like a glove from day one . I wear them all year . Have you ever had a tick ?
Not yet fingers crossed. I always try to put that anti-tick insect repellent round my ankles and the backs of my knees.
You did well to scare off that mutant rat. I think you would've been fine against the adder - I don't like them either. When I walked The Ridgeway in 2018, I was nearing the end of a very long day when I decided to rest on this fallen tree. Sometime later, I got up and noticed a proper bench only 5 metres away, just beyond the branches! :-)
The rat was terrifying and at least eight times as big in real life. I spend most of the hour before lunch trying to assess where to have lunch. My worst one was at a base of a hill in the mud, only to climb the hill with a plethora of benches at the top with incredible views.
@@cdwc We had a rat in work last summer and people seemed reluctant to do anything. It ran past my foot one day - the size of a dog - and I swear is was squeaking as it dragged its belly along the floor!! Not a fan of the things.
I passed on a cemetary with suitable benches last week, only to end up sat in front of a hedge in a flat field. Sitting cross-legged is not comfortable once you surpass the age of ten!
You were very kind on Ryde St Johns, Marek. Let's just say I've encountered the human form of 'Easter eggs' (or logs!) down there before! Great episode - even funnier than normal - if that's possible!
I think a week day in the mornings when no-one is around may have been the best time. I did see a dumped kids bicycle surrounded by beer cans.
@@cdwc Yeah, the amount of bikes I’ve seen in that stream makes me think they’re amphibious
I saw an adder on a walk near Knighton...my dad didn't believe me and said there's no adders on the IOW. and yes even in the 70's we had the big cat stories. I'm a caulkhead now in Australia. Went to school at Arreton primary , and ABK :) before it was demolished
That dramatic reconstruction was ::chef's kiss::
I had to google several pictures of people leaping over fences to capture the pose.
My best bit of gear for walking is a small plastic bottle of Tropicana that I bought during lockdown 1 and has lasted over a year now , the plastic bottle I mean, not the Tropicana juice, that went in seconds. I usually fill it with orange squash n water and it fits well into most pockets.
A good bit of gear. The Price Per Use on that might be down to 1p per use, an excellent investment on an item. PPU is my system for attributing value to an item. My North Face backpack I bought approximately eight and a half years ago for £70.00 has been used on about 1,600 days, giving it an excellent PPU of 4.3p. (Even I am starting to find this boring, although I may talk about it in my next video).
Anyone else waiting for sunglasses Marek when Marek said he had creamed himself
One of the best bit of kit I own is a wind jacket from decathlon. Its a trail running one but it's perfect for hiking as it weight pretty much nothing and you can crunch it down so small and store it away easily.
Another top vid! Member42
Yes I have got a cheap waterproof from them. I just added to to the kit list on the website. It was brilliant on the South Downs Way. Not sure what it is like it a massive downpour. I might ask for their slightly more expensive one for my birthday. Decathalon are amazing.
fantastic : )
Thanks cool dude.
I bet that golfer was livid 😂⛳️
I’m signing myself and my fiancé up to The Cool Dudes Walking Club today. We are walking the South Downs Way on July 9th which would of been our wedding day had it not of been for COVID 😐 I’ve had a right result 😉
Great video again 👍🏼
Good luck cool dude. Hope you are not camping the whole way. How many days are you doing? That place I camped at on Day Three in Amberley is great and also does rooms.
@@cdwc we are taking our time so we can enjoy it. We are doing it over 8 days and will be staying in B&B’s along the way 😁 We are so excited to be doing this ☺️☺️☺️
A nice surprise to find a new walk from Cool Dude Number 1! Not the most scenic but the descriptions of your lunch more than made up for it!
Seasonal films - Planes, Trains and Automobiles in December; Enchanted April on miserable February/March days.
I love Planes. Trains and Automobiles. I have never seen Enchanted April, the cast list looks amazing. I have just found it on CZcams. I might watch it tonight.
