233: Blakeney, Gatcombe, Purton and Etloe (Forest of Dean District 2024)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT WALK FEATURING BLAKENEY, GATCOMBE, PURTON AND ETLOE
"Blakeney, Gatcombe, Purton and Etloe”
Filmed 30th May 2024
Post-production completed 14th June 2024
I continue beside the River Severn, just a few more miles downstream from places featured in my previous film.
One of the highlights of this walk includes visiting the site where the old Severn railway bridge once stood, before it partially collapsed and was eventually dismantled.
Filmed in the Forest of Dean District in the county of Gloucestershire. Locations include Blakeney, Gatcombe, Purton and Etloe.
Written, presented, researched, directed, camera and sound, edited and music by Patrick Leach.
Old Severn Railway Bridge photo by Ben Brooksbank. Creative Commons license: CC BY-SA 2.0
Special thanks to Mike Dunn, Visit Dean Wye and the Forest of Dean Local History Society for their information used in my research for this film.
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Fantastic adventure to share thanks for your time and effort Patrick
Glad you enjoyed it Harry, many thanks 👍
Interesting railway history. I like that sort of thing.
Yes I'm interested in the railway history here too 👍
Lovely Walk Patrick beautiful old bridges Cheers
Many thanks as always, much appreciated 👍
Beautiful picturesque village and another lovely church tour. The walk is also magnificent ❤️ ❤❤
Glad you liked the walk Richard, many thanks 👍
Great video again Patrick. You really do visit some lovely places
Thanks Jamie, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Thankyou for this Patrick, beautiful as always 😊. Thankyou for taking us along, always appreciated 🙂. Have a good weekend.
Pleased you liked it Steph, thanks as always for watching. Have a good weekend too 👍
Thanks again Patrick for all the vids on lovely places we have . Never been .. enjoyed them and yr time you give us x
Thanks again Ali, glad you enjoyed it👍
Really enjoyable watch!
Thank you! 👍
nice one patrick thank you mate another good walk .
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew, many thanks for watching 👍
Great stuff, Patrick, and very much liked the accompanying music...very atmospheric!
Many thanks for the kind words John, pleased you enjoyed it! 👍😀
What beautiful villages there are around there. I'm sure the house prices are steep too. In regards the inn, which is now a home. No matter where you go in life, you never forget your roots and your upbringing. You have so many happy memories of that area. It will always be your spiritual home. Those signs looked new. I figure they've put them on the wrong side of the river. Shame about the bridge. Must have been great to watch the trains cross it back in the day. Loved what they've done with the rowing boats by making them a feature. Quite shocked to see you upload again so soon. It was a nice surprise. Enjoyable as always. Thanks Patrick 😊
I shall be uploading weekly now for the most part as I've a load of films to catch up on. They sure are pretty villages and I would imagine those houses close to the Severn will be high. That was odd about those signs, and some of them look quite new too. That railway bridge would have been great, but I think there was a design fault as boats collided with it more than once. Glad you enjoyed this Kelly, as always thanks for watching and commenting. All the best 👍
Hey Patrick great walk very enjoyable to watch beautiful scenery too 😎 where next Patrick keep them coming !! 🍻
Glad you enjoyed it Russ, thanks for watching. There's still one or two to come 👍😁
nice, thanks for bringing us
Thanks for watching 👍
Lovely walk, very interesting hearing about the history of bridge. Nice seeing a photo as well.
Thanks Lesley, pleased you found it interesting 👍
The Severn and Wye have seen so much come and go Patrick. I really enjoyed your walk through the changes fortunes of the area. The river was looking splendid I must say. When you get glimpses after it being obscured, say, down a green lane, there is no doubt a sense of awe. It certainly has the power to take bridges down - well barges and the river do. Good to hear of your joy regarding the trip. All the best as always. Mark
Morning Mark, yeah both rivers have some fab history and I love the Severn's history in this particularly. As you say, it certainly has the power to take bridges down, and the fate of the railway bridge is both sad and really interesting. I've always felt a sense of awe with the glimpses of the Severn from green lanes, it's a great feeling. Thanks as always Mark for watching and commenting. All the best down there 👍
@@solitaryrambler Hey, Patrick. Yeah, history goes back to early man even - each new its power. Good to hear of the awe - I can see you down them lanes stopping in your tracks. A pleasure as always.
Very enjoyable walk with lovely scenery…
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍
Lovely video as always Patrick. Some beautiful places and scenery there. We have a beautiful Blakeney to here in Norfolk which is situated along the north Northern Norfolk coastline. Thanks for sharing . ❤xx
Glad you enjoyed it Sylvia, many thanks for watching. I've never been to the Norfolk coast aside from Yarmouth. All the best 👍
I enjoyed this walkwith you Patrick. I love going in old churches too, justwish more were open.
Nice one, thanks Kathryn 👍
hi Patrick,just watched your video.as usual it was wonderful,Blakeley looks such a lovely village and the church looked so nice in side.also gatcombe looks a nice little place.and once again the music was so lovely.can't wait for another video.take care.👍👍❤️❤️
Thanks as always Shane for watching and for your lovely comments, glad you enjoyed it. All the best 👍
Really enjoyed this one Patrick: little villages, woodland, river, industrial architecture - fab! Thanks for sharing.
