I live in Guernsey and you have captured the beauty of the place, really lucky to have such amazing walks and other smaller Islands on our door step like, Herm, Sark and Alderney, to be honest I take it for granted as lived here all my life but thanks for sharing with people who have probably never heard of us.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Guernsey is beautiful. I live on the Isle of Wight so I am also very lucky. I was really surprised how amazing Guernsey is, and even more surprised that it was so quiet. I think weirdly there is a perception that it is a place people went in the 70s. Maybe if the ferries were a bit better it would attract more people.

You've walked more of the coastal path than I have, Cool Dude. I'm going to make everyone watch this because you have captured Guernsey's beauty so well.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jane. I am still thinking about those energy balls you made. I think they are the best walking snack of all time. You could make millions. I will try and make some from the recipe soon. I keep of forgetting to get the ingredients from Tescos.

I'm about to head to the woods. I'm gonna save this video for viewing there later. One love Cool Dudes

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Have a great time. Looking forward to seeing the video.

Stunning...and the walk is pretty picturesque too.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

My father was an aerial photographer in US Army Air Corps stationed in state of Iowa. When I said Iowa was not exactly the warfront, he said, oh yes it was. It was a pilot training base and 300 soldiers died in crashes trying to learn to fly. Thx for your work!

I LOVE THIS. you’ve really captured how beautiful this island is. Can’t wait for the next instalments. Hilarious and fascinating as ever. Looking forward to the next few instalments. My mums mum worked in a munitions factory in South Wales. My dads dad was born 1900. Too young for First World War. Too old for second, phew. But he did have to flee Franco in the Spanish civil war and was on the last refugee boat out of Valencia with my three year old dad.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That fleeing Franco story is amazing. I think our grandparents all had better stories than us. I wonder what people will day about their Grandparents in 2100. "My Grandad once got 500 likes on instagram.'

My Grandad, Joe, was in the Royal navy, mainly in the Mediterranean but went up the Norwegian Fjords which left such a huge impression on him. Nan spent some time in Scotland with my young aunt before returning to East London only to be scared witless by the doodlebugs.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I don't think I would have got any sleep during the air raids, it must have been horrific.

That ladder on the cliff walk goes down to an 'unofficial' nudie beach. Coming from Guernsey, my grandfather helped his dad growing vegetables which were then confiscated by the germans

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That is an excellent bit of information. Thanks cool dude. Wouldn't like to climb down that ladder, let alone without any pants and trousers.

Marek, what a dream! Thanks for sharing

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Erin.

My great grandad, worked on the Great Western railway during the war! Great video! Stay safe, stay Retro 🙏

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dudes. Hope you are enjoying some canal walking this summer.

Thank you for coming to our beautiful island! My grandad was first stationed on the HMS hood, and moved on to the submarines as an engineer before the Bismark sunk the HMS hood.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I was just reading about the sinking of the HMS Hood. Glad your Grandad escaped it.

Just watched this and love it. I’m from Guernsey and I count myself lucky that I live on such a beautiful island.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It is a spectacular place. I hope to come back and explore some more of it soon.

Living in Guernsey, I've walked from Saint Peter Port to Fermaine a number ot times. Beautiful views.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I loved the turquoise colours of the sea. Beautiful.

@martinw245

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc Nothing better than nipping across to Herm on the ferry, with adult and baby dolphins riding the wake.

That was a great showcase of part of our beautiful island. It can be hard going along the south coast as your video confirmed. However, Guernsey is like a wedge of cheese sloping from the south coast cliffs at 300 feet down to sea level along the west and north coast which is relatively flat and an easier walk. The sandy beaches, which are fantastic are along that west and northern coastline. Great job Marek.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert. I very much enjoyed my visit and hope to be back soon. The cheese analogy is excellent.

Love your videos and as an expat of Guernsey, really love these ones Showing us the hidden beauty of the Island. In answer to your question, my grandfathers were in the war. One was a driving instructor teaching soldiers to drive military vehicles, and my other grandfather was stationed in Egypt and later Italy as a private.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude. Sounds like your grandfather stationed in Egypt had a tough job, I bet it was fascinating to be out there in those days.