Watching this while on a walk with the dog. Spotted what I think is a pill box off to investigate. Already seen 3 poo bags in bushes
Nice one cool dude. I have been enjoying yours and Jag's videos. I just downloaded a track by 'The Law' I heard in one of them.
@@cdwc brilliant dude I can send ya some royalty free Law tracks to use if you like. I've got hours of banging free tracks. Oh and pill box confirmed. Gonna do an overnight camp in it
That will make a great video dude.
Watership Down is my favourite Easter film along with Harvey (1950).
Yes I absolutely love it. I have been singing Bright Eyes in a high pitched voice for most of Easter.
Legend! Can't wait for this! Thank you!
Well done Alisan. Prize in the post shortly.
Great walk as always Marek, That road look horrible mate, i went for a walk that had a road like that once and also thought i was going to die at any point, never walked down that road ever again, lol.
In regards to the Full Camo people - i know quite a few people who like buying surplus military clothes due too it being really good out door wear, after all it was designed for the military, loads of pockets, usually hard wearing, warm and cheap etc.
That farm did look like a murder had happened there, crash scene and everything, lol.
Yes that farm was odd. It was almost a freeze frame of loads of car crashes. Quite eerie. I had not really considered military gear. I will definitely look some up.
Can't beat a fanny pack dude especially on a long distance trek nice point tally 👍 atb daz
I agree. I got a North Face Water proof one for a birthday gift. Perfect for storing the camera in a downpour.
Rewatching Jan ‘24
My favorite walking gear is usually a can full of beer. Keeps you hydrated and looks quite iconic in eventual pictures taken with it in the nature.
Nice one dude. How do you keep it cool though. I can't stand warm beer.
@@cdwc I usually drink it so fast that the heat has no chance.
What a splendid walk!
I really must head over to the Isle of Wight for a walking holiday one day.
My walking essential would be some form of hand wipes/cleanser. I always end up putting my hand in something yukky. It's so nice to be able to clean your hands before eating a packet of Space Raiders.
Yes I agree strongly about hand sanitiser. Space raiders should never be eaten with mucky hands.
Nice one Marek.
These vids always make me feel good 👍
Thank you 😊
Thanks Steve. Happy Easter dude.
@@cdwc ....and to you Marek. Happy Easter 🐣 👍
It’s not very exciting but I got a pair of Dunlop wellies in Aberystwyth for 10£. I use them tons & so glad I managed to cram them into my suitcase.
I am a big fan of bargain purchases. I think I will talk more about my boring Price Per Use formula in the next video.
@@cdwc Boring? That sounds essential!
My favourite item are my new purple walking poles as per one of your previous videos. 😀 cheers marek.
Hurrah for trekking poles. I am looking forward to giving my new ones a proper test.
Camouflage man must have been looking at wildlife or something. But yes, the white bag is a questionable choice.
Not a ton of birds other than the one at 3.22 but LOTS of lovely birdsong!
There were limited birds on this walk although the birdsong was beautiful.
@@cdwc I appreciate the birdsong and the earnest attempt at bird, don't you worry.
Holy moly dude that rat gave me the willies 😱
He was massive dude. If he had turned round and looked at me I think I would have shat myself. Looking forward to seeing some more of your videos soon cool dude.
@@cdwc Well done for surviving. And thanks, I uploaded my first foray into Current Affairs yesterday. Best wishes to you cherub!
Great will check it out.
My school (st Wilfrid's, Blackburn) has been demolished. Me & my mates went to look & we couldn't believe how small the cleared site actually was! Only two urinals left standing! A very cathartic experience👍 seasonal film, I love the 1939 Jamaica Inn at Christmas. The bit where the actor's handcuffs are too loose as he's supposedly a young lad, despite looking 35+🤣!! Stay cool!
I haven't seen that film, will definitely look it up. Anyone who really enjoyed schooled in the 80's or 90's is probably a psychopath. Stay cool.
amazing content
Thanks cool dude.
@@cdwc I just joined the club and would ideally like a certificate " suitable for framing" to hang in my office. Please consider adding to your shop!
Great video as always totally
Nice one cool dude.
