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The Little Man is slowly being shut down from all aspects of enjoying and living in his own country. Even the judiciary has been persuaded by others not to defend his rights if money talks bigger elsewhere. I hope Dartmoor is allowed to remain for him/us.

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Beautiful video! So interesting how much context plays a part in how we interpret poetry. As soon as you said Keates was dying when he wrote this, the perspective shifts completely!

I saw a brown big cat almost 40 years ago in the woods near plymbridge, i was not alone i was with my dad and we stood and watched it for a while. The tree's were torn up just as a cat would stretch up and claw at something. We were close enough to be 100 percent sure it was a cat. There are many stories of cats being released onto the moors when the laws changed. I have to assume these must have bred to have lasted so long

Beautiful 🤩

What an incredible man. Really fascinating vlog. Thank you so much. 😊

That scarlet macaw is stunning. ❤

Thank you George. Poetry needs to be read out loud. That's when it comes alive. It just lies there lifeless on the page, waiting for someone to breathe life into it. And where better to recite such a wonderful poem than being in Nature ! Take care, and happy trails. Jan.

Hunters tor.. Pop in for tea next time

Historians will look back on this video hundreds of years from now as an example of peak British humour. Outstanding

Hello George. Thank you for posting. The outdoors and poetry are two of my favourite things. I didn't seem to be having one of my better mornings when you posted. So it really gave me a boost. It was a wonderful not-a-podcast. It ilfted my spirits. Thank you. Take care. And happy trails. Jan.

I know you teach, is it English by any chance?

Romantic poets, poets generally, stuffier than a build a bear workshop.

Just what I needed

Hi there, that was a really enjoyable video, thanks for posting it, atb Simon

Perhaps Keats was inspired to really start living in the moment, with the spectre of imminent death, as inspired by another poet; Matsuo Basho. "You only live twice; Once when you're born, And once when you look death in the face." Really enjoyable podcast (* not a podcast) thank you, George.

Excellent video. A great antidote to the usual wild camping videos. Very funny and informative. Thanks for sharing. Steve.

Great explanation of the poem. Thank you. I'm going to binge on your other episodes now.

This is excellent work, George! Love autumn, love poetry... And the reminder of the greatest importance: to be present, to take in the beauty. 🧡x

My sainted mother loved Keats and all the romantic poets (despite all the naughtiness they got up to and she was a very prim woman!). The only poetry I can stomach is Eliot (oddly I suppose) we studied Eliot for A'Levels (showing my age!) and I have to confess that the Wasteland can still bring me out in goosepimples (oddly too, my two old english 'mistresses' ended up living between Yelverton and Princetown despite the fact I was at school on the Isle of Wight! I bumped into them in the loos in Morrisons in Tavi many years ago!). But I enjoyed your rendition and of course your podcast (not a podcast!) as ever, entertaining.

Happy birthday again George. 😁 (Can't celebrate a 40th long enough 🤣). Fabulous vid. Which do you prefer, Wales or Dartmoor or is that a really really silly question. The mountains may be spectacular in Wales but give me the wilderness of Dartmoor anyday (and the lack of people!). 😍

Howled at that 'Steady thy laden head across a brook' shot, bravo 😂 3:01 Though not quite a romantic, Charles Dickens is among a few famous writers who visited Dartmoor (Cranmere Pool). According to Chips Barber, that is. Anyway, mostly pleased by how well this validates a former Easter egg... Great pod!* *Ain't a pod.

Hope the Podcasts keep coming. First one on hitting a birthday milestone and now the Autumn of life, everything alright? 🙈

I can still remember, after all these years, one of my teachers shaking his head at this poem's "sinister" last line before lamenting "poor old Johnny Keats!" The lesson took place in the unfamiliar and cramped music room at the very top of an austere Victorian building. Lesson over, I stumbled down the winding, gloomy, precipitous stairway and out into the sunlit courtyard. Something happened! An epiphanic moment? A revelation? Something mystical? Many, many years later I would write a poem ( with a few embellishments) about the experience and, more recently, have made a video too. It's called 'Tracing Paper' and it would please me no end if you were able to see it. I was gleefully told by someone recently that my video appears to have gone more 'bacterial' than 'viral' but I remain uncertain as to whether this is a good or a bad thing? One day, I'd like to see what you can do with what I think is Keats' greatest Ode - To A Nightingale; or with one of the most bewitching ballads in the English language - La Belle Dame Sans Merci. This is yet another one of your masterpieces, George. Your students are very lucky indeed.

