River Roding Walk - Wanstead to Buckhurst Hill (4K)
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- River Roding Walk - Wanstead to Buckhurst Hill
Walk along the beautiful River Roding from Wanstead to Buckhurst Hill on 24th February 2019.
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Lots of memories John. When i lived with mum in Woodford Green, on hot summer days we used to bike ride down Broadmead road and go swimming in the Roding.
It's a wonderful area John
Another wonderful video John for which I thank you. The pub was called the Roundabout and was owned by the relatived of Charie Brown who owned a pub near the Docks in the East End and who died in the 1930's. He was very famous as a pub landlord and a lot of seamen left various artefacts which they had collected on their voyages st hid pub which was decorated with such items. Apparently Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford visited there.There was a cafe on the roundabout and it eas called Ted's Cafe. I remember this from my childhood. What fantastic weather we have had in contrast to today:) Look forward to your next video
You are in visionary mode on this walk John. I remember that hot February day last year - I was at my daughters flat in Notting Hill for a birthday party. We were all sweltering from the heat indoors.....how different it is this year with a ghastly wet cold February followed by Covid-19. My one-hour walks in the sunshine around Wisbech are keeping me sane, as are your inspiring videos of the London/Essex border. What a debt we owe to those forward-thinking individuals in the nineteenth century who preserved Epping Forest, Wanstead Park and Flats for all of us living today.
My dad told stories about how he played in the River Roding in the 1930's where the M11 now runs, and I used to walk the dog around here before the M11 was built. Good memories! Many thanks for your video.
Amazing little river the Roding , in stretches merely a trickle over gravel and then suddenly deep pools where I used to search out Chub and dace, fishing in my youth , in the summer it sometimes gave the impression of about to end in the next field . but continued for miles along the valley to Dunmow, Now fifty years on , I watch these videos from the Italian Apennines
Used to live in Buckhurst Hill and at the end of the video could see where our old house stood. Many great memories of that area and the lakes when you could swim there. Live back in Australia now but great to see some of my old haunts.
I meant to leave a comment here when I watched this video not long after you put it up, but was too tired. I don't know if you know this but the Medieval administrative area of Dunmow Hundred included eight villages in the immediate vicinity of the source of the Roding called 'The Rodings'. These, it seems, 'are believed to be the remnants of a single Anglo-Saxon community known as the Hroðingas, led by Hroða, who sailed up the River Thames and along a tributary in the sixth century and settled in the area.' More here is you have the time:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rodings
One of these villages, Aythorpe Roding, is the home of a very interesting old pub with a very intriguing name: 'The Axe & Compasses'. Given the fact that there are eight ancient villages that made up the community of the Hroðingas and eight points on the compass, the possible connection with the naming of the pub should not be ruled out; although there is nothing on the pub's website that makes any mention of this:
theaxeandcompasses.co.uk/
In the mist of all the people there is such peace. Lovely.
Freshly Fallen snow - I've really grown to love that tune thanks to your wonderful peaceful strolls.
Funny the things you find on RUclips. I used to walk the Roding as a teenager in the late 70s and early 80s when we lived in Clayhall.
Really enjoyed watching this.
Thanks for that John, the old girl in all her glory in wonderful golden light. A few nuggets for you. The pumping station was bombed by the IRA in 1975, I heard that one at home as a kid. Charlie Brown's was a well known transport cafe. When the M11 was built in the mid 70's the river was heavily altered - you'll see the two tier banking with an upper and lower path on your walk. This was deliberately put in place to help with flooding problems which the Roding used to be quite prone to. The course was also altered, if you walk under the M11 road bridge into Woodford Bridge you'll see the "dry" bridge that still stands just before the entrance to The Ashton Playing Fields on the other side. The river used to run under here and behind the back gardens of Uplands Road - much to the owners horror when it visited their back rooms! The banking exists in some forms all the way up to the Roding Valley tube bridge at Buckhurst Hill although a lot of natural features supplement this. If you ever get the chance, follow the right hand side at this bridge to (probably) a pair of locked gates after a few yards. Beyond this is an enormous gravel working, now a large lake that was dug for the M11 construction project. This was of legendary depth when I was a kid and was flooded in the deluge after the summer of 1976. There are said to be a crane and other vehicles in there to this day as there was no time to clear the workings before the flood hit. I used to swim in there with flippers and it was way deeper than I thought was sensible! Twenty years since my last visit and really not changed that much. I can well imagine a descendant of the chub I used to try and catch sitting in the same places as it's forebears. All the best to you.
