wow rare to find anyone outside of the UK who is a fan! if you ever get a chance to come here in the future, go to Canvey and see what its like! cheers for watching.

cheers, yeah the music still holds up.

thats it mate, forgot to do a voice over on the labworth. don't apologise, interesting to hear more first hand accounts of the history of the island.

cheers mate.

haha cheers mate, glad i was of service! lol. so much musical talent from such a small island. one could say that punk and especially pub rock came from the Southend music scene of the early to mid 70s. must of been an amazing atmosphere to be in.

i'd be well up for a camp and a walk round the whole island mate, maybe nearer summer. i was worried what you would think of the video, being a native and an expert of all things canvey and dr. feelgood!

@@TOM_OUTDOORS Sounds good - probably suited to summer best. Haha always the case but I think this is fair.

That could easily come from the lyrics of Going Back Home! Brilliant song. Hoping to walk an entire lap of the island soon. Cheers for watching mate. There's definitely something special about Canvey.

cheers pal.

cheers pal.

thanks, thats the aim lol screw Dartmoor lol.

got something special planned for sheppey, hopefully this year. cheers.

I've driven past it a couple of times but still been meaning to go in! Definitely on my list to do when I go back. Thanks mate.

Yes I was aware of this but not so much the details so thanks!

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I totally agree!

know of any good places you could get away with a sneaky wild camp on the island?!

Not Dr Feelgood unfortunately lol. Cheers.

i knew about the dutch and concord beach and the wall paintings, we walked the whole length of those, but not about the football clubs, cheers.

TOM OUTDOORS You’re welcome. Basically we had a caravan. Behind the camp site is Concord Rangers football club. Now where the caravans used to be is now a old people’s retirement homes. And I have to say, the homes are absolutely beautiful. Canvey will forever be in my heart. I had so many memories there.

haha i love how it polarises opinions! cracks me up, even the locals slag it off from time to time but thats like everyone everywhere. i like it's bleakness and end of the line vibe to it, like a final outpost of Essex lol. but i see what you mean completely. camped on mersea twice and walked round the whole island once and even briefly dated one of the natives lol.

TOM OUTDOORS You have to go back to Mersea for a video, as long as you didn't leave to much DNA over there 🤔 Canvey and bleakness? I just see blackness there, bleakness in a nice way is Dungeness, the end off Essex is Southend, I'm sure when I die someone will launch me off southend pier on an old pallet on fire as some Viking burial just as a laugh as it's my yuk place since the 80's. 🤣🤣 Canvey? It certainly holds a thought and a prayer for those victims of 1953. Mersea I remember since I was 16 in 1982, my boss had a bit of land on the beach (owned the beach down to low tide) had 2 old static vans there, we'd do lots of water sports, he had the old James Bond Wet bikes, and speedboat etc... he eventually built a big pad there early 1990s, near the beach huts. I often think of going to look for him such a great guy, he couldn't have kids, him and his wife would spoil me, though his wife came back from a holiday in N.Z. pregnant that sort of fucked things up for him

@@SuperfandangooTom done few videos on mersea island! Amazing little cafe there on the sea front :)

thought you lived in kent lol.

@@TOM_OUTDOORS Nope definitely Canvey. I sail to Kent, Medway and Swale.

have you ever thought about going out to knock john fort or the maunsell sea forts?

We go out there in the summer when the weather is good for a double tide day. It's a great sail out

i'm looking to hire that x pilot boat trip service thingy and go out there one day to film.

haha cheers for sticking it out lol. nah mate, no chance lol i couldn't use just their stuff, some of it's too bulky and heavy. i'm leaning towards more stuff by Alpkit and Rab atm.