I often go for walks in Epping Forest with my son. My son has autism and often feels overwhelmed when going to busy, public places. The forest is perfect for him because he can run and frolic around to his heart's content, without feeling insecure and without disapproving glares from other people. Windy days, when plenty of leaves are being blown off the trees are our favourite. Thank you for your videos - they are the perfect way to relax on a Sunday evening.

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for that Simon - wonderful to hear how much your son enjoys the forest, it’s a place of real magic

@1Top_Banana

9 ай бұрын

That's so lovely to read, how your son enjoys the freedom in the forest. I think it's important to keep our children close to nature.

Brings back memories spent at Suntrap, which every Eastend school kid of 60's and beyond will remember.

Epping Forest is the perfect place to lose yourself on a mountain bike. It’s very safe, peaceful and the trails are rewarding.

@patthewoodboy

Жыл бұрын

agree

@heidgandreiter8438

Жыл бұрын

@@patthewoodboy Time for gathering psilocybin mushrooms.

@patthewoodboy

Жыл бұрын

@@heidgandreiter8438 I remember those well

I love the carpets of leaves you get in the forest

I love that 'To The Forest' street sign, full of adventure and mystery. I was only talking to a friend on the allotment today about how Autumn is very slow to turn into Winter and looking at the trees in this video it looks like its the same up your end of London as well. Talking about lockdown and forests - yes, Sydenham Woods were a hive of activity during those lockdown years when the high streets were empty. A local coffee seller packed up in the high street and opened a stall on the edge of the forest and made much more money than being located outside the railway station.

@olivere5497

Жыл бұрын

What do you grow on your allotment?

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

It's a great addition Sean - be good to see a few more around the forest - particularly at the Leytonstone end

Thank you John for this tour across the inside of the forest. I used to go Blackberry picking with my Mum,Dad and brother on our way back from my cousin who lived in Barkingside back in the 60s. We have it on cine film too! All done in our school uniform, which doubled as our Sunday best lol.

Marvellous... 👍.

As soon as I hear the banjo music, I know I'm watching an 'away from London central' walk. So relaxing to follow the Epping forest walk with you, John. Great to have a train station just minutes from the forest and not previously being aware that the forest is on a hill.

I can’t think of anything better than a walk round Epping Forest with John on a winter Sunday evening sitting indoors with a whisky … not been there for years, such strange names in those places I must try to learn something of that when I get time

Another classic walk, John. Epping Forest is so full of memories for me........

Love the snows of every season. Especially the Autumn snows of golden and rich red leaves. Thanks for taking us along 🫶🏻

Another enchanting walk, John. Because I have mobility issues, I take these meanderings with you vicariously. I can't tell you how much I enjoy and appreciate them. I look forward to your next one . . . wherever that may be.

Wonderful, wonderful walk! I look forward hopeful of another fall forest walk in 2023!

Thanks, John, for showing this beautiful forest.

I hang my head in shame and admit I've never been to Epping forest. Thanks John for taking us along with you.

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

I hope you can get out there some time Reaper

A reminder that there is calm amongst the chaos. Real food for the soul. Thank you for a great walk John 😊

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

so glad you enjoyed it Ali - you've perfectly summarised the experience of a walk in Epping Forest

Great walk, which as always, is enlivened by your observations and reflections along the way. Being in a wooded or forested landscape, changes your sense of and orientation towards, your surroundings - which I think your convey wonderfully.

Its a wonderful olace Epping Forest, I had the first days outing there with the Cloudesley Rd annual outing in 1950 aged 4yrs old the 1st of many visits and loved the place ever since. Thank you for reviving wonderful memories for me. 💕🇦🇺

The forest is wonderful, and Loughton station is lovely! Bravo!

Walking in a forest during autumn is the best way to spend a sunday afternoon. The earthy smells, the golden leaves. For me the best season for a walk.

Epping has been a favourite for us. You are so right about experiencing it in every season. I love the few weeks before spring really kicks in and the explosion of green. Even at my big age I love navigating the muddy puddles at connaught Waters 😳. I really want to try the walk to take in that view. Love the footage you captured

If anybody is interested in motor cycle speedway racing: the first ever speedway racing in the UK was at Kings Oak. Nice walk John.

@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I didn't know that. Many years ago now but I used to follow Halifax Dukes; Doug Wyer, Kenny Carter, Neil Evitts... .