The cafe was called Teds cafe and the pumping station that was bombed by the RIA 1975 was at the water works roundabout (",)
Hi Larry, fair comment on the bomb, got Redbridge and Water Works (A406) roundabouts mixed up. Close enough to hear the bang anyway. Ted's also existed before it's more well known name - "Gone too, from the opposite side of the roundabout is Charlie Brown's Transport Cafe ( originally called Ted's Transport Cafe), which was a famous stop for lorry drivers. The origin of the name `Charlie Brown's Roundabout' has more interest than the place today, which is fairly featureless. Its nearest local andmarks are a recently built Tesco Supermarket and the Waterworks Roundabout. "
Hi Mouxbar I was born 53 my dad used to take me to the Roundabout pub used to sit on wall outside with leomade and crisps watching the traffic going past then walk up to child's corner and the Banks (all gone now ) to the park and back to Gordon Rd (home) moved away from South Woodford 1988 happy days
Also we lived in a flat in George lane when the RIA planted bomb 75 thought the Windows was going to blow in the explosion was massive (",)
Paragraphs, ducky!
Great info thread, nonetheless.
Hurrah ! Sunday's come early this week. I shall watch this tomorrow, when I am sober.
Love the Roding especially at Loughton behind the Roding Valley Lake.
Many many happy memories in summertimes of yesteryear with my grandparents
I’m lucky enough to have the River Roding running along the end of my garden in Fyfield, Ongar so it’s great to see the other places where she flows. Enjoy watching all your walks.
Thanks John, after a stressful day at work - with no hope of getting outside till the weekend - watching this lifts my soul.
That’s fantastic to hear Swordfish
Thank you John you have made fall in love with the River Roding, please don't tell the Lea or New Rivers they might become jealous, cheers.....
What a pleasure to watch your walks John your book is out How's about a dvd box set of all your favourite places I'm sure it would sell many thanks for your wonderful vids
That’s a lovely idea Alfie - thanks
Great walk with some lovely scenery. Wishing you an early spring!
thanks Mariana - waiting for it to return
John - love the mix of stubournly urban and benign nature - another great video
I ride from Buckhurst Hill to Wanstead for pie and mash , lovely ride along that river 😁
It's amazing how this time of year, the change in light and temperature, has such an unfailing ability to fill one with optimism and joy for the future. Thanks for the video John.
So true Arthur
John, thanks. 🌹🙏🏼 You made me appreciate these areas moreso. I have a friend who does this 5 am and sends me the most amazing photos.
That is a new estate just before the central line bridge .. I love that strech too John.. great film as usual ..
thanks John - realising I'd seen the building site from the Chigwell side
You're a pure articulate artisan John, I always find immeasurable delight when watching your masterpieces. Keep painting.
Thanks. I love these tween places. The itty bits of industry, the municipal concrete where nature holds sway nonetheless.
Lovely walk
I am enjoying your walks John - I live in Canada but used to live on the outskirts of London - so your walks help me reminisce. Some trivia about this particular walk. Back in the 1960s when I was a kid, in the Louxbourugh lane section where you ended the walk, there used to be a chap who regularly walked the banks of the Roding wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes. No idea who he was or what happened to him, but he was one of the many interesting characters from the river.
Fabulous walk John. I'd call that a far out green corridor. And hey it felt like spring. Mark
That’s a great phrase Mark
@@JohnRogersWalks That's what their known as round these parts. Ha ha!
Often visit the Roding at Passingford Bridge and shonksmill Lane one of the first rivers I ever fished when I was a boy nice video John Rogers
It was a big pleasure to walk with you, John! 👍
Thanks so much for coming along
Giving this a view as I mark exams in the north wing on Highams. Have a good morning John!
What memories John yep a pub was on the roundabout ,love the roding many many times went fishing ,mind you I fell in it 4 times lol still here tho lovely stuff …….clive
What a beautiful building the pumping station is! 👍 😊That was an absolutely wonderful walk, as always John! Thanks for taking us along with you!...take care!
Thanks k - I love that building, there are another couple of lovely pumping stations on the Roding as well
Always enjoy when you take us along John, thank you and take care.
Lovely walk, thank you John, always uplifting and life affirming.
Thanks for watching Tim
I grew up in this area so it brought back a lot of memories ,another wonderful video.
Thanks Lee - I love this walk
Very enjoyable film John, I love your passion for these walks, don't ever stop mate, can't wait for the next one 👍🙂
Thanks Ronnie- I’ll be back out there at the weekend
As always very interesting ,and your relaxed coverage of the surrounds the country side. thanks George.
thanks George
i was wondering what had happen to you, glad that you are back again!
Thanks Marie - been working a lot lately but hopefully back on track
Thanks John. I always enjoy your walks!
What a great sunny walk thanks john
The area around London, and England itself in general, must have been like a garden of eden in ancient times.
Indeed so Ken, I love to imagine the dense forests stretching down to the banks of the Thames on either side of the river
Thanks again John, a lovely video I am often over there myself. Bob..
Thanks Bob
Hi John, did you know that there is a Roding Road north of Homerton Road, London E9, where also there was a very rare Edward 8th Royal Mail Post Box. Did you know that Wanstead has a Congregational Church , originally the Half built Church of St Lukes on the site of the present St Pancras Station and Hotel. St Lukes was originally a tin shack on the site of the present Kings Cross Station, & the Great Northern needed the site and the church moved to St Pancras. But the Midland Railway needed the site for St Pancras , they totally paid for the 3rd St Lukes Church, the present St Lukes Ossney Crescent, west of Camden Road, just north of Camden Town.