I’m from Guernsey and it was cool to see how the coast of the island looks and to see someone from another place enjoy the walk too! and also to see some places I’ve been in person

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude. It is a beautiful island.

Some of this scenery reminded me of hikes I did to the Dewey Lakes in Skagway, Alaska. Such great memories hiking in that area but weird how it was your video of Guernsey that reminded of them.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I would love to go to Alaska one day cool dude.

SALUTATIONs cool dude from sunny San Diego California. Love the channel

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude. One day I would like to come and visit the West Coast. Stay cool.

Hi Marek. A very strenuous start to the walk. Looks a lovely place though. My grandad worked in the factory making the mosquito fighter. Can’t believe they were mainly built of wood. Just ordered the book

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan. I think someone else on here had a Grandad who built Mosquito fighters too! Either that or I have read your post twice.

My Grandpa was a tank driver, he was a desert rat and went over to France a few days after D-day. Got blown up by a landmine in Holland, happy ending he survived!!!! He was an original cool dude

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Wow. That is incredible. I bet he had some good stories.

@elaineforse5914

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc sadly he never really spoke about it, wasn’t until after he died one of his fellow tank mates told us LOADS

A stunning but bloody tough looking walk, i hope you get a chance to come back one day and finish this route. My grandad was a naval officer in WW2 and served in the Atlantic on the convoys escorting supply ships and dodging u-boats, but he never wanted to talk about it so i guess he experienced some pretty bad stuff. My nan had her hands full with 4 kids, all born between 1940-43, so she didn’t go out to work during WW2. My nan’s sister, Kaye, and Kaye’s husband, Vic, both worked in the original Supermarine factory building Spitfires when it was tragically bombed in 1940 but they both escaped physically unscathed

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It must have been very strange to have lived at a time when everyone had traumatic stories that were so much more interesting than those we have today, but no-one ever talked about it.

@munkeypants1

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc I recall my great auntie Kaye had an Anderson Shelter in her back garden. My cousins and i used to run around and play tag around it. The shelter was surrounded by runner bean plants and other veg and, to me, it was just another part of the garden - not a flimsy tin bomb shelter to potentially duck under when the air raid sirens sounded

There is a round the island charity walk each year which is done in a day! Friend's 86 year-old uncle did it several years. It starts and ends in town so begins with the walk that you've just shown us. So so beautiful but those steps are a killer. I actually admired you for realising you'd done enough and, as you rightly say, it's supposed to be enjoyable, not an endurance test! Thanks for showing off our beautiful island. Looking forward to the next bit!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I don't know how they manage that, It would take me four days at least. I did the rest of the island from Saint Pierre Du Bois (skipping out the hard bit) over the next two days. Even then I was exhausted. I loved it there.

Nice one CD1 - just received the Guernsey Zine and highly recommend it to all dudes. What a splendid adventure it must have been,

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting the zine cool dude. I have just ordered another 150. That may have been too confident.

Good call on the not getting stranded and not ignoring the dizzy spells while you’re climbing up cliffs 😱 I went rock climbing on holiday in Morocco once and they had a rickety old ladder leaning up a rock face, like the one you saw - i had only stepped onto the very first rung, and with a bunch of ppl behind me waiting to go up, I literally froze to the spot in terror!! Could feel the whole ladder wobbling because I was shaking so hard, but I couldn’t move an inch. So I can totally understand your reluctance to keep going even higher up. 😰 Walk looked stunning tho. Never really seen much of guernsey, and had no idea there was such a beautiful little gem of a place so close to our homes in the UK! 🏞😍 Love that you’re including more of your artwork too Marek. Think I have mentioned that before, but it really is a treat to see, and it just keeps getting better every time! 👏🏼 nice one! 👍🏼😁🎨

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That climbing holiday sounds like my worst nightmare. A living anxiety dream. Guernsey was stunning. It is amazing that it doesn't seem widely talked about as a destination.

Hey cool dude. Thanks for coming to Guernsey. There’s so much more you can walk around and see, just ask Colin. 👍😉 You really should do the west coast, leading up to sun set, it’s an awesome sight. All the best, Steve.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Hi cool dude. I did the rest of the coastal path from St Pierre Du Bois onwards (skipping out the hard bit), and spent a day exploring St Peter Port. I was not able to see the sunset unfortunately. My travel was dictated by the 91 bus route. Ha. More videos coming shortly. It is a wonderful place. I even made a zine (comic) about my trip.