That was interesting.👍
I'm sitting here, frozen. The thought of going outside is far from my mind so watching you I feel like I've had my walk for the day.
Thank you and a Happy Easter 🐣🐇
You burn twice as many calories watching the video as you would have done on a walk. Happy Easter dude.
Hi Marek, Loved the club badge and sub goodies. Looking forward to using the map you sent to plan my future walks.
Yes the map is an absolute life saver cool dude.
It's better than that nonsense put out by those Ordnance Survey clowns, that's for sure.
ah I nearly forgot... Mallrats is a great easter movie. And all leather Magnum boots are the best boots you could ever get. leather limousines they are and waterproof of course. Check them out.
I had not heard of Magnum Boots. They look cool. I will be watching about a million reviews on youtube from now on.
@@cdwc man I typed that comment then instantly went and got another pair. Been wearing the same boots since 2011 and keep replacing them with the same ones. Some people have remarked on how long I've kept my boots looking new haha
Happy Easter & great video! It was good to see the easter bunny had left loads of homemade easter gifts for children outside houses early this morning when I was out. Wet wipes are always very handy on walks especially when eating Chocolate Brownies! Stay cool, Cool Dude (as the sunny weather is hopefully here to stay!) 🙂
I am looking forward to eating more chocolate brownies on walks after this one.
Aswell as Kendal mint cake & Soreen malt loaf, I find jelly babies & wine gums are really good for an energy boost when i'm on long walks or cycles.
great walk, just been out with family on the first spotters handbook-guided walk. have a good one
Excellent. Did you do competitive spotting? How many points did you get? Stay cool.
@@cdwc alas, coulsnt do competetive, but did rack up a healthy 28 points for a quick walk!
Have a good one, coll dude no. 452
Good score dude.
Yay, drivers seat top deck. Best seat on the bus. No messing.
I always get depressed when I see it has already been taken.
First cool dude
great vid once again marek, love from cool dude 388
Thanks Cool Dude #388.
Yay my daughter won the prize, fame and recognition at last!!!! 👍👍. Great video again, looking forward to playing Poo Man with Alisan 💩💩
Super. I'll put it in the post tmw.
Loved the little upper deck bus eyed view at the start (made me a little nostalgic for my rover ticket days!).
Can't say I have bad memories of Sandown High, but I was only there for 3 years so maybe it's the extra two that make it really bad... plus the school I had been at previously had ceilings that often fell down on pupils, not enough hocky sticks for a team so you had to use your feet or legs when in goal, and we had to do PE in Los Altos park as there wasn't even a playing field, and windows were nailed shut so it was awful in the summer and no heaters so it was awful in the winter... I guess Sandown High had an incredibly low bar to meet as any school had to be an improvement on that!?
My seasonal movie choices are Jesus Christ Superstar (either the 2000 version, or newer arena tour with Minchin as Judas) and that classic film about an invisible rabbit- Harvey with the wonderful James Stewart.
I loved the Rover ticket. I think it was £2.50 or something for a child's Rover. We ended up going to Newport and back. I just looked Rover tickets up, they are £10, but you have to pay more if you want to get on the Breezer buses (these are the topless ones).
The sixth form at Sandown was OK, the three preceding years were a bit grim.
magic thumb powers
Can you download .gpx from Outdoor Active? If so, you can download the route and upload it to your watch and just follow the line on your watch instead of using your phone!
My fave bit of kit is a Platypus 2L bladder. Useful for spare water and folds up to nothing when empty.
Fave seasonal film is National Lampoon's Vacation!
Keep up the good work.
Hi Dave. Yes you can get all the GPX routes on Outdoor Active. I used watch and phone on the walk. I have never used a bladder though. I feel oddly paranoid that it is going explode in the bag.
@@cdwc it's natural to worry about a weak bladder, nobody's getting any younger 😂
They try their best, Marek!
Who does?
@@cdwc wee ratty
The first time it’s not your dad dropping you off. Green bus adventure it is.
I did get him to pick me up when I missed the hourly bus by two minutes.