I'm so glad the old Tea Hut at High Beach was saved from closure.

I think a modecum of gnarliness comes as standard with a forest walk, John. Autumn is my favourite season, and the views on show in this lovely film certainly show why. Nice one! 🌟👍

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

thanks William

All your films are really great. But this has to be the best to date. I am a Brit living in Idaho falls US, and missing the UK. This really helped today on a cold snowy day. Thank you.

I heard a BBC radio documentary about how Epping Forest was saved from destruction and development. It's an amazing story. Ordinary people seemed to have more power then to stand up to the rich and powerful than we do now. Or maybe that's not a coincidence. Maybe they've spent decades fixing that. It's a lovely place I must say. Isn't it odd how when you,I mean I, go for a walk in such a place like the New Forest or even near where I live I rarely see anybody else even if I walk miles yet we hear vociferous ramblers campaigning for "rights to roam" but I certainly never see them actually out roaming.

I lived right next to the forest for 40 years. It really is superb and a great joy……..also, so well managed. Have you ever walked there when there is snow on the ground and topping all the branches and twigs of the trees, John? Absolutely magical!

I love driving through the forest at night in the winter, especially on a misty eve, very atmospheric and spooky 😁 I used to park up at high beach and watch meteor showers with my kids, it's all gated off now unfortunately ☹️ If anyone likes an urban view at night the main entrance to the fishing lakes on sewerstone road gives a great view across to brigadier hill over the resies and the valley 👍 Thank you for the vid chap 😎

@andrewmurray5542

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

I mainly grew up playing in Epping Forest unsupervised and later fishing in the ponds. The Junior school (Staples Road ) even allowed us to do so in different times. I recognise the outflow stream from Baldwins Hill Pond, the High Beech with snack bar and Amesbury Banks, the Iron Age fortress remains associated with Boudica. I recall a marshy patch deep in the forest with giant horse tails towering over people, nowhere else in the UK and they went in the 70's. Finding the Lost Pond was fun. Rod Stewart used to drink in the Theydon Oak pub.

John the forest is very beautiful thanks for sharing your walk with us 😊

What a beautiful place , I used to love walking there but I never was able to explore much unfortunately , I ever realised how extensive it was ! Looks beautiful in it's Autumnal Glories ! Thank you 👍😊

A lovely winter video John, I have a few to catch up on. Been watching since the Nick Papadimitriou days, love your walks. You have an amazing archive! All the best to you and your family for 2023 and thanks for all the great videos.

We walked there at the weekend, saw gorgeous fungi and felt like we were in a Klimt painting because of the colours of the leaves etc....also had a very good roast in the Woodbine pub. We drank cider... many to choose from!

Always felt an affinity with forests in general and Epping in particular as it was the closest forest to me living in Hackney, plus my dear old dad took me fishing for the first time ever at the Rising Sun. Always get a mellow feeling watching forest videos. Thanks as usual Mr Rogers.

Ah - High Beech, have memories of waiting for a couple of club mates on that ground opposite the pub when I ran the Green Belt Relay. Also met an extremely friendly blue Staffy there 🐶😍

As a child coming out of Newham Epping forest was a dream to play in and also Newham had a camp site for the school's in the Borough good memory's

Wonderful video John. Amazing that a few minutes walk from the busy suburb of Loughton takes you to a whole different world. It is like going through a time portal back to Saxon times. Would love to visit it one day and compare it to our forests in West Virginia.

Beautiful walk through Epping Forest John espècially this time of year with all the Autumnal colours! Great video as usual!!!

I had a great aunt that lived in Theydon Bois, so the names you mentioned in the video, brought back a few memories. Also many tales of Epping Forrest as well.

Yet another magical meander through Epping forest, and especially 'my' part of it. If you're interested, the shelter over stone cattle trough at the junction of Honey Lane and Forest Side was rethatched about two years ago - it pleased me to see these magical places being looked after. Here's to the next video, wherever it may be

On a walk in Epping Forest on Sunday the rain started and everything in there made perfect sense. I felt in harmony with nature. It was a magnificent show just a few tube stops away; and your video captures that vibe beautifully. Thank you for sharing. Keep walking!

Lovely walk, thanks for 5he fascinating stories. Cheers!

