62. The hills are alive, to the sound of wheezing
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- With a lovely, sunny day forecast I took the opportunity to drive to Malvern in the campervan and spend a pleasant morning and afternoon walking up to the top of the hill. Later there was a sandwich.
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As a Malverner myself I hope you had a wonderful time in our beautiful town.
Fun Fact: If you carry on straight east from the Worcestershire Beacon then the next highest point exceeding the Malvern Hills is the Ural Mountains in Russia.
Also the name Malvern comes from the Welsh name Moel Bryn meaning “Bare Hill”. In ancient times the Welsh Border was further east and areas like Malvern still reflect Welsh influence, especially as you can see wales to the west on a good day.
Great info! Thank you 👍
Thank you..🦘🦘
love the fun facts! we have a suburb of Malvern in Adelaide and its name is used widely in Australia
@@aussielady4 Hello Aussie Lady! Where in Oz are you? I am down south
I've just left a comment stating the same about its Welsh meaning. Being a Welsh speaker, I translated 'moel' to mean 'bald' (pen moel, would be a bald head), but 'bare' is probably a more appropriate term for a hill. The world 'moel' also has taken on the meaning of 'peak' in Welsh, with Moel Morfydd and Moel Fferna being two peaks near my family home in Wales.
As a German, I can only say one thing about this vlog: Très bien! 😉
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Love it when great minds meet 😊
Agree...✅
Parley voo franglais!
Well done David, throughly enjoyed that.
Freed from the shackles of the cut, I feel the whole world is now our oyster. Carry on sir, wherever the fates may lead you.
Hahaha! That crawling scene had me in stitches :)
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@12:28 Made me laugh out loud. So true. "For crying out loud. I can't be bothered. This is a nice peak.. this is a LOVELY peak!"
I always like the stationary shots with the quietly gasping intakes of breath in the background.
So glad you did the peakiest of peaks.
Oh this was lovely !!! And funny. "Just somewhere else" LOL
Placing the camera to show you coming and going means you have to come and go twice as far,. A worthy sacrifice. Thanks for the good work on land or water.
Marvelous! The tyranny of distance is nothing for the cavalier! Cheers
It really is the best sound track, small birds chirping, bigger birds cawing and the gentle wheezing of David in the background.
Do miss you England, I really do! Always reminds me J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth! I was 27 when I moved and 37 when I left, thank you England... thank you, good memories and lovely experience, new friends and new places ❣️ 12:02 I thought it was Gollum 😂👌 searching for the - precious!
The easiest way to do the hike to the top, is to watch a video of someone else doing the hike to the top. :-)
Definitely!
😂 not if you live there.
I am completely addicted to your delightful, informative vlogs....plenty of new bedtime stories to look forward to!
Thank you 😊 welcome along
You've climbed the hill so I don't have to. The joys of armchair travel!
On top of the Malverns, all covered in wheeze, David descended in triumph to a sandwich with cheese... congrats David! It truly is an amazing view.
Excellent lyrics
yay, someone who pronounces the shires correctly :-)
“such a good soundtrack……”. Excellent comment.
Living in Worcestershire myself I've climbed the Malvern Hills quite a few times. I've just returned from a week in Northumberland and walked a section of Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald Roman Fort. Well worth doing and the B6318 runs alongside the wall and has a section where the road is built on the wall foundations (constructed as a military road during the Jacobite uprising in the mid-18th C).
Now repeat after me: "Ich bin angekommen." That's what we say in Germany, when we have arrived. Enjoying your great vlogs on narrowboating, the canals and of course your van vlogs for some years now. Always a great pleasure to watch, even more so, because you are a true professional at what you do. Never gets boring. All the best to you sir!
Danke!
@@Vandemonium Bitte! :-)
Thank you for taking us where most of us can't go in person. I appreciate it.
Glorious! Thankyou for doing it so we don't have to! My legs are too old and wobbly now so hooray for David!
Wonderful, precious! Next time, go up with a well informed Malvernian for local insights and when you reach THE peak, suggest that as in life, there are much greater peaks for us yet to ascend. Chuckle!
Come to shropshire, our hills are bigger than theirs 😉
The soundbyte in the title screen is so perfect, always puts me in a good mood before every one of your videos. Thanks for another great one David
David, Many thanks for sharing this Vlog. I am nearly 82 yrs old and found myself, like you, gasping for air.. Have passed through England (Heathrow, on my way to and from Sweden. Would dearly love to do the hike as you did, but nowadays even a short flight of stairs seems to be a challenge. So, if you don't mind, I will experience beautiful treks via you Vlogs.
Thanks for sharing the beauty of your England.
Same for me but in US and with muscle disease
Much enjoyment, admiration, and envy. Bonus thanks for using the word "plinth".
I especially enjoyed the crawl up the hill and oh, the constant panting was also a nice touch. David, you’re an entertaining fellow indeed.
