Walking to England's oldest Oak tree: Majesty.

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3 жыл бұрын

Me and my 6 yo daughter walk from a tiny and very oddly carved church - St Nicholas Barfrestone - via some astonishing chestnuts - to Majesty, England's largest and oldest virgin Oak tree, never pollarded.
Barfrestone was locked. But its treasure is largely outside. Majesty Oak is in Fredville Park, and can be reached by permission of the lady who lives beside it. First door on the left under the gateway, knock and ask her before roaming around. And do take her healthy gifts. Plus something nice for the Oak.
We met below Majesty a gang of the loveliest hippy youths imaginable. I'd forgotten such kind helpful folk were still getting made. Honestly, they bubbled like the springs from the chalk, strong and pure. I liked this meeting. But it felt askew to film them. Perhaps that's something I need to work on...
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@mt.shasta6097 6 ай бұрын

Can't believe that no one remarked on the lovliness of a man walking with his little daughter, showing her the historical church and trees, teaching her to participate in his personal rituals, honoring the past and tradition. The pair were as beautiful as anything else we saw. People have tunnel vision at times.

@WillWalking 6 ай бұрын

thank you.

@peytoncoleman6044 6 ай бұрын

And that sweet dog! Beautiful video.

@justanamerican9024 5 ай бұрын

Seeing them together reminded me of being with my daughter when she was a girl. We were the center of each other's life then. Now we go months without talking because she is so busy raising her own family. Cherish EVERY moment you get with your child, it is precious beyond measure to both of you.

@thomasennenga6908 5 ай бұрын

AMEN @@justanamerican9024

@andnowi 5 ай бұрын

@@justanamerican9024 sad but

@ridesrambles8903 5 ай бұрын

A walk in a woodland, with daughter and dog, the simple pleasures in life.

@bertblue9683 3 ай бұрын

A national treasure. I've been a horticulturalist for 50 years and it never gets boring. Always something amazing.

@HyloWard 2 ай бұрын

❤❤ Always ❤❤💕👽

@Laserblade 5 ай бұрын

Just to stand in the presence of that glorious Oak would evoke awe.

@ElyRyger Жыл бұрын

Wow. Its so sad to know that we have lost so many old trees. How different our world view would be, if we were surrounded by these giants

@jmack8767 2 ай бұрын

The silliest thing is they are self-perpetuating and self-sowing. We don't really even have to put any effort into it. And we are running around replacing it all with expensive, ugly concrete nonsense!

@antonycanova52 3 жыл бұрын

I visited and photographed this oak back in 2003, before it lost it's two massive limbs. I met John Plumptree at the Royal Oak pub across the street from Fredville Park and he personally escorted me to see the tree. The pub is now gone from what I hear. He made quite an impression. And the tree is a wonderful memory for me.

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

The pub is alas lost. But Majesty lives on, and shall outlive us all...

@kimhorton6109 6 ай бұрын

I can only imagine. Old trees are just awe. Inspiring. I was at an estate near Ambleside that had Two Redwoods and two Sequoia trees in their park. They were only a bit over 120 years old but huge. I got dizzy looking up.

@thunorwodenson 3 жыл бұрын

The oak has profound importance for English traditional religion. The Chief God of the AngloSaxons was Woden. His son Thunor (Thor, Donar) was signified all across the Germanic world by an Oak tree. The place of worship for the Germanic tribes was always the largest Oak tree. The Christians deliberately cut down the largest Oak in Germany in order to stamp out the worship of the old Gods.

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

This is true and good information to share, thank you.

@thunorwodenson 3 жыл бұрын

@@WillWalking I love your channel and your singing! Thank you for sharing your interests and talents with the world. You enrich us thereby.

@DS-xg9kf 5 ай бұрын

Quite the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a while. Thank you.

@robertodebeers2551 5 ай бұрын

Imagine when England was a forest and the deer were unafraid.

@bsmythe3214 3 ай бұрын

Weren't afraid, except of the ancient tribes hunting them.

@ageofechochambers9469 27 күн бұрын

They were afraid, there were lynx , brown bears and wolves roaming around. So it wasn't a Disney land situation.

@trustmemysonisadoctor8479 Ай бұрын

That is a wonderful tree.

@iheartcornwall 6 күн бұрын

this made me so emotional 🥲

@ritamariekelley4077 25 күн бұрын

A beautiful, relaxing, contemplative video. A father, his young daughter and their dog in a pristine place. Wonderful background music as well. Thank You for this.

@johnr5252 8 ай бұрын

That’s a gnarly looking old tree. Awesome.