Great stuff. The colors were great and the details about the “forts” very enjoyable. Thanx

One day more people will awaken to the truth that we are not all clinging to a giant globe in outer space. We could never be. That was never truly scientific. We are in a magical unknown level and stationary realm - the ends of which we do not yet know. Thanks for showing us the beautiful stillness of part of it, John.

@dandedee1

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!!

Glad you eschewed the gnarliness.

One of my favourite cycle rides in the Autumn seeing the trees with their vibrant Yellows, Going from Leyton up the then A11 now A104 to either the Original Tea Hut or to Epping. The original called the Green Hut (not the one in the video) and then the biker's Hut after someone burnt it down and the Biker collected enough money to rebuild it. It then had another fight when City of London wanted to move it and put a well known Coffee Shop in there. After several thousand emails and letters later. The Original Tea Hut opened.

thank you for this walk...that thatched drinking cattle fountain was most interesting....

A wonderful walk, John. The music around 02:26 was perfect. Not heard that in any of your previous videos. It just worked perfectly - for me anyway

Perfect!!

I've never been to Epping Forest but after 🌱 seeing this I'm very tempted

Thanks for the wonderful walk John. You make such great company. 🙂🇬🇧👋

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve

Your mention of the weather reminds me of an old English saying, there is no bad weather, only bad clothing choices. Thanks for sharing this beautiful forest.

@xqqqme

Жыл бұрын

I've heard that saying credited to both Scandinavians in general and Norwegians in particular.

@TXMEDRGR

Жыл бұрын

@@xqqqme It could be, I've not researched its origins.

It always makes my day when there's a new John Rogers video in my subscriptions inbox :) Great walk!

Beautiful part of Essex one I know very well great video as always John Rogers lots of going’s on in that forest over the years steeped in history .

Quaggy! Quaggy! Quaggy! ...er.. yes please. Love ALL your videos. So damn GOOD. Oh, and my lovely Jan and I went to London Docklands museum the other day via the Docklands Light Railway from Lewisham. Lots of views of the Quaggy all the way to Deptford station. Pleasant journey out of rush hour. Bestest, Barty

Thank You John!

Always enjoy the forest walks John. How lucky having such a wonderful, accessible forest right on London's doorstep. Even though it's so close to London its not difficult to find total solitude with only the rustling of the leaves for company.

Thanks john love the forest videos. 🌲🌳

Beautiful

What a lovely video. I used to cycle from Leyton up to high beach every weekend for years. Used to stop at the tea hut for tea and bread pudding. Lovely memories.

A slight delay viewing your latest ramble, John. Well worth the wait! Cheers! ❤

Wonderful walk, John. So pretty with the trees wearing their autumn colours. We are still awaiting our first frost of the season, but temperatures are just beginning to drop at night.

Another lovely video John. Thanks for that.

A lovely walk and great video, thanks John.

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

many thanks Little Acorns

Wonderful walk John.Loved the falling leaves,so peaceful. Thank you.

I don't go into Epping Forest anywhere near often enough. I go into the lical bits, Wanstead Flats, Bushwood, Wanstead Park, Leyton Flats, but rarely into the Forest proper. I did once walk the whole length from Forest Gate to Epping. It was December and I was worried I might not get out of the forest before dark, but I just about managed it.

A lovely video connecting parts of the forest I know well, growing up in Waltham Abbey and going to school In Loughton, but seen from an unfamiliar angle. You mentioned the Miller and Carter on the Epping New Road roundabout, which used to be called the Wake Arms when it was a pub, and site of long waits to change buses to get back home if I missed the school bus.

Great video mostly watch them before my night shift they really relax me thanks.im going to visit epping forest in the summer it looks great

Lovely contrast to last week’s walk John - good choice

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben

So thrilled to find your channel🌿🌳

Very nice walk 🚶‍♀️ of Epping forest.Plant 🪴 and trees 🌳 conservation is being necessary today.Every tree is saying the history of its own forest of London.Very beautiful.At 17 :27 and 17 :37 the view was awesome and yes Christmas 🎄 is coming soon.Its shown in your video 📹...Have a great day and take care.Nice walk 😀💖💝💢💯💫✍🤳👩‍💻🙋🏻‍♀️

Going to do an Epping Forest walk tomorrow John. First time for me, so thanks for your guiding words.

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

Hope you had a great day Trevor

Hi John, just enjoyed your video- from far away New Zealand. I waited for you to tell viewers when you were in front of The King's Oak Hotel, that behind it back in 1928 was the very first cinder motorcycle Speedway track! I was taken there back in 1967 and the remains of the site were visible. By the 1950's Speedway was the Uk's most popular motor sport!

