Join writer and bookseller Steve Andrews as he walks along a beautiful canal towpath in Bath, England on 1st June 2024 before he starts work in the bookshop that employs him....
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@stefangieck2914Ай бұрын
Beautiful and deeply relaxing.
@garryrickenbackerАй бұрын
What a beautiful area, thanks for sharing it.
@GrumpyScotsmanАй бұрын
Such a gorgeous walk to work.
@themojocorpse1290Ай бұрын
Beautiful walk to work on a lovely morning . Most enjoyable Steve .
@rickkearn7100Ай бұрын
A splendid work commute, OB, you're the envy of countless millions. Very enjoyable viewing and as always, well done! Cheers.
@WalkingBooksellerOriginalАй бұрын
Thanks my friend!
@erikpaterson1404Ай бұрын
Stunning and sublime, I'm turning green.
@LiminalSpaces03Ай бұрын
What an incredible place to live! Great video, and thanks for reminding me of The Drowned Giant! I read that many many years ago and had forgotten who wrote it! I've never forgotten the details of the giants body rotting on the beach.
@anthonyparkinson4517Ай бұрын
Lovely walk. Very Foxxian. I might have to now go listen to The Garden and dance like a gun.
@CliveSnowden-fx8fpАй бұрын
How wonderful. Thanks very much for this, Steve. It beats my journey to work by a mile. Several, in fact. I really must revisit Bath. Next year, maybe.
@danieldelvalle5004Ай бұрын
Quite nice and relaxing, also brings back memories of your Keith Roberts video for some reason. I guess that upon seeing the landscape I think 'Keith Roberts'.
@wendyluvsbooks1580Ай бұрын
What a beautiful walk to work , wish I had a walk like that ever day to work 💛
@WalkingBooksellerOriginalАй бұрын
Thanks. I don't do this walk very often- it's too long and too cycle-crowded much of the time now, but it is great to have it as an option.
@marie-ctunnicliff513Ай бұрын
GLORIOUS!
@VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOSАй бұрын
Beautiful nature places, walk, views. Video Like 👍
I wish I lived there - I would be a different human being - all my nerves would restore themselves. I visited Stonehenge and the old burial grounds near Amesbury. I imagined Hawkwind live in '76.
@athoszubiaur2144Ай бұрын
thanks, steve. enjoyed taking a walk with you. looking forward to more btw: i just ordered your sf book from amazon. looking forward to that as well! cheers
@jfi368Ай бұрын
The best Canal for waterside wildflowers is the Union Canal Edinburgh.
@thekeywitnessАй бұрын
Bucolic vibes
@duncanleith9172Ай бұрын
I have been walking the canal in stages, and look forward to reaching the Bath area. Not sure however that I understand the criticism at the number of houseboats (if such they were, rather than just temporary moorings). It needs to be remembered that 50 years ago the canal was often derelict and unnavigable. For it to thrive now it needs a healthy community of both leisure traffic and permanent dwellers; the canal will decline again if this is not so, and will no longer then be an amenity to walkers either. I appreciate that sometimes stretches can appear to be a bit like a floating favela, but that didn't appear to be an issue in what was shown in the video.
@WalkingBooksellerOriginalАй бұрын
Well, the walk was heavily edited to exclude a near constant stream of cyclists and runners (and this was before 8am), as I indicated, so it didn't reflect the number of boats fully either. I understand what you mean and totally get your point, but I'm simply making a comparison to the recent past- I first walked this stretch of the canal in 1985 - so that's almost forty years ago- and it was fully navigable then and much more pleasant, allowing for quiet and relatively solitary walking. I'd say my experience is a reflection of many factors- population growth, a desire to live 'off grid' while at the same time taking advantage of an infrastructure some of those dwellers may or may not be contributing to and the explosion in turning rural and semi-rural spaces into an 'outdoor playground' for the sport-obsessed. Yes, I'm looking at it from one perspective- mine- but walking, the oldest means of travelling has been further downgraded in this location by recent social changes. I'm bemoaning that, I guess. Thanks for viewing and commenting, hope you enjoy walking this bit of the canal, but be ready to dodge inconsiderate cyclists constantly.
@davesimms1336Ай бұрын
Lovely video. You’re very lucky living in Bath. The Drowned Giant was an episode of Love, Death & Robots on Netflix a while back.