@@cdwc your dad is awesome 😊👍
Marek - make the spotter's handbook an app
I wish I could but I don't know how to make app's unfortunately, the book took me about a month. I think the costs of doing it would outweigh the demand.
@@cdwc Fair dos. Perhaps a cool dude could help out. Anyway, keep up the good work- have loved watching the walks. I live in Farnham and the walk to Bentley is one of my favourites too.
Worked at that golf club kids from the school were always nicking golf balls and mooning the lady members 😂 Didn't like that school much either.
Ha. I didn't pull any moonies. Would have been harder to run. Agree on Sandown High School being shit. The buildings and classrooms almost suck the life out of you.
My essential gear would have to be my Foxelli trekking poles. They weigh hardly anything but are strong and comfortable.
I have been trying to convert some non-trekking pole users into using them. I can't believe I was once one of them. Now I absolutely love mine, even though I got the purple/pink ones rather than the blue ones by mistake.
Hi, are you not going to comment on the fact that the top of the leaderboard is people who have walked over 1000 miles so far this year. That's a lot of walking.
They probably put it on even when they walk to the toilet for a piss in the middle of the night.
I was going to ask this on one of my own live streams but seeing as it came up on here : Why do people hang dog mess bags on trees? if they are that lazy why not just chuck it in the bottom of a bush, at least everyone wouldn't have to look at it then, what a disgusting sight, why hang it up for others to see? - Can any one answer me?
Yes it is really weird isn't it. I assume they just chuck it in the woods. I don't see why they even put it in a bag.
I use Komoot for my hiking navigation. I've not tried the navigation part of outdoor active. How do you find it? Have a great Easter.
Yes it is really good. It gives you a pink line and a blue dot which shows your location. If you veer too far from the route it gives you a warning. You can put audio on too, but I switched it off. I think my favourite thing is finding the routes on the maps easily.
Looks like you were at the front of the top deck of that bus, I hope you pretended you were driving.
Pretending? I was definitely driving.
125 miles at 2mph = 62.5 hours.
Three days solid walking with lunch stops.
Hey Marek, did you complete the challenge of 125 miles? Do you know where you are on the leader board?
Ha. I can't remember now I am afraid.
Top video buddy, I’ve given your channel a couple of shout outs on mine. You could do with starting a Teespring store then you could sell T-shirts with your logo on 👍 I’d buy one
Good idea. Will look into it cool dude.
@@cdwc or Teemill if you want to keep it local - they're based in Freshwater.
Thanks Cool Dude.
If its any consolation, most golfers are old as balls, that golfer is probably dead by now. So don't feel too bad.
I just think if he had that golf ball he could still be alive.
@@cdwc you could have also changed his life for the better. He could have potentially slipped on the golf ball and broken his spine and lived a long life of misery. By stealing the golf ball you ensured he had a long and fruitful life!
It would be nice to have some way of knowing the best spots for having a discreet wee, with tree cover and nettle rating. That way we'd no longer have to worry about inadvertently exposing ourselves to passers-by (horrific because then we are the perpetrators of public nudity possibly in sight of children), and only have to worry about the perverts that would undoubtedly accumulate (fine, because we are then the blameless victims and also possibly heroes for keeping the perverts away from aforementioned children).
Yes maybe there should be a sign on maps 'PS' although with that abbreviation piss spot could easily be confused with picnic spot.
by any chance are you in the tv series the 'first team'?
I had a cameo as 'Holehead'.
@@cdwc thats the one, fantastic. i love all things isle of wight, and to see you whilst watching that tv series out of the blue as well brill
Did you know that Marek's disease is something chickens can get ? Don't open a chicken farm, stick to the crisps.
I find a respirator can be useful on walks.
I started the disease.
@@cdwc Lol
Do you think you will get through all the walks on the isle before the pandemic is over?
I have probably got about another three months worth of walks I reckon.
@@cdwc there that many?
It is much bigger than you think.
camouflage white handbag man, sounds intriguing but definitely not a cool dude.
He is probably in 'Not Cool Dudes Murderers Club'.