WALKS IN HAMPSHIRE at STEVENTON (JANE AUSTEN'S BIRTHPLACE) & THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER TEST.
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2022
- This is another video in my series “ Walks in Hampshire” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode, I take a walk around the villages of Steventon, Ashe & Deane in North Hampshire (about 6 miles South West of Basingstoke). Steventon is probably best known for being the birthplace of Jane Austen.
I start my 5.5 mile circular walk at Steventon church (where Jane Austin's Father, George, was once Rector)and after passing by Steventon Manor I head through Steventon Park, under the railway and on to Ashe Park via Kimbers Copse.
Although the official source of the River Test sits in a private field opposite Ashe House, Logan & I check out a pond / spring to the North of the site that could well feed into it. (We do get to view the official source from a distance).
After exploring the church at Ashe (which has a delightful “surprise” inside), I head East to Deane for my third church of the walk and the magnificent Deane House.
I then head South along part of the Wayfarers Walk, back underneath the railway, towards Steventon. This gives me the opportunity of checking out the field in which there was once Steventon Rectory - where Jane Austen was born & spent the first 25 ears or so of her life.
The weather was perfect for my walk - a sunny, Spring day with hardly a cloud in the sky. Daffodils and snowdrops were out in all their glory.
PS: The sound in the final "end scene" clip might seem a bit odd. I had not pushed my microphone in hard enough into the camera..... so it only is working on one speaker (ie not stereo).
Music by Original Spruce (Copyright owner). Permission for me to use this track has been given to me by the copyright owner. 2022. Tracks (in order of appearance in the video): 1) Pemrokeshire, 2) Eko Eko , 3) No Time For Lillies, 4) Nicely Stone & 5) Marching The Moors. To download these tracks & other music by Original Spruce go to spruce1.bandcamp.com/album/fi...
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I use a GOPRO HERO 7, 8 or 10 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.
Route details:
CHURCH ON RIGHT. WALK DOWN DRIVEWAY. END OF BLACK METAL RAILINGS, TURN LEFT THROUGH GREEN METAL GATE. FOLLOW TRACK 150M - WHERE TRACK CURVES LEFT, TAKE METAL GATE ON RIGHT. FOLLOW LEFT HAND EDGE OF FIELD TO LANE. CROSS OVER - FOLLOW FIELD TO TUNNEL.
1) TURN RIGHT THROUGH WOOD GATE. GO THROUGH 2ND WOOD GATE TO GATE CORNER OF FIELD. AFTER GATE, TURN LEFT PAST 2 HOUSES. COME TO WOOD.
2) THROUGH WOOD. STRAIGHT ON. FOLLOW LINE OF BEECH HEDGE TO LEFT. AT WOOD FENCE, CONTINUE WITH FENCE ON RIGHT TO KISSING GATE.
3) GO THROUGH GATE, DOWN SLOPE. AFTER 400M, PATH GOES LEFT. CROSS FIELD DIAGONALY TOWARDS GAP IN HEDGE. THROUGH KISSING GATE, BEAR RIGHT TO KISSING GATE. CROSS B3400 & UP ASH LANE.
4) OPPOSITE CHURCH, TAKE PATH UP SLOPE, THROUGH WOODEN KISSING GATE. FOLLOW PATH (HOUSE ON RIGHT) TO FAR END OF FIELD & THROUGH KISSING GATE. THROUGH WOODLAND. DOWN FIELD TO CHURCH.
5) AT END BLACK METAL FENCE, THROUGH METAL GATE & ONTO CHURCH DRIVEWAY. TURN RIGHT WITH DEANE HOUSE ON LEFT & DOWN MANOR FARM LANE TO B3400.
6) CROSS IN TO ASHE PARK LANE WITH PALM BRASSERIE TO RIGHT. WALK 200M TO LONG DISTANCE PATH WAYFARERS WALK.
7) UP SLOPE ON TO RUTTED TRACK.
8) TRACK CURVES LEFT & SLOPES DOWNWARDS TOWARDS A TUNNEL UNDER RAILWAY. ON OTHER SIDE, TURN RIGHT & FOLLOW EDGE OF FIELD WITH RAILWAY ON RIGHT. AT CORNER OF FIELD PASS BY TWO POSTS / GAP IN HEDGE. DIAGONAL TO FARM BUILDINGS.
9) STRAIGHT AHEAD (HEDGE LEFT) STILE CORNER OF FIELD TO LANE. TURN LEFT INTO CHURCH LANE.
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Thanks for another super video packed full of interest and history! I think you and Logan definitely passed the 'Test' test! Loved the little robin in the church. Must be getting warmer as neither of you needed a coat. Really enjoyable and seems you wore Logan right out. Well done on the Crufts exploits as well.
Thanks Jean. It is so much more relaxing when you don't need a coat!
What a lovely, enjoyable and informative video. You present and pace it very well and watching this just left me feeling good inside. Thank you!
