WALKING IN KENT | RIVER MEDWAY AND WEST FARLEIGH
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I had planned to do this one as a wild camp, but as you will see in the video, it ended up as just a day walk, but what a lovely walk it was!
This was a 7 mile walk that I completed on my own on a really warm and sunny day in February.
The walk featured a long stretch along the river Medway, on the outskirts of Maidstone in Kent. I visited the villages of West and East Farleigh, Farleigh Green and Teston.
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I'm always wary of wildcamping near a river. In Scotland I once got a 3am wake up call on my tent. At the time I thought he was a nutter because he just banged on my tent. When I opened up he just looked inside the tent and asked me if I was on The West Highland Way. When I replied yes he just asked to shake my hand and trotted off into the woods with 1100 lumens of my ThruNite blazing him up. I was wildcamping with a German girl I had met on the way and he was also banging on her tent too before mine. She wisely didn't respond and got her 🔪 out! It turns out this SOAB was a river bailief looking for poachers but I only found this out a year later when I passed through the area again and saw the sign on the 🌲 saying these people patrol the area day and all hours of the night. He never identified himself so he could havef still been a nutter and it's safe to say I've never wild camped anywhere near that river again! 😂
snowy matrix wow that's some story mate lol you've just put me off rivers I think haha! Sounds creepy. They should really carry identification. Good use of the thru nite headlight though, initially blind and stun your would be attacker. Then just go for the balls, this isn't meant to be pretty. Fight dirty lol. Cheers for watching mate.
TOM OUTDOORS yeah mate It never put me off wild camping but I can say I didn't sleep another wink that night until dawn when I got another hour or two! After he scurried off into the woods I got fully dressed and put on my boots ready to fight if he came back. This is why I carry high powered torches in all my backpacks! That stobe light in his eyes would have given me an edge in the darkness of the woods!
snowy matrix reminds me of the end to rear window lol. Good shout mate. I don't blame you, proper creepy!
Great video. Teston is only a couple of miles from me. I'll definitely be doing the walk. I too have the book - lol !! You were right to air on the sided of caution for the wild camping. ATB Paul & Cedric.
Plodder Outdoors oh really? ! Small world! Let me know if you ever fancy meeting up for a Kent day walk pal.
Very nice Tom and I remember that sunny time in February. Liked the Tickled Trout Pub, brilliant seven mile walk. PS can’t stand cider, it’s BEER only for me and nothing below 6%. Cheers Tom.
LiveSimplyFilms: Mountain Mike thanks for watching mate.
Well done mate, right decision, loved the vid, keep them coming. How’s Candice. 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Digger Boyce cheers mate. Yeah she's good thanks.
Do cone heads live in those houses @ 9.15. Quite enjoyed your what we call a Tiki tour of this area bro. If one of those Pill boxes were clean and tidy they would make for a good over nighter me thinks. Anyway all the best bro.
Ken Allen the one near the mill was my best option. Gutted looking back now at a missed opportunity. Thanks for watching mate.
You can camp legally at one of the locks if you check canoe Medway you can find where to camp it has no services so it's a permission wild camp basically good luck love your videos you got a mention on summit or nothing on one of there films I noticed keep up the good work
i'll look into that mate because i do want to go and camp along the river at some point. that pillbox would of done fine though tbh lol. cheers.
fab fab fab always a pleasure thankyou oh and the opening song is ?????? xx
Staring at the valley. Cheers! X
that song is fucking amazing and so are you oh and your funny thankyou so much x
@@vanssan1414 cheers! One tries lol. X
An interesting area for walking, and plenty of pubs open! I know exactly how you feel about wildcamping, sometimes it's not worth the hassle, especially if hidden away in the woods away from river. The sheer amount of signage saying private/keep out does play on the mind, atb Shaun
Sublevel Adventures cheers shaun mate. The pillbox I went in was the best option!
So Tom, have you considered taking on any of the long distance paths that permit( or at least don't mind ) wild camping? I'm sure you'd be happy as a pig in poo and I know I'd watch every vid that you produced from it. As for this one(enjoyed it very much by the way)I have day fished from the bank about 20metres from the bridge that you started your walk from and although it was a very beautiful area it did appear to be very 'owned and heavily managed' so I'm not at all surprised that you felt apprehensive about a wild one, still, next time eh !
Yeah I've done that before in my older video's. If work permits really . I just about have the time to do what I do now.
Evening buddy. By the sound of it you did right. Many times I've been there. Thinking right here we go an someone with a dog go, s pasted.. Games keepers as well at two in the morning. That shit me up. Ha ha. Thanks for sharing mate. Question mi friend. How won your give away mate. Didn't here the winning name. ATB.
didnt end up doing it mate. tbh you were the only person who sounded interested in entering it. had no support for it. i may do one if and when i get to 2000 subs, but if no one cares, there's no point.
Top geezer! Great video mate, I love that part of kent, used to be down there every chance before poxy disablement! Anyway, thanks for sharing Tom. Atb. Steve.
Stevie B cheers for watching mate.
Good effort mate, there’s always next time 😖 Tom 👍🏻 🏴
Andy Wells cheers mate, true. Another time macleod!
Canny vid mate, unlucky on not finding a suitable place but like you say, better to be safe than sorry... there is always next time :)
i agree, but wish i'd slept in that first pillbox overlooking the river, it could of worked! hindsight is a terrible thing lol cheers pal.
Like the video nice day for filming brilliant views
Andrew Forest cheers pal.
The weather looks great nice one
mcCallum blades it was a lovely day. This was filmed nearly a month ago though. We've had some awful weather since! Thanks for watching mate.
No probs buddy enjoying vids atb
Have u seen body found on that day by asda in maidstone river medway?
No why? How do you know what day I did the walk?
@@TOM_OUTDOORS 13/04/18 the day my son drowned
Sorry to hear that. I think I did this walk about a month prior. Just read the news article about your late son Alan. My condolences.
@@TOM_OUTDOORS sorry for this random question,i will never stop searching as i still dont know what really happened to my boy.thank you tho for your answer