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We need a long pole cached on both river banks 😂

I think the source is now 3-4miles away from that stone.

A large open sewage spillway the stench us sickening

Hello Dean it sure was a very windy day for your hike 🚶‍♂️ through the Elan valley 😀. Such a beautiful area ,thanks for sharing, best wishes Simon and Beth 🔔❤️ 👋❤

A good walk video with a very interesting return route back to Ludlow. Curiously the weir at Downton appears to be constructed very much in the style of Telford's Horseshoe Falls although much smaller in scale. Added to the <growing> list of places for me to go see! 🙂

Aye up Dean, great little video. that. Wasn't that a blooming long day! we came in a fair bit after you by the looks, still nursing my blisters and toe nails! Good to meet you and well done on the hike, I've subscribed and will go back through your other stuff. All the best. Gordon

Hi . I thought I recognised you from the Mortimer trail ultra 😅 I was tabbing with the Bergen and Dawn hiking with me . We were having a struggle getting around the cows a few times 😂 Brilliant route, but definitely not for the faint hearted 👍

I enjoyed watching this as it rekindled memories of my recent walk of the Trail, the Strava 3D flypast at the end is very useful showing just how long the route is. I have been describing walking this trail to friends and work colleagues but this video is way better than any description I can offer. Recommended +

An enjoyable video and a reminder as to how wet it was in early spring. I sometimes carry a pair of lightweight secateurs for cutting back the really bad encroaching vegetation; it looked particularly difficult where the aqueduct was, well done for pushing on. There seemed to be a lot of road walking and I guess this was determined by the search for suitable river crossings. On walks I find eating a small amount every hour with liquids keeps the energy levels consistent😀

But what about Shoeburyness and Foulness?

Fascinating. Is the water underground? Do tributaries join in?

I was lucky enough to enjoy the Upper Thames as a child…..and holidays on a boat every year …. Knew whole length from Lechlade to the Medway entrance. No plastic boats nor canal boats! Vintage years 1947 to 1969. Lucky lucky lad!!

Sadly because of the policies and actions of Thames water and the indolence and laissez faire position of the Environment agency it is now far less cleaner and far more environmentally compromised . A river neglected and taken for granted by many who live work and walk close to it

I am currently doing the walk in instalments. I have reached Swinford Toll Bridge near Oxford.

I happened upon Dean's understated videos whilst researching the Mortimer Trail. This one is again very well filmed whilst capturing the beauty of the Border Country with a train of thought commentary which perfectly mirrors just what goes through any walker's head when out and about. Just the sort of easy going travelogue which I find appealing. I have passed through this area many times but will definitely make the time to explore further, especially the Harley's Mountain footpath.

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Watching your excellent video(s) inspired me to pull my Mortimer Trail guide out of the bookcase and walk the trail in one go. A long day and many of your observations still stand after 4-years, the signage is improved but by no means is perfect. I missed a path to skirt round Bradnor Hill and also ended up on Offa's Dyke path! No real excuse for me as I have walked the OD path before but after a big miles day I too was struggling to work out which was to go. A eureka moment followed and I switched on my phone and used GPS to follow the path down to Kington. On any regular walk mistakes don't matter too much but on a 30-mile route each error takes time (and energy) to correct. I think you did really well using just the guide book.

Even in heavy rain this is beautiful, amazingly beautiful. This is ENGLAND.

from source to sewage

Please keep uploading. Don't be disheartening. Little and often like hiking and a longer journey as and when. Of course I am requesting/recommending this for purely selfish reasons lol😊

I have connections to Collington. I love the area. Thanks for uploading.

What a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing this. I still remember my very first visit to the uk in 2019 when I saw the Thames and I fell in love with her beauty. Fast forward to 2022,I got my first job in the NHS and every time I feel happy or sad I just come down to London and walk by the Thames.

It may look dry, but underground it's flowing, still rivers run deep has more than one meaning

Can someone write the events in order ( only the main points) in bullet points?😅

Wow. Interesting.

The valley in between the Titterstone Clee and the Brown Clee must obviously be the Cleevidge.