@pipandkitty2004 2 күн бұрын

Your filming was very impressive and wonderful thanks for your hard work

@roundtowerproductions 2 ай бұрын

Real special moments there captured on camera. The tree was spectacular but the energy out for a walk with family and Dog is everything. Big Oak Tree Fan here!

@ericwanderweg8525 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful trees, architecture, and the music you put to all the imagery was perfect. Very moving short video. Thanks from New England USA

@adriangreenoff9163 2 ай бұрын

These small moments in time with our kids and dogs,in nature mean so much as time flies onwards.This is what it's all about,beautiful film.

@roundtowerproductions 2 ай бұрын

Completely agree, was captured beautifully in this.

@nalanosbod1 4 ай бұрын

I have been going for over 40 years yearly to visit a specific oak in a local wood it's a personal pilgrimage

@user-qy2yw5ed3d 7 ай бұрын

Now that`s what you call a tree!

@friedrichjunzt 3 ай бұрын

makes me wonder how many children with their parents this old tree has seen, running around its trunk, giving them shadow in the summer time, climbing in its branches like big squirrels

@joeesposito5101 3 ай бұрын

Wow, that was a beautiful journey in 2 minutes. Thank you.

@karnak50 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful tree long my it stand

@Taskerofpuppets Ай бұрын

Fantastic video, mate. Lovely, really.

@WillWalking Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@petemc5070 3 ай бұрын

Epic soundtrack for a walk that gave so much.

@christophernewman5027 10 сағат бұрын

Wow, l enjoyed that very much; reminded me very much of walking with my two daughters... Subbed. 😊

@elauadeinsf 6 ай бұрын

What a beautifully filmed little taste of this scenery

@scorpiorob7986 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful video man. Thankyou. We must fight to restore the magnificence and beauty of NATURE. NATURE is SUPREME and DIVINITY manifest! (Something all of us who are Pagan, have always known).

@ohelsi 3 жыл бұрын

The Church is no less majestic than the Oak tree. A delightful work of man and nature!

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. It's a wonderful mile, in an often overlooked corner of old East Kent. Thanks for watching!

@thunorwodenson 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt the presence of a church at that spot is a coincidence. The largest Oak was the place of worship for Germanic pagans. Thunor was symbolized by the Oak. The Christians built their churches at ancient holy sites.

@madsleonardholvik3040 2 жыл бұрын

If I want to go from London and do this walk and I go by public transport, where do I get off and where do I start the walk? Thanks!

@user-sp3wd2nn3e 4 ай бұрын

The oak is a work of God's creation (it didn't self-assemble obviously ..as per evolution fantasy).

@Siegfried5846 Ай бұрын

@@thunorwodenson True. Christianity is antiwhitism.

@commiexian 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I’m from Folkestone originally, but I haven’t lived there for a number of years now. This makes me want to return and walk some of those ancient Kent paths and meet the stories and the trees along the way.

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

The land awaits you!

@whatthetreetaughtme 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful film, thank you!

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

thank you!

@marcusaetius9309 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! Let’s hope this one can avoid the idiots who felled the sycamore gap tree.

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

thank you for such kind words!

@paulhealey2984 10 күн бұрын

It was a professional arborist who did it.

@marcusaetius9309 10 күн бұрын

@@paulhealey2984 What? You are saying it was a professional arborist who cut down the sycamore? Do you have a reference for that?

@paulhealey2984 9 күн бұрын

@@marcusaetius9309 An amateur would not achieve such a nice smooth level cut. Also you would have had to have a longer bar which most diy'ers wouldn't need.

@bettyboo501 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video .. Has inspired me to seek out this magnificent tree. The oak tree has a special significance for me given my surname is Holyoak :)

@WillWalking Жыл бұрын

What a great name! I hope you find her!

@Constance-cl3wg 2 ай бұрын

That’s an impressive tree. Very comforting looking.

@williamturner6366 6 ай бұрын

beautiful it reminds of when i took my 2 beautiful daughters walking in the cheshire countryside. and they have never lost their love of our wonderful history and country.

@homebrandrules 4 ай бұрын

thankyou for sharing these precious moments

@ctcollinthib Ай бұрын

What a tree! And this music is beautiful

@benjamingalili511 3 жыл бұрын

It’s no wonder some of our ancestors worshipped trees

@WillWalking Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@madsleonardholvik3040 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thanks for this magical video. I'm going from Norway to London during Easter to visit the oak!

@WillWalking Жыл бұрын

Wow! I hope you found her!

@andrewhanson5942 5 ай бұрын

Yes, quite a different KZfaq video than most of them that come my way. I liked it.

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad!

@user-fm1kd7mz5e Ай бұрын

Wow

@sandrasmith6041 4 ай бұрын

It looks so beautiful!🦋

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

it is beautiful!