Marvelous 👌...I liked the shot of the full grown lamb at the end eyeing you up George: 'bloody RUclipsr' 😊 I'm not a poet, as you can see 😁

I think it was Bertie Wooster who said that 'he didn't want to disrespect him by going so far as to suggest that he actually writes poetry but......'

Happy 40th George, another great video! Glad to hear that the trip away didn’t dampen your love for Dartmoor! Never give up on being a rockstar 😂

Amazing Podcast ( not a P.. ). I’ve just turned 58 and Dartmoor has somehow eased my anxiety on the approach to 60. Totally get it George. Thank you for a timely video and I send you, and your family, sincere good wishes 🙏🏻😀🫡

I'll take Dartmoor's Snowdon, thank you 😊

Beautifully done! Happy birthday!

What’s quid?

Another good video. The man saying "I hope you're proud of yourself" 😂 a particular highlight haha some people are just idiots

Moving and poetically put together; the way to reflect on this significant occasion. Thank you, for you. ❤x

Fantastic video I'm just over 6 decades and probably ought to have a crack at both of those. Your videos are a great inspiration.

I'll take this opportunity to say happy birthday and thank you for all the videos. Always entertaining and informative.

Happy belated birthday lovely!! What a great “podcast” (not a podcast) 😂 Really interesting though and so sad about that hiker, I would never go across Crib Gogh, like ever! Way too scary for me! 😱

Happy belated birthday George 🎉 Careful now, venturing out of the county, country even 😮 The difference in footfall was quite dramatic between the two Snowdens, and makes me realise how fortunate we are to have the Moor relatively to ourselves. How clever the birds are to know 'its not a podacst' 😂 Here's to a positive resolution of the supreme courts decision, and the continuing rights to sleep under the stars 👍 thanks for the video once again.

You came over as marginally smug and self satisfied, do something dangerous more often as you age. It works wonders. Be seeing you!

I too turned 40 last month. A little unsettling.

Happy Birthday. Wish I was 40 again. I'm well past now 😊. Just can't believe how many people were on the mountain. Really enjoyed seeing the two Snowden's I know where my heart is tho. Thanks again for the vlog.

Very grateful for the latest dose. Thanks from sunny Durban (ish)

Happy 40th. I jumped of a cliff in Norway for mine (with a parachute I'll add). 40 years does something to the mind. That was 20 years ago and life continues to surprise me. Loved your homage to The Prisoner, we all want information, but I think I know who I am. Enough of that rubbish. Happy Birthday, sorry its late. ps: its not a podcast.

After watching all of your videos, I suppose the biggest surprises of this video was that you have a wife and friends 😁 sorry I have walked Snowdon, on my 52nd Birthday a couple of years ago but I was up there at 7am with just another couple and a guy on a mountain bike, I'm a big fan of the smaller hills as they are much quieter , your route up looked great though, I walked the ranger path up and back. Great video as always Sorry again about my starting comment

Happy Birthday old chap! Is there anything you need from the Argos old lady range! Such as, walking frame with built in shopper, all weather thermal head cosy, and from the Larry Grayson range! A pair of reading glasses with neck chain!

I get it, I am also a hobbit

Really poured some GW into that one 🥲 Nice to hear your thoughts on a milestone and about your connection with the moor. I think it's something many Dartmoor 'nutters' share, just not everyone's good at putting it into words. They say life begins at 40, but it REALLY begins at 100 Club. Pray you reach it by 50 😂

You should see Dartmoor as i write this.... It's very grim.

I know lots of you already wished me a happy birthday on the last episode, so I'm sorry to milk it further in this one! Thank you, all!

Did this route on Saturday riding from Honiton to the route then follow the route then home again to Honiton! 145miles 13750 ft of elevation 🥵 was cooked after 12 hrs ride time on the gravel bike

Wonderful and funny video, i'm an keen forager and fungi enthusiasts, and was interested to know where you found the Liberty caps, as I would very much like to photograph them. Thanks Rambles