Gosh I love this. A place I really want to visit. ❤ my Grandpa Glenn worked in a lumber yard during the war. later he was a school janitor but also volunteered with the local ambulance/funeral parlor which were run by the same family #truestory. When he passed away we found programs from every funeral he worked & a pile of clip on ties that he wore for that Grandpa Leon couldn't serve due to health reasons but all 4 of his brothers did. He felt so awful about not being able to go, even tho he was supporting his wife, kids & all his siblings b/c his dad was gone, that he donated his beautiful Leica to the war effort. the Granmas are less exciting housewives tho Ollie did play drums in a dance band & had a degree from Western Michigan University (a big deal back in the 30s)

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That is incredible about your Grandpa Glenn keeping all the funeral programmes. I bet it was fascinating looking through them all.

Sorry, one more. You specifically asked what our grandparents did during the war. Well, Im a bit older. So my father was a member of the drawing office of De Havilland in Hatfield. Aircraft. Worked on the Comet too. Moved to Guernsey in 1957.

My boss was sailing around Guernsey in early August. I highly suspect it was his voice that you could hear!!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Ha. This was filmed in July, so it might not have been him.

From the age of 7-16 I used to go on a one day cycling holiday around Guernsey at the end of the summer holidays. It was the best day of the year each year. The first stop was always at the swimming baths at the start of this video! Ladies bay, in the north of the island was also a frequently visited spot. My grandparents were children and used to collect bits of downed aircraft!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

What a great place for a cycling holiday. Saying that, the roads were pretty narrow. I was surprised at first when I saw the cars going up on the pavement all the while.

I am absolutely smitten by the beauty of the Guernsey landscape and want to visit the island myself. The terrain is rugged and it definitely looks like a tough walk but the views in your video are ample reason why it's worth it. As ever I appreciate your paintings. Here's an idea. Why not auction some off to members to generate revenue for future walks and videos? I'd seriously think about buying one and placing it on my lounge wall next to my beloved signed picture of Peter Cushing. Regarding grandparents and wartime service, my Maternal Grandfather was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and survived the Dunkirk evacuation. He then was part of the Eighth Army and went through North Africa and Sicily with Monty. My Paternal Grandfather was an Army Surgeon and eventually ran a hospital train in France, after the Normandy invasion. Really looking forward to the next video. Stay Cool

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Your Grandfather's certainly had tough jobs in the war cool dude. I have thought about auctioning paintings, the ones from my comic are all too small though and in an A6 travel journal. Also I scan them and then make changes on my IPad which is cheating a bit. I think I might do a walking painting video though. It is a good idea. Then I could ebay them all. Thanks cool dude.

Hi Marek. What a great episode. Looks a really beautiful place, not unlike the Isle of Wight. We've just got back from a holiday at Nodes Point. We actually saw you crossing the road whilst we were in a queue of traffic in late July, going into the Village Hall. 👍😃 Didn't see 'Sunglasses Marek' though thankfully. 🤣👍 My Dads Dad was disabled and couldn't fight in the War, so he built Spitfires in Birmingham. My Moms Dad was an Army Chef, so didn't really see much fighting action. Looking forward to the next installments. Keep up with the cracking videos. They brighten my day. 😃👍

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I was checking out the craft fair in the Village Hall. I bought a terrible keyring from a man who looked depressed for £5. Hope you had a fantastic holiday.

I did the charity walk around the island in one day, it was amazing

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I have read about that. I walked 27 miles across the Isle of Wight for the charity walk, but I don't think I could manage 37 with all those hills.