Lots of things I'd like to comment on in this uplifting video, but I'll just mention the bridge at 1:14 min. It's amazing how flat an arch can be and continue to be self-supporting. Nerds should check out the book 'Structures-or why things don't fall down', by J.E. Gordon. An oldie but a goodie. Shout out to the new pylons!
Thanks for the video John!
my pleasure Paul - thanks for watching
Perfect walk John. I walk there
sometimes myself, nice to see it from another point of view. ( & the light was great !)
Thanks Little Acorns- I never tire of walking there
Welcome back John and what a great walk on such a premature spring day. It’s March now, but we’re ver6 much still in the cold on our end of the Atlantic. I think this is the first I’ve heard of the Roding River. Looks very nice and pleasant
I watched your excellent 'Rings of Saturn' vlog and this followed on automatically. For someone who lives in rural north Wales and who seeks out places in the hills, forests and moors which are far from the madding crowd, a walk like this is the stuff of nightmares! A horrible dystopian melange of highways to hell, pylons, underpaths,scrap yards, graffiti. housing estates.Soundtracked by the constant drone of traffic! Wow! For a country bumpkin like me-albeit one born in a city- living in London would drive me insane in five minutes. How does one shut out overwhelming tide of traffic, pollution and noise produced by 10 million people????
Since being the London Guildhall University Sports Ground it was the training ground of Tottenham Hotspur FC from 1996-2014. Latterly housing has been built on the site.
Great walk, Thank you John.
it was 9 degrees where I live today and a wind chill below zero it felt like my face was freezing off waiting for the bus spring can't come too soon John have you had a walk by the ocean yet today's walk was a nice walk at least you had warm weather take care I can't wait till the next walk
What a glorious walk with stunning videography. I know you're not keen on long distance footpaths, but the section of the Essex Way between Ongar and Willingale follows the Roding for quite some distance. Don't do this walk on a Sunday as there's no public transport out of Willingale. Willingale is of interest in itself with its two churches in one churchyard.
24th February had a first day of Spring feel to it up here too (Southern Scotland), but we've had two lots of snow since then.
things seem to have taken a turn for the worse here too Rob, fingers crossed for the weekend
Lovely walk! I vaguely remember there was a pub at the roundabout before the the M11 was built and it was called The Roundabout. My brother and I used to be fascinated by the model roundabout (as in carousel) in place of a pub sign - it was usually actually going round but we'd be very disappointed when it wasn't.
Thank you Mr Rogers. Think I must have given you at least a dozen 👍’s today and definitely one share 😬, they will discover you in sure ! I am trying to find an early copy of the guid and history of Epping Forest, but no luck yet. I’ll get one.
Instantly de-stressed watching this John. Thanks
Thanks for the walk John. I might try that one on day. See if my legs can cope lol
Lovely video. The Roding rises in a small village near Dunmow called Molehill Green. Wondering if you've ever visited it?
I've never actually been there Richard - I heard some good stories about the area - I will get there one day
Lovely vid John
As always John, another great walk & talk!! Are you out in the wind today? LOL.
Thanks Ralph, no I was stuck at home on Sunday
Great Video as usual somewhere near whete you finished was the only waterfall on the roding called the cascades i believe ?
I think a road is name after the waterfall...
Thanks for that Chris, I think I’ve seen that on a previous walk
Barking creek to Ilford is the navigation stretch of the Roding . The middle and upper reaches are in private land and canoe trespassers are not welcome.
Thanks for that important note Andrew
Great video. I’ve also walked along the river Roding between Wanstead and Buckhurst Hill. I wonder whether there any rivers in the U.K. where you can walk from the source to its end? River Roding sadly isn’t that.
It's nice to see that people are happy with little! To be fair, it's a polluted area full of cars and trash in many places. It's pretty grimmm for any of us who were lucky to have grown up in real countryside, but l guess it does the job in London
Not sure if you have ever done one before, But have you ever considered doing a Jack the Ripper walk in Whitechapel ? I think it would make an interesting video. Cheers love your Channel.
In case anyone wondered and no one else said, the River Roding rises at Molehill Green in Essex.
All hail the pylon!
01:15 That bridge's predecessor was a gathering place for friends in the early 1960s. I don't suppose anyone reading this knows that and remembers any of Chris Skinner, two Dave Greens, Ian Coarse, John Goldsmith, Graham Barnet, Nick Foster, Sue Hood, Susan Prior, Margaret Lott or Frances Cole?
how good was thst what a beautiful day mate did you get the e mail i sent you as i never heard anything back all the very best steve how far was that walk
Thanks Steve - what a beautiful day. Sorry for not replying to your email, I'm flat out at work at the moment. That wasn't a particularly long walk, maybe 5 miles
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"Secret on London's River Roding" is the very first video on your wonderful channel, Roger, I've seen! :)
The shorter cut suits you sir.
Mate u must be one fit guy if u can do all that walking