@12TribesUnite 3 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL !

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful tree!, what a beautiful video!.

@ronaldwinfield307 5 ай бұрын

I am 4/5 British but have never been to the old country. Thank you for the video.

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

my pleasure, come down sometime and wander...

@tweezerjam 2 ай бұрын

Wow those really are majestic!

@cliffordwaterton3543 4 ай бұрын

"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree..." Please tell me these Wonders are protected...on pain of death.

@oldgabbyjohnson1787 28 күн бұрын

That was very moving and beautiful imagine if old oak forests were widespread again, they are nature's cathedrals. May I ask what the mesmerising music was, it evoked the almost meloncholy beauty of the magestic old oak.

@MrPhotodoc 3 ай бұрын

The tree was meant for the girl. She is a princess.

@MichaelCook84 10 күн бұрын

So beautiful. Where is it and how old is it? Imagine what that tree has seen over the years.

@ianirvine1924 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful video. Thank you

@alpamale6504 4 ай бұрын

people/the landowner should start growing new tree from the old oak tree branch cuts to preserve the lifeline of the tree. the tree is too lovely

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

I think people do collect the acorns and grow them anew. This is not uncommon, I believe...

@grahampestridge4368 Ай бұрын

Beautiful

@donald4624 6 ай бұрын

I realize I'm late to the party, but that was fun to watch thank you for sharing.

@juliesunshine333 6 ай бұрын

I want to climb it and spend the day up there with the birdies.

@WyeExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly spirited walk Will. I was with you all all the way. Mark

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

Thank Mark! I hope the Wye flows well for you!

@WyeExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

@@WillWalking A pleasure Will. It is flowing beautifully. I just completed the Wye Valley Walk. Free will but if interested here is the link to part 1 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ecV7lsufmL6bhIU.html it to is spirited. Have a great weekend.

@ohelsi 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@chesterthawkins7510 2 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@GetUpTheMountains 2 ай бұрын

That one out to be a little tougher for the local miscreants to saw down in the middle of the night. 👍

@NCTurbulence 4 ай бұрын

I'd swap not have the Internet and losing WiFi to have more trees any day.

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

agreed.

@JoeK4444 6 ай бұрын

Dude that video was awesome in every way 👍

@Terrastock 3 жыл бұрын

amazing!!

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! She's a mighty tree indeed.

@danhealyeverythingoutdoors7105 4 ай бұрын

Incredible video !

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

incredible tree! thanks!

@dallassteel625 2 жыл бұрын

When would be a good time to visit this majestic 800 year old tree? I’d love to take my gf there one day.

@WillWalking 2 жыл бұрын

It's on private land, and the owner is elderly. The protocol is to knock on her door and ask nicely to visit Majesty. So I imagine the best time would be within reasonable daylight hours?

@dallassteel625 2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. I will do that. Hope you’re having a great day!

@bkkarma178 2 ай бұрын

put up Cameras we like ARE HISTORY . X

@sharonholdren7588 2 ай бұрын

True Ents

@MargaretUK 2 ай бұрын

I love this comment ❤

@wolfgangweber2516 6 ай бұрын

beautifull building. can easily be used as a place of our gods and goddesses. and the divine tree is absolutely great, admirable

@JamesJones-cx5pk 5 ай бұрын

What kind of oak? We have "Live" oaks here in states who's branches droop down and touch the ground. When the tree dies, it's branches create new trees. You often find a circle of live oak trees where the mother tree has totally rotted and is gone.👍

@adrianjones4812 5 ай бұрын

Quercus robur English Oak. Some of the trees in the video were Spanish Sweet Chestnut trees that grow massive as well and often grow new trees from layering their branches.

@terrywade3696 6 ай бұрын

How old is that oak tree? Living in California, our Sequoia redwood trees are several thousand years old and extremely tall. The General Sherman redwood circumference is so large that it takes 36 grown men, with outstretched arms and holding hands to reach around it!

@WillWalking 6 ай бұрын

Majesty is unpollarded, and thus unlikely to live as long as a 'managed' oak. She's only about 800-1000 years old, they say...

@andiweinbender50415 4 ай бұрын

🧚‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤🧚‍♀️😊🌍

@user-ho2pf5mj5g 3 ай бұрын

🦉

@RosemariRoast 6 ай бұрын

💕

@antonycanova52 3 жыл бұрын

If I may ask, what was the significance of the red ochre and well water? I googled red ochre, so I know it's been used in burial rituals since Neanderthal times. Are you performing last rites on a dying tree? And what about the well water? Rebirth? Baptism?