Staggeringly beautiful. I'd always had a little bucket list dream to go to Jersey, so when I eventually got the opportunity, I was a bit disappointed to find it didn't meet up with what I'd imagined. I had a vision that it would be sort of like the IOW with bells on, as I so love the IOW, but sadly was so built up on Jersey it disappointed all those daydreams. However, having seen this, I wish I had headed to Guernsey instead! Fab. Grandpa Ernie was a rear gunner in Egypt in WW1. His diaries are in the Imperial War Museum of his times there including entertaining all the troops to keep their spirits up as he was also a Light Entertainer! He also played for Arsenal Reserves later on. Your piano forte at the end was the only thing I ever learned to play as a little girl on our old piano! Fab Vid Marek...book ordered! x J x

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Colin the excellent B&B owner I stayed with said that Jersey had been built up a lot over the last 20 years and they were trying to stop it happening in Guernsey. I am sad to hear that as I would like to go to Jersey too. Mainly for Bergerac nostalgia. That is incredible about your Grandad. I would love to see his diaries in the museum. The Imperial War Museum is one of the best in London I think. Thanks for ordering the book.

@judybee

Жыл бұрын

We all need a Colin in our lives! He sounded ace with all his tips he gave you and such a reasonable price to pay too for a B & B! I have so many Bergerac recorded episodes to watch. Love all the old TV detective series...John Nettles was the main man for sure! Don't let me put you off Jersey...you may see it differently but IOW will always be my go to place. Green with envy you actually live there! Will be over for the Car festival in September so not long to wait! x J x@@cdwc

👍 there's the Saffery rotary walk route, coastal hugging 38 miles... managed it in about 16 hours total, took just over two days, You asked what our grandparents did in the war... my grandfather (dads side), being a Baker, a reserved occupation, so was part of the ARP, grandfather (mums side), worked at RAF Fauld... by good luck wasn't at work the day of the explosion there

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

A few people mentioned that rotary walk. It sounds exhausting.

I had my honeymoon on Jersey but never been to Guernsey - looks really nice. Got my book ordered (only 83 left, people!) - can't wait to receive it. 👍

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I would like to visit Jersey one day too. Maybe next year (if I can cope with the ferry again - see zine for details).

I've just ordered a zine although possibly not a first edition since there are still 149 in stock... One of my grandfathers took part in the Arctic Convoys, delivering supplies to the USSR

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Good news. I released some I had held back for myself. A first edition is on its way to you. Just in time, there are three left. The Arctic Convoy job sounds very difficult.

Good luck cool dude.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude.

Extremely cool video!!!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Cheers for this! Very well done. I was born and grew up in St. Martins, above Fermain Bay and know all those paths very well. Been away now for some time. Interesting to see eg how the pine forest has declined. Have a pic with my now wife exactly where you walked from around 1990. Shame. But otherwise still beautiful.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It was a fantastic walk. What a lovely place to grow up.

Thanks

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude. That is really kind of you.

That was a quick purchase of a zine and I look forward to seeing it. It will go well in my Larwood stalking collection alongside the other interesting bits I have raided from your bins.....yes, I even have one of those that you threw.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

A nappy?

Gosh, what stunning views. Made me wanna grab that ferry myself. My grandfather was captain of one of the tug boats in Portsmouth Dock Yard and was part of the flotilla of small boats that went to Dunkirk to bring back the trapped troupes.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I bet he had some amazing stories about that cool dude.

@tuttifrutti293

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc unfortunately I never got to meet him, he died in his early 50s, before I was born.

Lovely walk cool dude! During the war my Grandad was in the Marines. He was on HMS Nelson and also HMS King George V, when it sunk the Bismarck! He never went into details to me about what he saw but I know they found it tough having to sail through the Germans in the water and not be able to pick them up. Also my Nan was in the Wrens during the war. My grandparents met because my great Uncle John (my Nan's brother) was also in the Navy during the war and asked my Grandad to take a letter home to his family in Portsmouth when he got shore leave. When my grandad knocked the door, my Nan answered! The rest is history! 😁 I come from quite a long line of Pomponians! I'm extremely proud of my family. My Nan's dad was in the Trenches in WW1 and went on to become a Chelsea Pensioner! I know you didn't ask that bit, but I'd feel a bit remiss if I left him out! 😄

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

The story of how your grandparents met is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for all the backgrounds cool dude. I very much enjoyed reading about your family.

Beautiful! My paternal grandfather was in the army and my maternal one was raising cattle.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

My paternal grandfather was a gardener and he did not serve in the army as he was deaf. But my grandmother on that side was a nurse.