Enjoyed the watch but " a shambolic muddle" would sum it up! Taking 7.75 hours to walk the final 11 miles is pretty shocking. I think the lack of your phone with the OS App was crucial. I walked Ludlow to Croft Ambrey recently and found the App essiential for quickly correcting the minor deviations off route that I made!

So technically if we blocked off the source, and let the water dry out the thames would disappear then unblock it and watch it slowly make it back to London?

Great to do something like that with your brother. Memories made there. Best wishes. New subscriber.

I enjoyed that Dean especially the Brampton Bryan Park. Mind you the woodland trails and lanes around there are pretty much a dream. I noticed a few areas from my own Mortimer Trail this year. Yeah, a nice part of the world. Mark

does the Thamas ever flood , it does not look like it does

It doesn't seem possible that a small stream could become a river that is the Thames. Just find it amazing how it continues to keep running all the time.

Brilliant thank you

Not exactly a mountain stream is it, such an unspectacular start for a great river like that.

Great job 👋👋👋

Based on what is said in Wikipedia, I suspect that the real source of the Thames is just north of the roundabout at the confluence of the A417 and the A436, in the grounds of the Ullenwood Bharat Cricket Club.

The usually quoted source of the Thames is at Thames Head (at grid reference ST980994). This is about 3⁄4 mi (1.2 km)[15] north of Kemble parish church in southern Gloucestershire, near the town of Cirencester, in the Cotswolds.[16] However, Seven Springs near Cheltenham, where the Churn (which feeds into the Thames near Cricklade) rises, is also sometimes quoted as the Thames' source,[17][18] as this location is farthest from the mouth and adds some 14 mi (23 km) to the river's length. At Seven Springs above the source is a stone with the Latin hexameter inscription "Hic tuus o Tamesine pater septemgeminus fons", which means "Here, O Father Thames, [is] your sevenfold source".[19] The springs at Seven Springs flow throughout the year, while those at Thames Head are seasonal (a winterbourne). With a length of 215 mi (346 km),[20] the Thames is the longest river entirely in England. (The longest river in the United Kingdom, the Severn, flows partly in Wales.) However, as the River Churn, sourced at Seven Springs, is 14 mi (23 km) longer than the section of the Thames from its traditional source at Thames Head to the confluence, the overall length of the Thames measured from Seven Springs, at 229 mi (369 km), is greater than the Severn's length of 220 mi (350 km).[21] Thus, the "Churn/Thames" river may be regarded as the longest natural river in the United Kingdom. The stream from Seven Springs is joined at Coberley by a longer tributary which could further increase the length of the Thames, with its source in the grounds of the National Star College at Ullenwood.

It's been my dream to buy a Dutch barge and live on the water, but I think that limits my ability to cruise because of the locks so I might be limited to the Thames. This makes me feel like it might not be so bad, especially if I can get to Reading, where I went to uni. Maybe I could do another degree. Only thing is, when you get to central London, it looks terrifying for a relatively small boat.

I'll be doing a post challenge 'thoughts and tips' video soon to, hopefully, help anyone thinking of taking on this challenge prepare for it.

Plenty of climbing on that one! Looks like the views were really nice, and you got decent weather for it. Well done 👍🏻

Well Done!

Brilliant... Thanks for posting 👉💎👈

Where does it end in Kington?

Wish i had wild camped last weekend. Tried it all in one day. Got as far as the stag inn at Titley, and called it a day. 3 miles from the finish. I was broken.

Very instructive.Thank you

It looks like a great walk and I hope to do it at the end of April (23), subject to the weather of course. I've done Long Mynd on a few occassions and the views of Caradoc and Lawleys is wonderful from up there. Thank you for posting 👍

Well done! Great set of videos. Good prep my own C2C this May.

Outstanding weather! Hope I have the same in May! Great video content, thanks!

Brilliant views! Spectacular! What time of the year did you hike, and I’m guessing you used your phone to film?

Wonderful tracking of lovely Thames all along picturesque Brittany. Edmund Spencer was true in his feeling about Thames.