Err yeah, I definitely added that for audio effect, it wasn’t because I’m horrendously unfit at all oh no 🤣🤣
Thanks for taking us along on your hill walk. I so enjoyed the funny elements you added in as this is what makes you, you
I’m just glad people find them funny. I amuse myself (!) and hope others enjoy it 🤣
I watched this again for the second time and throughly enjoyed the trip. It's nice to see pleasant weather in January, even if it is on RUclips.
The Abbey Hotel. loved it there. Stayed there every time I visited with work. Malvern is awesome.
The crawling and the "can I be bothered" statement had me in stitches!🤣😅
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Thanks for inviting me along, David, especially as it was you getting out of breath and not me! At 95, I get winded making my way to the bathroom these days, so I can live vicariously with you. May I tag along again some time? I can? Good - see you then.
John, Ontario, Canada
1400 foot elevation gain is nothing to scoff at, thanks for taking us along!
Woohoo! Watching your road trip now on the big screen!
Once again you are doing a great job for English tourism!
I can't believe you didn’t count those steps. I was depending on you for that. Ah well!
You just made my day. I love it when you use your comical antics about the trails, hike, crawl and peaks. You certainly have a keen eye for details. Thank you so much for putting joy in my heart. Be safe and enjoy your life, Maranatha.
What a beautiful and scenic area, thanks for showing it to someone who lives across the pond, Canada.
Many many many years since I've been up there lol.
Me too
Loved the journey you took us on and thoroughly enjoyed the views. Hope you managed to get your ice cream reward at the end.
I did!
Absolutely beautiful scenery David .. I got a chuckle at you crawling up the hill.. Wonderful day for a walk indeed... to top it off... a cheese sandwich... imagine that! Cheers from Missouri USA
worcestershire beacon used to have a cafe on the top until it burned down, british camp once was on the milk race route, kiddy lad
Thank you, for your hard work walking to the top of the hill, showing us fantastic views.
That was fun for the viewers. Thank You
Always appreciate the shot that requires you to set up the camera, walk down, walk back up past the camera and then back again to pickup the camera
Thank you. Why is it that whenever I decide to do that, hoards of people appear out of nowhere? I had to wait five minutes until they’d all cleared off!
David I am pooped... And I was just watching... Beautiful area... Thank you for take us a long...
Yes it was exhausting to watch.
I lived in a neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina called Malvern Hills. Had no idea it was named after this place
Trees have a firm grip on the earth, and a firm rip on the air. Gotta love 'em.
Gorgeous, thank you for a wonderful adventure.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello. Would enjoy to see a van collaboration w Lorna. You two have great chemistry 👍👏🏼🌸😃. Be well.
Hi, we've already done a few, have a look through my prior videos 👍
Brilliant video I've been to Malvern plenty of times especially the three county show
This was fun, thanks for the trip.
Beautiful countryside indeed!
What an adventure!
It had it all, hunger, thirst, desperation for a wee...
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Thx for taking us with you!
Love your New Zealand T-Shirt :D Enjoyed the views and the effort you made - looks like a great walk and as you say you picked the best day for it.
That's funny, I have been to Malvern (Pennsylvania) that is for training on AS/400 software back in the 90s. Excellent!
Funny that I live 10 miles from Malvern PA on the main line...
We have definitely got some of the best countryside in the world. So many great places to visit
Great video! You’ve been spoiled by all those flat canals! Lol. I used to roam the hills of Wales, Peak District and the Lake District back in the ‘80’s with some rock climbing thrown for good measure! Sure miss those times, thank you for sharing the experience, keep them coming!!!
Another lovely video David!! Also as a Dane when ever I see videos from over there in the UK it always takes my brain a few moment to adjust to the fact that you people are driving on the WRONG side of the road!!
Nope
@@Vandemonium hehe the never ending discussion
Wow you have a CRT to maintain the canals AND a MHT to maintain the hills, sweet 😎
How truly delightful! 😊The birdsong, the dappled shade and the wonderful views so fresh and green in the late spring sunshine were well worth the ups and downs. We were with you every step of the way,😅 we felt your pain, so thank you for the wonderful treat. 😊You must have been exhausted and ravenous after your climb though, so a mighty cheese and tomato sandwich you had followed by a chocolate little something was very well deserved I think.😁 You did good 👍👏👏
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Beautiful walk David, thanks for sharing ☺️
I have binge watched your channel for the last 2 days. Great entertainment, keep it up.
Love your videos :)
What a glorious hike across the Malverns. Thank you for going the extra mile to vlog this for us 🤗
Hi David from Spain. We live at 750m above sea level and the secret to walking up hills along a road or track is not to go straight ahead but at 45° to the direction of travel. That way the gradient is halved and it is much easier - the penalty is, of course, you walk twice as far - That's the way all the old dears (some as old as 90+) do it.