As much as I enjoy watching you suffer (I am a fellow prolific perspirer), I'm pleased that common sense prevailed. My Grandfather were building boats and airfield security / dog handler which both sound like relatively safe ways to serve your country. Ordering my t-shirt today. Thanks for the video.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting the T-shirt cool dude. Hope it doesn't get too sweaty in this weather.

Zine purchased ! My parents (yes i an that old) both participated in WWII , Dad was in the Royal Engineers in Sicily and Italy whilst my Mum drove a crane in the steelworks in Sheffield then went to Uni studied Agriculture and eventually endend up in the Land Army in charge of a bunch of other women on a farm in Leicestershire.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I bet they had some excellent stories cool dude.

My gran ( who lived in St. Peter Port), had an extra room and was kindly "obliged" to give it to a very young German soldier . I think she said he was 17. I wish she was still alive to retell all her stories as I can't remember them. If you want to read a good book Marek then try Ebeneezer Le Page. I've read it 3 times now and will happily read it again. ☺️

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation cool dude. I have just bought a copy on eBay. I look forward to reading it.

I plan to do this walk in may gonna set off at 8am from havelet and aim to get to petit bot bay for 5 😂going to try anyway ❤

@cdwc

5 ай бұрын

Good luck dude

Ah... looking forward to the next one. It brought back memories of visiting Guernsey as a child in the 80s. The guesthouse owner told us that it was vital to take a map as most of the roadsigns were taken down during the war to confuse the Germans and never replaced... Speaking of which, my grandad patrolled the seas around India during the war. "Best time of my life," he said, before catching my nan's glare and adding, "before I met your grandmother, of course."

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha. My Grandad used to say the same joke over again about my Nan. 'We only had one argument, it started on our wedding day and lasted ever since.'

Cool walk. During the war my grandparents on both sides of the family were engineers an cooks in the navy. They never really talked about it all that much, so that's about as much as I know.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I bet that was a hard job.

Fantastic video Cool Dude 👍. You made the right choice by not doing all of walk fella, the old weather has been a tad on the warm side this summer. In answer to your question regarding what our grand parents did during the war mine both served in the RAF.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

There is a knife in my draw which my Grandad used to butter his bread in his RAF Mess Hall. I don't know why I am telling you this. Ha. I used it make a sandwich myself today and thought about him.

Blimey it looks beautiful there! Just looking at the trail made my knees hurt though. My grandad on my mom's side was a corporal and at one point faught in Burma. My dad said that while he was guarding Italian prisoners of war, he struck up a friendship with one of them and he painted a picture of my nan and two of my uncles who were tiny at the time. He did it from a photo and it's really good. I've seen the painting but God knows who's got it now.He was also shot but he didn't talk about what happened. My grandad on my dad's side was a Tank driver and he was sent to North Africa for a while. While he was out there he nearly died of Malaria. Jesus, you had to be made of tough stuff back then. 🤨

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

My Nan's Uncle Den served in Burma and he died of malaria. He was a boxer. She once showed me the letter he wrote her when he was out there. He was about fifty times more articulate than me with beautiful penmanship. It definitely made me feel that education standards had fallen.

@lisaperry345

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc Aww aren't old letters fascinating? My dad's got letters off my grandad from when my dad was in the army and it's literally holding a little piece of history in your hand. 😊

That was a really nice video, the views were breathtaking ( apart from the cliff edges 😧 ) What did my Grandparents do in the war you ask? Why they made Buzz Bombs. Unfortunately the demand dried up after a few years.........oh well. 😂

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

There were so many great views, that is why I felt a bit sad when I decided to skip a bit of the path. You should go and visit.

Taking notes 📝 planning to do this in the Autumn

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I will email you all my observations cool dude if you like.

@lisakinahan6105

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc I've ordered your book . I'm thinking 4 days would make it a bit easier.

Our last port of call on our cruise was Guernsey. We went on a vintage bus coastal tour to an old German battery, but the coastal walk looks so tranquil. My maternal grandfather was a mechanic in the Royal Airforce. My paternal grandfather was invalided out of the army but became a fire watcher in Newport on the Isle of Wight.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

There is quite a lot to see in Guernsey,. I was there four days and it wasn't enough. When I went to see Castle Cornet a cruise ship with lots of people from Atlanta arrived. A few 20 somethings were pretending to be Nazis shooting boats from the gun turrets, it was incredibly ill judged.