If there were a few more to the forest signs there might not be so many cars. TfL could add 'for Epping forest' to the map. Manor Park: for Wanstead Flats and Park. Snaresbrook: for Leyton Flats. Chingford: to avoid the hills. Roding Valley & Buckhurst Hill: for Knighton Wood. Loughton: for moderate hills. Debden: for the big hills (bit of a walk in, but worth it).

Delightful video, thanks John

Thanks John. What a great place.

Now winter is setting in, I remember the No. 20 Bus from Walthamstow/Woodford to Debden would stop at the Crest/edge of the Forest at the "cricket Ground"/lacrosse ground where the path would lead down towards Loughton before rising back to Warren Hill/Nursery Road, & Onwards to Strawberry Hill Pond before crossing Earls's Path and entering the Green ride path down towards Loughton Brook. If following the Brook up to Baldwins Pond there is the infamous Black Knight bridge. (followed by a decent pint at at the top in the Forester's Arms) & a walk back towards Civilisation/Central Line/20 Bus Route via Stony Path

To the Forests . What a lovely walk I’m thinking of another section of the London loop would be great 👍🏻 All the best

Thanks for another cracking trip around London and it’s beautiful peoples forest 🌳 loved the biker video bombing you 😅

Best video I've seen this year please make some more

loved the colours John, Londons very own Forest, I do miss the Autumn season, here in Thailand it is either very warm or the cooler Rainy season, everything here is green all the year round....

Wonderland ! Thank you John.

we attended a wonderful chamber orchestra concert yesterday afternoon and when we arrived home, I raced to see if your latest video was available - so from Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings to the Epping Forest, it was an absolutely spot-on Sunday. Thank you for a great walk - and a bit of Holy Grail trivia!

@JohnRogersWalks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for painting that picture Linda - I love that piece of music

Thanks for getting back 'your roots', so to speak! It's been too long!

Black Knight: “I’m invincible!” King Arthur: “You’re a loony!”

Thank you so much for this gorgeous video. It brought back so many memories for me of growing up in Eltham in the 50s and early 60s. Walking and playing in the wonderful woods was the greatest joy for me.

Thank you for the walk. In the 1950s we got a bus from Golders Green to Epping Forest. Mother brought a picnic. Brother & I would run throgh the woods; then parents said "stop here" and we would sit down for the picnic. Late afternoon we would get the bus back home, after a very pleasant day's excursion.

I used to walk and sometimes slept in honey pot plains and would get woken up by the deer that are in that part of the forest. Lopping was also done as to stop the cattle eating the new tree shoots.

How this bring back memories. I remember being on early shift with the police one morning and we got a call to Epping Forest. Apparently a guy was taking his dog for a walk and the dog wandered off. They guy then looked for his dog and came across this crashed German bomber which had miraculously gone unnoticed and was covered in soil and foliage. The aircraft was still ladened with ammunitions and bombs. Anyhow called in The army bomb disposal !

I went walking in Loughton recently on this was a pleasant way to recollect that. It also reminds me how close The People’s Forest is to Central London. Your enthusiasm is boundless and infectious John. Thank you.

Thank you John, a real feast for the eye and ear, your conversational commentary to camera in such a relaxed and informative way is such a skill. Like so many Epping Forest is also a favourite place I returned home to watch this piece having spent the afternoon snapping away at fallow deer on Sunshine Plain (such a great name) just up from your walk, look forward to the next wherever it may be..

Beautiful forest! Thank you!

Thankyou John ( from W-Yorks)

Thanks for all these great videos 👍🏻

In 1928 the first Speedway meeting in this country was held behind the Kings Oak pub at High Beech

epping forest so lovely thanks john

Love your Epping Forest videos, John would you consider doing a walk around Ingatestone and up to Fryering and exploring the woods around there which where once part of the Forest of Essex thus once connected to Epping Forest

Wonderful....cheers

Great video as always John. I was fortunate to live in High Beach (spelt with an “a” as most of the locals did then) in one of the forest keepers lodges, as my dad was a forest keeper. It’s always nice to see the old place, cheers 🤓👍

Great Vide John just love our local **Jewelnthe Crown** as it was described by Alan Titchmarsh..