Thanks Guy. Glad you enjoyed it and indeed thank you for watching.
Jane Austen is one of my favourites. Thank you Logan and Dave of course! for such a lovely, informative and interesting video. It’s one place I must visit. ❤️ And well done at Crufts...❤️
Thank you. Three very pretty villages - such a lovely area to explore with so much history, for sure.
Dave this so good because I get to see where Jane Austin went to church. Lovely old church. Thanks for another wonderful walk and thanks Logan for keeping Dave company on his walks🥰
You really do get a feel for what it must have been like for Jane Austen living around there.
@@DaveFord Absolutely agree. It is beautiful Dave. ☀️
Another great walk Dave and such an amazing range of houses from country manor to thatched country cottage.
Thanks Mark. You can just imagine what it must have been like in the days of Jane Austen.
Really enjoyed this, thanks Dave.
Thank you Jacqueline.
Brilliant and informative. Will be following this trail later!
Thank you Matt. Hope you have good weather when you do the walk. Thanks for watching.
Yet another great walk, Dave - we’ll be doing this one tomorrow!
Thanks Kev. Looks like it will be good weather for you. :)
Thanks for yet another brilliant video Dave. This is definitely another one we'll do with our two Dachshunds in the future. But I do have one question... It appears you haven't explored Wiltshire yet in your videos to date. I really hope you could consider some of the beautiful walks around our way such as the Chalke Valley and Old Sarum areas. I note from a previous video you used to work in Salisbury so I guess you have some local knowledge too. Keep up the good work, and very much looking forward to your next episode! Best wishes, Henry & Beth
Thank you both. I certainly hope to do some walks in Wiltshire at some stage. I have got a fairly full schedule of walks planned in Hampshire, Dorset & West Sussex over the Summer so it may well be in the Autumn that I start venturing "North". Thanks for watching.
Very interesting observation on the source of the Test Dave. I guess it would be worth visiting in the summer to see whether it had dried up or not. John
Good idea John. I have just done a walk in the New Forest, following the Highland Water from it's source to Bolderford Bridge (where it becomes the Lymington River). The length is about 6 miles ...... but virtually all of it was bone dry! It really has been a hot & dry Summer for sure.
This is really great. And so are the others you make Dave.
I like the story of Jane Austen and fondly remember her house in Winchester when I used to visit the town with my Mum... I think Jane spent her last days there.
I do like the new music at 19:30 Not sure what it's called but it's a great addition in this one..
Congrats on producing so many good videos Dave. Well done. I've created a playlist for my favourites.
Thanks David. Glad you like the new music. Mark Spruce (the composer) has kindly allowed me to use a few tracks of his for free & without copyright which is great. I plan to mix the music between the content from Mark & the previous music that I have used from the RUclips Audio Library (trying to add the appropriate music to the appropriate walk). The tracks can be found at spruce1.bandcamp.com/album/fingers-and-strings
Nice idea to mix it up a bit. It sounds great.
Well done Dave. A very informative walk in an area I’m not too familiar with. I thought the source of the river Test was on southern water property. My only recollection of Steventon was playing cricket there and I remember that due to a public road which ran through the outfield. Play had to be halted when a vehicle wanted to pass through.
Thanks Lionel. That situation with the cricket sounds interesting!
Loved this.
Thanks Bon & indeed thank you or watching.
Good evening Dave yet another extremely interesting video so very enjoyable to watch best channel on RUclips just to ask how is fiver doing will we see him on the channel all the best Craig.
Thanks Craig. Fiver is shortly going to be appearing on a walk as a "special guest" soon!
My Mum worked at Steventon Manor when she was 14 as a servant, she was paid £18 a year, half of that was sent home to her mum who lived in South Shields in Northumberland. She told me she had to be up at 6am to set and light fires. On Sundays all the staff were expected to go to St Nicholas Church. I believe Sir Onslow Fane owned it. He had hunting horses , which he shot when he discovered they were to be requisitioned for WWII. A sad day. Mum went from here to Astwood Farm near Birmingham to join the Land Army
What fascinating information Mary. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Great that you have a family connection with the Manor & the Church.
i love all things austen beautiful video loved the church and the countryside would love to see chawton is it far from steventon?
Chawton is about 15 miles (by car) to the South East of Steventon.
Fab. walk but you didn't include a picture of the signpost--- Birthplace of Jane Austen.
Thanks Charlotte. I did get it in the thumbnail though! :)
Felicitaciones gracias por compartir , sera posible incluir en subtítulo también al español
Gracias. Los subtítulos se "generan automáticamente" en inglés, por lo que creo que tendría que agregarlos manualmente. Déjame ver qué puedo hacer. Gracias por ver.
@@DaveFord bien,muy amable
Drone footage would have been an interesting addition
Thanks Archie. It certainly would give a different perspective, for sure. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for watching. :)