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

As well as burial paint, red ochre has also been used as battle-paint, and wedding body-paint, and any number of other ceremonial ways by people throughout the world. It is also used in mudane ways, for insect repellent and sunblock, apparently. I like to imagine that by coating the bodies of heroes before burial, this was not a 'last rites' farewell, but a way to honour and keep alive the the person being buried in the tribal consciousness, even after death. Coating people in helps to assimilate the life of the fallen into the ongoing life of the tribe. Perhaps there is a sense that this mark of respect connects the bearer to those others who wear the red? As such, I use red ochre as a marking of honour and respect, to denote a special place/person/event. I give it in a variety of ways, but always with the intention to honour the place/person to whom it is given. As for holy water, this is a standard gift for me too. Somewhere special gets a spalsh of the pure good stuff. Water is life. I also like the sense that with water it is easy to make connections between plces - a trail as it were, a circuit between places to which it is given. In short, this is my catch-all gift. My understanding of pilgrimage is that the culture of gifts has been somewhat forgotten, perhaps because it became associated with the undesirable elements of Medieval culture - the Pardoner etc., selling indulgences for gold. But the older mechanism of offering reciprocity remains true as ever. If you seek a blessing it seems a simple truth that you should also give a gift in payment. Holy palces are not one-way taps, pouring out goodness. They require connection, relationship and reciprocity. Medieval pilgrims used to give beeswax candles the shape and size of their wounded body part, to create an exact balance. Druidic water sources in Britain are often found with silver items of great value in them. This folk memory remains in the form of 'wishing wells'. It seems sensible to carry and offer gifts to special places. For me, a basic and transportable option is the red-ochre water. Also, song. But water, by connecting the holy place with previous sites met, interconnects my pilgrimages and makes of them a larger coherence of greater journey. Or so it seems to me. And self-persuasion is a large part of effective belief & ritual, probably. Thanks for asking! Walk well!

@antonycanova52 3 жыл бұрын

@@WillWalking Thank you so much for responding. Good to see these things have so much meaning for you.

@moogdome2562 4 ай бұрын

Oaky Oaky,,pig in a pocky. Absolutely beautiful presentation. It would have been better if we were told, Where it is in England?'

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

Good point! It's in East Kent, near Barfrestone...

@scottprather5645 5 ай бұрын

It doesn't look real. I just mind-boggling

@c.gilliland8338 2 ай бұрын

what is that glorious piece of music?

@verapipoca 6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

@matthorner35 Жыл бұрын

Hi Will, how do you het to that beautiful woodland at 1:06? Really want to photograph there!

@user-je2ny1mq1o 4 ай бұрын

💖

@mikegregory2048 2 ай бұрын

England

@tommym936 6 ай бұрын

I feel i should know it , but what is the title of the song? Thanks

@applelover7801 6 ай бұрын

👍🏼

@vancegilmore245 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if Queen Elizabeth ll ever visited that Oak tree.

@starcrib 3 ай бұрын

No one has said how old this ancient tree is ? 🟩🟩🟩🌿✨️✨️✨️✨️

@petersack5074 6 ай бұрын

So, how old /long has this living tree.....been alive ? 1,000 years ?......

@HEIN103 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic , Can i share to my group ? The Bald Explorer

@WillWalking 3 жыл бұрын

Please, by all means!

@wedruskimistrz5122 4 ай бұрын

Lent Your Majestic Imaging Video adding Your Source Link and Channel :-)

@Xerrand 6 ай бұрын

Please tell me this tree is still there? I remember hearing about some famous English tree that was cut down in the last year, was it this one?

@DenEm-rm4vi 6 ай бұрын

No that wasn't this one, it was a tree on hadrians wall.

@geoff2212 4 ай бұрын

What is the music on this called?

@ananda_krishnan_r 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to grow English Oak at a temperature of 20 - 30 degree Celsius

@WillWalking Жыл бұрын

That is a great question!

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 6 ай бұрын

@@WillWalking Oak and walnut have a tap root: of more importance is the ground; on the wet west coast we don't see oaks or walnut: the mucky soil hits hardpan fast. I planted walnuts that were grafted on to ash roots, and they took. I visit my trees planted in 1978 when I can.

@gardenersgraziers7261 5 ай бұрын

yes but they need enough water

@jerryrogers757 6 ай бұрын

wonder how old the tree is....

@WillWalking 4 ай бұрын

around 800 years...

@kimwilson3863 5 ай бұрын

Better see them soon as they seem to be disappearing fast these ancient trees along with churches and cemeteries. 100 ancient beech trees felled overnight in Devon. This appears to be a trend. See our heritage and culture before it's gone. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