Good shout on the bailout decision - getting stuck would not have been cool! Fab video as ever!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cool Dude. Have you bought any strawberry laces yet?

This is an absolutely stunning walk. Really enjoyed this one. My grandparents in ww2 were German. My grandfather drove a panzer and had a lot of PTSD that haunted him the rest of his life. My grandmother was around 7 to 10 years younger I forget, but she was a kid at the time.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That must have been awful for your Grandfather.

@chumon1992

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc yeah I cant even imagine what anyone back then had to go through.

VERY cool Marek!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

lovely island, great video

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It was beautiful.

Always been interested in the Channel Islands-maybe one day I'll visit! Thanks for taking us with you!! 😎

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Guernsey is definitely worth a visit cool dude.

Cheers cool dude, your new t-shirt and hat are an awesome combo. To all the other cool dudes out here I highly recommend. Stay cool

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Excellent. I hope you're not wearing the hat in this weather though.

@IlIlIlllIIlIllI

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc not at the moment. But the t-shirt went down well at chale show.

great video.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude.

@paulbretel6371

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc i live here and once a year there is a walk around the island basically what you did its a charity walk it was called the itex walk. i did it once in 12hrs 53mins i was almost dead haha

Come for the round the island walk. Charity event once a year when you complete the circuit in a day. Did it a few years ago in about 9 hours

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

37 miles in four hours! That is a run not a walk. Ha.

@michaelsblyth

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc 9, not 4! 4 would be absolutely insane around those cliffs! Glad you enjoyed the walk, it is a real stunner

My Home..😍x

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

A beautiful place cool dude.

Looks absolutely beautiful - I loved your paintings. And what a good idea, the Renoir frames. My paternal grandparents were too young for WWII, but my dad’s mum was only 2 when her dad died in the airforce. My maternal grandfather was in the signals corp

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

The Renoir frames were excellent. The whole Visit Guernsey tourist stuff is pretty impressive.

I never knew Guernsey was so aesthetically appealing. I love Renoir as well and liked all those little info points. I feel I would like to visit now! As for my grandfather he was in Cuba and as Cuba was neutral during WW2 he did not fight however, it's not for a lack of trying. I still have the letters he wrote to the U.S. Army asking them to join the Army and help fight the Nazi's. An officer wrote back and kindly said, thanks but we can't legally have you. I think it was something that always made him sore but I always marvelled at his effort and desire to fight.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Those letters sound excellent dude. I definitely think you should visit Guernsey. Good for a family holiday too I reckon. But they have a special rule that you aren't allowed to wear pants or trousers. Hence my video was all shot from the waist up.

@abi_8765

Жыл бұрын

I’ve grown up on Guernsey and often forget how stunning it is- I think people often underestimate it!

Love ur drawings 👍 it would be cool if you made a comic or something illustrating some stories 😁✌️

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I just made a comic of the whole journey! Did you watch the end bit? I hope to write a book and illustrate it one day cool dude.

Great video Marek, and yeah very sensible to not push too far mate.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Sensible/I am starting to prefer sitting down.

If asked,I would have advised you to begin your walk in a Northerly direction on what is a relatively flat part of the Island.By the time you reached the more hilly challenging South cliff path routes,you would have been more "bedded in" and your muscles and lungs would have been warmed up

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Good advice cool dude. Although knowing my creaking limbs I probably would have been even more tired. Ha.

Another great video just got myself a copy of the zine and a download copy. I really hope you channel goes well and can become your Job as it brings me so much joy.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. You were the very first person to get the download. So one of the first people to ever read it. I really hope you liked it.

Another lovely video. Really well edited and great shots. The booklet looks really good 😊👍🏻

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

The booklet will soon be recognised as one of the greatest literary works of the 21st Century.

Hey Cool Dude, really enjoyable video and a smart move not taking on that last section of the walk so late in the day. We've ordered the zine and plan on joining on KZread to become double cool dudes shortly! Looking forward to the next instalment of the walk, stay cool.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I definitely made the right choice. It took me an hour to get to the bus stop.