Pleased you enjoyed it Nuinmar, thanks for watching 👍
Hello Patrick as always wonderful video seeing parts of Gloucestershire always touches my Mothers heart she loves your video's , she is coming 97 and always reminds that there is a new video on RUclips as she is on FB :) Thank you Patrick .
Hi Shaun, that's great to know that your Mother enjoys my videos. I'm pleased she likes them. Many thanks and all the best 👍
It was good that you managed to have a look at the church in Blakeney, Patrick. Amazing it is that there had been evidence of a railway at one time that closed down some years ago. I never knew that there had been a railway across the River Severn in the area that had been struck by vessels, and had to close. The present railway along the shores of the river must be great to have a run along, on the train. The countryside, the villages and the views across the River Severn are all spectacular, and have made this an interesting film, Patrick. Many thanks, and take care,
I find the history of the old Severn railway bridge fascinating. There wasn't much to see although someone else commented that some of the old foundations can be seen at low tide. I remember riding on that current railway line once or twice when I was a kid and was in awe of the fact that it ran so close to the Severn in places. Glad you enjoyed it Ffranc, thanks as always for watching 👍
Fabulous as always. I'm definitely enjoying your videos 😊
Glad you like them Natalie! 😀 Many thanks for watching, all the best 👍
Hi Patrick, hope you're well, we've just watched your last two films tonight (been away again) and really enjoyed them, must be great following the Severn and the footpaths seemed so quiet, also the villages and hamlets you passed through looked lovely, along with some gorgeous houses, until next time.
Hi Steve, hope you're well too. It's been great filming these Severnside walks, glad you've been enjoying them. Etloe certainly has some lovely houses and a very quiet spot indeed. All the best 👍
Really nice walk that Patrick (interesting but as you said sad the tail of the bridge and barge collision)
The Severn sure is wide that far south !
ATB and thanks
Simon 🤠
Hey Simon, thanks for watching 😀 Yeah the Severn always fascinates me how wide it suddenly gets beyond Gloucester! All the best! 👍
Great video Patrick i have said it before and will say it again your videos relax my soul and make me feel like i am home great stuff cheers have you done Tintern area i would like to see that ..
Many thanks for your kind words Jez and for watching, much appreciated. All the best 👍
Hi Patrick, I like how you have planned these series of walks ..each moving further along the Severn, really lovely to follow :o)
Cheers Steve, yes I've planned exactly where I wanted to head this year. Thanks for watching 👍
Those footpaths from Gatcombe along the river can be a bit of a challenge in the wet, with many of the steps degraded. Some good work has been done to replace some of the stiles along the way. Thanks for posting. 👍
I did find some of those old steps and footbridges on the paths from Gatcombe a bit of a challenge, but a lovely walk all the same. Good that a lot of the stiles have been restored. Thanks for watching 👍
aww Im absolutely loving this, its a home from home for me as my family are from nearby Viney hill, I've been to the church at Viney hill but not at Blakeney, even though I know Blakeney like the back of my hand. All these beautiful places that are a part of my life, the sad thing is I don't get back nearly as often as i'd like to so its fabulous seeing you walking the footprints of my youth, its made my day. Thank you so much 😊
Nice one, glad you enjoyed it. Viney Hill is briefly featured in my next film which will be published next Friday. Many thanks for watching 👍
Thanks Patrick forest of Dean is a great place to visit .
Thanks for watching 👍
Blakeney, Gatcombe are unfamiliar places to me, although have done walks in the Forest of Dean many years ago. Most impressed by those haunting twangy guitars at the start. Really liked this track. The Severn looked wider than remembered, but wondering whether there was a later Severn Bridge crossing the River, as used to cross it to reach Wales. Nice for you to return to your childhood memories Patrick. All the best.
Many thanks for the kind comments Shanita, glad you liked this music. It was something that I recorded off the cuff really, and sometimes they work better than what I've pre-planned. There was a later Severn road bridge to reach Wales, and that's covered in a video I'll publish in November. Thanks Shanita for watching and commenting, all the best to you 👍
Really enjoyed that video Patrick, stunning architecture wherever you look. You obviously put a lot of time into the research and production. Like the way you superimposed the old railway bridge into the clouds. That new camera produces nicely balanced images doesn't it.
Morning Steve, pleased you enjoyed it. I've been thrashing out productions this year trying to blitz this particular area whilst staying there, so once all completed maybe next year I'll slow down a bit. I love my new camcorder, image quality is fantastic. Thanks Steve for commenting and for taking the time to watch. All the best 👍
Hi Patrick, Thank you for another beautiful walk through one of Britain's loveliest areas fill with history and natural beauty, apparently the Oaks from the forest were used to build Queen Elizabeth 1's fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada, Have you seen the Clearwell Caves at all. take care regards Dave & Jean.
Morning Dave and Jean, glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and commenting. I've been to where Clearwell Caves are, featured in an earlier video, but not been inside them. All the best 👍
Pity that bridge was destroyed it would have been a good crossing point. I'm guessing that there must have been a ferry before the bridge, which is probably why there are Purtons on both sides of the Severn..
named after a local family?
Signs put imn to confuse Patrick. 😂😂