Off track would be trees and bushes and steep inclines.
Thanks for the upload! :)
A delightful walk, especially from my glider rocker :-)
I really enjoyed this walk, thanks for taking us along! Now I need a cup of coffee and a rest.
Would LOVE to do this on mountain bikes some day..
You live in a beautiful part of the world.
True 😀
Agree ✅
David your last sentence brought me joy I have been eating ice cream while viewing this video. Love the countryside.
Go on, my son!!!! I took every step with you, albeit vicariously.
Loved it. Glorious scenery. Well done you.
HA! Well done to the forgotten Vontrap! And 10 extra points for the fine use of the word "salubrious"! I had to look it up myself. Thanks for the edification and very nice views! 👍
Lovely. For camping, we got gas lamps on poles. One has a sticker "There's no place like Narnia."
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How very true!
That is why they call them “rolling hills” … always tricking you into thinking you are at the top, and there always being just one more peak. I think this is a reference to “Rick rolling”
This is my very favorite video of yours from all of them , including the narrowboat 🙂
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Walking is my exercise of choice but I think those hills would be too much for me. . 😃This is a wonderful episode. Loved everything.
You did make me laugh…..continue to love your vlogs and dry humour.
With all the shots approaching the camera, then passing and walking ahead… then retrieving the camera… I figure you triple the hiking distance you traveled. Thanks for all the work making the great video
I saw the video title and decided to go mow the front lawn, so I would be appropriately wheezy to commiserate with you. I even had coffee waiting when I was done.
Hi Interesting hike , brought old memories. For another place to go, close to your ""land" home is the Birmingham dams in the Elan Valley. Beautiful country side , give it try.
Cheers for the suggestion!
Must add climbing the malverns to my bucketlist, looks very pleasant indeed!
It certainly is
Is the era of a 'nice cup of tea and a cheese sandwich' over?
Absolutely not!!
Very nice to watch David, thank you. I may have gotten a little too involved as at one point I actually felt a little out of breath myself. Best wishes as always
I know I will be shot but I couldn't resist. After the first few bars I was waiting for the Malvern Priory to break out into a Paul McCartney and Wings song. Let Em In!
You had a beautiful day for it.thankyou.
Excellent video. Just love your sense of humor. I really enjoyed the walk. (Maybe it would be a good idea to take a bottle of water with you.)
Yes, I really should have 🙄
Ooh, David, what an excellent episode!
I thoroughly enjoyed the look around Malvern, and your hike into the hills.
Thank you for the work you put into sharing it with us.
I especially appreciated the look at the storyboards, which allowed us to pause the video and read the information.
I must come for a visit!
Onward
Thank You for sharing this lovely journey you took us on! So breath takingly beautiful! ♥
No one else, and I mean no one, could make looking at a pipe as interesting as that! Superb narration, and the wife thinks David could make watching paint dry interesting!
Wow! What a great walk! I like the gradual grade upwards although I had to laugh when you crawled up that hill! lol...mind you, I would have borrowed one of those sheep and ridden it down that hill! lol.. I did think 'I hope David packed a picnic' just as you said you wished you had...! What gorgeous scenery. The Herefordshire side is breathtaking. I found myself reflecting on your existential thoughts on why we always seem to look for a higher hill...I once read a book about that by David Brooks called The Second Mountain...! I think you would enjoy that one... it's about life transitions. 🌺
The part where you're crawling, woefully to the top! You are hilarious 🤣
Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing that lovely walkabout. First time viewer...love your voice.....
Thank you! Welcome along 👍
Those tree roots are truly amazing. You are such hoot. I think we could do this very walk with you every week and be totally enthralled. You have a very steady camera hand and that is appreciated it lets the viewers savor and take in the scenery you are encountering without making one dizzy. Stay well David and thank you for the wonderful slices of UK life you give us with such finesse and humour. Enjoy your new digs too!
I spent five years living in malvern until about a year ago when I came back up north for work reasons. It feels like such a drastic quality of life change going from living on the foot of the hills into the concrete jungle. Your vlog has brought a smile to my face and has done a great job of showing off the hills in their full majesty. And well done for sticking with it and making it to the beacon.
Just saw in the comments there's a closer starting point to the hills, with amenities. Reminds me of following my ex up a vertical trail climb to the top of a small mountain then when I got to the top saw vast amounts of people with baby strollers and kid carrying backpacks. Turns out there was a very lovely walking trail on the otherside ,45 degree switchback. I was furious! I went back down the easy trail and he went back down the vertical one. I didn't speak to him the rest of the day or all through dinner.🙄
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The tree with the gnarly roots that you pictured reminds of the description of Treebeard from Lord of the Rings, and how the roots can break rock. Probably because you had just talked about CS Lewis and I saw Tolkien's name on the plaque. Thanks for the lovely green views!