Great video, beautiful place.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It was very nice.

@michaelwhite8031

Жыл бұрын

I've just bought your book so can you sign it for me ?

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Are your initials PT?

@michaelwhite8031

Жыл бұрын

No PR

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I meant PR

Greetings o cool one, I've just downloaded your digital comic strip which was laugh out loud funny in parts you literally was on board a gravy boat ! What a great idea to make a comic of your travels I look forward to further adventures, and maybe a spooky Halloween edition .stay cool 😎

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

You must be one of only a handful to have read it. Thank you for getting it. I am so glad you liked it. If this one goes down well I hope to do more in the future. It took me so long to make though.

I think one of my Grandads (only knew one of them) was a farm laborer during the war.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

My other Grandad was a gardener. He did not serve in the war as he was deaf. He was one of the nicest men you could meet. Thanks for the order. A new batch of zines will arrive on Saturday so I will post it early next week. Apologies for the delay. Stay cool.

Another excellent video :D Love your commentary and pictures :D I went out on a trip with my Mum, Dad and older Brother today. I went in a Wheelchair that I got for leaving the house :D (Didn't think to check the wheels for outdoor activities, but I'll remedy that by getting a specific chair made for the variable terrain that's around) Saw some lovely views and various wildlife. Shall take my Spotters Book next time :D Stay Cool all :D

@josefsebon9255

Жыл бұрын

P.S, been watching your Mediocre Masterpieces videos again. Now I have "Floppy Clocks" in my head. Shall see how long it's there this time 😆

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Excellent cool dude. I hope you enjoyed getting out of the house. Let me know how you get on with the Spotter's Handbook. You should take a sketch book too.

Oh, and there is no lighthouse at St. Martins Point. Its a foghorn!

Wonderful !

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks cool dude.

My maternal grandfather was in the pioneer corps in the war and I was lucky enough to be given his medals when my grandmother died. I never knew my paternal grandfather but the closest thing I had was my Nan’s brother. He helped build Mosquito fighter bombers

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That is great honour to have his medals. Have you ever read 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum, a fighter pilot. I usually read fiction, but his autobiography is one of the best books I have ever read.

Unfortunately both of my grandfathers died before I was born. One served in Egypt and Palestine during WW1 (and later blamed the 'dust' for his chest issues), the other was a gunner at Dover and then in Orkney, I think, during WW2 - my mum says he once sent them home a chicken (in the post?!) to boost their rations! Her mum (my grandma) was born on the same day her own father died, right at the start of WW1 (age 25). He's buried in Paris (he'd been sent to a red cross hospital there before he died - I discovered a few years ago that it was run by the grandfather of Christopher Guest, of Spinal Tap fame!).

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That Christopher Guest link is excellent. It must have been difficult for your Great Grandmother to have a child on the same day as her husband died. It also feels like a special connection.

@flechesbleues

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc Yes, I'm sure, although she probably only got the news later, sadly. We still have a copy of the letter she was sent from a nurse at the hospital. In an amazing feat of optimism, she married another enlisted man before the end of the war (with whom she went on to have 5 more children)! He's the one my mum knew as her grandad.

Beautiful surroundings for that walk, you won't be able to afford one of those fancy houses if you keep spending 10 quid on crab sandwiches.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I think each house is about 100,000 crab sandwiches.

@neilmeadowcroft7569

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc they probably sell them, that's how they make their money... Why I oughta ✊✊

Great video cool dude, my grandad was a antiaircraft gunner, he would shoot down enemy planes…. He served in Italy and Africa.

@SouthCoastDetecting

Жыл бұрын

Just bought the first “cool dude zine”

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It must have been so weird for all these young men to suddenly be whisked off to places like Africa. I don't think it is possible to get the equivalent of that culture shock these days.

My grandmother worked on the farm in Maryland and my grandfather died in Italy fighting in the war.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

When I read about how young everyone was when they fought I find it tough to imagine how terrifying it must have been. I read an excellent autobiography called 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum, who was 19 when he flew a spitfire in WWII. At that age I still brought washing home for my Mum to do.

guess what? im going on a walk first time in 3 years!! catching the coach to matlock then see how it goes keep safe loive you bye x

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

This is excellent news. I hope you have/had a wonderful time. Don't forget to take your Spotter's handbook.

My grandfather built PT boats on the Ohio River.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I just googled PT boats. That must have been an interesting job. I always wonder how they tested all the new technology in WWII or if they just put it out there as there was such a rush and hoped nothing went wrong.

@nightheron5892

Жыл бұрын

@@cdwc yes, I especially think about those poor blokes that had to get into B-17s and other big planes. Such new technology with lots of complex features. Most of them were barely considered adults at the point they would have been responsible for those metallic beasts….come to think of it…Sherman tanks must have been death traps as well.

I had an uncle who worked at Bletchley park during WW2 . I still don't know what he did there

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It would be cool to find out. Maybe when they release more secret government files.

There’s a walk called the 1000 steps in Melbourne Victoria. You could do that one. 😆👍😎

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a nice short walk.

My great grandad was on Guernsey at the time of the occupation (still is 97 years old) he was caught with a crystal radio and sent to jail and had to do work for the Germans like digging trenches and paths.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I bet it was awful for him. I'm sure he has some fascinating stories.

This looks a stunner of a walk, I felt your pain with those steps especially in the heat. Looking forward to the next video and reading the 'zine. Have you walked the C to C.........

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I will do the coast to coast one day. I find that long distance walking does leave me exhausted though. I think I am moving more towards day walks.

What you did do cool dude looked awesome do you think you could wild camp this trail 👣 atb daz

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daz. Have been enjoying your coast to coast. I didn't see many spots for wild camping after the first section. Also I watched another video where a bloke walked it and said he struggled to find places to camp.

How were you in Guernsey and I didn't know.

One grandad was a boy, my other drove a Sherman.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

You win a prize for succinctness cool dude.

During the war my Grandparent was a spiv lol

My grandparents were in the land army

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I think that was the toughest.

Crab sarnie - five pounds? Edit: bloody Nora, Marek! A tenner for a crab butty? They must be all over the shop there! My grandfather made the gauges for Catalina flying boats.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Not just £10. £10.50!

Nice one. Is 10.50 expensive or surprisingly reasonable for a touristic seaside location? One of my grandfathers was shot three times in France/Flanders in WW1 (at least that is the family story) and was part of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (and later RAF). Looking forward to the travel booklet - just ordered one!

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I think crab is about three times the price of a normal sandwich, lobster more like six.

People with loud voices should be forced to listen to recordings of their own voices all night. Good idea that, Cool Dude 👍

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

That was probably a torture somewhere.

Stunning scenery. You’ve done a walk that very few will have done. Are you getting lifts to each site or is there a bus? What made you go there? My Grandad was stationed at Kandy in Ceylon in WW2. He was an army leader of men of some sort, possibly sergeant. That’s very incurious of me but then again he never talked about it.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

Mostly I got the hourly coastal bus that leaves St. Peter Port and goes round the island. So transport was a pain in the arse. My kind friend Lizzie who lives on island gave me a couple of lifts which was helpful.

Very pretty. Marek.. slightly disappointed not to get a cliff hanger episode where you have to use your strawberry laces to save yourself from a fall off a cliff. I feel seeing you winching yourself down to safety with your strawberry laces would have increased views. Will he eat his laces before he gets down would be added drama. Missed a trick there. Why do the British have such a beautiful place then not use its paths enough? Why are they are British Islands when they are so close to France? But also why does NZ still have the Union Jack on its flag and one less star than Australia. I feel these questions may have similar answers.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

I can't believe you wanted me in a life threatening situation. Guernsey is not British it is - a self-governing British Crown dependency. (I copied that of Wikipedia). I found out when someone order one of my zines from their and the postage was three times as much.

I guessed the correct price. Do I win a prize?

@TheMcmunro

Жыл бұрын

Grandad Dad fought in Egypt. Grandad Mum was a Miner in South Yorkshire.

@cdwc

Жыл бұрын

It must have been strange going from the UK to fight in Egypt. I went there in May once, when I was a student. It was so hot I could barely move. It must have been awful in army uniforms.